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 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
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
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
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.