The Livestream

"The Livestream" is the fourth episode of Coach Season 3, and the 16th episode overall of Coach. It first aired on July 16, 2021.

Story
Junior, pretending to be Tom, is doing a Q&A livestream for Youtube (and drinking beer). The livestream is nearing its end when a person with the username "Vapors" begins asking a series of questions via $5 donations. Vapors first asks "Where's Harold?", and Junior looks around to realize that Harold is missing. The next question is "Where's Tom?". Junior tries to reassert that he IS Tom, and tries to dismiss the questions as simply being weird.

Vapors continues asking questions, even as Junior becomes increasingly confused and uncomfortable. He asks to hear from other people, tries to change the topic, times Vapors out, and tries to end the stream, but Vapors is persistent. Vapors is convinced that Junior has lost his joy, and has changed. Junior repeats out loud multiple times that he's happy, despite not looking very happy.

Junior snaps at Vapors a couple times, saying that they don't know him. He asks for Vapors to be banned from the chat, but nobody removes them. Junior has several outbursts, but each time he tries to compose himself and act normally afterwards.

Finally, Junior goes on a monologue about everything he's been struggling with mentally. He explains that there's been something "stealing" from him, a "tightness in my chest" for as long as he can remember. He talks about people pushing their feelings down and distracting themselves in order to forget about the feelings and pretend they're not there, even though they don't actually disappear. He talks about changing until he becomes unrecognizable, and "putting on a show".

As Junior finishes his monologue, the scene cuts midsentence. Junior's head is resting facedown on the desk, and the lights are dimmed all around him. As Junior rouses himself, Lommy appears by the doorway of the Packast set, and asks how the livestream went. Junior tries to play the situation down, but Lommy points out that the computer is turned off and that no camera is set up. This suggests that the livestream never happened at all. Lommy asks Junior if he's ok, and Junior admits that he isn't. Lommy then asks if Junior can feed him, and Junior agrees.

Trivia

 * The first 12 minutes and 15 seconds of the episode were all filmed in a single take, with no cuts. Tom also said that he managed to do the scene on the first take.
 * "Vapors", as a term, can refer to a state of "mental depression". This meaning is archaic (AKA not used in regular conversations anymore), but is still a reference to what Lommy represents and to Junior's personal struggles throughout Season 3.
 * As Junior talks about trying to keep occupied and focus away from repressed feelings, he pulls out some notebooks on the Packast desk. In real life, Tom uses these notebooks when working on Packast videos, including scriptwriting for GCU episodes.