#nate or jamie or rebecca

[gloomiedyke]

As much as I adore and agree with the themes of forgiveness and grace in Ted Lasso, I'm also entirely aware that some people just won't grow, no matter how many chances you give them. And at some point it is healthier for you and the other people in your life to just let that person go and stop trying.

Yes, everyone deserves to be loved. But Rupert does not deserve to be loved BY REBECCA, or any of the people who love her. Maybe one day he'll mature enough to grow as a person, and that would be wonderful! But Rebecca and her new found family are not obligated to be the ones who help him through that, even if it happens

Ted Lasso just like, everyone in this world deserves to be loved and cared for, with all their flaws, and deserves a chance to grow as a person. except Rupert. fuck Rupert.

[historicalfictionenthusiast]

Roy Kent post-retirement:

[ohwellokcomputer]

a compilation of some of my favorite answers from brendan hunt’s AMA

about ted and rebecca:

[gracie-b-33]

So I think the award shows need a new category “Best Supporting Prop”

[hacash]

‘Nate hasn’t earned a redemption arc yet!’ my dude no-one on Ted Lasso ‘earned’ a redemption arc, that’s the whole damn point

‘redeem’ literally means to compensate for. to give something good in repayment for something bad, to ‘buy back’ the shit you’ve done. And Ted Lasso has never tried to do this. Rebecca didn’t ‘earn’ a redemption arc: she couldn’t unsay all the cruelties she’d said to Higgins, couldn’t bring Jamie back from Man City, couldn’t undo the damage that let to Richmond being regulated. Jamie couldn’t unsay his ageism to Roy or his snottiness to Ted. he couldn’t buy his way out of the bullying he’d imposed on the team – he tried, don’t get me wrong, and then Ted put the breaks on buying the team’s love because he knows how poorly that’s going to go down. earning redemption is an exhausting arc, and Ted Lasso’s been very clever in never really doing it.

what these characters did, however, is resolve to change.

Ted Lasso has never been about redemption: it’s been about reformation. reforming your life, and giving other people the space to acknowledge that and appreciate that. former ‘villains’ in Ted Lasso don’t abase themselves or spend episodes earning back people’s good opinion or their trust: they acknowledge that they’ve done something wrong, and they resolve to turn themselves around. and vitally, they can’t do that until they’ve escaped from the shit place they are in their lives, from their own personal dark forest. Rebecca can’t reform until she’s removed herself from the mental state of obsession with Rupert and instead finds herself in a place of community. Jamie can’t reform until he extracts himself from Man City and his desire to get his father’s approval. mentally, they have to be in a better place themselves before they can start being better for other people.

And then, crucially, I think the crux of a Ted Lasso reformation is a demonstration that you are now a safe space for others when before you weren’t, even if it means putting yourself in a position of vulnerability. for me Rebecca did this not just when she apologised to Ted, but when she offered him an out to share her whole story with the press – risking the press intrusion she so hates. Jamie did this when he joined a potentially risky protest against a prominent sponsor, risking further potential reputational damage (at a time when Jamie’s brand has never needed more of a boost) if it means being part of a team.

and because of that, I think it’s impossible to argue that Nate isn’t in the middle of his reform. He’s already extracted himself from his dark forest: he’s put Rupert behind him, he’s sorting his father issues, he’s proven himself to be less dependent on external validation while having greater confidence in himself. and he’s also starting to show that he’s a safe person to be around, even at the risk of vulnerability. he owns a humiliating nickname that we know carries a lot of painful baggage for him for the sake of conveying to Will that he was wrong, and I think for someone who’s had so many self-esteem issues as Nate, owning a name which he saw as minimising and infantilising and humiliating was a big gesture.

I don’t think that Nate’s arc is finished yet. but I think it’s impossible to claim that he isn’t ‘mid-turn’. and no, he hasn’t ‘earned’ redemption, but ma’am, this isn’t the earn your redemption on your hands and knees show, this is the make the changes to your life that are needed and accept other peoples’ grace if it comes to you show. And there’s a big difference between the two.

