Surprised no one’s talking about George here. All series long, he’d act bitter towards AFC Richmond on Sky Sports but he wouldn’t stoop as low as to take Tartt out. I loved that detail.
I think as well George is a parody of the likes of Big Sam and Neil Warnock, and while they are controversial figures who have backward views of how to play football, they are football men at heart who wouldn't go this low. Rupert's love of football meanwhile has been crushed by his love of money and status (i.e wanting bragging rights over Rebecca and Richmond) so he sees no problem with doing this.
it's because we're led to believe George is well, a bit of a Rupert fan boy as he hasn't seen the truly vindictive side of him, just the billionaire playboy sleeping around a bit which George is just an old guy he doesn't care much, similarly George is an old school football manager, he finds Rupert tail chasing fun and joins in and drinks with him but when it comes to the on field product he knows there's just things you cannot do
Rupert getting booed out of the club he loves is somewhat tragic but certainly deserving. Takes a great character to be a good villain in a comedy show
Also the fact Rebecca started out trying to make Rupert as miserable as possible but now that she’s grown she honestly doesn’t seem to take any delight in seeing Rupert at his lowest
@@MaiElizabeth you're kinda sick in the head aren't you? Wouldn't be surprised if you caused that 'accident'. We're talking about fictional characters here, while you...
I really like how Ted showed concern for the other coach and wanted to be sure he was ok. These last few episodes have been the most wholesome in mannerisms alone
It really demonstrates how good an actor Anthony Head is. He was such a calm, decent presence on Buffy. Than he can show his range by going to the opposite end.
Yes they did a great job with him because if you look at pictures of the actor in real life he doesn't look anything like that. He actually looks like a fun guy.
I like how George refused Rupert's order to have Jamie taken out of the game by crippling him. He may be an incompetent and misogynistic manager but he's not an unethical one.
Despite being a rupert fanboy and talking crap about richmond on soccer saturday, he wouldn’t stoop as low as injuring a player to get an advantage. Can even see him shake teds hand and mean it at the end of the match
He wasn't really an incompetent manager either, they almost win the game, and he certainly was decent with Richmond before being sacked by Rebecca for revenge.
Hes not an incompetent manager. Hes an old school British manager: stuck in his ways both on and off the pitch but ultimately with too much respect for football to injure an opposing player. His misogyny is a by-product of that.
I think this really showed how far Rebecca had come. At the very beginning, *this* was her goal. Her dream. Her entire motivation. To hurt Rupert in a way that he had never been hurt before. But she moved beyond that. She healed. Put aside her pain and moved forward. Made her life substantially better in all the most important ways. If she had gotten her revenge when she wanted it, it likely would have eventually felt hollow, because she had nothing else. Now, it's just the icing on the cake. Rebecca has a far more fulfilling life and is in a far healthier place. She'll be happy that Rupert has ruined his own life, but she finds happiness in far more important things now....
You know a show has top class character development when you actually feel something for Rupert here. Knowing his backstory and how he grew up on the streets of Richmond and that this club was his escape out of the slums adds so much depth of feeling to it. Doesn’t mean he’s not a wanker though.
@@JohnSmith-cx8co Understandable. Unfortunately, there are people in the world (admittedly, few and far between) who can't be redeemed. Maybe Rupert was meant to represent them. Or, maybe, the show's makers just didn't get around to it yet :)
Idk if I’m grasping here, but Rupert having to walk down to his own manager to take Tartt out physically is sorta a reverse of Ted in season one running up into the stand and asking Rebecca if he can bench Tartt due to his attitude. Rebecca responds “you’re the manager Ted”. Great great parallels all around
Sassy’s joyful hatred of Rupert starting with her plan for his funeral to this moment makes me so happy. That’s a friend. I’m convinced she would step over Rupert if he was lying on ground with a head injury.
Rupert downfall wasn't a final battle moment as you see elsewhere. All that was needed was for everyone to see who he really was. Also, compare Rupert and Rebecca's characters journeys in the season when confronted with one another, they are literally the reverse of each other. It starts off with Rupert being suave and cocky, Rebecca on the other hand is angry and flustered, how the tables have turned.
