Ted Lasso's Legacy: A Modern Feel-Good Star Wars With a Lackluster End 

WATCH MORE - Ted Lasso may have wrapped, but there's still a lot to discuss. What does the show say about 'toxic positivity'... and is that really a thing? Here's our TAKE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sDTuzDrP058.html

Schitt's Creek and Ted Lasso are both about how the world could be and what to aspire to. Why is that a bad thing? If I want a show about stone cold reality, I'll watch Succession.

The show is aspirational. And the writing has been consistent in it's message of patience and forgiveness. Ted Lasso may not wholly exist in the real world but I believe we've all had "Ted Lasso" moments where we exercised patience and forgiveness and it created a positive result. Watching the show allows me to re-live those good moments and encourages me to keep moving towards better.

It's so sad how people will love a show only to tear it down. It did NOT "all go wrong"

I have definite pacing issues and dropped plotline problems with s3, but I do not think it “all went wrong”. I still think this show is utterly beautiful from beginning to end and I love every bit of it.

I’ve never disagreed with a The Take video more. I respect and appreciate the thoughtful videos y’all make. But I guess that’s what discourse is about. 😅

The first season is like a movie. It felt simple and complete. The subsequent seasons are like the show based on the movie. Complicated, deeper and longer. I loved the series and will miss watching it.

Schitt’s Creek, Ted Lasso and Bluey are the trifecta of unrealistic shows with emotionally healthy characters whom we all aspire to emulate.

I don't think they went wrong at all - seasons 1 through 3 were all amazing ❤

As far as building people up, the point was Ted building Nate up to be equal or better. That is not Nate's father. He's Not meant to coddle Nate for the rest of his life. Nick was meant to grow. And Ted helped him to do that. Jamie and Roy were meant to grow and that's what they did.

The fact that stuff like this normally doesn’t exist is why it’s such a refreshing breath of fresh air and repeated shows like this could bring out an actual change

Great headline. It got me to give this view because I couldn't disagree more. Too many times creators want to make things more "real" as in not soooo positive. The point of this series is that even if you are that super positive, life will not always reward that. Lasso's wife herself couldn't stand to be with someone so forgiving. That was a realistic reaction to not feeling quite up to that standard yourself. Nate's betrayal and getting demoted were all things that would break a lesser man. Lasso found a way to stay true to himself and discover why he needed to stop running. Could we have touched more on anti-immigrant issues or how an openly gay player would REALLY be treated as a pro athlete in Europe? Sure. However, I really don't mind a happy ending in this case. It's fine to leave things unanswered and we can wonder how all that develops off screen. We've got enough Game of Thrones, Breaking Bads endings... I'll most certainly rewatch. Thanks AppleTV+

