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A great finale to the show, I'd still be satisfied if that's how it ended.
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The editing part when Nate hugged Ted is just clean af😳

wicked_john

I honestly can’t believe this show is over. During a time when the pandemic hit. This show gave hope to so many. Now that things are so up the in the air across the world and in this country. It gave us hope. It definitely gave my friends and family something to discuss besides of what is happening in our country. Damn I’m going to miss it. Such an inspiring show with such great meaning of hope, acceptance, love and forgiveness

nancydoll

Ted and me

The short version is that I’m a 64 year old man.
I’m grateful to Jason Sudaikis for having created Ted Lasso.
This strange “comedy” that made me cry way more than it made me laugh.
But that always made me happy.

And now for the long version.

When I first heard of Ted Lasso I made a snap judgement that a show with such a asinine premise would not be worth my time, I believe I was in good company.
But towards the end of the first run, I stumbled upon more than a few intriguing reviews and decided to be curious. Well, I was reeled in, hook, line and sinker. From what I’ve read, mine is a rather common story.

I’ve watched a fair share of TV drama and comedy over the years and I’ve enjoyed most of it as well crafted entertainment but with an appropriate detachment, it’s just fiction after all.

It’s a truly rare event when I have concerns about the fate of fictitious characters to the extent of feeling trepidation before each new installment. And that’s nothing compared to the elation I experience when good things happen to them and the sadness when they’re down. But I’m comforted in knowing I’m not alone in being sad.

I’ve loved every episode and had my share of goose bumps, lump in the throat and many tears.
A certain amount of suspension of disbelief was required but that’s ok.

Some might say that Ted Lasso fell on the fertile ground of our pandemic trauma. But Covid-19 was just one loud noise within the unsettling cacophony of modern life. The so called Global Village is confronting us to a world that is changing fast and wide towards an uncertain destination. This uncertainty frightens us and leads us towards ways of coping that aren’t always wise. We seek easy solutions to difficult problems and, since the dawn of time, the most obvious has been to seek confort in numbers. Until recently, who we congregated with was determined by proximity and allowed for a certain level of diversity. From this diversity we could expect ideologies and behaviors that are reasonable and moderated by the need to get along. For the first time in history, humans are no longer constrained by geography in defining their “community”. The World Wide Web and the social networks are game changers. Many of us have now found refuge in citadel like bubbles where homogeneity reigns supreme. Everyone believes the same things and have the same fears. Debate is proscribed and indoctrination as replaced inquisitiveness. Knowledge is excess baggage and emotions rule the day. Those bubbles often end up being steered by a few charismatic individuals who at best seek self importance but at worst seek power. The most savvy among them even manage to monetize our fears and offer a store full of opinions and bullet points that we can weaponize in our dealings with the uninitiated. In its simplest form our position regarding any crisis is that we are blameless, strangers are responsible, anyone saying otherwise is lying and, better yet, there is no crisis. Outsiders are a threat and are to be dealt with accordingly. It’s Do Onto Others Before They Do Onto You. The road toward hatred becomes very short indeed. But hatred is always foolish and all this foolishness makes those bubbles utterly sterile. They drag all of us down.
In this environment where nastiness has been elevated to virtue Ted Lasso is an ode to decency as strength not as weakness. And I’m grateful for it’s existence.

Beyond that, I try to understand further why Ted Lasso has had such a unusual impact on myself as well as on many others.

I’m old enough to have watched M.A.S.H. during it’s original run and I can’t help feeling a similar vibe. There is no commonality between the bleakness of the Korean War and the bling of the Premier League but it’s worth noting that the kids that we groome into becoming the star athletes that will entertain us can just as easily be repurposed into the soldiers that will protect us. Those two shows thrive at finding humor anywhere and at any time whether it’s a surgeon slipping on a pool of urine or a keeper getting hit on the schnoz. Hawkeye and Ted are masters at making light of any situation, when needed. Neither show is pure comedy, they both took on serious issues. With time, both allowed us to go beyound the first impression and deepen our understanding of the many characters. Both demonstrate that life is tough but that humor is one of the cracks that lets the light in. (Shout out Leonard Cohen!)

While Seinfeld was the show about nothing, Ted Lasso is the show about everything. More to the point, it’s about life.

AFC Richmond, the stadiums, the games are just background, the canvas on which the lives of the characters unfold. The plot is secondary, the team wll be fine. It’s about the multiple stories that crisscross one another and that we observe and get captivated and enthralled by. Lives very much like ours. Of course most of us don’t have the material comfort of those individuals but, except for Rebecca, their position is precarious. So they, as we, must navigate life without a clear roadmap. In the second season’s last episode Ted said it so well, life is about making choices. We do our best, we try, we stumble, we make mistakes, we ask questions, we learn, we take the good, we accept the bad, we correct, we fix, we make amends, we keep going and, hopefully, we become the better versions of ourselves. Onward, Forward.

