Will there be more of Richmond?

In a world of excessive *everything* not necessarily good, I miss the weekly new infusion of the goodness--the realistic optimism--that is Ted as created and acted by Jason, Hannah, Brett et al. Ya'll are awesome. Thanks for your work in our lives and outlook.

So after another loss the team finds itself down. Ted tells them no curfew and to enjoy themselves which we see how they go different ways. Ted trying to ease his mind, Roy and Jamie training, the team with what they are gonna do, Colin going to a gay club, Rebecca to enjoy being in Amsterdam.

My favorite scene is when Ted is at the museum with the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh.

His (Vincent) life is a tragic story. Made so many beautiful paintings. Saw beauty in many parts of this world. Unfortunately he was poor. I believe never sold his paintings in his life but pushed on. Only until after he died did his paintings become famous.

The guy tells Ted (in regards to Van Gogh): “….yes he had his demons, but they never stopped him from searching for beauty, because when you find beauty you find inspiration. If, that is you stay as determined as Vincent. Never stop, no matter how many failures. When you know you’re doing what you’re meant to do, you have to try.”

I would hope that you may find beauty and inspiration in every day life. Yes things can be scary in the world, we get caught up in so many terrible things. But look at the beauty! We recently had an Eclipse happen. It was an amazing spectacle, so beautiful. I love looking at the sky, the clouds, stars, mountains, trees, wildlife, these things remind how beautiful things can be in our lives. If you’re feeling down or need inspiration, find beauty in something in your life and smile…..

Thankyou agian for taking time to read and have a great night.

Side note: loved the Triangle scene as well, reminds me a lot of Donald Duck in Mathmagicland. Give that a watch.

Side note 2: research the life of Van Gogh.

…just found out he’s my bday twin and made my day!!! He’s here, he’s there, he’s everywhere, Roy Kent!

in the episode when Ted lasso and Trent Crimm have dinner at the Indian restaurant, what is the significance of Trent The crispy bread in half in a karate chop motion?

Sorry if this has been posted before but; knowing how much bullshit Ted and Roy have to deal with when it comes to Jamie coming around in season 3. Like ya it’s dope when he does, but Jesus Christ from their standpoint. That’s some hardcore patience

Okay so is it just me or does Nate just kinda flip on Lasso for really no reason I understand that he kinda built up to it rather than it being out of the blue (you could see him getting short with lasso and the team) but it really feels like the reasoning is pushed I don’t remember anyone really getting credit for the work yeah people congratulated Ted but it wasn’t like people didn’t know about Nate in fact they made a big deal about Ted trusting his opinion and he was promoted to coach and I mean Beard and Roy never really get any pats on the back (that we see) so part of me understands the motivation of wanting to feel like you did a good job and wanting to take credit for the wins and for your strategy but it just feels really weird and kinda out of character for him Nate said Ted abandoned him when he needed him but I don’t remember that happening and the photo of I remember correctly was at Ted’s house so I just don’t understand why the character motivation is what it is I guess what do you guys think did I miss something that was obvious or is it more just a weak motivation that I’m looking too far into and I also remember Rupert talking to Nate and I get he could have sown a seed of doubt but it just feels odd (just so you all know I haven’t watched season 3 yet me and my girlfriend are going through it together to keep from binging it all in one night)

TLDR: Nate’s motivation for turning on Lasso feels kinda forced and there wasn’t much foreshadowing to it unless I missed something

As Ted’s Simpson counterpart Ned Flanders once said: “This is a Dilly of a Pickle”.

One thing that makes it hard is I feel the last season they were trying to cram so much in the last episodes, it is hard for me to pull out something I wanted to share. But, here we go:

E4:

Zava is come and playing and maybe the lesson here is becareful what you ask for.

Zava is obviously making it so the team is winning games but kinda becomes a crutch. On the other side Nathan is finally getting famous. As he once mentioned before, that is what he wanted. Later each person (or team) will find out that it’s not great.

