Ted Lasso's Nate Shows Us a Different Kind of Toxic Masculinity

Nathan Shelley (Nick Mohammad) is initially introduced in Season 1 of Ted Lasso as a kind man that Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) and his cronies on the Richmond team harass for fun. Nate is the team’s kit man and is often a punching bag for the more juvenile members of the team. But when Ted (Jason Sudeikis) becomes the team's coach he starts shaking things up for Richmond in a major way and that includes helping Nathan to combat the harassment and learn to stand tall. Throughout Season 1 Nate is a positive force on the team and by the end he is fully brought into the fold not only as a friend to the team but with a promotion to the role of assistant coach. It seems Nate is on the up and up but Season 2 proves his trajectory is far from what we may have expected.