#like the jamie ones and the roy ones are iconic and many

[lunar-years]

for the results of everyone's favorite season one insults, see here!

[its-time-to-write]

in love with an idea

This is a very, very, v e r y minor study in the way that Jamie handles his sexuality, and the fact that sometimes it seems he thinks his only value comes from being sexy and playing football. And the fact that sometimes, one night stands are crap even if they feel good. It happens. Especially if you go home with someone wishing they were someone else. Anyway, I have another fic in the works, should be posted soon. I’ve been absent because I’m writing a long one that will never ever see the light of day because it is way too self indulgent. As if this next one isn’t going to be long and self indulgent as well. Thanks to all y’all who support my writing!! Those of you who leave comments/tags have my whole entire heart, and there is no such thing as too many comments. Special shoutout to @whimsical-roasting and @qquell bc you’re probably my biggest/most vocal supporters and I love you🥺🥺 Ok that’s enough words, enjoy the fic!

in love with an idea

Jamie feels like shit which is weird, because he doesn’t usually feel this way after hookups. He can tell you don’t notice because you just plop down on the locker room bench next to him and ask, “Did ya call your mum yet?” while grinning far too brightly. 

Jamie is going to throw up. You’re smiling at him and he’s going to throw up so he gets up and rushes out of the room without a word. He pretends that he left so fast that he didn’t see your grin fade. 

He’s headed to the pitch because that’s where he’s supposed to be anyway, but all he can think about is the fact that it should have been you in his bed last night. After all, it was your name that had been on the tip of his tongue all night. It was your face he kept thinking of, and your body he was imagining. 

The girl had left satisfied, knowing exactly what she had signed up for, but he still feels like he used her. It’s not her fault that he’s in love with you but took her home, and yet it feels bad anyway. He wonders why no one ever talks about the shitty side of one-night stands. He has a vague recollection of Roy saying something to that effect one time, but other than that, he’s in completely unfamiliar territory.

He throws himself into training with more vigor than usual, purposely running himself ragged. 

Meanwhile, you’re still on the bench looking stupefied. Isaac slides next to you in the spot Jamie vacated. 

He says, “You should probably check on him,” with his usual solemn gravitas so you nod and decide to do just that.

—

You don’t have time check on Jamie until after training. Ted has you running all around Nelson Road so you just barely catch Jamie in the parking lot. 

“Hey!” you call. “You alright?”

Jamie spins around, icon hat atop damp hair. “Yeah, sure, good, yeah!” he says, and now you’re absolutely positive that something’s wrong. You raise an eyebrow. 

“That totally sounds like something a completely alright person would say, but for some reason I don’t believe you. Is something wrong with your mum? Is that why you got all weird when I asked?”

“What?” Jamie says. “Oh. No. She’s good, yeah. She’s good. I did call her. Talked for a while, which was nice. Talked about this girl I like, actually.” 

The words are barely out of his mouth when Jamie wishes he could sink into the ground. Fuck his stupid rambling. 

“Oh?” you say, eyebrow still quirked. “That’s new.”

Jamie shrugs. “Yeah, it is,” he says and then his mouth betrays him once again as he continues, “I’m actually really nervous about talking to her.”

You laugh. That is utterly ridiculous, and you tell him so. “You’re Jamie fucking Tartt, Premier League footballer. People throw themselves at you every day and you eat all that attention up. Why is she so different? Hold on, are you blushing?” 

You laugh. He totally is, but he denies it. 

“Look,” he says. “She ain’t like a lot of people. She’s fucking…smart or some shit. Not that other people aren’t!” he continues, “But she’s just… different, like. She’s one of fucking… four people who are immune to my natural sexy glow.” 

The way Jamie says the word sexy is always interesting because he never used it comedically. It’s always inserted in some serious declaration of himself, as if that and football are the only points of value he believes he has. You wrinkle your nose. “How is that possible? No one is immune. Except maybe Roy. I heard he got his anti-Tartt vaccine boosted last week. Maybe it worked a little too well,” you say worriedly. 

“I dunno,” Jamie says. “She said she’s looking for someone smart and I don’t really think I fall in that category. All brawn on me, innit?”

He quirks a smile to mask this strange discomfort he has. You’re not used to seeing him anything less than confident. 

“Well Jaim,” you say after a beat, “as someone who is also looking for someone ‘smart,’ it really isn’t about IQ. It’s like… it’s like someone who actually talks to you and has interesting things to say. And is interested in learning, not just from me but from whoever and whatever. And someone who doesn’t talk down. Because, god,” you laugh, “I’ve been on so many dates that are just exhausting because all these smart people want to flex their knowledge instead of sharing it. It’s like a fucked-up power struggle. I never feel that way with you, y’know?”

Jamie tilts his head in a cocky go on type of way. 

There he is. 

You roll your eyes. “What I mean is, you actually listen to what I say and ask questions, and aren’t rude when I don’t understand something that comes easy to you. My corner kicks are getting better, by the way,” you interject. “Sunday evening practice is paying off.” Jamie comes over every Sunday evening to kick a ball around with you on the Richmond Green.

“Of course they are,” he grins. “Learning from the best, aren’t you?” You flip his hat off his head and catch it, returning his smile. 

“Just ask her out, Jaim. I’m sure it’ll be fine. And,” you add, “bring her round! Not enough footballer girlfriends around here.”

Jamie looks at you a moment, taking in the picture of you in Nelson Road’s parking lot, his cap on you head and a smile on your face that he made. 

“Right,” he says, then turns to walk to his car. He’s at the door when he turns and walks back. 

“Forgot something,” he says to your bemused expression. You point to his hat still on your head. 

“Nope,” he shakes his head. “That ain’t it. It’s you. You’re the girl. I talked to me mum about you because I think you’re fucking great. If I’m not your type, that’s alright, but fuck it, I just really fucking like you.”

He takes a step closer. “I’m going to kiss you, so now’s your chance to walk away.”

You don’t. 

You let him flip the icon hat backwards and cup your face in his hands, far more gently than you thought him capable of as he tips your head up to his. 

His lips are soft on yours, and you’re vaguely aware of the fact that Trent Crimm is walking by you, shooting furtive looks your way but you don’t care. 

“I think you’re fucking great too,” you reply when you finally come up for air. 

Jamie grins. “Wanna go on a proper date tonight? Been thinking about where I’d take you for ages. I can pick you up in an hour thirty.”

You smile. 

That sounds great. 

[liesmyth]

icon what’s the fanon jamie grievance…. I love your take on him so much, i’m so curious lol

Ok, disclaimer that I'm not vagueing @ anyone specific with this, just a general trend I've noticed.

The TLDR is that Jamie gets the over-the-top woobie treatment, an old fandom tradition wherein you have a special guy and he HAS to be the saddest guy ever. This is fine! It's yummy! BUT it's a very liberal interpretation of what we're actually shown in canon, and I hate that it's treated like the assumed default.

This goes for a lot of things—for example: nobody around Jamie thinks that he’s thick or slow and Jamie sure as hell doesn’t think so!—but the biggest offender TO ME is that Jamie’s dad wasn’t around during Jamie’s childhood. Period. We’ve known this since S1! His dad left when he was very young and only showed up once Jamie “got good” enough that he was a serious prospect for a professional career and gave James clout and bragging rights and access to his favourite club. (So, not as soon as he got scouted, because so many boys get cut. We're talking England U16 at the earliest.)

Broadly… there’s kind of a tendency in fandom to give Jamie, like, some kind of Dickensian orphan backstory. Like James should define him, when he's just one (1) piece of a much broader mosaic.

Jamie is so many things. He’s remarkably well-adjusted, emotionally open, he IS a prick, he has a very healthy self-esteem and a very solid perception of his own self-worth. He is a hard worker who enjoys a good night out, he's a competitive elite athlete who doesn't wallow in self-pity (cough. Roy)—and he also has a shit dad, but it isn't THE thing that defines him. He's much more complicated than that! There were many more influences in his life than just his dad’s sporadic presence!

Again we’ve known since S1 that his mother was the one who got him into football! I guarantee that he's had some good coaches before Ted, as well as a normal amount of mediocre ones. He’s had friends before Richmond and girlfriends before Keeley, even if it wasn't serious. He's had teammates he liked and a team he was happy to be on. He just… had a more varied life than just overwhelming misery.

