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[Barrister]

Any non-spoiler reviews of Ted Lasso series final episode?

I'll finally get a chance to watch it tonight.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I didn't hate antman 3, but it wasn't stellar.  You aren't wrong.  They aren't doing a great job of handling their recent fair, with the exception of Guardians 3.  the Christmas special was enjoyable.  

[Josquius]

I'm slowly watching through Beef. It's quite good.
Though is it just me or have American Asians totally supplanted Jews for over representation in comedy? Seems to be loads lately.

[Tamas]

Any non-spoiler reviews of Ted Lasso series final episode?

I'll finally get a chance to watch it tonight.

It is not as terrible as the rest of season 3 but it doesn't save it either.

[Josquius]

I'm up to episode 8 or so and honestly not getting the hate for
series 3.
There's been moments it drags for sure, but then this has always been so. Series 3 does this more with every episode being a long one but there's still plenty decent there.
It's dropped from a best thing ever to merely decent but it's still a fine show.

[Gups]

I e given up half way through season 2 of Lasso. It's fundamentally crap with a few good bits. So many things better out there.

[Barrister]

I e given up half way through season 2 of Lasso. It's fundamentally crap with a few good bits. So many things better out there.

Wow - I've really enjoyed it.

I have read that it's way more popular in North America than it is in the UK, despite it being set there.

But also I am a sucker for a good, positive show.

[Gups]

It was the Christmas show that did it for me. A dreadful rehash of Love Actually. Annoying because there some good gag writing in there.

[Sheilbh]

I have read that it's way more popular in North America than it is in the UK, despite it being set there.

Yeah there was a piece on this I read a while ago. It helped drive subscriptions to Apple TV but that's still a relatively small player. Apple are shady on subscription number but estimates are that they're on about 1.5-2 million homes in the UK which is about 10% of Netflix.

I know people who watch it and it definitely has a devoted fan base, so I think it does well but of a fairly small group.

To be honest apart from Ted Lasso I'm not even aware of any other shows on Apple

[Syt]

To be honest apart from Ted Lasso I'm not even aware of any other shows on Apple

Severance, For All Mankind, Foundation. I still mean to watch For All Mankind which seems to be pretty good (space exploration in an alternate reality where USSR won the race to the Moon).

Foundation wasn't great (I'd say a 7/10 show?), but enjoyable enough, and good production design IMHO.

Still mean to watch Severance.

I watched the first episode of Hello Tomorrow! which is set in a retro-futuristic world stylistically quite similar to the Fallout universe. But based on that first episode it seems to be a drama series, though, that just happens to be set against the backdrop of salespeople trying to flog timeshares on the Moon which begs the question, "Why the setting then?"

Mythic Quest is ok, though Season 3 was not very good IMO.

[Tamas]

I have read that it's way more popular in North America than it is in the UK, despite it being set there.

I don't really want to hold this against the show because it is clearly on purpose and is a big part of what drew me to it with Season 1, but it is a sugary syrup version of reality, UK included. And then of course the clueless American with a heart of gold comes here and teaches various Brits on how life is supposed to be lived right - I can kinda' see how that'd fly better in America than the UK. 

[garbon]

To be honest apart from Ted Lasso I'm not even aware of any other shows on Apple

Severance, For All Mankind, Foundation. I still mean to watch For All Mankind which seems to be pretty good (space exploration in an alternate reality where USSR won the race to the Moon).

Foundation wasn't great (I'd say a 7/10 show?), but enjoyable enough, and good production design IMHO.

Still mean to watch Severance.

I watched the first episode of Hello Tomorrow! which is set in a retro-futuristic world stylistically quite similar to the Fallout universe. But based on that first episode it seems to be a drama series, though, that just happens to be set against the backdrop of salespeople trying to flog timeshares on the Moon which begs the question, "Why the setting then?"

Mythic Quest is ok, though Season 3 was not very good IMO.

I enjoyed but then lost track of The Morning Show.

I also enjoyed Physical and Bad Sisters. Oh and Dickinson.

[garbon]

Schmigadoon! is also alright in a hot mess of a way while The Afterparty and Loot were dreadful considering the casts.

[Syt]

On Ted Lasso, I think S3 is the weakest. The first half (with Zava, and till Amsterdam) I thought was quite good. After Amsterdam it felt increasingly disjointed, like they rushed very quickly through all the things they wanted to do (esp. with Nate).

I thought the individual episodes were still good comfort food, but the overall narrative started slacking a lot IMO.

The final episode was mostly sweet and wrapped up many loose ends in its epilogue. It had strong, "Time to move on" energy, which I think was appropriate, and while I guess the season might have benefitted from maybe a few more episodes to give all character stories the necessary room, I'm also happy if they wrap it up here instead of trying to stretch it out beyond its expiration date. Not exactly The Good Place in terms of sticking the landing but satisfying enough for me.

[Barrister]

OK, I enjoyed the last episode of Ted Lasso.  I'm in court today, so I'm just going point form.

-so I called "the mask of Zorro", though I liked it more when it was a bit more subtle

-I read in a review that someone on the writing staff must really like musical theatre.  I think the "So long, farewell" musical bit pretty much answered that

-OK, so I did not call Roy Kent as the next manager.

-Again, I like how the show is not afraid to gloss over what might seem like important plot points.  Rupert's sexual harassment was mentioned, but never in detail.  Or Nate coming back to the team...

-OK so Nate coming back to the team was a given.  But as assistant kit man?  That just seems cruel.  He had surely proven himself as a top football manager/coach.  So surely he'd be at least an assistant coach (which was his last job at Richmond)?

-it amused me how Michelle's boyfriend (the therapist - forget his name) was so uninterested in soccer

-I laughed hard when West Ham scored, yet Ted casually said "oh he was offside".  Such a simple joke, but took years in the making.  I still don't understand soccer offsides, but I know hockey offsides.  I played hockey with a guy, Patty, last winter.  It was the first time he'd ever played hockey.  He went offsides CONSTANTLY at first.  But now he finally gets it - and he'll even comment when someone else is offsides.

-the Rebecca as mom - seems like they cheaped out on it.  She meets the Dutch guy, who has a daughter.  Woo.

-I think I called Beard going out on his own.  Still they glided on past Jane being toxic to just being quirky.

-it goes against the feel good ending, but you have to wonder what happens to Ted afterwards.  I mean he started as a joke but established himself as a legit soccer coach, taking his team from relegation to the Champions League. (or the Championship to the Champions League, as he pointed out).  Even if not in England he'd be a prime candidate for an MLS team.  Or he could probably take another college football job.  But that would almost certainly mean leaving Kansas City and his son.  Coaching is a profession that means moving a lot, even if you don't move across the ocean.

-Keeley not ending up with either Roy or Jamie was probably the best choice, but yet again it feels like they rushed that storyline quite quickly