Ted Lasso [Apple]

What dodgy stuff is Nate at ?

I was expecting that that too because they seem like a good match in personality but I then that would make it less funny than Roy and Keeley who are very much opposites.

That was a LONG episode. Felt bloated.

And far too many stories going on, too many sad and emotional bits.

And what is it with Nates hair, so unrealistic.

Is that the final episode?

Felt this season was a bit flat. A lot of bottle episode stories that felt simultaneously pointless but did work for some character growth... just disconnected from the main plots. Wasn't as funny as previous seasons and a good few of the meaty emotional bits that season 1 and 2 were so good at felt a bit forced, as though it was trying to out-emote what had come before. I also felt Ted was a backseat character for much of the season. I found the resolution to Nate's arc incredibly rushed in the end with the off screen resignation. While the scenes at the house were sweet, the whole violin bit was too forced. Aesthecticaly wonderful, combined with Rebecca's speech but it just felt so random and like I was being manipulated into feeling "oh he can play a sad song on the violin, he's redeemed". Similarly Keely and Roy getting back to together just felt meh.... started the season broken up off screen because "vague reasons"... didn't do much... season was ending so they got back together.

Despite the above, there was lots of good stuff though. This was Rebecca's season. Every scene she was in was gold. Jamie and Roy were also gold together. Colin's arc was well played (though the captain being all upset was overplayed and obvious). Keeley had a decent season too. While the breakup with Roy felt pointless, it did free her up to go down the road she did.

Very mixed season overall. Hard to say if it's best off leaving it at that with some of the threads left up to the audience to decide how they played out (do Nate and Ted reconcile, do Rebecca and Ted get together), or go another season and hope it goes back to season 1 and 2 glory.

Oh right... thought it was 10 episodes and that really felt like a season ender. Ok... hope it goes out with a bang!

Forgot about the Dutch lad. So what was the point of that now?

I think there is no doubt that this is the final season now with how the episode ended.

Given that Higgins was reporting to Ted about it, I'm presuming Ted had already spoken to the team about welcoming Nate back and had arranged for them to approach Nate about it. But then Beard seemed so vehemently against it that it seemed odd it hadn't already been agreed with them beforehand.

Another case where a scene about that would have been far more beneficial than Van Damme changing his name, or the team not being able to decide what to do in Holland, or Rebecca with the guy who was never mentioned again in Holland, or Higgins and yer man going to the jazz club in Holland (pretty much the entire Holland episode bar Roy learning to ride a bike), or probably half the other stuff that happened this season that just didn't need to happen.

Edit: I just remembered about Zarla or whatever his name was. So much time spent on it, and meant absolutely nothing. Important scenes about Nate for the entire season just skipped over.

I meant to say in my previous post - the “extended footage” from the CCTV showing what Nate did after ripping the Believe poster makes sense for his character but feels like a last minute decision by the writers.

Also it means the few moments nasty spitting Nate this season make even less sense.

I'm guessing Ted's going back to the states at the end of the season with Nate taking over. Would that be a strong enough spin off ?

Still a bit puzzled by the writers regarding Nate and West Ham. Could easily wrote a few scenes showing him resign in person etc

I kinda hope it's done and dusted at the end of this season. As much as I really like most of the actors and characters, they're largely becoming quite repetitive and one-note, and manufacturing stories for some of them (breaking up Roy and Keeley for no good reason to get them back together).

It's looking like most of the characters story arcs have or will be completed by the end of the season. Nate found his self worth, Beard will likely stay at Richmond after Ted leaves because he's less dependent on Ted to be his "family", Jamie's arc is finished, Roy & Keeley probably back together, Ted will return to America having won the Premier League but to be with his son. Biggest unknown is probably Rebecca.

They've already started running out of steam this season and were probably trying to fit as much in as possible because they weren't planning on doing more. Better to end it at this stage.

I've rewatched the scene between Beard and Nate a few times. As much as I didn't like the setup of it (the extended video of Nate hiding under the desk), the scene between the two of them is just majestic. Little sprinkles of comedy in it ("Stealing a loaf of meth"), the stoic and near motionless delivery from Beard but culminating in a single tear rolling down his cheek, and the hug which although it could feel like Beard was just forgiving Nate because it would be what Ted wanted, that hug was so genuine and really shows Beard's own affection for Nate. Add to that the fact we never got nor needed the backstory of Beard and Ted before, but is just placed so perfectly in the story here.

Such a terrific scene.

Sorry but I find Nate to be poorly written. He’s grotesquely unbelievable, especially now. Aside from the intense shyness which wouldn’t have gotten him barely inside the door of a locker room, there’s the fact he’s ‘supposedly’ the boy genius of the premiership so when he quits he’s not instantly hounded by paps and more surprisingly, he hasn’t an agent or there aren’t clubs from anywhere hounding him tI join them. Then the Richmond lads show uP after he’s been pining for the place and once Beard gives the blessing, he’s back in. I know he’s been on a journey and grown, but come on!

No ads for me on an Apple TV with the Apple One subscription but if they start that I’ll be very PO’d.

Does it get uploaded at midnight ?