Personally, I find all of this way more compelling than if he’d “just” had a sadfest sort of background. Some people don’t, and that’s great! Some people like different things for their faves. Some people project a lot on their blorbos. All of this is fine and it can be super fun, but it bugs the hell out of me when it’s treated like a general assumption— again, it’s totally cool if you want it to be like this! We all let headcanons colour an interpretation, I sure as hell do that. Buuut there's a difference between "this interpretation is a bit far fetched but I don't care because it's fun TO ME" and "no actually THIS is how it is even if canon disagrees".

Follow-up ask answered here

[sandalwoodbox]

Vid you're the proudest of?

What are some fandoms and/or ships you'd like to vid for but haven't yet?

Bonus q: Is there a vid that you have watched/rewatched that has inspired you or informed the way you approach your vidding?

Thanks for asking!

(This is part of the Get to know the Vidder ask meme. See all my responses here and feel free to send me asks!)

I think I have to go with Trust+Fall as my top pick at the moment, for two reasons. First, I think it came together really well just as a vid - the audio edits worked out really well and let me structure the vid the way I wanted; I think the faster and faster cutting in the second half is effective in terms of increasing the tension, while still staying parseable (mostly?); and there were just a lot of interesting visuals and parallels to work with from the source, which was satisfying. Second, I was really worried about using a song that already has such an iconic vid associated with it (Parachute by thingswithwings for Leverage), because I wasn't sure if people (including myself) would be able to believe such a different read of the lyrics. Parachute was one of the first songs I thought of for this vid, and then I spent a long time searching for other romcom-type songs that might support a similar comedy -> tragedy read, looking for songs explicitly related to Romeo & Juliet, and even considering whether I could do some kind of mashup where the first half was a romcom song and the second half was a heavier / more tragic song (which I ended up abandoning mostly because all the romcom songs were in major keys and all the tragic songs were in minor keys, who would've guessed.) And in the end I think I managed to make something that's pretty convincing!

2a. Warrior Nun - Ava/Beatrice. I loved this show! It had no right to be any good at all and then it was fucking amazing. Jesus Doesn't Love Me by runawaynun is the vid that got me to watch this show.

2b. 911. I want to make a vid for Taylor (because she's awesome and deserves some spotlight) and I have an idea for a zombie apocalypse AU maybe? It's so many seasons! But hopefully having targeted goals will make it manageable.

2c. Ted Lasso - Roy/Keeley/Jamie. I'm currently rewatching the show with a friend and there's just. So. Much? Of them? They're so much.

Bonus q: MCU Dance Off by lim - the way it uses splitscreen and frame within frame is just mind-boggling to me. I would love to be able to do something like that someday! Also shout out to Candy Girl by vassalady for Princess Princess Ever After which is for a still source but has so much rhythm and movement, and does really cool things in terms of drawing your focus to different parts of an image by only revealing it piecemeal. And finally, 【暗黑向】如果江厌离是反派（不喜慎入）by 王秫秫 for The Untamed, which I think was the first AU vid I saw that really blew my mind, by taking the sweet older sister from The Untamed and portraying her as a poisoner and/or ghost - I think about it a lot in terms of how I can make vids lie to people (in little and big ways) about what happened in canon.

[221b-sociopath-street]

#ted lasso for dummies

Intro Part 1

01×02 Biscuits

00:00:22 'Nestlé Shredded wheat'* *This stuff is for real - Whole Grain Wheat Cereal Biscuits. These type of breakfast food are not in shape of liked by everyone little squares, loops, balls or stars. These are fucking food BRICKS. So I really share Ted's shock.

00:02:37 'The Spice Girls.'* *It's like my childhood all over again. Phrase 'girl power' it's about them, about Spice girls, well-known and beloved all over the world british girl group. Scary Spice, Sporty Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Posh Spice! P.S. Plus one of them is wife of football player, former captain of the England national team - David Beckham 😎. So, the theme of football is also present in this conversation between Ted and Rebecca.

00:02:45 'The Gambler himself, Mr. Kenny Rogers'*

*So, here Coach Lasso introduces us to the specific work (song The Gambler) of an American musician (Kenny Rogers). Erm, I must admit that I googled this guy, he and his work were not popular in my country. But this song definitely have Ted Lasso vibe, maybe because of country notes which take us to Kansas - homeland of our coach 🤠.

00:04:30 'We're gonna call this drill The Exorcist, because it's all about controlling possession.'* *Only Ted could compare football strategy with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests, depicted in classic American horror movie 😬.

00:06:15 'Boy George.'* *And another one musical icon from GB. You will recognize him by his soulful voice and his androgynous appearance, large hats and bright make-up.

00:12:05 'Best concert, we got Beastie Boys.'* * Yet another legend in musical industry from America. Beastie Boys are considered very influential in both the hip hop and rock music scenes, with 7 platinum albums and over the top sales in rap genre.

00:12:09 'Actually, did y'all get the O.J. trial over here?'* *And another one football related topic: the case against O. J. Simpson, a former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor, acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend. However, Ted somehow randomly mentions this case in a conversation with Rebecca and Higgins.

00:14:10 'And if we were the Rolling Stones...'* *I must say it's some musical episode! Jamie's comparison of himself to Mick Jagger and Roy to Keith Richards is just gold, but partly accurate! The Rolling Stones - british rock band with over six decades history. Jagger and Richards are the same age, but yeah former one is a front man and latter is like in background, just like our fellas on football pitch.

00:15:19 'Ernie Lounds, The Sun'* * The Sun is bright example of fake media. Among brits it's known for spreading lies about various topics: government, celebrities etc. And football related fact: 'In Liverpool they hate the Sun because of the Hillsborough disaster. Liverpool is a great City proud of their football team. The Hillsborough disaster involved the horrible death of many football fans. The cause was bad policing and the collapse of a terrace at a football match. The Sun blamed the Liverpool fans and spoke all of the dead'

00:16:56 '... the best barbecue sauce in Kansas City.'* * Oh man, Americans and their love for all things barbecue! BBQ is just like national sport for them, witch will be not fully experienced without good BBQ sauce. Ted's favorite:

00:25:05 'Little Phife Dawg and Q-Tip comin' at you'* *Once Phife Dawg and Q-Tip, were members of the music group - A Tribe Called Quest, which split up because of creative tensions between former and latter, who were both vying for greater control of the group's direction. And I personally think that this life story greatly illustrate the current situation in FC Richmond.

[jvstheworld]

My Ted Lasso Re-watch: S1E2 (part 1)

Biscuits

Sleeping Ted, anyone else want to snuggle up with him? Do you think that because his marriage is struggling he's starving for physical affection?

Shredded wheat, it's not very tasty, personally. I used to add sugar to it so it would taste nicer, which meant that the milk tasted better too.

Busking is very common in the UK. It's how a lot of popular singers and bands got their start.

'Knock-a-doodle-doo'? Ted, you are too adorable.

Rebecca, Googling your ex is never a good idea. Ever!

Apparently the biscuits made in season 1 tasted bad, so Hannah Waddingham is acting her arse off when eating them. The Babish Culinary Universe has a recipe for them on their YouTube channel.

Biscuits and cookies are two different things in the UK.

I love Ted's reaction to Rebecca's 'fuck me' when she tries the biscuits, like he didn't expect them to be that good.

Ted really wants to get to know Rebecca and despite her attempts to get rid of him, she always sticks around and listens.

'High five tree'. He high fives a tree shaped coat rack. Ted needs to stop being so cute. And when I say stop, I mean continue until the end of time.

Ted had a ponytail at one point? I've seen what Jason Sudeikis looked like with long hair and oh boy, he looked damn good.

Also, the camera focusing on Ted's hands is an indication of his anxiety levels, which he tried to hide by keeping his hands in his pockets. I have a similar thing during my moments of anxiety where I can't stop fidgeting with my hands.

They make an Exorcist ref? Okay.

Roy being the oldest on the team is protective of the younger ones, especially Sam. He knows how team mates should be, which is why he gets so pissed off with Jamie.

'Be a goldfish' the first of many iconic lines from the show. Sam doesn't quiet understand it yet, but he will by the end. Ted isn't talking to him about Jamie's insults, but only about his actions during training. During a match you need to be focused on the task at hand, not beating yourself up about what you could have done better. You pick yourself up, and move on. That's what Ted is trying to say, just in his own way.

Sam and Roy are the only 2 players to say hi to Rebecca on their way back to the locker room.

