Talking Meme Day 30: Ted Lasso S3

[jaggedwolf]

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For this day, glassesofjustice asked me without spoilers, if I'd recommend skipping S3 of Ted Lasso or giving it a go, and alternatively, who were my top three characters in each season.

Huh, while I did think S3 was worse than the previous two seasons, in terms of structure and in terms of not flinching from the grit of its subplots, I did not experience the same rage that apparently some people did at the ending. There are enough parts of it I liked that I'm glad I watched it, and the experience of weekly watching meant I was unsurprised by the finale being what it was.

I found it kind of...wrongheaded in its priorities and how to sell its endings, I guess? Haha, it's hard to discuss without spoilers. Let's take it on a character level.

• I always like Ted and Rebecca, because I'm easily swayed by protagonists, and they have their bright spots this season but needed more work to get to their endings, which I understand for them.
• Nate's S3 was a complete mess because the writers were trying to backtrack hard after the hate Nate got post-S2.
• Keeley was delightful, we get to see her in a f/f relationship and deal with some unfun stuff.
• but I unfortunately found Roy more annoying as the season went on. (To go back to the other question, for S1 I probably would have said Rebecca, Ted, Roy. Roy is not even a candidate for S3, how the mighty have fallen.).
• I actually frickin loved Jamie this season lmao, like by the end of it I was going well, show, if you aren't going to surprise me with sudden Keeley/Rebecca I actually wouldn't hate the full loop return of Keeley/Jamie after the individual S1-S3 development.
• Sam's likeable as ever but I didn't much think about him outside the restaurant plot.
• More Trent and more Colin was very good! We saw Trent in T-shirts and it felt very scandalous to me

Comments

[glassesofjustice]

Thank you!!

First of all, that Trent comment made me cackle.

I think I will get around to it eventually because I'm just a completionist. But, a bummer to hear Roy fell off in likeability because I ADORE him.

Your assessment aligns with what I've osmosed, and it is a bummer that they either tried to do to much or just didn't get enough time to stick the landing.

Appreciate this perspective and I'll come back once I've managed to press play.

[jaggedwolf]

Who is Trent when not in a blazer?? And to be fair, lots of people still liked Roy in S3, I just got put off him myself. But yeah, you should give it a watch yourself.