As he progresses in his descent to the dark side, Nate's appearance changes to resemble José Mourinho. Like Nate's new persona, Mourinho is a tactical genius, but also egocentric, prone to acid quips and sometimes downright rude. In particular, Nate's hair color and style, and choice of dark shirts with suits, are all reminiscent of the Portuguese manager. But we can be better than that, all of us. Inevitably we will hurt people we work with. But we can also set it right. Springtime for Hitler: The entire reason Rebecca hired Ted. She wanted to ruin the team as it was the only thing her ex-husband ever loved. Thus, hiring an American with zero soccer experience seemed just the way to do it, only for him to start winning and be incredibly difficult for her to dislike. Ends up subverted as at the end of the season, the team has lost but Rebecca has realized her plan would have harmed scores of people who worked for and loved the team. She thus turns down Ted's resignation and wants his help making the team into true winners. Dr. Fieldstone introducing herself as a Consummate Professional, but also demonstrating that her cool attitude doesn't make her mean or snobby by asking Ted, Nate, and Beard what their record is in their paper-tossing game and complimenting them on the impressive number. Roy and Jaime each have their own Crowd Chant, Roy's to the tune of "The Quartermaster's Store" and Jaime's to the tune of " Baby Shark". Sam later gets one to the tune of " Seven Nation Army".

Here’s the big spoiler: Rebecca confesses to Ted that she brought him over to manage the team because she wanted Ted – and the team – to fail. And that she’s spent the season sabotaging him and what he was trying to do. Roy does not bother to put on a shirt as he dashes outside the stadium to look for Jamie, leading Keeley (who is arriving) to quite shamelessly leer at him. The first season of ‘Ted Lasso’ introduces viewers to AFC Richmond, a London-based English Premier League club. However, Richmond is known as a bottom-tier club with only flashes of success coming their way since the club’s inception in 1897. In the first season, owner Rebecca Welton sabotages the club in her bid to get revenge over her ex-husband, who previously owned the club. Despite Rebecca’s change of heart, newly appointed Head Coach Ted Lasso cannot prevent the team from getting related to the EFL Championship. However, in the second season, Ted guides the team to an incredible return to the Premier League after the club secures promotion through play-offs. Chilly Reception: The members and fans of AFC Richmond were not particularly happy at first to have an American with no experience of The Most Beautiful game being made coach, believing, not without reason, that he'll end up dragging them all down. They change their tune soon, as he gets results and due to him being a total Nice Guy. Of the writers credited across Season 1, four are also cast members: Jason Sudeikis, who plays Ted; Brendan Hunt, who plays Coach Beard; Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent; and Phoebe Walsh, who plays Beard’s off-again, on-again girlfriend, Jane (no last name).

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Here’s a clue: The team’s motto is “Gradarius Firmus Victoria.” Sadly, my high school didn’t teach Latin the years I was there. But the internet tells me two things about that motto: One, that the Latin isn’t very good. Two, what it means, more or less, is “Taking little steps toward victory.” There's another butt shot in "The Signal" when Rebecca's booty call has gone into the kitchen without bothering to put on any clothes (meanwhile, Rebecca is wearing a nightie even though she's still in bed). He is seen by three women, including Rebecca's mother, who makes a comment about "biscuits" as the camera cheekily pans down to show his naked rear. In season 2, a subplot revolves around the hiring of psychologist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone and the impact she makes on the team during her stint. In reality, in-house mental health personnel is a staple in any professional sports club and the notion of a team without their own permanently employed psychologists would be as outlandish as a team without their own physical therapists. More accurately, we are more than we think we are. And certainly more than other people think we are (as Ted says in Episode 8, Diamond Dogs: “Guys have underestimated me my entire life”). It’s a fundamental lesson of Ted Lasso. Like a Son to Me: Fathers and sons are an important theme in the show, between Ted's father dying by suicide when Ted was 16, Jamie's and Nate's more abusive fathers, and of course Ted's son, Henry. Naturally, this overlaps with the Family of Choice theme to give us this trope, as older men come to be father figures to the younger men on the team. This is most prominent with the relationship between Jamie and Roy after the latter offers the former extra training, but the episode "Sunflowers" highlights two other examples as well. Higgins offers to show Will around Amsterdam and he's delighted, and Higgins shares his love of jazz with the younger man, who takes a liking to it. Meanwhile, Trent Crimm reveals to Colin that he's known for quite some time that the younger man is gay, and is also gay himself, and they spend the evening commiserating over the difficulties involved with that.

