two episodes left but WOW
season two is just on another level
what a gem of a tv show
The second season of Ted Lasso struggles a bit with the sudden realization that this show is a hit that might end up lasting a long time. The opening season pitched us with one of the most charming and likeable characters we've seen this side of Paddington and captured a lot of the wholesome heart that is desperately reassuring to so many people on edge with the state of the world. Season one soothed me when I felt extremely broken and burnt out in my career and I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried a lot while watching it because it was so healing to experience a show about goodness bringing people together. Season two operates a little differently because this is no longer about Ted settling in to coach a soccer team. This season, instead, is about the soccer team itself. Hell, Ted is actually in shockingly little of the season in its entirety. It became more exploratory in a way that was refreshing, even if I did wish it stuck to its guns a bit more. But never once did I watch an episode this season and walk away disappointed because the writing retains all of the wit I fell in love with from season one.
There's deeper lessons and questions in season two. Whereas season one felt altogether more concerned with being wholesome feelgood television, the sequel season challenges the viewer a bit more. Whereas Ted in season one is the loveable underdog who is relentlessly kind, season two digs into those traits and unpacks them. Ted isn't flawless--and this season dares to point the finger at his faults so that he, too, can begin to grow. This sort of challenging writing I deeply respect. Because although I would have preferred more of season one's stuff, I can't deny that it probably would have grown a bit stale without any sort of deeper prodding.
Ted Lasso seems to understand that the path to being a better person isn't a straight line. There are ripples and stumbles along the way and there's always more to do. I appreciated the moments where we spend more time understanding Nate as his own character, or an entire episode about Coach Beard all separate from Ted. It creates realer people and a more well-rounded ensemble. It might have been slightly awkward in the moment, but I do think this creates necessary stepping stones on the way to a larger whole where each character is fully fleshed out--hopefully to then double down on its wholesome atmosphere.
All in all, I found season two to be an extremely enjoyable and solid bit of television, even if I found the growing pains its going through awkward at times. It occasionally gets to the heights that is the knockout of its debut season, but struggles to stay there as consistently. As a southern boy, I am so drawn to and inspired by Ted's charm and I anxiously await season three.
Season 1: Can't wait to watch next episode.
Season 2: Not so much.
Not a complete disaster, but it just feels like it's lost its way.
Maybe S3 will get back on track.
IDK why people are saying this season was worse than the last one, I thoroughly enjoyed this season and thought it was one of the best comedy seasons I've watched in recent memory. I think the characterizations of the characters were incredible and most of the characterizations went much deeper than a lot of similar shows. Plus this show never fails to make me smile, I had some horrible days while watching this season and this show was able to perk me right back up.
Once again a new show fails to keep the same spirit as it's season one, There is a lot of weakness points and really wasted a lot of minutes with non need scenes or things
but anyway was quite good and i enjoyed it although what i mentioned
hoping for next season to be better
Now I have many questions and exclamations in me. Is this Ted Lasso that I saw in the first season or is it another series? Has my TV taste changed within 5 months since I stopped watching the series in the fifth episode? Is this Ted Lasso who was balancing me between comedy and drama? And sports in every episode, and I remember the first time I downloaded the first three episodes of the series, I was eager to go to the other episode, and how he left his mark (happiness) when I finished each episode, currently the last 6 episodes without the last were between boredom and a good level, I never say The series has a bad level in general, the first 5 episodes were rather beautiful, but you know the day your favorite series offers you a great first season and I gave it 10/10, and in its second season it drops its level significantly from the first, here you are angry and angry about what happened to your favorite series, and it became Outside the term (my favorite series), but this season has its pros and cons. First, let's start with the positives. In this season, the series delved more deeply about the team's players. In its first season, the in-depth focus was only on (Roy, Jim), but in this season we have gone deeper about More players + Coach Ted Lasso, we watched more about his complexity and mental health, and the beautiful development that happened to many of the characters, especially Nate's character. It is true that she has become unpleasant, but his development will make us eager to know what will happen in the third season, and the things that happen because of what happened to Nate, and there are several positives. The series kept it from its first season. I didn’t need to mention it, and here we have come to the negatives, (and in this season I started to open my eyes about its negatives and I did not overlook them) and more and more negative ones, are relationships and then relationships, the amount of disgust I saw from this season from this side, ok we said The first season of the series gave me enough in this aspect, but here it reached the stage of nausea, and according to my belief and correct me if it was wrong, that the policy of nomination for the Oscars is similar to the Emmy, and if it was like this, then the series entered one of the rules of their policy for nomination in the series, which is the relationship of a black person to a person An egg or vice versa, and the problem is their relationship does not add anything to the story, and it is very clear that the principle in this relationship or just wants to please the organizers of the Emmy, and there is never a balance between comedy and drama and so on between episodes, sometimes they focus on drama and sometimes on comedy, and sometimes On the romance, and in my opinion, they should add the romance rating in IMDb, the series in several episodes of a heart of farce, and they pulled in a large number of episodes on sports, and this is something that I kind of liked, and the day they fell in love with a character that was worth delving into, they turned the episode into horror and other things in Very trivial, and despite his good level, I am still eager and waiting and will watch the third season.
|7/10|:star2:
After a fantastic 1st season this season feels so horrible and almost unwatchable. There's no comedy left, most of the football is scraped off, they drastically changed every character and fucking uselessly pivot to mental health stuff. Did this series needed to change so much after S1? Took me more than a month to somehow push through and complete. Also Rebecca in her 50s(probably) hooking with her 19 y/o employee is clearly wrong no matter how you look at it.