[trentcrimmisgay]

i ran out of screenshots so i will now be using my own text messages w ted posts (i miss them). this one is all about loooove baby. romcommunism !!!(part six. more posts)

[christianborle]

this shot makes me insane. yes there’s lots of feelings about whether he should have gone home or not, but seeing this man finally look happy and content after 3 seasons of his ups and downs gives me an emotional gut punch in the best way

and the real thing about this is that he also looks like Just Some Guy. here in kansas, he isn’t some Big Premier League Football Coach that all of english football fans know about. here in kansas, he looks like every run-of-the-mill yeehaw dad you’d see everywhere around town. this is the guy you’d expect to show up at in your parent-teacher conferences. but that’s the point. if someone had gone up to meet ted for the first time in that moment, he would have looked like Just Some Guy, but that person wouldn’t have known his whole lore. that he’s actually a hero to someone somewhere, that he made a gigantic impact in so many people’s lives for the better. you can look at someone ordinary and have no idea about the extraordinary things they have done for others. we all look ordinary on the outside, but there is a whole world inside of us. it’s like we just read a whole book (trent’s book) about how it only takes One Guy to leave a positive ripple effect for everyone he’s met and you wouldn’t even know it!!! and he is starting a new journey of all of this with his son’s team.

does this make ANY sense i am sleep deprived

[ghostvibesonly]

something something nate quietly quitting his high profile job because his line of work (rupert) wanted him to hurt the person he loves (jade) in the episode prior something something trent crimm quietly blowing up his life and getting himself fired from his high profile job because his line of work (journalism) wanted him to hurt the person he loves (ted) in the episode prior

[elloras]

First Close Up // Last Close Up

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Coach Beard has a secret Traitors Club. It consists of himself, Nate and Jamie, ie people who have (at least in the opinion of one Willis Beard) betrayed Ted Lasso – but who have also learned the error of their ways through the goodness of Ted’s gentle heart.

(Yes, yes, you might argue that Jamie’s insulting remarks about Ted in 1x10 is a reasonable reaction to what, from Jamie’s POV, looks like Ted unreasonably dumping him, but a, I’m not sure that Beard knows that, and b, I’m not sure that Beard cares about that. You might also argue that Nate and Jamie have both learned a lot of stuff from people other than Ted, but: see the a and b of the previous sentence. And anyway, this is Beard’s club and you don’t get a say in his absurd selection criteria.)

Beard doesn’t inform anyone of the club’s existence. That includes the other members, Nate and Jamie, who just suddenly finds themselves regularly invited out for drinks with the most mysterious man either of them have ever met.

There are a lot of weird but oddly good talks about feelings. There are silences neither Jamie nor Nate know what to do with. And then there’s the football strategy chatter, which unites them all in a wild and eager frenzy, and an unexpected but pleasant sense of shared understanding.

Nate think it’s nice that Beard wants to hang and he’s not one to look a gift horse in the mouth anyway, so he doesn’t question the set-up. Jamie generally assumes that given the choice anyone would always choose to hang with him always, so. He’ll indulge his coach. They have a shared love of trivia.

Eventually Beard learns of Rebecca’s early transgressions, and (secretely) inducts her into the secret club. Club meetings get a whole lot more interesting from there on out.

[xialing-gf]

i think this episode of ted lasso was so good because it was about love like as cheesy as it sounds it’s kinda true. nate was reflecting on his wish to be “successful” and has finally realized that in doing so, he had lost his passion for pursuing his interests and his love for his family. rebecca obviously pointing out how a huge part of sports is the community formed around the love for the sport and teams. roy realizing how his stubbornness made it difficult for him to accept his love for keeley. keeley realizing that she was truly passionate about her company and she loved the work she was doing before jack had been a part of it. sam holding onto his dreams and his love for his home country despite akufo’s bullying. jamie expressing his love for his team by showing up to phoebe’s uncle day for and choosing sam’s number when he plays for the england team. it’s truly about the love

[having-nice-trips-since-1950]

[vibinginthevast]

I'm right and yall know it

[rosie-tyler]

Top 10 Ted Lasso episodes according To IMDb

[jonathan-harks]

Ted Lasso x Crazy Ex Girlfriend

[milfloverobisanya]

ted lasso + headlines