The thing about Nate complaining about wanting credit for his play was... when have we seen Ted take credit for someone else's idea? I feel like we've seen Ted give credit to other people before so it always struck me as a really weird complaint.
Ted doesn’t take the credit, he just ends up getting it from everyone else. The time when Ted walked off the field and Nate openly directed the rest of the game is the only time he got outside praise on his coaching. All of his complaints are based on his feelings, and he directs them at Ted since he feels like Ted has stopped caring about him. Compare their interactions in S1 vs S2 and it is noticeable. Half of Ted’s S1 dialogue is talking up Nate. In S2 they don’t even have a single one on one
24:52 - yeah, but it's * good * fiction! At least you can separate the performance from the performer. Many people can't. When this episode first aired, people were harassing Nick Mohammad ("Nate") on the street. I'm newly retired, but my profession was TV. We saw stuff like that all the time. That performance, though! Even us at work had to remind ourselves - we'd would see Nick being interviewed and start muttering to ourselves, "That's not Nate..it's Nick." 🤣 Oh, and the 'sports word' you're looking for about Sam is "scouted". Scouts are people who search for talent. Usually, they're folks who are hired by a club just to search for potential talent, But Akufo's doing it himself because he wants to build that 'African All-Star' club.
It really is bizarre that anyone could harass an actor for playing an unlikeable character so well that he is... unlikeable. Like, the worst I can imagine doing is jokingly asking Michael Gambon if it would have killed him to read the books so he could have avoided butchering the characterization of Dumbledore, but even then I'd place the blame on the director, screenwriter and producer for not reining in their actor. Actually harassing an actor because the fictional character they portrayed was mean to another fictional character genuinely should be grounds for a psychiatric evaluation, because I don't understand how anyone over the age of 10 could even think of it.
@@korganrocks3995 , you'd be surprised. My own experience is anecdote instead of data..but wow. The big fans of US "soap operas" did that stuff a lot. I'd still like to meet Nick one day (or get in the question line at a convention) and tell him what a great job he did.
@@panamafloyd1469 The actors who played Cersei and Joffrey on Game of Thrones had this issue as well, and it's especially messed up since actor playing Joffrey was in his teens at the time.
You're not kidding. There's a misconception among people who aren't serious driving enthusiasts that '..the car does all the work.' We had an incident here in Atlanta years ago when a young man on the NHL team we had at the time was fooling around with his Ferrari one night - lost control and crashed. His passenger (another player) died, and the injuries he suffered almost killed him as well. Supercars like Colin's Lambo are amazing, but it takes training and practice (preferably on a racetrack) to explore what they're capable of doing.
As an American born and raised in Europe, it's so fun to see how confused Americans get by European sports structure and vice versa. No, Ghanaian teams do not play in the same league as English teams... 😉
You very astutely sussed out Nate's (fairly legitimate) issue with Ted. He clearly handles it entirely wrong and it makes you hate him, but he has a genuinely decent reason in his eyes. Ted was the very first person to pay attention to him and see his genius, like you said. He went from college inventory, where people who had actually met him forgot he ever existed or called him by the wrong name, to being totally boosted up and raised to the highest highs by a mentor. Getting that validation after a lifetime of feeling invisible creates an ego and an unhealthy attachment to recognition. Ted, in Nate's eyes, completely back burnered Nate in his life this season. If you pay attention, Ted's last scene one on one with Nate was in the season 1 finale to this point. He has not once been in a face to face conversation with Nate, he just became part of the team and back to feeling overlooked. It's no mistake that basically the only person you did see talk to Dr Sharon the entire season is the one who needed her probably the most other than Ted. He needed help and no one saw it.
Hard agree. Most people don’t need that constant validation. You’re right he could have had more chance of feeling good in his own life if he’d seen Dr Sharon.
@@lukast3943 Either he was lashing out at Ted after the latest perceived slight, or he thought he could become the head coach if Ted got fired(possibly triggered by whatever Rupert whispered to him at the funeral).
"you spelled favorite wrong" is maybe my favourite joke in the entire show.
Tells you everything you need to know about the letter.
You spelled favorite wrong
As a Canadian, this made me cheer aloud. 🎉
The thing about Nate complaining about wanting credit for his play was... when have we seen Ted take credit for someone else's idea? I feel like we've seen Ted give credit to other people before so it always struck me as a really weird complaint.
Ted doesn’t take the credit, he just ends up getting it from everyone else. The time when Ted walked off the field and Nate openly directed the rest of the game is the only time he got outside praise on his coaching. All of his complaints are based on his feelings, and he directs them at Ted since he feels like Ted has stopped caring about him. Compare their interactions in S1 vs S2 and it is noticeable. Half of Ted’s S1 dialogue is talking up Nate. In S2 they don’t even have a single one on one
Nate isn’t an issue for Roy because there isn’t history between Nate and Keely. Jaime is an issue because there is that history.