@@annaiorio4543 well there was the whole entire Bountygate where New Orleans Players got bonuses if they injured opponents. An interesting read even if you don’t watch the NFL like ke
@2:16 Rebecca is taking no joy in Rupert’s self-destruction. It finishes the arc begun in the pilot, when she only wanted to cause him pain. In the end, his pain was greater than she could have delivered, yet it was by his own hand, not hers. The most satisfying ending possible.
I’m amazed by how I don’t even hate him at the end there-I pity him. Just a small, pathetic man with so little left due to his own destructive decision making. Those he wronged came out on top not because they destroyed him, but because they rose above him. He is to be pitied.
I hated him for everything he’d done to Rebecca, tried to do to Ted and definitely did to Nate were all behind closed doors. This was so public and painful. The look between Ted and George at the end was great. 😌
Not too long ago I would've been shouting Wanker at the T.V. to feel like part of the crowd, but then they humanized Rupert. They reminded us that nobody is born a monster, it's tragic to think who Rupert was earlier in life and to see how he was corrupted by his own success. Rupert has nobody, but himself to blame for what happened . While his actions can't be excused I can't help, I can't help but pity him
Everything Rupert has done bad is pretty much behind closed doors. This was a public humiliation. Rebecca and Ted didn’t want to join in as they knew exactly who he is.
What I liked about this scene was that the coach didn't get back at him or anything. Everyone was just so shocked rupert would behave in such a primitive way, rupert just exposed his bar character and that was how he "lost" the scene. Not by getting attacked. The chanting was just to make it even clearer he showed people his faults.
As in SUPER unrealistic? This show made an absolute mockery of the sport in season 3. That Maradona joke in the season premier alone was massively disrespectful.
Rupert's downfall was great. His club was taken by his ex-wife who is pretty much done with him in all regards, his trophy wife is filing for divorce, and he's booed out of his old club after showing them all who he really is. Plus, his new club lost right out to his old one. It's the kind of defeat you love to see. One where the villain who has painted himself as a fun man about town is shown as nothing more than a spoiled scumbag.
@@SimonFostonYes it was all over his face. The shitty things Rupert does are behind closed doors. This was showing his true colours to everyone. The ones who knew already were happy to see his comeuppance.
He's always going to be the guy who assaulted his coach during a game, on television. No matter where he goes, he's going to hear "Wanker" and unlike Ted, it'll stay with him. He has a tremendous ego.
But he will still be ashamed. Money doesn't fix that. He would have been better off to walk away from Rebecca and futbal entirely. Now everything will be poisoned. This is why you try to avoid doing things you will regret.
I would love to have seen Ted walk over and help George up. And there was so much going on in that scene... the way Sassy cut Rupert in the clubhouse... that look on Nate's face as Rupert storms past him on his way back to his seat - "Yikes! There but for the grace of God go I."... Sassy's unbridled joy when the crowd starts chanting "Wanker"... the look of pity on Ted's face in that same moment... and at the end of the scene, the camera sitting on Rupert for seconds as the chant of "Wanker" echoes in his ears and he comes to realize his actual legacy in the Premiere League.
Way to go about the legacy bit. If this was real would definitely be the *only* thing Rupert would be ever remembered. "Hey, remember the guy who went apeshit on his own manager? that was nuts."
Rupert did 1 halfway decent thing in the entire series and that made everyone sympathize with him. There's something to be said about people's mind frame in these moments.
The best part of this was that, throughout Rupert's down for cheating and being thrown out, Ted and Rebecca have no joy at his pain. Rebecca has moved on from the point where anything he did matters, where she originally tried to torpedo Richmond's chances by hiring an outsider just to TRY to hurt him.
The only thing that upsets me is that the ref should’ve given Rupert a red card, there’s no way something like that would’ve fly in real life. Plus it would’ve make his arc even better. Thrown away by the game itself and the club of his life.
