'Sneakerheads' Ending Explained: Will the squad seal most lucrative deal with Zeroes and return to trade?
Spoilers for ‘Sneakerheads’ Season 1
The last episode of the six-episode ‘Sneakerheads’ started with a lot of action but ended on an emotional note with a cliffhanger. As the episode opens, we see Devin (Allen Maldonado) and his friend Bobby (King Bach) being escaped hideously from an interrogation cell in Hong Kong. The episode cuts to Los Angeles where the two arrive after finally grabbing the most mystical pair of sneakers called ‘Zeroes’. They join their squad Nori (Jearnest Corchado) and Stuey (Matthew Josten) where they unravel how they had a narrow skedaddle with the help of A-lister celebrity Jason Statham and landed in LA.
While the squad is finally exhilarated to have Zeroes, Cole (Justin Lee) comes over and accidentally spills Spinach smoothie on the shoes. This infuriates the squad who takes the shoes for fixing to Jason Markk, as suggested by Cole. At Jason’s shop, a rich customer eyes the stained sneakers and is willing to offer $10,000 for it which looks like a very lucrative deal to Devin.
However, Bobby convinces him that the shoes must be sold to another hoarder who has offered to sell his entire million dollar collection in exchange for Zeroes. In a few seconds, it is revealed that the shoes, after being fixed, have been stolen by Cole who is live streaming with the pair around the corner of the street. Then the squad chases Cole and finally takes the shoes. On the other front, Stuey stays back and finds that pair of shoes that Nori is in constant search for. It is the pair that she once flipped which belonged to his late father. He offers Nori, the pair which has the original label only to find she is emotionally overwhelmed and kisses Stuey sealing a love affair with him.
What next? When we are thinking that finally after all the drama, the squad will sell the Zeroes, it does not happen to their dismay! The hoarder tells that he just casually made the video and will never give his whole collection of sneakers just like that. Further, he tells there are five pairs of Zeroes he already has. This enrages Devin who regrets listening to Bobby when they were about to strike a deal earlier. It looks as if the squad is going to disintegrate after all this. Further, Devin, on his way back to home, comes across a shoe shop. He notices that a salesman is wearing his most wanted pair of sneakers that he wanted to have called 13’s. He asks if the salesman is willing to trade the shoes with him after which he brings him one from his truck. This pleases Devin, who arrives wearing those shoes to his home.
He apologizes to his wife, Catherine, and reveals how he had embarked on a misadventure for Zeroes. Catherine accepts him after learning why Devin has a fetish for sneakers which are more than just shoes and are like a dream for him. He tells her it is the same shoes he was wearing 10 years back when he met her, the love of his life. This revelation is enough to do much damage control to their torn apart marriage. On the other front, Bobby is seen going back to his shoe school to materialize his passion for the shoewear. The season one leaves us with suspense that whether the squad will ever return for another adventure? What will happen to the Zeroes and whether Devin, a family man will ever be back on the sneaker trading game.
Season 1 of 'Sneakerheads' premiered on Friday, September 25, 2020, on Netflix.