Ted Lasso

I watched the trailer and thought well here's another silly show - watched it anyway and loved it! it's a great story of human nature and thoroughly entertaining.

It's a mediocre show. Not about real soccer. Not about sports in particular. Not extremely hilarious. Not serious. Not a complex drama. Not a romcom. W/o an overarching coherent story line. Full of cliches and stereotypes. Season one is the best season. Season two is the worst. I know why it's a mediocre show: they risk virtually nothing and designed the show exactly like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8 They probably thought that's a one season show. And season one was the perfect uplifting show for the pandemic. They never thought to need longer story arches or complex characters. And the lack thereof became apparent in the last two seasons. The show has nothing to tell really. Watch it in a cold winter. Three weekends will do. Highly binge-watchable and you don't need to pay much attention. It's feel good TV. Likeable but shallow characters. Not many other shows produce that sort of hear warming feeling. I said it before. I'll say it again: that's the innocuous familly entertainment companies like Apple deserve. What Emily did to Paris, this show does to European soccer culture.