@@irene.2023 they can give him a lengthy stadium ban and a monetary fine afaik the league (or the FA) isn’t in a position to remove him as owner of a club (as long as he hasn’t done anything strongly illegal), though the clubs board can and probably would if something like this happened irl
Rebecca and Rupert's whole situation reminds me of my own daughter and her now ex-husband. It took her awhile to get over the loss, but she always took the high road every step of the way. Her ex, on the other hand, consistently made one stupid decision after another, with the inevitable results of both paths playing out. I love my ex-son-in-law, but my daughter has won every single moment of their relationship in the aftermath, simply by being a good and strong person.
It is fascinating to me to watch Anthony Head play villains because in real life, he is a giggly goofball. Whether he’s Rupert Manion or Rupert Giles, always love ASH.
I have mixed feelings of the finale overall, but man they really just wanted to make Rupert look like a comic book villain in the finale, it was honestly goofy his all black outfit with the black trench coat.
This is beautiful writing. That scene where Rebecca gives her monologue about Rupert's story. His *rise* from poor to powerful started with being "knocked [him] on the ground" by a security guard and proudly walking out of the stadium... and then his downfall was him throwing someone else onto the ground and shamefully walking out of the stadium.
I love that little moment at the end - blink and you’ll miss it - after Rupert’s done his Stride of Shame off the pitch, when George and Ted exchange a quick look and a nod. George seeing Ted as an equal at last - and Ted not gloating about it. Onward. Forward.
@@GianTube973 Yes! I'd love to see his moments when he resigned from his coaching job at westham. But i think Nate knows better than to upset Rupert that openly bc it might backfire on him and ruin his life
I think it was to show that Rupert was so diminished that he couldn't talk anyone else into taking the job. He must have been doing okay as manager though, West Ham still had a chance at winning the championship and they almost won the game.
He also had a previous working relationship with Rupert. Was the Manager with Richmond when it was still Rupert's team. Makes sense he would be willing to hire him again
Anthony Head is such a great villain.....he's so seething with rage in that moment, it wouldn't have been a shocker if he had a stroke or heart attack right there.
He had an opportunity after the meeting with Akufo, when Rebecca reminded everyone - including him - about his humble beginnings and the person he used to be. He immediately threw it away without thinking in favor of making a move on Rebecca, which she swiftly shot down. It may be realistic, but it really is kind of tragic that he seemingly lost altogether the grounded perspective he once had. Rebecca is fighting more for that little boy Rupert used to be than Rupert is, because Rupert just… doesn’t remember him.
He was a symphatetic villain at best thanks to his backstory of being a poor boy sneaking into richmond matches. This also proves that not all villains end up being redeemed
The look of Rupert (Anthony Head) was really different here than it was in season one. The pointed goatee, the sharp facial lines and prominent cheekbones, and the cape-like black coat flying behind him all serve to show he truly was a devil.
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Surprised no one’s talking about George here. All series long, he’d act bitter towards AFC Richmond on Sky Sports but he wouldn’t stoop as low as to take Tartt out. I loved that detail.
The little nod between him and Ted at the end, the solidarity of managers
@@EyebrowsGaming I also liked their handshake after the game. George had kind of surprise redemption arc.
I think as well George is a parody of the likes of Big Sam and Neil Warnock, and while they are controversial figures who have backward views of how to play football, they are football men at heart who wouldn't go this low. Rupert's love of football meanwhile has been crushed by his love of money and status (i.e wanting bragging rights over Rebecca and Richmond) so he sees no problem with doing this.
I definitely noticed it and was touched by it...just like the whole show.
it's because we're led to believe George is well, a bit of a Rupert fan boy as he hasn't seen the truly vindictive side of him, just the billionaire playboy sleeping around a bit which George is just an old guy he doesn't care much, similarly George is an old school football manager, he finds Rupert tail chasing fun and joins in and drinks with him but when it comes to the on field product he knows there's just things you cannot do
I love how they show Ted and Rebecca clearly taking no joy in Rupert’s downfall. But then letting Sassy enjoy it was great
I like how you actually see pity from Ted and Nate as he walks off the field.
