One less recognized fact about professional athletes is that they have personal lives. They have families. “Super Paul Mullin” at home is simply Paul Mullin and he has a young boy, Albi, who began avoiding eye contact and stopped smiling after he turned one. Albi would later be diagnosed with autism. To Mullin, “football comes second” to his family. Of course it does, but this isn’t typically verbalized by athletes and we tend not to think of their families when we think of professional athletes.

‘The Quiet Zone’ shows precious moments of Mullin being a father and emphasizes the significance of family to him as a football player. In games, Mullin wears boots that bear his son’s name and the autism awareness heart symbol and within the Wrexham community, autistic fans can attend games and sit in the “quiet zone” of the Racecourse to enjoy Wrexham football just as anyone else would.

Like Albi, Wrexham superfan Millie Tipping is autistic and her mother shares in Welcome to Wrexham that the Wrexham players and fans have been nothing but welcoming to Millie, enabling her to shine and be her true self. We see Millie greet players as they arrive for games as well as cheer for the team. And Millie, upon hearing that Albi Mullin is autistic, has the sweetest idea to make a goodie bag for Albi with a few things she hopes he will enjoy.

‘The Quiet Zone’ builds up to Millie meeting Paul Mullin and handing him her gift for Albi and maybe, just maybe, their heartfelt discussion contributed to Mullin scoring a hat trick in the Solihull Moors game thereafter. After all, Wrexham has a touch of Hollywood magic.

Not without their detractors, however. ‘Nott Yet’ shows fans of opposing teams riled up about Wrexham’s early success in the season and openly jealous of Wrexham’s Hollywood owners. They’ll even admit it. With Wrexham becoming an international sensation and drawing its community together stronger, what’s not to be jealous of? Like Wrexham fans, fans of opposing teams facing years of disappointment reflect on their own teams and can’t help but wish for a surge of morale and inspiration.

Now ranked first in their league eleven games into the season, Wrexham is up against Notts County and their stunning striker Macaulay Langstaff who has scored 14 goals on the season compared to 9 from Paul Mullin. Langstaff and Notts County are a formidable opponent and endanger Wrexham’s position at the top of the pole. Just as things are going right, Wrexham is in for a bit of a tumble. Down 1 – 0 at the half, Paul Mullin and teammate Ben Tozer get into a verbal spat and the game becomes a disappointing loss for Wrexham. Different from their last season however, the morale here is different. Wrexham has the self-confidence to bounce back easier from a loss despite increased notoriety for their Hollywood ownership and more than a few disparaging memes from opposing teams’ fans.

Along with Welcome to Wrexham’s season opener, ‘The Quiet Zone’ and ‘Nott Yet’ form a strong start to the show’s second season. These episodes build on the formula of alternating emphasis on Wrexham’s team ownership, community, and season to continue to provide audiences with numerous reasons to watch.