The sport massages for the players are being done in the locker room because the treatment room is off limits due to being haunted.

Part of Ted's charm is that he likes getting to know people, he enjoys hearing bits about Nate's life. And we can gather that Nate is a good uncle to his niece.

Ted really wants to see if things can be made better around the club and for the team. A direct approach is often off-putting, so a suggestion box works. It might sound silly to the team, but if one person has an idea on how to improve things, then it can have a knock on effect for the rest of the team too.

Roy might have a problem with it but Ted needs to start somewhere to begin to build trust, and fixing a minor issue can help with that. It shows that he cares about their concerns and wellbeing, as a good coach should be.

[khaleesiofalicante]

DANI DID YOU WATCH THE TED LASSO FINALE?!

I did and it was fucking perfect. When I first saw Ted in Rebecca's house I was like 'NO NO NO things cannot happen!' and then coach Beard came out wearing a fucking thong! I love these people so much omg. Also we found out Coach Beard's name!!

I fucking hated that conversation that Jamie and Roy had in the pub about Keeley ugh. So glad she was smart enough to send both of them on their way.

The goodbye song was so cheesy but also very Richmond of them. Can you believe these guys once used to make fun of Ted?!

I did not expect the Colin coming out scene but it was a welcome surprise.

Rebecca giving 49% shares to the fans was so iconic of her.

Keeley and Barbara 😭😭❤

Rebecca has a family now!!!!

I was happy for Nate, Sam, Dani and most of all Trent Crimm! It's such a ted thing for him to tell Trent to not name the book after him. I love that man with all my heart.

They wrapped so many lil storylines in their last episode it was amazing. Like the Zoreaux thing and THE BELIEVE SIGN.

Also it felt so great to see Shannon again. And one of my favorite scenes was Rebecca saying goodbye to Ted. It's so funny that a very classic airport scene was so sweet but wasn't romantic and I love that for them. I was kinda hoping that he'd give her biscuits one last time but he didn't know she was coming so it's okay. She left with something far more valuable.

I'm very happy for Ted and Henry too! Their reunion was so cute. (Michelle's boyfriend is a cunt tho)

THIS ASK WAS BURIED AND I FOUND IT.

I did watch it and man I was so emotional the whole damn time oof.

I loved it so so much. There were some little things I didn't like or felt like was over done (the Roy and Jaime convo about Keeley being one of them) but mostly I loved it so much and I think they packed so much beauty into that finale.

I AM GOING TO MISS THIS SHOW SO MUCH...until we get another season :(

[mr-independent]

'its been a while bud,' you might be saying, 'whereve you been?'

Doing stuff. My life is busy as all hell lately, but hey at least i got a free neon yellow fitbit out of the deal. Ironically, yellow is one of my favourite colours and also one of the 2 (two) colours that i can't really see. Yes, I have tritanomaly. No, I don't understand how those two things can both be true, either.

Anyways it's Christmas in May, dear 4 followers that love these posts, so let's crack open a cold one for the boys and get right into it.

S2e4, Coach Santa:

-- why is Colin wearing a turkey hat? I thought that was an American Thanksgiving thing? (Edit: apparently people eat turkey on Xmas. I grew up so decolonized i asked my mom once why my friend Baz wore a t necklace when his name started with a B. Turns out it was a cross. All I know of Xmas comes from Santa depictions and Christmas themed tv show episodes lmao)

-- Isaac's Santa outfit is fucking Iconic

-- Keeley and the Diamond Dogs is such an underrated dynamic i love them so much

-- the immediate teamwork to put together the gift for Jamie is a cute little moment 🥰

-- the title callback to the weird claymation short thing is also a nice touch. Can you tell i love Xmas episodes bc i do. I'm also Jewish lol. And I love irony.

-- I keep forgetting Roy's sister is a surgeon. Also Sexy December 28th is hilarious, i really hope they stuck with it

-- what in the world is the Higgins kid doing with a surfboard in England???

-- the fact that nobody used to show up for Higgins Christmases until Ted showed up 🥰

-- the fact that Henry got his dad a dartboard, Ted's favourite thing to do with his own dad when he was Henry's age, hurts my heart

-- Everyone is wearing shoes indoors. Is that like. An English thing? Ted is too, is that also an American thing? I am. Horrified

-- 'this one is pre-cheekied' I love u Dani

-- Richard is like The French Stereotype and I love that for him lol

-- Roy is lactose intolerant and ate so much ice cream he shit his pants? Relatable king. Also his birthday was three weeks before christmas, making him a Sagittarius, for those so inclined to know

-- Dani and Zoreaux acting like they're gonna die in the trenches over a nerd gun war are such fucking nerds

-- how long, do y'all think, has Rebecca been doing this? I'd like to think it was a sneaky little tradition she hid from Rupert for years

-- 'theres two white people at the door and they're smiling' you go babe tell it like it is

-- look i get Keeley has long nails but pressing a doorbell with your whole palm is unhinged behaviour

-- 'let me fix my knee' *just fucking punches it into place* gotta say, Roy's getting more relatable by the minute. I too have fixed my janky knee by simply shoving it back into place

-- Keeley is wearing a crop top in December. Gotta love the commitment. Also Ussie guy has such long hair now wtf

-- gotta say i completely forgot Christmas Poppers were a thing. That's uh. Not what immediately comes to mind when someone uses the word poppers around me but hey that's just me

-- i forgot we so often get answers to our questions in this show. Rebecca has been doing this for years. I love when I'm right

-- Ted's 'right I'm the one with the accent here'... Ive lost track of how many times I've had that exact thought lmao

-- Love Actually! Good movie, love that Roy thought of that

-- Ted thinks singing is just talking an octave lower. Not surprising but funny nonetheless. And before you say it, yes i understand that was Jason Sudekis' solution to trying to sing in a different accent so he doesn't sound like Jason Sudekis but also. Adorable.

[jamietarttsdaddyissues]

Jamie Tartt + Drinking

Ok so based on my memory these are the times we see Jamie drink/be offered alcohol:

S1 at the club when Roy barges in, the iconic “vanilla vodka, such a child” line

S1 at the gala when he drinks that bright blue drink at the bar by himself before Roy approaches him for a heart-to-heart (and maybe also a beer while they were at the table? Can’t remember)

S1 “Two Aces” when he takes a drink from Dani’s liquor bottle at the bonfire and cringes at the taste + looks visibly disgusted for a while after

S1 when he visits Keeley to thank her, when she offers him a drink he turns her down until he realizes she means actually means she wants to have sex

S2 at the bar when he asks Ted to come back to Richmond, he doesn’t take a drink after they cheers but does take a small sip later after Ted turns him down

S2 in the locker room after Sam’s protest he has a beer in his hand that he drinks from at least once (but maybe only because everyone has one?)

S2 when Keeley offers him a drink at the funeral and he turns down a beer

Related Observations:

His father drinks at the Man City game in S2ep8 and is clearly drunk in the locker room when he causes his scene. I’d imagine he’s probably reeking of booze and Jamie can smell it on his breath before he even gets in his face. Jamie’s jaw is set and tense the whole time both from tension/anger/fear and likely also because his father’s breath smells so bad in a way that may also be triggering for him.

He’s often seen drinking sweet/fruity or otherwise “childish” drinks. I’d imagine that may be because he doesn’t like the taste of things his father drank (assuming hard liquor as opposed to beer given the flask he had at the game) and/or because he is young and still pretty inexperienced with drinking. He likely hasn’t developed a taste for liquor but knows he’s supposed to drink to look cool/fit in so he goes for fruity or sweet things since those are more palatable.

We never really see him take more than a sip or two of a single drink, unlike other characters who get visibly tipsy/drunk pretty often in the show. Ted especially but his relationship to alcohol would need a whole separate post.

My guess is that he doesn’t like drinking for one of three reasons:

1. His father’s drinking habits and how that relates to his abuse - likely being a factor in his anger/inclination to beat his son. He likely drinks at all football matches he attends for Man City like he did at Wembley so he would’ve been drunk frequently when criticizing Jamie about the games. I’d imagine this habit didn’t just start when Jamie went pro and was a contributing factor to a lot of prior abuse as well.

