The Problem With Ted Lasso S3

The problem with Ted Lasso S3

It doesn’t feel like the last season.

Let’s imagine Ted Lasso was like any other show, slated to keep running until it eventually concluded after 5 or even 10 seasons. If we as viewers knew this, would these episodes feel so lopsided? Would the missing thematic tie-ins feel so odd? Would new characters and plot points feel like frustrating distractions?

Even with the entire season written and filmed, Apple is still not letting anyone doing press for the show say outright this is the last season. Why? To make space for a spin off? Or....maybe this isn’t the last season after all?

Either way, it definitely seems like the writers room were given the directive to not make these episodes feel like they’re leading to an end. And they certainly do not. However the strength of Ted Lasso has always been the foresight of the writers. Every character, line, and scene felt meaningful because they were - everything lead to an inevitable end. Without that, we’re left with a show that doesn’t feel bad per se. But definitely off.

Y’all like, Rebecca NEEDED to fully reconcile and remember that there were good times in her relationship with Rupert and that he too is a human. She can’t move on without it. He can’t be anything other than a villain to destroy without it. And she did so beautifully, with boundaries fully intact. Putting the Hockney painting back up means she can have ambivalence which is key for emotional processing!!

If the idea of Jamie falling in love with Roy’s sister and literally becoming part of his family doesn’t make you feel like a helium balloon...

AHEM

#He’s gonna inspire so many people (insp)

Pedro Friedeberg  -  Encuentro de Dos Mundos  (Encounter of Two Worlds) (serigraph, 1987)

Rome in November   -   Jette Stoltz,, 1985.

Swedish , 1923-2010

Oil on canvas ,  55 x 46 cm..