The New Beginning

"The New Beginning" is the sixth episode and season finale of Coach Season 3, and the 18th episode overall of Coach. It first aired on August 30, 2021.

## Story

NOTE: Ambition is not an official name for this character, but is simply the concept he represents. No official name has been confirmed yet. When there is a name, this article will be edited to reflect that.

The episode opens in the Void, with shots of parts of the Void spliced in between shots of Ambition doing sit-ups and pushups. Tom is handcuffed to a pole. Ambition walks up to him, and the two confront each other. Tom asks "Why am I here?", to which Ambition responds that he's wondered why *he's* in the Void as well, why he's been repressed and forgotten.

Ambition launches into a story about "a boy" who "had dreams", clearly referring to Tom himself. Throughout the monologue, there are clips of childhood videos of Tom, acting out stories and eventually performing on stages. Ambition recounts how Tom improved at acting over time, but eventually turned down an opportunity that might have let him pursue that dream fully. Ambition explains this by saying the boy was told about "monsters" (which is paired with a clip of Chomas coming out of the crawlspace), and so Tom grew up "a man who was afraid". As the story continues, ambition and fear continue to be at odds. Tom gets into comedy, but doesn't pursue this fully either. Then a clip plays of an early episode of Packast, presenting Packast as yet another dream of Tom's. Ambition says that the monsters have "friends", showing a clip of Tohm at Tom's front door.

As the story ends, Ambition claims that fear keeps holding Tom back, and that he can help Tom "be great". He then picks up Harold, previously smashed, but glued back together. Tom agrees to go along with Ambition, and trust in his plans.

The scene switches to the AFC East's house. Bruce walks in on Springsteen, who is mentally wrestling with their dad (Joe's) death. Springsteen wonders if Joe might still be alive if he hadn't sacrificed himself for him. Bruce tells Springsteen not to blame himself. Suddenly, the two hear a door close downstairs, and Springsteen whispers "He's here". Bruce glances back and forth between the room and the hallway, as Springsteen pleads with him to run. Bruce sees Chomas at the foot of the stairs, and then Springsteen stabs him.

Bruce clutches the knife in his abdomen, and stumbles down the stairs into the living room. Chomas is enjoying his victory, but then Bruce and Springsteen reveal that the knife is fake and it was all a trap. Springsteen explains that he managed to escape Chomas's influence, with some help. Wildflower enters through the front door, wielding his sword, and Chomas flees out the back door onto the deck as Springsteen, Wildflower, and Bruce chat with each other. Danny is waiting on the deck, and shoots at Chomas, but only grazes him. Chomas escapes into the woods, but gets caught in a bear trap. Rocky and Tohm then reveal themselves. Tohm demands to be taken to the Void to find Linda, but Chomas refuses, explaining that Linda is not in the Void and is actually dead. Tohm calls Chomas a liar and punches him repeatedly. Chomas then agrees to take him. The two disappear from the woods, leaving Rocky alone and confused. Wildflower walks up, having missed the action, and he and Rocky begin to catch up.

Chomas and Tohm appear in the Void, which "feels like a weight" on their chests. Tohm calls out for Linda, which attracts the attention of Ambition.

Tom is mad at Tohm after he seems too focused on trying to find Linda and not him. Before thing get to hairy Ambition snaps him to "where he wants to be" a.k.a the beach. Where he finds Linda.

In the real world Lommy is hungry but after the stream Junior is left weak and can't do much.

Tohm and Linda reaffirm their love for each other. Linda disappears, leaving Tohm sitting alone. And after she dies everyone stubbles as if they lost a peace of themselves.

After that Ambition tells Tom to get up as he's feeling the worst of Linda's death. After that Ambition gives him a knife to kill Chomas and as Tom stabs Chomas. As Chomas dies he says, "wait what I got for you." And, "all we have left to fear; is fear." It shows clips of a Diego, Breck, Mack, Eugene, Jerry and Gavin getting invites for reality TV show setting up the NFC/AFC West Saga. Tom stumbles backwards as Ambition smiles.

The episode turns into a mix of clips and shots, depicting various scenes out of chronological order:

* As Junior sleeps, Lommy waits by the crawlspace doors. He hears knocking, and opens the doors. Someone who appears to be Tom crawls out. Lommy is caught off guard and sent back into the Void.
* Tom enters the bedroom. Junior sleepily wonders how his dad got there, but Tom reassures him and tells him to keep sleeping. Tom leaves the house and stands on the front porch.
* In a flashback scene, Ambition digs Rocky out of his grave, and gives him an Eagles DeSean Jackson jersey.
* Lommy wakes up in the Void. He wanders around, and stumbles across Tom curled up on the floor. Tom is missing his #15 Packers jersey.
* Finally, in the real world, "Tom" takes off his jersey and drops it on the porch, revealing that it was actually Ambition all along. Ambition revels in his newfound freedom and walks off. The credits roll.

In an after-credits scene, Tohm is standing on the Beach. He comes across Chomas, lying on the sand.

## Trivia/Speculation

* "The New Beginning" is the first episode of Coach to have a title longer than two words (counting "The" as a word).
* At 44 minutes and 40 seconds, this episode has the longest runtime of any episode in the GCU.
* Throughout Season 3 of Coach, the lettering in the video thumbnail turns a darker and darker shade of blue. In this episode's thumbnail, the lettering is the darkest blue of all.
* Although he had a speaking role (and could be seen as a shadowy figure) in The Fear, and has appeared in a lore-related livestream, this episode marks the first time Ambition is fully visible in an episode of Coach.
* This episode is the first time Linda speaks out loud or appears on camera.
* This episode contains the most character appearances out of any Coach episode thus far.
	+ At least 13 characters appear. (Tom, Ambition, Springsteen, Bruce, Chomas, Wildflower, Danny, Rocky, Tohm, Linda, Lommy, Junior, Frederick)
	+ Counting Harold the skull, the number of characters rises to 14.
	+ Counting the six AFC and NFC West characters that appear on camera (representing everyone but the Rams and Chiefs), but who only appear in footage reused from previous videos, the number rises to 20.