1st & Ten

- Season 6

(1989)

Zagreb releases a book revealing the truth surrounding the Bulls' various questionable adventures, depicting the team and team culture in a shady light, and fueling divisions between the normally civil roster.

The Bulls take a chance on a rehabilitated convict in prison, inviting him to potentially become the team's starting quarterback, and, in the process, inviting a wave of criticism and controversy from the players and administration alike.

A mysterious woman enters T.D.'s life with a lot of troubling and unforeseen baggage, while Johnny Gunn finds himself in the middle of a testy situation after Westwood schedules him for a surgery without his consent. Dr. Death is caught in the middle of a miscommunication involving a gay billionaire.

The Bulls take a chance on a flashy young player. His father insists on being a personal sideline coach to the young star, leading to friction between the father and head coach, as well as questions about the team's ability to function.

A romance begins to bud between T.D. and Kristy, but personal and professional issues convolute the situation and make it feel that much more forbidden to the two. In fact it seems like most every player on the roster is struggling with their own respective dating issues, with amplifying courtships causing confusion and frustration for everyone involved.

Billy Cooper finds himself in a swarm of trouble and bad publicity after a drunk driving incident leaves his companion in critical condition and he is sent to a legally enforced alcoholism recovery program.

The Bulls are buried beneath an insurmountable scandal involving a star player allegedly receiving bounty incentives for knocking out opponents for a hefty financial sum. Westwood does everything in his power to keep his name clean and avoid any and all implications of involvement, or worse: direct responsibility.

Some of the Bulls players take a gaggle of beautiful women to a house in the woods, though the grounds appear to be more haunted than they thought.

Westwood finds himself on thin ice over a sexual assault allegation and the release of embarrassing and revealing photographs; Jonny Gunn attempts to begin a relationship with a stripper who has an unhealthy relationship with her manager.

The Bulls administration is getting fed up with questionable and shady referee calls against their team, which come at an especially inconvenient time with the playoffs creeping down their necks.

Kristy's estranged husband makes an unannounced return to her life, complicating matters for her personally and professionally.

T.D.'s son finds himself in a heap of danger after he gets involved with small-time gangsters to support his drug habit, bringing Ernie down with him. Though Ernie initially attempts to rehabilitate the kid and help him out of the perilous predicament, he is ultimately stabbed in the back and robbed by the gangsters from whom he helped the kid separate himself.

An especially prank-happy Bulls team takes their festivities too far, causing pandemonium and paranoia throughout the roster and administration. It gets so perpetual that Coach Denardo considers retiring to become a broadcaster, while the players themselves become more reckless and prone to being embarrassed by anyone they encounter.

Jonny Gunn is kidnapped and held hostage for ransom, leading to team-wide turmoil and national uncertainty as to whether the young and rising star will make it to the approaching championship alive. But where on Earth could he be?