TED LASSO 2x8 REACTION & REVIEW | Man City | First Time Watching

[@heathergeer]

No matter how many times I see that Roy/Jamie moment it destroys me. What excellent character development from both.

[@TheChiraagG]

Same and I knew it would destroy in this reaction too. As well as Ted's confession.

[@KaleighJones2003]

​@@TheChiraagG Oh my God yes! But then it got worse when Ted told Sharon that he was there when his father killed himself!😥

[@Matthew_Calmert]

When the rest of the team sees Jamie's dad it almost has a moment of all of them going "this explains so much".

[@fayesouthall6604]

The flinch before Roy hugs Jamie just gets me 😢 Btw the match wasn’t the league, it was a cup competition. Richmond lost in the semifinals so they go back to playing league games now.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

My god that hug kills me every time.

[@Omn1Media]

That was one of the most powerful moments in the entire show so far because of how well they built up and played up how contentious Roy and Jaime's feelings are for one another and in that moment none of that mattered! God, typing this is getting me emotional! Also, it was super awesome that you were able to join in on the Avatar talk! I still need to catch up on your videos!

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

bursting into tears the moment Roy and Jamie hug is the only appropriate response

[@agirlhasnoname567]

Came here to say the exact same. I felt like I watched it for the first time all over again.

[@IslesYankeeLady]

I was already crying and cringing when James was laying into him because Jamie didn’t remotely deserve anything like that from his Dad, even at his worst. I cry when people yell at me. I felt like a little child in this scene. Then all it took was Roy moving for me to burst into tears and start screaming crying. I knew nobody was going to say or do anything bad to Jamie, and Roy has such a protective instinct. He knew too that it had to be him.

[@oncer.blossom_swe0538]

Mike Dean (the real life ref playing himself in the match) is SUCH a fun cameo for people who follow the premier league, cause he’s VERY hated by supporters of many different teams, so him saying “I’ve been called worse” when Ted apologized for what Nate said, definitely goes for real life as well

[@panamafloyd1469]

I was watching this episode here in the US with some friends of mine who follow the PL (games are available on NBC here). Before I could get, "Is that who I think it is?" out of my mouth, they were already collapsing in laughter. "Yeah! He *has* been called worse! By me!!" one said.

[@Omn1Media]

That's so cool!

[@panamafloyd1469]

@@Omn1Media , yeah! Even though the show's not really about soccer at all, there are so many "Easter Eggs" for those of us that love the game. Brendan Hunt (co-writer, also portrays "Coach Beard") is a huge fan, I think he's responsible for many of them.

[@thatgirlwearingglasses]

Why is he hated?

[@oncer.blossom_swe0538]

@@thatgirlwearingglasseshe is known for having shown a LOT of red cards compared to other referees as well as giving out many penalties (and for some teams barely giving any penalties at all). I think every team hates him for different reasons tbh, but its iconic having him in the show as someone who watches premier league🤣

[@byronabrahams871]

I swear, that Roy-Jamie hug is my favourite moment of the whole series.

[@FTLNewsFeed]

That hug is what convinced me to watch the series. Seeing a clip on KZbin and the power of that moment made me decide to give the show a chance and I'm so glad that I did.

[@KaleighJones2003]

In my opinion the best scene is when Ted/Rebecca talking to Sharon/Deborah, but manly Ted's.😢

[@zetzle]

the look of absolute fear on jamie's face when his dad says "you can have that one for free" and lunges at him bc this would not be the first time he's hit jamie or jamie's tried to hit back, absolutely breaks me every time

[@matthewbertram4312]

By this point, Beard is having a huge crisis of loyalty. He owes everything to Ted (which is pretty obvious by now, but you'll learn more later), but he also knows the responsibilities of coaching. And right now, he doesn't think Ted is doing what a coach should. Lots of internal turmoil there

[@thatgirlwearingglasses]

Meeeeh… I don’t think it’s that at all. It’s not about how he feels about Ted, it’s about how he feels about himself.

[@Chubby.Hubby.Gaming]

I remember watching this episode the first time. When Roy hugs Jamie, it broke me. I cried like a baby. This show is so damn good. Love it.