E5:

The team has lost many games and Zava decides to leave. As Ted points out to the team is it’s more important that the people are there that wanna be there. In our lives there are people that wanna be there, and those that don’t. Unfortunately it happens. But I do like what Zava says in his video to the team. “If you put your energy in to the things that you truly love, the universe will its thing back into you”. Yes coming from Zava but silly in a way. I like how soon after that Ted is having a panic attack, envisions Henry, obviously something that is truly important to Ted is his son. The panic soon subsides. And he addresses his team. Ted then give his famous believe speech. Ted during his attack says to himself “he’s okay, he’s okay”. During his believe speech he mentions how having hope, hope for things to get better.

That’s what hope is, a belief in things will get better. So no matter what going on in your life. Believe that things will turn out for the best. Or maybe get better. It may not seem like it at the moment but it will. If worse comes to worse, think of those things that you truly love and “count your blessings”

Peace out!

…had gone to a different therapist than Dr. Jacob from the start, do you think they could have repaired their marriage?

Currently on my first rewatch of the show and noticing so much more about the unraveling of Ted and Michelle’s relationship this time around. It’s been talked about a lot how wrong it was for Dr. Jacob to date a former client, but what about how unprofessional it was for him to counsel them as a couple when he had already been Michelle’s personal therapist for a while? Any therapist I know that’s worth their salt strongly discourages the idea of counseling a couple when you’re also counseling one of them individually. Ted also goes on to say Dr. Jacob is the one who suggests some “space” 🧐.

Don’t misunderstand me, Ted had legitimate problems that needed to be worked out in couple’s therapy. But the way he described it to Beard, he didn’t feel heard or seen in their sessions with Dr. Jacob; he just felt like he was being ganged up on. It’s possible that he felt that way because he didn’t want to acknowledge his own issues, but it’s also possible that Dr. Jacob was super biased towards Michelle and really wasn’t conducting their sessions appropriately. Being ganged up on and told a list of what you’re doing wrong isn’t conducive to behavior change, nor is that how a therapy session should be handled. Everyone should feel safe and heard in therapy.

You have to wonder if things could have gone differently if Ted and Michelle had gone to an impartial and unbiased therapist like Dr. Sharon instead. A therapist who wanted to understand them both and where they were both coming from. An impartial marriage therapist might have helped Ted see and learn to be accountable earlier on for his inability to sit with Michelle’s negative emotions. Michelle and Ted both seemed willing to put in work in the beginning to repair their relationship; I think it’s possible they could have mended things if they had a therapist who actually gave them the tools to see and work through their issues.

Even if they still ultimately chose to divorce, it would have been a more mutual decision born out of a better understanding of each other. Instead, Ted doesn’t start to deal with his baggage and receive the help he should have gotten in couple’s therapy until season 2 in his individual sessions with Dr. Sharon.

I don’t know how many of you are cruisers but this came up today-

In Sunflowers, the team has a vote to decide on the activity for their night in Amsterdam and end up with a deadlock 9-9 vote. Something about the math was bothering so I thought about it.

• In La Locker Room Aux Follies, Coach Beard says, "I haven't seen 22 dudes have this good a time on grass since I saw the Grateful Dead jamming with the Black Crowes and Phish." This establishes the player count as 22. There were no known player departures or additions since Zava, so I assume 22 was the count as of Sunflowers.
• Before the vote in Sunflowers, Jaime goes off training with Roy, and Colin goes to have a gay old time with Trent, which leaves 20 players.
• The votes are 9 player for the sex show, 9 for the party, and 1 player for a tulip (But who?). Which adds up to 19.

So who didn't vote?

My first thought was Isaac. Perhaps as team captain he was abstaining. But then I thought with the deadlock, surely he would have cast a vote to break the tie.

But then, the answer came to me in Mom City. Colin tells Nate that the team all voted to bring him back, "except Bumbercatch who is passionately anti-democratic."

