NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP!!! | TED LASSO Episodes 2x09 & 2x10 Reaction and Commentary 

Hannah has been telling in interviews lately that the day they shot the funeral, her own father was having emergency open heart surgery. So much of that emotion from Rebecca is Hannah being present in the moment.

Brendan Hunt is a massive Arsenal fan and Thierry Henry is the greatest Arsenal player of all time. Brendan writing him into the script was definitely abusing his power as a writer in the best way possible. As a lifelong Arsenal fan, if I was writing a show like this, I would have done the exact same lol.

Not sure if you're aware of this, but "Beard After Hours" is a parody/spoof/tribute of the Martin Scorsese film "After Hours". It follows the same plot -- after a long stressful day, a man goes on a wild night out. In the first season, Ted asks everybody what their favorite Scorsese film was. So it's a bit of a call back to a previous scene. I enjoyed the Beard episode. They don't give away too much about Coach Beard. We don't even know his real name, and it's a great break from the intense drama which happened the episode before.

The sports commentator who says "I hate Coach Beard" is Thierry Henry - an actual LEGEND of soccer. He's considered by many to be one of the best to ever play. One thing about the shows "ups and downs" (back and forth between comedy and drama), it's worth noting that one of the creators is Bill Lawrence, who also created Scrubs - a show that also did a great job being both a laugh out loud comedy as well as a heart tearing drama.

Jacqui: Blink...Blink...Blink Me: Yup...Yeah...Uh-huh

I also call her Sassy Smurf whenever I see her character! ♥ ♥ the editing in the scenes where Ted & Rebecca were talking about finding their fathers

One fun thing about the Beardisode -- it's almost entirely an homage (with pieces pulled whole cloth) to a little-seen Martin Scorcese art-house dark comedy called After Hours that came out in 1985. It's an amazing, surreal, discomfiting film that's absolutely worth a watch to see Marty take a shot at doing a low-budget Jim Jarmusch style art film.

It's so fucked up that this show can make you cry to a fucking Rick Roll

Ted talking about his dad, and not telling him how he felt more always breaks me.

My eye is constantly being drawn to that glorious coffee mug, which is both beautiful and absurdly capacious.

Rickroll scene is also a callback to Doctor Sharon when she called Ted: "I just wanted to tell you how I'm feeling."

The blinks 👀👀👀👀👀

Ted dressing is a season 1 callback to when he mentioned that getting dressed shouldn't take any longer than 'Easy Lover.' Also, when Rebecca was breaking up with John Wingsnight, she told him she needed to find somebody wonderful even knowing they could hurt her.

Colin looks super Welsh at that funeral. 🤣

I don't think I'd heard/read a really good explanation for why Rebecca hit the pause button with Sam but yours was excellent. Thank you!

18:20 - [your] description of "filler episode" isn't quite accurate for Carol Of The Bells / After Hours. Apple was so pleased by the reception to Season 1 that they asked for another two episodes in Season 2. Unfortunately the Writing Room had already fully mapped-out Season 2, so the two additional episodes had to be stand-alone from necessity. Season 2 might have looked a little different with a bit more notice!

I loved the symbolism of the blue moon. Not only does it signify strange occurrences, but Blue Moon is the fan anthem of Man City; you can hear them singing it in the crowd during the game in the previous episode. The blue moon following him in the sky throughout the episode symbolizes the Man City loss still haunting Beard throughout the whole night no matter how he tries to take his mind off it. I also liked the use of the song in the soundtrack-they played the more upbeat doo-wop version over the montage of Richmond getting thrashed by Man City, and then during this episode they played a slower ballad version while Beard was getting thrashed by Jamie's dad and his friends.

"Beard After Hours" is a brilliant piece of cinema unto itself, in the midst of one of the greatest shows of all-time. Pretty gutsy to take a whole new direction for an entire episode this deep into a narrative. Yet another reason to love Ted Lasso. 👍❤

Harriet Walter 🙇‍♀️

15:59 This scene is awesome, and so reminiscent of the "Spaced" episode "Epiphanies". Truly Classic. 🤘

J -- I adore you!! This was a crack up!!