Pacing-wise, I do think there were issues with Season Three . It felt like it set out on one course, realized that wouldn't work for some reason, and picked a new and rushed direction? But Season Two was actually really important to me. I felt like we saw Ted struggling to perform his own happy persona while he internally he felt almost no genuine cheer - which can be a very real experience when you're someone like a teacher or a coach and you believe your success at reaching students depends on reproducing a certain mood and rapport over and over again. If you suddenly feel unable to do this authentically, it can be a very fearful experience. Like you need to be able to summon your inner resources to be valuable to the people around you, but you just feel empty. How long is it going to last? What if it's forever? One day of faking it will probably not make a big difference, but how many days until you're just not good at doing your job or even at being "you" anymore? This kind of loss of access to self is really hard to explore on screen in a sustained way, because entertainment and spectacle are usually dependent on personality. It's really hard to write a show about your main character losing touch with what made them entertaining. But I think the show did great job of writing and performing Ted in Season Two as a tight, uncomfortable facsimile of his authentic self that he was trying desperately to force into authenticity (while still managing to be funny, sometimes re: Ted's sheer stubbornness). And for me, the real genius of S2 - and parts of S3 - is the insight that Ted doesn't and shouldn't always *have to* be a 100% switched-on ideal self. He empowered people in S1 and set them in motion, so that they were there to care for the team in the moments when Ted fell apart. I expect if you are one of Ted's mentees, like Nate, who sees Ted as a father figure, it could feel like abandonment when "Dad" flees the field in a panic. But like... that happens. Comforting authority figures do have their own insular problems and even fall apart. All Ted could really have done better would have been to be more upfront about how he was feeling and seek help sooner. But it's not easy to be a perfect communicator about what's going on with you or what you need when you barely understand, yourself. (Plus, frankly I think Nate was more hurt that he was not the *only* special one to Ted. Which, while totally relatable, is also a bit nastier). I was a bit taken aback when Richmond started winning all their games. It tested believability for me, and I didn't think it was necessary. But the crucial moment in the team's transformation, the moment when Jamie Tartt of all people knew what they needed to do, was really sublime for me - a culmination of that pattern started in S2. Ted had taught Jamie to play less selfishly, but that wasn't enough. Ted had also started Roy down a path that eventually got to a place where Roy could take Jamie seriously as an asset to the team, not just a rival or a thorn in his side. And it was the open communication between them and the absolute drilling on fundamentals that got dum-dum Jamie Tartt to a place where he applied himself to the sport in a way he never bothered before. I thought that was really cool. I truly didn't hate the S3 we got, and I will really, really miss this show. Honestly, I screamed with laughter at least once pretty much every episode they ever did. Just Trent Crimm being in nearly every episode was chef's kiss. I LOVE TRENT CRIMM SO MUCH!!! But if I had one wish to make the show better, it would have been that they stayed on course and fully examined the question: If Ted is now surrounded by hyper-competent staff who do excellent work and care for the team, is he, in fact, still necessary or should he move on? I actually think that question could have a number of extremely plausible, complex answers. Like concluding that Yes, Ted should stay, because empowering the people around you isn't a one-time act, and they still need him. Or Yes, Ted should stay, but he should also push himself to evolve and to ask what more he can bring to the team than his good attitude, care, and values. Or Yes, Ted should stay in his neighborhood, because it makes him happy and provides him with a deep, life-affirming support system that he needs, but he really doesn't need to be head coach of a football team anymore. Or maybe No, Ted actually should make the choice to leave the team that surrounds him with love and encouragement every day, because his son is turning into a bully, and right now his kid needs him more than Richmond does. (No one is saying he has to leave forever). I'm disappointed that this question was not more thoroughly explored. But right now I don't think I'd go anywhere near so far as to say that the show lost its way.

I loved how it wasn't overly dramatic. And thank God there were no ghosts, vampires, or time machines. And we could see it!!! Color! Sometimes it's good to just have a nice show. I loved the hallmark quality. Especially when it didn't end with a beautiful woman giving up her career for a man.

Ted Lasso was a show which thrived because of its simplicity and light-heartedness from day 1. They tried the "deeper darker" route with their second season and paid the price as their viewership dwindled. Having learnt the correct lesson, the showrunners and writers course corrected and brought the show back to its lighthearted glory days, and now they are reaping the rewards as it is killing it on the Nielson ratings charts. Things that are meant to be *escapes* do not need to emulate the dreary facets of life, your "take" here, therefore, could not be more incorrect.

I loved every season.. I loved the growth of each character... it was so good. I don't agree with it going wrong

Season 3 was sloppier I think because it opted to be thematically satisfying, rather than narratively satisfying. Nate quitting from Rupert is arguably THE most important scene for his whole dark side arc, and it happened offscreen! What? Even the hostess becoming his girlfriend isn't really explained beyond him defending the restaurant on a date. Keeley starting her own business had nothing to do with the club, and just made the show lose focus- On top of a pretty pointless relationship with Jack that ended in a really stupid way. Rebecca had nothing to do, which has been a problem since S2, so there's some weird stuff about a fortune teller? And a fling who literally isn't important enough to have a name. But he's her happy ending... Oh, and sometimes Ted was on the show. Season 3 is saved by Jamie getting pretty good material, Roy Kent being Roy Kent, and the soccer looking the best it has.

Ted Lasso was great from start to end. It allowed it's characters to grow as people, while still keeping the humour and heart of the show. The introduction of Zava in season 3 was a narrative deadend that wasn't really required, but I loved watching the background characters like Colin and Isaac step into the spotlight and expand into three-dimensional people.

