HUMPHREY: Uh, yeah, I'm filming an audition
for a new television program, um,
called Obi-Wan Kenobi.
It's a Star Wars thing, so it's pretty cool.
[singsong] Making TV.
Making TV.
None of it's glamourous.
Oh, gosh. I do look fat.
That can't be helped.
I think I need to, you know, reposition this
slightly over here.
All right, come on then.
Let's give it the old college try.
[singsong] Checking it.
Checking it out.
PERSON: What was the direction they gave you for the shot?
- The direction they gave me was to look
like you are walking
in some solemn military ceremony type thing.
So I'm trying to sort of march to a certain extent.
I mean, it looks stupid now but imagine it in a Star War.
It'll be unbelievably cool.
[Star Wars theme playing]
[blasters firing]
All right.
It's in the can.
That's what they say on the movies.
[theme music continues]
BUDDY: [singing] Every day, it's a-getting closer
Going faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey
Every day, it's a-getting faster
Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her"
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey
Love like yours will surely come my way
[laughter]
[quirky music]
How are you? - I'm fine.
- Yeah.
RYAN: Hey, does anyone have a glasses cleaner?
[laughter]
PRODUCER: The goal post? RYAN: Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
SHAUN: We got a surprise visit by Ryan,
who's actually filming some commercial work.
And obviously, you know, to try and continue
to build the profile of the club,
you know, wanted to film it here.
So he's actually in situ at this moment in time.
- [laughing] Yeah.
JULIE: I don't know what the advert's about.
It's a little bit extra than our normal job, isn't it,
to do, to sort of, um, facilitate that,
but it comes as part of having this new world
with these new owners really.
- I'm addicted to building things and growing things.
Like, strategically thinking
about how we can move the ball forward.
I'll lie awake at night for hours just thinking about
how we can better center this club on the world stage
and grow the football club into something that just, like,
utterly sustains itself.
That's the sort of dream that I have for Wrexham.
Hi, gents. How's it going, everyone?
You guys all right? PLAYER: Yeah, you?
RYAN: This will be painless. I promise.
You won't feel a thing. [laughter]
How's it going, everyone? You guys all right?
Yeah, okay. Mullin.
Fucking collecting red cards like a fucking--all right.
I might move Mullin
to over here somewhere, if that's okay.
PERSON: Yeah, yeah.
- 'Cause I kinda want a sharp, like--
we're gonna do a little something where, you know,
they all sort of mutter, "Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We get it," and then somebody--
I hear somebody say, "Idiot," or something.
I think it'll be Mullin.
Angus, you're gonna give me the--
the "We play in the winter."
And then who can give me something
about, um, "They play in the winter
in the upper leagues too?"
Kwame. You wanna do it, Kwame?
- That's Kwame. - Big Chris'll do it.
RYAN: You got it? Great. Great. [laughter]
Attaboy.
Wow. It is cold out there.
Glad we don't play in the winter.
PLAYER: Ryan...
- Dear God, we have gotta get out of this league.
[laughter]
RYAN: Not so easy, is it, motherfucker?
- No. RYAN: Yeah.
- I was gonna point towards Stanwick.
RYAN: Right, no. Don't get fancy with it.
[laughter]
Don't get fancy with it, rookie.
[laughter] PERSON: Fucking hell, lads.
- Idiot. RYAN: Mullin!
I will shove a red card so far up your ass,
people will think it's your tongue.
- Wanker.
RYAN: Mullin!
I will shove a red card so far up your ass,
we'll need a team of doctors to find my hand.
DIRECTOR: Three, two, one, action.
- Idiot. - Mullin!
I will shove a red card so far up your ass,
people will thinks it's your tongue.
Now...
Let's talk nighttime skin care routines.
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Thanks, guys.
Great work. Great work.
Just because last time we had-- when the TikTokers were in,
it kinda took the focus away from the game a little bit.
RYAN: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
GEMMA: Every game's an important game.
So you want the lads to be focused
and not kind of messing about with--
with doing other things.
But it is what it is.
ROB: Okay, we're gonna stop down for a second
and do some Last Dance shit.
Because I want you to totally understand
what's happening in this episode.
And much like Michael Jordan, I've got opinions.
I don't know if you picked up on this,
but just a few moments ago in the episode,
Kevin, our head physio,
referred to Ryan's visit as a fucking disgrace.
- Kevin, I agree with you.
And it's not because I don't appreciate what Ryan is doing.
It is a very important part of the project.
He is growing the exposure of the club.
None of those reasons are the reasons
why I think it is a disgrace.
I think it's a fucking disgrace because he went without me.
