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Post by dc2london on May 16, 2023 8:04:57 GMT -6
I still really enjoy the little moments. Things that made me laugh this week: The coach describing the Phish, Greatful Dead, Black Crows concert and Ted saying “I bet that was tight” and coach replying “oh no, it was a mess but it was fun.” Ted, “Ya hear that guys? Roy says good job!” View coach falling over in the background. Roy’s entire press conference, including the part where he called the reporter “New Trent”. When the reporter agreed with him, Roy said “You know, I think I prefer you to Old Trent” and Old Trent was standing right there. Still waiting to see where the whole Nate arc ends up. I loved Roy's press conference. Other perfect reporter names were "five o clock shadow head" and "gremlin king." I died. Brilliant. The Goblin King comment killed me dead bc I referred to her as "Ms Bowie" when she first appeared on screen. And Roy yelling "whistle" is still so funny
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Post by dc2london on May 16, 2023 8:07:42 GMT -6
Good riddance to Jack, indeed. I hated that whole thing. I guess she was just there for Keely to stick to her conscience. WTF to Rupert? We know he's a trashbag but that was lllooooooowwwww
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May 16, 2023 21:06:18 GMT -6
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Post by downwarddog on May 16, 2023 21:06:18 GMT -6
This one was a mixed bag for me.
Spoilers:
Much like Zava and Shandy, wtf was the point of Jack? All these side characters who got a ton of screen time and went absolutely nowhere. Annoys me.
I was quite happy with Keeley and Roy. We knew they were end game, but I did like the way they did it.
I really like that Rebecca was able to relax and joke with Rupert. He doesn’t deserve it, but that’s major growth for her. She shouldn’t hate him; she should nothing him. And she got to reject him, so hip hip hooray! As someone with a shitty ex husband who gave me a lot of emotional baggage, that part hit home with me.
As it turns out, I don’t care about Nate. I liked the song he played. That’s all I got.
Why the fuck bring back a dumb character like Afuku? (I’m sure I’m butchering his name, I apologize.) i guess it worked but he was better as a one-off, I think.
I was delighted to see Phoebe back. She’s so damn cute. The ROY shirt was just perfect.
I feel like Ted himself is a footnote this season. I didn’t like Dani being a dick. Loved Jamie wearing Sam’s number.
Some highs, some lows. More Trent pls.
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May 17, 2023 13:54:28 GMT -6
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on May 17, 2023 13:54:28 GMT -6
I was bored 🤷🏻♀️ this season has been so inconsistent in quality and tone.
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May 17, 2023 18:15:18 GMT -6
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Post by robotsvswrestlers on May 17, 2023 18:15:18 GMT -6
This below quote from a Vulture recap so perfectly summarizes how I feel that I copied and pasted. This season just doesn't have the same magic and it makes me sad.
Rebecca’s speech is well-played, as always, by Hannah Waddingham and nicely staged against the soundtrack of Nate’s violin. But Ted Lasso has been leaning into sanctimoniousness all season, and this moment feels like another of oversimplifying what ought to be treated with more complexity. Of course she’s right, just as Sam was right about immigration and the clubhouse was right about homophobia being bad. But why spoon-feed these sentiments?
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May 17, 2023 18:19:54 GMT -6
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Post by Eagles on May 17, 2023 18:19:54 GMT -6
Keeley. Roy. The note. 😍😭
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Post by mapleme on May 17, 2023 20:28:15 GMT -6
I liked this episode. I liked Rebecca being a strong woman. Especially that moment in front of the mirror. And rejecting Rupert. And attempting girl talk with Ted and Trent. The Roy and Keely thing was sweet.
I wish that they hadn't wasted screen time this season with Jack, Shandy and Zava. But this episode felt good.
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Post by dc2london on May 18, 2023 13:47:15 GMT -6
I really enjoyed this episode. And I think this was the first time we've seen Phoebe's mun! Loved Jamie. Loved Roy. Always love Phoebe. LOVED Rebecca. Didn't love Keely feeling sorry for herself for so long and scaring the hell out of her best friend. Hated Dani making a mess on the plane. Footballers gone wild is not what I want from this show.
They really think they can make us forgive Nate with 3 episodes of pitying him.i just... don't care. And someone should have realized how giddy Nate's poor mum was to have her son need her. She was delighting in his anguish. Not healthy.
