I hate the whole Sam & Rebecca thing! Even up until the last moment, after they'd bumped into each other at the restaurant, I held out hope for it not happening, that this was a red herring. Ugh. Unless you're a snappy little sitcom set in a bar in 1980's/90's Boston, I want no part of a Sam/Rebecca.
The Roy/Phoebe stuff is always great but are uncles really ever invited to these things at school? At some point social services is gonna step in on the mother, no?
Phoebe: there is not a shot of that dopey, oddly round blockhead that isn’t funny. Kid should get an Emmy just for that.
The writers get full credit for not doing the cliché "I'll stop cussing if you do" bullshit most sitcoms would do. I was dreading it in real time and was relieved. Also: does Roy Kent own one pair of clothes?
The teacher's "fucking glitter" line was beautifully delivered. Not "letter-slid-under-the-door-with-yesterday's-jizz" beautifully delivered, but still nicely done.
Rebecca's explanation about her code for taking a shit seems pretty smart to me. I have no idea whatever feminine hygienic procedure she's talking about, or if such a thing even exists, and by that I mean feminine hygiene itself, but her reasoning seemed spot-on to me.
I loved the Sam haircut scene but I can say without a doubt that I would put exactly one barber-as-performance-artist above Isaac McAdoo:
Wait - did Sam's hair change at all? Is Fat Isaac bad at pushing away from the meat pie buffet AND haircuts?
I am loving this season's interactions with Higgins. I don't think I've ever noticed him and Jamie really talking with each other, and they were great here.
Ted at the Doc's apartment - has it really taken 8 episodes this season to be reminded of how much Ted despises tea?
Me, when presented with the whole Sam/Rebecca scenario:
Can we get anything this season about Rebecca that’s NOT ABOUT HER LOVE LIFE?? Please? 😡
Rebecca: "big game tomorrow, we both need our rest." Ummm....ONE of you needs rest, the other will be in the owner's box eating truffles and (insert whatever feminine hygienic procedure she alluded to earlier as a euphemism for shitting here), so.
Appreciate the Hoosiers stuff but also can't help but note that the Richmond Greyhounds, a soccer team, had by far more black guys on their team than did the Hickory Huskers, a basketball team. 🤷♂️
Love how Nate the Asshole’s “confession” was such a humblebrag. Fucking hell. On a side note re: the previous episode: I know Colin is pretty much used for comic fodder, but he IS a world class athlete who had been a starter on a premier league team; we're supposed to believe he's crushed because Nate, LAST YEAR'S KIT MAN, is mean to him? Wtf?
Speaking of which: a year ago he was the kit man, now Nate’s getting an “attaboy!” from Roy Kent for calling the ref dickless. Ted Lasso really does move at the speed of light.
As juvenile as it was, Beard’s fall over the barrier while trying to storm off the field was legit LOL funny.
Guy with a “Do it For Earl” t-shirt in the stands! YAAASSSS!
He’s a total prick but the guy playing Jamie Tartt’s father did it with such comic fervor I could watch him for hours. And since I'm single and will surely die alone some day, I just might.
That was maybe the best tv-pretend actor punch I can remember?
Roy Kent’s hug of Jamie (while wildly implausible, but still) of course got the waterworks going. Meanwhile, watching Ted Lasso with scenes like this is getting to be like watching porn: can't do it with other dudes in the room.
Oooh, great placement of a George Harrison song - since it was Jamie’s learning that he’d died the led him away from soccer earlier 🤣
Ted revealing his dad’s suicide is another Roy/Jamie moment. But it also strains credulity - having had such a thing happen to him when he was so young, what can we think about him now that he’s on Year 2 of being thousands of miles away from his own son? I know his wife wanted some space, but wouldn’t moving across town have been enough?
DID IT REALLY TAKE US 18 EPISODES TO GET AN OASIS SONG ON THE SHOW??!?!?!!?
I just can't with the whole Sam/Rebecca thing. For fuck's sake.
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