who watched? Such a bittersweet ending to one of the best shows to come out the last few years. It’s one of those few shows where I genuinely liked every character. Definitely don’t think it’s the last we see if Ted, however.
at a time where this crazy world need some positivity. Perfect ending. Def spinoffs coming. one suggestion, change the title. Its not about me, it never was.
but the last season isn't above criticism. I don't really know why they bothered with the whole Jack subplot. And while I liked seeing Nate sort of come to the realization of his own self worth with the help of Jade, it would have been great if he had been integrated in with the rest of the cast somehow throughout the season.
Regardless, there were some really great moments this season and I really loved the show. Hope there's more, even if it goes on without Ted.
Finale was very good, and the last few episodes certainly saved the season as a whole. Agree there was a lot of tangent subplots and storylines that felt forced and several bad episodes this season.
But overall a great show and I hope there's some character specific spin-offs.
Overall a tremendous show. One of my favorite ever.
This season on the whole went in directions that were totally unnecessary but in the end it wound up on a high note. The acting and production of the show was top notch. I really thought Rebecca was going to convince him to stay.
or how they left Keeley at her house in the finale with no real closure, but I’m not really worried about that part since I assume we are getting a spin-off where it will be addressed.
is about so much more than who she chooses. So I don't think it was bad how they handled that.
Agree, made that point last night to the Ms CHP: she's revived her own business, introduced FC Richmond Women's Team--she's been empowering herself with Rebecca's guidance. Ray and Jamie were such clowns: you choose which one of us lugs you want to be with! She throws them right out on the sidewalk.
The Jack affair was a bit of a sideshow, except maybe to show that Keeley is about loving whom she's with (tnks, SSs)?
this season was mixed and felt apart from first 2 but was still ok
i dont think sudeikis is that important to carrying it forward so i hope they just evolve it vs multiple different spinoffs. keep most of the cast together and evolve it.
i also dont think they know what it's going to be going forward which is why they left a lot of threads open ended as possibilities. they may be giving sudeikis time to decide if he wants to continue in a more limited capacity.
...And while I liked seeing Nate sort of come to the realization of his own self worth with the help of Jade, it would have been great if he had been integrated in with the rest of the cast somehow throughout the season....
I think it was right to keep him in limbo, apart from FC Richmond. His betrayal (fueled by self-hate) was so ugly and his ascension and fall with West Ham were writ so large, it would have felt (more) faked had he just returned to the fold in the blink of an eye.
Really liked Jade's part, she was very good, her sly little looks of wtf, irony, love, etc.
but JS has been, to date, unqualified in saying the Series achieved what producers and writers wanted to, even as he said viewers didn't yet know, as of pre-screening last episode yesterday, quite what they were getting. Hannah's Rebecca a very winning role, she has quite the face.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
RE: Hannah Waddingham really wants it to continue,
but JS has been, to date, unqualified in saying the Series achieved what producers and writers wanted to, even as he said viewers didn't yet know, as of pre-screening last episode yesterday, quite what they were getting. Hannah's Rebecca a very winning role, she has quite the face.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
i think there's some probably not unfounded speculation that the real world has been part of JS pov. i can only imagine how much apple would pay for it to continue with or without him, but in either scenario i think they also probably realize it makes sense to not rush into anything. if it evolves they need to get that right and in the interim maybe a cooling off period helps. the gap between the last 2 seasons was almost 2 years, a lot can change.
but we liked all of it. As for spinoffs, I'll happily watch hours of Roy Kent taking his niece for ice cream. Also, no more partially naked coach Beard please.
Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard and one of the writers) is doing an AMA on reddit. Pretty cool! Brendan Hunt AMA - ( New Window )
thank you for posting that. here's his answer on the future of the series:
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My pat answer, that is also 100% true: We don’t know. We need a break and will take one presently. Nothing has been ruled out, everything is possible; but that includes the possibility that we’re done. We won’t know until we’ve sat with it for a while, decompressed, etc.
-Ted doing the Running Man reminded me of Sudeikis' SNL character on "What's Up with That?"
-I thought we would get to know Beard's first name. I think the "Goodbye Willis" line was a reference to the rap song "Goodbye" by "Willis."
-I had a feeling they would win but not win, another thing about soccer that Ted would find ridiculous. (Sometimes when you win you lose, sometimes when you lose you win, sometimes when you tie, you win or lose or just tie.)
