Ted Lasso 3x10 Reaction | International Break 

I love how Jamie and Sam have gone from enermies to friends.

My favorite part of Nate’s arc is how it wasn’t Ted who changed him back. It was _mostly_ just him realizing his own errors, Jade just nudged him when necessary.

Higgins is so good, every rewatch his small moments shine. He’s like an excellent bullpen pitcher, not a top billing, no one has his jersey, but he shows up and delivers.

I love how Jamie immediately just goes along with the swear jar even though he’s not apart of the family and the jar was meant to get Roy’s swearing down

NOT to give Rupert too much credit - he is the undeniable irredeemable villain of the series - but I think he invited Rebecca to the meeting to do EXACTLY what she did. I believe part of him was still that little boy, but there was no way he could be that vulnerable in front of those people. He couldn't risk his "masculine" reputation. So he brought in Rebecca, and he even made sure to remind her about how he used to sneak into Nelson Road so that story would be fresh in her mind. He got his message out and let her take all the risk if no one had agreed with her (which is absolutely villain behavior). It's obvious that he agrees with her not just during the speech, but afterward when his initial reaction to Edwin's tantrum is to laugh with her. Anyway, I can't believe this show made me love Jamie Tartt and despise an Anthony Head character named Rupert. 😉

I resonated with Nate going back to his parents and stay in bed not being able to do anything let alone leave the room for a long period of time. I had to leave my career that I love very much and I didn't know what to do. I'm glad the show adress when this kind of things happen to people without making the person looking pathetic.

Rani Dojas is an inspired departure from the 1 dimensional character he started as.

The show changes people because optimism is contagious...especially in a world of pessimism.

Fun fact: Nick Mohammed is a trained violinist (played this whole piece himself) and the piano accompanying it is being played by his wife.

I watched the episode in full, and then I watched a couple of reactions on RU-vid, and I’m just now getting the “come to Poland and help us screw in a lightbulbs” joke. I’m so stupid. 😩😂

Remembering that Dani casually mentioned that he played for El Chapo's youth team in Mexico in the past lmao

The monologue that Rebecca gives about Rupert was absolutely necessary, not to make us like him but it fulfills and reaffirms Rebecca’s statement that she is over him. It also shows that he is filled with regret for ever having let her go.

You didn't notice that Nate has a little Tetris sculpture like yours, hey? You can only see it briefly when he's playing violin, but take another look :)

I loved how quickly Dani Rojas turned into Rani Dojas. Never saw that side of him coming.

Someone has probably mentioned it, but the actor that plays Nate actually plays the violin. That was him playing with his wife playing the piano accompniament. And Rebecca's speech during that is right up there with Ted's darts monolog.

That was actually Nick Mohammed playing the violin, with his wife on the piano. He confirmed in a tweet back in May!

The Super League is based on a real thing that happened during S1 of Ted Lasso, so it's incredible to see the writers take aspects of real life as they happen and implement them into the show.

I like Francis (Edwin's handshake guy). I'm 99% sure when Rebecca and Edwin are first talking at the meeting he was in the background trying to do the handshake that Will and Jazz did on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air with some old white guy...

The part of this show that has resonated a lot with me is when at the bar in season 1 Ted playing darts saying “Be curious, not judgmental”. I wish we could all live that way, with more acceptance in the world.

Love we got to meet Roy’s sister again!

Mae was quoting Nietzsche - You make it up to the top of a mountain, and what's left for me but lightning? There are different interpretations but I found this one which I think speaks to Keeley. We cannot really define who we are, until we reach the limits (top of the mountain) of what we are capable of becoming. It is at the point where one stops the journey of gaining knowledge (lightning) and decides “I have enough!” or we take the knowledge and rise above/proceed further than before.

I don't know of a show that has such a death grip on human emotion and packs a big punch to the heart like this show does. This entire final season was so great to me. And the fact that we have a genuine opportunity to continue with "The Richmond Way" make me so amazingly happy

The piece Nate plays is called "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt and it's worth looking up. Makes me cry every time I hear it. Those bastards over at "The Good Place" also used it to very good effect 😂 I'm going to miss this show so much.

I don’t care what anyone says.. this show is brilliant. Beautiful writing, acting, directing just everything is so well done. I hope Phil Dunster (Jamie Tart) gets a nod for the Emmy’s, his whole arc is brilliant.