[@lindalee5866]

One of the best/most powerful scenes in TL. What makes the scene even more intense (for me) is when George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness" kicks in. Poignant and beautiful song. My favorite GH tune. The choice and placement of music in this series is as brilliant as the writing, acting and directing.

[@grindlebone]

Leslie Higgins is the unsung Philosopher-Poet of the Richmond Greyhounds!

[@katiebentley5921]

This is the episode that really confirmed for me that a lot of this show is about fathers. The impact of fathers on their children - youth or adult, the impact of fatherhood on a man, plus the different types of fatherhood - absent fathers, present fathers, loving fathers, fathers who fail their spouses or children, father figures. Jaime, Sam, Nate, Roy, Higgins, Ted.. even Rebecca. It’s quite powerful. This episode is such a turning point in so many ways. A tough one but also with so many important moments.

[@PsalmsLW]

One of my favorite parts of writing in this episode that i found out recently is when Beard says hes going to shake it off by himself, Ted can sense something is off and with his past about his dad, he tells beard its his turn for coffee i believe it is. its been a little while since i watched it but i know for sure he gives him something to do the next day to prevent that from happening.

[@mioelias8183]

Really been waiting for this one! The locker room scene is the best one in the series I think. I think what the scene reveals that it's not a victory moment when Jamie punches his dad. It's just tragic and makes him feel all the worse. Phil Dunster really plays it beautifully, you can see how the whole situation just tears him apart. The only thing that makes anything better is Roy's support. That's the victory moment. And I think that's a very rare thing to portray on tv, especially in a show geared towards men.

[@FatimaMTT]

Maaan Sam is SMOOTH! Haha but yeah that moment with Jamie’s father and Roy hugging him destroyed me, I love that moment so much. I had already started to like Jamie quite a bit because of how much he was growing, but after this episode he became my favorite, I just couldn’t help it I love him so much. And the reveal about Ted’s dad is brutal!!!

[@DrEsky914]

I think this is close to being my favorite episode. the idea that you have to try even if you lose, is so important. Because not to try is worse. Its such a beautiful metaphor for sports, relationships and just even putting yourself in an uncomfortable situation in order to make your life better. And Roy hugging Jamie is incredible even after everyone cheers the punch, it is devastating to Jamie. Growth everywhere!

[@805Bruin]

Look at the doctor who treated Dr. Sharon and commit her to your memory.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Oh yeah

[@IslesYankeeLady]

I wave at her now when I watch this episode.

[@MarcOfAnArtist-rg1qf]

Not sure if it was on purpose, but notice how Jamie flinched when Roy was walking towards him? Gets me every time.

[@FenixNade]

such a small but noticeable choice that really puts in perspective how hurt he is

[@laughinggravyuk]

"Do I have that correct?" - Unfortunately not. The League and the FA Cup are 2 completely independent competitions that run concurrently. The FA Cup is a knockout competition from the start ie playoffs - you lose, you're out, so ANYONE can win it, and ALL divisions are in the mix. You just need to win 7 matches, you win the Cup - no League division, position or results count towards the Cup. The League is all 20 teams in the specific division playing each other home and away, so 38 matches, 3 points for a win, 1 point for a Draw, highest number of points after 38 matches wins the League. No play offs to win the League after those 38 matches - purely on points. Divisions are hierarchical rather than geographical, so win the top Division is the top prize in UK football. In this situation, If Richmond win their division, they're back into the Top division, but this Cup loss means absolutely nothing to their promotion chances.

[@scottredding7357]

For teams in the top four divisions, it’s five-seven wins to reach the cup final. For teams outside the top four divisions, in theory, the lowest teams to enter would need to win 13 matches to get to the cup final. My local team lost back in August in the very first round of qualifying.

[@laughinggravyuk]

@scottredding7357 Yeah, back in my youth I played in the FACup quali rounds. I was trying to keep it simple.

[@TallyDrake]

In the Championship, the league in which Richmond is in the show's 2nd season, there are 24 teams, and they play 46 games per season.