For those who believe it would be easy to continue w/o JS
Good interview with pics of a relaxing actor. Dunster talks about Jamie's transformation from it's all about me Diva to EPL leader in assists:
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It has been a drastic reinvention for a character once known strictly for bad-boy smarm. And Dunster, faced with making this transformation convincing, had doubts that he could pull it off.
“I was terrified constantly,” he admitted in a video call last week from his flat in London. “Every time I read a new script, I would think, [expletive], I don’t know how to do that.”
He credits Sudeikis, as the star and co-creator of the series, with helping him through it, especially in a major scene in Episode 11 in which Tartt breaks down and weeps over the stress of an impending game before his hometown crowd. “There are some lovely things people have said after that episode, and the honest answer is that it was Jason’s idea,” Dunster said.
And to the $64 question about Ted Lasso's future, if any:
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Affable and boyish, with a thoughtful air that often had him gazing off into the middle distance before he spoke, Dunster seemed eager to look back on “Lasso,” as it drew to a close. (While no official announcement has been made about the show’s future beyond Wednesday’s Season 3 finale, there are currently no plans for more episodes or for spinoffs.) He reminisced about the casting process with a wistful glee, speaking in a tone of well-mannered English refinement that contrasts sharply with Jamie’s Manchester brogue.
Jamie Tartt's role was originally going to be that of a Latam player, name change to Dani Rojas:
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At the time, he said, the character of Jamie Tartt was called Dani Rojas, who was “what the character of Jamie is now, but maybe European or South American, representing where lots of footballers come from that might have a diva-y spirit.” (Dani Rojas later became a separate character, a soccer-loving Pollyanna from Mexico played by Cristo Fernández.)
Dunster auditioned “in a sort of Spanish accent,” he said, which was “not quite what they were looking for.” He assumed that was the end of it. But one afternoon some time later, while playing volleyball, Dunster got a call from his agent telling him that the producers wanted him back — only this time without the Spanish.
I thought this season was borderline awful. WAY too much time spent on Keely, I mean, who gives a fuck about her stupid PR agency, which wasn’t believable anyway. Most of the other subplots were completely predictable. I think Sudekis was smart to end it, they’re out of ideas.
but some things this season were flat-out bad, from stuff that seemed to come out of nowhere (Jade goes from actively cold toward Nate to being the perfect adoring girlfriend in about a minute), to small things like the "Sound of Music" musical number at practice, which was not remotely believable.
Coach Beard's revelation about prison etc. in the penultimate episode was great. Lots of great moments, peppered with "WTF???" stuff.
I was actually kind of disappointed that Rupert got some comeuppance. I figured it wasn't that kind of show. But at least it was more or less in character for him to act out in public.
I think that at some point they had a running motif about inappropriate relationships in the workplace, and that's what Keely & Jack were about. Rebecca & Sam... Rupert and his assistant... I'm sure I'm missing at least one more. But that didn't really go anywhere.
good observations, yeah, and Beard's true confessions--through 3 seasons he and Ted and thick as blood--to finally get the skinny on their bond.
I sort of thought Jade was being cold with Nate, at first; but she also struck me as detached observer of the goings on in the restaurant, Nathan bringing in the stuck-up model and her dumping him in minutes; her boss crowing about Nathan. She's just taking it all in, cryptic, maybe a bit judgmental. As an attractive (I found her very much so) hostess at the front, she probably had to be wary and protective. That's how I reconciled it.
was a perfect call back. Jeez how could you miss that.
i hate reading threads on tv shows. makes me feel like maybe im watching a different show or my tastes are bad? ted lasso at its worst was better than almost anything on tv during this time period.
was a perfect call back. Jeez how could you miss that.
i hate reading threads on tv shows. makes me feel like maybe im watching a different show or my tastes are bad? ted lasso at its worst was better than almost anything on tv during this time period.
I agree with that. My criticisms are just quibbles. I looked forward to and enjoyed every episode.
but JS has been, to date, unqualified in saying the Series achieved what producers and writers wanted to, even as he said viewers didn't yet know, as of pre-screening last episode yesterday, quite what they were getting. Hannah's Rebecca a very winning role, she has quite the face.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
I literally called him Darth Vader as he strode down the line.
Overall, I thought this was the weakest of the 3 seasons
but, still enjoyable. The last 2 episodes were the best of the season.
