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This week’s episode of Ted Lasso was a weird one. On the one hand, there were several really lovely sections that went a long way at fleshing out key characters within the season. And on the other, there were moments so outlandish and strange that they went beyond the point of stretching the bounds of […]
I’m starting to get a bit worried about the direction of this season of Ted Lasso. Perhaps it’s a coincidence that this is also the first episode of the season that wasn’t provided for critics for our pre-season reviews, but we’ve hit the halfway point in the season and are rapidly running out of runway […]
This week’s episode was an interesting one for me to try to review. Because, on the one hand, I certainly laughed more at this episode than any other of the ones I have seen. But, on the other, so much of the episode felt overly contrived and juvenile in its structure. Yes, dealing with cliques […]
First things first: I find it hard to believe that someone like Ted Lasso had never heard of Susan Boyle. Her success on Britain’s Got Talent was one of the biggest stories around both the UK and US when it happened and even someone who is as offline as Ted surely would have heard of […]
Two things are clear by the end of “Curiouser and Curiouser!” First, this new season of Ted Lasso is very much a retread of season one – for good and for ill. We have Ted returning to take over the reins of a team that is floundering in the second tier of English football, with […]
I was not a fan of season three of Ted Lasso. It was overlong, unfocused, and, somehow, still shockingly rushed at the end. So, when it was announced that the series would be returning after a three-year hiatus – this time, with Ted returning to Richmond to coach their up-and-coming women’s team – I was […]
When a friend asked me how I would describe the fourth season of Ted Lasso, the best description I could come up with – based largely on this season premiere – was a warm hug. Because, considering the polarizing nature of the show’s third season – which I enjoyed at the outset and then was […]
There’s nothing all that original about Ride or Die, the new comedic thriller from Prime Video. When watching it, you’ll see nearly all of the twists coming. You likely won’t find it all that funny (sorry to the writers but “harried and manic” isn’t really a viable comedic styling). And the general conceit – two […]
A strong series finale can go a long way towards helping an audience forget about minor bumps and bruises a show provided through an uneven series run. But what it can’t do is take a beloved series that almost fully lost sight of everything that made it great in its final run of episodes and […]
I suspect there’s little, if anything, I or any other critic could write about the third (and possibly final?) season of Ted Lasso that could either dissuade someone or convince someone to watch the series at this point. At this stage in the game, you’ve either been thoroughly charmed by the fish out of water […]