This series is great. It's a fan show through and through. Was surprised at first just how well they're doing at keeping it realistic. Was bit bummed they gave out some misinformation in this episode, though. Ted said Everton is not a town, well it is. Everton is a district in Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, in the Liverpool City Council ward of Everton. Arsenal are the only team in England without a physical location as a name.
Beautifully crafted episode. I am falling more and more in love with the show and the characters. I hope they all get to tell their stories.
I can only say I wish I had heard Rebecca sing a few more seconds! Amazing Episode!
This show is completely stunning, like I mean that. Who would’ve thought Ted Lasso would have me laughing, crying, and falling in love with all its characters, this is prime comedy television.
Wow. What an episode. So real and vulnerable and authentic. This one made me cry.
[8.0/10] One of my favorites of the show so far. I appreciate how this humanizes Ted. The last episode attempted that with his feelings about his failing marriage, but it felt cheap and unearned. But here, his hesitancy to make the divorce final by signing the papers, him being in a rough (and intoxicated) state and biting Nate’s head off for no reason, and him having a panic attack makes him feel like a real person in a way that the preternaturally chipper coach hasn’t always been to this point. Seeing him struggle with something emotionally, despite his cheery disposition, brings him down to earth in a way I really admire.
At the same time, I love the story of female friendship w e et with Rebecca, Keeley, and new arrival Flo/Sassy, Rebecca’s childhood friend. The two women trying to comfort Rebecca during her anniversary weekend because she needs it leads to a lot of great interaction among them that feel lived-in. It’s impressive to be able to bring in someone who is supposed to be a childhood friend, one with some lingering issues about Rebecca closing herself off, and make it feels so instantly lived in and real. Flo bringing out Rebecca’s sillier, more fun side despite the facade, while also taking her to task for pulling back from their family, is really great stuff. And Keeley adds a lot of fun to the proceedings in her admiration for Flo and her playful friendship with Rebecca.
Plus hey, Nate the Great! I love his taking the whole team to task and the implication that it’s his pre-game speech that spurs AFC Richmond to their first victory over Everton in sixty years. I’m really interested to see where the show goes with him, a s he obviously has an eye for the game and for the players. I’m intrigued to see if they continue t o develop him into a coaching waiting, as seems like the trajectory. It’s nice to see how the guy forgotten about in the luggage compartment turns into the guy who brings his team to victory.
Hell, I even liked Roy in this one, who’s been kind of a generic figure to this point. Nate diagnosing him with losing his anger, the thing that made him great on the pitch regardless of his slowing other skills, helping him find it again is a nie beat. And I’m glad to see the show pull the trigger on him and Keeley already, rather than dragging out the inevitable.
Overall, this one is heartfelt, cathartic, messy, and r eal in the way the bright and friendly Ted Lasso isn’t always. There’s wins here, for Rebecca, for Nate, even for Ted when he makes a connection with his boss's best friend, but they come through organic interactions and hard times, which makes him hit that much harder.
Roy mouthing along to "Let It Go" was the perfect 3s touch.
Rebecca finally showed some heart in this episode!
Couldn't help myself watching another episode. This show and the characters have really worked their way into my heart!
I almost hate how shockingly great this show is. It came out in the middle of 2020. Without question the worst year in modern American history.
We don’t deserve this. Our entire nation has been fighting tooth and claw, treating each other horribly and constantly sinking deeper and deeper into new depths of malice, contempt, distrust, paranoia, anxiety, and insanity.
Besides! Since when did Apple TV+ become a streaming platform capable of making artistic gems like Ted Lasso, huh? What’s that? They made “The Morning Show” which came out two years ago and was also kind of a big deal – and most people still haven’t seen it or even heard about it?
Well, I’ll give you that...I did watch ”The Morning Show” and it was genuinely excellent. Okay, so what? (This is what I assume you’re thinking as you read this btw). So what if Apple TV+ made ONE great season of dramatic television? Ted Lasso looks just like a 1 season long expansion of the exact same joke made in 2013 when NBC aired a few of those funny 4-6 minute SNL-like promotional videos in which this show’s protagonist & exact premise was played out. How is that supposed to work over 10 episodes?
Well, that’s what you’re going to find out, because I’ll be damned if I’m going to spoil ANYTHING about this much-needed work of genius. Ted Lasso isn’t trying to just make you laugh, (but you will laugh quite a bit). It throws some haymakers that you won’t be ready for. While Ted Lasso the character might look like he’s just another comedic punching bag that plays into the uncultured American stereotype, you will learn early & often just what this guy is really about. The way he can’t help but try to have as much fun as possible while still respecting the more serious aspects of life is beyond gratifying to experience.
When ill-tempered characters aren’t in the mood for his vibe & try to shut him down, you will be amazed at how layered Ted Lasso’s character really is.
A common theme is communication – or the inability lots of people have to actually say what they mean in for a generation that has spent the last few decades mostly interacting via text message, social media, or email – and Ted Lasso gets an extraordinary amount of mileage from this one idea alone. To spoil any more would be to deny someone the utter privilege it is to see this for the first time yourself.
Cheers.
Best episodes of the series so far!
ok I cried. gosh I love this show, which I did not expect at all, I was expecting a corny comedy but it has depth and layers and lovable characters. Surprise of the year for me.
Oh man now how do you top this episode?!? Brilliant stuff
ROYLEEEEEEEEYYYYY!!! I love them so much. And Ted Lasso you ruined Rebbeca's moment!!!! I still don't care about him, like I feel he doesn't fit his own show.
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I'm calling it, it's the best new show I've seen in a while. If it wasn't for The Good Place, I'd have no bones calling it the best new comedy since Parks & Rec. It just keeps getting better and better.