To get the short bit out of the way: What an emotional, wild ride of an episode! As someone who's not a fan of Sambecca, I can't say I was disappointed they broke up, but I like that it was so amicable, that Rebecca acknowledged her feelings about it, and Toheeb Jimoh's abs (what? I'm only human). And that scene with Ted and Rebecca's stories intercut with one another? Oof. I agree on Isaac and the other boys as well, they looked fly as hell in their suits! Now for the longer stuff, which as always, feel free to skim or skip! On the Jamie of it all (you know I had to comment ...), a few things. One, it originally came out of left field for me, too, primarily because I burned through the show so quickly and at the time was Team Roy so I wasn't paying much attention to Jamie in the background. But on subsequent watches, I noticed that while not as blatant as in season 1, there are many indications in season 2 as well of Jamie holding a torch for Keeley. For example: whenever he greets people in a room, he always greets her separately; episode 2, he followed her for an hour to ask her for help because she's the one he feels safest with; episode 3 he instantly perks up and gives her a Look when she comes into the locker room, then a Look again when she leaves; episode 4 he's quite soft with her; episode 6 he watches her leave Ted's office; episode 7 he watches her leave the boot room; and of course, this episode eyes her up the whole time and his smile quickly fades when she expands her "nice suit!" to everyone instead of just him. So it's definitely been telegraphed, just very subtly. Two, I don't think the confession should be taken the same way as such things normally are. It wasn't Jamie swooping in, it was merely a further show of his growth. No way no how season 1 Jamie would have put himself out there like that, expressing his feelings despite knowing he would be rejected. Here, that's exactly what he did, and he didn't expect or wait for an answer either - he just said his piece and left. He acknowledged that it was unfair, and apologized, but also it was brought on by the weirdness of the funeral. Since we give grace to the other characters who acted weirdly (Roy, for instance), I think we should give Jamie the same grace. Now, is part of Jamie hoping Keeley might have a change of heart? Probably. But that was neither his intention nor his expectation. Three, he didn't say he came back _for_ Keeley (in addition to getting away from his dad), he said he came back _because_ of her, which is a small but crucial distinction. After all, if it weren't for Keeley telling him to talk to Ted, he may not have had the courage to do so, meaning he wouldn't have gotten back onto the team, and god knows where he'd be if that hadn't happened. If you remember, too, he didn't seek her out to ask about Richmond, he simply wanted to talk through his crisis. That talk _led_ to asking back onto the team, but it didn't start out that way. Four, up until the confession, at no point did Jamie act inappropriately towards her. He didn't make a move or trash Roy or reference their relationship or even pull her aside to speak privately. He confined his feelings to looks alone, so I think it's a safe assumption that if the funeral hadn't spurred him to confess, he may well not have done so at all. If his goal was to get her back, he did a very poor job of executing it. Even his confession was very respectful. He recognized that she's in a relationship, he stated that he knew it wasn't fair, he thanked her for seeing in him what no one else did, he expressed his feelings succinctly, then he left the ball in her court to do with what she wants. In fact, Roy phrased his confession quite similarly, which I doubt was an accident by the writers. Five, I think this episode definitely showed that Keeley is not without some latent feelings/attraction of her own. She checked him out when he came up to her in the suit, she looked past Roy to him in the pews unprompted, and she was so stunned at his confession that Roy startled the bejeesus out of her. If she felt nothing for him anymore, I don't think those beats would have been added in. Plus, as Jamie pointed out, he's become exactly the man she always wanted him to be. She broke up with him because he wasn't - but now he is. Obviously that isn't to say she necessarily feels the same or more for him than she does for Roy. But I think it _does_ mean his confession wasn't quite so cut-and-dry for her as she (or the audience) probably thought. Your opinions are your own, of course! I just thought I'd present my devil's advocate position as some food for thought :)

Never Gonna Give You Up is an amazing song, I love in unashamedly

0:44 I am utterly intrigued by this little aside, yet I will comment no further on the subject matter, regardless of how completely enchanting I may (or may not) find certain hosts of this channel (who may or may not have been, as certain prophets might say, "Kissed By Fire"). Yup, that was subtle... 😉😊

I'm going to have surgery today and I'm very anxious, this video helped me relax a little

Glad you enjoyed the Beardisode, I know it split the audience (and was maybe a bit jarring when watching week to week if you were expecting some of the emotional fallout from the previous epsode), but I thought it was really well done. I hadn't watched After Hours before, so grateful for Ted Lasso for making me watch that too. Completely agree that Phil Dunster deserves more recognition for his acting, he's hilarious, but then also gave that performace in ep 8, which broke my heart. I also think the 'love' confession is more shocking after Jamie and Roy seem to have reached a new understanding between them. Just awkward all round.