2. His lack of experience with alcohol and probably drugs/sex etc as well. I’ve seen others post about their head cannons that Jamie is largely inexperienced at many things, even outside of substances/sex since he also said Keeley helped him become more cultured with things like art/theater etc. I’d imagine his lack of experience (which shouldn’t be confused with lack of intelligence) could be attributed to his childhood and his isolation encouraged by his father. When he was young he grew up in a Council Estate in North Manchester and may not have had access to a great education or the money to engage in more “cultured” experiences. In addition to this, it is known that childhood trauma can make it difficult for kids to learn in school so this may have set him back in some ways. Later in life his father encouraged him to only care about himself and likely discouraged him having friendships/relationships/going out etc. So he wouldn’t have had many opportunities to learn about things like substances, sex, relationships, and just other things you learn while developing socially.

3. Deeply rooted fear that if he gets drunk he’ll behave the way his father does when he’s drunk and he’ll end up hurting somebody. He’s feared for years that he was just like his father and doesn’t want more reasons to confirm it, especially since he knows he followed right in his footsteps in terms of his behavior (even if he did this for his own survival and not because he consciously wanted to). Related to this, he may also be afraid of the lack of control that comes with being intoxicated. He has spent years carefully constructing his asshole persona to hide who he really was for fear of being vulnerable and getting hurt (by his father or by others) so the idea of drinking and risking letting that all slip away would likely be terrifying.

Additional random thoughts:

Maybe when Jamie met with Ted at the bar he also didn’t drink much because he was nervous and/or because it reminded him of drinking with his bio father so he didn’t want to replicate the same dynamic. It felt wrong to engage in a ritual he hates with someone who is also somewhat of a father figure, and one that he has mostly felt safe with. Maybe he also doesn’t trust Ted after being sent back to Man City so he worries that being even slightly intoxicated around him could be an unsafe move.

I feel like Jamie is a lightweight because 1) he presumably eats very healthy/doesn’t have a lot of body fat or carbs to help him out and 2) is so young and doesn’t drink often due to reasons stated above. This could also be related to why he only seems to sip drinks - he knows it doesn’t take much to get him tipsy.

Drunk Jamie is definitely either 1) Very sad or 2) Very cuddly/giggly. Maybe it can go either way depending on his mood and whether he’s drinking alone. I like to think that when he’s with people he loves he’s more apt to get touchy and happy (especially given how his love language is clearly touch even when sober) and let his goofy side out in a more genuine way that we often see in the show. I could also see him occasionally drinking alone in his flat when he’s really down, maybe after an interaction with his father, and that’s when he gets Sad Depression Spiral Drunk. But that’s just because I love some good angst.

So anyway this very random and disjointed post is just to say that Jamie rarely drinks ever and per usual I’m relating it to his trauma and also the fact that under his tough/cool exterior he’s just a young kid trying to figure things out for himself. He’s still so early in his journey of learning who he is and I’m so happy he’s getting to start that exploration around people he can trust.

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Ted Lasso 2x6 thoughts

I felt like the physical embodiment of a series of iconic reaction GIFs while watching this episode. I felt like Higgins gagging on air and right and wrong choices. As an invested, non-casual Ted Lasso viewer, I feel quite absorbed in the experience of every episode, but I’m not usually a LOUD non-casual Ted Lasso viewer. At one point last night, I shouted “This is the wackiest show ever made!” at @bristler, and that doesn’t even sound like something I would say. And by “wacky” I just meant “all the emotions are happening at once.”

This episode was absolutely great and I knew that every single Rebecca Welton feeling I have would intensify because of this episode and that is exactly what happened.

This is me bravely writing down my episode thoughts after only one viewing (just like last week) and a bad night of sleep! Copious spoilers and emotions ahead...

This show goes all in on hats! A lot of bad hats for giving bad relationship advice and making bad decisions! Feel like you’re gonna do something correctly? Just put on a bad hat, that’ll snap you right out of it. Just had a revelation that you are almost certainly in an abusive relationship? Your girlfriend is hiding in the parking lot with a terrible hat for you! (I love this show.)

Dark forest dark forest dark forest dark forest.

I truly, truly, truly do not mean this to sound judgmental of any other fan, but it’s taking everything in my power not to just type “dark forest” in the comments of every person who is outraged that LDN152 is not Ted.

Gonna get my initial thoughts on the Sam=LDN152 reveal out of the way. I honestly like this choice.

First, I like this choice because of who LDN152 isn’t. I think about how awful it would be if she’d matched with Rupert and realized she’d been manipulated by him and charmed by him all over again, and how, when she gets the same reveal the audience already has, she would end up retraumatized by having been charmed and taken in by Rupert all over again. I think about her matching with Nate (if he’d redownloaded the app) and the inadequacy of her assertiveness advice and how Nate is one of the only non-Rupert characters who’s used sexist language against her and how Nate’s insecurities would be like water trying to co-exist with the oil of Rebecca’s insecurities. Nate and Rebecca are fond of each other and seem to want to be in each other’s lives, but a romantic squishing together via dating app would set them both back lightyears. I think about her matching with Ted, a man currently on a parallel-to-Rebecca trek through a very painfully dark forest, a man swinging wildly between performative attempted wit and utter panic. A man she trusts with her professional and personal challenges. [Her challenging mother comes to town and Keeley and Ted are the people she wants with her at lunch.] Ted and Rebecca, with all their current limitations, and with all the ways the forest obscures the view, are trying to be there for each other in their real, non-romantic comedy versions of their lives, and the discomfort of matching on an app seems like the kind of thing that would make them rear back from each other instead of bringing them even closer together. It is not time. It is so profoundly not time that I would have been furious if the writers had continued the “maybe it’s Ted?” line of thought for another second longer than they did.

Second, I like this choice because of who Sam is. I know. He’s not an appropriate match for her. The power dynamics are all messed up and their ages are all wrong. But this does introduce a potentially interesting parallel between Rupert and his younger women and the scrutiny Rebecca would risk herself and Sam experiencing if she goes for it. Rebecca seems to have tried to put away her Rupert-related trauma, but the specter of Rupert is lurking, and I do see that being a good person making an ethically complicated decision with another good person is very different from being an abuser setting out to take advantage of multiple people...but there are parallels she might have to reckon with. Also, Sam is a kind person with a strong ethical center and a well-documented interest in Rebecca. He and Ted helped each other feel more at home in London during a time of deeply missing other homes, and Sam has internalized a lot of Ted’s ways of living in a way that might genuinely appeal to Rebecca even if she doesn’t fully realize why. The writers on this show don’t write messes for the sake of drama. They write messes because life is painful and complicated and also very funny. I’d be shocked if, however this Bantr thing plays out, it isn’t painful and complicated and also funny.

(I am already a little worried that whatever happens next is going to activate some very ironic fan reactions given this is a show whose thesis statement is about withholding judgment. This fear is based not on Ted Lasso-specific knowledge but on unfortunate patterns of fandom, but...you can fear the impact of racist, sexist, and ageist tropes on two beloved characters without embodying those tropes as a viewer. You can watch characters make decisions that could subject them to harmful scrutiny without performing that harm yourself.)

Ted Lasso is a fictional character who tweeted about the joy of eating out (you know...at the Crown and Anchor) the day before 2x6 launched and during 2x6 Rebecca invited him to eat out at the Crown and Anchor. (I love this show.) I am so, so, so fond of all the little lunch-y things in this episode. Ted can’t bring Henry his lunch because he’s “at work” aka living in London. Ted and Beard surprise each other with secret sandwiches on Fridays. Rebecca is overwhelmed by her mother’s visit (her mother’s performance of a harmful pattern) and wants Keeley and Ted there. The scene at the Crown and Anchor, as painful as all the divorce/separation feelings were, was also so homey and lovely in terms of these characters being friends, being at home in a place despite the very not-at-home feelings emanating from Deborah. The Bake-Off viewing! Ted being the designated driver (probably a good thing on this particular day)! Rebecca feeling discomfort but not shutting down! Also cute British pub feelings. Evidence that Rebecca has talked to her mom about Ted! About personal things about Ted!

Naaaaaaate. His bursts of confidence and insight. The pain and insecurity and anger almost literally bubbling under the surface.

I cannot say enough good things about Higgins. He’s grown so much, and his decision to be honest with Beard regarding his concerns about Jane was absolutely impeccably done. Many, many trusted people in Higgins’ life told him not to do it. They are all good people, and they were all wrong. Sometimes one human being’s honesty makes the difference for someone who is struggling, and that’s exactly what happened here. Beard truly heard Higgins. And of course he didn’t immediately break things off with Jane. But he heard Higgins, and when Jane showed up Beard’s face looked different than it ever has, and Higgins words are with him as he walks off into the night with Jane and that might save him. And Rebecca witnessed it.

