Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 1 Review: A Tragic Stature That Remains Bittersweet
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, Nick Mohammed, Sarah Niles
Creators: Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis
Streaming Platform: Apple Tv+
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 4.5/5 (four and a half stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
Apple TV+ premieres this Wednesday, March 15, the long-awaited Ted Lasso Season 3, the acclaimed comedy created by Jason Sudeikis with Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly. In this new installment, newly promoted AFC Richmond faces ridicule as media predictions put them bottom of the Premier League, and Nate, now billed as the ‘wunderkind’, has gone to work for Rupert (Anthony Head) at West Ham United. In the aftermath of Nate’s controversial departure from Richmond, Roy Kent becomes an assistant coach along with Beard. Meanwhile, Ted deals with pressures at work and his problems at home, while Rebecca focuses on taking down Rupert, and Keeley experiences what it’s like to be the head of her own public relations agency.
Things seem to fall apart both on and off the field, but Team Lasso is ready to do their best anyway. The format is maintained: there are twelve in total, lasting about 25 minutes on average as usual, and for now, we have only had access to the first third, that is, the first four, although today we are only going to delve into the first of them. The 12-episode season stars Jason Sudeikis, Nick Mohammed, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Anthony Head, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, and Billy Harris, among others.
Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Story Plot
The beginning of a new season has arrived, and it is time for our protagonist to say goodbye to his son, with whom he has spent six weeks off. He returns to Kansas to live with his mother, who seems to have started a new relationship. This accumulation of personal situations will take its toll on you in the form of sadness, anguish, and insecurity that will lead you to experience a moment of panic, although you will be well assisted by your therapist. Roy, for his part, also goes through a crisis when he and Keeley decide to separate, overwhelmed by the time they must dedicate to their respective jobs.
But, despite the vicissitudes of fate and the moments of anxiety experienced by our dear Ted and Roy, it is time to face the training of the recently promoted AC Richmond who has returned to the Premier League, although the morale of the team cannot be lower. The specialized press and social networks are primed with the forecasts, ruling that he will be in the last position while Wes Ham United, the team owned by Rupert Mannion (Rebecca’s ex-husband) who signed Nathan as a great strategist, has the approval of all and part as favorite. The methods of one team and another couldn’t be more different on and off the pitch: Ted tries to be constructive, maintain good humor, and create an atmosphere of cohesion and hope while Nathan humiliates the players and allows them to inflate the ego worryingly. The “miracle boy” will undergo a great evolution.
A year and a half after its last episode, one of its flagship series finally return to Apple TV+. After its shocking final revelation, in these first four episodes, we have been able to see the fiction is divided into two camps and two expected teams: Ted vs. Nate, and Richmond AFC vs. West Ham United. It’s a battle not cut out for Ted’s optimistic and peaceful personality, which seems to lead our protagonist into an internal debate while being pressured by others around him to act a little grumpy from time to time. As for Nate, it becomes clear that he’s the opposite of Ted, but he’s still the same person we knew until his painful betrayal. And it is that, although his career is at an unexpected high point for everyone, Nate cannot avoid being the same insecure, clumsy, sensitive, and dreamy being despite his facade of antipathy and confidence.
It’s a smart move by the writers because it makes it hard to say that Nate is the villain, we all believe despite his toxic obsession with Ted. He’s your usual Nate with somewhat fewer noble goals. And who hasn’t had a vein swell at some point in his life? What’s more, we not only see him facing the same problems as Ted when he arrived at Richmond, but we also find him in numerous recognizable – and hilarious – situations that further nuance and elevate his character. On the other hand, in this season Ted seems to feel more overwhelmed than ever because there are a series of negative elements that begin to pile up and lead our protagonist down the path of bitterness, all while trying to keep his smile in front of others. Maybe it’s too much for anyone to take, and the writers are still hell-bent on punishing him more than any other character.
Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 1 Review and Analysis
If Ted Lasso is characterized by something, it is for talking, with a great sense of humor, about aspects related to personal growth without sounding instructive or bombastic. It is not a “good” series but a good series with the ability to spread enthusiasm, good vibes, and humility, something more than necessary in a world that demands results above all else. The most important thing is not to win at all costs, but you have to try honestly. Ted Lasso tries to channel the most basic human values (empathy, collaboration, teamwork, moral integrity, perseverance, prudence, etc.) to sporting feats, but we are very clear that what they show us we can incorporate into our lives to be little happier and be a little more mentally healthy. And how good it is to know how to laugh at oneself!
In this first episode of the season, we find a brilliant reflection on how to deal with toxic behaviors and survive personal attacks and off-tone criticism: it is good to work on yourself to learn to channel detritus, inert waste material that can only “clog ” our spirits and dull us. Away with anger, hatred, revenge, and the blockade that comes with it. And also good reading as a team about building bridges through which positive energy flows when a downturn occurs. They complement each other perfectly. All the pieces are on the board, or rather, all the LEGO figures are assembled on their field of colored tiles, to make us enjoy what seems like the finishing touch to a magnificent series. But, so far, the season is also about other interpersonal wars, those relationships that could never be and those that no longer are, or we didn’t expect to exist.
Some dynamics continue in full form and others evolve both negatively and positively. In addition, it goes deeper into other players that we knew very little about until now, while other characters that we thought had said goodbye here gain much more prominence. On the other hand, in the new episodes, we meet a new character inspired by Ibrahimovic, who enters the Richmond dressing room as if he were a god not only to bring a breath of fresh air to the series and the team but also splash in one way or another to the rest of the characters.
Some subplots are created as a result of his appearance. However, it is true that at this beginning of the season, the scripts no longer feel so much inspired by their comedy as when it comes to addressing Ted, who, unfortunately, is the least interesting character in the installment so far. Lastly, that trend of longer episodes that began midway through Season 2 continues here from the start, which is both a statement of intent and a milestone in television. I say this because the fact of being just as entertaining as when its chapters lasted thirty minutes is an achievement within the reach of few. And in addition to continuing to dodge all predictability, this latest installment of Ted Lasso begins by offering everything that is expected of it, although with a more pronounced point of darkness than normal. Will Ted be able to keep smiling and oozing optimism until the end?
The maximum marks paid to Ted Lasso are not addressed only to this third season – at the time of writing, we were allowed to see four episodes, two of which were inflated to fifty minutes instead of the usual thirty – because as written at the beginning it is almost impossible to see the split in a narrative but above all emotional continuum of undoubted impact. This series is the “warm blanket” we use when we want to pamper ourselves a bit, a product that reaches the viewer’s heart by challenging him to let go, to experience the emotional dimension before the intellectual one regarding what he is seeing. It’s a much more varied and satisfying game than the one on which the series is based. If the world of football were that of Ted Lasso and the Richmond Football Club, the match in the stadium would become a moment of real, important social gathering. The best side of sport should be the men who practice it…
Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Last Words
Ted Lasso is back with everything he’s done great and a reference comedy for the series community! We are looking forward to seeing more! The Richmond LEGO set! Wonderful! The characters are still as endearing and fun as ever. It’s a breath of fresh air. Ted Lasso Season 3 continues to bet on its strong characters whose personalities are very well defined by their actions and their way of seeing things. Roy is still a tough nut to crack, but with a heart of gold that doesn’t drop the “b*t*” from his mouth, Ted is a ray of sunshine, Rebecca Keeley’s great mentor, and a whirlwind of emotions.
