#although nick mohammed did kill it in that scene with ted)

[psqqa]

truly ted lasso gave us the best gift a show could ever give a fandom: complete lack of confirmation or denial either way

[coquelicoq]

#as well as the option of 'it was all a dream' interpretation for any bits of that final montage we didn't like #ted lasso# tbh the show didn't stick the landing as much as i expected it to #but it did so in such a way that we can go hogwild in this sandbox while remaining canon compliant for…most things really #certainly the bits i'm talking about here #namely: the roy-keeley-jamie situation #(which is good because their wrap-up was absolutely the weakest of the bunch) #(although i don't think they did anything particularly effective or affective with nate either #although nick mohammed did kill it in that scene with ted) #canon compliance is 0% a requirement for anything of course #but it does add a little extra something when you can slide something into the realm of 'feasible' #or at least when you don't have to evade or elide critical chunks of the actual story in order to tell yours #this finale's an interesting one from a storytelling analysis perspective #ultimately i would put the failures down to such careful writing over the rest of the season (and entire show) #that they were left with too much space to fill effectually and too little space to meaningfully #weave in any of the smaller outstanding threads# in combination with what i can only think to call…..An American Approach To An End #which is probably unfair of me but to me it felt there was something distinctly American about the lack of ingenuity# too focused on the meta-goodbye rather than effectively closing out the story #anyway #still Rotating #but also Rotating My Eyes (via op)

truly ted lasso gave us the best gift a show could ever give a fandom: complete lack of confirmation or denial either way