Looking back, I think they did the right thing with Man City winning. It didn't have to have the forced Hollywood ending to have the impact they were going for.
Selfishly, I would love to see the series continue because I like so many of the characters. There is so much they can do with the 49% fan ownership alone.
or how they left Keeley at her house in the finale with no real closure, but I’m not really worried about that part since I assume we are getting a spin-off where it will be addressed.
and that’s where I felt they went a little too far with him going home to be a dad. I’m sure there’s some hidden meaning to it but it still doesn’t sit right.
Ohh and when Rebecca was trying to convince him to stay and made the case of why he should move his family there, my wife and I both said “sign me the fuck up”.
and that’s where I felt they went a little too far with him going home to be a dad. I’m sure there’s some hidden meaning to it but it still doesn’t sit right.
Ohh and when Rebecca was trying to convince him to stay and made the case of why he should move his family there, my wife and I both said “sign me the fuck up”.
This didn't sit well with me. But, Beard's revelation about his past with Ted was excellent. And, I loved finally hearing his name.
There’s some speculation the wedding was a dream. The final montage sequence with Beard’s wedding, Roy becoming HC, etc is immediately followed by Ted waking up suddenly as his plane touches down.
Just watched it, thought it was really a good wrap-up
There are a few reasons. The first is narrative: Ted just got on a plane and left the UK, it would be anticlimactic and deflating if we suddenly see him back there before we even see his plane lands. The other is that that’s just the kind of friendship Ted and Beard have. Case in point is me and Joe Kelly, co-creator of Ted Lasso and one of the best friends I’ll ever know. A few years ago I get an email from him and his fantastic girlfriend that they are getting married in LESS THAN A MONTH. The email clearly stated “no worries if it’s too short of notice” which was awfully nice of them; I desperately wanted to be there but I couldn’t. They had scheduled to wedding the same day as a show I was doing in another city, if I recall correctly. So I missed the wedding, and guess what: no one cares! Our relationship is the exact same, our families live down the street from each other and we see each other all the time. So personally I think Beard called Ted and told him he could sit this one out, and Ted said thanks, because the ceremony conflicted with a big game for Henry’s soccer team. The history of their relationship IMO is long periods of seeing each other and long periods not. We have entered one of the latter, but the former will come around again at some point. They love each other, they will see each other again. They love each other, they will see each other again.
I feel like the marketing or promotions for this show
Are completely contrary to what the show is. Everything I’ve seen via commercial or whatever, it seems like it’s some sort of SNLish comedy show with a bunch of stupid humor.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
RE: RE: Hannah Waddingham really wants it to continue,
but JS has been, to date, unqualified in saying the Series achieved what producers and writers wanted to, even as he said viewers didn't yet know, as of pre-screening last episode yesterday, quite what they were getting. Hannah's Rebecca a very winning role, she has quite the face.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
I literally called him Darth Vader as he strode down the line.
Really a tremendous character shift for those of us who know Anthony Head as Rupert Giles on Buffy The Vampire Slayer,Buffy's Pseudo-Dad.. As Rupert Mannion (Was JS a Buffy fan and wanted Anthony to keep the Rupert first name???), he played that character to the most despicable levels.For those of us who will always connect Head with Giles, the fact that I never thought of that when watching the Mannion character is a hat's off to Head's acting ability!
RE: I feel like the marketing or promotions for this show
Are completely contrary to what the show is. Everything I’ve seen via commercial or whatever, it seems like it’s some sort of SNLish comedy show with a bunch of stupid humor.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
or how they left Keeley at her house in the finale with no real closure, but I’m not really worried about that part since I assume we are getting a spin-off where it will be addressed.
Agree about Jack. It was kind of pointless.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Personally I didn't like Season 3 and thought it was way worse than the first two.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
RE: I feel like the marketing or promotions for this show
Are completely contrary to what the show is. Everything I’ve seen via commercial or whatever, it seems like it’s some sort of SNLish comedy show with a bunch of stupid humor.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
In the early episodes, the show presents itself as straight comedy and episodes are fairly short at around 30 minutes. But the seeds of there being more to it are scattered early on. As the show progresses you learn more about what makes all the characters tick and the show becomes deeper and more dramatic. By the end episodes are clocking in at over an hour.
