The Man City Coach was Pep (he was the one who brought Total Football to Man City), he is THE ACTUAL coach of that team in real life. The conversation he had with Ted, is a call back to that Season 1 conversation between Ted and Trent while they are eating dinner.
@@jonathanrupert5592 - Me, either! I’m a ManU fan because of Marcus Rashford & my husband’s team is Wolverhampton, & we both yelled “THEY GOT PEP!!!” when we saw him first. Amazing, right?
Can we take a moment to appreciate what a wall Van Damme was this episode? After him being a bit of a pushover on the field in early seasons, he was an absolute champion in this game. (The show is wonderful about character growth, but sometimes that growth is on the field!)
I absolutely love Beard and Ted's relationship and this backstory of their friendship fucking destroyed me...i totally get now why Beard is so ride or die for Ted
It absolutely fills in the gaps. They're such opposites, in terms of Ted being so excessively demonstrative and Beard being so... Beard. But that's also what makes them a perfect comedy duo.
That shows Beards loyalty to Ted. Ted didn’t say to Beard I want him back he showed him a different view of Nate and a story that relates to his own history with Ted. Absolutely brilliant writing.
@@fayesouthall6604 Right. And Beard's loyalty clearly was born out of residual guilt, projected onto Nate. I think there's a through-line in this whole season about separating who people really are from who we make them in our heads. Beard is fiercely protective of Ted, and now we know why. But because of that, he saw Nate as the guy who betrayed Ted, and not as a guy very much like himself, who made a bad choice because he was going through some shit. Ted reminded him to actually see Nate, not just the betrayal. If we condemned everyone who makes bad choices because they're going through their own shit, who would escape the chopping block? Not Beard. Not Jaime. Not even Ted. I imagine Beard has had reason to write Ted off too, and knew not to, because he was granted the gift of forgiveness. So he passes that forward. Now I think of it, forgiveness is also a strong through-line in the season. And Ted still has one person to forgive, himself. He's the only person he's hard on. I think he carries a lot of guilt for hating his father.
Keeley is about 7 years older than Jamie. In one of the earliest episodes in the first series, she said something like “When I was 23, I was dating a 23 year old footballer, now I’m nearly 30 and I’m still dating a 23 year old footballer”
I thought it was hilarious how Roy was so awestruck by Jamie's mom. She is a striking woman, too. Cracked me up when he went in for a hug as they were saying goodbye and Keeley pulls him back! Jamie definitely made his mom proud by how he played in the match.
I think he might have met her before... in the days when he was playing football and having a million one night stands. When he saw her, he didn't say nice to meet you. He said, "Hey, you." A little too familiar.
A late response here, but do you know who the actress is who plays Jamie’s mum? If you’re familiar with the history of the Beatles, you know her uncle-Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles until he was replaced by Ringo.
RE: Colin and Isaac coming to ask Nate back, they also had a redemption story with him, because they were his bullies in season 1. I agree that Nate needs to apologize to Ted, but I think his apology was always destined to be a part of the series climax. His anger at Ted reflects Ted's anger at his own father, so I think Ted passing forgiveness forward will allow him to move past his guilt at hanging onto anger with his dad, which is I think a part of why he neglects his own needs in favor of everyone else's. It will be closure for both of them.
Pep Guardiola, the actual head coach of Manchester City, made a cameo appearance as himself, which was pretty awesome as he is legendary. Check out the Total Football presentation Beard made a few episodes back where he mentioned Pep. Loved your reactions. I enjoyed some parallels in this episode to the season 1 finale. The way that injured Roy left the field a hero without calling attention to himself at that time left Jamie puzzled; now he goes off the field injured and earns the opposing fans’ applause for not celebrating his goal against his former teammates. Also Ted stopping by and looking in at Roy and Keeley laughing with Jamie recalls him looking in and seeing Jamie’s dad berating him in season 1. Beard’s forgiveness monologue was so powerful! Did you catch the throwaway line in the hotel video of Keeley promoting Manchester by saying “… and the latest sports technology, like yoga mats!” 😂
I teared up when I saw Jamie’s dad in rehab. He looked so proud of Jamie. I hate that this wonderful show is almost over but I’ve really enjoyed watching this with y’all. Y’all are really one of my very favorite channels. Enjoyed y’alls reactions and commentary as always. Next week is gonna be a tough one.
