WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Feel Good, now streaming on Netflix.
Season 2 of Netflix's Feel Good focuses on Mae (Mae Whitman) going through rehab, but realizing while she's over drugs, she can't get past demons of old, which she needs to do to move on with George (Charlotte Ritchie). As a result, the comedian returns to Canada, and in the final couple episodes of the season, we discover her shocking secret and a major catalyst for her trauma.
It revolves around her older friend, Scott, a fellow comedian whom Mae has a deep bond with. He initially takes her out of therapy in the first episode, revealing that he's the best friend from her past she hid much about. They're quite close, and as Mae works up the courage to resume some sort of normalcy in life, she even kisses him, hinting that he's a former flame and not a brother-like figure.
Scott rebuffs it gently but no drama ensues as Mae goes back to England to work out her career and decide if she wants to marry George. Bit by bit, Mae feels like she's making progress, however, when commitment becomes a reality, Mae starts to slip away and become more selfish, causing a deep rift with her and George. And at the root of it all is Scott. While he's been dispensing advice for her to mature and be a perfect partner for George, Mae admits that he did groom her as a 16-year-old.
George realizes this is connected to Mae suffering a mental breakdown after seeing men in power in the industry coercing and tricking girls with their influence, so much so that Mae feels guilty. But to stop her life from spiraling out of control, Mae decides she wants to go to Canada again and confront Scott.
It's not an angry #MeToo moment, though, as they care for each other and have been there through thick and thin for decades, but George is still worried. Scott was in his 30s when he took Mae in, and while she didn't want a relationship at first -- just a friend -- it ended up turning sexual. George can tell this led to an identity crisis and Mae struggling with being gay.
When Mae eventually speaks to him in the club, she scolds Scott's friends for knowing what was up as she was vulnerable and couldn't read the room. Apparently, Scott did this kind of stuff before but he admits that he didn't intend for things to get complicated. He just wanted to give her shelter and help her get clean as her family kicked her out for being a thief and junkie.
Still, he knew Mae was promiscuous and exploited it, even if it felt natural to her at the time. She tearfully tells him she'll always love him but they won't see or speak to each other again, finally cutting the cord after that mental manipulation which had her afraid to trust and intimately love years later.
Feel Good stars Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie, Lisa Kudrow, Phil Burgers and Adrian Lukis. Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.