SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “12th Quarter,” the Season 2 finale of “Chad Powers,” now streaming on Disney + and Hulu. Infamous quarterback Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) knows this well. But he’s not going to let anything stop him from continuing his double life as the socially awkward star of the South Georgia Catfish football team — especially not his teammate Gerry (Colton Ryan), who’s closer than ever to exposing Russ’ secret.
Throughout Season 2, Gerry grows increasingly suspicious of Chad, going so far as stalking the starting quarterback and those closest to him. He doesn’t know that Russ is hiding behind that prosthetic mask, but he’s pretty sure something’s amiss. Why else would Coach Ricky (Perry Mattfeld) be sneaking over to the QB’s house?
And then he spots Chad’s father, “Howard Powers” (Toby Russ), wearing a wig and prosthetic nose to the homecoming banquet. In the penultimate episode, “11th Quarter,” Gerry breaks into Russ and his friend Danny’s (Frankie A. Rodriguez) house and attacks Danny.
The season finale opens by revealing their ransacked basement. Gerry stole the prosthetics used to disguise Russ as Chad. Danny is OK, but there’s blood running down his face.
Russ, disguised as Chad, meets Gerry at a movie theater, where he finds the backup QB sitting alone in an empty theater screening “Edward Scissorhands.” It’s an ominous setting, and it’s clear that Gerry, who now has hard evidence, won’t back down silently — unless Chad offers him something. Instead of revealing what transpires between Chad and Gerry, the episode cuts to a diner where Danny meets Russ. Ricky joins them, and she’s still upset after recently discovering Russ knew that her father, Coach Hudson (Steve Zahn), wasn’t medically cleared to return to the sidelines despite telling everyone — including Ricky — that he was.
Russ shrugs off the showdown with Gerry, insisting that all he wanted was money, which Russ will get, meaning that the threat has been neutralized. But Danny and Ricky aren’t falling for Russ’ carefree act, and Ricky, unable to take any more of his lies, storms out. Even when he’s alone with Danny, Russ sticks to this vague story, but he does admit that he views Danny as the one true friend he’s had, and now it’s his turn to keep him safe.
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