#feels like what Ted and the coaches are going through with zava tbh

[raindropsandseahorses]

Okay but the song choice during the Zava domination/Richmond winning streak montage? Very significant. They always kill it with the soundtracks.

The song is called Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano and it’s a fucking BOP but all the lyrics are gibberish written to sound like English to an Italian audience. It’s designed to sound good if you don’t look too closely but once you do, you realize it’s all wrong. He wrote it to explore miscommunication. “I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate.” x

Richmond seems like they’re on the right track with Zava. They’re winning. Everyone’s happy. But once they take a closer look, everything is wrong. They look good but they’re lacking the fundamentals of what made Richmond, Richmond.

GENIUS

[countessklair]

You are SO right about zava and i feel like everyone is missing the point of his character??? Its not about jamie needing to grapple with not being the best, it’s about jamie watching someone else come in and be as big of a prick as he was, if not more, and ted + the entire team allowing him to get away with it. Jamie and nate have been painted as foils of each other, and im sure at some point well get a scene where he confronts ted about exactly this….after all jamie still thinks ted chose to send him back to man city because he was bad for the team, and seeing someone else be brought onto the team despite being known for his bad attitude has got to sting.

Like ted is the protagonist. To an extent every other character’s arc needs to serve his. And if the point was just for zava to come in and force jamie to accept he’s not the best, i dont see how that could possibly serve ted in anyway, especially because in the process zava has completely stepped on ted’s efforts to create a team full of camaraderie and teamwork. Idk maybe im missing something but i just cannot see it any other way!

PERIOD!!! YOU’RE RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!!! Ted’s going through it right now dealing with Dr. Malpractice back in Kansas (and isn’t THAT a can of worms), but Ted’s both the main character AND the focus of this season, same way Rebecca was in season one and Nate was in season two. So Ted’s BOUND to do some growing and healing now that one fourth of the season is over, at the very least he might be able to ‘wake up’ and realize what’s actually going on with Zava, especially if Jamie comes and talks to him about it again.

and you’re SO RIGHT about Nate and Jamie being foils. they both struggle with not being the center of attention and with flashy change, but they dealt with it in very different ways. Jamie, unlike how Nate dealt with it last season, immediately brought his concerns to the coaches in a respectful and ELOQUENT way that focused on the team as a whole and not just Jamie, and he acknowledged that it was (a bit) hypocritical of him to be the one voicing these concerns BUT WHO WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN JAMIE??? and instead of pouting about Zava or pulling the petty ‘I’m hurt I can’t practice’ kind of stunt, he does his job and he celebrates with his team and he’s focusing on how to make himself better, not drag anyone down. because Jamie’s not the same guy he was in season one or even season two. he’s taking accountability, while Nate hasn’t (yet?? idk but I think we will get a redemption arc).

and like you said, it’s all gonna come down to Ted. because this is the Ted Lasso show, literally. it’s not the Zava show. the writers and everyone didn’t make the show so Ted could just sit back all season. at some point he’s going to take the reins back as coach, and tbh it might be both Jamie and Roy coming to him to do it. but it won’t be because Jamie’s throwing a tantrum or being jealous, it’ll be because Jamie’s been right all along