I know that it is unpopular but I dislike Sassy's character. She is a thief, a mooch and a questionable friend.
Sassy was one of the best characters on the show. Always loved her scenes.
@@JR-bj3ufsassy was fantastic. She had Rupert down to a t. She understands human nature as a psychologist. I’d love her as a friend.
@@fayesouthall6604wasn’t a fan of how she treated Ted
Rupert getting booed out of the club he loves is somewhat tragic but certainly deserving. Takes a great character to be a good villain in a comedy show
He united Richmond here more than ever!
I seen Anthony Head had serious chops when he did stuff like Repo, but he did stellar work on Buffy. Guy is incredibly underrated.
Also the fact Rebecca started out trying to make Rupert as miserable as possible but now that she’s grown she honestly doesn’t seem to take any delight in seeing Rupert at his lowest
@@samreid6010Plus, he's already done that to himself.
@@nivekian Feel like after Buffy all he's done is villains ( and very well).
I like that in the end no one got revenge on Rupert. All he has is himself to blame.
That's what happens when *you* are your own worst enemy.
Revenge is even sweeter
And that look from Rebecca that just says "Jesus, he screwed himself over way better than I ever could"
I like how Rebecca is completely calm. Not even gloating. She's done with Rupert
Yup, and no surprised reaction when he was walking onto the field. It was just "here we go again".
The same reaction I did when I heard my ex bf got into a terrible accident. I feel nothing, totally stranger.
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@@MaiElizabeth you're kinda sick in the head aren't you? Wouldn't be surprised if you caused that 'accident'. We're talking about fictional characters here, while you...
Honestly, one of the lessons this show gives is to not take joy in someone else's bad karma
I really like how Ted showed concern for the other coach and wanted to be sure he was ok. These last few episodes have been the most wholesome in mannerisms alone
Nate: "I'd rather collect water bottles for you than coach for that asshole."
I love that look on his face as Rupert storms past him on his way back to his seat... "Yikes! There but for the grace of God go I."
It really demonstrates how good an actor Anthony Head is. He was such a calm, decent presence on Buffy. Than he can show his range by going to the opposite end.
Yeah I’m shocked and amazed I really need to check out more of his work
I say this as somebody who thought Head did a great job: I kept wanting to yell at him. "GILES! Snap out of it! This isn't you!"
That isn't Giles. That's Ripper. @@MoeLaneIII
@@energeticallybored if anything, it’s Uther Pendragon
not to mention Dr Frank N. Furter on stage
I really do love how the production crew tried to make Rupert look like Darth Vader with that long cape-like suit.
More like Emperor Palpatine
And the window in his office (Palpatine)
For me he's like General zod
Yes they did a great job with him because if you look at pictures of the actor in real life he doesn't look anything like that. He actually looks like a fun guy.
more like the bad guy in Up!
I like how George refused Rupert's order to have Jamie taken out of the game by crippling him. He may be an incompetent and misogynistic manager but he's not an unethical one.
Despite being a rupert fanboy and talking crap about richmond on soccer saturday, he wouldn’t stoop as low as injuring a player to get an advantage. Can even see him shake teds hand and mean it at the end of the match
He wasn't really an incompetent manager either, they almost win the game, and he certainly was decent with Richmond before being sacked by Rebecca for revenge.
Hes not an incompetent manager. Hes an old school British manager: stuck in his ways both on and off the pitch but ultimately with too much respect for football to injure an opposing player. His misogyny is a by-product of that.
@@schiapu As discussed both during his and Rupert’s scuffle and by Rebecca at his dismissal, Cartrick is certainly indecent.
@@1313tennisman Well Cartrick is used to represent everything that is bad about being an old-school manager and a by-product of that era.
I think this really showed how far Rebecca had come.
At the very beginning, *this* was her goal. Her dream. Her entire motivation. To hurt Rupert in a way that he had never been hurt before.
