OT Ted Lasso, greatest sports TV show ever?

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Rastapopoulos said:
Seems like your view is not universally shared:

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Yes, I had a similar conversation with a co-worker yesterday. He was upset with what they did with Nathan Shelley's character.
Shows don't always have to say anything to be entertaining. I have yet to see the finale' but so far I think this season was the best.
It is a unique show IMO.
 
I'll stand by the fact that the first season of Ted Lasso was legitimately transcendent and unique. I watched it from the start, long before it had garnered widespread hype, and was admittedly blown away with its tenor and approach, its ability to be heartwarming without ever crossing over into the maudlin. I tried to talk everybody, even random strangers, into checking it out.

In my humble opinion, if you took the "overwhelmingly transcendent" expectations into season 2, you were likely disappointed. It was still an entertaining and easy watch in my opinion, but it didn't feel quite as groundbreaking. I've approached season 3 with lower expectations in terms of novelty and once again, I am again really pleasantly surprised. Solid writing, acting, and storyline. Still only halfway through season 3, but I am always looking forward to the next episode.

Certainly, Ted Lasso is in contention for best sports series ever, and I'd argue strongly that there has never been a better season of sports television than Ted Lasso season 1.
 
"Sometimes the truth can ruin a perfectly good story." - Rebecca Welton, when told by Coach Lasso that his mother's stories about him were mostly fiction.
 
Thats too bad. I know people that HATE soccer and it is one of their favorites ever.
 
No show that ends on such a stupid, implausible, tangent of a last season can ever be called great, let alone 'greatest.'

Sorry.
 
You're both wrong. I think we're talking about The Practice. Not Game of Thrones. Not the Acolyte. We're talking about The Practice. We're sitting in here supposed to be talking about Ted Lasso, and we're in here talking about The Practice.
 
RR7 said:
You're both wrong. I think we're talking about The Practice. Not Game of Thrones. Not the Acolyte. We're talking about The Practice. We're sitting in here supposed to be talking about Ted Lasso, and we're in here talking about The Practice.
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RR7 said:
You're both wrong. I think we're talking about The Practice. Not Game of Thrones. Not the Acolyte. We're talking about The Practice. We're sitting in here supposed to be talking about Ted Lasso, and we're in here talking about The Practice.
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HA HA HA!!! :biglaugh: well done.
 
Ted Lasso might have the greatest single season of any sports TV show but I thought season 2 was universally thought of as very average and the 3rd season is panned by just about everyone I hear from. Granted there aren't a ton of great sports shows from TV (wonder why that is with movies having some great ones) but I can't think it's at the top of the list. As someone else pointed out, Friday Night Lights is probably my favorite but even that show suffered from a horrible season 2 (writers strike destroyed that season). Sports Night is a close 2nd place but that one burned hot and fast thanks to Sorkin bolting for West Wing.
 
If you like baseball and can read subtitles I highly recommend Cross Game, which is a Mitsuru Adachi joint. Fifty episodes about what is best in sports: fumbling the girl next door while she teaches you how to pitch at a high school level.
 
I'll tell you what... Shoresy (on Hulu, from the makers of Letterkenny) has been perhaps my favorite show of the past two years. It's about a senior league hockey player/team in Northern Ontario. It's fantastic! The cadence of the show is a little more stylized than some are used to (Letterkenny fans will get it), but once you get the pacing, it's sublime. Its language and presentation is a bit rougher than what you find in Ted Lasso, but it has similar heart. I really recommend it.

Go Blueberry Bulldogs!
 
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Graduate32 said:
I'll tell you what... Shoresy (on Hulu, from the makers of Letterkenny) has been perhaps my favorite show of the past two years. It's about a senior league hockey player/team in Northern Ontario. It's fantastic! The cadence of the show is a little more stylized than some are used to (Letterkenny fans will get it), but once you get the pacing, it's sublime. It's language and presentation is a bit rougher than what you find in Ted Lasso, but it has similar heart. I really recommend it.

Go Blueberry Bulldogs!
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I don't have Hulu but I might just need to find a way to watch it. Sounds like something I'd like. Thanks for the recommendation.
 
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