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?
Rebecca’s monologue about Rupert wooing her that she gives when Zava is up for grabs sheds some light on the situation.
Nate wants nothing more than for someone to think he’s special. To be accepted and loved unconditionally and never have to question that. Rupert’s exact specialty. Nate wanted so desperately for that to be real that he explained away things like the flip flop between Rupert and Mr Mannion and towing his car and his weird interaction with Jade and him telling Nate not to talk to Ted. None of those things sat quite right with Nate, but if Rupert’s love was real, that didn’t matter. And then he found real love.
The real love that Jade was showing him made him realize that what Rupert was giving him wasn’t real. It was a facade used to manipulate him. When he was faced with the choice in the club, he realized he had to choose between Rupert’s approval (aka cheating because apparently that’s what the West Ham boys do idk) and Jade’s genuine affection. Then the choice became clear