[@h3n_z3r]

I love rewatching this and seeing your reactions.

[@RyanCogar]

3:11 I've re-watched this show probably 4 or 5 times via different reactions & always thought it was blood after the crash, but it was only upon a close inspection of the scene in your reaction here that I could see it's just her red reflectors off her bike. It's clearly a solid (plastic in this case). It does take a keen eye to notice it though for sure & definitely intentional from the director I feel.

[@Omn1Media]

There is blood by her head, the reflector shards are quite noticeably plastic but theirs dark red liquid around her head area but it pans away from that quite quickly

[@RyanCogar]

@@Omn1Media Ahh maybe I didn't look as closely as I thought 👀😂🤦‍♂ Really enjoying the Lasso journey btw & apologies if the original comment sounded like I was trying to "correct" you. That was not the intention whatsoever, was just an interesting observation that I thought I'd missed on those previous viewings. 👍

[@zxr8871]

This is such a good episode. Makes me smile that the actor playing Jamie’s dad is a guy called Kieran O’Brien, and waaaay back in the early ‘80s he was in a kids show about a struggling football team called Jossy’s Giants!

[@lindalee5866]

He is brilliant in the scene!

[@mandyireson5101]

As an old lady (old enough to be a grandma), and having watched quite a few other react videos from a younger generation's persepective, there are so many things that I Iove in your intropections. Specifically, pretty much every other video I have watched on this particular episode, when it comes to the opinions on the relationship between Rebecca and Sam, everybody's primary is the boss/employee relationship over the age difference. And yes, I was sobbing right along with you when Roy hugged Jamie.

[@stpnwlf9]

The farther we get into the series, the more it is obvious: Beard is an absolute legend! He is the best best friend ever.

[@tinawilkins7032]

I really enjoy your honest & emotional reactions, but your episode wrap-ups at the end are where you really shine. So insightful and thorough. Loving your channel!

[@staticprevails13]

I’ve been waiting for your reaction to this episode-your reactions are always so empathetic and genuine and you bring all the feels back up from the first watch. Keep doing what you do man!

[@Fakeaorta]

Sports commentators usually have someone feeding them trivia information on certain things into their head set.

[@Lichtkrieger13]

Best episode in the series for me, I love the stakes and THAT scene is just so incredible

[@mundi490]

This episode made me think of the scene in the bar where Jamie is asking to come back to Richmond and they talk about fathers. Ted says he was always harder on himself than he ever was on him and Jamie says he was lucky. Makes it so much more emotional.

[@Kyler.Mellen]

I've never heard anybody talked about this but I have some sort of a theory..... You know how at the beginning of season 2 when Jamie is being interviewed after being voted off of lust conquers all he tells the hosts something along the lines of oh well when I figured out George Harrison died I decided I need to start living life for meself .. The song that's playing when Roy hugs Jamie is beware of darkness by George Harrison.. I'm very curious on if the connection was intentional

[@lindalee5866]

interesting! Hadn't made the connection. Absolutely love the placement of this perfect song in that moment.

[@IslesYankeeLady]

I didn’t know the song. But yea, that’d 100% would be intentional. Biz Markie plays at the end of the pilot after Ted mentions him… a song about turning friends into lovers plays as Roy and Keeley walk back and kiss. The music gives us more story.

[@wessparkmon2395]

I remember watching this episode during its debut at 6 AM since it released overnight for me and weeping through the last 5 minutes. It was just so much dropped on you.

[@vadalia3860]

I'm so torn about the Sam & Becca thing because she's still his BOSS and the power imbalance is killing me, but I otherwise love them together! Aw, poor Jamie & I loved Roy's reaction to comfort him. I ship it! Keeley/Roy/Jamie polycule would cure my depression, I'm sure of it! lol So glad Sharon lowered her own defenses so that, just like her therapist said, it allowed Ted to meet her halfway.

[@danieldunlap4077]

I completely bought Jaime's turnaround because you saw where he came from and by hitting bottom and having the support he needed, it made complete sense why he was able to change his life.