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Post by mapleme on May 18, 2023 16:42:03 GMT -6
I really enjoyed this episode. And I think this was the first time we've seen Phoebe's mun! Loved Jamie. Loved Roy. Always love Phoebe. LOVED Rebecca. Didn't love Keely feeling sorry for herself for so long and scaring the hell out of her best friend. Hated Dani making a mess on the plane. Footballers gone wild is not what I want from this show. They really think they can make us forgive Nate with 3 episodes of pitying him.i just... don't care. And someone should have realized how giddy Nate's poor mum was to have her son need her. She was delighting in his anguish. Not healthy. I choose to believe that she knew that he had gone astray and that by coming back he was getting back on the right path. And that was what was delighting her. It also fits that his father had seen the error of his ways while seeing evil Nate coach. Otherwise it is a sudden turnabout for his dad.
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Post by dc2london on May 18, 2023 16:47:28 GMT -6
I really enjoyed this episode. And I think this was the first time we've seen Phoebe's mun! Loved Jamie. Loved Roy. Always love Phoebe. LOVED Rebecca. Didn't love Keely feeling sorry for herself for so long and scaring the hell out of her best friend. Hated Dani making a mess on the plane. Footballers gone wild is not what I want from this show. They really think they can make us forgive Nate with 3 episodes of pitying him.i just... don't care. And someone should have realized how giddy Nate's poor mum was to have her son need her. She was delighting in his anguish. Not healthy. I choose to believe that she knew that he had gone astray and that by coming back he was getting back on the right path. And that was what was delighting her. It also fits that his father had seen the error of his ways while seeing evil Nate coach. Otherwise it is a sudden turnabout for his dad. Ok I like this explanation much better. I wish a throwaway line or 2 between the parents had made this clear.
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Post by armpants on May 18, 2023 16:48:26 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up.
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Post by mapleme on May 18, 2023 17:53:44 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. Right? Ok, maybe Dani sees the other international teams as his enemies, but not the flight attendants!
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Post by Bookshelves on May 18, 2023 20:05:23 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. I was waiting for the flight attendant to tell him to clean it up on his hands and knees like that baseball player’s wife who was just in the news.
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Post by gingy on May 18, 2023 20:41:02 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. I was waiting for the flight attendant to tell him to clean it up on his hands and knees like that baseball player’s wife who was just in the news. That’s exactly what I thought of.
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Post by gingy on May 18, 2023 20:42:38 GMT -6
I liked this one. I loved Uncle Day. That scene made the whole episode worth it.
I need less Nate. Good for him for becoming less dickish, I guess. But he got too much air time this week.
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Post by Lormor on May 19, 2023 0:28:01 GMT -6
I found this episode toooooo long. Yes, I loved the Uncle Day scene with Roy and Jamie and the tie dye. I loved Rebecca kicking ass, I loved the Keely-Roy stuff and the Keely-Rebecca stuff, but it was just all too long. There was too much Keely moping, too much Nate angsting, too much Edwin Edwinning (although I think the actor must be having so much fun in the role).
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Post by Eagles on May 19, 2023 6:02:35 GMT -6
Seriously, I don't give a shit about Nate. Great that he's trying not to be a dick, have a good life, bye Nate. Do not come back to Richmond.
Can we just talk about how pure Jamie and Roy's interaction was at Uncle Day? I absolutely love what they've done with that relationship.
And Jamie wearing 24 for England was such a beautiful little detail.
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Post by Eagles on May 19, 2023 6:08:30 GMT -6
Oh, and then when Jamie told Roy that he had the E swapped out with a U I was cracking up and then H deadpan goes "I'm gonna get you that jersey" and I had to pause the show because I was dying laughing.
*Before you clutch pearls, we use that word very jokingly in our house and it's right on par with our dry humor. If either of us felt disrespected we wouldn't say it.
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Post by gingy on May 19, 2023 7:53:49 GMT -6
Seriously, I don't give a shit about Nate. Great that he's trying not to be a dick, have a good life, bye Nate. Do not come back to Richmond. Can we just talk about how pure Jamie and Roy's interaction was at Uncle Day? I absolutely love what they've done with that relationship. And Jamie wearing 24 for England was such a beautiful little detail. I loved that. "He is not my best friend." But then Roy got mad when Jamie said Isaac was his best friend. Dead.
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Post by dc2london on May 19, 2023 8:46:02 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. It was so entirely out of character and just so rude
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Post by downwarddog on May 19, 2023 9:11:43 GMT -6
Dani making a mess on the plane bothered me more than it probably should have. But I hate the thought of leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. It was so entirely out of character and just so rude Yeah, the whole thing was so out of character, I didn't like it. He broke Van Damme's nose and was like, "Hey, good game!!" This is the same guy that had to be talked off of a ledge after killing the dog.
