Talking Meme Day 30: Ted Lasso S3

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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