Ted Lasso - Season 3

[Anonymous]

Couldn’t Rebecca pay for the therapist to come to the final game? Why was she watching from a hotel.

Love the running man throw back.

Love the Ussie throw back.

Sound of Music number.

Nate is now assistant to the kit mAn?

Best bro hug ever between him and Ted.

So happy how it ended!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife.

We get the reason but we don't get much of Ted talking about it. The show is called "Ted Lasso" and while we hear Ted's mom tell him he needs to go home to his son, we really don't see Ted discuss it much at all. And given that we also don't see him tell Rebecca that he's leaving, or even see how he arrived at that decision, it feels unfinished. Even when he and Rebecca do finally talk and she suggest he bring his son and Michelle over to London, he doesn't explain why that won't work (I can guess, but he doesn't say) or really explain much at all. He just says no.

It would have been helpful to see at least a small snippet of an appointment with his therapist, to better understand his emotional journey this season. I feel like it was hinted at but not explained. And the way the show ends with Ted leaving the note for Trent "it was never about me" feels like a cop out. Like yes, Ted's approach to coaching and to life isn't about him, which is what makes him refreshing and what winds up being so good for the team and the people in his orbit -- he understands that the role of a coach, or a friend, is often just to support and facilitate, not to advise or fix or control. Too few people understand that and it's something I like about this show.

But Ted's life IS about Ted. The team may not be, but his decision to return to KC, his feelings about his ex-wife and about leaving the life he has built for himself in London, is about him. And it would have been nice to actually hear him talk about that decision, to have dialogue or action that show how that decision was made. Instead it's like we have a collection of clues we have to interpret. But I'd like emotional closure on the actual character instead.

It was also weird that initially it was just assumed Beard would go back with him (again, no discussion about this because we don't get to see Ted discuss things this season) and then there's the big dramatic scene on the plane. But that was weird because why would Ted's choice to leave automatically mean Beard does too? It's not like Ted has another coaching gig lined up. And Beard has a relationship in London. That is the kind of thing people would talk about and it's weird that they didn't.

You seem to need a lot of hand holding/literal explanations.

[Anonymous]

The episode prior to the finale, Ted told Rebecca they needed to talk. We knew/assumed it was to tell her he's quitting.

[Anonymous]

Things I could have done without:
Beard getting off the plane - why couldn't they have just shown Beard and Ted having a heart to heart where Beard says he's staying?
Nate - the entire season

While I loved the show, and loved the ending, I think this season they tried to jam in too much and added so many more storylines of the secondary characters so it all got diluted. I would have preferred more Sam, more Beard, more Rebecca. Less Nate, less Colin and less Keely and her love life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife.

We get the reason but we don't get much of Ted talking about it. The show is called "Ted Lasso" and while we hear Ted's mom tell him he needs to go home to his son, we really don't see Ted discuss it much at all. And given that we also don't see him tell Rebecca that he's leaving, or even see how he arrived at that decision, it feels unfinished. Even when he and Rebecca do finally talk and she suggest he bring his son and Michelle over to London, he doesn't explain why that won't work (I can guess, but he doesn't say) or really explain much at all. He just says no.

It would have been helpful to see at least a small snippet of an appointment with his therapist, to better understand his emotional journey this season. I feel like it was hinted at but not explained. And the way the show ends with Ted leaving the note for Trent "it was never about me" feels like a cop out. Like yes, Ted's approach to coaching and to life isn't about him, which is what makes him refreshing and what winds up being so good for the team and the people in his orbit -- he understands that the role of a coach, or a friend, is often just to support and facilitate, not to advise or fix or control. Too few people understand that and it's something I like about this show.

But Ted's life IS about Ted. The team may not be, but his decision to return to KC, his feelings about his ex-wife and about leaving the life he has built for himself in London, is about him. And it would have been nice to actually hear him talk about that decision, to have dialogue or action that show how that decision was made. Instead it's like we have a collection of clues we have to interpret. But I'd like emotional closure on the actual character instead.

It was also weird that initially it was just assumed Beard would go back with him (again, no discussion about this because we don't get to see Ted discuss things this season) and then there's the big dramatic scene on the plane. But that was weird because why would Ted's choice to leave automatically mean Beard does too? It's not like Ted has another coaching gig lined up. And Beard has a relationship in London. That is the kind of thing people would talk about and it's weird that they didn't.

You seem to need a lot of hand holding/literal explanations.

You seem to struggle with any criticism at all of a show you like. Work on that maybe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The episode prior to the finale, Ted told Rebecca they needed to talk. We knew/assumed it was to tell her he's quitting.

Some people would have preferred to see it, rather than just have it implied. When you are invested in characters, it's a lot less fun or interesting to simply be told later "yup, that's what they decided."

It was the same when Nate quit -- many viewers were frustrated that the show didn't bother include a pivotal scene between two important characters.

If you have time for a 5 minute musical number and multiple locker room speeches, you have time to show us two characters experiencing in real time a really significant moment in their lives.

This season wasted so much time on weird stuff (like Keely's entire relationship with Jack, for starters) but then glossed right over a bunch of central plot lines. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just loved how they had Richmond be Rebecca’s baby. I did not see that coming (although makes perfect sense!). I overall enjoyed the final episode.

