Ted Lasso, Season 1 review
Last night I wanted to watch this show called Ted Lasso, just to realize that it was season 3, and there were 2 other seasons. So I decided to start watching it from season 1. So here is my review of the first season.
Ted Lasso seems to be a great coach, loved by everyone, but also that has gone through some issues, as he is a supermarket manager. This is shown by the wife of an ex-football player who made a face as she put the 2 and 2 together and something was off seeing him as a super market manager instead of being a rockstar working for some fancy university.
So even season 1 seems to not be the very beginning of the story but I guess all that was saved for a prelude episode or something will eventually tell the story how he end up in such a low end job. However, soon an opportunity opened as a football soccer coach on the other side of the pound. In good ol' England, a job that was carefully tailored to accommodate him as a escape goat of some family dispute.
A.F.C. Richmond, a struggling soccer team in the Premier League, lands in the middle of a messy divorce battle when the owner loses the club in the settlement. Now, a bitter ex-wife inherits the team with zero interest in football, planning to run it into the ground purely to spite her former husband. However, skipping the spoilers, the heartwarming premise follows an optimistic American coach whose bright personality and unwavering positivity conquer the hearts of both the players and the front office.
The show excels by showcasing dynamic workplace relationships and humorous interactions that explore how genuine leadership can positively influence people. It highlights how inspiring others to buy into a shared vision fosters true teamwork. We see fierce rivals and defensive alpha males learn to protect their pride while collaborating for the team's betterment without bruising fragile egos. Even a cynical journalist originally sent to destroy the coach's reputation finds himself completely disarmed by a genuinely good human being who refuses to meet cynicism with malice, transforming professional skepticism into deep, lasting respect and unexpected friendship.
Have you ever met someone whose pure optimism makes you instantly root for their success? Yet, even this boundless positivity has its limits. Beneath his cheerful exterior, Ted carries heavy personal demons, wrestling with a painful marital separation and a desperate yearning to piece his broken family back together. While the exact origins of his heartbreak remain shrouded in mystery, his journey offers a compelling, bittersweet reminder that even the most magnetic and charismatic people can face profound private struggles—and watch helplessly as the love of their life slips away.
Have you watched this show yet? Would you recommend it? Comment below.
Fantastic job on today's Ecency leaderboard quest, @jza! Ted Lasso is truly a heartwarming and brilliant show to start watching.
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I love that show. Gets on my nerves that they are going with the old weekly episode release because I want to watch it all! LOL
My son loves it....... me, not so much. I probably should give it another try.
You are Ecencial!
Yeah just recently finished watching it, was a fun first season. I am on the second one.
that show was emotional. People constantly doubt Ted and crap all over him but he takes it is stride and does the best that he can. I found the show endearing and enjoyed it a great deal except for the parts where they are actually playing football and you can tell that the actors aren't really that talented at the sport and it is clearly fake. But I guess I can forgive that.
I know, even the set doesn't look like a real field. It's looked like a studio set.
yeah. I'm sure that was exactly what it is. They couldn't take a chance on bad weather or the public turning up and shouting at them or something like that. I guess that is why they don't focus on the actual games very much at all.
It should be easy thought as the field are so big that you can't distinguish the individual players.
oh that has an opportunity to be much worse if they shifted back and forth between the actual actors and the "stuntmen" players. The action is not a big part of the story in Ted Lasso though, so I think it is forgivable.