Ted Lasso

[Nadia Vulvokov]

Brilliant episode. One of if not the best.

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What a packed ep. Ted hankering for home, Rebecca finding her zen (and hopefully a new man!), Roy learning to ride a bike and Piggy Stardust! Cried at Colins scene with Trent. Even the pillowfight made me teary. Beard (Brendan Hunt) wrote this episode and that brings me so much joy, I can imagine him writing piggy stardust

Really sad it's almost over.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

Rashers to rashers….

And Jamie, no it wasn’t traumatic, she loved it

His face after that line when he realised he was being asked about himself
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Brilliant episode. One of if not the best.

It was so well done!

 

[Bol85]

A Ted Lasso classic last night. Brilliant, poignant, uplifting cheese. And really funny. All the best characters got their fill last night. Roy, Jamie, Beard, Rebecca, Colin, Trent, Higgings.
I really dislike Keeley & the focus on a boring storyline they’ve given her this season, so I was glad to see the back of her for an episode.

Colin’s scenes were my fav. I cried. His words resonated so much.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

A Ted Lasso classic last night. Brilliant, poignant, uplifting cheese. And really funny. All the best characters got their fill last night. Roy, Jamie, Beard, Rebecca, Colin, Trent, Higgings.
I really dislike Keeley & the focus on a boring storyline they’ve given her this season, so I was glad to see the back of her for an episode.

Colin’s scenes were my fav. I cried. His words resonated so much.

I hope the next episode isn't purely spent on seeing what Keeley got up to with Jack outside of this episode - I thought the best thing they did was getting her out of the way so they could focus on the team and giving everyone their own moments.

A great episode!
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My only vague 'issue' with this episode is that the way Rebecca ended up on the canal boat felt a bit over-the-top, you know?
If she'd have been injured and needed help, that would have made more sense. It seemed a bit TOO rom-com for my liking, but it ended quite sweetly so I don't really mind!

 

[ls240898]

Not going to lie I did enjoy the lack of Keeley, I don’t find her storyline that interesting at the moment. I enjoyed seeing more of Roy outside work

 

[Poptart]

I'm confused!

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when Rebecca woke up the next morning she said to house boat guy...did we? (Like she couldn't remember if they had sex or not as she as drunk) He said no we didn't. When she left he said oh yes we did and smiled. Did anyone else notice this?

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

I'm confused!

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when Rebecca woke up the next morning she said to house boat guy...did we? (Like she couldn't remember if they had sex or not as she as drunk) He said no we didn't. When she left he said oh yes we did and smiled. Did anyone else notice this?

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Yes! And if they did I think it’s going to be the lead into her being pregnant personally…

 

[spookydooky]

Rebecca fell into the water like the psychic predicted, I think she will either be pregnant by the guy with the house boat or they will end up together, he had a daughter already so that would be her family?

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

I'm confused!

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when Rebecca woke up the next morning she said to house boat guy...did we? (Like she couldn't remember if they had sex or not as she as drunk) He said no we didn't. When she left he said oh yes we did and smiled. Did anyone else notice this?

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Yes, and I thought it was creepy as duck - so are we supposed to think that he had sex with her when she wasn’t fully aware what she was doing, and then lied about it when she asked him?

I found this particular plot strand to be bizarrely mawkish yet simultaneously sinister. I mean, playing dress-up from a box of his ex’s left-behind clothing? WTF?

I think she is going to be pregnant/become an adoptive mother via this bloke - the washing machine featured heavily in the whole peculiar boat man storyline, which the psychic also made mention of.

 

[ls240898]

I think there’s a bit of overreaction here - we see that he tucks Rebecca in on the couch. They didn’t sleep together but I’m thinking they had an intoxicating romantic evening which could be even better for them. Rebecca isn’t going to be pregnant by r*pe, Ted Lasso isn’t that kind of show - plus they said she can’t have children

 

[edgeofseventeen]

I think there’s a bit of overreaction here - we see that he tucks Rebecca in on the couch. They didn’t sleep together but I’m thinking they had an intoxicating romantic evening which could be even better for them. Rebecca isn’t going to be pregnant by r*pe, Ted Lasso isn’t that kind of show - plus they said she can’t have children

Yeah, I interpreted it to mean that they had an intimate connection, rather than literally had sexual intercourse.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

I'm confused!

