A Few Thoughts on Ted Lasso S2 E5

"Fucking fuckity fuck fuck fucking fuck, fucker."

WARNING: EPISODE SPOILERS! AHEAD!!

- I'm sure I missed a lot of the rom-com references but my favorite was Ted's "As you wish" to Roy Kent, a lá Princess Bride

- Speaking of which, I'm beginning to get worried the show is turning into a whole "let's wait around for Roy Kent to pop up onscreen" thing 

- I'm glad they got some Fat Isaac stuff in; just a week ago I was wondering wow they could make him team captain and then make him disappear

- Even before Roy Kent's dramatic return I was wondering "wait, what DOES Nate actually do?"

- Welcome back Roy Kent cheer! He's here! He's there! He's everyfuckingwhere Roy Keeeeeeeeeeeeent!

- We already knew Higgins' ringtone was She's a Rainbow but I'm gad to see it so prominently used here, as it's a Top 3 Rolling Stones song for me

- They mention the Greek restaurant is in Topping, which was the setting for Citizen Smith, the sitcom that John Sullivan created before Only Fools and Horses

- A picture of George Wendt in the kebab place is a nice Easter egg (he's Jason Sudeikis' uncle), but why would the photos be placed in such a way that customers couldn't easily see them? Bad business, guys! Camon!

- For all the waterworks-inducing moments they try to induce, nothing made the dam break for me as much as when Roy Kent, upon being asked on tv what he misses about playing, simply says, "I miss all of it."

- Again I’m sure I missed most of the rom-com shoutouts during the final Roy Kent scene but the shooting of it was stunning  

- Why would Nate need a whole Pretty Woman-esque coaching job on how to be assertive when his main plot-line so far this season is that he's now an asshole?

- The sheer number of times Keeley exclaims how hot Rebecca is may be starting to rival the sheer number of Ted Lasso-isms

- I notice the running time for this episode is 40 minutes, which signals to me that Apple is happy to let the show indulge in itself, which could be a very, very bad thing.