I think the deep lesson with Ted Lasso is that being a better person and metal health is a hard journey, and messy. I like that in a way it shows that journey and that is something that is constant and coninued... and Rupert is a great villain becasue he doesn't change and doesn't want to making him alike real life billionaires. In a way shows how humans are actually like in real life, messy and in constant change

S3 felt extremely unfocused and bloated in comparison to seasons 1 and 2. It felt like it was just treading water for more than half the season. I do appreciate that it expanded on some of the characters that didn't have as much screen time before and it was worthwhile but man it just didn't always fit together all that well. The emotional payoffs mostly worked for me but theres some things that I wish had been dealt with better, like Nate's return and most of his time away from Ted and co. Although I did love the reconciliation with his father. I just wish that we had been able to see him interact more with Ted while at west ham. And Keely's story with Jack seemed kinda superfluous and kinda gross, not because theyre both women but because the show didn't treat it enough like a legitimate relationship and just felt like C plot instead of real character work, and how they kinda demonised Jack like either commit to it or don't do it imo. Although I am glad that she didn't get back together with anyone at the end because that would've been even more stupid imo. Also Roy in seaon 2 wouldn't have asked who the video was for, sorry that was just dumb. I think Rebecca is my favourite character in the show and the vast majority of her story in s3 was pretty well done. And Hannah Waddingham just killed it every time she was on screen. And Jamie was great especially in the penultimate episode seeing his relationship with his mum. I think there was a few great episodes of the show in season 3 but its easily the least good season. Also wtf was the point of Zava?

Overall I thought it did a good job. It maintained a consistent tone throughout, the characters evolved in new and interesting ways, and it felt great to see Richmond finally triumph. I do kind of wish there was a fourth season and we got to see bad Nate for a whole season and then get the redemption later. But overall I don’t think they fumbled the bag at all.

It makes sense that the last season would be Return of the Jedi, seeing as how there was too much Ewok-esque cuteness.

It felt like a rush job. Like I really wish it had one more season.

i did not get the Keely/Roy/Jamie thing. Jamie had obviously moved on and was respecting that Roy/Keely were happy. Roy was treating her like a queen.. IDK why we had to break them up and revert them to the love triangle. So we could get a random half season with that god-awful boring Jack storyline?? And then how in the very last ep Roy and Jamie (who both have a history of respecting TF out of Keely) revert to boys fighting on the playground for her? And then Keely decides she doesn't want either of them? I get why she didnt want Jamie, they never had a real mature relationship. But Roy is an amazing man, they have a lovely relationship, and he always supported her career goals. It's just a weird message to me that she couldnt strive for her professional dream AND be with the man she really loves? If you happen to have lofty career goals and a rich friend with the means to fund its reality AND a wonderful man who loves you, i dont get why you have to pick? Keely deserves it ALL

Ted Lasso had a good finale and I’m sad it’s over.

I really loved this show, there was a few smaller side plot that I felt went on a liiiittle long but for the most part I want more! Instant classic ❤

I liked it. I also live by thinking the best of people. I protect myself, but it's an awfully lonely world if you don't wish the best for others and expect the same for yourself. Kindness and forgiveness are superpowers that aren't always appreciated, but I know my interactions with people have had good and bad consequences. We can choose those that have better outcomes (Ted/Rebecca) while recognizing the bad ones (Rupert/Nate). We have loads of realistic tv shows. This show was the closest I've felt to Star Trek ideals since Galaxy Quest.

Narratively, Season 1 is perfect. And it seems like they find a hard time surpassing that. Although recent ones is kind of all over the place, at the end of the day, it gave impact as it should. Its the story of teamwork, kindness, personal growth, father and children, forgiveness. (Even when you really think about it, it’s kind of cheesy?) But even from the get go Ted Lasso kind of break the barrier that Comedy used to be cynical offbeat, into the character that is full of heart.

i didn't feel like it was over-the-top positivity at all. Loved all the characters and thought they did a great job building up the characters and making us root for them. i thought the show was amazing and did its job as a feel-good show.

it's the first time I don't like a video of yours. Ted Lasso is a feel good show. And despite that, they managed to talk about toxic masculinity, mental health, love, friendship, and the list goes on.

