{"id":448062,"date":"2026-09-26T02:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448062\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T02:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:58:15","slug":"brothers-episodes-1-and-2-heres-all-the-texas-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448062\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brothers\u2019 episodes 1 and 2: Here\u2019s all the Texas references"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson\u2019s new show is all about Texas.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBrothers\u201d<\/a> sees McConaughey and Harrelson play fictionalized version of themselves, whose lifelong friendship is thrown into chaos when they learn that they might actually be brothers. The eight-episode series filmed in Austin last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more coverage like this, visit the Star-Telegram\u2019s North Texas entertainment section.<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n

Since the show is set and filmed in Texas, there are several specific Lone Star State references and locations that appear in the show.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at all the Texas references that appear in the first two episodes of \u201cBrothers,\u201d which aired Sept. 23 on Apple TV.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Spoilers for \u201cBrothers\u201d below.<\/p>\n

Episode 1: \u2018On the Road\u2019\u2018Greenlights\u2019<\/p>\n

Around four minutes in, McConaughey mentions selling 6 million copies of \u201cGreenlights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The The cover of Matthew McConaughey\u2019s 2020 memoir \u201cGreenlights.\u201d Penguin Random House <\/p>\n

\u201cGreenlights\u201d<\/a> is McConaughey\u2019s 2020 memoir about the lessons he\u2019s learned over the past few decades.<\/p>\n

Whisler\u2019s<\/p>\n

At 12:14, McConaughey asks Harrelson why they\u2019re not at Whisler\u2019s yet.<\/p>\n

Whisler\u2019s<\/a> is an Austin-based cocktail bar located on Sixth Street, the famed entertainment district of the city.<\/p>\n

Westlake High School<\/p>\n

At 23:24, McConaughey arrives at Thomas T. West High School to deliver a speech about his father.<\/p>\n

\"Austin\u2019s Austin\u2019s Westlake High School appears in \u201cBrothers\u201d season 1, episode 2. Screenshot Apple TV <\/p>\n

This was actually filmed in west Austin at Westlake High School<\/a>, 4100 Westbank Drive.<\/p>\n

Episode 2: \u2018The Hunt\u2019Barry Corbin<\/p>\n

At 24:38, Harrelson is captured by the Travis brothers.<\/p>\n

\"Barry Barry Corbin (middle) in \u201cBrothers\u201d season 1, episode 2. Screenshot Apple TV <\/p>\n

One of the Travis brothers is played by famed Texas actor Barry Corbin.<\/a><\/p>\n

Corbin was born in Lamesa and has been acting for more than six decades, appearing in projects like \u201cDallas,\u201d \u201cUrban Cowboy,\u201d \u201cLonesome Dove\u201d and \u201cNo Country for Old Men.\u201d Corbin resides in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrothers\u201d airs Wednesdays on Apple TV.<\/p>\n

Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n


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Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson\u2019s new show is all about Texas. \u201cBrothers\u201d sees McConaughey and Harrelson play fictionalized…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-448062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}