Ted Lasso
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He also seems to have goosed team morale, not that it was saggingthatmuch.
But when Dani scores, he hugs Jamie, and their bond seems pretty genuine.
Things are on an upswing all around.
Thats still to come, however.
When the episode opens, Ted never has seldom seemed happier or more, well, Ted.
Sharon seems to think so, telling him he can make an appointment whenever he needs to talk.
But, nah, hes fine, he insists.
There have been developments in others lives, too.
Its unclear how long this has been a thing or how long it will remain a thing.
Could Keeley have been right?
Has Bantr really cracked the code for finding true love online?
Or at least it seems shocking.
Relationships are complicated, and thats true from both the inside and the outside.
Although Ted and the others offer encouragement while biting their tongues, Higgins cant join in.
He spends much of the episode tortured by his need to advise Beard to uncouple from Jane.
Does Jane make you greater?
For his efforts he receives after a pause a hug.
Does that mean Beard will break up with Jane?
And is Higgins right?
Again, who knows?
Rebecca, on the other hand, says, Shes a bit intense, but shes adorable.
(Roy seemingly also matches that description, but he opts out of offering an opinion.)
Despite the lousiness of her collapsed marriage, Rebecca has rediscovered shes a romantic at heart.
(Then again, everything aboutBeards past sounds intense.
Ted asks of Beards mother.
His reply: Full-blown QAnon, to which Ted can only offer an unsurprised nod.)
One relationship that now seems on surprisingly solid ground, however: Roy and Jamie.
But now that hes remembered how to be a jerk again, can he control it?
Ted might be concerned about that if he didnt have bigger worries.
Feigning food poisoning, he leaves the team mid-game.
Its enough to send even the most reluctant patient to seek out therapy.
Whether he finds it works or not, however, will remain unseen until future episodes.
Hes no wonder kid, he declares, however.
Just a guy doing his job.
But weve never seen Nate act so commanding.
This is a guy who wouldnt have to ask twice for the window table at Taste of Athens.
And thats it … unless theres some detail we havent touched on yet.
Hmm … Oh yeah!
She chooses the latter, and we learn that its Sam.
Who saw that coming?
And does this relationship have a future?
The Signal leaves that answer hanging like an unanswered message on Bantr.
There are thoughtful critiques of the show and the discourse around it to be made.
(Look atVulturesown Kathryn VanArendonks pieceorDoreen St. Felixs nuanced review inThe New Yorker.)
Thoughtfulness is not what Im seeing on Twitter, however.
(Which, its worth remembering, quickly drifted away from the original conflict.)
Instead, were getting a slow burn of inner conflict.
I dont see a show in crisis or one on the other side of a shark jump.
