“I appreciate you checking in, Doc,” is all Ted has for her. Tonight’s episode deals in part with the problematic psychology of the team captain Isaac, yet the team’s sports psychologist plays no role at all.
Sharon Fieldstone would be a new foil for Ted, but he basically won her over by Episode 2, and lately she’s barely been a meaningful presence. (Remember the big moment when AFC Richmond decided to thumb its nose at its principal sponsor, Dubai Air? Evidently neither do the show’s writers.)Īt the start of the season, it seemed as though Dr. Whereas the first season had a very clear arc - Ted needing to win over a variety of antagonists and doubters, starting with Rebecca - this season seems to pick up and drop plotlines on a fairly regular basis. The episode’s principal story lines seem secondary to this brief history of the romantic comedy. (Ryan had only been paying forward to Tom Hanks what Billy Crystal had done for her in “When Harry Met Sally.”) Sure, “Ted Lasso” throws in a pedicab, too, but that’s basically a nod back to Season 1.Īnd it ends, as it must, with Roy’s triumphal return to the pitch, and his curt (but secretly loving) explanation to Ted, another “Jerry Maguire”-ism: “You had me at ‘coach.’”
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Roy quits his TV sports pundit job with a “Sleepless in Seattle” line: “I have to go now.” And then, just like Meg Ryan before him, he catches a cab that can’t take him all the way to his destination, necessitating that oldest of rom-com chestnuts, the last-minute sprint to declare one’s love.
Then the episode really starts showing off. Less than a minute later, we’re treated to a charming older couple in the stands at Nelson Road, who explain the story of their long-ago falling in love in pitch perfect “When Harry Met Sally” fashion - with a nice little wink at “Titanic” as a kicker.
For any who missed it - or were briefly stupefied by the feat - he follows up almost immediately with “The Princess Bride.” In other words, we’re off. The episode finally reveals its true identity about two-thirds of the way in, with a stunning trifecta in which Ted semi-quotes “When Harry Met Sally,” “Jerry Maguire,” and “Notting Hill” to Roy within the span of 15 seconds. This meta-narrative is about the big screen, not the little one. Later, lest we misunderstand precisely where we’re headed, Rebecca asks Keeley about a comment she made: “Is that a joke from ‘Sex and the City’?” It is not. First, there is Coach Lasso’s early speech about his belief in the moral tenets of “rom-communism.” The squad, joining in, tick through their genre faves: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, the “three Kates” (Beckinsale, Hudson and Winslet, with an awkward cameo by Blanchett), Renée Zellweger, and - not at all a beat too late, Dani! - Jennifer Lopez. Like last week’s episode, this one unveils itself slowly. Luckily for me, I have almost as many strong opinions about rom-coms generally as I do about “Love Actually.” It’s easy to imagine that the two began as one concept, but the writers came up with so many “Love Actually” moments that they had to split off the first one into its own episode. Last week, we had a hyper-meta episode framed around “Love Actually.” This week, we have a hyper-meta episode framed around romantic comedies more broadly. So, is this the new format we should expect from “Ted Lasso”?
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