I think the biggest change in my life during this show and how it changed me for the better is that my job is in mental health with children. I always thought I was pretty good at my job, but throughout the three seasons of this show, my mindset on life and how to treat people did change. I started to be more compassionate. I started to give more speeches, as corny as they were. I started to understand that even though I’m not making much of an impact in this world as a whole, for those few months I’m with those kids, I’m making the world of a difference. I’ve sort of copied Ted’s philosophy of the constant optimist and try to bring that optimism to the lives of those kids I work with. This show has meant the work to me and even though it’s over now, it means so much to me to have it.

Edwin Akofu is such a funny character and so well played, the eyes are killing me :D :D

Rani Dojas has entered the building.

You are not born a villain, you grow into one. I like to think that Rupert was actually a good/normal person when he was young. It was only after he made his fortune that he started to grow into a villain.

This whole show, I had been wondering what a woman like Rebecca ever saw in a man like Rupert. This episode finally answered that question. He wasn’t always the shitty guy he’s become. And Rebecca making him realize that, then rejecting him, was exactly the comeuppance he deserved.

Evil Danny had my dying of laughter! I SO did not expect him to say that lolol

I love that we saw Roy’s sister before. She was the doctor when Sharon got hit on her bike in the hospital.

This episode showcases what Ted Lasso does so well, even an irredeemable piece of shit like Rupert is a fully 3D dimensional character. It doesn't redeem him or mean we're supposed to be on his side, he's just a human being with a complicated past like we all are, not a cartoon character.

The thing that I look for in a show are the moments. They can be huge or tiny, things that you notice that affect you that stick with you. Most shows gets maybe 1-2 moments in a really good episode. Ted Lasso goes from moment to moment to moment, just in a constant stream. Edwin Akufo going crazy eyes and throwing a tantrum - but he has Francis actually throw the food at people because doing it himself is beneath him. The end scene of Roy walking away from Keeley's house and in that tiny fraction of a second before it cuts to the next scene, you see Keeley start after him. Rebecca doing an entire show's heavy lifting of acting with just her eyes and eyebrows when Roy walks up in Keeley's bathrobe. That s3e10 has almost no Ted in it whatsoever. Jamie wearing Sam's number in his premiere for England. The Canadian announcers at the Mexico game (who were played by Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles from Whose Line Is It Anyway) where one says "Oh gosh", and the other apologizes to the audience for the bad language. Jade immediately pegging Rupert as slime. Dr. Kent communicating with desperate facial expressions how important it was that Roy not react badly to Phoebe's gift. Higgins very earnestly telling Rebecca that the Willy Wonka kids were all dead. And on and on. Most shows would be upper tier with a few of those. Ted Lasso delivers things like that over and over again.

The Richmond Redemption Concerto by Nathan Shelley (for Nate, Rebecca, Keeley, Roy, Sam, and Dani) and felt so incredibly by Angela. BTW, Happy Uncles Day!

I love Rebekah's IMMEDIATE recoil

As someone with my own issues with both my biological father and my stepfather this show hits me hard. Your reactions are priceless. Fun fact Nick Mohammed’s wife playing piano along with him playing the violin.

I can't believe that I didn't remember that Roy's sister was the doctor at the hospital that checked out the team psychologist after she got in her bike accident. It was only later that I remembered her from that episode.

I don't know whether you noticed but when Roy says "I will cut your eyes out" Phil Dunster absolutely creases and breaks character a bit. You can tell he's really laughing I'm so looking forward to the next episode because that's my home city!

That section in the middle with Rebecca, Rupert and Nate is some of the most beautiful television I’ve ever seen. And the performances are so beautiful as well.

'Well those episodes packed an emotional wallop' Tag line of every ep, def this run but also the show in general. Saying it again, Nate's journey is one of the highlights of this final season.

Nate’s Violin play is just a masterpiece 👌🏼

Will walking into the club it's not readily apparent but Nate had set up all the lockers for him as a gesture of his apology to Will.