But she moved beyond that. She healed. Put aside her pain and moved forward. Made her life substantially better in all the most important ways.
If she had gotten her revenge when she wanted it, it likely would have eventually felt hollow, because she had nothing else. Now, it's just the icing on the cake. Rebecca has a far more fulfilling life and is in a far healthier place. She'll be happy that Rupert has ruined his own life, but she finds happiness in far more important things now....
Success is the best revenge...
I love how in the box she’s surrounded with people who truly love and support her and each other.
You know a show has top class character development when you actually feel something for Rupert here. Knowing his backstory and how he grew up on the streets of Richmond and that this club was his escape out of the slums adds so much depth of feeling to it. Doesn’t mean he’s not a wanker though.
Sets up a tragic fall.
It makes it sadder. He had all of the tools to be better, except for character.
Most football fans, players and owners are wankers.😂
I wish he had a redemption arc too, rather than literally becoming a villain in a black cape
@@JohnSmith-cx8co Understandable. Unfortunately, there are people in the world (admittedly, few and far between) who can't be redeemed. Maybe Rupert was meant to represent them.
Or, maybe, the show's makers just didn't get around to it yet :)
Idk if I’m grasping here, but Rupert having to walk down to his own manager to take Tartt out physically is sorta a reverse of Ted in season one running up into the stand and asking Rebecca if he can bench Tartt due to his attitude. Rebecca responds “you’re the manager Ted”. Great great parallels all around
Damn, well spotted!
@wille3573 - You're not grasping at all; that was very perceptive.
Dang... That was incredibly perceptive.
Sassy being thrilled that everyone sees what she has always known.
There’s a few people I feel this way about
Rebecca, Ted and Sassy knew his character, Nate figured it out eventually.
After the game in my headcanon she buy the red dress
Sassy’s joyful hatred of Rupert starting with her plan for his funeral to this moment makes me so happy. That’s a friend. I’m convinced she would step over Rupert if he was lying on ground with a head injury.
I think she might accidentally step on his nuts. In her high heels.
Exactly right.
She would’ve done to Rupert what Jamie did to Sam on the field in Season 1. And we’d all be cheering for her. 😂
She'd take time to take an ussie
True friends get angrier at your behalf
Rupert downfall wasn't a final battle moment as you see elsewhere. All that was needed was for everyone to see who he really was. Also, compare Rupert and Rebecca's characters journeys in the season when confronted with one another, they are literally the reverse of each other. It starts off with Rupert being suave and cocky, Rebecca on the other hand is angry and flustered, how the tables have turned.
It's like 300. They didn't have to beat Xerxes, you just have to see him bleed
I'm just happy we finally got to see something get to him.
Did all his crappy stuff behind closed doors.
His empire started to crumble when Bex started stand up to him with her little quips about him being an old man to his affair with his assistant
George is a lot of things,but he knew the game wasn’t played like that.
I wonder though, how many coaches agree to do that. Especially in the NFL. It seems like a lot of the injuries are deliberate.
@@annaiorio4543 well there was the whole entire Bountygate where New Orleans Players got bonuses if they injured opponents. An interesting read even if you don’t watch the NFL like ke
I love Mike Dean (actual EPL ref) going "put them away!"
@2:16 Rebecca is taking no joy in Rupert’s self-destruction. It finishes the arc begun in the pilot, when she only wanted to cause him pain. In the end, his pain was greater than she could have delivered, yet it was by his own hand, not hers. The most satisfying ending possible.
I’m amazed by how I don’t even hate him at the end there-I pity him. Just a small, pathetic man with so little left due to his own destructive decision making. Those he wronged came out on top not because they destroyed him, but because they rose above him. He is to be pitied.
The look on his face when he heard the "Wanker" taunts. He's become an outcast in the sport he loved since he was a boy.
I hated him for everything he’d done to Rebecca, tried to do to Ted and definitely did to Nate were all behind closed doors. This was so public and painful. The look between Ted and George at the end was great. 😌
@@philiptom2799 by the team he grew up watching no less
Anthony Stewart-Head is such a phenomenal actor. I've admired the hell out of him since he played Giles as Buffy.
