![]() This time around, Ted Lasso has been reconfigured as an homage to romantic comedies, with very specific references careening about, peaking in a fifth episode that’s a pure love letter to the genre. The Ted Lasso creative team, led by Sudeikis, Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly, built the first season around established underdog sports movie templates - including a near-duplication of the arc of Major League. Meanwhile, newly retired Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) is struggling to figure out his next professional step, while navigating relationship waters with Keeley (Juno Temple), who’s taking on marketing duties for a new dating app that will prove integral to the season’s plot. ![]() Instead, AFC Richmond gets stuck on a string of ties, Ted’s least favorite result, and when their most confident player - Cristo Fernandez’s exuberant Dani Rojas - suffers a bout of uncertainty, the team hires sports psychologist Sharon (Sarah Niles), much to Ted’s chagrin. When we left the boys of AFC Richmond, a heartbreaking loss had just cost them their place in the Premiership, but the players, Ted Lasso’s (Jason Sudeikis) coaching staff - Brendan Hunt’s Coach Beard and Nick Mohammed’s Nathan - and owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) were committed to a comeback for the ages. Eight episodes and the smile rarely left my face, so Ted Lasso is clearly back. ![]() I can easily point to plotlines that have me wary, if not concerned, but the sophomore season of Ted Lasso thus far is an admirable mixture of repeating - and refining - the elements that resonated so well initially and expanding the show’s ensemble and tonal reach. Through two-thirds of the comedy’s 12-episode encore season, the returns are, like Ted Lasso himself, unreasonably positive. Maybe you can walk into a locker room with no understanding of the offsides rule and inspire a group of cynical professional athletes with inspirational mantras and folksy wisdom once - but what are the chances of doing it again? Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, Nick Mohammed and Sarah Niles.ĭeveloped by: Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kellyīut speaking of anticipation, it’s nearly as easy to imagine how, with expectations raised by a heap of Emmy nominations, the second season of Ted Lasso might struggle to reproduce that stealthy charm.
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