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I REALLY hate the idea that the woman was actually psychic, so I hope that nothing actually happened in a bonky bonky sense! I think they just had a special night together and that it was what Rebecca needed.

 

[Poptart]

I think there’s a bit of overreaction here - we see that he tucks Rebecca in on the couch. They didn’t sleep together but I’m thinking they had an intoxicating romantic evening which could be even better for them. Rebecca isn’t going to be pregnant by r*pe, Ted Lasso isn’t that kind of show - plus they said she can’t have children

I know it's not that kind of show that's why I was so confused by the comment he made as she left.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

I know it's not that kind of show that's why I was so confused by the comment he made as she left.

Yes, that’s exactly my point too - that comment, whether misdirection or not, was clearly meant to suggest that something had happened.

 

[ls240898]

Yes, that’s exactly my point too - that comment, whether misdirection or not, was clearly meant to suggest that something had happened.

Something being more of a romantic evening, feeling focused. It’s to show her being loose, letting her hair and guard down

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

Finally watched the last episode.

I think that was my favourite episode of the entire series. So lovely.

I took the guy on the boat's comment to mean they had connected on a spiritual level. Something much deeper.

 

[Bol85]

I also thought that comment was creepy as hell! I was like, wait, was she supposed to be drunk?! I’m not sure the line landed quite as the writers hoped!

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

I also thought that comment was creepy as hell! I was like, wait, was she supposed to be drunk?! I’m not sure the line landed quite as the writers hoped!

My thoughts exactly - I got that the ‘we did’ line was meant to hint at a ‘soulful’ experience rather than a sexual experience rather, but the intentional ambiguity skewed it towards sinister for me. As you say, it just didn’t land right.

That, and the peculiarity of dressing up from the ex’s box of left-over clothes


The entire storyline was very much a man’s cliched imagining of what a woman would find charmingly romantic and disarmingly chivalrous, like a particularly tit 90s romcom.
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I was thinking that it seems like they don’t know what to do with Rebecca this series, but actually it feels like they don’t really know what to do with anyone this series: Keely’s business teething troubles/random former friend/bisexuality storylines are disconnected from everything else, Ted’s only half there, Nate’s uber-villain schtick is barely convincing, Roy isn’t Roy any more, Rebecca doesn’t seem to actually manage the business side of the club in any tangible way, the Zava storyline was kind of pointless (ooooh, he’s there he’s amazing … oh, now he’s gone), and the series just seems a bit aimless overall. Only Jamie and Trent have had interesting storylines/character development.

I loved the first two series, and I really hope this series picks up, but right now it’s treading water

 

[LittleMissOnions]

My thoughts exactly - I got that the ‘we did’ line was meant to hint at a ‘soulful’ experience rather than a sexual experience rather, but the intentional ambiguity skewed it towards sinister for me. As you say, it just didn’t land right.

That, and the peculiarity of dressing up from the ex’s box of left-over clothes


The entire storyline was very much a man’s cliched imagining of what a woman would find charmingly romantic and disarmingly chivalrous, like a particularly tit 90s romcom.
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I was thinking that it seems like they don’t know what to do with Rebecca this series, but actually it feels like they don’t really know what to do with anyone this series: Keely’s business teething troubles/random former friend/bisexuality storylines are disconnected from everything else, Ted’s only half there, Nate’s uber-villain schtick is barely convincing, Roy isn’t Roy any more, Rebecca doesn’t seem to actually manage the business side of the club in any tangible way, the Zava storyline was kind of pointless (ooooh, he’s there he’s amazing … oh, now he’s gone), and the series just seems a bit aimless overall. Only Jamie and Trent have had interesting storylines/character development.

I loved the first two series, and I really hope this series picks up, but right now it’s treading water

I agree with all these points and you get a bonus point for saying nice things about my favourite Manc Jamie
Ps just realised as I’m married to a Manc best add fictional to that last part!

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

I think there’s a bit of overreaction here - we see that he tucks Rebecca in on the couch. They didn’t sleep together but I’m thinking they had an intoxicating romantic evening which could be even better for them. Rebecca isn’t going to be pregnant by r*pe, Ted Lasso isn’t that kind of show - plus they said she can’t have children

Yeah I don’t think it’s going to be pregnant through rape but I do think it’s a lead in to a pregnancy storyline.

We never heard what was said on the phone after all and generally when they don’t show us both sides of the conversation, it comes back to it later!