The laughing Liam callback, Beard's line " I couldn't imagine living in another country than my axes (Ex is) , Keeley scaring Roy like she did Ted in ep 1 . So many other callbacks. Playing at Richmond " Football is life" Playing for Mexico " Time for Rani Dojas " also the Nigerian Government was happy to keep Sam off the International team since he accused them of corruption with that oil company

Okay, I have loved watching you enjoy these episodes. The way this show has affected me is that I missed the first season, as it was building its rep during the early days of lockdown. I didn’t get into it until right before the second season, at the urging of three of my sisters. After working remotely for over a year, alone, as just an ordinary team member, I fell into this show right at the same time I got promoted to team lead. I knew I wanted the opportunity and experience, but I also felt WAY WAY out of my depth. As I was trying to figure out how to become a leader for this team that was still all remote and spread out all over the place, made of really good people I didn’t want to let down, I was discovering Ted. And he was who I wanted to be as a leader. I wanted to be supportive the way he was, understanding, and kind like him. I wanted to be able to make decisions, but find a way to include the rest of my team, make sure they knew they were valued, that I valued them. Ted has really been a blueprint for me on this front. It’s probably more due to luck and having really good people I’m leading, but in the almost two years since I took the position I’ve had nearly no turnover in my department. Many days I feel like I fail on a lot of fronts, but every day I log in and ask myself, “How would Ted navigate today?” I think only The Good Place or Sense8 has ever fundamentally affected my daily behavior to this degree. I love the show Ted Lasso, and I’m grateful, cheesy as it may sound, for Ted’s example for how to value others.

Before we even get to the end, I wanted to say thank you. As a writer, I get caught up in details too often when I watch shows. And I let the differences post Bill Lawrence get to me when I watched this. But, your reactions are how I should have reacted the first time around, and it feels like I got a second chance, a fresh look. And I appreciate that.

The fact that this lil gal referenced Ron Artest is enough for me 😊 (Also, GO DUKE) 😉

I love how well thought out all the characters are, their story arcs are so well done. At work back in early April I had the good fortune to cross paths with Jason Sudeikis and was able to tell him how much I enjoyed how the final season was playing out. It's not often a tv show hits me like this one so I took the opportunity to let him know his work was appreciated.

I love these reactions, and your honesty and compassion is a wonderful relief from other reactions that are overly dramatic or full of vitriol and hate. I hit that subscribe button and was about to check out your patreon, but then you said you're a Michigan State grad....... oh well. GO BLUE! Hail the victors. In all seriousness, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this show, you will never truly know the impact you have on other people who tune in.

You didn't show it in your video, but in Rebecca's speech to the team owners she has a line like, "We may own the teams, but they don't belong to us". This line becomes especially meaningful after the final episode.

I love how fans have decided that it's not Dani Rojas this episode, that's Rani Dojas!

Rani Dojas!

God I love watching you... so emotional. Love it!

This is one of my favourites. Mostly because of Mean Dani/ Rani Dojas 😂

You know, after seeing your reaction to this show as well as Firefly and knowing your love for Severance, there's an old TV series I'd recommend to you called Better Off Ted. It onlyo got 2 seasons, but I think you'd love it. :)

29:02 It's definitely not enough for Will to forgive Nate but it also wasn't just a card that said he was sorry and the lavender (which admittedly was a nice touch). He snuck into the building and did Will's tasks for the day before Will got there. Not enough but definitely another nice touch. I was also always hoping Nate would come around and I'm so glad he did! As a son who was raised by an emotionally distant immigrant father I completely get where Nate's need for external validation comes from. I'm just really glad the writers didn't just turn him into the villain and explored where it came from. Such a moving moment with his Dad! 😮❤😢

I love these reaction videos.

40:14 boing fwip!

I can’t wait to see your reaction to the head but forgiveness.

I loved the Peaky Blinders reference so much

By now, it is pretty obvious that while Beard is clearly intelligent and a very inquisitive human capable of advanced thinking and emotions, the overriding quality of his personality is absolute unwavering loyalty to Ted. Even when they disagree, Beard is 100% supporting Ted even in his disagreement.