If you look back at the voting scene in Sunflowers. Guess which player is counting the votes. Bumbercatch. The one neutral voice who could make the count objectively.

Bumbercatch is the one who didn't vote and I suspect his "anti-democratic" quirk was added by the writers in order to make the deadlock math work.

I had seen clips of the show on TikTok over the last year, but never the whole show itself. So, last week I decided to finally watch the whole series and holy shit...that was quite something.

I can't believe it. That show was like a journey. I went into it expecting a feel good show about football, and nothing more than that. But boy oh boy, the show transcended sport.

Every character had their own, unique development arc. They went through so, so much together and the writing of the whole thing was absolutely brilliant.

It was real, it made the viewers feel connected, it made us part or Richmond. And god damnit. I never thought I'd celebrate a goal that isn't scored by FC Bayern (my club)...but you best believe I shouted with pure joy and bliss as that goal went in against West Ham.

The ending was perfect. It left a lot to be desired as a viewer, but as someone who's become connected to the whole story, it felt perfect. The last episode was filled with parallels to the first season.

And now I'm sad. I just can't do anything else other than think about AFC Richmond and what's next for them. That was more than a show, and now I'm left watching Ted Lasso edits on TikTok (back to square 1, eh?)

So what did you do after finishing that masterpiece? Help me out!

I have never loved a show so much. To see each character develop either positively or negatively. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. It was a fun ride learning about The Lasso Way. What a show.

Howdy'all!

I started this series just a few days ago and I binged it so badly that I'm gonna finish it in the next few days probably.

Overall I feel like it's a pretty good show because it doesn't want to be more than it is. Now aside from a few apparent mistakes that would never happen in IRL football (like the pre-match discussion in the TV being called Saturday SOCCER in England, or having a language that would never happen on live TV) the most odd thing was for me that they never tried to make Ted actually learn football.

In the first episode when the journalists treat him badly, the owner defends him, saying that he might have an unconventional insight for the game which eventually may give them an advantage.

Throughout the series we can witness that, although it is unreal how naive and how good of a person Ted is, he's not an idiot. The show's main strength isn't cinematography, isn't the the soundtrack, and while the show is both funny and dramatic, which is really good, they aren't 'brilliant' at either of these.

But it has a really nice plot and an insane amount of character arc. It was very strange to me that of all the characters, the main one lacks character development the most.

I know it kind of supposed to mimick Americans in general, who don't give a shit about european football and are overly positive , to the point that as coaches, their main tactical advice is just to "be positive", but I think it would have been amazing if, at least for the third season, he learned the basic rules, the relevant names and actually came up with a tactical and/or strategical plan that works out. It would have been such a great redemption for him.

I know his main role was to motivate players and keep the team together but come on, he remained headcoach the whole time without even knowing what the rules are? It's probably more unbelievable than conceding a goal 20 seconds after scoring one or constantly swearing in a pre-match show.

Hey everyone just wanted to give y’all an FYI that Phil Dunster & Cristo Fernández will be at C2E2 this year. Just booked my “Ted Lasso” photo op with the both of them. I’M SO EXCITED!! I literally found out this week so i just wanted to make sure y’all did too

Gonna bring my Richmond scarf & ONE tulip 🤣

In season 3 episode 8 at the end when Henry is getting ready to leave. Ted just says see you later and let's Henry run out without giving him a hug saying he'll miss him or I love you. That seems very out of character for Ted and it kind of threw me off. Why would they not add that little bit of affection that a father would show a son, especially a good father like Ted?

So I literally just finished my fifth time watching the entire series. It was even better than the previous 4. Picked up one some more little nuances and foreshadowing events that I’ve missed before. Cried like a baby during the final episode. This show was so good and while I completely understand why they didn’t want to continue it, I would have absolutely loved to see where the characters would have gone for another season or two.