Ted Lasso (Apple+)

[locodos 5387]

The assistant coach aka Piggy Stardust makes the series IMHO.  Prefect deadpan foil and agent provocateur.

[TrashMaster G 17548]

11 minutes ago, Speedtrucker said:

 Independent

Fify 

[henrygandorf 29189]

17 minutes ago, austingirl said:

Loved seeing Trent party it up with Colin and show up as a friend for him. I've always thought he's the sexiest man on the show and I'm glad they didn't have him do anything nefarious with what he knew about Colin.

crimm has been one of the most consistent (and consistently well-meaning) characters on the show.  he's had several opportunities to wreck ted's life/career and has passed on every one.

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5 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

crimm has been one of the most consistent (and consistently well-meaning) characters on the show.  he's had several opportunities to wreck ted's life/career and has passed on every one.

It's almost like he has....integrity (well except for the whole part where he revealed a source)

[henrygandorf 29189]

3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

It's almost like he has....integrity (well except for the whole part where he revealed a source)

well that was his tipping point.  and he knew exactly who nate was.  in the context of the show, that was a "good guy" moment. 

the show does a nice job letting us know who everyone is and who we're rooting for/against, but then also throws a curveball every now and then.  like with jamie - he's gone back and forth.  crimm was definitely set up to be ted's foil, then he won him over.

the issue many of you are having - and i know because i'm having the same one - is that typically shows have someone that "we just want to be happy".  in this show, it should be ted.  but they've mainly shied away from his romantic entanglements (the seasonal sassy encounter aside).  for some reason, they keep pushing the narrative that we just want rebecca to be happy. 

i don't really give a shit if rebecca is happy or not, relationship-wise.  most of her scenes are a waste of time unless she's battling with rupert, the real "bad guy" of the show.

[HamsterHookah 112]

3 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

couldn't agree more, i could not have given a shit less about that played out meet cute shit. i wanted to ffwd every scene, and i don't feel i'd have missed out on anything if i had. the formulado nature of this show can still be tolerable, but for me, this was not an example of that. it was trite and uninspired, and beyond that, it's a huge pet peeve of mine when a show does a storyline like that where it demands that i really really give a shit about a brand new character whom i've never even seen before. totally pointless.

Preach!

[C-Man 27194]

I just noticed tonight that Keely Hazell is credited as one of the show’s writers.

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

I just noticed tonight that Keely Hazell is credited as one of the show’s writers.

banging the boss has its perks. i assume the perks go both ways. 

[gsoda3 3248]

14 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

His real accent is British RP.

 

 

i've only listened to him in that one interview but he also has an essex twinge to his speech.

[yoladu 4090]

16 hours ago, uoftorange said:

No such thing in soccer.  It's all been done before.  It's whether you have the personnel to achieve your goals with it now.  

i get that, but it's a TV show with an American football coach managing a Premier League team. I've already suspended a lot of disbelief.

Ted was "tripping".. at  least have something interesting come of that. Call it the "whirlydo" formation or something. i can already hear in my head the voice of Milo Hamilton - "oh my, Richmond is employing a "Total Football" strategy!" in next weeks episode. Yawn.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

I think you guys need to let it breathe a bit.  Like I already said, the main guys responsible for this show "fell in love" with soccer when they were in Amsterdam.  The Total Football bit is them paying homage to the place where they all got their initial taste of the game (and it happens to fit in real nicely with Ted's general philosophies on things).   That said, there is likely to be a point where the tactic struggles and for me at least that is where I think Nate steps back in, offering his tactical acumen to put some sort of spin on things (as he has done before) that helps Richmond achieve whatever they are trying to achieve.  

Edited April 21, 2023 by Surly Bevo

[Js1 85289]

They were also on shrooms when they came up with this show. 

[Red Five 40846]

I think Ted should have busted in on Keeley and Jack, and suddenly come up with the Scissoring maneuver or something. 

[The Dog 44019]

14 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

the issue many of you are having - and i know because i'm having the same one - is that typically shows have someone that "we just want to be happy".  in this show, it should be ted.  but they've mainly shied away from his romantic entanglements (the seasonal sassy encounter aside).  for some reason, they keep pushing the narrative that we just want rebecca to be happy. 

i don't really give a shit if rebecca is happy or not, relationship-wise.  most of her scenes are a waste of time unless she's battling with rupert, the real "bad guy" of the show.

my favorite part of Season 1 was the conflict between Rebecca and Ted. she was a great heel.

[HamsterHookah 112]

13 minutes ago, The Dog said:

my favorite part of Season 1 was the conflict between Rebecca and Ted. she was a great heel.

Yes, but as he and others have said, her character sucks now. This was a fantastic episode and the only real drag was the Rebecca/Boat guy scenes which were boring and lame and nobody cares about her or the psychic. 