There's a lot of references this season, especially this episode, to The Wizard of Oz, i.e. Dottie (Dorothy), mention of Australia (aka Oz), and Brandie Carlile's version of “Home” from the musical “The Wiz” plays during the credits. I'm certain that this is a setup for Ted to leave Richmond in the series finale and go back home to Kansas as there's, "no place like home."
Also, when Beard sits down after playing pinball he says something about “the dogs of society howling.” That’s a line from Elton John’s 1973 song “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
In regards to Jamie having a poster of Keeley on his wall, based on season 1, I believe Keeley is 7 years older than Jamie, because she says something like "Now I'm 30 and I'm still dating a 23 year old footballer." in the episode where she breaks up with Jamie.
It is curious how many of these reactors forget about so many things. OK, I watched the seasons more than once, but come on... They often get lost with so much basic stuff...
I think the scene with Rebecca and Rupert last episode and that brief bit of Jamie’s dad here are a reminder that even the people who seem to be irredeemable have the same ability to change as anyone else. But for people as bad as those two, distancing yourself from them is still a good idea; you shouldn’t always wait around for someone to change.
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 exactly and sometimes leaving them behind is what wakes them up. I'd say Jamie punching his father was the turning point, he was probably thinking how far gone he is that his own son punched him
What a great episode. Another dad moment. Beard killed me with his monolog. 75 kabob....and they eat them whole show. Mom and Ted are so much alike. I love the fact that Jamie's posters are Roy and Keely. The cheers for Jamie. I think Ted let Rebecca know he wants to go to Kansas and fight for Henry and Michelle. I love when Rebecca realizes.. oh my. Your Teds mother. The F-U Thank you... was tough. My mom often pretended that everything was okay. This show makes grown ass men cry....btw Jamie's dad is in rehab. And Van Damme was amazing Ted looking in on the 3 of them is so awesome. Like a proud dad
Dottie is Ted, just the female version. The very things that are driving Ted nuts about her - the charm, the corny jokes all in an effort to avoid talking about what she's really feeling - are the things he hates about himself.
This is the first time I've stumbled upon this channel, and I enjoyed it a lot. Two people who are real fans and have a great insight into the show. Thanks!
So many great call backs to throw away lines from early in the series. Like Mama Lasso saying Ted ate a candy bar that was actually poop, is from a story Ted told in season 1, saying if a kid ever walked up and offers you a candy bar there is a good chance the kid pooped in a candy wrapper.
It occurred to me that Ted might have come home and told his mom about that kid doing that to other kids, and she just remembered it with him in the center of it, the way she put him in the center of all her stories.
The fact that not only the main characters get a complete and satisfying story arch, but so do the secondary and even the tertiary characters get satisfying story arcs is an amazing credit to the writers. Jamies Dad in rehab and looking proud of his son -come on. So beautiful. Also, Van Damme's story arc on the field. Perfection. I would LOVE Bex and Ms Cakes get West Ham. I want Jamie to date Roy's sister. And although I want Ted and Rebecca to live happily ever after, Ted will most likely go back to Kansas. I hope Rebecca keeps the team. I'm still not ready to forgive Nate.
I seem to have gone down a deep well of watching different Ted Lasso reaction videos. Have watched 5 or 6 different ones but only two of them consistently. Just found yours and, hands down, yours is my favorite by far. Thank you for for sharing your viewpoints. And FU for all the time I'm going to have to spend going back and catch your old episodes! Seriously, thanks, and great job!
You guys have done a great job doing these reaction shows. Even with watching the 3 seasons every week after the show finally. Yes, over and over again I have watched Lasso. At the time of this posting, I am watching the Amsterdam episode.
This episode was by far my fav of the season. Seeing Ted was so broken underneath that smile of his, hits so hard. This show has one of the best writings in the history of the TV shows. And to answer your question, "Flipping Straights" refers to someone who's so Attractive that can turn Straight ppl to Gay. That was what Rebbeca meant by that line.
I dont know how u guys didnt cry over the Coach Beard and Nate scene...i was freaking bawling my eyes out and then the whole scene with Ted and Mama Lasso was even more heartbreaking, i think this really is the final season and it makes me so much sad even...i think Ted is gonna hand over the coaching to Nate and move back home and the last episode will be the farewell episode which is gonna be ten times sadder
When Ted spoke to Pep Guardiola (the Man City coach) after the match, some notice that Pep says something that Ted said in the first season, about beeing the best person on and of the field. I believe, that this is suppose to show, that even the best football manager/coach in the world, has been influenced by Ted Lasso the american football coach, who did not even know anything about football/soccer when he came to England. It shows the growth of Ted Lasso the soccer coach, and how good and honest people, can be a positive influence on other people.