I remember when The Take was known for good opinions, not clickbait garbage. Talk about jumping the shark.

Season 3 wasn't as strong as seasons 1 and 2 but overall I thought it was good had some great moments, my main issues was the episode lengths maybe if they stayed to the half hour it might have made them more focused and not made the season feel as padded out.

I think the pacing suffered because they set their 3 act structure into 3 literal seasons, when in reality, act 2 is about half of a story. So, in reality, it would have fit their ideal structure better with an additional season. But as far as Ted’s credibility, have you considered that he might fit into the manic pixie dream boy category?

I don't see the last season as a total loss, but...yeah I'd be lying if I didn't think that they squandered a lot of the potential. Could have devoted less screen time to whatever the hell Keely's story was to give more to Nate's redemption which mostly just came out of nowhere. I think some of it had to do with co-creator Bill Lawrence, an experienced TV writer, leaving most of the show running duties to Sudeikis. Love Jason but...he's a better actor than writer, let's leave it at that. But still, I will always love this show for what it did for me during the pandemic.

Nate has a fantastic arc and I'm sad it's not touched on here. It asks the question - if Anakin / Darth Vader were to find his way back to the light side, what would it look like? Nate gets in touch with his roots, crawls within himself and finds himself again through communal care, healing his parent wound, and remembering his childhood passions. It's a story worth telling and I think the show did a great job with it.

I feel sorry for the narrator , not having a high percentage level of quality people in their life

Nothing went wrong-it was consistently a positivity fantasy. One that even took the time to explore the hurdles of positivity. Not sure who wrote this video, but I’m not sure about this one, chief.

I couldn’t disagree more. To say things “went wrong” with Ted Lasso is hyperbolic and a little clickbaity to say the least. I agree it wasn’t perfect but it never was throughout it’s whole run, it was just a well written & well performed show and the finale was very enjoyable and wrapped things up in a satisfying way. That said no show is ever going to please everyone with it’s finale as the problem with media criticism across the board these days is that everyone watching seems to have their own vision of how the story goes written in their head rather than letting the writers tell their story how they want to. That said, I really do enjoy your videos and analysis even when I disagree with your assertions and conclusions, keep up the good work! 👍

saying that season 2 because it didn't have a concrete antagonist or Ted's toxic positivity was lifeless is crazy to me. It made the show more real despite the wacky shenanigans occurring. I like this channel and I don't always agree with it. In a pinned comment The Take has in here, they ask if toxic positivity is really a thing. Of course it is good lord. anything has the potential to be toxic and positivity and optimism shows it. this video makes me feel that The Take just doesn't think toxic positivity is a thing and that is why season 2 and 3 weren't as good, because they shatter the illusion that the Lasso way is very good. I dislike that don't get me wrong season 3 wasn't great, but I strongly disagree with The Take on season 2. but that's why I love this channel :) I don't always agree with it but I enjoy hearing other Takes. that is my Take

This feels like swimming upstream for the sake of swimming upstream. If your goal is to find negativity around each corner, then you'll find it, regardless of the substance of the content. I think the show was perfect for its time

I think Ted Lasso is sort of perfect liberal art. Really inspiring in the individual/interpersonal stuff, but falls apart when it comes to the bigger social picture. Like the West Wing, it imagines that the thing needed to change the world is just to give the right impassioned speech to a room full of CEOs and politicians. If everyone just... acted a little nicer, the world's issues would sort themselves out. Rebecca would have been laughed all the way out of the building in that Superleague meeting and we all know that, so it rings hollow. Being a gentler, kinder, more emotionally aware person can be life changing for you and the people in your life, but it isn't going to fix corrupt business practices or political corruption. If you want to fix the problems with football you do it with actual action like unionizing players, not by lecturing narcissists into being gentler. To quote a great poet called Guante, "If you want to change the world then change yourself, but don't think for a second you can stop there."

So we watched like 8 seasons of House where he was an asshole, but being kind and genuine like Lasso is "unfun?"

