The individuals or individuals deciding Nate's journey couldn't, I informed myself, be the identical individuals writing the foul-mouthed however lovable unicorn Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) or bringing us the ray of pleasure that has been the romantic story of Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam (Toheeb Jimoh). Nate's path to changing into an entirely disappointing human has been ugly, painful and at occasions, disturbing.
However, some argue that the character's descent into douchebaggery has been completely life like and precisely why a few of us have hated it and him all season. (Bravo to actor Nick Mohammed and people not-actually-evil writers for making any of us care this a lot.)
The quandary going through us all who've watched the finale is now this: Is there any strategy to save Nate?
The finale arrange a reasonably lengthy return again to good graces for Nate.
In the episode, streaming now on Apple TV+, Nate lastly has a confrontation with Ted (Jason Sudeikis) over what Nate perceived to be Ted's shortcomings as his mentor.
"You made me feel like I was the most important person in the whole world and then you abandoned me," he informed him.
"Everybody loves you -- the great Ted Lasso. Well, I think you're a f---ing joke," he stated. "Without me, you wouldn't have won a single match and they would have shipped your ass back to Kansas where you f---ing belong — with your son. Because you sure as hell don't belong here. I do. I belong here. This didn't fall into my lap. I earned this."
Ted tries to affirm this, however Nate cuts him off and storms out.
When Ted returns to the locker room after Richmond's victory, Nate is gone and the "Believe" signal that after hung above his workplace door, is torn in half and on his desk.
At the top of the episode, Nate is seen working with the soccer membership now owned Rebecca's ex-husband, Rupert.
The response
The latter level struck me particularly exhausting. The eerie transformation of a so-called "good guy" right into a not good one could be so gradual you do not see it occur. Perhaps that, I ponder, is why so many viewers have been triggered by watching this unfold.
Even extra fascinating than the varied reactions to the storyline has been individuals's ideas on what ought to occur subsequent. Viewers appear to be splitting in to some distinct camps:
- Watching Nate go darkish aspect has been unhappy, however Nate could be redeemed.
- Watching Nate go darkish aspect has been unhappy, and Nate cannot/does not need to be redeemed. Then, Ted goes to must cope with the truth that he cannot remedy every part with positivity.
- Nate is infuriating and must go away.
- #JusticeforNateBooWriters
- Nate must get beat up. (Seriously. This is a few individuals's take. And, actually, these individuals could be a part of the creation of some Nates on the earth.)
I'm undecided which I class I fall into -- solely that it is not the final one.
Honestly, in the intervening time, my most enduring hope is that subsequent 12 months's Emmy voters acknowledge that as a lot as all of us love Roy Kent, Mohammed deserves critical consideration. I can not keep in mind the final time I've thought this a lot and this difficult a couple of character all through a season of tv.
Believe me, that is saying one thing.
