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‘Ted Lasso’ season 3, episode 1 in conversation: ‘You ever wonder why we’re here, coach?’

The Ted Lasso season 3 premiere sees Ted struggling to decide whether his life in London makes any sort of sense anymore, right when Rebecca needs her maverick manager more focused than ever on the task at hand. Read on for our review of Ted Lasso season 3, episode 1, ‘Smells Like Mean Spirit.’

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Coming out of the dark forest: The ‘Ted Lasso’ season 2 finale in conversation

Ted Lasso season 3 is nearly upon us, and in preparation for the upcoming season premiere, we’re revisiting the season 2 finale to reflect on where the show left off and how the core characters, across the span of the whole series, have gotten themselves to the place where we’ll next pick up with them. Continue reading “Coming out of the dark forest: The ‘Ted Lasso’ season 2 finale in conversation”

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The ‘Ted Lasso’ character team-ups we’d like to see getting good minutes during season 3

Ted Lasso season 3 is only a few weeks away, and we can’t contain our excitement about the potential of what’s in store. With a dash of speculation and lashings of hope about what might be in the cards for all our favorite characters, these are the Ted Lasso cast members we’d love to see share more scenes once the new season kicks off. Continue reading “The ‘Ted Lasso’ character team-ups we’d like to see getting good minutes during season 3”

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‘Ted Lasso’ lacks queer characters, but the show may be hiding them in plain sight

There’s no doubt that Ted Lasso, the runaway Apple TV+ smash hit starring Jason Sudeikis as an American football coach who moves to London to coach real football, contains some of the greatest writing and most carefully crafted characters to grace our screens in years, if not decades. It’s also a complete and utter desert when it comes to LGBTQIA+ representation. A veritable wasteland.

Or is it? It’s entirely possible that Ted Lasso has a number of queer characters tucked up its sleeve, and is waiting for season 3 to reveal them. We’ve got six possible options about who, among the existing cast, could fit the bill. Continue reading “‘Ted Lasso’ lacks queer characters, but the show may be hiding them in plain sight”

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Phil Dunster of ‘Ted Lasso’ delivered one of 2021’s greatest TV performances, and Emmy voters need to remember that

Phil Dunster as Jamie Tartt in Ted Lasso season 2 should be a name on every voter’s lips as the window for the 2022 Emmy Award nominations begins to close. Allow me to remind you why. Continue reading “Phil Dunster of ‘Ted Lasso’ delivered one of 2021’s greatest TV performances, and Emmy voters need to remember that”

‘Ted Lasso’ composer Tom Howe on creating the white noise of Ted’s anxiety, the rawness of Jamie’s heart, and the warning of Nate’s descent

Subjectify interviewed Ted Lasso composer Tom Howe about his score for season 2 of the hit Apple TV+ show. This season saw the inclusion of new musical motifs for many of our favorite characters as their stories progressed, and Howe not only talked us through the development of some of those, he gave us clues to help spot them. Continue reading “‘Ted Lasso’ composer Tom Howe on creating the white noise of Ted’s anxiety, the rawness of Jamie’s heart, and the warning of Nate’s descent”

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Football is life: ‘Ted Lasso’ takes on ‘Heart of Stone’ for Mark Milsome Memorial Cup

Cast and crew from Ted Lasso showed off their real life football skills (or lack thereof) in a charity match against a team representing Netflix’s Heart of Stone, and Subjectify’s somewhat reluctant football enthusiast has all the highlights.
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Episode #41 – Not Sponsored By

It’s our Not About The Weather 2021 retrospective, and we are going all-in with our biggest pop culture hype and gripe of the year. Ariana, Brittany, Natalie and Karen are all here to decompress. Ted Lasso and Mythic Quest are both heavily featured, with a shout out to Dickinson as well. No, we are not shills for Apple, yes we will become so if ever they want us to be. That platform is creating a lot of great work right now. Ariana takes us through her hype regarding this year’s wonderful coming of age portrayals for teenage girls, and Brittany rekindles her long-lost experience with live music.

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Staffer Subjectivities: ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ ‘Mythic Quest,’ and more of our best 2021 TV moments

To mark the end of the year, our Subjectify team have picked out their best TV moments of 2021 to reminisce about. Continue reading “Staffer Subjectivities: ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ ‘Mythic Quest,’ and more of our best 2021 TV moments”

James Lance of ‘Ted Lasso’ has seen the backlash from journalists, and says Trent Crimm was ‘happy to pull the pin’ on his career

James Lance spoke with us extensively about starring in the new Oscar Wilde adaptation The Canterville Ghost last month, but there were a lot of Ted Lasso-specific topics touched upon that didn’t make the final copy of those articles. I’m pretty sure Trent Crimm fans are going to want to read the rest, though, so without further ado, this is James Lance: Part Three. Continue reading “James Lance of ‘Ted Lasso’ has seen the backlash from journalists, and says Trent Crimm was ‘happy to pull the pin’ on his career”

Staffer Subjectivities: ‘Ted Lasso’ and 6 more live-action shows that could (and should!) pull off an animated episode

Every time a live-action television series does an animated episode, it opens the door to so many possibilities. Here are some of the Subjectify staff’s current favorite shows that we think could creatively introduce an element of animation. Continue reading “Staffer Subjectivities: ‘Ted Lasso’ and 6 more live-action shows that could (and should!) pull off an animated episode”

Anthony Head on punching up ‘The Canterville Ghost’ with special effects and Shakespeare

For the final episode of The Canterville Ghost on BYUtv, we’ve got more from Anthony Head as he talks about the special effects of Sir Simon, as well as rewriting his character’s Shakespearean style with the show’s blessing, and what attracted him to the project in the first place. Continue reading “Anthony Head on punching up ‘The Canterville Ghost’ with special effects and Shakespeare”

James Lance on Oscar Wilde’s heroism and the culture clash that ‘The Canterville Ghost’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ have in common

It’s more from James Lance as he stars in BYUtv’s new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost alongside his Ted Lasso co-star Anthony Head. This week, James shares his depth of feeling about Oscar Wilde, and unpacks a little about Trent Crimm’s fascination with Coach Lasso.

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