I think they lost it when they chickened out on Nate. Really digging into his insecurity, the mentality behind toxic behavior, and making him have to actually earn his forgiveness from others would have been tough but incredible. There were plenty of other storylines that could have been cut back to make room for really interrogating this stuff.

some of these takes are strange

While I loved the first season and watched it four times I was really disappointed by the third season. Thank you, now I know I am not the only one.

Nate ends being coach with Beard and Roy!

Disagree with the take, love your content - why the insistence on this line of argument of realism? Its television, its entertainment, more importantly Ted Lasso was never interested in realism - There is no world in which realistically an american football coach would coach a premier league team, you're kind of forced to suspend your disbelief in episode 1, its a fun albeit unrealistic premise its meant to be positive it was never about the football, it was as you guys pointed out in the video about becoming your best self through community, growth, reflection, confronting traumas and supporting those around you. The football of it all is just a backdrop for the real story.

Each episode was great, and I really enjoyed them all, but the season itself, just wasn’t great for me. Too many things happened between episodes. A bit like Game of Thrones last few seasons - the writers didn’t know how to get from A to B, so just skipped it, ending one episode at A, and starting the next episode at C. So many things happened off screen that I don’t know if we actually saw the Believe poster being passed out between the team, so when they all put it together again, it had no affect on me emotionally. Also, they should’ve won the league. It’s almost a trope now in films & shows about team sports that they don’t win, but all learn a lesson and gain some kind of moral victory instead. I knew they wouldn’t when the penultimate episode featured the Man City manager. City wouldn’t have signed off on him and the team being featured so much if they were then going to lose out in the title.

The implication of the finale is that he will surely die by suicide.

Are you kidding me? Season Three was magical. Having a generous, kind show is a blessing. Nate had issues before Ted. Watching this show in 2024 is a step away from the political dystopia we have to deal with.

No, It didn’t fizzle out. I loved the whole thing. I just wish they didn’t end it after 3 seasons.

My only “issue” with the show (I use that loosely bc this show was great) was I didn’t really understand the point of the Zava storyline since he just randomly left one day? Seemed kinda pointless imo

Cmon guys. It’s Ted lasso. Just turn your brain off and be happy that everyone ends up happy at the end. It’s not that serious.

Fantastic series

Please do a videos on anime like attack on titan, or full metal alchemist brotherhood

I thought your reaction to Succession's ending was a bit shallow and lacked deeper understanding of the dynamics of the show, relying just on "she's a woman and they're sexist" to explain away the series but this reaction is just... bad. Apart from being really superficial, it ignores so many plot points, mentions some lessons that "should have been there" that were, in fact, there, and just generalize stuff that the show specifically takes the time to explore in greater detail. Do better, The Take

Idk man every show has its highs and lows.. I enjoyed the show as a whole....the major problem with the show its that season 3 might be its last.

Also let's talk how s3 we got to see nate as the anti Ted. Ted was under qualified but through positivity and supporting other, they supported him and led to good things. Nate was over qualified but only wanted money to be fulfilled. I would have loved nate being the anti Ted a little longer, but we all knew that wasn't his true character. I just liked the obvious comparison to Ted's form of coaching and ethos.

That first season was just about near perfect. I haven't seen the other 2 seasons because of the incredibly mixed response. What I feared would happen to the show ended up occuring 😢

Ted Lasso didn't fizzle out, it finished strong. You don't have to be a contrarion about everything popular

I think the title is a bit clickbaity. It wasn’t that lackluster. It was perfectly fine. Sure, I wish some more loose ends were tied up, but “jump the shark” is an exaggeration imo.

