I've heard good things about this show which is naturally why I have began to watch it. The first episode was funny, the usual commentary on British-American differences. Not a huge fan of how the United Kingdom is just called "England" in every senario, but Ted does ask "How many countries are in this country" at one point to try to make up for it.
The football (and pardon my French): "Yobs" are portrayed accurately enough. People like to take things too seriously, no matter how insignificant that thing might be. Now I do not believe football to be insignificant, it brings joy and entertainment to millions. I do however feel that the use of so many foul words, even if they are the kind of thing British football hooligans might utter took away from the niceness of Lasso. Every positive feeling one gets from his presence is immediately dashed against the rocks by some horrible statement from the Owner lady or one of the Journalists and the "Yob" cronies. Nevermind however, I believe the series will only improve from here as it has got an impressive IMDb score.
I also found it interesting to see what companies Apple likes, clearly Lynx, Nike, and themselves (Ted has an iPhone). I'm sure there are others I missed.
There were also some jokes right at the beginning that I felt weren''t really funny at all, pretty much everything said about the rude ex-husband at the beginning wasn't funny, or even witty, it was the kind of typical modern comedy studios think people like, and maybe they do, but I most certainly did not.
On the whole however it was a good start, not the best Pilot episode I've ever seen but good nonetheless. The best part was natually Ted Lasso himself with Nathan in second.
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