It made sense, and was genuinely gratifying, at that point in her character development, to see her meet a man who could respect and appreciate her. This season’s Amsterdam episode was one of the few I actually enjoyed, and that was in large part because of Rebecca’s semi-anonymous one-night stand with the Dutchman. JB: Prepare yourself: I am about to say something nice about Ted Lasso. In any case: I did not cry, but I did sigh with relief. There’s something to be said for ambiguous endings, but Ted Lasso is not a show that’s ever had much use for subtlety. And I think it speaks to the lack of resolution in this story line. I don’t agree, but I could see why those who were rooting for that specific happy ending could convince themselves it had happened, based on the final shots of Ted, Michelle, and Henry. Some people even came out thinking they’d gotten back together. There are many open questions regarding their relationship. Jacob-that Ted would need to have with Michelle in order to make his homecoming any kind of emotional triumph. That being said, I think it was cheap not to include in this episode any of the genuinely difficult conversations-from the custody arrangement to Dr. Ted was running away from his problems by moving across the ocean, so he had to come back home to prove he’d grown over the course of three seasons. Judy Berman: I think it was the very least the show could do without betraying its own ideals. Plus, the show was clearly running out of ideas. Ted has been running away from fatherhood for years, acting as dad to an entire team of grown men rather than the little boy who needs him most. This felt inevitable and correct for the character. Did we find his return to fatherhood satisfying?Įliana Dockterman: Was it profound? Not really. Ted Lasso had been setting up Ted’s move back home to Kansas all season. Judy Berman has never loved the show but watched every single episode anyway, because that is her job. Eliana Dockterman was a Lasso lover out of the gate, but-like many of its original fans-often found herself frustrated with its third and final season. So, as a way of bidding it an ambivalent farewell, we put two of our most passionate partisans in conversation on the occasion of the series finale. One of the most popular and acclaimed TV shows of recent years, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, has long been a divisive subject among TIME’s culture team.
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