[@moormanpa]

The loss just means that Richmond is eliminated from the FA Cup (it was the semi-final so they were just one win away from chance to win it). It's a separate, in-season tournment that has no bearing on the league standings (or promotion/relegation), but it is completely awesome because it involves every level of English football so you get really small, lower division clubs matched up against the big boys. The NBA is actually trying to do something similar this season with their in-season tournament, but of course, it only involves NBA teams so it's not nearly as cool or exciting. In an earlier episode, before they played Tottenham (Spurs), Coach Lasso refers to it as a "March Madness" style tourney that runs over the course of the season. That's about the best comparison, as you can end up with great "Cinderella Stories" with smaller clubs advancing to the later rounds. The semis and the final are always played at Wembley Stadium in London, and the trophy is one of the oldest in all of world football.

[@byronabrahams871]

Wembley Stadium is a special place for footballers and fans. Even the new Wembley, which doesn't have the enormous history of the old. It's still known as the Home of Football. It's the spiritual birthplace of the game, and for a team like Richmond to even just play there is an enormous occasion. It's not the home ground for any club. It only hosts a few cup games a year. So, for that to be the place where this moment happened for Jamie... Well, it fit perfectly.

[@StewartUSAF]

Cup matches and Promotion Playoff finals. Under the Arch at Wembley is the equivalent of a Hockey player playing at the old Montreal Forum or old Boston Garden, Rugby at Twickenham, or Basketball at Madison Square Garden.

[@byronabrahams871]

@@StewartUSAF I was sad that I only got to go to London after the Old Wembley was already demolished. I saw the new one, and it looks cool, but.... that's it. It looks cool. Didn't feel special.

[@renmcg12]

Such a beautiful, emotional episode. I cry every time, multiple times. When I rewatched season 1 and 2 in anticipation for season 3, knowing what Ted reveals at the end of this episode sheds such a different light on so many moments leading up to it, especially when Jaime told Ted that he was lucky after Ted said his father was “harder on himself than he was on me”. Also in retrospect, I think it was very intentional to not have Nate piss us off in this particular episode, which you will see soon enough 😶

[@PsalmsLW]

One of if not the best episode in the show imo

[@joesoq]

man ive watched this episode a lot of times, but i still tear up at "that" part. bawled btw on my first watch haha.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Great episode! Great moment with Roy hugging Jamie. Don't care what anyone says, I totally ship Sam & Rebecca 😳

[@mojoshivers]

Probably my favorite Easter Egg starts in this episode and gets its payoff next season. Even now it puts a smile on my face how all the clues were laid out for the audience.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Brilliant writing and brilliant acting 😊

[@coltonholman8842]

Is it the Roy related easter egg?

[@mojoshivers]

@@coltonholman8842 Yup. And Phoebe’s holiday. Lol

[@coltonholman8842]

@@mojoshivers R.O.Y.

[@mojoshivers]

@@coltonholman8842 Such a grand episode. I can’t wait till we catch up to it, which won’t be too long.

[@GabrieleZecchini02]

The top sport commentators usually have sentences prepared before the start of the game with statistics and such and they study a lot about the players

[@Omn1Media]

Ah that makes a lot of sense!

[@kevincunningham74]

There were a lot of fathers in this episode…but you might have missed the quick introduction to a parent of one of our favorite characters!!! But I guess you’ll just have to recognize them later…

[@aburrimiento2]

that fucking hug man

[@jasonmkc7797]

Sports announcers do come up with stuff off the top of their heads. But they do a lot of Nate's trick too think of good names and lines -- and they practice.

[@scottirvine121]

And now we just understand the way Jamie is

[@CosmosesJones]

They played the FA Cup, it wasnt a league match so theyve only been knocked out the tournament and it has not bearing on their regular league standings

[@byronabrahams871]

Hell yeah, High School Musical! Respect!

[@CaptainFirefred]

Today was the day I realised just how much father-child relationships are the center of the whole show. Ted and his father and as a father, Rebecca and her father, Jamie and his father, Sam and his father, Higgins as a father, did I forget one?