And I’m so glad she witnessed Higgins’ choice in the midst of this very difficult experience of a) trying to find Ted because she knows he’s in pain and being unable to and b) watching her mother repeat a pattern that Rebecca herself was able to break. It taught me so much about Rebecca. The way she was punished (and described the experience using the language of punishment) for having an honest reaction to her mother’s decision to leave her father the first time. The way she was taught that love is conditional, that love and reconciliation are things you can purchase with gifts. The way her mother uses the language of self-help without internalizing what it would take to heal, and probably has little use for actual therapy. The way her mother drinks alcohol as a way to feel free.

I don’t even know how to think, much less write, about everything with Roy’s coaching and his image and how Ted feels about it and all the fatherhood things Jamie brings up and all the fatherhood things Ted is missing w/r/t Nate and everyone except for Rebecca taking at face value (or willfully deciding to take at face value) the idea that Ted’s panic attack is actually just him needing to go barf up a fish pie. Ted hugging his backpack in Sharon’s office. Rebecca trying to find him, and Sharon being the one who does. The words “I wanna make an appointment” being the words that conclude the episode at the exact midpoint of the planned-for show. Halfway through the middle season. The moment Ted realizes he’s never going to be okay if he doesn’t give therapy a try.

I also can’t say enough good things about the moment with the team and Sharon, the way she agrees to one drink, the way it’s clear that she adores them all. Sharon is exacting and professional without being cold and calculating, and everything she does in this episode is such a gorgeous model of assertiveness, patience, and moderation...three things Ted struggles with the most.

What a dark forest. What an excellent group of humans.

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Showtime Thoughts

bc i am in love with julia lester

spoilers below

First off, why is this episode so short?

ngl i forgot mazzara was a regular

ricky ded besties

awww nina and the letters 

she looks very good in her dress

ashlyn and ricky look so good

“We’re screwed!”

ash and ricky are too funny like where were they this season?

chaotic and pretty best friends

sidenote, why did they go see north high’s production? 

oh my god ricky and nina are talking

SEBLOS IN THE BACKGROUND

i am taking what i can get

RICKYS FACE WITH THE CARD!!!!!!!!

my favorite part of the episode

his makeup looks very good

he looks very good

as @organic-guacamole said, he is very pretty

its been like three minutes and it already is so chaotic

yessss kourtney’s mom!!!

so howie and kourt are fine? gah since when?

“look for the shortest fork” mood

I CANNOT TAKE EJ SERIOUSLY HE LOOKS LIKE AN ANGRY BIRD

big bird ej comin at you

oh

PORTWELL DATE

wait isnt this ejs last show? is he going to miss his last afterparty for a date?

true love bitches

GINA MY LOVE

“Is he with us?”

NORTH HIGH SET OUR BEST BOI ANTOINE ON FIRE APS GET READY

seb being a supportive boyfriend is everything i needed

jenny is frazzled

i love how all the techie turned actors are nervous at some point during the episode

REDLYN CONTENT

awww thats so cute love the callback!!!

ooo howie is here

love how the writers leave a cliffhanger and then close the book before it turns to tragedy with one line

mazzara and ej, thats it

jenn what

why is mike there?

that was so unnecessary like aren’t mike and jenn over?

LILY

“did we forget to build a moat around the school” 

let ricky be single challenge

she just said “lol” i cant

props to ricky for keeping calm during the show after he saw mike and jenn

ah so lily is a child of divorce?

“lily scram”

RICKY AFTER THE CURTAIN OPENS WHY IS THIS FUNNY

STOP MAZZARA IS THE VOICE OVER

HE SOUNDS REALLY GOOD

how did ricky do that so fast-

put on gloves over the cast, makeup, and a mask?

i dont work with costumes 

AMERICA EXPLAIN

The one scene we get from the show...

Yay Steph!!!!

“Big Red has not thrown up in twenty minutes” ashlyn’s little smile

“she heard wrong”

someone please explain how spotlighting the judge is a good idea it makes it seem like things went wrong

“Carlos is a seasoned professional” honey carlos is on the verge of a mental breakdown

“He says help

Communication

Seb translating for Carlos is beautiful dramatic, yes, but im right. 

im so proud of them. they go from not talking for a week to seb being able to tell how carlos is feeling based off a stoic expression.

SOULMATE SHIT

IM SORRY NO BOP TO THE TOP CALLBACK

LIKE NONE

WHO WANTS TO RIOT WITH ME?!?!

wait so carlos goes from on the verge of a mental breakdown to full on performing and speaking?!?!?!? Speaking well too, not stumbling.

he looks so comfortable on stage when not even ten minutes ago he looked like he was going to vomit?

h e l p

ashlyn’s little laugh!

NINI IS A FORK IM LAUGHING THIS IS GREAT

big red lookin’ at his girl

ricky what are you doing?

ASHLYN AND GINA

I QUIT THEY’RE ADORABLE

GET IT KOURTNEY

howie’s little mouth drop

i cant with sebs costume i should not be laughing how is he able to do a kick line

ASHLYN MY LOVE

be our guest was enjoyable. it had a lot of moving parts. frankie and dara sounded really good. it’ll probably grow on me the more i listen to it.

is it just me or did be our guest lack some energy?

NATIALIE IS SO AGGRESSIVE

awww gina bb

portwell!!

“my mom sent me jordan fisher”

big red and ricky!!!

...what is big red doing? has he been faking sick?

“PLEASE EVERYONE REMAIN IN THE SAME ROLE YOU STARTED IN” 

BEST LINE OF THE SEASON OMFG 

alright what the hell is up with howie?!?

kourtney is so excited and then downer howie comes to ruin it

nina just write “thanks for being the best bro and glad youre not dead”

btw kourtney and gina look really good in their costumes

ASHLYN!!!!

SHES SO PRETTY THANK YOU

redlyn!!

gina and jamie!!! 

he looks so proud

glad gina gets to see her family!

cute scene, jordan is a nice addition!

RICKY AND THE BOWL

julia lester is killing it with the vocals

big red is so in love

seb bouncing in the costume 

“she’s never looked at me that way before” evil smirk

PORTWELL GLANCES

my heart fricking stopped when carlos went on stage 

being early on your cue/missing is awful would highly not recommend

a bop to the top callback after this would have been perfect

those harmonies!!

THEYRE SO IN LOVE

ummm phone call?

CHIPS BIG SCENE

...why wasn’t seb cogsworth? 

alright that was really good. everyone (even the backup) sounded really good. portwell rights! ashlyn rights! kowie rights! acting rights! 

so mazzara and jamie?

Ashlyn is the perfect Belle fight me

“Eat it Zackey Roy!” how about “yay kiddos, nice job!”

ej’s little dance

“bc you’re ginas brother” 

he is enamored by her it is adorable

EJ CASWELL RIGHTS

“hey, jordan fisher, would you like to f up one of three stableish ships in hsmtmts?” “sure, im in!”

ej!!!

aww hopefully he doesnt take the conversation too heart. they both like each other so much.

Portwell is so enjoyable to watch.

return of the bro

ej go get your girl dont worry about her brother please

SOMEONE TOUCHED THE PROPS

all hands on deck

“Can you just jump off something high”

I seem to remember Ricky falling from something high last episode, is that correct? 

She tells this to one of her most UNSTABLE kids

Oh shit

Miss. Jenn

Wtf

like what the actually hell

look at the kids faces they’re heartbroken

Miss. Jenn why. You’re stressed about the show, but you’re not performing it. They are. They have to worry about lines and cues and pitches, not you. Miss. Jenn has literally gone at the kids this season. Opening night speech too Ash and Ricky, shutting Seb down, that comment. She has become obsessed with the Menkies and North High. It has gotten really bad. These kids have put everything into this show, even their relationships (both platonic and romantic) and that is how you repay them? 

I didn’t think they would address this, I lost hope after last week but I am so glad they’re going too.

Someone send Seb after Miss. Jenn please, let him rip into her, he would do very well.

Miss. Jenn is supposed to be the role model and she just told a kid to jump off something high.

nina has been a godsend this episode, props to her!

haven’t been the biggest nini fan this season (off and on for me), but she was very behaved this episode. 

if there is anything the east high kids are good at, it’s bullshitting their way out.

