So I just started rewatching the show. Many of the gentle jokes about Britishness work, but they drop a huge clanger in episode 1 that, if I recall, continues.
Rebecca offers Ted tea, the joke being his sequence of coffee requests are ignored. The owner of a football team would absolutely have the means to provide someone with a cappucinno. We drink a ton of coffee here.
What’s worse, however, is that they repeatedly show Rebecca drinking black tea out of a glass. Anyone who has spent any time in the UK would know that this practice, while not unheard of (drinking black tea is a bit more common in other parts of Europe) would be extremely unusual.
I like the show a lot, but feel a bit sad that jokes about the British drinking tea, such low-hanging leaves (hur hur), were bungled.
Just thought I’d mention this!
Another tea-related thing that irks me… Ted tries the tea Rebecca offers, spits it out, learns he hates it… But in Mom City, his mom says “you know how I like my tea.”
How did Ted NEVER try tea before meeting Rebecca if his mom drinks tea?? His own mother loves tea and he has never tried it before?? Makes no sense to me. I’ve been debating making a post about it, it irks me to no end!