He went to Wales without me.
And he seems to be having the time of his life.
So let me give you an example
of the kinda stuff that I'm doing.
- Tell me a little bit about what you know
about this evening, Rob.
What you're doing here.
- I am here to celebrate,
uh, with members of the Welsh government
and, uh, prominent Welsh people
and, um, some other people who live in the area
and members of the media, Saint David's Day.
I'm working.
I'm back here in the United States
forging relationships with the Welsh government.
REPORTER: Sounds like now you've embraced the fact
that all of Wales see you as an honorary Welsh
and ambassador for Wales as well.
- With great honor and respect, um, accept that responsibility.
ZOWIE: The greatest asset we have is our people,
including our newest member, Rob,
who we are just delighted to claim as our own.
ROB: I'm trying to open up lines of communication
and mutual respect between us and an entire nation.
[all cheering]
[speaking Welsh]
I'm learning Welsh, for God's sakes.
- [speaking Welsh]
ROB: This is my teacher, Gwyneth.
She is the absolute best. Hi, Gwyneth.
[both speaking Welsh]
[all singing in Welsh]
I-I don't know, I thought it was important
to maybe get a better understanding
of-of the country and the people.
But apparently, they don't seem to mind,
'cause everywhere he goes, everybody just loves him.
Everybody--look at all the smiles and the--and the hugs.
Look--look at the way Mullin's looking at him.
For Christ's sake. Look.
Let's just go to a commercial. Let's just go to a commercial.
But I'm sure it's gonna be one of his.
- Recently, and for no reason at all--
- Oh, oh, it is.
It is one of his.
What a big surprise.
And now I'm doing a commercial for him.
I'm in a commercial for Mint Mobile.
And I'm not affiliated with this company at all.
They're not paying me to do this.
I don't own a piece of the-- of the company,
but Ryan assured me that it's actually good for me
'cause it's great exposure.
And the most [bleep] up thing is that he's right.
- Lowering prices on every plan to just $15 a month.
And I will stay the hell out of the legal department.
...is a competition that's played between clubs
from the National League where we play and below.
- So over the course of football season,
Wrexham play in three competitions.
You got the League-- that's the main one
that people really care about.
You've got the FA Cup.
That's probably the second most, uh, exciting one.
Uh, and you got the FA Trophy.
Now, we all know what the League is.
I don't need to go into that.
The FA Trophy and the FA Cup are similar.
They're cup competitions.
They're knockout competitions.
Maybe you've seen-- maybe you've seen Wimbledon.
Huh? Yeah? And the tennis?
All sorts of people enter.
They get whittled down until there's only one team left.
Now, this happens concurrently with the League.
Um, look, it's complicated.
I understand you're probably quite confused.
But we've been doing it for hundreds of years.
So just chill out. It'll be fine.
COMMENTATOR: And here we go, everybody.
A brief departure
from Wrexham's promotion campaign in the League.
Today, Wrexham and Stockport will face off
in the FA Trophy semi-final.
Wrexham is also currently in second place
in League play behind Stockport
in the fight for promotion.
But here in this cup competition,
a win today would send the Red Dragons
to the FA Trophy final
at famous Wembley Stadium.
Once again, there is a burden of proof
on goalkeeper Christian Dibble,
who is still struggling to meet the challenge
of filling in for the injured Rob Lainton.
RYAN: There the boys. TERRY: That's incredible.
RYAN: There they go.
That's Tozer right there. He's got the ball.
He's kicking it back and forth
Ollie Palmer. Ollie Palmer right there.
He's a beast.
- Receiving the ball. RYAN: And that's Dibble.
A great keeper. TERRY: Yeah?
RYAN: And got a great heart.
Mr. Lainton. - Hi.
RYAN: How are you, buddy. - Not too bad. Yourself?
RYAN: I'm all right.
How does it feel?
- Uh-huh.
Has the surgery been done already?
- Feels good?
I mean, like, the doctor feels good?
- Oh, it broke my heart.
- [laughs] No, no.
- Oh, yeah. It did.
We were like, "No, no, no, no, no."
Can I introduce you to my brother?
- Cool, sure. - He's here. My brother Terry.
Terry. TERRY: Hey.
- It's Rob Lainton. He's our goal--
- I won't try to shake that hand.
- He's the goalkeeper. He's playing today, actually,
which is gonna be, yeah, really interesting.
TERRY: Just put mitts on. RYAN: Yeah. Absolutely.
- It's my very first game being here
other than trying to watch clips from YouTube.
- Come on! Let's fucking go!