@34:00 - Understanding wanting a bit more of an apology tour with Nate. I assume his GF actually made the call and started the process of trying to get him back as she orchestrated the rest. And as for the team, he didn't really do anything to them other than tear the sign. It was only the kit boy and Lasso that he was evil to. So, not only have they adopted the Lasso forgiveness model, they didn't have a lot to forgive. I also suspect we will find out that Nate quit because he saw what Rupert did to his assistant.
Love your reactions. The second to last episode of each season, Rebecca had a big reveal. 1. Why she hired Ted. 2. She was with Sam. So this was a flip, with Ted having a reveal, which we'll actually get next week.
As of season 1, Keeley was 29 and Jaime was 23. Which means she was 19 and maybe already modeling when he was 13 and first starting to seriously notice girls. So it's quite possible she was his first serious celebrity crush.
In a weird way, Roy and Keeley were kind of Jaime's parental figures. He was always the junior with both of them. Keeley taught Jaime how to be a proper celebrity and live in that world, and held him accountable when he messed up. Roy always had a fatherly relationship with him, even when he was being a cocky little prick. That's pretty normal between fathers and sons.
I love it. Before this episode I could easily imagine that Ted would forgive Nate. But I never expected Beard to forgive Nate. But the reason he does makes perfect sense!
@28:46 - Kinda season finale-ish but that leaves us one more to make it series finale-ish. We still need to win the title like Ted promised (with this show you never know) and wrap things up with Rupert, and with Ted going how and what that means for who will take over the team (I'm assuming Roy with Nate). Not 100% sure about Beard saying or going.
Pep invented something called Tiki Taka. A derivative of total football. Also nates "genius" false 9 idea in season 9 was something Pep popularized. False 9 had been around before, but he had Messi, arguably the best footballer ever, be bait. Like Nate had jamie, their best player do.
Did anyone else notice the song where Ted reads the note from his mom. The song says So We Will See You Here Same Time Same Place Next Year I may read too much into that but I think that may be a clue to next season lol. Once the writers strike is over Loved the video!
@Yannick in Germany! I'm just hopeful. I know they originally said it would be 3 seasons, but who knows what the future holds. Either way it has been an incredible season and series :)
So like most, I do think Ted's news is that he is quitting after the season. However I think is surprised by the news that Michelle and Dr Jacob's weekend in Paris was actually them looking for a place to live in England am they can reunite Henry with his dad. The happy ending is that while Ted was willing to move back to the states to do what's right as a father he gets to do that while staying with the new family and life he has created in England. Bonus, he ends up with Rebecca making her a step-mother, and thus all of the psychic's predictions come true.
Jamie got his karma back with his mum and surrogate dad, Ted. Pep is the real manager of City. Freddie Mercury was a famous gay guy who could flip straight guys to gay guys.
Jaime's mom's advice was kinda weak for me. "He will never change".... We all change. We all need time to learn hard lessons. If anything, just know that if he won't change, you can still love him knowing he isn't perfect. Parents share love and pain with their young. Also, I love how Beard's story also explained where his hardcore loyalty to Ted comes from. When wify and I first saw this, I noticed that Ted and Beard felt like friends from way back from the jump!!! That is not easy to write. This little story def. explained so much. RIP Rupert! lol!! ME2INCOMING
If you have an emotionally abusive Dad, it's hard to give up the hope that someday they'll give you love you long for. It can be heartbreaking to be disappointed over and over. Jamie 's Mom is encouraging him to see that it's his Dad''s problem, not his.
@@annunciataparchesi1832 Absolutely. I have a lot of friends who live with this. It nags at your soul, waiting for the apology and closure that'll never come. Even when you know better, that yearning never seems to go away. Abuse is different from a parent than from a partner. You can ultimately write off what a partner thinks. But a parent is forever stuck in your head, for better or worse. For me, my dad changed so dramatically that I hardly ever see glimpses of the abusive ass he used to be. And in those moments, the abuse is always directed inward. But you can bet that the dad I grew up with is still in my head, shouting at my struggles instead of helping.
No, her advice was on point. Most folks don't change, especially at that age, and Jamie hurting wanting his dad to change is causing him pain. So telling Jamie "he won't change" is not only 100% accurate in her viewpoint (or she probably wouldn't have divorced him), it is far better for Jamie to let go of any hope of him being a decent human being so that he can move on. If your parent (or anyone else in your life) is a piece of shit, it is far healthier to accept that so you can decide to keep them around as they are without hope they will be better or do the generally more healthy thing and leave them behind.