Ted Lasso makes the case that, even though we should always try to be nice, we should never fail to be kind. Being nice is easy, it’s just saying hello with a smile but it’s also basically empty. As a Canadian, I should know. Being kind is putting in the effort, it shows that you care. It comes at a cost that is worth paying because it’s another crack that lets in the light. Roy is not a nice man but he’s a very kind one

This show is not plot driven but it is message driven. It seeks to show the way but is not about the destination it’s about the journey. Each generation as an impact on the next and it’s a responsability to be taken with earnestness. Dereliction of duty can have long lasting effect.
But there’s, most of all, a message of hope. Wounds can be healed, what is stuck can be freed, the lost can find the right path, with a little help from our friends. It’s about how loving, caring, trusting can clear the path forward. It’s about honesty with others but mostly with ourselves. It’s about the courage to show ourselves, warts and all, without a mask of fierceness, of meekness or of cheeriness. It’s about the value of friendship and the strenght of solidarity. It’s about not demanding respect but giving it for we are all worthy of it. It’s about acceptance and forgiveness. It’s about treating others in the way we would want to be treated ourselves. It’s about the family we’re born with and the family we make along the way.

The biggest crack of all is love, in all its many splendors. It allways finds a way to get through and is the source of all wisdom. Nothing is more fertile or uplifting.

The unrelenting optimism, at once Ted’s stenght and weekness, is the reason the show is comedy and not drama. Ultimately, everything is funny and for the same reason that there are few fates worst than being sad and alone the best laughs are the ones shared with the most.

I’m gratefull for the journey.

To the creators of the show and to the extremely talented cast and crew I can only say,
job well done and thank you.

Everything above was written before the final episode but now that I’ve watched it, it hasn’t changed in any way how I felt.

The conclusion was as perfect as it could be. The characters all got what they deserved and it made me happy. No point in nitpicking, the creators deserve our respect for the narrative choices they made.

We may wish for the story to go on, on the screen rather than in our minds. It may happen, there are strong incentives coming from many directions. The behind closed doors process is likely to be akin to sausage making and I have little desire to dwell on it. Que sera sera.

Storyline décisions would have to be made. I don’t see Ted returning to the UK. Therefore it’s a choice between a new adventure for Ted or sticking with the Richmond gang. Either could end up being very good or could fail miserably and cloud our memories of the original. Beware what you wish for. Personally, I’m good with letting them live out their existence beyond our gaze.
In my imagination, Phoebe becomes the very foul mouthed captain of England’s Team and Ted brings back glory to a struggling hockey team in Montréal.

This show was probably conceived just to entertain but, for many of us, it managed to accomplish way more. Some have testified that it allowed them to carry on through dark periods of their lives. Many more have found an inspiration in going forward. Most just had a good time and that, in of itself, made it fit for purpose.

For a brief moment, I felt a void after the final credits. It didn’t last, life goes on and we’ll muddle through as always. Ted was the avatar for a group of creators and writers who distilled their life experiences, their successes and their failures into a message that went deeper and further than their original aim. The Lasso Way isn’t complicated.

It’s not about telling, it’s about asking

Because,

If you’re kind you care
If you care you’re curious
If you’re curious you ask questions
The answers to those questions might enlighten the person who’s asked more than the person who’s asking.
The good old Socratic Method.

It’s also about feeling no shame in asking for help.

You all take care now and be kind

Believe!

RT

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charlesbenard

Thank you oh so very much! Still moping away the tears, both happy and sad, after watching the last episode. Finding your video was such a gift. Thank you! 💖

Einsteinsmum

This gave me chills!!! Loved it. Thank you!

joeypotter

Just Breath taking guys, thanks to Ted and all the guys for 3 fantastic seasons....hope they contuinue it

nikospapageorgiou

This show was about redemption and the absolute chance of change. Everyone was always forgiven regardless and everyone was given the opportunity to be the best version of themselves. The favorite show of all time for this 63 year old boy.

dstmarie

I absolutley loved every video you've done on this wonderful show. But, this edit is the best of them all. It has, like, this feel good feeling like the show has.
Well done!

BoonkyEdits

This is my second tribute that I've watched after finishing the show yesterday and gosh 😭 so perfect <3

rebeccalambert

I sincerely hope that all of the people who helped create this show see things like this and know how much it meant to so many people.

frzen

CLEAN edit!!! You my friend are going places with editing like this

andrewneilson

Probably the most necessary to it's time series ever produced.

maudalmusicalmachines

Ted Lasso was luminous and inspiring

It reminded us of the bedrock of ethics, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Not to be confused by this new dark rule, “do unto others before they do unto you “.

Life is hard and the path forward is often obscured by our own clutter. Do away with all the unnecessary layers of drama and prejudice. Let in the light through the cracks of humor, kindness and love.

If you find going through life is easy, you’re not doing it right.

I wrote this before the final episode because, whatever happens then, nothing short of a plane crash will dim my love for this show.
It’s not about the wins and losses, they’re now all better versions of themselves (except Rupert) and the best is yet to come.

We will miss those characters but I won’t mind if the story telling stops here. We have the gift of imagination, let’s use it to make them live on in our hearts.

RT

Montréal

PS

Kudos to JS who clearly followed his gut in creating this show but we should also have a thought for the Apple exec who gave the green light.

roberttrudel