But Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, and the writers also revealed their long game: two plots that put an asterisk on Ted’s cult of can-do optimism. (All those foreboding chats about Richmond’s financial woes for naught! Apparently, an upstart dating app provides the same resources as an airline.) And Jamie Tartt has completed his redemption arc with lightning speed, going from Love Island redux to mature conflict resolution-the opposite of what gets you cast on a reality show!-in the space of a few episodes. Ted Lasso did, in fact, hand-wave away a promising plot about the stakes of social protest, in which Sam’s conscience effectively cost the team its presenting sponsor. There’s a reason that “no hugging, no learning” served Seinfeld so well as a guiding philosophy-and Ted Lasso has a whole lot of both.Įight weeks later, parts of that critique still land. When you get a reputation for niceness, servicing your fans means leaching your show of meaningful story lines. Somewhere around the candy-cane-sweet Christmas episode, which we now know was inserted as a deliberately low-stakes, stand-alone story when Apple upped the episode order from 10 to 12, we cynics started to wonder: Was Ted Lasso high on its own relentlessly positive supply? Because that’s the risk you run with shows like this, Schitt’s Creek, or the Mike Schur school of sitcoms, including Parks and Recreation. When I last wrote about this show, at the season’s midpoint, the Great Discourse Tsunami of 2021 was largely focused on Ted Lasso’s perceived lack of conflict. (Conversely, I may or may not have an AFC Richmond jersey hanging in my closet.) Now that all the episodes have aired, what did you make of Ted Lasso’s second season?Īlison Herman: Good morning, Miles! I’m ready to break down this season of Ted Lasso the way that Roy Kent’s former colleagues debate a match-minus the insensitive comments about a certain coach’s mental health. With apologies, and the understanding that we deserve the blogging equivalent of a red card, let’s wade into the discourse.Īlison, I certainly wouldn’t go so far as to suggest you’re “anti-Lasso,” but it’s safe to say that, between the two of us, you fall into the more skeptical camp. (In fairness, that first season did arrive in the middle of the pandemic, and we were collectively in a dark place.) But just because Ted Lasso has picked up some naysayers at the height of its popularity doesn’t mean their reservations should be overlooked. Heading into its second season, Ted Lasso was always going to have a target on its back-such is the nature of garnering 20 Emmy nominations, winning Outstanding Comedy Series, and riding a wave of goodwill that implies the show was some faultless work of art. Even though the series took up the “heartwarming sitcom” baton from Schitt’s Creek-whether Ted Lasso really is that uplifting, well, more on that later-Season 2 has also been subject to an exhaustive discourse, ranging from incisive critiques and impassioned defenses to utterly bizarre asides about Coach Lasso’s giving ways. Miles Surrey: While I’d normally lament bidding farewell to one of my favorite shows until (presumably) 2022, the only emotion I’m feeling about Ted Lasso is overwhelming relief. Here, The Ringer ’s Miles Surrey and Alison Herman convene to take stock of Season 2, discuss whether the show endured a sophomore slump, and consider where Ted Lasso goes from here. AFC Richmond has been promoted back up to the Premier League, though not without losing their increasingly hostile assistant manager, Nate, to fellow top-flight club West Ham United-which is now owned by Rebecca’s sneering ex-husband, Rupert. On Friday, Apple TV+’s buzzy sitcom Ted Lasso wrapped up its second season.
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