Ted Lasso

[muppetman]

3rd season was the weakest I thought. Not enough Ted and trying to tie up too many different story lines.

Saying that, it was lovely to have something positive on the box and I'm glad they've wrapped it up neatly, rather than being canned.

Maybe a spin-off for the Women't team, would sort of be on-message with the whole series?

 

[SpursSince1980]

Said it once. Will say again. If you liked TL, watch SHRINKING on Apple. Most of the same creative team. And utilizes a similar tone. Extremely funny and poignant. Also, Harrison Ford is outrageously outstanding.

First episodes take some time to settle into the premise, but after that you will fall in love with all the characters. If you loved the nature of TL, trust me, you will fall in love with SHRINKING too.

 

[easley91]

I think it was left intentionally ambiguous. The explanation that you gave being one of the options and the other being that Nate saw himself becoming something he didn’t want to be so chose to quit before losing more of himself. I’d have to rewatch but for some reason I was leaning towards Nate quitting based on something subtle…again I think either way is possible.

I swear Nate literally said he quit? Thought he asked his girlfriend "did I do the right thing?" or similar. Might be misremembering though.

 

[easley91]

Must be in the minority because I enjoyed season 3.

Okay it wasn't the strongest, but I enjoyed Rebecca finally moving on from Rupert's hold over her. I enjoyed Roy finally getting through his anger problems and always wanting to be by himself. I enjoyed the inclusion of an international break and the lads cheering on Jamie and Jamie wearing Sam's squad number. Sam getting his Nigeria call up at the end was lovely. Ted finally realising he had to go back and be with his family.

Also one of our own in Sam Cox was a West Ham player on the show, so special shout out to him.

Will have to binge again from the beginning. Though why they had to beat Tottenham I will never know..

 

[robertgoulet]

I think it was left intentionally ambiguous. The explanation that you gave being one of the options and the other being that Nate saw himself becoming something he didn’t want to be so chose to quit before losing more of himself. I’d have to rewatch but for some reason I was leaning towards Nate quitting based on something subtle…again I think either way is possible.

I’d assumed Nate quit hadn’t even considered the firing angle.

 

[Tottenhamboy85]

I’d assumed Nate quit hadn’t even considered the firing angle.

Yea that’s what I thought

 

[Reece_Spurs]

Yeah unless i'm remembering wrong I thought it was pretty obvious Nate quit. My thoughts on the West Ham chairman (Forget his name)trying to get Nate with those girls at the club was so he could try and break up him and his girlfriend as he took a liking to her.

 

[coyspurs18]

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

Given up after half a season of the third and the last few episodes I was skipping scenes.

It's just too cringey for me. I like the Ted Lasso character, the Ibra like character as well was pretty fun but most of the other scenes, the guy with the restaurant, the lesbian couple amongst other storylines just bore me.

Basically when it's the football stuff, the characters are fun. But almost every other scene is tedious.

Everything is too nice, every character away from football is almost too good.
Most of the characters also have the emotional age of a teenager. Everyone pining over a past relationship every 5 minutes. It's almost a chick flick.

The only character that comes across as even slightly plausible is the Anthony Head one.

 

[aliyid]

Anyone holding off to binge the final season, go for it.

Thank you Sir, this is lined up next to binge the final season.

Football is life

 

[SpursSince1980]

Given up after half a season of the third and the last few episodes I was skipping scenes.

It's just too cringey for me. I like the Ted Lasso character, the Ibra like character as well was pretty fun but most of the other scenes, the guy with the restaurant, the lesbian couple amongst other storylines just bore me.

Basically when it's the football stuff, the characters are fun. But almost every other scene is tedious.

Everything is too nice, every character away from football is almost too good.
Most of the characters also have the emotional age of a teenager. Everyone pining over a past relationship every 5 minutes. It's almost a chick flick.

The only character that comes across as even slightly plausible is the Anthony Head one.

Yeah, I can definitely see that for some people Ted Lasso may come across as twee.

As a writer, I greatly respect some of the steps they have taken along the way.