Not too long ago I would've been shouting Wanker at the T.V. to feel like part of the crowd, but then they humanized Rupert.
They reminded us that nobody is born a monster, it's tragic to think who Rupert was earlier in life and to see how he was corrupted by his own success.
Rupert has nobody, but himself to blame for what happened . While his actions can't be excused I can't help, I can't help but pity him
The nod between the two coaches is very cool!
Very decent
Okay, the trenchcoat was overkill. Made Rupert look like a Bond villain
I think that was the idea
@@RaldieYoung True, but they’re trying too hard
he 's going to kill padawans 🤣🤣🤣
More like Darth Vader😅
@@thomastani749 Either that or Grand Moff Tarkin!!!
Emperor Palpatine finally gets what he deserves
See, Rebecca? Guys like Rupert eventually ruin the good things in their lives without good people bringing themselves down to their level
Everything Rupert has done bad is pretty much behind closed doors. This was a public humiliation. Rebecca and Ted didn’t want to join in as they knew exactly who he is.
What I liked about this scene was that the coach didn't get back at him or anything. Everyone was just so shocked rupert would behave in such a primitive way, rupert just exposed his bar character and that was how he "lost" the scene. Not by getting attacked. The chanting was just to make it even clearer he showed people his faults.
That scene was nuts.
ba dum tss
All pun intended 😅
As in SUPER unrealistic? This show made an absolute mockery of the sport in season 3. That Maradona joke in the season premier alone was massively disrespectful.
1:08
Literally
Rupert's downfall was great. His club was taken by his ex-wife who is pretty much done with him in all regards, his trophy wife is filing for divorce, and he's booed out of his old club after showing them all who he really is. Plus, his new club lost right out to his old one. It's the kind of defeat you love to see. One where the villain who has painted himself as a fun man about town is shown as nothing more than a spoiled scumbag.
Even George the coach had some character development even he had a line he wouldn’t cross
Just noticed how Ted looked at Nate when Rupert pushed the other coach
He legit looks like darth Vader, Rupert is actually mental
This was Rupert’s moment like Alec Guinness in Bridge on the River Kwai: “oh my God. What have I done?”
You can see it in his face when George is on the ground.
@@SimonFostonYes it was all over his face. The shitty things Rupert does are behind closed doors. This was showing his true colours to everyone. The ones who knew already were happy to see his comeuppance.
Poor Rupert.. He's going to have such a hard life with the billions of dollars he still has.
Well he’s losing a good chunk of that via divorce.
He's always going to be the guy who assaulted his coach during a game, on television. No matter where he goes, he's going to hear "Wanker" and unlike Ted, it'll stay with him. He has a tremendous ego.
The only thing he ever loved was Richmond, and they hate him now, did you not watch the show?
You probably never loved a club have you mate?
But he will still be ashamed. Money doesn't fix that. He would have been better off to walk away from Rebecca and futbal entirely.
Now everything will be poisoned. This is why you try to avoid doing things you will regret.
I would love to have seen Ted walk over and help George up.
And there was so much going on in that scene... the way Sassy cut Rupert in the clubhouse... that look on Nate's face as Rupert storms past him on his way back to his seat - "Yikes! There but for the grace of God go I."... Sassy's unbridled joy when the crowd starts chanting "Wanker"... the look of pity on Ted's face in that same moment... and at the end of the scene, the camera sitting on Rupert for seconds as the chant of "Wanker" echoes in his ears and he comes to realize his actual legacy in the Premiere League.
Way to go about the legacy bit. If this was real would definitely be the *only* thing Rupert would be ever remembered.
"Hey, remember the guy who went apeshit on his own manager? that was nuts."
Rupert did 1 halfway decent thing in the entire series and that made everyone sympathize with him. There's something to be said about people's mind frame in these moments.
