I don’t remember a scene with a lot of trophies, but during the FA Cup storyline the announcers mention a couple of times that Richmond has never won a major trophy in their history.
If we saw a lot of trophies at one point, maybe they were the kinds of trophies loser teams give themselves, like “Best Team Photo Trophy” or “1,000 Likes on Twitter Trophy.”
I’d just settle for someone to notice Nate’s rapidly greying hair.
Probably just me misremembering, when Ted was walking along the main corridor in the first episode talking to Rebecca and there was a picture of Rupert celebrating and I thought there were trophies and signs of success as well, but likley just fake memories though!
In a belated realization, the penny has just dropped that Ted, at the end in the pub, pulls a Good Will Hunting as evidenced by Dr Sharon quipping “Son of a bitch stole my line move!”.
Can’t believe that didn’t register sooner.
Amazing season ender! Will do details later, but one thing to say without much spoiling, what some of you said about reporters and Trent Crimm is very close to the story.
Random thoughts:
They played it as if finishing in 3rd means they stay in the Championship, which makes sense dramatically. I knew the Ghanaian heir was a phony. Everyone called the Nate storyline, good job. What was he talking about with Ted ignoring him? Did Ted snub him ever or was that just something in his head?
He transferred the neglect from his father on to Ted.
Is that a vote for or against Ted snubbing him? Not having scenes together and Ted not knowing about things that happened when Ted wasn’t there aren’t snubs, IMO.
This is what I asked for:
Ted Lasso Season 3 takes place in the Mighty Ducks Universe pic.twitter.com/IS9NhjlVV5
— Turk Turkelton (@nothinbutGthang) October 8, 2021
Good episode! I really enjoyed the game scenes. Jamie giving up the PK to Dany showed incredible growth (and brought the season full circle).
I’m glad they followed up on the Trent Crimm transgression and didn’t let it fall like a bunch of other storylines.
Oh and the other thing about West Ham is that it is also a London club. So it’s the makings of a very good rivalry with AFC Richmond.
I don’t think Ted snubbed him. Remember that one of the slights perceived by Nate was that the photo wasn’t on display in Ted’s office. We as the audience know that’s because it’s on display in Ted’s home, next to a photo of his son. So Ted valued the relationship.
It’s about perception, point of view, and defining “snub”. Nate is someone who takes any perceived slight as a personal insult, from years of being bullied, not least by his own Dad. He’s not wrong about what happened, but he’s also overreacting about what it means.
Nate’s angry speech disgusted me. They were the words of a mean, bitter, angry person with no real reason to be. His blather about being abandoned was not based in any evidence.
We give each other little “snubs” all the time, because none of us can attend to every single tiny matter in our relations with others. Generous people know this. They know that inadvertent snubs are nothing personal. Yes, it might have been a snub from his point of view, but being a true adult, a decent person, is about also considering THIER point of view. Did Ted try to hurt him? Of course not. Nate has the job he has because of Ted.
Nate is an asshole, pure and simple. He’s been bullied? EVERYONE’s bullied. I was bullied. I wouldn’t betray someone like that and I wouldn’t throw a giant hissy over some tiny, meaningless slight.
Let’s talk about Jamie -
When the show started, he was front and center in the story as a brash juvenile narcissistic jerk. Now, through the magic of Lasso, he’s been on a journey toward being a pussycat. Concurrently, his character has been given a somewhat smaller role in the overall story.
I’m not sure it is the right choice for the writers. I’m wondering if the overall story would work better if he were still more of a challenge. But then, I suppose the same could be said of Rebecca, Roy, and even Higgins and Trent, to an extent. If the overall story arc is to turn absolutely everyone into a box of cuddly kittens, then it will lose a lot of it’s spice. All we have left is Nate, who I’m sure will be turned around in future story lines.
BTW, my prediction for the third season is that we’ll see Trent Crimm working for or working with Keeley in her new PR agency.
If he’s going to be around, I bet he takes over Keely’s job with Richmond
That’s another possibility. Or it might be that the last scene with him is the last we’ll see of him.
This is an interesting point; it feels as if at this point the only issues are Ted struggling with his feelings, though honestly he’s generally a pretty stable guy, and Nate being a dicklick. Even the bit with Keeley shooting down Roy’s vacation idea (and really, surprising someone with a SIX WEEK vacation when they just started a new business is crazy) didn’t cause much of a ruckus.
I’m not sure where we go from here without them introducing wholly new conflicts. Some just vanished without a trace.
One thing I wish they’d continued was Beard’s frustration with Ted’s lack of interest in winning. He blew up at him yelling words to the effect of “of course winning matters, we’re a professional sports team, not a college.” And he was RIGHT, and Ted needed to adjust his thinking, but we never really saw that. It was an odd choice to introduce that and then not follow up.
Yeah, it’s as if they started the show with all sorts of main characters in conflicts with each other, and then decided to go in a different direction. Now everyone is a likeable character and friends ('cept Nate) and were going to have internal conflicts that they each encounter separately, or as a group/team. Even Lasso as a fish-out-of-water and a smiley guy among the snide Brits isn’t really getting a ton of play.
I actually thought this was selfish of him. He hadn’t missed a PK all year and he gives the shot to a worse taker so that he could feel good about himself.