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Same here!!!!
Absolutely the same.
Boss move by Trent, though.
We love a Good Will Hunting reference
9:53: What's going to happen next year? Oh, just your wait!!
Never seen Godfather? Surprising for a reactor. It's a classic for a reason.
7:40 A bandolier of candy...you mean a...Cand-olier? (Ted Joke!)😁
I've been waiting all day for this to drop lol
poached is the word youre looking for with Sam
24:52 - yeah, but it's * good * fiction! At least you can separate the performance from the performer. Many people can't. When this episode first aired, people were harassing Nick Mohammad ("Nate") on the street. I'm newly retired, but my profession was TV. We saw stuff like that all the time. That performance, though! Even us at work had to remind ourselves - we'd would see Nick being interviewed and start muttering to ourselves, "That's not Nate..it's Nick." 🤣 Oh, and the 'sports word' you're looking for about Sam is "scouted". Scouts are people who search for talent. Usually, they're folks who are hired by a club just to search for potential talent, But Akufo's doing it himself because he wants to build that 'African All-Star' club.
It really is bizarre that anyone could harass an actor for playing an unlikeable character so well that he is... unlikeable. Like, the worst I can imagine doing is jokingly asking Michael Gambon if it would have killed him to read the books so he could have avoided butchering the characterization of Dumbledore, but even then I'd place the blame on the director, screenwriter and producer for not reining in their actor.
Actually harassing an actor because the fictional character they portrayed was mean to another fictional character genuinely should be grounds for a psychiatric evaluation, because I don't understand how anyone over the age of 10 could even think of it.
@@korganrocks3995 , you'd be surprised. My own experience is anecdote instead of data..but wow. The big fans of US "soap operas" did that stuff a lot. I'd still like to meet Nick one day (or get in the question line at a convention) and tell him what a great job he did.
@@panamafloyd1469 The actors who played Cersei and Joffrey on Game of Thrones had this issue as well, and it's especially messed up since actor playing Joffrey was in his teens at the time.
Someone needs to take that car away from Colin he makes me NERVOUS
That car is just another way that shows Colin trying to be someone he's not.
@@mermaidday6701part of the reason what the show does so great with so many different characters!!!!!
You're not kidding. There's a misconception among people who aren't serious driving enthusiasts that '..the car does all the work.' We had an incident here in Atlanta years ago when a young man on the NHL team we had at the time was fooling around with his Ferrari one night - lost control and crashed. His passenger (another player) died, and the injuries he suffered almost killed him as well. Supercars like Colin's Lambo are amazing, but it takes training and practice (preferably on a racetrack) to explore what they're capable of doing.
@@mermaidday6701just like Nate wearing an all black suit
To be fair, who wouldn't be tempted to kiss Keeley? 😳 ♥ that letter scene!
Great scene with Roy & Keeley! ♥ the Good Will Hunting reference!
As an American born and raised in Europe, it's so fun to see how confused Americans get by European sports structure and vice versa. No, Ghanaian teams do not play in the same league as English teams... 😉
You very astutely sussed out Nate's (fairly legitimate) issue with Ted. He clearly handles it entirely wrong and it makes you hate him, but he has a genuinely decent reason in his eyes.
Ted was the very first person to pay attention to him and see his genius, like you said. He went from college inventory, where people who had actually met him forgot he ever existed or called him by the wrong name, to being totally boosted up and raised to the highest highs by a mentor. Getting that validation after a lifetime of feeling invisible creates an ego and an unhealthy attachment to recognition. Ted, in Nate's eyes, completely back burnered Nate in his life this season. If you pay attention, Ted's last scene one on one with Nate was in the season 1 finale to this point. He has not once been in a face to face conversation with Nate, he just became part of the team and back to feeling overlooked.
It's no mistake that basically the only person you did see talk to Dr Sharon the entire season is the one who needed her probably the most other than Ted. He needed help and no one saw it.
Hard agree. Most people don’t need that constant validation. You’re right he could have had more chance of feeling good in his own life if he’d seen Dr Sharon.
I agree for most of it but why did he told trent grimm the independent about ted his panic attack there was no need for that
@@lukast3943 Either he was lashing out at Ted after the latest perceived slight, or he thought he could become the head coach if Ted got fired(possibly triggered by whatever Rupert whispered to him at the funeral).
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PLEASE watch The Godfather 1 & 2. They are wonderful masterpieces of filmmaking 🙏