season 3 first episode ted lasso and i trying to
summon my inner ted here is a humdinger.
Seasoned viewers (or readers) of the series will know
that one of its little tricks is that each of the three
seasons began and ended with close-ups of the
character who would undergo the most significant
development. In Season 1, it was Rebecca (Hannah
Waddingham), her ex-husband's (i.e., football), the
fictional team AFC Richmond. To inflict appropriate
pain on himself, he hired alleged Kansas clown Ted
Lasso (Jason Sadiki) to come to the UK and train in a
sport he barely understood. The idea, of course, was
that the team would always lose, which would
infuriate their grotesque ex, Rupert. But Ted's extreme
decency and generosity (he baked her cookies
every day!) won her over and she became the full Ted