RE: RE: I feel like the marketing or promotions for this show
Are completely contrary to what the show is. Everything I’ve seen via commercial or whatever, it seems like it’s some sort of SNLish comedy show with a bunch of stupid humor.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
Crazy idea…try watching the pilot? Lol.
UConn it’s so strange and I can’t explain it, the promos keep me from doing so. I have zero interest and yet I’m intrigued by all your posts. It’s incredibly odd, I know. I just have no interest. I know, I’m crazy.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
"activists" made them change it, such bs. The way this country is now I know exactly how to take that 🙄
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
"activists" made them change it, such bs. The way this country is now I know exactly how to take that 🙄
Not sure if this is a dig at me, but I was just responding to the Jack comments above with what I read. Attached is one example in Salon. If you don't like it I guess you can take it up with them. Link - ( New Window )
Great finish to a one-of-a-kind show. Not a sitcom.
Hardly anything about the show qualified as a situational comedy like,, oh the Honeymooners to The Big Bang Theory, with All in the Family and Mork & Mindy somewhere in the middle. Except for the premise of American football coach managing an English soccer club, the humor was never about a "situation."
And right from the start of the series, the humor lay in the dialog and the cartoonish nature of some of the characters rather than an odd situation that arose.
It was a light, affable homily of a show, unique in its style, humor, and spirit.
I guess I'm in the minority but I definitely liked seasons 1 & 2 bette
I thought season 3 was just ok. If there is a season 4 I am not sure I'd watch it, I certainly wouldn't be as excited as I was to watch season 3 (especially if Ted is gone).
what’s the worst that happens, you spend 30 minutes and don’t like it? I don’t know how anyone can be so torn about just trying a show.
I guess the other part of that is, outside of the new GOT series and the last of us, I really don’t watch anything new unless it really grabs me. Those shows grab my attention.
what’s the worst that happens, you spend 30 minutes and don’t like it? I don’t know how anyone can be so torn about just trying a show.
I guess the other part of that is, outside of the new GOT series and the last of us, I really don’t watch anything new unless it really grabs me. Those shows grab my attention.
There's no dragons or zombies in this, so if you aren't into shows that are just about humans, this one isn't for you.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: I didn’t like the Jack subplot
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
Here is the article I read, there are others. This is from Salon. Link - ( New Window )
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: I didn’t like the Jack subplot
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
Here is the article I read, there are others. This is from Salon. Link - ( New Window )
and for the record I don't care. I was just responding to the posts above saying they didn't like the Jack character and thought it was a waste. My only point was that this could explain why.
not sure if this was posted or quoted bc it's from 3 weeks ago
Regardless, there were some really great moments this season and I really loved the show. Hope there's more, even if it goes on without Ted.
But overall a great show and I hope there's some character specific spin-offs.
Agree, made that point last night to the Ms CHP: she's revived her own business, introduced FC Richmond Women's Team--she's been empowering herself with Rebecca's guidance. Ray and Jamie were such clowns: you choose which one of us lugs you want to be with! She throws them right out on the sidewalk.
The Jack affair was a bit of a sideshow, except maybe to show that Keeley is about loving whom she's with (tnks, SSs)?
i also dont think they know what it's going to be going forward which is why they left a lot of threads open ended as possibilities. they may be giving sudeikis time to decide if he wants to continue in a more limited capacity.
Really liked Jade's part, she was very good, her sly little looks of wtf, irony, love, etc.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
i think there's some probably not unfounded speculation that the real world has been part of JS pov. i can only imagine how much apple would pay for it to continue with or without him, but in either scenario i think they also probably realize it makes sense to not rush into anything. if it evolves they need to get that right and in the interim maybe a cooling off period helps. the gap between the last 2 seasons was almost 2 years, a lot can change.
Brendan Hunt AMA - ( New Window )
thank you for posting that. here's his answer on the future of the series:
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My pat answer, that is also 100% true: We don’t know. We need a break and will take one presently. Nothing has been ruled out, everything is possible; but that includes the possibility that we’re done. We won’t know until we’ve sat with it for a while, decompressed, etc.
-I thought we would get to know Beard's first name. I think the "Goodbye Willis" line was a reference to the rap song "Goodbye" by "Willis."