Hear me out. Ted Lasso season 4, let Ted be gone back to America. But bring in Dottie Lasso to kind of fill that gap. Let the excuse be she's visiting Beard, and of course comes to see the team. But she stays cause the team asks her too, for the reason that it's like having a part of Ted back with them. And have the following season or 2 be Dottie now being the 1 to heal thanks to the team her son created, while still doing stories for the others.
@@fayesouthall6604 I'm sorry. I get why he ordered so much but I was just making a lame The Inbetweeners reference. I tend to do it any time someone says a randomly large number.
@@fayesouthall6604 Thanks Faye. I honestly did understand it all along though. It was just a silly reference to when Will had to buy drinks for the older man at the bar in the first episode of The Inbetweeners.
This seasons really disappointed me. You can tell Bill Lawrence left and now Jason is running the show by himself. The fact that the guys had a conversation about wanting Nate back offscreen, seemingly in between episodes (because we never hear a moment about it in the show before this), is ridiculous. That’s a huge moment not just for Nate but for the guys too. The first two seasons were really well paced, this one has a million ideas they’re trying to cram in. Sometimes we barely focus on one and it comes back episodes later out of nowhere, other times there’s stuff like the Zava storyline or Keely and Jac, where they almost feel like a separate season. Sometimes the threads relate, sometimes they don’t. But yeah, the show still has tons of great moments, but it feels more like if they took interesting highlights from a few seasons of a show and tried to connect them all together in one season.
No, it means getting "straight" guys to sleep with him. There are lots of gay guys who consider it a badge of honor, my best friend in high school used to think/act that way, lol.
16:27 yeah Keely's about 10 years older than Jaime. she says so in S1 when talking to Rebecca in the loo. she even makes a joke she's a dicaprio dating a younger guy lol
The Man City Coach was Pep (he was the one who brought Total Football to Man City), he is THE ACTUAL coach of that team in real life. The conversation he had with Ted, is a call back to that Season 1 conversation between Ted and Trent while they are eating dinner.
I can't believe they actually got Pep
@@jonathanrupert5592 - Me, either! I’m a ManU fan because of Marcus Rashford & my husband’s team is Wolverhampton, & we both yelled “THEY GOT PEP!!!” when we saw him first. Amazing, right?
@@nicolewilliams2468 I am a Bayern fan. It was amazing to see him on Ted Lasso.
I could just tell by the aura of the scene that he was a big deal lol, as soon as I saw it I looked it up and saw this. So cool of him to do this!!
He also coached and played for Barcelona. Where he learned of Total Football from Johan Cruyff.
Can we take a moment to appreciate what a wall Van Damme was this episode? After him being a bit of a pushover on the field in early seasons, he was an absolute champion in this game. (The show is wonderful about character growth, but sometimes that growth is on the field!)
It’s the power of the mask! I wonder if that’s a tip of the cap to The Mask of Zorro, seeing as his original surname was Zoreaux.
He was amazing!!!!
@@axr7149 Not sure what specifically about that experience would have helped.
I don't why people don't point out that Jamie gave Van Damme the confidence he needed. It's not the mask, its you! 😭😭
Van Damme’s performances felt like an homage to Tim Howard when he had 16 straight saves during the World Cup in the game against Belgium.
I absolutely love Beard and Ted's relationship and this backstory of their friendship fucking destroyed me...i totally get now why Beard is so ride or die for Ted
It absolutely fills in the gaps. They're such opposites, in terms of Ted being so excessively demonstrative and Beard being so... Beard. But that's also what makes them a perfect comedy duo.
That shows Beards loyalty to Ted. Ted didn’t say to Beard I want him back he showed him a different view of Nate and a story that relates to his own history with Ted. Absolutely brilliant writing.
@@fayesouthall6604 Right. And Beard's loyalty clearly was born out of residual guilt, projected onto Nate.
I think there's a through-line in this whole season about separating who people really are from who we make them in our heads. Beard is fiercely protective of Ted, and now we know why. But because of that, he saw Nate as the guy who betrayed Ted, and not as a guy very much like himself, who made a bad choice because he was going through some shit. Ted reminded him to actually see Nate, not just the betrayal.
