There is a case to be made that, as enlightened as Ted Lasso is about masculinity, it is still in many ways quite limited in its feminism. I’ve harped on this on other articles, so I won’t go into my full dissertation here (at the very least it’s a journal article!). But if you look at the women in the world of Ted…

I think the reason why responses to this season are so divided and contentious is this: While individual episodes (or parts of the episodes) can be enjoyable, there are over-arching issues of plotting and characterization that keep the show from being cohesive over the course of an entire season. I don’t think I’ve…

I get most of the criticisms of this episode (although personally I don’t share them, and thought this was maybe the season’s single best episode), but this is a pretty ungenerous interpretation of that final beat between Colin and Isaac IMO. The point isn’t that straight men don’t have to say “I love you” to their…

While Ted’s heart was likely in the right place, good lord that story he tried to do was a massive amount of cringe. Maybe it’s best to say “we support you for who you are” and leave it at that.

Ted Lasso is a heartwarming comedy where things get rough but always finds a silver lining or hope.

As a huge Led Zep hater, this episode gets an automatic A+++. Everything Beard said is 100 percent accurate about Jimmy Page. I’ll take Walsh over him any day.

“Jack ghosting Keeley and moving to Argentina for a few months had big “Poochie died on the way back to his home planet” energy. (If that Simpsons reference goes over your head, please Google “Poochie” and thank me later.)”

Maybe you need to take a break from reviewing Bill Lawrence shows, Manuel.

I’ve come to realisation that “some” people get disappointed in shows/films not being what they expect them to be, based on how they’ve played things out in their head.

Well, my knowledge of musical theater is not as thorough as yours, but my enjoyment of this episode was much more thorough.

Where’s the discussion of Jamie’s speech in the locker room and overall character development? His transition from showboat to team player is one of the highlights of the series. Watching him give the assist rather than trying to score the goal himself was one of the top moments of the episode.

Yeah don’t most work place comedies not really focus on the actual work that it is set in?

Comment from my wife after last night’s episode: “Who knew that an episode that kicked off with a pegging reference and continued on to footballers with red string around their gentlemen’s regions would be so great?”

Ted Lasso is not a show about football any more than The Office is a show about paper products. It’s a show about people who happen to be in the football business.

I once again find myself in stark disagreement with the review-which is fine, but this is absolutely higher than a a C Plus for me. I thought the stories of the characters were fun, in some cases emotional, and well handled while clearly tying into a central theme.

No love for Will dressed as Beard? Him sitting at Beard’s desk reading Beard’s book was my favourite joke of the episode.

I loved how the scouting report they apparently gave everyone on Tom was “Tom of, uh, Siobhan.”

Also, I am convinced Shiv protected Tom from the kill list. It had to be part of Shiv’s negotiation with Lukas. There is not other explanation for Tom not getting shit canned. 

I’m really loving Frank and Karl leaning into old guy who doesn’t give a shit mode this episode. Those compression socks would be embarrassing to a younger guy, but it’s a long flight and there may be a lot of walking when they get there. Hell of that was me I’d probably throw ony plantar fasciitis splint and take a…

Also there is Hope for Tom and Shiv to reconcile. They still got that chemistry and Shiv asks him to dinner in the plane on the way back.