Ted Lasso is a good professional person prone to personal failure. He failed as a husband, he failed as a son, he failed as a father, and he failed as a friend. His successes were in coaching people into mimicking his positivity and keeping everyone at arm's length. We've no idea how long Michelle was bitterly unhappy living with someone who responded to every one of her problems as a festive group challenge instead of something she just wanted to vent about and move past, but we know she had no issue finding someone who'd be happy to just listen to her without giving her a speech. He never noticed his father's functional alcoholism, but we know by the time he was 15 he was a competent enough driver to not get flustered around police cars during late-night cruises and we know he personally disliked his mother's saccharine positivity and goofballedness to the point he became visibly frustrated and angry for over 30 years but refused to allow himself to recognize it. He had no idea how much Henry missed having his father as a stable and consistently present lynchpin in his life until his grandmother mentioned it in response to his father's frustration and anger. It took THREE years for him to refer to his best friend by his first name and that was when Coach Willis Beard was begging Ted to let him run back to Jane. I will miss Ted, and as much as I'd enjoy seeing the different plotlines in future spinoffs, I don't think it'd be good for us to maintain a relationship with a person who ignores our requests to be left alone, refuses to take his job seriously until it's pointed out that his job requires seriousness, who props people up but forgets to check in on how well they're handling being on their own, or refers to his friends and colleagues by either their formal titles or an unending series nicknames. I think, like Michelle, we fell in love with the idea of Ted but found that a long-term relationship simply isn't tenable and that he is so chronically damaged as a person that three different therapists (Flo/Sassy Smurf, Doc/Doctor Fieldstone, and Doctor Jacob) tried to help him were, at best, barely able to offer him maintenance or advised him to avoid interpersonal relationships. He fell into our lives at our collective worse, and it's best we let him go while we're doing a little bit better. Thank you, Ted, for the memories.

I think the set-up as Ted Lasso as Star Wars was a misdirect. Nate’s redemption arc was not about “becoming the hero” but simply making better decisions for himself and his relationships; after that it had nothing to do with Rupert. If he had the “Throw Palpatine down the well” moment (which they gave to Rupert’s other apprentice, George) then it wouldn’t really be our humble Nate returning to himself, it would just be another arbitrary face-heel-face turn. I think many of the so-called “criticisms” in this essay are simply a matter of not getting the show. Only slightly more sophisticated than the criticisms one hears from soccer nerds that some of the scenes on the pitch aren’t realistic. It’s not really important. “Hiring your best friend isn’t always the right call when running a workplace” and not mention the Shandy arc is is deception by omission. The show is not asserting the hiring your friend is the best move in all instances, the show has an example of that working out very poorly!

the show is great. and the ending was great

Not A Bot. I never ever disagree with the Take to the extent I was worried it might be influencing me way more than it should, not leaving much for me to critique in my own way. But i have to say, i don't agree with this analysis. Yes the seasons after the first were starkly different and perhaps could have been better. But the process in which Lasso wins over Rebecca was beautiful and extremely believable. You only believe in goodness when you experience kindness and that's what happened. Nate's arch wasn't great at all, it did not feel similar to Rebecca's vengeance. His dislike of Ted was more of misplaced envy and jealousy of the fame rather than valid critisism over his methods being careless. Beard did that, check Ted's over the top humility with realisations and conversations. And I DO NOT like how they never showed Nate's first day back at Richmond. A totall missed opportunity. Keeley'a character was also done disservice i don't know how to explain it yet tho. But yeah show wasn't the best that it could be, but not for the reasons the video points out.

I think they had the right outline but they needed better execution. I think that has to do with the change in show runners.

It is sad to see this channel succumb to the bandwagon of hate for this final season. It is the ultimate in algorithm posting. I have seen so many respectable sites and channels give reviews like this. This season was great and the only thing that has changed is that it has become profitable to hate on it. I thought this channel would refrain from that but I guess I was wrong. It sucks that this comment will feed the algorithm but hopefully you see all the people disagreeing with you here and admit that you posted this as a way to ride a trend, and not out of any semblance of journalistic integrity 👎

Season 3 was incredibly boring until the last 3-4 episodes. It felt like many characters appeared for no reason (the football player, Keeley’s friend, Keeley’s girlfriend). All of those characters were inconsequential. The whole Keeley storyline felt so outside of the show and became a weird, boring, romcom. The show stopped being about Ted Lasso and football. It would’ve been interesting to see her work and handle clients in her new firm, but she was barely shown working.

Can we ever just have nice things?

I'm not sure if the title of the video is a good indicator of the analysis presented.

