Who is Vanessa in All American to Asher?

We continue our coverage of the All American relationship triangles. And today, it’s Asher Adams’s turn. We will talk about who he is, his personality, and how his story arc fits in this show. Moreover, Asher Adams, one of the main characters, has a lot of things on his plate. Like most characters, he’s flawed in some ways. So, let’s explore how, and let’s explore his love interests. So, who does Asher end up with in All American?

The CW’s All American is a tv show about a high school student named Spencer James (played by Daniel Ezra) who is recruited to play football for Beverly Hills High School. While attending Beverly Hills High, Spencer must contend with the challenges of living in two different worlds – the affluent world of his new classmates and the working-class world of his old friends and family. The show follows Spencer as he navigates the often difficult waters of high school and tries to find his place in the world. All American is a thought-provoking and entertaining show that will leave you rooting for Spencer every step of the way.

Where does Asher’s heart go?

Who Is Asher Adams?

Asher is the wide receiver for the Beverly Hills High School football team. He has a big mouth, and a body to pair it with. Moreover, his mentality is the work-hard-play-hard kind. That’s why he feels threatened by Spencer and oftentimes tries to sabotage him for his spot at the team. Brash and impulsive, Asher Adams’ choices often haunt him and come around to bite him in the ass. After learning that he can no longer play football, he wants to put his bad blood behind him and find a new way of going forward. But it won’t be easy for him because football is centered around this character’s story arc. So, he must pivot towards new things.

The romance between Asher and Olivia developed over the first two seasons of All American, but the couple didn’t officially get together until season two. As close as they got, they had some separation over the summer when Asher decided to spend some time with his mother. Olivia was left alone in Beverly Hills as a result, and Season 3 has already hinted that something happened between her and Spencer.

In episode 2, All American season 3 added a new wrinkle to Olivia’s summer and the status of her relationship with Asher. The latest episode focused on the start of senior year for South Crenshaw and Beverly High. Still, one of the subplots was the introduction of Vanessa Montes, Beverly’s new football coach’s daughter. She is first introduced to Olivia but isn’t nearly as warm as expected.

It is later revealed that Asher met Vanessa during the summer, and Olivia is aware of this. Olivia tells Layla that she flew to Mexico to surprise Asher instead of traveling to Las Vegas over the summer. Still, she was the one who was startled to see Asher and Vanessa together at the beach.

Season 3 Episode 2 Holds The Key

Parts of All American season 3, episode 2, are reframed due to this revelation. The show employs flashbacks to depict Asher and Vanessa having fun by the seaside, but it’s unclear what transpires between them. Olivia has a strong suspicion that Asher cheated on her with Vanessa. She inquires if he had the opportunity to meet the new coach’s daughter, but Asher dismisses the question.

His silence only adds to Olivia’s suspicions, as he doesn’t want his girlfriend to know he met Vanessa over the summer. When Asher and Vanessa are alone in the episode, there is some flirting, but All American stops short of confirming whether or not anything romantic happened between them.

While Olivia may believe Asher cheated on her, All American treats this as an ongoing subplot. It looks that a definitive solution will come later, and there is conflicting evidence on whether Asher did or would cheat on Olivia. Vanessa says she won’t tell Olivia what happened between her and Asher during the summer, implying that something did happen. Asher telling her that he’s glad to see her again adds to the possibility of a relationship between them.

Olivia

Asher And Olivia

Asher was eager to tell Olivia about what transpired over the summer when he returned. She quenched his interest in that subject and afterward appeared dissatisfied at not being able to chat about their lives for the past few months. Asher may be desperate to admit to Olivia that he cheated on her with Vanessa, but it would be somewhat surprising. However, Asher may be attempting to be more honest following his steroid scandal last season. All American season 3 will have more to say about this topic. Olivia witnessing Asher and Vanessa together could be linked to the truth of what transpired between her and Spencer.

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Asher Adams is a work in progress. He’s starting his senior year not on the football team after using steroids, and he’s working towards getting back on the team in hopes of nabbing a college scholarship. But that’s not all Asher’s dealing with. He’s also keeping what happened between him and Vanessa, who is the daughter of the new head coach at Beverly, a secret. HollywoodLife talked EXCLUSIVELY with Cody Christian about Asher’s arc in All American season 3.

“There’s a lot of growth that I think needs to happen intrinsically with him,” Cody explained. “Obviously, he wants to get back onto the field, but I think the new coach at Beverly is going to challenge him in a way for him to become not only the best player but the best human being that he can be at the time. He’s definitely going to have to work hard and try to prove himself, which is something he’s done in the past, but I think this time around it’s going to allow him to really flourish again and set him up for a great future.”

Cody noted that it’s “not out of the question” that we’ll see Asher on the field again, but “there’s still a lot of work to be done.” He continued: “There’s a lot of burned bridges. He’s put himself in the situation, which we’ve seen countless times with him, hoping that he’ll eventually learn his lesson. This season is hopefully allowing him to get some sort of redemption. We’ll see if the character can grow to become the player that he needs to be to secure his spot back on the team.”

When season 3 begins, Asher and Olivia are still very much together. However, we learn that Asher and Vanessa met and bonded while in Mexico. When Olivia came to surprise Asher, she witnessed Asher and Vanessa on the beach together. Cody revealed where Asher’s mind is at when it comes to his feelings for Olivia and Vanessa.

“I think he has a very special relationship with Olivia, and I don’t think that he would sabotage that,” Cody told HollywoodLife. “With that being said, though, I think being away for the summer, he was able to connect with another human being in a way that he probably wasn’t able to do so at Beverly with just his history and the way people see him already. Once you have a certain friend group and people know you and they see your flaws and mistakes that you’ve made, it’s kind of difficult to overcome that. So in a way, leaving for the summer and connecting with this other character probably gave him a blank slate to explore who he is as a person and kind of rediscover himself. So I definitely think there was a lot of connecting that happened over the summer with the Vanessa character, and I think we’re going to explore that a little bit more as the season develops.”

Both Asher and Olivia are keeping secrets from each other, and Cody teased that the “developing tension” between all the characters will boil over in season 3. “Everyone’s kind of holding on to a little bit of a secret that happened over the summer,” Cody said. “I think a lot of it is driving these characters in a form of guilt. But I do know that all the secrets will eventually come to light, and it’s all going to surface. It may blow up in everyone’s faces, but it’s definitely going to be the catalyst for a lot of changes within our characters.” All American season 3 airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on The CW.