Ted Lasso

The cast all continue to put in stellar work. ... If this is to be the last time we see them (and even if this iteration of the show does end, that seems unlikely), then based on the assured strength of these opening episodes, the finest series to have come from Apple TV+ thus far will end with a clean sheet.

So is Ted Lasso still good? Does Season 3 live up to the hype? It’s early, but the answer seems to be yes, thankfully.

Welcome back, Ted. ... “Ted Lasso” is ultimately about good-natured perseverance, about being decent in the face of indecency. About a group of disparate people working toward a common if likely unattainable goal.

If anything, series two is schmaltzier – look out for a mid-season Christmas episode that is nose-pinchingly cheesy. Yet once again, Lasso conquers all: Sudeikis’s performance is masterful, showing that good men have depths too, and kindness can be just as interesting as meanness.

Ted Lasso occasionally exhibits a self-awareness about its tendency to resolve conflicts with breezy neatness. ... When the season eventually delves more deeply into the messier idiosyncrasies of its characters, however, it clicks into a comedic groove.

Season Three is a slight return to form, offering more time to hang out with its disarming, charming cast of characters. But even the show’s warmth is starting to wear thin, especially now that the sunshine has to spread across more characters, settings, and conflicts.

Sudeikis does his best with a barely there character; Waddingham, playing a conflicted admiration for Lasso, fares better, as does the ever able Juno Temple, putting a witty but humane spin on a social-media influencer character in the team’s orbit. In the end, though, the players on Lasso’s team run together, in what’s perhaps the show’s defining flaw. Conceived to market soccer, Ted ends up making the game look like a slog.

I liked this, so-called, TV show, it is just funny and entertaining with some deep thoughts to think about, like love, humanity... but then it's back to being funny again!

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Only so far caught season 1. The series is 'OK' and there are a few comments and scenarios I've been able to smile at but on the whole, I've found it rather bland and simplistic. The actors work hard and generally very well but the material they're working with is too vanilla and too woke / PC to boot. It's also covered in far too much American syrup to be really funny. The entire basis of this is the "loopy American amongst the starchy Brits who manages by his zaniness to get them to all lighten up" and that one has been visited endless times since the 1930s. There's little new here. It's a very jaded theme that has been done far better elsewhere - and very frequently. Add to that its determination to be inclusive and the above-mentioned 'sugary supercute' and overall, I found myself wondering why I was watching it. At least in series 1, there's no edgyness, no provocative humour and no real belly laughs. Sadly, this is reflective of the untold damage wokism and vanilla comedy has inflicted on the international humour scene over the past 20 years or so. Little wonder the old comedy sketches and series from the 1990s and earlier are so popular still. Will I watch more of this show? Not sure. For me at least, it's a close call.

Ted Lasso is like Forrest Gump on a soccer pitch, and every bit as insulting. If Lasso is such a naive, simple-minded idiot, there's no way he'd be competent enough to get hired for, much less carry out, the jobs he's doing. And if he's so subtly wise, his naive, simple-minded persona is just a cynical act. Either way, he's less a character than a cheap means of generating hokey sound-bites and manipulating audiences (and, apparently, awards voters). Also, he's a multi-millionaire (what notable college or pro coach isn't these days?), but that seemingly has no bearing on his life. Because that wouldn't be quite as charming, would it? The other characters are developed only so much as is necessary for the next ridiculously implausible subplot. The show is like a Richard Curtis movie without Hugh Grant-- or any of the wit, spontaneity, or verve. How many down-home, aw-shucks, salt-of-the-earth happy idiots do you know who offhandedly quote Walt Whitman? Yeah, me neither.

GARBAGE. How does anyone enjoy this show, it blows my mind. This might be the corniest show of all time. I got forced fed happiness and cheesy white people humor for 10 episodes I'm out