If we condemned everyone who makes bad choices because they're going through their own shit, who would escape the chopping block? Not Beard. Not Jaime. Not even Ted. I imagine Beard has had reason to write Ted off too, and knew not to, because he was granted the gift of forgiveness. So he passes that forward.
Now I think of it, forgiveness is also a strong through-line in the season. And Ted still has one person to forgive, himself. He's the only person he's hard on. I think he carries a lot of guilt for hating his father.
Flipping straights is Freddie Mercury speak for turning straight men bi or gay darling! Lol
Took us half a beat to realize it and bust out laughing, mainly because we assume everything said that isn't immediately clear is some Britism.
Keeley is about 7 years older than Jamie. In one of the earliest episodes in the first series, she said something like “When I was 23, I was dating a 23 year old footballer, now I’m nearly 30 and I’m still dating a 23 year old footballer”
I thought she said "when i was 18 i was dating a 23 year old footballer...."
I thought it was hilarious how Roy was so awestruck by Jamie's mom. She is a striking woman, too. Cracked me up when he went in for a hug as they were saying goodbye and Keeley pulls him back! Jamie definitely made his mom proud by how he played in the match.
I think he might have met her before... in the days when he was playing football and having a million one night stands. When he saw her, he didn't say nice to meet you. He said, "Hey, you." A little too familiar.
Oooooh!!!! I never thought of that perspective! That makes it even more interesting!
She is FIT!!!!! "Briticism"
It might have been because Jaimie said Roy's sister was fit in the last episode
A late response here, but do you know who the actress is who plays Jamie’s mum? If you’re familiar with the history of the Beatles, you know her uncle-Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles until he was replaced by Ringo.
RE: Colin and Isaac coming to ask Nate back, they also had a redemption story with him, because they were his bullies in season 1. I agree that Nate needs to apologize to Ted, but I think his apology was always destined to be a part of the series climax. His anger at Ted reflects Ted's anger at his own father, so I think Ted passing forgiveness forward will allow him to move past his guilt at hanging onto anger with his dad, which is I think a part of why he neglects his own needs in favor of everyone else's. It will be closure for both of them.
Pep Guardiola, the actual head coach of Manchester City, made a cameo appearance as himself, which was pretty awesome as he is legendary. Check out the Total Football presentation Beard made a few episodes back where he mentioned Pep.
Loved your reactions. I enjoyed some parallels in this episode to the season 1 finale. The way that injured Roy left the field a hero without calling attention to himself at that time left Jamie puzzled; now he goes off the field injured and earns the opposing fans’ applause for not celebrating his goal against his former teammates. Also Ted stopping by and looking in at Roy and Keeley laughing with Jamie recalls him looking in and seeing Jamie’s dad berating him in season 1.
Beard’s forgiveness monologue was so powerful!
Did you catch the throwaway line in the hotel video of Keeley promoting Manchester by saying “… and the latest sports technology, like yoga mats!” 😂
Especially given Man U's propensity to go through coaches in a short time...
I teared up when I saw Jamie’s dad in rehab. He looked so proud of Jamie. I hate that this wonderful show is almost over but I’ve really enjoyed watching this with y’all. Y’all are really one of my very favorite channels. Enjoyed y’alls reactions and commentary as always. Next week is gonna be a tough one.
Thanks for joining us on this journey 😊
"thank you, but fuck you"
just what Jaimie wanted to say to his dad.
There's a lot of references this season, especially this episode, to The Wizard of Oz, i.e. Dottie (Dorothy), mention of Australia (aka Oz), and Brandie Carlile's version of “Home” from the musical “The Wiz” plays during the credits.
I'm certain that this is a setup for Ted to leave Richmond in the series finale and go back home to Kansas as there's, "no place like home."
Also, when Beard sits down after playing pinball he says something about “the dogs of society howling.” That’s a line from Elton John’s 1973 song “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
I picked up on that. The pinball machine was Wizard of Oz as well.
Missed all of that, love these comments!
In regards to Jamie having a poster of Keeley on his wall, based on season 1, I believe Keeley is 7 years older than Jamie, because she says something like "Now I'm 30 and I'm still dating a 23 year old footballer." in the episode where she breaks up with Jamie.
It is curious how many of these reactors forget about so many things. OK, I watched the seasons more than once, but come on... They often get lost with so much basic stuff...