-I had a feeling they would win but not win, another thing about soccer that Ted would find ridiculous. (Sometimes when you win you lose, sometimes when you lose you win, sometimes when you tie, you win or lose or just tie.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/arts/television/ted-lasso-phil-dunster-jamie-tartt.html
Good interview with pics of a relaxing actor. Dunster talks about Jamie's transformation from it's all about me Diva to EPL leader in assists:
“I was terrified constantly,” he admitted in a video call last week from his flat in London. “Every time I read a new script, I would think, [expletive], I don’t know how to do that.”
He credits Sudeikis, as the star and co-creator of the series, with helping him through it, especially in a major scene in Episode 11 in which Tartt breaks down and weeps over the stress of an impending game before his hometown crowd. “There are some lovely things people have said after that episode, and the honest answer is that it was Jason’s idea,” Dunster said.
And to the $64 question about Ted Lasso's future, if any:
Jamie Tartt's role was originally going to be that of a Latam player, name change to Dani Rojas:
Dunster auditioned “in a sort of Spanish accent,” he said, which was “not quite what they were looking for.” He assumed that was the end of it. But one afternoon some time later, while playing volleyball, Dunster got a call from his agent telling him that the producers wanted him back — only this time without the Spanish.
A reviewer compared the sudden Jack departure to The Simpsons Poochie episode:
Itchy and Scratchy - Goodbye, Poochie - ( New Window )
Coach Beard's revelation about prison etc. in the penultimate episode was great. Lots of great moments, peppered with "WTF???" stuff.
I was actually kind of disappointed that Rupert got some comeuppance. I figured it wasn't that kind of show. But at least it was more or less in character for him to act out in public.
I think that at some point they had a running motif about inappropriate relationships in the workplace, and that's what Keely & Jack were about. Rebecca & Sam... Rupert and his assistant... I'm sure I'm missing at least one more. But that didn't really go anywhere.
I sort of thought Jade was being cold with Nate, at first; but she also struck me as detached observer of the goings on in the restaurant, Nathan bringing in the stuck-up model and her dumping him in minutes; her boss crowing about Nathan. She's just taking it all in, cryptic, maybe a bit judgmental. As an attractive (I found her very much so) hostess at the front, she probably had to be wary and protective. That's how I reconciled it.
i hate reading threads on tv shows. makes me feel like maybe im watching a different show or my tastes are bad? ted lasso at its worst was better than almost anything on tv during this time period.
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was a perfect call back. Jeez how could you miss that.
i hate reading threads on tv shows. makes me feel like maybe im watching a different show or my tastes are bad? ted lasso at its worst was better than almost anything on tv during this time period.
I agree with that. My criticisms are just quibbles. I looked forward to and enjoyed every episode.
The season was the worst of the three by far. They Nate storyline was basically pointless.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
Looking back, I think they did the right thing with Man City winning. It didn't have to have the forced Hollywood ending to have the impact they were going for.
Selfishly, I would love to see the series continue because I like so many of the characters. There is so much they can do with the 49% fan ownership alone.
Ohh and when Rebecca was trying to convince him to stay and made the case of why he should move his family there, my wife and I both said “sign me the fuck up”.
Ohh and when Rebecca was trying to convince him to stay and made the case of why he should move his family there, my wife and I both said “sign me the fuck up”.
There’s some speculation the wedding was a dream. The final montage sequence with Beard’s wedding, Roy becoming HC, etc is immediately followed by Ted waking up suddenly as his plane touches down.
This is a great song for the end of the show. My favorite Cat Stevens song. I still remembered the words as it was playing on the TV.
There are a few reasons. The first is narrative: Ted just got on a plane and left the UK, it would be anticlimactic and deflating if we suddenly see him back there before we even see his plane lands. The other is that that’s just the kind of friendship Ted and Beard have. Case in point is me and Joe Kelly, co-creator of Ted Lasso and one of the best friends I’ll ever know. A few years ago I get an email from him and his fantastic girlfriend that they are getting married in LESS THAN A MONTH. The email clearly stated “no worries if it’s too short of notice” which was awfully nice of them; I desperately wanted to be there but I couldn’t. They had scheduled to wedding the same day as a show I was doing in another city, if I recall correctly. So I missed the wedding, and guess what: no one cares! Our relationship is the exact same, our families live down the street from each other and we see each other all the time. So personally I think Beard called Ted and told him he could sit this one out, and Ted said thanks, because the ceremony conflicted with a big game for Henry’s soccer team. The history of their relationship IMO is long periods of seeing each other and long periods not. We have entered one of the latter, but the former will come around again at some point. They love each other, they will see each other again. They love each other, they will see each other again.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
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but JS has been, to date, unqualified in saying the Series achieved what producers and writers wanted to, even as he said viewers didn't yet know, as of pre-screening last episode yesterday, quite what they were getting. Hannah's Rebecca a very winning role, she has quite the face.