While I don't sympathize with Rupert as a villain, the scene after the Akufo league lunch between him and Rebecca reminded us that we grow from smaller, simpler beings with smaller but no less important passions...and that we have a responsibility to watch what choices we choose to make a part of ourselves. Rebecca spoke fondly of the Rupert that was, and I think Rupert's expression in the last moments of that scene reminded him (or fully realize) of what he'd lost to become who he was, and maybe that wan't such a good business deal, after all, upon reflection in the ledger of his humanity. Anthony Head doing great work conveying a lot without saying anything. Nick Mohammed's wife actually played Nate's violin piece -- I wonder if it was their little in-joke that they 'make beautiful music together'. :) But the violin did belong to the actor, and apparently he can play well enough that professionals believed he was playing the piece. Never hurts to have too much ability, I guess. ;) Opinion has been divided about not showing Nate's quitting West Ham. While I think it might have been satisfyingly cathartic to see, I'm just as happy to see what we did in the episode...the focus is on Nate becoming a better person, and coming to terms with what made him become who he was. As for what series means to me: It's a reminder not to isolate, ruminate, shut yourself off from others, or the world as bad as it can seem sometimes. There's hope, but hope is a ticket to positive affirming action. You've got to have it, use it, act on it, believe in what you're doing and the effort to make it happen, and that even if you fall short...it still matters and so do you. I guess most of what it means to me can be summarized as: You can choose to be a better person, instead of just reacting and taking on the negativity and indifference of the world, and if you put in the work, you can be a better person who makes the world a better place...and it's worth it, even if you have your own trauma and sore spots inside. Together we are more than the sum of our parts, good bad or broken. And being broken is nothing to be ashamed of, but wallowing in it and hurting others with it, is. You should want to see more than is in front of you and just the surface, and you should try to do good, important and necessary things...because they help make the world a little better. In my humble and probably only my own opinion. ;)

I don’t know if it has been mentioned here yet or not, but last year when Akufo came and took Sam out for the day, Higgins said something weird. He said something like “I once wrote a play about a billionaire took a footballer to a museum and dinner and they got their meals free because the found a little piece of glass in their food.” Then Edwin Akufo, who is a billionaire, finds glass in his meal at Sam’s restaurant. Maybe Higgins has a “touch of the shine” like his auntie? 😊

Apparently, Nate's actor plays the violin and his IRL wife played the piano accompanying part.

I love game-face Danny...such a hysterical bit of acting.

Yes please!

Nicks(Nate) wife was actually the piano player in that scene

I don’t know if I can cover all this show has done for me. And rewatching it in your videos. In Season 1, when he he has his panic attack…that was a realty check for me cause that’s as good a description of how I felt sometime. It led me down the road ti seeming counseling and being aware of my mental health. And I’m a way become an advocate for it in the communities I’m involved with.

4:33 Whoa, I just noticed Leann Bowen, the teacher, is co-executive producer.

I can’t wait for your reaction to the Beard speech at the end of the next episode.

Love your reaction videos Angela. I usually don't watch reaction videos that are only with one person because it's often pointless, the person reacting just thinking aloud "Why is he doing that?" and stuff like that. But not with you, I really feel like you are talking to us and your comments are always on point, clever and intelligent, figuring out stuff before it happens. I really feel like I'm (re)watching my favorite show with a friend, and I'm often anticipating your lovely laugh! Can't wait to see your reaction to the last two episodes! Am I the only one who felt bad for Rupert in the last scene we see of him in the series? Yes, he's a villain and there is nothing much redeemable about him, but he once loved Richmond and its stadium, as we learned it this episode. I found the crowd reaction to him heartbreaking...

Very subtle joke: Rupert's old assistant was named Ms. Kakes. His new one he introduces as Ms. Bread.

When you remember that Dani Rojas used to play for an infamous Mexican drug lord's youth league O.O

Does everyone realise that Rebecca pointing out that the club owners aren't just club owners, they're custodians of a sport is because she had to realise the same thing through the course of the show? She wanted to destroy her club for revenge. They point to it fairly clearly with having the conversation with Ted about it at around the same time, but you could still miss it and I'm not sure it's pointed out here. Rupert and Rebecca connecting in the conference room reminded them what they saw in each other in the first place. Their response to the realisation was on point for both of them. Rupert just went after what he wanted and Rebecca saw it as a reminder of what was but in no way changing what is.

Given all the references to the Wizard of Oz, I've seen some opinions the colors and design of Roy's tie dye shirt is similar to the design of the town square of Munchkinland.🤔

I keep wanting to see someone who's really gifted with these reactions (like you) to react to the series 'Warehouse 13'.

OK, I'd forgotten that some of this (the Nate-dad reconciliation, the Roy note) happened in this episode. 3x11 is still super powerful, but maybe I need to reconsider it vs. "Beard After Hours" for best show of the series. Shame we can't combine 3x10 and 3x11 because it would win in a landslide. And you really are like River, you feel everything. I'm really surprised you handled "Serenity" as well as you did considering how these Ted Lasso episodes have hit you. Thanks for sharing this bit of yourself.

That Dani scene made me spit my drink.

Ah yes, the famous Rani Dojas.

Now go watch season 2 episode 11 when Higgins says he once wrote a story about a billionaire who took a footballer out to a restaurant and a museum, and got his meal for free because he found a little bit of glass in the pasta.