“aim for my face” character growth

I KNEW IT

LILY WHY HOW WHEN WHY 

WTF THEY END THERE I CANNOT WITH CLIFF HANGERS

I liked the episode. Didn’t love it, but liked it. I really wish we got to see more acting, like we didn’t even see Big Red and E.J go on stage. Not even the iconic yellow dress. Some of the drama is so unnecessary, like why Mike and Jenn? What is with the Kourtney and Howie drama the writers insist on having, can’t they just be happy?

Besides the whole harness incident (burn that harness and mask it is causing so many problems) the production went very well, too well. This is East High we’re talking about.

Promo thoughts because what

oo they’re sneaking, maybe Big Red’s thingy

YES ASHLYN GETTING THE LOVE SHE DESERVES

oo Kowie confession?

portwell please be okay

what is up with carlos’ hair?

so seb, miss. jenn, and carlos scene? this has the potential to be very beautiful.

“It’s not over” not this again... 

i’m thinking carlos and seb are going to talk to miss jenn.

Sidenote, if we do not get a good seblos scene I will riot.

Hopefully Miss. Jenn apologizes with a billion sorrys

rini you just broke up please dont get back together 

im scared

if it is a scene where they close the book i will be very happy

Are we getting a flash forward scene? I’m pretty sure Miss. Jenn said Menkies aren’t till two plus weeks after the show.

We know based off the promo pics Ej and Gina are at the cast party, what went wrong?

Wait do we not get to see the finale of the show?

We better see the goddamn transformation

how does lily home and core four song fit in? im more curious about the lily one.

In conclusion, I am not ready for this to be over and the transformation needs to be sent to hell.

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Today we remember the passing of  Nuta Kotlyarenko aka Nudie Cohn who Died: May 9, 1984 in Burbank, California

Nuta Kotlyarenko, known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was an American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era. He also became famous for his outrageous customized automobiles.

Kotlyarenko was born in Kiev on December 15, 1902, to a Ukrainian Jewish family. To escape the pogroms of Czarist Russia, his parents sent him at age 11, with his brother, Julius, to America. For a time he criss-crossed the country, working as a shoeshine boy and later a boxer, and hanging out, he later claimed, with the gangster Pretty Boy Floyd. While living in a boardinghouse in Mankato, Minnesota, he met Helen "Bobbie" Kruger, and married her in 1934. In the midst of the Great Depression the newlyweds moved to New York City and opened their first store, "Nudie's for the Ladies", specializing in custom-made undergarments for showgirls.

Cohn and Kruger relocated to California in the early 1940s, and began designing and manufacturing clothing in their garage. In 1947 Cohn persuaded a young, struggling country singer named Tex Williams to buy him a sewing machine with the proceeds of an auctioned horse. In exchange, Cohn made clothing for Williams. As their creations gained a following, the Cohns opened "Nudie's of Hollywood" on the corner of Victory and Vineland in North Hollywood, dealing exclusively in western wear, a style very much in fashion at the time.

Cohn's designs brought the already-flamboyant western style to a new level of ostentation with the liberal use of rhinestones and themed images in chain stitch embroidery. One of his early designs, in 1962, for singer Porter Wagoner, was a peach-colored suit featuring rhinestones, a covered wagon on the back, and wagon wheels on the legs. He offered the suit to Wagoner for free, confident that the popular performer (like Tex Williams) would serve as a billboard for his clothing line. His confidence proved justified and the business grew rapidly. In 1963 the Cohns relocated their business to a larger facility on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood and renamed it "Nudie's Rodeo Tailors".

Many of Cohn's designs became signature looks for their owners. Among his most famous creations was Elvis Presley's $10,000 gold lamé suit worn by the singer on the cover of his 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong album. Cohn created Hank Williams' white cowboy suit with musical notations on the sleeves, and Gram Parsons' infamous suit for the cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 album The Gilded Palace of Sin, featuring pills, poppies, marijuana leaves, naked women, and a huge cross. He designed the iconic costume worn by Robert Redford in the 1979 film Electric Horseman, which was exhibited by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

Many of the film costumes worn by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were Nudie designs. John Lennon was a customer, as were John Wayne, Gene Autry, George Jones, Cher, Ronald Reagan, Elton John, Robert Mitchum, Pat Buttram, Tony Curtis, Michael Landon, Glen Campbell, Michael Nesmith, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, and numerous musical groups, notably America and Chicago. ZZ Top band members Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill sported Nudie suits on the cover photo of their 1975 album Fandango!.

In 2006, Porter Wagoner said he had accumulated 52 Nudie suits, costing between $11,000 and $18,000 each, since receiving his first free outfit in 1962. The Belgian entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen was a client and personal friend; his collection of 35 complete stage outfits is the largest in Europe.

Cohn strutted around town in his own outrageous suits and rhinestone-studded cowboy hats. His sartorial trademark was mismatched boots, which he wore, he said, to remember his humble beginnings in the 1930s when he could not afford a matching pair of shoes. He shamelessly promoted himself and his products throughout his career.

Cohn was equally famous for his garishly decorated automobiles. Between 1950 and 1975 he customized 18 vehicles, mostly white Pontiac Bonneville convertibles, with silver-dollar-studded dashboards, pistol door handles and gearshifts, extended rear bumpers, and enormous longhorn steer horn hood ornaments. They were nicknamed "Nudie Mobiles", and the nine surviving cars have become valued collector's items. A Bonneville convertible designed for country singer Webb Pierce is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. A Pontiac Grand Ville convertible customized by Nudie can be seen at the end of the 1988 Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam music video, "The Streets of Bakersfield." That same car—which Owens's manager claims was originally built for Elvis Presley—now hangs over the bar inside Buck Owens's Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, California. Two Nudie Mobiles owned by Schoepen remain on display at Bobbejaanland, a Western-themed amusement park near Brussels.

Nudie Cohn died in 1984 at the age of 81. Numerous celebrities and long-time customers attended his funeral. The eulogy was delivered by Dale Evans. Nudie's Rodeo Tailors remained open for an additional ten years under the ownership of Nudie's widow Bobbie and granddaughter Jamie, and closed in 1994.

Cohn's creations, particularly those with celebrity provenance, remain popular with Country/Western and show business collectors, and continue to command high prices when they come on the market. In December 2009, for example, a white Nudie stage shirt owned by Roy Rogers, decorated with blue tassels and red musical notes, sold for $16,250 at a Christie's auction. A Nudie shirt worn by Johnny Cash as grand marshal of the 1976 American Bicentennial Grand Parade in Washington, D.C., and in several subsequent stage performances, sold at auction for $25,000 in 2010.

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How Ted Lasso Sneakily Crafted its Empire Strikes Back Season

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This article contains Ted Lasso spoilers through season 2 episode 8.

Perhaps you’ve heard, but Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso was the subject of some dreaded Discourse recently. 

Since the Internet is infinite and we privileged few in the media have nothing but time, a handful of features came out weeks ago essentially questioning what Ted Lasso season 2 was even all about. Many of these features were well-written, well-argued, and fair, but when filtered through Twitter’s anti-nuance machine (i.e. Twitter itself), every feature boiled down to the same reductive take: Ted Lasso season 2 doesn’t have a conflict. 

In some respects, this take was the inevitable reaction to the metanarrative surrounding Ted Lasso in the first place. Despite drawing its inspiration from a series of somewhat cynical NBC Sports Premier League commercials, the first season of Ted Lasso was all about the transformative power of kindness. 

Or at least that’s what we critics declared it to be. And I don’t blame us. Awash in a flood of screeners about antiheroes, dystopias, and the end of the world, the simple kindness of Ted Lasso seemed revolutionary. They made a TV show about a guy who is…nice? They can do that? But the inherent goodness of its lead character was always Ted Lasso’s elevator pitch, not its thesis. 

There’s been a darkness at the center of Ted Lasso since its very first moment, when an American man got on a flight to London in a doomed attempt to save his marriage. And, as season 2’s brilliant eighth episode rolls around, it’s become clear that that darkness is what the show has really been “about” this whole time. 