Right where to start? Okay I respect your view point but boy are you off. Maybe I can see it in a real light because I’m author. So The had a 3 season arch and they pulled it off. So what was the point of Zava? Well he was we like to call a push character. Meaning he’s there is push the rest of the cast. So, when zava came everyone was in love with this man except for Jamie. Why? Because he was there to push Jamie into wanting to be a better player. In fact Jamie didn’t just want be at the level of Zava he wanted to be better then him. Which made him reach out to Roy and then we got see them grow closer to the point where it was clear they were friends. I love the arch of Jamie and Roy. Now about Nate, I do feel like maybe they had something else planned for him but maybe it wasn’t really working or maybe they didn’t have time to really do it up right. So decided to bring in the girlfriend which I love. It’s amazing how the love of good woman can push a man to be better. I love that crap. I love how they brought it full circle. Of course your going to have people saying well ted lasso screwed up at the end. To them I say were we watching the same show.

Agree season 3 was underwhelming, but the final episode specifically was great

Hard disagree. The characters grew and changed.

Come on man, why does everything have to be grim and gritty? Why can't we have something nice and aspirational? Some of us really need that. I thought the show consistently gave us relatable characters who didn't just do dumb stuff to drum up drama, they learned from their experiences and grew smarter and more mature as they did. And their found family became more cohesive to the point that the drama stopped coming from between them but from them facing outside threats together. Which, you know, kind of works for a show about an underdog sports team coming together to succeed. And it was a show that very nicely showed the pitfalls of toxic masculinity, as well as numerous examples of healthy masculinity, something we're in dire need of.

12:30 Keeley turned them both down because she's lesbian

Wow, you guys really hate Ted Lasso😂

i thought it was great. who says it was lackluster?

i don't know this show is just not for me, the toxic positivity made me cringe too much in the last 2 seasons

I liked the show more than this 'take.'

The amount of people who have hated season 3 is astounding LOL. Save your in depth plot/character analyses for Better Call Saul, this show was meant to feel good/turn your mind off/maybe learn a thing or two about being a better person. If you weren't able to enjoy that, you missed the point of the show. Keep working on yourselves.

Most people I know loved the positivity and growth of season 3. Sometimes shows can model positive things. Strongly dislike this video.

In regards to the "soft masculinity," there is a difference between being a man who is responsible, kind and in touch with our feelings and just being...a child. Which is what most of the Richmond players ended up becoming in season 3 and frankly, it was cringey to say the least.

God, why do you always go to the "where it all went wrong" trope? You usually give such insightful takes but you just can't help yourself with finales, you usually pick on the fact that it's not a perfect ending and go off about how it's yet another failed show that had potential but fumbled it at some point. And this usually happens with the happy feel-good endings, haven't seen a bummer ending get a critique like this yet. Harry Potter is secretly a bad guy, Phoebe had the worst ending in Friends, Rachel gave up all her progress to be with Ross, Ted from HIMYM is actually a bastard, Lily and Marshall are actually not that great because they keep giving up on their dreams, I mean, do you see the pattern yet? You LOVE to critique feel good endings and characters because you feel it shouldn't be seen as such, like there's something wrong with having something neat and tidy and inspirational as an ending, rather then drab and gut-wrenching or realistic. It's so very annoying to take the worst aspects of any character or show and make THAT their main theme. I mean, yes, they exist, that can't be denied, but Ted Lasso has a lackluster ending? Did you even watch it? It was heart-warming and feel-good and was meant to give everyone a satisfying ending. Pacing, arcs, maybe a few plot holes, sure, they're there and should be identified, but that doesn't mean the ending sucked. I got emotional saying goodbye to these characters and seeing how things turned out. Ted Lasso was always about making us feel better in a crummy world and here you are trying to ruin even that. I don't get it. Why try so hard to make a good thing bad? It's like an automatic response from this channel at this point. "Know this heart-warming good thing that you love to keep in your memories and your heart and inspires you to be happy? Well here's all the secret ways that it actually was bad and sucked was ruining society and spoiled everything and you should be ashamed for liking it in the first place." SO TIRED of this narrative, it never ends. Oh, but Succession, yeah, I should get really into that show, all the realistic twists and turns of all these awful people is SUCH good story telling, what a masterpiece, no critiques to be had there, yeah, nothing to spoil the show here. Nothing about how the entire arc of the show basically wasted our time, nothing changed in the end, nobody got what they wanted, everybody sucked, every plan failed, and every battle meant nothing because the main character of the show died before the final season so it meant nothing anyway. No mention of any of that, huh? Oh, but Ted not going to Beard's wedding, that was unforgivable. Everything went wrong in this final season, no doubt. Get real. Ted Lasso isn't supposed to be a masterpiece of story telling, it's supposed to be what it is: A feel good show that everybody adores for it's awesome moments, characters, speeches, and life lessons. Who CARES that the final season was a bit jumbled, we still got everything we wanted and more. Asking for more is just pointless. I'll remember Ted Lasso far longer then I'll ever remember Succession, or Barry, or whatever other feel bad show out there is trending right now.

