# Ted Lasso on Apple TV {Returns March 15, 2023} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, apple\ **Created:** [August 17, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299 "2020-08-17T07:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/121 "2021-09-14T02:10:02Z")
Ok that sounds cool, even if it doesn’t advance the plot, some little insights there could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/122 "2021-09-14T13:18:29Z")
Though I will note that that means there are only 3 episodes left this season that will advance the plot. And usually, in non-Covid years the FA Cup Semi finals are usually played in April… meaning there was a whole lot of season they played in the background and there is only about a month left. I imagine it’ll be jarring if in the episode after this one there is a mention that Richmond is now in the promotion playoff race. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/123 "2021-09-15T01:50:55Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I will also say at THIS point, when Ted has been a manager for 1.5 seasons, he really should know the sport better. The jokes about offside were cute… in the first season. Now it’s kind of takes me out of the show a little bit. Yeah, I agree with this. Especially the ignorance on pitch size. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/124 "2021-09-15T02:05:19Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Yeah, I agree with this. Especially the ignorance on pitch size. Not understanding offsides strikes me as being very unrealistic; he doesn’t seem lazy, so he’d try to learn that. Pitch size, though, might not be something you notice. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/125 "2021-09-15T13:50:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Not understanding offsides strikes me as being very unrealistic; he doesn’t seem lazy, so he’d try to learn that. Do we think he really doesn’t understand it? Isn’t part of this season about how much of what he does and says is actually a facade or shtick? I wouldn’t be shocked if really did have a pretty good understanding of soccer (perhaps not at the level of Beard or Nate) but plays the “aw shucks, I don’t even know the offside rule” as part of his routine. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/126 "2021-09-15T13:58:57Z")
I’m pretty sure many pro footballers don’t understand the Offside Rule. Possibly some referees too, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/127 "2021-09-15T15:34:58Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Pitch size, though, might not be something you notice. Wembley’s pitch size (115 yds by 75 yds) is basically the same size as Arsenal’s pitch (115 yds to 74 yds), which Richmond definitely would have played when they were in the Premier League. So being in awe of how big the pitch is just strikes me as completely strange. If Richmond played on a postage stamp size pitch (100 yds by 70 yds say), they’d have noticed right away. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/128 "2021-09-17T14:17:27Z")
Any opinions on Season 2, Episode 9, _Beard After Hours_? I had fun watching it, but read the AV Club recap after, and they didn’t like it. Remembering that this is almost certainly the second of the two episodes that were added after the ten-episode season was planned out. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/129 "2021-09-17T14:29:02Z")
Hell, the Etihad pitch (116 x 77) is _bigger_ than Wembley, and we know Richmond played Man City before. I think Old Trafford is bigger too. And if we want to get really nit-picky, Richmond almost certainly would have played at Wembley during the seasons where Tottenham Hotspur used it for home matches. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/130 "2021-09-17T15:58:38Z")
I’m pretty sure that the statement was a joke as Ted was trying to imitate Gene Hackman in Hoosiers ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/131 "2021-09-17T16:00:44Z")
But that’s kind of the exact opposite of Gene Hackman in Hoosiers. He was trying to say it’s the same size field at home, but was then corrected and was surprised to note it was different. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/132 "2021-09-17T16:01:52Z")
Right, but what made the joke funny (if you thought it was funny) was that Hackman made a poignant statement in Hoosiers by calming his guys down. Ted tries it and it blows up in his face. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/133 "2021-09-17T16:02:54Z")
Well yes, but the joke only works if Ted really doesn’t know the pitch sizes are different. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/134 "2021-09-17T19:51:41Z")
Re this new episode: I loved it. My wife hated it. But then, I think “the Ted Lasso cast spends 30-odd minutes telling us how much they love Martin Scorsese’s _After Hours_” is an A-plus pitch. My wife, by contrast, has no idea what Martin Scorsese’s _After Hours_ is, and she thought this episode was pointless, indulgent, and a waste of time. Not gonna be a lot of middle ground on this one. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/135 "2021-09-18T00:25:19Z")
Yeah, that episode didn’t advance the plot but I loved it! I thought it was fantastic how it balanced the good and bad of Beard’s surreal night. And ultimately led him to where he wanted to be. For what it’s worth, I’ve never heard of After Hours. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/136 "2021-09-18T06:07:42Z")
It sucked. 1000x better than the Christmas episode, but still a complete waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/137 "2021-09-18T06:29:32Z")
I liked it; my wife hated it. I certainly wouldn’t want a bunch of episodes like this, but as a one-off it was fun. Thierry Henry was great. In the last scene, the whiteboard shows their record as 21-16-6 for 79 points from 43 games. That should probably put them in the 3rd-6th range for the promotion playoff, right? They’ve gone 17-2-2 since Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/138 "2021-09-18T13:00:34Z")
Same here- I wouldn’t want this to be a common theme but we thoroughly enjoyed the departure. It was just a lot of fun and we’ve found the writing to be hit or miss on this season but this was in good form. Loved the Prince Andrew joke … ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/139 "2021-09-18T13:46:20Z")
I thought I would hate the side episode, but it was great! I loved the “Oy!” guy when he was in the crazy woman’s apartment. Also, was the end of the night just a dream? They lost me when he ducks into a church to get out of the rain, but there is a bar downstairs with his girlfriend in it and he does a hula dance. What was the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299/140 "2021-09-18T15:52:05Z")
It was hit and miss for me. I can’t complain. It was miles better than the shit chowder that was the Xmas episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299.md?page=8)