@@vicenteraira To be fair I will rewatch shows that I love and I still forget certain things. It happens to the best of us! Lol
Love how even Jamie's dad gets a redemption arc 🙂
I think the scene with Rebecca and Rupert last episode and that brief bit of Jamie’s dad here are a reminder that even the people who seem to be irredeemable have the same ability to change as anyone else. But for people as bad as those two, distancing yourself from them is still a good idea; you shouldn’t always wait around for someone to change.
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 exactly and sometimes leaving them behind is what wakes them up. I'd say Jamie punching his father was the turning point, he was probably thinking how far gone he is that his own son punched him
What a great episode.
Another dad moment.
Beard killed me with his monolog.
75 kabob....and they eat them whole show.
Mom and Ted are so much alike.
I love the fact that Jamie's posters are Roy and Keely.
The cheers for Jamie.
I think Ted let Rebecca know he wants to go to Kansas and fight for Henry and Michelle.
I love when Rebecca realizes.. oh my. Your Teds mother.
The F-U Thank you... was tough. My mom often pretended that everything was okay.
This show makes grown ass men cry....btw
Jamie's dad is in rehab.
And Van Damme was amazing
Ted looking in on the 3 of them is so awesome. Like a proud dad
Also, the person you feel you hurt the most... tends to be the hardest person to make amends with
@@Deepthoughtsabound 100 percent correct!
That was the actual head coach of Manchester City...such a great cameo....i loved it..also i think flipping straights meant turning straight guys LOL
I don’t know much about UK football but isn’t Manchester United an elite team? Like really really good?
10:13 It's an innuendo. Barbara was refering to Roy's coming to laying the pipe
Dottie is Ted, just the female version. The very things that are driving Ted nuts about her - the charm, the corny jokes all in an effort to avoid talking about what she's really feeling - are the things he hates about himself.
Flipping straights in this context basically means that Freddie Mercury was so amazing that he would make straight guys find him attractive.
Exactly! Lol
This is the first time I've stumbled upon this channel, and I enjoyed it a lot. Two people who are real fans and have a great insight into the show. Thanks!
Thanks for joining us on this journey 😊
Coach Beard’s backstory deserves a full spinoff.
So many great call backs to throw away lines from early in the series.
Like Mama Lasso saying Ted ate a candy bar that was actually poop, is from a story Ted told in season 1, saying if a kid ever walked up and offers you a candy bar there is a good chance the kid pooped in a candy wrapper.
It occurred to me that Ted might have come home and told his mom about that kid doing that to other kids, and she just remembered it with him in the center of it, the way she put him in the center of all her stories.
The fact that not only the main characters get a complete and satisfying story arch, but so do the secondary and even the tertiary characters get satisfying story arcs is an amazing credit to the writers. Jamies Dad in rehab and looking proud of his son -come on. So beautiful.
Also, Van Damme's story arc on the field. Perfection.
I would LOVE Bex and Ms Cakes get West Ham. I want Jamie to date Roy's sister. And although I want Ted and Rebecca to live happily ever after, Ted will most likely go back to Kansas. I hope Rebecca keeps the team.
I'm still not ready to forgive Nate.
I now know that the finale is literally going to to the happiest heartbreaking end to a tv show I’ve ever seen . But happy tears
I seem to have gone down a deep well of watching different Ted Lasso reaction videos. Have watched 5 or 6 different ones but only two of them consistently.
Just found yours and, hands down, yours is my favorite by far. Thank you for for sharing your viewpoints. And FU for all the time I'm going to have to spend going back and catch your old episodes!
Seriously, thanks, and great job!
I honestly didnt thought that Pep himself would appear. Im his big fan lol
You guys have done a great job doing these reaction shows. Even with watching the 3 seasons every week after the show finally. Yes, over and over again I have watched Lasso. At the time of this posting, I am watching the Amsterdam episode.
This episode was by far my fav of the season. Seeing Ted was so broken underneath that smile of his, hits so hard. This show has one of the best writings in the history of the TV shows. And to answer your question, "Flipping Straights" refers to someone who's so Attractive that can turn Straight ppl to Gay. That was what Rebbeca meant by that line.
Thanks for pointing that the song was free m The Wiz. Time for Ted to follow the yellow brick road home.
You two are great! Greetings from Belgium!
You guys are my fav reactors to Ted Lasso. Lots of love from the UK x
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Love these reactions ❤ the best ted lasso episode
If there’s a spin-off I seriously hope Barbara’s in it 😂❤
Hey! Good to see you back. Giant effe, this episode had me almost cry a few times...
I cry every episode...