I love how, at the start of the series, everybody calls Ted, "the wanker", but at the end, it's Rupert being called "wanker"
And in the middle, people cheered Ted as "Wanker".
"rupert mannion's nuts"
"and george cartrick's!"
"dammit chris"
Sassy just enjoying this is the best part. Lol
Sassy is literally the best. My favorite ‘not main’ character
That genuinely smile of joy before she shouts WANKER is priceless. lmao
Even Rebecca seemed somewhat saddened by how far Rupert had fallen
The best part of this was that, throughout Rupert's down for cheating and being thrown out, Ted and Rebecca have no joy at his pain. Rebecca has moved on from the point where anything he did matters, where she originally tried to torpedo Richmond's chances by hiring an outsider just to TRY to hurt him.
A fine performance that understands how any anger that we hold onto is actually self-loathing.
The only thing that upsets me is that the ref should’ve given Rupert a red card, there’s no way something like that would’ve fly in real life. Plus it would’ve make his arc even better. Thrown away by the game itself and the club of his life.
you can’t give someone a red card who isn’t player or staff
it’s the same as giving a red to a fan in the stands, it just isn’t possible
@@reo_1907 well then. The league would have to remove his ownership of West Ham and ban him for years and penalize him with a monetary fine.
@@irene.2023 they can give him a lengthy stadium ban and a monetary fine afaik
the league (or the FA) isn’t in a position to remove him as owner of a club (as long as he hasn’t done anything strongly illegal), though the clubs board can and probably would if something like this happened irl
Rebecca and Rupert's whole situation reminds me of my own daughter and her now ex-husband. It took her awhile to get over the loss, but she always took the high road every step of the way. Her ex, on the other hand, consistently made one stupid decision after another, with the inevitable results of both paths playing out. I love my ex-son-in-law, but my daughter has won every single moment of their relationship in the aftermath, simply by being a good and strong person.
So wholesome ❤
It is fascinating to me to watch Anthony Head play villains because in real life, he is a giggly goofball. Whether he’s Rupert Manion or Rupert Giles, always love ASH.
When I saw the pixelated blur over George’s nuts, I laughed like a drain and had to put the show on pause for 2 minutes.
I have mixed feelings of the finale overall, but man they really just wanted to make Rupert look like a comic book villain in the finale, it was honestly goofy his all black outfit with the black trench coat.
This is beautiful writing. That scene where Rebecca gives her monologue about Rupert's story. His *rise* from poor to powerful started with being "knocked [him] on the ground" by a security guard and proudly walking out of the stadium... and then his downfall was him throwing someone else onto the ground and shamefully walking out of the stadium.
I love that little moment at the end - blink and you’ll miss it - after Rupert’s done his Stride of Shame off the pitch, when George and Ted exchange a quick look and a nod. George seeing Ted as an equal at last - and Ted not gloating about it.
Onward. Forward.
Dressed in all black, the raincoat flowing like Vader's cape. Beautiful work.
I do love that it’s full circle and George refuses to play like that to his old team.
In a moment where his desperation to win drove him to destroy his affiliation with a sport he'd loved since he was a boy. Karma.
While on the whole, i couldn't stand that coach to this point, i do at least like he did refused to try to cheat
Why does Rupert look like he just got back from a Matrix Convention?
In the beginning Rebecca wanted to ruin the team for Rupert, in the end it was, just a better way.
I think Anthony Head has just shown why we need his "Ripper" sequel to Buffy.
I would have been happy with at least one more season of Angel (I did want to see Angel take on the dragon)
Excellent actor . Wonderful show.
Anthony Stewart Head is such a fantastic actor. Love him in this role.
I thought Nate was going to do something
Me too but I guess Nate realized that that could’ve been him if he stayed at West Ham. He made the right choice in the end.
I think this continued to illustrate that Ruper is destroying himself, and didn't need anyone's help, foreshadowed by Rebekah.
