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happy birthday @twentythrees 💙

The character development of Jamie Tartt will always impress me like he is so well written, the difference between s1 and s3 Jamie is so crazy

I need the nbc Ted Lasso look to make an appearance in s4 PLEASEEE

With Ted lasso I genuinely can’t tell if something is a reference from the fanfics or from the show itself

Ted lasso was a sports anime

#that’s a found family your honor

"The last time I spent this long in bed was because I sprained a hamstring."

This is the first line of No Weddings and a Funeral and the first line we get to set Sam and Rebecca post hookup. Wow, it took watching this ep three times to really notice it...

This sets up so much: Sam is young, we know this, but this also tells us he likely hasn't been in a serious romance before. He's marvelling that something could slow him down (which god the way he was trying to find love, he definitely wanted Someone who could change the pace of his life). But this is the FIRST line of the episode. Right away the show wants to highlight Sam's naivete. Rebecca laughs at his statement but has no verbal response.

I know this relatively a small detail but it speaks to the richness of the writers' intentions. There is a world of difference between the two of them because of their age.

Side note: its nice that in this scene Sam both expresses the novelty of the relationship and then how he hates the secrecy. His ability to appear young and earnest with Rebecca shows his trust in her and his self-assurance. Is it a healthy relationship? We're not given enough time or info about it to know for sure. But it's undeniably an honest one filled with real care.

OKAY OKAY the first time I watched this ep (watched twice in a row) I saw this line and the cut to Sam and was like holy shit the writers are brilliant, to draw a connection between Sam leaving Nigeria and Ted leaving Kansas. What a beautiful parallel that is totally reflected in Ted getting a care package in S0E2 and giving Sam his own care package the same episode. 

BUT when I watched the second time, I realized this is also Sam thinking about leaving Richmond. They are his family. And would he leave them to go play halfway around the world?

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.

For folks frustrated by Ted going back to Kansas, it might be helpful to think about this story within the framework of the hero’s journey

There always has to be the return, to go back to the start BUT go back completely changed. Why is it the hero must always return? Why has this story structure existed across cultures and the world for thousands of years? Many answers but...I think in life we can transform and grow meet new people and lovers and the most beautiful thing is we can never lose those things. Ever. Even when we go back to the beginning. It will never be a reset. It will always be a new beginning.

I adore Sam Obisanya

Re blogging cause it's just true y'know?

I adore Sam Obisanya

I’ve decided to allocate each character of ted lasso a pet , I’m starting with the main team players but I plan to do all characters, including Higgins, Rebecca, Keeley etc, and I don’t want to go with the generic combinations, so if anyone has any thoughts of who should have what pet, the inspo would be appreciated.

There’s like no new Ted Lasso series fics and I’m starting to get real sad ☹️

I BEG OF YOU, ANYONE, PLEASE WRITE SOME FICS FOR TED LASSO 😭😭😭

this may be too niche but

we need a roy & jamie spin-off series cause I KNOW jamie didn’t get all that bi-coding for nothing

Ted Lasso Dialogue Dump

Okay so I thought it would be fun to try and write some Ted Lasso stuff cause the show is great and Ted talks in such a specific way, so here's what I think is the most in-character thing I've written for any character:

A while later, when a decent amount of people are walking about, enjoying life before work, I hear a “Howdy Sam, how are you doing?” from beside me. “I’m alright, Ted. You?” “Oh I’m doing fine. Hey, nice scarf by the way. Very stylish. Reminds me of my neighbor’s grandma’s cat that she used to doll up during parties and whatnot. Was very cute; kid’s loved it. Always suckers for animals in human clothes. Hey I wonder if they have stores just for animal clothes? Ya know, like a normal clothing store but instead of normal sized jackets and shirts and hats they’re all tiny so you can fit them on a dog or cat or—heck even a lizard! Hey, if you could have any pet, what would it be? C’mon, lets here it. Nothing too outlandish!” He pats my shoulder encouragingly.

I can’t help it when a smile forms on my face. Just who he is—it’s so infectious to me. I take a moment to ponder his question, then respond “I think I would like a horse. Not here, in the city, but if I lived out in the country I think It’d be nice. Be able to ride out into who-knows-where for half a day or something. Plus, you can give them a full-body hug instead of it just being a little thing you squeeze in your arms” I say, knowing he’d like that answer.

“Well, I’ll be darned, I was going to say a parrot cause they’re pretty cool and you could teach them tricks and whatnot, but you’re totally right about that huggin’ thing! Would be nice to be able to do that. Plus you can go places with a horse, whereas if ya let a parrot loose it would probably just get lost’r something.”

3x07 of Ted Lasso was pure unhinged chaos for a majority of the episode and I loved every second of it.

Also I would die for Ola Obisanya cause he is such a breath of fresh air in a show with a bunch of shitty fathers (with the exception of Ted and Trent- we may not have seen Trent with his daughter but I just know that he loves her to death).

Edit 1: how could I forget about Higgens?!? From the few scenes we got of him with his kids, he seems like one of the few good dads on the show as well