I think we’ve seen it more often this season but in subtler ways. We saw it last season with his ex and when Coach Beard blew up at him for being too ok with losing.
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I just think one of the mistaken criticisms of the show is that it thinks Ted and his attitude are flawless, while, if you watch it, the series repeatedly flags moments where Ted shows his flaws or demonstrates his approach to life often leaves others out in the cold. I’m not trying to rat Ted out or anything. The series repeatedly flags moments where Ted shows his flaws or demonstrates his approach to life often leaves others out in the cold.
Ted’s ( Jason Sudeikis) assertion that you never say anything about a friend in a bad relationship and the reason he has that rule-he evidently waited until making a best man speech to tell his friend that the girl he dated since elementary school and had just married was, “a bit of a pill”-are further indicators that Ted isn’t perfect. Beard hugs Higgins in appreciation AND says they’ll never talk about this again. Despite that, he does eventually tell Beard again that he’s worried Jane is wrong for him. Throughout the episode, Higgins is repeatedly advised to let it go. While everyone else makes vague congratulatory remarks, Higgins (Jeremy Swift) speaks up about what a bad idea he thinks it is. They are together again and moving in after Jane got into a fight with her roommate. The final unhealthy relationship is, of course, between Coach Beard ( Brendan Hunt) and Jane (Phoebe Walsh). Not only does Mom walk out on her after promising a favorite dinner and a meaningful conversation, but she apparently has even stopped talking to her daughter in the past when Rebecca has tried to be supportive of mom leaving dad. The whole situation speaks to Rebecca’s previously stated issues with being abandoned.
A portrait of awkward resolve, courtesy of Swift’s performance. Sure enough, before long a Tesla has been bought and Rebecca’s mom and dad are together once more. They fight, Deborah leaves, the dad makes amends with a lavish, environmentally friendly purchase, and the situation repeats. This is a recurring theme, dating back to Rebecca’s time in university. Waddingham’s expression is intensely ambivalent in a way that nicely hints at a long-running dynamic. After dropping by unnoticed to get a good stare of Luca, Deborah reveals she’s left Rebecca’s dad. Rebecca also has a front-row seat to another unhealthy relationship, that of her mom Deborah (Harriet Walter) and her unseen in this episode father. However, by episode’s end, we learn that it could be dodgy too, as her mystery man is none other than… SAM ( Toheeb Jimoh)! Thank goodness they didn’t go the Ted route after all! The only reason it’s a concern is that the man she is talking to on Bantr is such a better fit for her.
However, Rebecca seems pretty self-aware about that. By far the least problematic of these situations is Rebecca’s ( Hannah Waddingham) almost entirely physical relationship with Luca, a handsome man unashamed of his nakedness who doesn’t seem to have much chemistry with Rebecca beyond the sex. One central theme of this episode is people in relationships they shouldn’t be in and what the people around them do or don’t do about it.
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Now Ted Lasso comes in with “The Signal,” a Brett Goldstein (“He’s here, He’s there, He’s truly every-Fucking-where even writing episodes, Roy Kent!”) penned and Erica Dunton directed episode positively stuffed full of incident. Then, last week’s episode was continuity oriented but not much happened. Two weeks ago, we had a Christmas episode where I thought a lot happened, but none was specific to dangling plotlines.
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