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Post by mapleme on May 19, 2023 10:39:56 GMT -6
Seriously, I don't give a shit about Nate. Great that he's trying not to be a dick, have a good life, bye Nate. Do not come back to Richmond. Can we just talk about how pure Jamie and Roy's interaction was at Uncle Day? I absolutely love what they've done with that relationship. And Jamie wearing 24 for England was such a beautiful little detail. The actors apparently adore each other too. I saw an interview with the two of them and it was like the lovefest that we've seen between them on the show of late. So it's super genuine.
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May 19, 2023 11:07:41 GMT -6
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Post by leatherpants on May 19, 2023 11:07:41 GMT -6
Nate. Listen show, you did such a great job of slowly and subtly making Nate to be a dick and now you think what? A violin and him quitting his job is going to make me forgive him. Nate is dead to me. I do not care about him.
I’m worried they are setting it up for Ted to go home and Nate to take his place and if that happens, season 3 will cease to exist for me. I feel very strongly about this.
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Post by downwarddog on May 24, 2023 12:43:58 GMT -6
So. This one was not bad.
I liked:
- the deep stuff with Ted and his mom and the "thank you/fuck you" convo. The deep feels stuff we used to get from the show. The whole dynamic with his mom was amusing.
- Ted is obviously going back home, and I think that's the right thing. Tons of Wizard of Oz references, Kansas, etc
- OMG Rebecca is so hot
- Jamie and Roy. Pretty much anything they do or say has me wheezing
- Loved getting Beard's backstory
- Jamie is cute, though oedipal, with his mom. For some reason I thought she was dead. Also, he's a millionaire athlete, why hasn't he bought her a house? Maybe she likes where she is.
- The quick clip of Jamie's dad in rehab was heartwarming.
- That end scene with Bex and Ms. Kakes was promising. For my Succession cross over people, it felt like the wives and mistresses sitting together at the funeral lol
Dislikes:
- So half the team got red carded because they were so angry at Nate and now some random off-screen convo and they all want him back? Uh.
- It kind of felt like we missed an episode or something
- Same with several of the episodes, but Ted just lost his spark this season. I don't know if it was what Jason was going through personally, or he was in over his head without Bill Lawrence or what, but he felt like a side character the entire time.
- Jade is a weird character. My husband thinks she's not interested in Nate unless he's a wealthy manager. Hard to tell for sure.
It will be interesting to see how it all wraps up next week. My prediction is that Ted will go home, Beard will stay, Roy will take over as head coach with Nate and Beard as assistants. Roy and Keeley are together. Rebecca.....?
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May 24, 2023 17:43:01 GMT -6
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Post by Eagles on May 24, 2023 17:43:01 GMT -6
I don't know how to feel about this episode.
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May 24, 2023 18:30:16 GMT -6
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Post by robotsvswrestlers on May 24, 2023 18:30:16 GMT -6
This episode was one of the better ones this season, but I don't think that's saying much.
When I heard each episode was going to be longer this season, I was excited. But I think in the long run, the extra time was used poorly. Was it because they are trying to create/explore potential spin offs/seasons without Ted? With each episode being almost an hour, I shouldn't been sitting here wondering why I should care about Nate again. There was plenty of screen time to flesh that story out more.
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Post by mapleme on May 24, 2023 19:41:05 GMT -6
The Nate storyline exhausts me. However, forgiveness is such a powerful thing and I really liked the Beard/Nate scene and the Beard backstory. I also appreciate that even though the backstory was invented in the final moments of the series, it feels very Ted.
Overall the episode felt good. I've got details to nitpick, but I don't want to nitpick them, I am just enjoying the enjoyment.
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May 24, 2023 19:46:28 GMT -6
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Post by leatherpants on May 24, 2023 19:46:28 GMT -6
I have to admit that Coach Beards talk to Nate about second chances and what Ted did for him was really touching. And I’m not a monster, that head touch/hug got me. But still. I can see they they worked at creating the redemption arc but it felt so unearned. I just seriously do not care that he quit his cushy fancy job because Rupert is an asshole. That was not a surprise. You knew that going in Nate. I also laughed, but do not care that he hid under the desk after ripping up the sign. Because if you could stay under the desk when Ted came in and not immediately feel shameful, then I don’t know what to tell you.
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Post by mapleme on May 24, 2023 20:14:43 GMT -6
I had no idea that Hannah Waddingham was in GOT. I REALLY hated her character in GOT and love her breadth of skill.
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Post by Eagles on May 24, 2023 21:18:49 GMT -6
I legitimately want Rebecca's hairstyle. I don't know why but I love it.
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