It's not a show about football. In the same way, 'This Sporting Life' wasn't about Rugby League. Or 'Moneyball' wasn't about baseball.

Ted Lasso is either a vibe that resonates, or something that will grate. Because it absolutely doesn't play it safe. It has always stuck to marching to the beat of it's own quirky drum. Which, like I said... as someone who enjoys writing, I deeply appreciate how complicated it is to tell a story where your main protagonist is almost a messiah like figure. Someone who drifts into the worlds of others in need, and in some form, helps them realize / actualize their fears, hopes, dreams, and doubts.

When he leaves Richmond, it's not the club that was changed. It was the people. Which, narratively speaking, was a bold choice. As ultimately, Ted doesn't really change that much from start to end. Yes, he faces his own demons and learns how to manage that side of himself. But has he significantly changed as a person by the end? No. Whereas nearly everyone else around him, have changed profoundly.

For me.... this is the second best piece of TV writing over the last ten years. The first was True Detective, season 1.

 

[Kirito]

Amsterdam episode in season 3 was fun but I agree that it went down hill.

The cringe between Ted and Pep was unreal, not sure how they pulled it off.

Great show overall though, has been well worth the watch.

 

[robertgoulet]

Yeah, I can definitely see that for some people Ted Lasso may come across as twee.

As a writer, I greatly respect some of the steps they have taken along the way.

It's not a show about football. In the same way, 'This Sporting Life' wasn't about Rugby League. Or 'Moneyball' wasn't about baseball.

Ted Lasso is either a vibe that resonates, or something that will grate. Because it absolutely doesn't play it safe. It has always stuck to marching to the beat of it's own quirky drum. Which, like I said... as someone who enjoys writing, I deeply appreciate how complicated it is to tell a story where your main protagonist is almost a messiah like figure. Someone who drifts into the worlds of others in need, and in some form, helps them realize / actualize their fears, hopes, dreams, and doubts.

When he leaves Richmond, it's not the club that was changed. It was the people. Which, narratively speaking, was a bold choice. As ultimately, Ted doesn't really change that much from start to end. Yes, he faces his own demons and learns how to manage that side of himself. But has he significantly changed as a person by the end? No. Whereas nearly everyone else around him, have changed profoundly.

For me.... this is the second best piece of TV writing over the last ten years. The first was True Detective, season 1.

It's funny I must be the only person whose least favorite part of the show was the actual football (specifically the matches).

 

[bbunc]

It's funny I must be the only person whose least favorite part of the show was the actual football (specifically the matches).

The football play was horrifically comical. I think to some extent they made it laughably awful so it was clear they weren’t even attempting to make it real.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

The football play was horrifically comical. I think to some extent they made it laughably awful so it was clear they weren’t even attempting to make it real.

I completely agree. If they'd tried to be authentic in any way then half the audience would've been lost picking apart the inaccuracies, this way there are simply too many to list so you just get comfortable and enjoy the ride. It also pandered to what I always imagine the US image of "soccer" to be, at least to a large portion of the population - when the final game starts and we clip to America, Michelle & Henry are getting ready to watch and Jacob's making sarcastic remarks about it being a bore-draw, fiddling with his phone and everything, that just magnified how I expect a lot of viewers of Ted Lasso in the US would be about an actual match, holding up a tiny mirror for them.

I've watched that last episode a couple of times now and every time I spot another call back to some minor detail in an earlier episode. From Catrick's balls falling out of his shorts and nobody being surprised to Roy hanging one of Phoebe's pictures on his wall, censoring the tits with tape (both a nod to Phoebe's "art" and how Ted censored Jamie's pic of Keeley) - marvelous telly.

 

[Spriggan]

For those among us who want to walk in his shoes……………

 

[SpursSince1980]

Didnt they add Richmond FC to FIFA?

Brilliant idea.

My favorite comedy, ever. And show about sports. Second favorite, has to be Friday Night Lights.

”Clear eyes. Full heart. Can’t lose.”

 

[robertgoulet]

Think the best thing I took from the show was his mom telling him sometimes you win, sometimes you lose but you ALWAYS play.
Or try. I can’t really remember the quote but I know what it meant.