okay thoughts (whiskey and 1am thoughts) about the Ted Lasso s2 finale to follow
Not a TON of thoughts, on account of the whiskey and 1am BUT
I had SUCH a good time and NO it wasn’t everything I had theorized but that is fine andgreat and frankly my id runs towards angst but I prefer when the actual canon doesn’t go so hard
I LOVE the way the s1 and s2 finales play off of each other, even on a first watch. The way that Jamie gives up the final goal when before he made it (and still wasn’t enough for his dad), the way that this time they are promoted instead of relegated but whereas in s1 there were shades of it still being a win, this time there are shades of it being a loss off the pitch on account of Nate. The way that this time they DO tie, and that was what they hoped for in the s1 finale and couldn’t make, and then had over and over again in the beginning of s2. It’s just so delightful to watch something that is simultaneously so attuned to making narratively resonant choices but at the same time also devoted to deconstructing common tropes of storytelling to get at something more real. Ooof I love this show and I still love it and wow.
on the flipside (still loving but about the angst side of things), OOOOOOOOFFF Nate did not hold back huh?? He’s not wrongabout what he said to Ted, and that really does make it hurt even more. And Ted knows it, too - he hadn’t clocked it before but he can see it’s the truth once it’s laid out. But damnandfuck that really was the most painful thing Nate could have said, WOW. That Ted didn’t let Nate know how much he was appreciated. The way he thinks he never let his dad know how much he was appreciated. ouch ouch ouch holy shit ouch
The s1 finale made me cry and I wasn’t at that place with this finale, but hot damn I am jazzed up with excitement about a forthcoming s3 probably even more than I was about s2! There’s just so much meaty stuff laid out to deal with, and I fully believe (NATE TEARING THE SIGN THOUGH!!) that s3 is going to deliver it!! I have not been disappointed yet and that is pretty impressive.
Like damn. Ted has such support now, from Sharon who knows the whole story, from Beard who knows part of it, from everyone else who barely know specifics but know Ted and that is fully enough for them to have his back. That’s so beautiful and wonderful and ahhh I love it SO MUCH. But he also just got told that he re-committed what he considers to be the worst thing he has ever done, but this time it wasn’t to his dad, it’s to someone he thinks of as a son. And we know that, because we (unlike Nate) know that the reason the picture isn’t in his office is because it’s in his home next to the picture of his son.His son that was in this very episode also juxtaposed in a picture against the newspaper article that Nate caused.
Woooof I just. I enjoy this show so much and it still has not let me down (in the relatively short time that I’ve watched it but also that’s two full seasons sooooo). And Roy and Keeley are EVERYTHING and the part where people were worried about a love triangle is so!! Of COURSE that’s not a WORRY because LOOK AT THEM they are so IN LOVE a Jamie confession is not going to ruin that?!??!?? And Keeley and Rebecca happy crying in each other’s arms is SUCH a mood I adore them so much and that they are such a genuine and loving depiction of female friendship?!?!!!!
ANYWAY the point is that I love this show and I shall continue to love it and be impressed by it and be completely DYING for s3 to finally come out and I have such faith in the creatives involved that this really will all work out, just the way Ted said it would, and even if some things don’t go the way I think or hope they will, it WILL work out and I’m going to enjoy every bit of it.
coincidence or not? that the sound cue for Ted’s panic attack in 2x06 is very similar to Nate’s sound cue in 2x05 when he’s feeling insecure about Roy joining the coaching staff
