Since it’s over probably, time for a #TedLassoRewatchParty.
I’m gonna try to note something from each episode that I hadn’t noticed before, or something notable in the total arc of the show.
S1E1: Beard and Ted pull up to Nelson Road stadium for the first time in a black Mercedes sedan, same car that Ted takes on his ride back to his ex’s house in Kansas in the finale.
#TedLassoRewatchParty S1E2 is this the only time Sam curses in the series?
#TedLassoRewatchParty S1E3 opening with Connection by Elastica kinda cemented my love of Ted Lasso, following the prior ep, which had something from A Tribe Called Quest.
I think the quality of music kinda trailed off, but the initial choices hooked me good https://youtu.be/gY2s4hJ8kuA
S1E4 unlike many shows, none of the actors/writers/directors seem to have much ‘learning curve’ with the characters.
With the possible exception of Brett Goldstein, who i noticed in this one seemed to not use as gravelly an inflection and has like a 6% posher accent, they all seem to have nailed everything down about their performances from day 1. #TedLassoRewatchParty
S1E5 a couple of times in prior episodes, and this one when he tells him to play-limp off the field to work the crowd, there were a few neat mentor-mentee moments between Roy and Sam, but those seemed to fade away after this one. #TedLassoRewatchParty
S1E6 oh crap, has this all ended with us never seeing or hearing the charity single rap “Winner Winner, Football Dinner?” #TedLassoRewatchParty
S1E7 Disney, please let apple release a single of Hannah Waddingham singing Let It Go #TedLassoRewatchPsrty
S1E8 I always liked how subtly they hinted at the Roy-Isaac connection that led to Isaac being named captain. This small little salute greeting was the first hint.
S1E9 in the tv pantheon on the first ballot, no question #TedLassoRewatchParty
S1E10 A star is born: Bumbercatch’s first line in the show. #TedLassoRewatchParty
S2E1 Ted's response on the dais about Earl the dog's death walloped me square in the grieving gland. Beautiful and poignant. #TedLassoRewatchParty
S2E2 "Fucking brain development." It's remarkable how great the Roy Kent storyline away from the team is in season 2, vs the Nate and Keeley storylines in season 3. #TedLassoRewatchParty
I forgot to pay much attention to S2E4, the Christmas one, and it really didn’t advance the storylines, so. But the Higgins’ party was lovely. And all Roy Kent interactions with kids are magic, and the door-knocking in his “stupid posh neighborhood” does not disappoint.
S2E5 Roy Kent on Sky News was a sadly brief high point of the series for me. I wish that they had found some reason to have had him on the postgame media dais to deliver lines like this. #TedLassoRewatchParty
S2E6 someone at work made reference to a need to ‘build bridges’ and I had to turn my camera off I was biting my tongue so hard #TedLassoRewatchParty
S2E7 Nate bullying Colin in season 2 hits different after watching season 3
S2E8 Get in there and hug him too! WHY ARE THE REST OF YOU JUST STANDING THERE? #TedLassoRewatchParty
@bikepedantic I felt like this made them all reexamine their relationships with their fathers while observing Roy's profound act of compassion after a season of kinda hating Jamie. Also Seems like a fight flight or freeze moment like when something traumatic happens, and they all froze. Ted chose to flee to talk about his father and Beard chose fight.
@bikepedantic I hear what you're saying, it would have made for a team style healing and heartwarming moment, but the story is really about Roy and Jamie's connection reaching a turning point it may have muddied the waters? Roy only talks about his grandad as his sole father figure who also died when he was a teenager. I always assumed that after the cut away, more did go in for a hug.
@femmeUTCD 100% agree on all... but when Roy goes in to hug Jamie, it's after the shock, the initial reactions. Roy seemed to break his own freeze moment, and feels like a more natural response for many of those guys would be to see their leader comforting Jamie, and follow him