Extraction movie ❤

Love how Dani goes full CONCACAF

In a show with countless wonderful scenes, top 5 has to be Rebecca's beautiful (full length) love letter to the world's most beautiful sport - while Nate actually does play the background music with his wife. As they say here in London, "that's lovely"

Can’t wait to watch her reaction to the “thankfuck you”

As much as I love the speech that Rebecca gives with all the cuts showing everything that is going on with everyone else. I wouldn't change the scene at all. But I also want to see the speech without any cuts. Just stay on Rebecca with the music. Because she fucking killed that monologue and I think it would've been awesome just to see her deliver it and see her face the entire time. Or I wish I was just a fly on the wall to watch her give that speech in one go. Again, I love the scene as is though.

Did anyone else notice that Nate had Funnylilgal’s lights on his window sill? No? Just me?

The Rupert thing here really does confirm the truth of Rebecca's original perception at the start of the show; that the only thing Rupert ever really loved was AFC Richmond. Which is why Rupert was doing his best to intentionally hurt Rebecca in the first two seasons. She literally stole his first (and probably only) love from him. And his subsequent attempt to woo Rebecca was not so much targeted at Rebecca, but at the owner of AFC Richmond. He still doesn't really see her (or anyone else really) as a real person. All in all, it sets up his final fate - the thing that finally destroys him utterly, when it is AFC Richmond itself that rejects him (since you have admitted to having already seen the episode by now).

The square is back. We're getting Tetris updates episodically 😉 Feel like I've always tried to be kind and positive. Ted Lasso feels like it has taught me a few places to be better that I just wasn't aware of.

We have a saying in England. Football isn’t a matter of life and death. It’s much more important then that

Nate violin, yes Nick Mohammed, he’s really playing and his real life wife is playing the piano.

I loved this show. I feel like the only profound effect it's had on me is that I can understand football terminology now and kind of care a little bit when I hear about sports.

It's interesting (in a good way) that there are generations that don't "Pollack" jokes were a thing.

An incredible episode of things righting themselves and others coming into their full potential before going into the last episodes of the show. Beard is still a "fuck Nate" kinda guy. Great Nate episode. Great Roy episode. The Uncle Day and having Jamie over was hilarious, especially when Jamie noted his sister was fit. I thought they were going to start something with Roy and Phoebe's teacher. I really like how Rebecca confronted Edwin and even gently let Rupert down. She has come a long way. And Dani turning into some sort of cartel thug was scary AF. Poor Van Damme. Scarred for life. You do have to feel a little something about Rupert when Rebecca was telling the story. It is nice to know he wasn't always evil incarnate. I think shows like this do kinda teach or inform us on why it's better to be more empathetic with other people we know or don't know in real life. I wonder if there are people of a political persuasion that sees the show as a comedy and then gets turned off when they start seeing people break down and express their feelings or tackle the issue of mental health. I grew up on Star Trek TOS and I got the message that humanity can get their stuff together and we can all put our differences aside for a greater goal, but for some it's just a tv show with a female alien seducing captain that throws punches and has a great powerful starship to throw his dick around and I"m like, what? So it is interesting to see what people pull out of shows.

I enjoyed the human moment with Rupert. Of all the characters on this show, only Rupert was shown as completely one sided. That scene showed Rupert as at least a little multifaceted.

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I'm glad Nate's redemption is working for you, for me I needed more to really sympathise after what he did in season 2. Like his personal growth was done well, but I just didn't like how there weren't many scenes with him taking accountability for his actions and the people he hurt in season 2. I feel like a lot of it was done off screen and I needed to see it to really buy it I guess. So yeah by the end of this season I didn't hate him anymore, but I also don't like him like I did in season 1. I am interested to see what you'll say by the end of the series finale.

Something I just thought of, what was Higgins job to begin with?

Rupert's still a humongous a-hole, but that story Rebecca told was a nice touch to remind us as the audience that not even Rupert is a cartoon character and he has some redeeming qualities, even if at this point in his life he's mostly trash. I kind of love that the writers had the balls to do that.

I just saw last week that Keeley played a prostitute in Sin City: A Dame to Kill.

I am right there w you. Instant tears when we see Nate’s note. I love Nate and it sucked not rooting for him. This season has been so great.

In the Willie Wonka book the kids survive but they are all horribly mutilated. I'm pretty sure that's worse.