I actually think that was a false flag to make us think, oh - that’s how she’s a mother! To all the players! Which perhaps is true, but then meeting up with the Dutch man and his daughter at the end makes it clear that she really will become a mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the last two episodes last night. As an EPL fan I loved Pep Guardiola's cameo and how Ted and Beard absolutely fan-girled over their interaction with him. I thought the finale was absolutely perfect. Yes, it was corny, but it's happy endings that make you happy, and we need more of that.

The Keeley love triangle brought back such 90210 vibes for me - remember Kelly and "I choose me"? Good for her!

+1
I love it when Beard and Ted fangirl - they did that in another episode too and it cracks me up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rupert was giving off some serious Darth Vader vibes in his black outfit.

Yes!! So villainous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife.

+1
Also, I believe in one of the last episodes, he tells Rebecca he has something to tell her. It’s very much implied that he will be telling her he’s leaving. We don’t have to have everything spelled out for us - in fact, I prefer it that way.

Side note - I didn’t realize Ted had been away for three years!! That’s a very long time to be separated from a young child, even with visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I personally loved the finale. Especially the Sound of Music number which made me cry with both laughter and sadness. So hilarious and I loved seeing all these guys doing something so looney.

That was the only part I liked. The rest was so corny.

Our watch crew agreed would have been fine with the whole episode over right after the music number- in those first minutes we had that Ted was going to his son, Beard loved Jane, Rebecca would be fine and so would the team- all the rest of episode was extra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife.

+1
Also, I believe in one of the last episodes, he tells Rebecca he has something to tell her. It’s very much implied that he will be telling her he’s leaving. We don’t have to have everything spelled out for us - in fact, I prefer it that way.

Side note - I didn’t realize Ted had been away for three years!! That’s a very long time to be separated from a young child, even with visits.

They were intentionally tricky about it though. In the penultimate episode, it ends with Rebecca coming to his office and saying "it's that time of year where I come and tell you something important, but I have nothing" and then Ted tells her he has something, and it's implied that he's going to say he's leaving but they don't show it.

Then the finale begins with Rebecca watching TV and Ted wandering in and you are supposed to go "wait, did they sleep together?" And then they reference him leaving without saying that's what it is ("are you ready to talk about it?") and then they dive into the episode where it's like everyone knows Ted AND Beard are leaving, though we never saw Ted tell Beard he wanted to go home or Beard express feelings about it one way or another.

I'm all for ambiguity and leaving some things to the imagination, but I think it's a problem when I don't even understand the sequence of events or how characters feel about it. Did he tell Beard first? Was Beard immediately like "ok, let's go" or was there a discussion. And when did he tell the team? They all know but it's unclear how.

I think it's weird how much they hid the ball on that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rupert was giving off some serious Darth Vader vibes in his black outfit.

Have to presume Nate quitting West Ham job would have been big $ to walk away from. Lucky for Nate, with dark-side Rupert pushing the manager on the pitch in last game and his workplace harassment, now people could speculate, “that’s why Nate left” v he couldn’t cut it as a coach. This said, always thought it weird anyone picked Nate up to be a top manager v just a special play coach or the like that still would have been step up.

[Anonymous]

Glad the spitting stopped- my most hated recurring bit in the show, hated it in inverse proportion to how much I loved Roy’s “Whistle!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife.

We get the reason but we don't get much of Ted talking about it. The show is called "Ted Lasso" and while we hear Ted's mom tell him he needs to go home to his son, we really don't see Ted discuss it much at all. And given that we also don't see him tell Rebecca that he's leaving, or even see how he arrived at that decision, it feels unfinished. Even when he and Rebecca do finally talk and she suggest he bring his son and Michelle over to London, he doesn't explain why that won't work (I can guess, but he doesn't say) or really explain much at all. He just says no.

It would have been helpful to see at least a small snippet of an appointment with his therapist, to better understand his emotional journey this season. I feel like it was hinted at but not explained. And the way the show ends with Ted leaving the note for Trent "it was never about me" feels like a cop out. Like yes, Ted's approach to coaching and to life isn't about him, which is what makes him refreshing and what winds up being so good for the team and the people in his orbit -- he understands that the role of a coach, or a friend, is often just to support and facilitate, not to advise or fix or control. Too few people understand that and it's something I like about this show.

But Ted's life IS about Ted. The team may not be, but his decision to return to KC, his feelings about his ex-wife and about leaving the life he has built for himself in London, is about him. And it would have been nice to actually hear him talk about that decision, to have dialogue or action that show how that decision was made. Instead it's like we have a collection of clues we have to interpret. But I'd like emotional closure on the actual character instead.

It was also weird that initially it was just assumed Beard would go back with him (again, no discussion about this because we don't get to see Ted discuss things this season) and then there's the big dramatic scene on the plane. But that was weird because why would Ted's choice to leave automatically mean Beard does too? It's not like Ted has another coaching gig lined up. And Beard has a relationship in London. That is the kind of thing people would talk about and it's weird that they didn't.

You seem to need a lot of hand holding/literal explanations.

+100
Glad you said it so I didn’t have to! Wow. Personally, I appreciate shows that don’t condescend to the audience by spelling every detail out. It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what happened - there are plenty of clues along the way.

The only scenes I didn’t like were Beard’s silly scene on the plane and the corny scene where all the players pulled out pieces of the Believe sign. But Nate’s scenes were tremendous. Give that man an Emmy.