‘All American’ Showrunner Breaks Down Tension Between Jordan & Spencer As GAU’s Football Season Heats Up

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Episode 602 of The CW‘s All American.

Only two episodes in to Season 6 of All American and tensions are already on the rise.

The NFL dream is closer than it’s ever been for Spencer after Monday night’s episode, but now it’s becoming clearer that there’s still every opportunity for outside factors to get in the way. After spending much of the pre-season begging the press to pay more attention to the rest of his team, he’s actually not so thrilled when they do just that after Coach Mac encourages Jordan to widen his offensive strategy to include other players, rather than continuing to pass to Spencer. Ultimately, it helps them win their first game of the season, but it also takes the spotlight off Spencer.

Turns out, Spencer relied a little more on the cameras than he’d like to admit. In the heat of the post-game interview, Spencer decides to declare for the NFL draft eight months early — and pretty much everyone except for his family is disappointed, including Jordan, who was finally getting a bit of attention when Spencer took it all away again.

It seems like getting to the NFL is going to keep causing rifts with everyone in Spencer’s life, because when he tries to talk to Liv about how she doesn’t feel like LA is home anymore, she hits him with a dose of reality that, once he’s drafted, he’ll have to adjust to navigating a new city on his own, too.

Meanwhile, Liv also has to make amends for signing a book deal to write her dad’s biography without consulting Jordan or their mom. When she approaches Jordan for the first time, he lashes out at her for making that decision without them.

And speaking of Jordan, he’s got a lot on his plate for a college junior. Don’t