All American Season 3 Review: The CW s Football Drama Still Scores, But MVP Daniel Ezra Deserves More
Spencer needs to evolve along with his co-stars Candice Frederick
At the beginning of
All American, the CW drama following a Black teen (Daniel Ezra) struggling to reconcile his Compton identity with his promising new life as a football star living in Beverly Hills, it explored questions of Blackness, colorism, and privilege through a mostly singular coming-of-age story. Now, as that narrative continues to evolve in
All American Season 3, we see some of those same themes play out with varying degrees of success, and a central character grappling with a seemingly self-appointed responsibility to be everything to everyone.