Us Against You

On the day of Ann-Katrin’s funeral, people put their differences and feuds aside to support her family. Kira and Peter finally join hands again, attempting to fill the space that’s extended between them. When the Pack show up, they go up to the roof, which Peter is trying to figure out how to mend. The Pack and Peter work side by side, while Teemu cooks alongside Kira in the kitchen. At school, Benji hesitates, knowing that people are still calling him “fag” online. Maya approaches him and encourages him to walk in proudly—the problem is with those who label him, not him. 

As the hockey season progresses, Hed wins all of their games and so does Beartown. Inevitably, they will meet again. In the meantime, William Lyt shows Benji subtly that he was the one who put the axe with the note on the teacher’s door. The two boys have unfinished business with one another.

Maya tells her mom that she’s been accepted into a specialized music school—a new beginning for her. Kira wants a new beginning too, so she and her colleague quit their firm jobs and start their own company.

Peter is explicitly told to get the Pack out of the rink by the new sponsors, so he doubles security to block the standing area at the next game. At that game, he notices that there are black jackets—the symbol of the Pack—everywhere, more black jackets than there actually are members of the Pack. It’s a message: the town against Peter. Later, Richard Theo publicly endorses the Pack’s right to the standing area and the sponsors retract their demand of Peter. He realizes he’s been set up this whole time.

Late one night, Bobo goes to the rink where Zackell practices scoring goals. He asks her to teach him how to skate and when she does, he asks her if he’ll ever be good at hockey. She’s honest with him and tells him that he might not be good at hockey, but he would make a good coach. From then on, Bobo finds creative ways to taunt and tease Benji and Vidar at practice, a way to get them to practice self-control on the rink.

Benji begins getting new kinds of messages from other closeted students who thank him for being a symbol. Benji doesn’t want to be hated or admired for his sexuality, so he stays focused on hockey. Ana’s guilt becomes too much to bear and she admits to Benji that she’s the one who took and posted the picture. Benji convinces Maya to forgive Ana, and by the end of the chapter Ana and Maya are running together again.

Zacharias is Amat’s long-time best friend who loves gaming more than hockey. Zacharias’s family doesn’t see his gaming as anything serious, and Zacharias always feels left out and bullied for his hobbies and looks. When Zacharias gets the chance to play in a major gaming competition, Amat convince Zacharias’s parents to come out with him and support. Together they watch Zacharias win. Meanwhile, Maya brings Ana to MMA club with Jeanette, where Ana shows exceptional natural talent. Everyone seems to find their passion but Leo, who reconciles with his father and waits for his own awakening.

Although Beartown has become more unified, the feud between Beartown and Hed escalates. Ana and Vidar, very much in love, go to a party where a teenager from Hed tries to hit on Ana and gropes at her when she tries to get away. She notices the look of murder in Vidar’s eyes and she takes down the Hed boy and hits Vidar until he runs away with her. That begins another series of escalated violence: Fights between children on the rink, shattered windows of cars, fights at neutral spaces like a pizzeria. A group of angry people in Hed decide that they have to get back at the Pack.

Men from Hed set fire to the Bearskin, a message to the Pack. They claim later that they didn’t know Ramona sleeps above the bar. Ramona is woken by flames and Zackell, who was jogging by the bar when she saw the fire. News of the fire spreads quickly, and rumors of a white car with men from Hed are passed on to Teemu. Members of the pack set off in pursuit of the white car, and Leo follows them. Meanwhile, William and Benji see one another and meet at a different location to have the fight they’ve wanted to have for months. When they’re done, Benji admits that he was in love with Kevin, and William tells him that knowing that would have made their feud different. The two boys part, not as friends or as enemies.

The car chase continues, but Kira and Maya are driving the other direction and happen to pass by the chase when the white car veers, causing Kira to launch her car out of the road and into a tree. She and Maya are okay, and Leo meets them in their embrace. A man also not associated with the car chase tries to move around the collision but is too fast and doesn’t see Ana run across the road to the burning white car. Vidar steps in front of the car, pushing Ana out of the way, and dies on impact.

Kira falls asleep that night curled up with her children, all of them lucky to be alive. Vidar is dead as is the old man who accidentally hit him. Two men from Hed are arrested for Arson and another will likely never walk again. Teemu’s mother is in absolute disarray over Vidar’s death. Ana, Teemu, and Teemu’s mother hold hands, wishing they could trade places with Vidar.

Time passes and the people in Beartown do what they do best: muster up their courage and continue on. Ana commits herself to MMA and competes with the Pack’s support. Maya goes to music school. Peter resigns as General Manager of Beartown Ice Hockey club and goes to work for his wife’s new company. Eventually, Bobo becomes Zackell’s assistant coach while Amat goes on to play professionally in the NHL. When Hed and Beartown meet again to play, William wears a black arm band in support of Beartown’s loss and the Hed fans chant an appreciation for their opponent. Benji stops playing ice hockey and moves on and away. Even Teemu and Peter come to a civil and peaceful understanding. Hockey remains as the town’s unifier, where people go to witness something simple, fair, and meaningful.