Love your Ted Lasso reactions! Keep up the great work!
I dont know how u guys didnt cry over the Coach Beard and Nate scene...i was freaking bawling my eyes out and then the whole scene with Ted and Mama Lasso was even more heartbreaking, i think this really is the final season and it makes me so much sad even...i think Ted is gonna hand over the coaching to Nate and move back home and the last episode will be the farewell episode which is gonna be ten times sadder
When Ted spoke to Pep Guardiola (the Man City coach) after the match, some notice that Pep says something that Ted said in the first season, about beeing the best person on and of the field. I believe, that this is suppose to show, that even the best football manager/coach in the world, has been influenced by Ted Lasso the american football coach, who did not even know anything about football/soccer when he came to England. It shows the growth of Ted Lasso the soccer coach, and how good and honest people, can be a positive influence on other people.
@34:00 - Understanding wanting a bit more of an apology tour with Nate. I assume his GF actually made the call and started the process of trying to get him back as she orchestrated the rest. And as for the team, he didn't really do anything to them other than tear the sign. It was only the kit boy and Lasso that he was evil to. So, not only have they adopted the Lasso forgiveness model, they didn't have a lot to forgive.
I also suspect we will find out that Nate quit because he saw what Rupert did to his assistant.
She orchestrated his sacking from the Restaurant at the very least.
Love your reactions. The second to last episode of each season, Rebecca had a big reveal. 1. Why she hired Ted. 2. She was with Sam. So this was a flip, with Ted having a reveal, which we'll actually get next week.
As of season 1, Keeley was 29 and Jaime was 23. Which means she was 19 and maybe already modeling when he was 13 and first starting to seriously notice girls. So it's quite possible she was his first serious celebrity crush.
In a weird way, Roy and Keeley were kind of Jaime's parental figures. He was always the junior with both of them. Keeley taught Jaime how to be a proper celebrity and live in that world, and held him accountable when he messed up. Roy always had a fatherly relationship with him, even when he was being a cocky little prick. That's pretty normal between fathers and sons.
I love it. Before this episode I could easily imagine that Ted would forgive Nate. But I never expected Beard to forgive Nate. But the reason he does makes perfect sense!
6:17 yeah Jason is a big sneaker head and most of the ones he wears in the show are from his real life collection
Syntell is as well 🤫🤫😁😁
@28:46 - Kinda season finale-ish but that leaves us one more to make it series finale-ish. We still need to win the title like Ted promised (with this show you never know) and wrap things up with Rupert, and with Ted going how and what that means for who will take over the team (I'm assuming Roy with Nate). Not 100% sure about Beard saying or going.
Pep invented something called Tiki Taka. A derivative of total football. Also nates "genius" false 9 idea in season 9 was something Pep popularized. False 9 had been around before, but he had Messi, arguably the best footballer ever, be bait. Like Nate had jamie, their best player do.
Did anyone else notice the song where Ted reads the note from his mom. The song says So We Will See You Here
Same Time Same Place Next Year I may read too much into that but I think that may be a clue to next season lol. Once the writers strike is over Loved the video!
There's no next season
@Yannick in Germany! I'm just hopeful. I know they originally said it would be 3 seasons, but who knows what the future holds. Either way it has been an incredible season and series :)
@@lananikky I don't want it to end either, I'm obsessed with it.
@Yannick in Germany! I was actually just reading an article about a possible spin off :) also a cool idea
So like most, I do think Ted's news is that he is quitting after the season. However I think is surprised by the news that Michelle and Dr Jacob's weekend in Paris was actually them looking for a place to live in England am they can reunite Henry with his dad. The happy ending is that while Ted was willing to move back to the states to do what's right as a father he gets to do that while staying with the new family and life he has created in England.
Bonus, he ends up with Rebecca making her a step-mother, and thus all of the psychic's predictions come true.
They all kinda have a redemption arc.
pep and man city in real life are on the verge of being considered one of the best teams of all time. one win away from being in elite conversation.
"Expired!!" Lol
remember at the banquet she told Rebecca i was 23 dating young soccer players now im 30 and they are still 23
Jamie got his karma back with his mum and surrogate dad, Ted. Pep is the real manager of City. Freddie Mercury was a famous gay guy who could flip straight guys to gay guys.
So he's gonna tell her he has to go home after the season. Or is that too obvious?
He’s going home forever. Next episode will be series finale I think.
