Ted Lasso (2020)
Directed by Allison Hughes Stroud
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
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Coach Beard went off on his own After Hours–esque adventure…
…a standalone episode that pays homage to Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, following Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) as he falls down a metaphorical rabbit hole and embarks on a quest through the streets of London at night, accompanied by familiar faces and ghosts from his past.
…a karaoke night, a Christmas episode, and an After Hours homage…
Mac’s artistic coming out in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia springs to mind…
Brett Goldstein’s much-bellowed “TAAAARTT” is similar to Superintendent Chalmers yelling at Principal Skinner in The Simpsons…
Ted Lasso first pulled out the iconic Peaky Blinders theme song to accompany Roy as he wore the loud tie-dye shirt that Phoebe made him, and this season, it’s his anthem as he wheels himself around on his electric scooter post-knee injury.
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Tanya Reynolds, of Sex Education…
Ted’s new assistant coach Alice Chilton (Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds)…
Sex Education standout Tanya Reynolds is originally positioned as the angry, sullen counterpart to Ted, and while it's rather predictable to see her eventually warm to him, Reynolds does a wonderful job of making us root for the character regardless.
Most new characters, like Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds, a fave from Sex Education), fit in well.
…played by Hannah Waddingham's former "Sex Education" co-star Tanya Reynolds…
…assistant coach Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds, Sex Education)…