Seeing ur comment now, makes me wish that Nate confronted him for whatever he did to Nate to make him quit West Ham
@@GianTube973 Yes! I'd love to see his moments when he resigned from his coaching job at westham. But i think Nate knows better than to upset Rupert that openly bc it might backfire on him and ruin his life
Why did they hire George of all people!! Let me guess? Studio couldn’t afford Moyesy😂
Managerial merry go round in the Lasso-verse
I think it was to show that Rupert was so diminished that he couldn't talk anyone else into taking the job. He must have been doing okay as manager though, West Ham still had a chance at winning the championship and they almost won the game.
I think in this universe he's regarded as a semi decent manager
He also had a previous working relationship with Rupert. Was the Manager with Richmond when it was still Rupert's team. Makes sense he would be willing to hire him again
Think he hired George because he appreciated the man's old "boy's club" mentality.
I like how Rupert has a limp in the end. He’s lost all of his power and it shows.
I think he singlehandedly united both sets of fans for a moment 😂
“George, put ‘em away.”
Oh Giles... How far you have fallen...
1:28 if your a football fan that watches the Premier league
you will know this ref very well haha class
I love how Rupert seems so much smaller in this scene.
“Sweep the leg”
Ohhhhh, that eyebrow of Rebecca’s said it all. Love this girl
I love the Vader vibe he had with that awesome coat!!
Sassy just has me in stitches 😂 the friend you'd always want in your corner.
Rupert truly was his own worst enemy. 😢
So we weren’t even able to see Liam and Noel? I guess Oasis was Blur’d out.
Anthony Stewart Head, you are my actor hero. As much as I liked Rupert Giles, that's how much I hate Rupert Mannion.
I didn't even realized that he's Giles!
The show comes full circle.
Anthony Head is such a great villain.....he's so seething with rage in that moment, it wouldn't have been a shocker if he had a stroke or heart attack right there.
Rupert is the only villain character in this show that didn't get at least a little bit of redemption. At least as far as I can remember.
There was also that Ghanaian guy, shady businessman.
@@tomaszwitkowski9507 Right you are.
He had an opportunity after the meeting with Akufo, when Rebecca reminded everyone - including him - about his humble beginnings and the person he used to be. He immediately threw it away without thinking in favor of making a move on Rebecca, which she swiftly shot down.
It may be realistic, but it really is kind of tragic that he seemingly lost altogether the grounded perspective he once had. Rebecca is fighting more for that little boy Rupert used to be than Rupert is, because Rupert just… doesn’t remember him.
He was a symphatetic villain at best thanks to his backstory of being a poor boy sneaking into richmond matches. This also proves that not all villains end up being redeemed
One of the best shows that i have seen…totally loved it
I find it hilarious how rupert walks like a supervillain with his cape blowing behind him
Guess that's why he was called Ripper.
The look of Rupert (Anthony Head) was really different here than it was in season one. The pointed goatee, the sharp facial lines and prominent cheekbones, and the cape-like black coat flying behind him all serve to show he truly was a devil.
Well done George! Way to be a good man!
Weird seeing Ripper again.
mfer walks onto the pitch with pure Bond villain energy
Rupert came on the field ready to kill Roger Rabbit and the rest of Toon Town
George still wearing the short shorts is hilarious.
The good Rupert is in Sunnydale.
Fitting farewell to Rupert
Loved this show. Wish there had been a season 4.
Talk about humiliation for George.
He stood his ground and did the right thing though.
"George. Put 'em away." I'm crying.
Great job George aka Stu from Corrie for not taking Rupert’s crap
The referee was really chill about it
Rupert is like Sensei Kresse
Now he's dressing like Terry Silver but without his signature ponytail.
@@BillyButcher90 true
Fascinating that Anthony Stewart Head has played 2 characters called Rupert.
Acting by these British actors were phenomenal
Stasi’s big moment she’s loving it
I just realized this scene is prepared by Roy's walk the same way, the same black outfit. Which underlines the difference.
Is that Mike Dean???
Yeah it is !
The one time he actually made a good call and with VAR too!
Reminds me of the sweep the leg scene from the karate kid
"George, put them away"