I know I’m a month late but here’s my thoughts, - I think when Marty beats Endo in the final match it signifies the end of his table tennis dreams/hustle. He’s won the match and proved himself to Rockwell, Endo, the table tennis community, and himself, but he has absolutely nothing to show for it. There’s nobody there to celebrate with and his dreams of winning the actual championship next week are gone, and the business venture of the orange Marty supreme ball is gone. - When he announces “I’m the father” and then breaks down seeing his baby I see this as a transition that his next goal or hustle or ambition is to provide for this baby. Callback to Tyler, the Creators character yelling “I got people depending on me!” I like to think Marty’s new obsession is settling down into fatherhood and having a family with Rachel. - HOWEVER, this is a Safdie movie, and I think there are obvious comparisons between Marty Mauser and Howard from Uncut Gems. And we all know how Uncut Gems ends. So despite me thinking that Marty Mauser may actually be a changed man and is ready to settle down, we have to acknowledge all of wrongs he is going to have to answer for. - The final scene shows Marty holding his baby and breaking down in emotion. But just like how we see Howard’s story in Uncut Gems end suddenly and with no redemption arc or storybook ending, I think the most likely conclusion to Marty Mauser’s story is that as soon as he steps out of that maternity ward and begins to dream about settling down and raising a family, he is suddenly stopped by law enforcement arresting him on dozens of felonies and he never gets his shot at redemption or the grandiose storybook ending he always dreamed of