You’re right. Roy has a habit of mistaking/assuming that what he wants is what Keeley wants. Or that how he would interpret a situation is how Keeley would interpret a situation. We see that in the playlist episode, and in the funeral episode. So in that light, yeah, I think Roy’s vacation gesture makes a bit more…

Keeley’s story has been undercooked all season 2. Really, I’m growing a bit concerned about the show’s inability to develop meaningful storylines for either of its main female characters. Rebecca is much more interesting when she’s exploring the perils of being a boss ass bitch in the ownership world. When the show…

I’m baffled that the writers/showrunners didn’t see that their central conflict for season 2 clearly could have (should have?) been the trouble brewing in the coaching staff. I mean, by the episode where Roy joins the staff, it is all perfectly set in motion. You’ve got Nate bullying the kitman and Ted not noticing.…

My annoyance at that particular choice knows no bounds. I’ve got great vision, but my parents, sadly, do not. When shows use the phone screen rather than a graphic, it is virtually impossible for them to read. Most of the time, they have to pause the show, and one of them gets up, walks to the TV, and reads the phone…

I feel like that’s how I spent most of season two—telling myself, “Don’t worry, they’ll actually grapple with the very real issues on Ted’s coaching staff next episode.” And it never happened. And now to foist it off on the next season just seems like bad structuring of the overall narrative arc. It didn’t have to be…

I think Myles mentioned in a comment elsewhere that he thinks season two really helped easily sort out what people liked about season 1 of Ted Lasso, and that viewers generally fell into two camps: People who appreciated the tight plotting and well-constructed storytelling of S1, and people who appreciated the…

Ted knows Nate’s issues with Ted are about more than Ted, and as painful as it is for him to listen to Nate say terrible things to him, Ted knows to listen silently (with one small comment) because it will serve neither of them for him to reply in that moment. Ted has already reflected on what’s happening and knows…

That comment about the picture spoke volumes to me about Nate. The picture in an of itself was a gift driven by ego. Nate gave it not out of selflessness or because he thought Ted would like it, but because he wanted to elevate himself. He literally writes over Beard, removing him from the picture and centering…

I wish we’d gotten a bit more of Ted’s talk to the media about mental health. I think that would have been a spot where the narrative could have allowed Ted to demonstrate how his perspective has changed through his dealings with Dr. Sharon. I feel like it was just another instance of the show in season 2 approaching…

YES YES YES. There was way too much in that Nate and Ted scene that was just left hanging, and in ways that like you said undercuts much of the work that the season’s strongest arc (Ted) was trying to do. How can you devote so much time to Ted exploring the roots of his philosophy and how he interacts with the world…

I’ve really appreciated Myles’ reviews because they have been, in my opinion, of a higher critical and analytical standard than much of the recent reviewing done here at AV Club. It hearkens back to the days when AV Club regularly recapped a lot of shows at a really high level. Perhaps it’s because I work and write in…

Yep. Beard has a lot to answer for, and his reckoning doesn’t come in the finale just like it doesn’t really come for Ted, either. For someone who is supposedly fervently loyal to Ted, he isn’t actually a very good assistant coach in the ways that matter. The first assistant (and I have been this person at the college…

Realistically, folks, the IRS is not going to call you. Just default to thinking it’s a scam, because 99/100 times it will be. If you’re an average taxpayer who has filed every year, you’re not getting audited or called about paying back taxes. And good luck calling your local IRS office to verify if someone is an…

Yeah, this was my take as well. I’m just having one of those days where I’m annoyed by writing that presents an argument without actually supporting it with evidence. It just seems to take for granted that this is the truth, and to me it doesn’t pass the smell test at all. Like, are we seeing an epidemic of laundry…

How much of a concern is it really that stuff from towels is going to transfer onto other stuff in the laundry, where the things are, you know, getting clean? I guess this is what my main question is. I’ve always thrown the towels (workout, shower, kitchen, etc.) all into the load together. Sometimes if I’ve just got…

I think overall more useful advice for the home cook would have been to carefully take stock of what you use regularly and what you like to have easy access to. For me, that’s the olive oil, salt, butter, and my knives. They live on the countertop, along with the toaster, which gets used every few days in our house.…

And even the olive oil thing isn’t a hard and fast rule, in my opinion. We’ve kept our olive oil next to the stove for, well, my entire adult life and never once has it gone rancid. Unless you’re sitting your olive oil directly on the stove and really heating it up regularly, I think you’re OK. Will olive oil keep…

That number (and the shot on the bridge) worked so well it made me temporarily forget things like how bad the movie is at keeping a consistent scale for the cats compared to their surroundings. Steven McRae is incredible and perfect casting because of his ballet and tap background. You can 100% believe that he thought…

I think a lot of what bilingual people experience “dumbed down” subtitles is often just a byproduct of the constraints of translation and subtitling. There is only so much space on the bottom of the screen for words, so while a character may be making a 60-second speech of 200 words, the captioners know that they can…

Being the person who can mix drinks at a party is both a blessing and a curse. It can be a great way to meet people and talk about what they like. But tread carefully. First off, I wouldn’t bring my own cocktail accouterments to someone else’s party unless explicitly asked too. That’s a bit presumptuous. But if…