We'll Never Have Paris

Ted Lasso is being taken over by Keeley Jones, whose clumsy, poorly developed story is threatening to end a magnificent series on a low ebb.

Whilst the heart of the show is as strong and wholesome as ever, it kind of feels like an exercise in ticking off the tackling of different serious issues.

This is a really low point for the show - Beards night out got slammed but it at least showed character and was kind of fun, this is entirely miserable, preachy and downright disappointing.

After the high of the Amsterdam episode - which really was great, I just hope there is still episodes more akin to that, than this serious disappointment.

That's how my wife described it. In case you don't know, 80s cartoons quite often ended with a 1 minute morality lesson. It was always the most boring part of the episode. Ted Lasso season 3 has taken this idea and stretched it to 50 mins!

It's dull, preachy and concentrating on the least interesting characters. The show is called Ted Lasso and he's barely in it anymore. I'm also pretty sure it used to be a comedy but I can't remember the last time I gave more than a thin smile.

Back in 2020 this light comedy drama was what everyone needed the hope and positivity was a great antidote to a lockdown. The scenario was never robust enough for hard hitting drama but now nobody is the antagonist and every week there's a life lesson to learn- considering the bad language it has to be aimed at teens/adults it's fair to say the viewers already know these life lessons.

...often is knowing how many people will proceed to whine about "political statements" and "LECTURING THE AUDIENCE!" every time a character says something which amounts to more than just nationalism or Western "wisdom" about life.

I don't think I've ever seen so many fans of a show with over a dozen characters receiving prominent storylines - all of which usually come back to the theory that while integrity is important, being tolerant of other people's is also important - then proceed to whine and complain so much because "someone said something they disliked" or "the character I use as my analog for myself wasn't exclusively featured as the lead in every, single episode."

It seems that the people most intent on telling everyone else to "take a lesson" from a work of fiction (rather than just asking yourself what you got from it) are now upset that the show is trying to "teach them a lesson" that they don't like.

I didn't mind any of the episodes thus far this season, some were a lot more enjoyable than others, but this one... ugh To start, I didn't mind the storylines themselves that they were going for. Everything involving Ted was decent, though not the show's strongest, and I enjoyed the soundtrack and look of the show as always, hence the 5 stars. Also enjoyed Nate's side plot, though I don't understand why he's suddenly being redeemed while having completely been on the sidelines the whole season. Maybe there will be a payoff later.

Keeley gets a video leaked online, which is a very tough thing to go through. But to link it with the rest of the show, they give us a locker room scene with the team, with some of the cringiest dialogue I've ever heard. It may as well have been a cheaply made HR training video. But then that's it, other than a few scenes with Keeley's exes (her scene with Jamie was probably the best scene of the episode), they never find a way to make us CARE. Instead, Keeley is in her own side plot with a new character that we don't care about at all. Why? Because the writers never made us care, yet they somehow managed to fill so much screen time with her and Keeley.

I also found many other dialogues, even between characters we've come to know and love, to be very odd, forced, or out of character. Plus, somehow I didn't laugh at all the whole episode. None of the jokes (if there were any?) landed, they only got a slight smile out of me during the scene between Keeley and Jamie. I don't get it?? I feel as though in an alternate universe this could have been a good episode, but the writing was mostly just subpar, seems to be due to new writers for this one. Hopefully the show gets back on track.

Let's see. We have way too much Keeley and her boss. We just knew this would have to end at some point. That woman was running the whole show and Keeley is not stupid. We have had say too much time spent on this relationship. Aren't there enough players and soccer events to come up with some decent stories. I'm also tired of Ted and his moping over his failed marriage. He gets good advice eventually, but despite his anxiety, I'd love to see less of his vulnerability--the point has pretty much been made. He gets to see his son and be a dad so let it go at that. The internet stuff was way overblown. Going to the enemy's game was OK I guess. It shows that the kid doesn't care about all the adult angst.