I don't care about football/soccer but this show is so wholesome and fun that it doesn't even matter.
As our attachment to the cast deepens, watching episodes remains an enjoyable experience. However, there's a noticeable lack of direction in this season. Unlike the first season, where characters had well-defined individual arcs, the current storyline feels somewhat aimless, as if the writers had no idea of what to do with most of the cast. If Jamie and Roy are the ones to be left there hanging without a clear purpose, as if they had to be included solely due to their popularity, Nate turns out to be the only one to have something meaningful to say.
Season 2 Score: 8.7/10
This season does so much of what I loved from season 1 and solidified this as one of my favorite shows out there right now. Jason Sudeikis is as good as ever as Ted Lasso and we even get to explore his character on a deeper level. He has more moments of sadness and anger here which really provides him with an extra layer of depth that we didn't see as much of in season 1. The supporting cast all continue to be so great as well, and I love what each and every one of them brings for the most part. I didn't enjoy this season quite as much as season 1, though, mostly because I think I just preferred the narrative and underlying story in season 1 better. It felt a bit more focused whereas here there's less of a focus on narrative and more so on the character arcs. However, I did find those character arcs to be executed very well, whether I enjoyed the characters or not (looking at you, Nate). It is pretty impressive that they managed to turn Nate into a lovable and heartwarming character to one of my most hated TV characters in the span of one season, but I'd be lying if I said he frustrated me so much this season and that brought down my enjoyment a bit. I do have a level of sympathy for him, but all of his personality flaws come to the surface here and I just couldn't sympathize with him when he started to actively try to take down Ted. Again, that arc was very effective, but man was he so unlikable this season. I did really enjoy the presence of Dr. Sharon this season and she provides the catalyst for a lot of the deeper character work for Ted. It also demonstrated that every character, no matter how hardened or opposite from Ted, just can't help but buy into Ted Lasso and end up loving him. Dr. Sharon displayed that very well. We do get to see somebody who ends up despising Ted in this season (Nate), but that's misdirected hatred and due to Nate's own personal issues. I do think this season struggled a little bit balancing all of its characters as well. Ted, Rebecca, Keeley, Nate, Roy, and Sam are all great, but I could have used some more time with characters like Jamie. I also still am not sure how I feel about the Rebecca and Sam storyline. There was also the very weird place they took things in episode 9 with Coach Beard. I enjoyed it enough as a wacky standalone episode, but it just felt so out of place in regard to the rest of the show. The pacing overall was a bit messy, and it sounds like the writers had to shoehorn in two extra episodes they weren't planning for and that's likely why. Still, the characters are just so enjoyable overall, the show effectively evolved to include a deeper narrative for many characters, and this season just continued to be such an enjoyable watch.
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the whole season in just one quote „I’d be happy to headbutt you Nate!“
Actually, a great season and a great show. Just the German voices are so odd compared to Englisch, that I wonder what an amateur picked these…
Great season! Very wholesome. Big changes from the first in that its not a battle with management but instead external forces. Great mental health advocacy as well.
Such a step up from the already great first season in how all characters evolve and are dissected. Even the minor ones.
This second season goes deeper in developing its character. We will get to know more about who Ted Lasso is, who Coach Beard is. Luckily, this season is still just as emotional and witty.
Never disappoints. Surprisingly, there is a special episode about Coach Beard who is still confused.
FIRST THOUGHTS:
This was a fantastic season - masterful even up through the last three episodes. I loved the way the show takes the things that we’ve loved about Ted - his goofy charm, his relentless positivity, his constant pop culture references - and shows this season that it’s a mask for other issues that eventually need to be addressed. Everyone gets some lovely arcs in the show, and most of the character beats are nicely threaded throughout the season. But three episodes from the finale, you can feel the plot wheels begin to kick into gear a bit too mechanistically - at least, more so than we’ve seen during the rest of the season - and characters being making choices for the sake of the plot rather than genuinely motivated by the plot. It all gets turned around by the finale, but there were two really rough episodes after a string of one brilliant episode after another. And some of the forced romantic tension by the finale felt out of character for a show that’s always been so honest. Still, it’s a great show, and I hope they’re able to end it on a high note.
Review by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2021-10-08T18:01:57Z— updated 2021-10-29T19:05:02Z
Season 2 is worse than season 1. The only positive thing to mention is that they throw more money at it so that some scenes on the pitch were a bit more believable (players and crowds still are not credible) but overall it's worse. Season 1 was at least a promise that this show could evolve, but it became clear that this is neither a well-told drama, nor a credible show about sports (let alone soccer in particular), nor is it exceptionally funny - it even lost his charming, heart-warming Kitsch appeal that made it enjoyable but shallow in the first place! None of the issues I had with the first season were eliminated. Did the producers watch the first season? We need more depth and more complex jokes (thus better writers) and we wanted to see more of the most enjoyable comedy talents (the women and the cute greyhound) - instead they wasted time on rather boring characters. Some episode in the middle of the season were a waste of time. Episode 4 was an insult, episode 3 maybe the best (the women and girls save the day again!) I watched this second season cause the previous season was promising despite it's overall mediocrity - I'm not so sure I'll watch the next season. I said it before, I say it again: that's the innocuous show Apple+ deserves.