- Oh, I wish you were out there today, Rob.
- Yeah.
Reynolds, lad! Oh!
ROB: Ugh. Oh, my God.
- I'd like to have my name sung to the tune of "Guantanamera"
by 10,000 people.
That sounds pretty cool.
But, you know-- he didn't even wanna do this.
This whole thing was my idea.
- I should've bought a football team in New York.
- Even when he did, he was like, "Eh, I'm not really sure
if I, like, am that into it."
- Insane decision I made a year and half ago.
Just totally fucking insane.
- Now he's, like, going without me.
He's going without me.
- In case you're wondering, this flight was booked
using Expedia.com,
proud sponsor of Wrexham AFC.
- Oh, good, and now he looks like a hero
in front of the sponsors. I could do it too.
Expedia. Expedia. Use Expedia.
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MARK: Welcome back, everybody, to the second half
of the FA Trophy semi-final between Wrexham
and Stockport County.
Stockport getting a bit more lively.
Dribbles past one, Dribbles past two.
Ball finds its way to Connor Jennings.
And what a save for Christian Dibble again.
Not once but twice this game, he's come up with a huge save.
Massive chance for Stockport.
Johnson.
Dibble with a strong lunge there.
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
[triumphant music]
[crowd chanting]
Wrexham going for Wembley!
[cheers and applause]
What a noise on the racecourse!
[whistle blows] There's the final whistle.
Wrexham are going to Wembley for an FA Trophy final.
And it's that man once again.
Super Paul Mullin is the hero,
netting two stunning goals in injury time.
An outstanding performance by Dibble.
And some late fireworks by Mullin
punch Wrexham's ticket to Wembley.
Goodness me, Wrexham's recent winning streak
has delivered an FA Trophy final,
and they're proven beyond a shadow of a doubt today
that they can not only compete with the Stockport Counties
of this world, but beat them.
Automatic promotion out the League.
Silverware and the FA Trophy final is in sight.
And I ask you, who can possibly stop us now?
- That's--I mean, that's--
RYAN: I was so into this endeavor
as just, like a zoomed-out macro project
that involved a club, a business,
which is also the club, and a community
and how those kind of intersect.
ROB: Ugh, here it comes.
RYAN: I didn't expect to take the red pill,
with respect to Wrexham, and really kind of go down
that rabbit hole with them
and start to understand the kind of--
the actual fabric and DNA of their passion
and love for this club.
It sort of transcends wins and losses.
[soft music]
ROB: Oh, look, he's everybody's best friend now.
Kissing babies. Hugging everybody. Why not?
Oh, now he's hugging Ollie. Ollie's not wearing a shirt.
That's cool. And he's just--yeah, hug him.
Hug--hug everybody.
He doesn't hug Blake this much.
Oh, now he's--yep. Yeah.
Hug Jordan again.
Yeah, hug Paul again.
Hug Ollie again. That's--that's two.
All right, yeah, just-- oh, and now he's--
now he's hugging Ollie again.
That's a third-- that's three times.
That's three times he's hugged Ollie with no shirt on.
I mean--Kevin?
Kevin was just bitching about--this is insane!
Kevin, don't hug him.
Kevin. Kevin.
- I don't think I ever really understood football.
But that Stockport match, I feel it in my bones.
ROB: Okay. Okay. All right. Fine, fine.
So I'm, of course, happy that we beat Stockport,
and yes, I've been complaining this whole episode,
but I am happy for Ryan
that he got to see this incredible win.
And look how happy he is.
I mean, how can I be upset with that?
After all, who can stay mad at this guy?
He's just the best. And I really do love him.
RYAN: That was nice.
I love you too, Rob.
ROB: Wait, what? You can hear me?
RYAN: Oh, no, yes. I heard everything.
ROB: How is that possible?
RYAN: Well, this is the Hollywood episode, Rob.
Anything's possible.
ROB: Oh.
Okay. Uh, well, bye, I guess.
I miss you, buddy.
RYAN: I miss you too, but I'm gonna see you soon
at Wembley.
SINGERS: [singing] Here they come
Our mighty champions
Raise your voices to the anthem
ROB: Yeah, see you at Wembley.
RYAN: [laughs] I can't wait.
Oh, it's gonna be amazing.
ROB: Up the town.
SINGERS: [singing] See the Reds
Who fight together
Speak their names with pride forever
Marching like a mighty army
Wrexham is the name
Fearless in devotion, hey, hey
Rising to promotion, hey, hey
To the ranks of mighty heroes
Fighting foes in every land, hey, hey, hey
History only tells the story
[child giggles, seagull cries]