Sam's coaster ride; The Beardisode! - A delusional crisis of Va Va Voom! - Belly up to the bar to... with his trusty Stoges to... ponder the fragility of life... oh ya, Beard has some thoughts! - So many beers to the tip of your cap to the string pullers. - To the club.. and feel free to strut. - The Oxford Alums sting into the acid trip room. - Damn, ripped pants - so TAKE THEM OFF and fall into a dumpster! - The demeaning head play-by-play is finally getting to Beard. - A most surprising return of Beards wallet. - Re-connecting with the Stoges from praying in a church. to playing on the pitch. and DANCE! (with SHINNY Pants) This was the TL fever dream filler episode. Next, I fully appreciated the wonderful comments and love the Shame Listers had for Episode 10 - 'No Weddings and a Funeral.'

If you are looking for something to watch next, I recommend The Legend of Vox Machina. Also a series that subverts a lot of tropes due to how it was created

Watching your reactions today, was waiting for this episode.

2x10 is my favorite episode. So good. Laugh and cry in the same breath

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The mother is admitting she doesn't have the strength to carry hate.

Love it when you react in unison.

It’s not only that they had massive trauma surrounding their dads. It happened on the same day September 13, 1991, and because of the time difference between Kansas and England probably at the exact same time.

Nate, Roy, and Jaime all love Keelie

I normally love character focused episodes, but I really didn't enjoy Beard After Hours. I feel like even though the episode was focused on him we didn't really learn much about him. And because the events were so wild it felt a bit out of touch when the rest of the series is pretty grounded. But I did enjoy the interactions between him and the Richmond boys. Episode 10 really hits hard, though. I kind of coasted through it the first time I watched it but the second time was about four months after my father passed away and I sobbed like a child for obvious reasons. The back and forth between Ted and Rebecca's stories was a pretty masterful way of telling the tales, their pain and relationships with their fathers very different but both having that anger and betrayal on top of the grief. It's a bit of a stealth episode, because you might not pay as much attention to the emotions in it the first time, because the humour doesn't draw you in (except, of course, Sassy and her excellent conversation with Rupert). But on a rewatch of the series, knowing the things from this episode, several things about Ted become so much clearer and makes it even more devestating when you get back to this place.

Least of my favs of the season.. some good moments.. but my lower tier.

3 people sais “I love you” to keeley and she only said “I love you too” to one of them

1:45 - that's not (just) a Full Moon...it's blue moon, with all the mystery that image portents. But it's ALSO one of the symbols for Manchester City who are the Sky Blues, especially via the song of the same name: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BZpqSajwae8.html

I have been waiting to get to this episode since I started watching you two. I love the Beard episode, my wife didn’t.

M*A*S*H*

Man I love Sam and Rebecca but I will say that between the age and the power dynamic, I really don't think they should be together. 21 is just so young. Your brain's not through cooking until you're 25. If they were 30 and 50 it'd be one thing, but damn 21 is so, so young.

I so waited for this, episode 10 is so unbelievably good. Episode 9, not a huge fan but will get through it to get the reward. :)

How you don’t have 100,000 subs, I don’t know

Weirdly I'm the only one that loved the Beard episode like both my grandma and dad hated it. As for The funeral episode the only thing I don't like is them cutting back and forth between Ted and Rebecca I get why they did but I hate not being able to fully submerge in their scenes. Lastly I love your added sound effect to your blinks like SOS Sam Omitted Spoilers💗💜💙

Thierry Henry, former Arsenal player did a series of adverts for Renault cars, VaVa Voom was the tag line ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YrShrLl38Qs.html

I hope you enjoyed the secret Beard files I sent you

I hate, hate, hate the term "filler episode". At least this time, they're acknowledging that this one adds some depth.

Excuse you my mothers last name is Payne😤

Old men, Sam??