Season 2 episode 8 “Man City” (the title is referring to AFC Richmond’s FA Cup match against opponent Manchester City but also stealthily reveals that this installment will be all about men and their respective traumas) is quite simply the best episode of Ted Lasso yet. It also might be the best episode of television this year. Near the episode’s end, right before AFC Richmond plays a crucial FA Cup match against the mighty Manchester City, coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) finally comes clean with his coaching staff. He’s been suffering from panic attacks of late. His assistant coaches hear him, accept him, and then head off to the pitch where Man City absolutely obliterates their team.

Man City destroys AFC Richmond. They annihilate them. Embarrass them. Stuff them into a locker and steal their lunch money. The final score is 4-0 but it might as well be 400-0. The coaching staff is rattled but the players are hit even harder. Richmond’s star striker and former Man City player Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) is forced to endure watching his scumbag father cheer for his hometown team from the Wembley Stadium stands at the expense of his son. 

After the game, Jamie’s father, James (Kieran O’Brien), enters the locker room where he drunkenly accosts him for being a loser and demands that Jamie grant access to the Wembley Stadium pitch for him and his scumbag friends to run around on. When Jamie refuses, his father pushes him, so Jamie reflexively punches him right in the face. James is dragged out of the locker room by Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), leading a stunned and traumatized Jamie Tartt standing in the middle of the room, as if in a spotlight of pure pain, surrounded by teammates too afraid to even approach him. And then something amazing happens…

Here’s the dirty secret about television: there’s a lot of it. Due to the sheer number of TV shows released each year, even the best of them are destined to become little more than memories long-term. Sometimes all you can ask from multiple episodes and seasons of television is to provide you with one moment, one line, or one warm feeling to carry with you into the future. I don’t know how much I’ll remember from Ted Lasso 30-40 years from now when I’m immobile and reclined in my floating entertainment unit, Wall-E style. But I know I’ll at least remember the moment that Roy hugs Jamie.

The great Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) – a character so disconnected from his own emotions that some fans are convinced he’s CGI – embraces the one person in the world he is least likely to embrace. As Roy and Jamie wordlessly hug, it’s hard to tell which man is more shocked by the moment. Ultimately, however, it might be Ted Lasso himself who is hit hardest. Shortly after seeing Roy play father to the younger Jamie, Ted quickly exits the locker room and calls sports psychologist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles) on his Apple TV+-apporved iPhone. 

“My father killed himself when I was 16. That happened. To me and to my mom,” Ted says, weeping. 

And that, my friends, is what Ted Lasso is all about. Pain. And dads. But mostly pain. 

None of us can say that Ted Lasso didn’t warn us it was coming. To go back to the discourse of it all real quick – I don’t blame anyone for not picking up on the direction that this show was so clearly heading in. Ted Lasso is, first and foremost, a sitcom. The beauty of sitcoms is that you welcome them into your home to watch at your own pace and your own terms. If having Ted Lasso on in the background so you can occasionally see the handsome mustache man who smiles while you fold your laundry is the way you’ve chosen to engage with the show, then great! Just know that season 2 has been operating on a deeper level this whole time as well.

Let’s take things all the way back to the beginning – back to before season 2 even began. You’ve likely heard the old philosophical thought experiment “if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Well Jason Sudeikis’s interviews leading up the season 2 premiere beg an equally as interesting hypothetical “how many times can one man mention The Empire Strikes Back before someone notices??”

Sudeikis referred to Ted Lasso season 2 as the show’s “Empire Strikes Back” multiple times before the premiere including in his local Kansas City Star and his technically local USA Today. The show even explicitly mentions the second Star Wars film in this season’s first episode when Richmond general manager Higgins (Jeremy Swyft) tells Ted that his kids are watching the trilogy for the first time. Sudeikis (who co-created and produces the show) and showrunner Bill Lawrence clearly want us to take the idea that Ted Lasso season 2 is The Empire Strikes Back seriously. And why would that be? 

Think of how ESB differs from its two Star Wars siblings in the original trilogy. This is the story that features arguably the series most iconic moment when Luke Skywalker discovers his dad is a dick on a literal universal level. It also has the only unambiguously downer ending of any original trilogy Star Wars film. Luke is thoroughly defeated in this installment. Having one’s hand chopped off by their father and barely escaping with their life is definitely the Star Wars version of a 4-0 defeat. 

The Empire Strikes Back can safely be boiled down into two concepts: 

Dads are complicated.

Everything sucks.

When viewed through those two conceptual prisms, so much of Ted Lasso season 2 begins to make more sense.

Episode 1 opens with the death of a dog and then leads into a classic Ted Lasso speech that could serve as this season’s mission statemetn. After recounting the story of how he cared for his sick neighbor’s dog, Ted concludes with: “It’s funny to think about the things in your life that can make you cry knowing that they existed then become the same thing that can make you cry knowing that they’re now gone. Those things come into our lives to help us get from one place to a better one.”

Things like…a father who you didn’t have nearly enough time with? Following episode 1 (and following just about every episode this season), Bill Lawrence took to Twitter to assuage viewers’ fears about a lack of central conflict this season. He had this to say about Ted’s big speech.

Look, Merrill. It was thought out, but the speech he gives after (Written by Jason himself – I loved it) is the core of the season, but we knew some people might bum out.

— Bill Lawrence (@VDOOZER) July 27, 2021

Sorry, truly. Ted’s speech after (which I love, but am obviously biased) is a big part of the season. But it sounds like you had a crappy thing happen recently.

— Bill Lawrence (@VDOOZER) July 28, 2021

It’s not. But Ted’s speech has big relevance. Stick around!

— Bill Lawrence (@VDOOZER) July 26, 2021

He also had this to say about dads.

Effin Dads, man. Love mine so, but he’s struggling a bit.

— Bill Lawrence (@VDOOZER) July 27, 2021

“Effin dads” and our complicated relationships with them are all over Ted Lasso season 2. In the very next episode, Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) tells Ted “You know, my father says that every time you’re on TV, he’s very happy that I’m here. That I’m in safe hands with you.”

Ted smiles at this bit of info but not as warmly as you might expect. Because to Ted, a dad isn’t a reassuring presence but rather someone you love who will just leave when you need him the most. That’s why he’s been trying to be the perfect father figure this whole time. That’s why he did something as extreme as leaving his family behind in Kansas while he heads off to London. If giving his wife space was the only way to preserve the family and remain a good dad, then he was going to give her a whole ocean of space.

Moreover, Ted hasn’t just been trying to serve as a father figure to his son this whole time but to everyone else as well. Sam’s comment to Ted reminds him that not everyone has a good dad, which encourages him to bring Jamie into the fold in the first place.

As time goes on, however, the stress of being the consummate father to everyone in his orbit begins to wear on Ted. Throughout the entirety of this season, Ted Lasso appears to be trying to be Ted Lasso just a bit too hard. His energy levels are too high. His jokes go on too long. The same life lessons that worked last year aren’t working this year. AFC Richmond opens with an embarrassing streak of draws before Jamie’s immense talents set things straight.

It all culminates in this season’s sixth episode when Ted has his second panic attack in as many years. This time it’s in public during an important game. The experience sends Ted running through the concourse of the stadium until he somehow ends up in the dark on Dr. Fieldstone’s couch, instinctively, like a wounded animal. 

It’s certainly no coincidence that this panic attack occurs on the same day that Ted received a call from his son’s school asking him to pick him up, not realizing that he’s an ocean away. In that moment, Ted can’t help but remember what it’s like to be left behind by his own father and subconsciously wonder if he’s doing the same. 

Though the shallow waters of Ted Lasso season 2 may have appeared consequence free for half its run, beneath the surface was a tidal wave of conflict. Just because the conflict wasn’t taking place between a happy-go-lucky football coach and a villainous owner doesn’t mean it wasn’t there.

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Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is terrible at meeting deadlines but great at writing. According to him (and William Faulkner, from whom he borrows the quote), the only conflict worth writing about is that of the human heart with itself. That’s something that The Empire Strikes Back understood. And it’s something that Ted Lasso season 2 does as well.

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What is the one scene or line from Voyager that you love so much that you might rage smash something if it gets cut from the relevant episode?

Can I call you Starz New Intern Anon?? Please don’t be offended at my little joke, I know you are just a book and show lover and I like finding this kind of question on my asks but I can’t help but have fun picturing it’s someone’s job to lurk here and reconduct our conversations and take notes about the episodes and what to promote in the future xDI think apart from the iconic moments everyone mentions all the time and that MUST BE ALL THERE I am really looking forward the make up scene right after the big fight. I already know it’s gonna shred me to pieces and I am a sucker for drama so...bring it on!!

