We’re three episodes into The Idol, and we’ve finally had a chance to see something from Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye).
To his credit, acting is a new avenue for him, so we can’t expect world-class convincing from him, but being how much input he has had on his show to seemingly force his way into a larger role, it’s hard to look past the early lack of appeal with this character.
What Episode 3 did show us, though, was Tedros’ best moment (as a character) which just so happened to show him at his worst.
As the series moves along, getting more scenes in which Tedros is openly insecure will only benefit The Idol.
We didn’t learn much about Tedros through the first two episodes, but we did get to peel back a layer of his in the opening scenes of Episode 3.
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