Time jump, Spencer and Olivia’s relationship and more in the premiere

All Americans Season 6, Episode 1, “Things Then Changed,” takes the CW sports drama further into the future than many fans expected and finds the returning cast dealing with new stages of their lives. Partly inspired by the true story of Spencer Paysinger, All Americans Follows a rising high school football star, Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), from South LA, who is recruited to play at the upper class Beverly Hills High School. The balancing act he has to perform between his two worlds as well as his relationships and goals is the focus of the series.

In season 6, Spencer is out of high school, playing Division One football at the fictional Golden Angeles University. The season 5 finale saw some massive changes for everyone, including Olivia (Samantha Logan) leaving Spencer to go abroad to London. Season 6 returns everyone to Los AngelesWhere characters reunite, some argue, and others deal with the fallout from traumatic events from the previous season. All Americans is a great football show because of how it balances drama with the sport, and season 6 does it as well as any before it.

All Americans Season 6 jumps 15 months into the future

All Americans Season 6, Episode 1 makes an unexpected time jumpSet 15 months after the season five finale. Not only does this mean that the characters have grown and changed in dramatic ways, but it also means that Spencer’s story is fast-forwarded to its inevitable conclusion: being drafted to a professional football team. It has always been assumed that All Americans Would eventually see Spencer make it to the NFL, but skipping so much of his college years is certainly unexpected, and hints that he’ll be professional before season 6 ends.

Olivia and Spencer confirm their love

Spencer and Olivia meet for the first time in months

In the beginning of All Americans Season 6, Episode 1, it’s revealed the show jumped 15 months into the future, and Olivia has just now returned from her trip abroad. She was only supposed to stay in London for three months, but ended up staying for 12 after really finding herself there. In a flashback, Spencer is shown visiting her when she drops the news on him that she wants to explore more of who she is. Although the two wrote to each other the whole time, The lead up to their first time seeing each other is tension-filled.

Both have changed over the months, and They both wonder if they will have the same feelings for each other after so much time apart. However, since Olivia and Spencer are some of ​​the best characters in All AmericansThey realize that although they have changed, their feelings for one another have not, and the couple reaffirm their love. Not everything is rosy for the couple though, and Olivia secretly mentions to Coop (bre-z) that the only reason she enjoys living in California is that Spencer is there.

Coop asks her exactly what she will do if Spencer is drafted away, and she then has to spend some time apart from him but still in California. It’s a similar concern expressed by Spencer and reveals that there are still some questions that need to be answered if Spencer and Olivia’s relationship is to survive.

Spencer and Jordan are competing for the top spot on the GAU team

A new coach at GAU likes Jordan more

There is also drama brewing on the football field. Spencer received much more media attention than Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) during this GAU season. However, GAU ends up getting a new member of the coaching staff, largely in response to the Bountigate scandal, and the new coach seems confident that Jordan is in fact the better athlete. The rivalry between Spencer and Jordan just started in season 6, episode 1.

Patience survived the stabbing

Layla blames herself for impatiently getting attacked

All Americans Season 5 ended on a cliffhanger that saw Patience (Chelsea Tavares) get stabbed. Thankfully, the season 6 premiere shows that she survived Miko’s (Courtney Bandeko) attack. However, the stabbing has left Patience traumatized, and it is exacerbated when she learns that Miko may be out of jail on bail, or worse, free after a critical piece of evidence goes missing. During Patience’s first musical performance after the stabbing, She has a panic attack and hallucinates Miko on stage with herShe let herself escape.

Layla (Greta Onieogou) admits to Patience that she feels responsible for Patience getting stabbed as Layla was the one who served Miko with a restraining order, causing Miko to turn her anger on Patience. Patience dismisses the idea and promises Layla she is in no way responsible. At the same time, Coop has a hard time telling Patience about her true feelings for her and doesn’t seem to know when it’s appropriate considering everything Patience has been through.

Jordan and Layla plan to get married after college

Layla is running a music lounge with Ryan

Layla has remained an entrepreneur and, in the last 15 months, opened her own music lounge in place of Slauson Cafe. Layla and her business partner Ryan (Brian Borello) are facing some business challenges though, reinforced by one of their headliners, Patience, cutting her set early. Jordan and Layla continue to be one of the strongest couples in All AmericansAnd they promise each other they will eventually get married, but decide to wait to have a ceremony until after they graduate.

Asher and Jaymee are now parents

Jaymee has AJ between seasons 5 and 6

Asher (Cody Christian) and Jaymee (Miya Horcher) may have had the most life-changing past 15 months, because in All Americans Season 6, Episode 1, it is revealed that the couple has a sweet young boy, AJ. As cute as the child is, Asher and Jaymee find that parenting comes with many challenges. Coach Montees (the late Camar de los Reyes, in one of his final television performances) is fortunately there to help. Not only does he promote Asher to offensive assistant coach, he even personally babysits AJ while Asher takes his coaching exams.

All Americans Season 6, episode 1 reorganizes the series after 15 months of history and does so by placing everyone in a more mature but also more complicated era of their young lives. Although the characters are not yet adults, the season premiere shows that they are beginning to realize that adulthood is fast approaching.