Keely was born in 90 Jamie in 97 so in that poster she is probably 20 and he probably got it when he was 13 lmfao
Loved the reaction but u left one of the main scene of this episode how ted convinced coach beard
Freddy Mercury fliiping straights means he would get straight men to go for him if you know what i mean.
Am I the only one that thought Jamie's mom was dead. I guess I just drew the wrong conclusion from his stories in past seasons.
No, you weren't. I think Jaime's speech about his mum was written specifically to leave the question open.
I thought it as well.
Jaime's mom's advice was kinda weak for me. "He will never change".... We all change. We all need time to learn hard lessons. If anything, just know that if he won't change, you can still love him knowing he isn't perfect. Parents share love and pain with their young.
Also, I love how Beard's story also explained where his hardcore loyalty to Ted comes from. When wify and I first saw this, I noticed that Ted and Beard felt like friends from way back from the jump!!! That is not easy to write. This little story def. explained so much.
RIP Rupert! lol!! ME2INCOMING
If you have an emotionally abusive Dad, it's hard to give up the hope that someday they'll give you love you long for. It can be heartbreaking to be disappointed over and over. Jamie 's Mom is encouraging him to see that it's his Dad''s problem, not his.
@@annunciataparchesi1832 Absolutely. I have a lot of friends who live with this. It nags at your soul, waiting for the apology and closure that'll never come. Even when you know better, that yearning never seems to go away.
Abuse is different from a parent than from a partner. You can ultimately write off what a partner thinks. But a parent is forever stuck in your head, for better or worse. For me, my dad changed so dramatically that I hardly ever see glimpses of the abusive ass he used to be. And in those moments, the abuse is always directed inward. But you can bet that the dad I grew up with is still in my head, shouting at my struggles instead of helping.
No, her advice was on point. Most folks don't change, especially at that age, and Jamie hurting wanting his dad to change is causing him pain. So telling Jamie "he won't change" is not only 100% accurate in her viewpoint (or she probably wouldn't have divorced him), it is far better for Jamie to let go of any hope of him being a decent human being so that he can move on.
If your parent (or anyone else in your life) is a piece of shit, it is far healthier to accept that so you can decide to keep them around as they are without hope they will be better or do the generally more healthy thing and leave them behind.
Hear me out. Ted Lasso season 4, let Ted be gone back to America. But bring in Dottie Lasso to kind of fill that gap. Let the excuse be she's visiting Beard, and of course comes to see the team. But she stays cause the team asks her too, for the reason that it's like having a part of Ted back with them. And have the following season or 2 be Dottie now being the 1 to heal thanks to the team her son created, while still doing stories for the others.
I’m sorry but I have to ask: Do you guys remember anything from the previous shows?
As many as 75?
Everyone at the club
@@fayesouthall6604 I'm sorry. I get why he ordered so much but I was just making a lame The Inbetweeners reference. I tend to do it any time someone says a randomly large number.
@@sonofliberty1 yeah all the team, back room staff !
@@fayesouthall6604 Thanks Faye.
I honestly did understand it all along though. It was just a silly reference to when Will had to buy drinks for the older man at the bar in the first episode of The Inbetweeners.
This seasons really disappointed me. You can tell Bill Lawrence left and now Jason is running the show by himself. The fact that the guys had a conversation about wanting Nate back offscreen, seemingly in between episodes (because we never hear a moment about it in the show before this), is ridiculous. That’s a huge moment not just for Nate but for the guys too. The first two seasons were really well paced, this one has a million ideas they’re trying to cram in. Sometimes we barely focus on one and it comes back episodes later out of nowhere, other times there’s stuff like the Zava storyline or Keely and Jac, where they almost feel like a separate season. Sometimes the threads relate, sometimes they don’t.
But yeah, the show still has tons of great moments, but it feels more like if they took interesting highlights from a few seasons of a show and tried to connect them all together in one season.
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I cannnot believe you skipped Jamie talking w Ted about his dad… missed the whole point. :(
Didn't jamie's mom pass away? I thought he wanted to play football to make her proud
He did, but not because she had died. He just lost track of his relationship with her because his dad took up all the space in his head.
I think with "flipping straights" they were referring to Freddie annoying straight people😂
No, it means getting "straight" guys to sleep with him. There are lots of gay guys who consider it a badge of honor, my best friend in high school used to think/act that way, lol.
16:27 yeah Keely's about 10 years older than Jaime. she says so in S1 when talking to Rebecca in the loo. she even makes a joke she's a dicaprio dating a younger guy lol