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Ted Lasso is a show that I didn't think I'd like at all based on the synopsis. But after a rave review from a friend, I gave it a go and found it to be compulsive watching. It just goes to show that music, movies, and art that is way outside your usual tastes can still appeal if it is really good.

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The writing and the character arcs are fantastic. My better half especially loved Rebecca and Keeley’s err… bromance?

It’s so well written in terms of how much it gets right about the fandom of it all too - and how it only sinks in to Ted how significant it is to the community as the season moves on.

(After all, it’s the hope that kills you!)

I appreciate how it manages not to go wrong, in a whole bunch of ways it easily could have. Could have gone too dark. Or not dark enough. Ted could have been too perfect. All sorts of things they could have done too much of, or too fast, with various relationships. Could have let various plots linger too long, or resolved them too fast. Tons of ways for it to tip off the knife-edge it's on, and it just... never does.

Same here and avoided it for a while. I stayed away because its pushing a tired trope “Americans are so stupid compared to Europeans. Look at what kind of Football they play etc…”.

The premise still bugs me but the comedy and actors are great.

It's all the more amazing that it is based on a series of promos for NBC's premier league soccer coverage (IIRC). Impressive that they created a whole universe from it.

On the other hand, I feel the show also pushes a positive view of American go-getter mentality: optimism and infectious enthusiasm which is sorely lacking in the British characters.

This is one of my favourite things about moving to America that is definitely true.

People are just so optimistic to the point of delusion sometimes.

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