#and fuck me i could write paragraphs on the relationship between rebecca and sassy

[sweaterkittensahoy]

We finished Ted Lasso Season 1 tonight. I know everything that happens on the show but not in the order it happens. Which means that Mr. SK has now been spoiled for two major storylines in season two (the actual story of Ted’s father and how if affected him and Beard’s abusive relationship that is waved off in that “it couldn’t happen to him” way that can happen when it’s female on male violence especially [because women are much more likely to use emotional and mental abuse rather than physical]) because I couldn’t hold it in. 

I have managed to hold back on the Nate reveal. Which, holy shit, if you thought Nate coming out of nowhere in his fuckery was rushed or badly written? Go back. Rewatch. I am 100% ready to forgive his letter of roasting to the team before their Everton match in season 1. It’s set up as a loving roast of everyone on the team in the way that--especially men--talk to one another to help them lower their stress and build up their readiness to win.

“Well, Gayle, you know what happens with Nate, so you’re biased against him.”

I assure you I have been hissing against men being toxic towards women (he called Rebecca a “shrew” on a knee-jerk reaction to her simply walking into the fucking locker room when she’d been at the curse-breaking in the previous episode) long before Nate the Not-Great showed up on scene with his baby face and supposedly forgivable fuckery. 

Do I want to see Nate get his accountability and forgiveness arc? Yes. Because ACCOUNTABILITY is a major part of that. But right now? Nate can eat shit.

To end on a happy note--in true fashion to the show--the fact that Ted 1) knows Trent has a daughter and 2) the daughter is about to turn 3, and 3) made her cookies, is just a missing scene from episode 1.3. Because Trent def mentioned he did a little looking up on Ted and found pics of him and his son on the field at Witchita State and then found, when Ted told some very cute story about Henry, telling a story about his daughter without thinking.

And then Ted said, “Oh, hey, how old is she? What’s her name? She got a favorite cookie--biscuit. Biscuit.”

And Trent realized he was powerless to stay quiet because Ted is so clearly honest and real. So, he says her name and her fave biscuit, and he also says, “And she’ll be three on ---” and he rolls his eyes at himself and thinks he got tricked until that moment in the restaurant when Ted says, “You’re real good at it,” speaking of Trent’s writing and Trent realizes that this guy he thought was just a useless hayseed had actually READ HIS WORK.

Anyway. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS.