First of all, I absolutely love this series to death. Keeping that in mind, there were a few things that I couldn‘t quite wrap my head around.

So after I watched S3 episode by episode every week my main criticism afterwards was that Nate was allowed back so easily on the team and that he didn‘t really have a redemption arc and so on. After rewatching it now, I still think it could have been handled a bit better but I‘m not as annoyed at it anymore. Instead, I think that there are 3 much bigger issues with S3:

First, the ungodly amount of side plots that I just couldn‘t care less about. Everything related to KJPR, Zava, Nate‘s love life, the fortune teller and so on. Honestly I started skipping through some of it because I was too bored watching it.

Second, to have all this screen time for these subplots they dropped some already established ones that I actually did care about. For example, Phoebe barely had any screen time and I was excited to see what was gonna happen between Roy and Phoebes teacher after S2.

And third, the in my opinion unresolved (and unsatisfying) ending and plotlines. The Roy/Jamie/Keeley situation wasn‘t really solved. Beard getting married to an abusive PoS. The Dr Jacob situation. Richmond not winning the league??? Seriously, would it have been any worse for the plot to give people the happy ending they were waiting for?? And lastly the biggest issue: Ted‘s ending. To me it didn‘t feel like he is now in a better place than when he started at Richmond or after the promotion. He actually regressed during S3 and yes he‘s now back with Henry but I just can‘t help but feel like he‘s not in a happy place.

Feel free to discuss

  • sharksfan707@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Real life doesn’t always have a happy ending nor do all of the plot twists necessarily make sense.

    • artvandelay9393@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This isn’t “The Wire,” man… it’s Ted Lasso. It’s the warm fuzzy blanket you throw over you when you’re cold.

      In dramas like The Wire or Gomorrah, yes… i want to see real life stuff. I don’t need happy endings. The point of the ending to both those shows is “this is the harsh reality” and it’s chilling.

      But Ted Lasso just isn’t that kind of show. It made a lottttt of people happy during Covid and uplifted them. Ted made people wanna be a better person. So to see no happy endings here cause “that’s how life goes sometimes” feels wrong, especially if there wasn’t really any hard hitting moment that makes the viewers go “that’s life!” It just kind of faded into a weird, un-Ted-like ending.