Early-Installment Weirdness: Early episodes imply that Higgins' sons don't have much respect for him. By Season 2, however, it's established that he has the most-settled personal life out of all the characters and that his sons adore him. Season 1, Episode 10. After a season of having the specter of relegation looming over their heads, Richmond are indeed relegated during their final game. Modeling is Glamorous: Nate is set up on a date with Anastasia, a bombshell supermodel, at an exclusive club. Nate takes her to his favorite Greek hole-in-the-wall, but she (overdressed and overglammed) thinks it's dumpy and ditches him to hang out with similarly posh-looking people.The show was based on a series of adverts for NBC Sports' coverage of the Premier League from 2013 to 2014, where Lasso instead coached Tottenham Hotspur. The series premiered on August 14, 2020. Before season 2 even began filming, Apple renewed the show for a third season, which premiered in 2023; Bill Lawrence has indicated that the show will likely not continue past that point, due to Sudeikis's availability. An analysis of the Latin, however, doesn’t provide much clarity. (On the off chance there are a non-Latin knowers reading, this is where the post gets technical.) Gradarius relates to steps, progress (think the English ‘gradual’ or ‘gradation’). The GoogleTranslate definition is ‘pacer’. My sense is that it refers to a guide, one progressing through the steps; I would assume the coach. The problem, however? Gradarius is barely a Classical Latin word. Lewis and Short identifies it as rare, not appearing in Cicero, with the only Classical reference Seneca’s Epistles (identifying Cicero as the gradarius: Cicero quoque noster gradarius fuit, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.). The source for this word wouldn’t have been a Classical Latinist or a Classical Latin source; it is exactly the kind of word that an online translator or a low end online dictionary, neither of which distinguish between Classical and non-Classical Latin or chart stylistic usage, would provide. Firmus is a relatively common word meaning ‘strong’. Victoria is another relatively common word meaning ‘victory’. Once you do that hard, internal work, you’re ready to make amends and work together with others in a quest for connection and the greater good. The Ted Lasso series finale comes after each individual team member has started their own internal work, and the final episode is about a collective healing of their scars. Jamie's father screams at him and throws a shoe at his head for passing the ball to a teammate instead of making the game-winning goal himself (worse when you realize that probably half the reason they made the goal is because he passed; Jamie's former team are so used to him being selfish and always taking the shot himself that they disregarded the possibility of him passing). When a reporter for The Sun introduces himself at a press conference, the rest of the reporters groan.

Whether you’re a seasoned Ted Lasso enthusiast or just starting your journey with this lovable coach, our quiz questions are designed to entertain, amuse, and, hopefully, bring a smile to your face, just like the show itself. Found Family: With Ted at its heart. The second season Christmas Episode tells us that the Higgins household has had an open invitation for any players unable to have dinner with their own to come and have Christmas dinner with them every year, but that virtually no one ever took them up on it. This year, every international player shows up, forcing the family to hastily improvise seating for twenty. No one minds. Season 3, episode 12 is "So Long, Farewell" from " The Sound of Music". Bonus points because the song is actually performed during the episode, effectively making it a musical Title Drop.In turn, Roy's recognition of Isaac's passion and growth after he stops bullying Nate is what leads him to promote Isaac to team captain. It’s a series less about giant leaps and more about the baby steps we take in our lives and relationships. Bilingual Bonus: Particularly with Dani Rojas. In particular, his post-Earl shower in 2x01 has him frantically reciting the Ave Maria in Spanish. Not to get too spoilery, things don’t go as Rebecca intends. On maybe they do. Watch it and you’ll see what I mean.