All American has a huge problem to fix in Season 2
All American is an amazing series that has slowly gathered a cult following. However, there is one major problem the show needs to solve before season 2.
Later this Fall, All American will return for a second season. Hopefully it will be as amazing as the first, and lead to multiple more seasons afterwards. There are many questions left unanswered, after all. There is one problem, though, that needs to be addressed.
The football itself is very problematic. Listen, I know it’s a CW show that’s essentially an entire season of that one episode of 90210 when Brandon made his first black friend, but the football is a key to the show. The foundation even. If the football aspect is severely lacking, then everything else feels counterfeit.
Episode 1 tells the entire season.
The very first season of All American combines multiple stupid clichés. Not only does Spencer ignore the coach’s play-call – all his teammates disagree with the decision – but he also catches a deep pass, on the last play of the game, shakes two defenders, and goes in for the game winning score as the time expires. To make matters worse, the whole thing is treated as an afterthought.
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Later in the episode there is a scrimmage where Spencer is hungover, playing horribly at his new position in front of boosters, and gives up a touchdown pass. The only problem, there is a massive pass interference where a receiver knocks him down, and nobody even mentions it.
Then there is Spencer’s first game with Beverly, down to the wire, late in the fourth quarter. He’s been relegated to defense, and has been burned multiple times for long scores. He notices a defensive player on the other team is injured, however, and tells coach about an idea to exploit it. So what does coach Billy Baker do? He puts Spencer in, for the first time on offense, without knowing the offensive playbook, in the most pivotal moment of the game. Game winning block by Spencer, TD run by Jordan, time expires during the play. Again.