[Mdhorn 5947]

14 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

well that was his tipping point.  and he knew exactly who nate was.  in the context of the show, that was a "good guy" moment. 

the show does a nice job letting us know who everyone is and who we're rooting for/against, but then also throws a curveball every now and then.  like with jamie - he's gone back and forth.  crimm was definitely set up to be ted's foil, then he won him over.

the issue many of you are having - and i know because i'm having the same one - is that typically shows have someone that "we just want to be happy".  in this show, it should be ted.  but they've mainly shied away from his romantic entanglements (the seasonal sassy encounter aside).  for some reason, they keep pushing the narrative that we just want rebecca to be happy. 

i don't really give a shit if rebecca is happy or not, relationship-wise.  most of her scenes are a waste of time unless she's battling with rupert, the real "bad guy" of the show.

There's still the underlying tension of whether Rebecca will have to fire a coach.  

Edited April 21, 2023 by Mdhorn

[locodos 5387]

Anyone else notice Keely was doing the hotel welcome guide in Amsterdam too?   I hope they make this a running gag

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2 minutes ago, locodos said:

Anyone else notice Keely was doing the hotel welcome guide in Amsterdam too?   I hope they make this a running gag

I think it is a running gag and with potentially 6 episodes left the runway is getting shorter.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13509]

About halfway through the episode, I was thinking about how Ted has actually done nothing as the coach this season. Removing the curfew may have been the most coaching he did. Roy has been playing more of the coach's role at least in terms of mentoring Jamie.  I was glad to see that Ted invented a new style, even if he truly didn't invent it. It doesn't take away that he came up with it without prior knowledge. 

[locodos 5387]

I'm late to this thread, but reading back a few pages it's clear that different folks are looking for different things in this show.  I kinda feel bad for you If you are on team OMG this isn't realistic.   The very best parts of the show are wildly unrealistic.  Also don't check out Field of Dreams... I mean how is that even possible?!

[BHMCruiser 1813]

9 minutes ago, locodos said:

I'm late to this thread, but reading back a few pages it's clear that different folks are looking for different things in this show.  I kinda feel bad for you If you are on team OMG this isn't realistic.   The very best parts of the show are wildly unrealistic.  Also don't check out Field of Dreams... I mean how is that even possible?!

Completely agree. Shoeless Joe Jackson wasn't ITALIAN

[smwhorn 482]

3 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

Yes, but as he and others have said, her character sucks now. This was a fantastic episode and the only real drag was the Rebecca/Boat guy scenes which were boring and lame and nobody cares about her or the psychic. 

They're setting this up for someone in one (or more) of the later episodes.  Don't have a clue what it is obviously, and don't know that anyone will ever care, but three of the predictions have come true.  I'm guessing they all tie in together that will force her hand into doing something with the team.

[shadow_operative 15932]

21 minutes ago, locodos said:

I'm late to this thread, but reading back a few pages it's clear that different folks are looking for different things in this show.  I kinda feel bad for you If you are on team OMG this isn't realistic.   The very best parts of the show are wildly unrealistic.  Also don't check out Field of Dreams... I mean how is that even possible?!

i'm not seeing many complaints about the show being unrealistic, more that it's stale and predictable. it feels a lot like how modern family turned on a dime after the first few seasons, and then every single episode after that was just full of unoriginal, formulaic storylines where everyone loves everyone and everything always works out in the end and we make some friends and learn some lessons along the way. it's not at all like season one, the season that made all of us fall in love with the show.

[Tylerocks 2553]

Just came to post how much I love Higgins. 

[smwhorn 482]

44 minutes ago, Tylerocks said:

Just came to post how much I love Higgins. 

Probably my favorite character for the three seasons (other that Ted -- maybe).

[Post Oak 20208]

4 minutes ago, smwhorn said:

Probably my favorite character for the three seasons (other that Ted -- maybe).

 

[Deej 76755]

10 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

Yes, but as he and others have said, her character sucks now. This was a fantastic episode and the only real drag was the Rebecca/Boat guy scenes which were boring and lame and nobody cares about her or the psychic. 

Rebecca was hotter in boat guy's ex's clothes than anything else she has worn on the show.

[Mdhorn 5947]

Anybody notice Trent wears this shirt at the end: 

That's Midlake, a band from Denton, Texas. Didn't know they were this big overseas, or maybe not.  But pretty cool they got placement on a hit show.    

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by Mdhorn

[Deej 76755]

I saw Dale Dudley post that his nephew is part of the group that does the music for the show. 

[Mac8111 2106]

Rebecca was hotter in boat guy's ex's clothes than anything else she has worn on the show.

I love a woman that dresses up but yeah, it was really nice to see her a little more casual and those tittays looked even better in that dress.

[sasquatch69 599]

10 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

Anybody notice Trent wears this shirt at the end: 

That's Midlake, a band from Denton, Texas. Didn't know they were this big overseas, or maybe not.  But pretty cool they got placement on a hit show.    

 

 

[Scary Stranger 1714]

 

“Turns out Trent is a fan irl and was like “yo I’m gonna throw on some merch this season” but he said it in British”

[YGIFS 19449]

I got turned on to them after seeing them years and years ago behind Yard Dog on South Congress.  Now they're on Ted Lasso.  That's fucking awesome.  

