In the episode, a Ghanaian billionaire named Edwin Akufo takes an interest in buying Sam for an African soccer team he is assembling, putting Rebecca in a dire situation.
For her performance in the episode, Juno Temple was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Higgins (Jeremy Swift) informs Rebecca that Edwin Akufo (Sam Richardson), a Ghanaian billionaire, called and may be interested in buying AFC Richmond.
Akufo tells Sam that he will buy Raja Casablanca and sign all talented African soccer players, intending to eventually get Africa a FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, Nate (Nick Mohammed) feels frustrated that Ted is given credit for tactics that he develops, although Roy (Brett Goldstein) and Beard (Brendan Hunt) tell him that's part of being an assistant coach.
For me, it's not as simple as a lack of focus on the football elements of the series, or the tonal swings as we dig deeper into the characters' pain, or the fiction that a Nigerian player who loses a game protesting a sponsor would only benefit from doing so.
It's the intangible feeling that there are dimensions to these stories that are being left behind or elided for reasons that I don't understand, which is all the more distressing for a show that I was so in tune with last year.
"[2] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "We have Nate, who was one of the great success stories of Ted's generosity and encouragement a season ago, doing something unforgivable by revealing private, sensitive mental-health information about a colleague to a member of the press.
"[4] Becca Newton of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Did the ending make you want to swear like Roy Kent?
The team has to wrap up its season, and Sam has to decide whether to leave, and two love plots need addressing, and oh yes, we have to deal with Nate and his apparent heel turn, and with whatever it has to do with Rupert.
"[6] Christopher Orr of The New York Times wrote, "I've come to expect Ted Lasso's oddly dismissive approach toward the finer points of soccer.