Oh gosh, I'm so glad they didn't kept the therapy until the last episode. The "What happened to Ted Lasso?" could be the theme of the season, just as the show, as its titular character, but it feels like it's a long time coming. I mean it's clear that the Ted Lasso way is not 100% working (we have the Roy Kent way and the wonder kid method too now), they barely scratched that last year as well, but I think the question this year was how will Ted realize that and how will it affect him. Which is a reasonable way, but this season dealt with Ted so few times and focused more on others that it felt like an eternity to get here (and still need at least one more week to get answers). And focusing on others is not a bad thing (we know Roy is the MVP this season), but the pacing is just not good, and this was the episode that showed how bad it can actually get. A number of previously started storylines (Nate, Beard, Jamie, Roy, the dating app) seem to have wanted to peak here, but the focus was just lost on all of them as they tried to climb on each others backs. Alas, Ted is the titular character, and while seeing through others how his way should not be the only way is a good thing, but him realizing that should be the biggest climax of them all - and panic attack here, heartbreaking reveal of his coping mechanism by playing with his hand there, they both felt a bit lacklucter because of the other storylines, so at the end I was just yelling at the screen "OH THANK FINALLY FUCING GOD". And I fully meant it.
Review by EdrickBlockedParent2021-08-27T12:44:01Z
Oh gosh, I'm so glad they didn't kept the therapy until the last episode. The "What happened to Ted Lasso?" could be the theme of the season, just as the show, as its titular character, but it feels like it's a long time coming. I mean it's clear that the Ted Lasso way is not 100% working (we have the Roy Kent way and the wonder kid method too now), they barely scratched that last year as well, but I think the question this year was how will Ted realize that and how will it affect him. Which is a reasonable way, but this season dealt with Ted so few times and focused more on others that it felt like an eternity to get here (and still need at least one more week to get answers). And focusing on others is not a bad thing (we know Roy is the MVP this season), but the pacing is just not good, and this was the episode that showed how bad it can actually get. A number of previously started storylines (Nate, Beard, Jamie, Roy, the dating app) seem to have wanted to peak here, but the focus was just lost on all of them as they tried to climb on each others backs. Alas, Ted is the titular character, and while seeing through others how his way should not be the only way is a good thing, but him realizing that should be the biggest climax of them all - and panic attack here, heartbreaking reveal of his coping mechanism by playing with his hand there,
they both felt a bit lacklucter because of the other storylines, so at the end I was just yelling at the screen "OH THANK FINALLY FUCING GOD". And I fully meant it.