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I actually disagree a lot here- loved season 2 and loved the ending.

This collective click bait from entertainment media to tear this show down in its final season is absurd. Yes there were story problems but it didn’t go wrong, there’s still a ton of good in season three. It was never supposed to be “real”

For me it dropped off a little was when the football related stories took a back seat. Also how could they miss the opportunity to have the keeper come up and score the winner in the final game against West Ham? I can see in my mind the slow-motion shot of Zoreaux rising like salmon to head in the winner. And it's not that crazy - this sort of thing is happened any number of times in professional football - Jimmy Glass for Carlisle, Allisson for Liverpool against West Brom, that Dutch keeper who scores a Zlatan-esque backheel. But it was an above average show though. Fun stuff from start to end. And the more..."political" storylands like the Nigerian lad being a Marcus Rashford expy were pretty well done. Maybe a little clunky in places. And Hannah Waddingham though. Goddamn. I say again Sir, goddamn...

I was completely turned off by the over-the-top negativity of this video. It's not entirely wrong, but the video's "Take" is so exaggerated, it might as well be. I'd say the first 2 seasons were nearly flawless. The third season is more noticeably flawed (it's biggest flaw was breaking up Roy and Keeley; Keeley's storyline & character in particular suffered badly because of it), but on balance, it was still a great show, not a "once great show", it definitely didn't "fizzle out" (the finale was mostly outstanding), and it sure as Hell definitely didn't "all go wrong." This wasn't Game of Thrones or How I Met Your Mother. In comparison to those 2 series' failed endings, the third season of Ted Lasso is a masterpiece.

Anyone who didnt like seaon 3 I truly never understood the show to begin with. The show never needed a villain to have a foundation. Rupert like many people are just awful people. As for Ted, he never took credit for anyones hard work. This assessment missed so many marks

I'm sick of people speaking in such hyperbole. Is it OK to simply just like something fine now? Either its trash or the best thing ever? Immature black and white thinking prevailing. And TL did NOT jump the shark in any way whatsoever. Awful use of the phrase

How is that different from Schitts Creek where everyone was accepting of LGBTQ relationships and it was purposefully designed that way to be aspirational. Ted Lasso was not meant to be realistic but aspirational. Like a romantic comedy or some heros journey movie like Star Wars.

Completely disagree with the criticism of season 3. To me it was arguably the best. Season 3 and season 1 wasn't the problem. Season 2 was in my opinion. I thought it was pretty awful and had a difficult time even getting through the episodes. That's how bad it was. I thought season 3 corrected a lot of mistakes that were made in season 2

I liked the finale

Was it amazing no. But it was pretty good giving how hard it was always going to rap a show like this

I feel like the shows can't win anymore today. Some are not woke enough. This one is too woke to be realistic. Are we a tad too hung up on criticism? Can we just enjoy some of the shows and appreciate their qualities?

This is yet anothet incorrect Take

Honestly I felt bad for manion at the end-I feel like the episode where he tries to kiss rebekka he shows his true colors and him trying to bully his coach made him look small and childish. I felt really bad for him at the point. And like he can be redeemed

Man, The Take is just going down hill as the years go on. Such a shame.

I do have issues with tge show, specially season 2, but to use "real life" as the main barometer (in this case the only barometer) through which analyse and judge a work of fiction/art is just plain wrong. Real life doesn't matter in this area, what matters is the development of the story and all it's elements in regards of the universe presented in said story and it's rules.

The episode this season was very hit and miss. Some were good but some were flat out boring especially that Paris episode