Rupert played a very good villain!! Like Darth Vader striding along the touch line, his 'cape' fluttering after him, to duke it out with his manager. (:
I literally called him Darth Vader as he strode down the line.
Really a tremendous character shift for those of us who know Anthony Head as Rupert Giles on Buffy The Vampire Slayer,Buffy's Pseudo-Dad.. As Rupert Mannion (Was JS a Buffy fan and wanted Anthony to keep the Rupert first name???), he played that character to the most despicable levels.For those of us who will always connect Head with Giles, the fact that I never thought of that when watching the Mannion character is a hat's off to Head's acting ability!
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
Crazy idea…try watching the pilot? Lol.
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or how they left Keeley at her house in the finale with no real closure, but I’m not really worried about that part since I assume we are getting a spin-off where it will be addressed.
Agree about Jack. It was kind of pointless.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Personally I didn't like Season 3 and thought it was way worse than the first two.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
In the early episodes, the show presents itself as straight comedy and episodes are fairly short at around 30 minutes. But the seeds of there being more to it are scattered early on. As the show progresses you learn more about what makes all the characters tick and the show becomes deeper and more dramatic. By the end episodes are clocking in at over an hour.
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Are completely contrary to what the show is. Everything I’ve seen via commercial or whatever, it seems like it’s some sort of SNLish comedy show with a bunch of stupid humor.
Yet when I read all of your posts about the show over the years it sounds more like a drama, like “This is Us” or something like that. So strange.
And I appreciate all of your posts and it intrigues me, yet based on the promos I’ve seen I still can’t seem to find interest in watching the show.
Such a strange dynamic.
Crazy idea…try watching the pilot? Lol.
UConn it’s so strange and I can’t explain it, the promos keep me from doing so. I have zero interest and yet I’m intrigued by all your posts. It’s incredibly odd, I know. I just have no interest. I know, I’m crazy.
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What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
"activists" made them change it, such bs. The way this country is now I know exactly how to take that 🙄
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What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
They were dropping bread crumbs about Colin being gay during season 2.
"activists" made them change it, such bs. The way this country is now I know exactly how to take that 🙄
Not sure if this is a dig at me, but I was just responding to the Jack comments above with what I read. Attached is one example in Salon. If you don't like it I guess you can take it up with them.
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And right from the start of the series, the humor lay in the dialog and the cartoonish nature of some of the characters rather than an odd situation that arose.
It was a light, affable homily of a show, unique in its style, humor, and spirit.
I guess the other part of that is, outside of the new GOT series and the last of us, I really don’t watch anything new unless it really grabs me. Those shows grab my attention.
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what’s the worst that happens, you spend 30 minutes and don’t like it? I don’t know how anyone can be so torn about just trying a show.
I guess the other part of that is, outside of the new GOT series and the last of us, I really don’t watch anything new unless it really grabs me. Those shows grab my attention.
There's no dragons or zombies in this, so if you aren't into shows that are just about humans, this one isn't for you.
What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
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What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
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In comment 16127429 PatersonPlank said:
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What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
Here is the article I read, there are others. This is from Salon.
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In comment 16127429 PatersonPlank said:
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What I read was that Ted Lasso came under fire by "activists" for the lack of gay characters in their first 2 seasons. So they really "forced" in 3 gay ones and a bi (Keeley) and overcompensated. Now of course the activists are happy with the character arcs of the gat characters.
Where did you read this?
It was one columnist on Yahoo News (lol) that wrote an article about lack of representation that gets referenced by one other writer at Salon. Which has become armies of activist storming Apple HQ in Cupertino to get more gays on TV...
Here is the article I read, there are others. This is from Salon. Link - ( New Window )
and for the record I don't care. I was just responding to the posts above saying they didn't like the Jack character and thought it was a waste. My only point was that this could explain why.
Jason Sudeikis on Whether This Is Actually Ted Lasso’s Final Season | The Rich Eisen Show - ( New Window )