I was just re-watching season 3 and wanted to see what everyone’s thoughts are of why Nate quit West Ham?
The episode before he quit, Jade meets Rupert and when he leaves Nate says something along the lines of “he’s a great boss” and is smiling like he’s happy there. Now I understand he is still very intimidated by Rupert which may be why he acted like that but I didn’t see anything in his mannerisms up until then that said he was going to step down.
I know he quit when Rupert invited him out for “boys night” but suddenly realized what his actual intentions were. But it was the first time he ever seemed genuinely discontent with Rupert’s actions. I thought he knew all along about Rupert’s ways but judging by him quitting because of that one incident, maybe he didn’t? Or is it because he now had a girlfriend and he was truly happy and realized if he stayed with Rupert and West Ham he would jeopardize that happiness?
That wasn’t really the first time, though. Nate was not completely comfortable after his remarks about Richmond’s coach being “so shitty” were published, and he went so far with the insults only to impress Rupert. When Rupert texted that Ted attending a West Ham game wouldn’t happen again, Nate started to reply it was ok and then changed to something Rupert would want to hear. And very early on he was embarrassed when Rupert almost had his car towed from the VIP lot. There were many signs Nate wasn’t comfortable in Rupert’s orbit. I haven’t listed them all because I can’t remember all the details. It has been a while since I last watched.