Trent seems like the kinda guy who would say, "I liked your favorite band ten years before you, fucking poseur."  And the person, all shocked and defeated, "Okay man, you don't have to be mean about it."  And Trent would laugh, "Nah mate, just fucking with you.  Here I burned you a CD of some of their early stuff, enjoy.  Cheers."  

[Red Five 40846]

I hadn't thought of Midlake in a long time. They had one album circa 2005 that I wore out. 

[Nivek 16923]

19 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i'm not seeing many complaints about the show being unrealistic, more that it's stale and predictable. it feels a lot like how modern family turned on a dime after the first few seasons, and then every single episode after that was just full of unoriginal, formulaic storylines where everyone loves everyone and everything always works out in the end and we make some friends and learn some lessons along the way. it's not at all like season one, the season that made all of us fall in love with the show.

Well, I like it.  Escapism is part of entertainment.  

 

 

[4th&Five 41519]

34 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I hadn't thought of Midlake in a long time. They had one album circa 2005 that I wore out. 

Their 2013 record Antiphon was one of my favorites of that year. They opened a few of the PJ shows that year too, which was cool. 

Edited April 22, 2023 by 4th&Five

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20 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i'm not seeing many complaints about the show being unrealistic, more that it's stale and predictable. it feels a lot like how modern family turned on a dime after the first few seasons, and then every single episode after that was just full of unoriginal, formulaic storylines where everyone loves everyone and everything always works out in the end and we make some friends and learn some lessons along the way. it's not at all like season one, the season that made all of us fall in love with the show.

Once again will point out that once you get to know characters, their motivations, how they react to certain things, and more and more is revealed about their backstory and the show isn't premised on being some suspense thriller or twist-oriented action/adventure that yea things will become more predictable.  The main characters in this show (Ted, Roy, Jaime, Nate and even Rebecca) are all fighting inner demons that center on their upbringing that have had significant impacts on how they manage adult relationships.  We know that now, there isn't as much mystery about what makes them tick as there was in season 1.   Really Keely is the only one who doesn't fall as much in that boat.   That's life man, that's relationships....this isn't novel to a TV show. 

Even a show as great as Seinfeld that was about nothing still became more predictable as you went along and got to know Jerry, George, Kramer, Elaine.

Edited April 22, 2023 by Surly Bevo

[Surly Bevo 24908]

I will also point out that is the main purpose of a character like Sam.  He's a juxtaposition.  A man who clearly has loving, supporting parents who have guided him to try to be a good man, see the best in the world, and do the right thing.  He's the antithesis of the main characters who all have baggage and it's why for 2.5 seasons now while sure he has had the adult problems at times all adults have he has generally always been happy and in a very good place.

You could say the same for Higgins.  He has his quirks and oddities, but he is clearly very comfortable with who he is.  

Edited April 22, 2023 by Surly Bevo

[C-Man 27194]

20 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

Anybody notice Trent wears this shirt at the end: 

That's Midlake, a band from Denton, Texas. Didn't know they were this big overseas, or maybe not.  But pretty cool they got placement on a hit show.    

 

I noticed it immediately and mentioned it to my wife. She’d never heard of them.
 

8 hours ago, Red Five said:

I hadn't thought of Midlake in a long time. They had one album circa 2005 that I wore out. 

Probably this one. Came out in 2006 and was terrific.

[Red Five 40846]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

I noticed it immediately and mentioned it to my wife. She’d never heard of them.
 

Probably this one. Came out in 2006 and was terrific.

Yep that's it. Man, time flies. It sure is a great reminder of how old all of the rest of you are getting. 

[mdmost 43000]

 

[DDD Dad 14326]

17 hours ago, C-Man said:

I noticed it immediately and mentioned it to my wife. She’d never heard of them.
 

Probably this one. Came out in 2006 and was terrific.

Interesting.  I wonder if this is where The Head and The Heart got the idea for their first album cover.

[Stringer 1438]

Probably this one. Came out in 2006 and was terrific.

I’m pretty sure I got this album after it was on the Top Ten on whatever site we were on back then. Great album and I wore it out as well.

Wife and I both noticed it and were super confused on how they got on there. Really cool.

[shadow_operative 15932]

these last couple dozen posts remind of just how incandescently white this forum is. #nojudgment #alllove #whitepeopleneedlovetoo 

[YGIFS 19449]

Just because the two album covers above look like stills from a Wes Anderson movie?  

[Ted Lange 16084]

 

[TrashMaster G 17548]

"I guess marriage and pegging aren't all that different. "

🤣

[Bama Chick 28596]

I’m not usually a complainer but

STOP HUMANIZING NATE

They did the heel turn and they’ve spent the last few episodes walking it back.

I don’t care about Keeley and Jack or Sam’s restaurant.

The only time I laughed was the dick tied to dick bit and the only time I got excited was when they scored that goal.

I want my “Ted Lasso” to be “Ted Lasso” not some TGIF lesson of the week sitcom.

A real letdown after last week.

[Hate 20106]

I rather enjoyed it /said like Paul

[ChickenSandwich 9829]

Did you make things weird?”

Yes