[@ALeafOnTheWind42]

Nate and his father is a big one. Roy is a father figure for Phoebe. On a more metaphorical side of things, Ted's view of coaching is also extremely fatherly. Two episodes from now also has another one come up, in what I think is the most beautiful scene of the entire series. It's no surprise that... Well, I can't really say because of spoilers for Omn1, but I'll just say... The last few minutes of the series is very on point with its music choice.

[@Chestersgirl]

Roy is also a father figure to Jamie. He said that he had his poster up on his wall as a kid and that Roy inspired him. Makes the hug even more meaningful

[@lindalee5866]

Always the best reactions!

[@AdaSoto]

No one ever seems to catch the teacher saying 'focking glitter' right after telling Roy off for swearing.

[@melodyhargrave5417]

Great reaction and analysis! My favorite episode of the series!

[@Knightowl1980]

My favorite episode of the whole series

[@artboymoy]

Lots of hard hitting stuff for our characters and yeah, MY GOD, Rebecca was looking HOT AF.... Biggest moment for me this episode was Roy going in and giving Jamie what he needed to let it out. Beard going out on his own, some reactors felt this was an ominous sign...

[@gameoverman3673]

oh the feelings it this episode

[@Pstar8631]

No spoilers, but next episode is my favorite

[@IAmThatBit--]

No, the FA cup is just a knockout tournament with every club down 10 levels of English football. Richmond still have league games at the level they are at and trying to win promotion to the Premier league where Manchester City are. The cups have no effect on league standings

[@troybaker8113]

Fun fact. The doctor is Roy’s sister

[@CaptAlCaboose]

Oof here we go, been putting this off, since this hits me so much harder, after losing my own dad last year.

[@meganbrick6266]

Oh this episode is a killer 😭 it’s so good though

[@KaleighJones2003]

The sport commentators called up Colin Mockery for somethings to say, sorry if I spelled Colin's last name wrong.

[@SilentBob731]

20:49 Tears in 3...2...1...😢 And that's not even the rough bit.... 21:27 😭 That's a helluva one-two emotional gut-punch from one of the funniest shows in television history. Only MASH (and possibly occasionally Scrubs) did it better.

[@StewartUSAF]

Spoiler Below: . . . . . . . “Fathers and Sons … they should really write songs about it.” Great payoff there in a later episode.

[@roboticd]

witness the fitness! roots manuva for the win!

[@roboticd]

Oh, also the Doctor who was taking care of the Doctor was Roy's sister, Phoebe's mom.

[@byronabrahams871]

This match has nothing to do with their league promotion. It was a cup game, so completely seperate from the league. It's like a nice diversion for lower league sides who don't have much hope of winning it. It was already a victory them getting that far. Now, they can focus on the league.

[@kateorgera5907]

Is it like the All-Star Game in baseball?

[@adamcsanki6641]

@@kateorgera5907 During the season they are playing against teams in the same league, such as Premier League or English Football League Championship where Richmond is at the moment, while during a cup, teams can qualify from different leagues, they usually play group rounds and then elimination rounds. The biggest cups are international, so thats pretty much the only time teams from different countries can meet each other. I hope it was understandable, im not that good in english.

[@byronabrahams871]

@@kateorgera5907 Kind of. From what I understand, that's more an exhibition type thing, right? This is competitive. The FA Cup, every year, is open to all teams in all the divisions - from the Premier League to the three divisions below it. That's why Richmond, a Championship side, are playing Man City, a Premier League side, in the semi-final. It's the oldest cup competition in the world. Going back to the 1800s.

[@tadcooper9733]

Is it hot in here or is it just Rebecca?

[@UserName-vb4lg]

The Sam/Rebecca plot line really bothers me. I don’t care about the genders, 21 is too young for anyone in their 40s. It’s uncomfortable and creepy.

[@n0body550]

Ah well get over yourself, its something that happens so get used to it

[@emarjamaa2276]

now you're in for the weird next episode...

[@gargoyle2423]

I can totally relate to Dr. Sharron's fear. I was in a car wreck a few years back and before, driving was one of my favorite things, but for quite a while after I was terrified of driving.