A few days after losing Super Bowl LII, Tom Brady sat on his couch for the interview that became the gripping final scene of Tom vs. Time. On a cold February day in his Brookline mansion, the quarterback with the most Super Bowl rings in the history of the game openly pondered having the conviction necessary to continue his football career. Then, he gave a little shrug.
It didn’t just make for a compelling conclusion to the sixth and final episode of the Facebook docuseries—those in the room when it was filmed were also taken aback.