User Reviews

Already in the last season when all the dating with Bantr came up, I hoped there would be a gay character. Colin as a good looking quiet member of the team was always my favorite candidate. So I have just been extremely happy to finally see this revealed. Though it seemed like they have been building this up given that we have always seen him alone.

But this episode yields further surprises which I do not all want to spoil. However, after the last season seemed to have become hung up on relationship issues this season starts off really promising. The cards a dealt new, new ones are revealed while the premise stays: can kindness and cooperation beat arrogance and competition? I really hope this season continues to impress.

This episode stretches 20 minutes of content into a 50 minute show. It features all of those tricks I remember Harry Potter 7 and Hunger Games 3 doing - 'we need some extra scenes.... let's reveal Colin has been gay this whole time!' To be clear, it's great that Lasso continues to feature new communities and tackles difficult issues like mental health, but tacking this scene on at the beginning of the episode makes it pretty evident the writers were trying to buy some time. Also, I know Lasso knows pop culture like the back of his hand, but going off on a Julie Andrews tangent in the middle of an important meeting took my roommates and I out of the show. It's just not how human beings would communicate in a scene like that.

The standout of the episode is Zava, of course. His character seems interesting so far and I'm glad that his motives and personality are different from Jamie in season 1. I hope his character continues to keep the story interesting for the rest of the season. 6/10.

Don't be fooled by familiar faces, this is not Ted Lasso. Unfortunately, this season so far (303) just doesn't have the charm or more importantly the nuance that we've come to expect from the show. It feels a lot like the creators read one too many glowing reviews and allowed that classic self parody to creep in.

This season feels almost cartoon like in certain moments, silly beyond reality, in ways that pull you way out of the experience. Especially the stuff with Zava. I get it, they're making fun of our God-like treatment of these egotistical soccer heroes, but they're doing it exactly how some film student would do it. Zero nuance, zero originality, just over our heads like a hammer.

Keely doesn't feel like Keely, Ted is still insecure about his ex wife, Roy has somehow regressed and is insecure about his emotions for a bit to the writer, and Rebecca is still insecure about her ex husband even though she already confronted and overcame that thread last season. Panic attacks? We really have no knew stories to tell about these characters?

A lot of scenes go on for way too long and feel like cut scenes that shouldn't have made it. Pacing is extremely weird, I'm taking bizarre and amateur.

Overall, I'm watching because I've committed to this show but it's not even close to the same show or quality. Sad.

As a West Ham fan I wish that we were near the top of the table and competing to sign big players, but neither of those is realistic so the show kind of missed the boat in that regard.

I did like that we got to see some football scenes though, even if they were rushed during highlights. The idea of one player vaulting AFC Richmond to the Top 4 is unlikely, but it is TV after all.

But then the scenes at the restaurant just killed the vibe and there was not much going on there.

People love the show, but I just think the originality is gone and it is kind of running on fumes at this point. Hoping to be proven wrong though.

This episode features something nobody wanted, and another sequence that goes against a character's established personality.

The green matchbook. Most of us are rooting for Rebecca to get with Ted I would imagine. Is it the obvious and most predictable outcome - yes. But it is still one that could be thoroughly entertaining. While this gripe is just about preference, the 1 star review is because of the acquisition of Zava.

Ted supporting the addition of a player that is known for destroying teams goes against everything that makes him a great coach, friend, etc. The corner locker set-up is atrocious. What are they doing with Ted's character...