FX Grotesquerie envelope its long horror story – but did Travis Kelce’s character Ed survive until the end?

In the season 1 finale, which aired on Wednesday, October 30, Kelce, 35, returned – this time as the real Ed, who shook a mule and found himself in a love triangle with his wife Merritt (Raven Goodwin) and his mother, Lois (Niecy Nash-Betts). Ed may have made it out alive, but some fans might be disappointed — or excited — to know his mullet didn’t.

“I had to face some hard truths. I cut (the mullet) off to clean up,” Ed told Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) about his decision to join a men’s rights group. “No (it’s not a religious group). (It’s about) support and brotherhood because we all have a moment in common. My anger is my salvation.”

Kelce was first introduced early in the season as a nurse named Ed who worked at the same hospital where Lois’ husband Marshall was being treated after falling into a coma. Ed and Lois developed a flirtation but did not act on their feelings. He then fell in love with Merritt – and then the fans I learned that none of this was real.

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Grotesquerie shocked fans and We even more than halfway through the season with the reveal that Lois was the one in the coma. As a result, all that was shown until episode 7 was a dream sequence she was having while unconscious in the hospital. Reality offered Kelce a chance to play a second character on his first scripted television project.

“The blessing of this particular show for an actor is that most of the characters play a duality,” Nash-Betts, 54, joked during an exclusive interview with Us every week earlier this month. “Travis went from being a lovely person who worked at the hospital to an unlucky man with a mullet.”

At the time, Nash-Betts remembers having made an effort to make sure Kelce felt supported on set.

“I just wanted to make sure I was very, very present for him in this new space. (He) was entering the theater world and getting baptized very quickly into (the theater world),” she said. added. “(Grotesquerie) is going to come with some things that other shows maybe don’t, so I just wanted to make sure it felt covered. I wanted to make sure we had time to rehearse.”

Nash-Betts also talked about building on-screen chemistry with Kelce, joking, “I was born to flirt, so that part is easy.”

Before Grotesquerie premiered on FX, Kelce discussed the pressure that came with the “big role.”

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“At the moment I’m just taking it scene by scene and trying to make sure I remember my lines. Like I said, I’m very amateur at this,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said on his and his brother’s account. Jason KelceThe “New Heights” podcast from May. “I hope I don’t bomb this for (Ryan). It seems like everything is going according to plan, and I can’t thank him enough for this opportunity because I’m sure there are actors who have worked in the theater world who would die for the opportunity to work with Ryan, and I’m really going to make it, it’s my first gig ever. So it’s pretty unique and pretty cool.

He continued: “The biggest difference between being outside of the theater world and starting to get into it is that you are very in tune with the scenes. You don’t want to get caught up in the lines, you want to be in the scene with the person you’re playing with, right? I started off thinking, “Dude, just memorize your lines.” Memorize your lines. But in reality, you want to be able to transport that scene from one point to another and describe exactly what it means.

Grotesquerie is currently streaming on Hulu.