The Change

"The Change" is the season premiere/first episode of Coach Season 3, and the 13th episode overall of Coach. It first aired on June 25, 2021.

Story
The episode begins with a flashback to the finale of Coach Season 2. Tom and Junior agree on a special knock, then Tom and Tohm enter the crawlspace in pursuit of Chomas. Junior then finds Lommy in the basement bedroom.

Months later, we see Junior recording the outro to a typical Packcast video, doing his best to mimc Tom's voice, mannerisms, clothes, and hairstyle, but showing his worry after the camera stops rolling. After editing the video and turning out the lights, Junior waits in front of the crawlspace doors, even trying the special knock and even peeking inside to see if anyone is there, disappointed to find nobody.

Lommy walks in and says that he's hungry. Junior snaps at him and tells him to stay in the bedroom, now Lommy's room. Junior follows him into the bedroom to apologize, and the two have a conversation. Lommy is sulky about not being allowed outside of his room, while Junior insists he has the situation under control, refusing Lommy's offer to help. Junior goes up to the kitchen to get food and wash dishes, at one point holding back tears. Afterwards, he lies on the kitchen floor and closes his eyes, beginning a vision/dream sequence:

The sequence begins with Junior in bed, smiling as he listens to Tom tell a story. The scene is silent, but then scratching noises begin from outside the bedroom. Junior notices first, slowly turning his head to look at the door. Tom continues with the story until he notices the scratching as well. Tom leaves the room to go investigate, ignoring Junior's silent shout of "Dad no!"

In the real world, Lommy comes up the stairs and finds Junior lying on the floor. Back in the dream sequence, Junior gets out of bed and nervously follows Tom into the dark hallway. He enters the Packcast studio (lit only by a single lamp) to find Tom sitting, expressionless, on the couch. Junior tries unsuccessfully to get his attention by yelling "Dad!". The first two shouts are silent, but the third is audible, startling Junior. The scratching noises start up again, coming from the crawlspace. Tom turns to look at the crawlspace doors, then back at Junior, then disappears from the couch entirely.

Suddenly, Chomas bursts out of the crawlspace and runs towards Junior, who wakes up, shaken. Lommy voices his concerns, but Junior shouts at him again to go back to his room. It's revealed that Junior is worried Lommy being outside will cause something to happen, although it's not clear what that might be. Lommy runs back downstairs, while Junior washes his face and tries to pull himself together. Junior looks back one last time at the crawlspace doors, then comes into Lommy's room and offers to tell a story. Lommy nods, and the scene starts to transition as Junior begins the story.

The scene changes to another location, and Frederick wakes up from his nap on the couch. He looks for his (formerly Carl's) sunglasses, which he quickly finds on the floor. Carl suddenly appears in the room, startling Frederick and telling him to keep a better eye on the sunglasses, then inexplicably disappears. Tohm then walks up, asking "You ready to talk?"

Trivia

 * Multiple clips from this episode were first seen in various 2020-2021 fan reaction videos.
 * The scene where Lommy comes out of the basement to find Junior lying on the floor first appears in A Lions Fan Reaction to the 2020-2021 NFL Season.
 * The very last scene containing Frederick, Carl, and Tohm first appears in A Bills Fan Reaction to the 2020-2021 NFL Season.