#2. im not convinced with how theyve portrayed football culture in this last season -- gone a tad off the deep end into too lovey dovey

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havin some overall Thots about ted lasso, but may wait until the finale next week to fully get them out there. nothing that i haven't seen being said about this season, which is that the pacing is very odd, and i remember being surprised way back when it was announced that it was going to be three seasons and not four. i do not fully believe that it was intended to be three in the way the creators have said. feels more like something out of necessity, than the best way to tell the story, which, i wouldn't have anything against that if that was the case, i fucking love the sense8 final movie for existing, although i know/one can see that it had to tie some very fast knots and drop a bunch of potential storylines -- this final season feels similar. id prefer a rushed ending to no ending at all, if that's the way the tv-landscape looks (and these days it really does look like that as we know).

i can see how they've gotten to the conclusions of multiple of the storylines, but the methods used to get there have been uneven. but that is interesting, may wanna poke at it some more after the final episode. overall this has been a pleasant journey to go on though. i feel very warmly about these characters and the ethos of the show.

#im watching ted lasso #ted lasso #as a watching experience ive very much enjoyed it -- it's one ive watched partially with friends + i love football #so im not feeling an intense emotion about this im just... im seeing it #even as i enjoy specific scenes - everything jamie/keeley/roy related - nate and beard in the hallway #all the football boys together scenes #all the playing scenes #which are the things i come back to the show for #id say the one upset there is that i had hoped for more focus on nate -- but he definitely needed another season imo #he wasnt done baking yet and they rushed it #the other two things are 1. wish there had been more focus on sam overall #2. im not convinced with how theyve portrayed football culture in this last season -- gone a tad off the deep end into too lovey dovey #i know thats part of the fantasy this show is trying to present -- but i dont think it needs to *solve* football and billionaire investors #and toxic masculinity and everything else that is bad within the microcosm of said football #it can keep its reach smaller imo and be more impactful for it #fuck now i AM writing stuff but in the tags instead stop