SPOILER ALERT. Some bits that are gonna tear my heart open.

“I’m married to you, damn it!” he bellowed, striking his fist on the table again.

“I don’t think so.” I felt very cold. My stiff fingers couldn’t manage the lacing of the stays; I threw them aside, and stood up to look for my gown, which was somewhere on the other side of the room—behind Jamie.

“I need my dress.”

“You’re no going anywhere, Sassenach. Not until—”

“Don’t call me that!” I shrieked it, surprising both of us. He stared at me for a moment, then nodded.

“All right,” he said quietly. He glanced at the door, now reverberating under the force of the pounding. He drew a deep breath and straightened, squaring his shoulders.

“I’ll go and settle things. Then we’ll talk, the two of us. Stay here, Sass—Claire.” He picked up his shirt and yanked it over his head. Unlocking the door, he stepped out into the suddenly silent corridor and closed it behind him.

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I didn’t go upstairs to bed that night, either. We didn’t talk much, just lay close together in the narrow bed, scarcely moving, so as not to jar his injured arm. The rest of the house was quiet, everyone safely in bed, and there was no sound but the hissing of the fire, the sigh of the wind, and the scratch of Ellen’s rosebush at the window, insistent as the demands of love.

“Do ye know?” he said softly, somewhere in the black, small hours of the night. “Do ye know what it’s like to be with someone that way? To try all ye can, and seem never to have the secret of them?”

“Yes,” I said, thinking of Frank. “Yes, I do know.”

“I thought perhaps ye did.” He was quiet for a moment, and then his hand touched my hair lightly, a shadowy blur in the firelight.

“And then…” he whispered, “then to have it back again, that knowing. To be free in all ye say or do, and know that it is right.”

“To say ‘I love you,’ and mean it with all your heart,” I said softly to the dark.

“Aye,” he answered, barely audible. “To say that.”

His hand rested on my hair, and without knowing quite how it happened, I found myself curled against him, my head just fitting in the hollow of his shoulder.

“For so many years,” he said, “for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men.” I felt him swallow, and he shifted slightly, the linen of his nightshirt rustling with starch.

“I was Uncle to Jenny’s children, and Brother to her and Ian. ‘Milord’ to Fergus, and ‘Sir’ to my tenants. ‘Mac Dubh’ to the men of Ardsmuir and ‘MacKenzie’ to the other servants at Helwater. ‘Malcolm the printer,’ then, and ‘Jamie Roy’ at the docks.” The hand stroked my hair, slowly, with a whispering sound like the wind outside. “But here,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you…I have no name.”

I lifted my face toward his, and took the warm breath of him between my own lips.

“I love you,” I said, and did not need to tell him how I meant it.

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10 Best Spielberg Movies Ever, According to IMDb | ScreenRant

Steven Spielberg has captured the true wonder of film-making with countless classics, spanning decades. He invented the blockbuster, and his partnership with John Williams has generated overwhelmingly iconic work. Spielberg has influenced innumerable aspiring artists to pursue film-making, in various aspects. Critics have not always been kind to Spielberg’s sentimentality or mass appeal. But these ingredients can help audiences better digest some thematically rich and visually arresting stories. And Spielberg has proven his range many times over, from sci-fi to horror, and intimate drama to serial adventure. Each of them features everyday people, or at least humanizes extraordinary characters. Spielberg’s filmography includes some of the greatest films ever made—and here’s how IMDb users ranked the top ten.

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10 The Color Purple

Alice Walker’s source material is a profound, deeply moving story full of very intimate and controversial ingredients. And unfortunately, critics have rather contested Spielberg’s more reserved approach to it. However, the film still does not shy away from the poignancy of conversations about race and brutality. Oprah Winfrey provides a shockingly moving performance, which far exceeds the expectations of your typical talk show host. The same goes for Whoopi Goldberg, a talented comedian. But the entire cast is bolstered by one of Spielberg’s most blunt stories. Not one ounce of drama dips into melodrama. The sensitive subject matter is handled with deft skill from someone who was only known for genre films. It is a haunting, ingenious human story.

9 Empire Of The Sun

It’s hard to imagine something more up Spielberg’s alley than exploring World War II through the eyes of a child. The very young Christian Bale turns in an absolutely powerhouse performance. He plays Jamie, a spoiled, rich boy who is separated from his parents and ends up a prisoner of war. It couldn’t be more fitting to emphasize lost innocence than to begin with a boy that has everything. Jamie gradually becomes hardened by his adversity, and the transformation is surprisingly nuanced. More so than many of Spielberg’s other war films, which are much more thematically blunt. It’s absolutely fascinating the way this film examines the collateral and aftermath of war, rather than direct involvement.

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8 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

This was one of the most significant films of the eighties, capturing the essence of childhood wonder. A friendly, mystical alien befriends a young boy whose father has abandoned the family in suburbia. That drama, which grounds the film at times, is clearly a personal touch and feels very sincere. The friendship between E.T. and Elliot, sharing letters by no coincidence, is genuinely touching and develops organically. And much like Super 8, the film is about Elliot learning to both open up again, and let go. The film is more about magic than science-fiction, but remains effective on both accounts. The film is ultimately innocent, funny, and charming.

7 Jaws

Jaws is the only outright horror film Spielberg has directed, and it’s a classic, flawless film. The origin of blockbusters, it’s about a uniquely sturdy family in Spielberg canon. They’ve moved to a small island town, which is promptly terrorized by a great white shark. It’s a simple premise, but the entire film is decidedly grounded in reality, which really raises the stakes. The pacing is effectively methodical, the violence is unapologetic, and the threat is smartly hidden until the thrilling climax. Roy Scheider’s Brody, a police officer, has fled the city and must contend with extreme violence anyways. He also must confront his fear of the water, and responsibilities as a lawman. The shark is uniquely powerful, reinforcing that nature is unpredictable and uncontrollable. There are also intriguing, albeit surface-level themes regarding bureaucracy and class division.

RELATED: The 10 Best Killer Animal Movies, Ranked

6 Catch Me If You Can

Most Spielberg stories are about broken families, adventure, or war. Perhaps some combination of those elements. This film is no exception, although it’s a truly striking biography. Frank, a teenage boy, discovers that his parents are separating and runs away in a panic. Frank’s profound wit allows him to commit a number of crimes in order to survive and restore his father’s wealth. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks deliver terrific performances, on either side of the chess board. Their clever maneuvers add great intrigue to an already gripping true story, with a pretty unique score by John Williams. It’s a chase movie throughout, filled with intelligent true crime. What could be more addicting?

5 Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a structurally robust, inventive sci-fi adventure with groundbreaking CGI and lovable characters. With the input of Michael Crichton, who penned the scientifically dense source material, plausibility and commentary take the forefront. The film discusses human hubris and greed, as a result of corporate willpower. This is essentially an elaboration from its fascinating conversation about the ethics of scientific progression. It also revisits themes from Jaws, about the power of nature and its unforgiving purity. However, the movie still delivers extraordinary thrills, utilizing Hitchcockian suspense while reigning back on the novel’s academically informed gore. The film wields superb effects, timeless comedy, a perfect score, interesting theories, and moral arguments. Alongside dexterous direction, this is one of the best films ever made.

RELATED: Jurassic Park: 10 Sequel Moments That Lived Up To The Original

4 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

With a single character, Spielberg ensured that his beloved classic serials would endure forever. Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic heroes of all time, with equally super-heroic ability and every-man flaws. Nothing comes easy to Jones, whose adventures frequently subvert expectations, and boast some of the best action on film. And although his journey often involves fantastical artifacts, the stories are grounded in relationships. In this case, it’s Indy’s strained reunion with his father, expertly played by Sean Connery. There’s more comedy and action-per-minute in this film than any other Indiana Jones installment. Fans receive both the perfect origin, and the perfect send-off for this classic character at once.

3 Raiders of the Lost Ark

This was the film that started it all, with Indiana Jones pursuing his first mystical artifact. It establishes all of the staples of the series, and focuses on his relationship with Marion. Karen Allen does a terrific job of portraying a feisty, likable hero of her own. Marion’s romance with Jones is both playfully corny and full of sincere chemistry at once. The action is absolutely breathtaking, and creative, bolstered by an intriguing mystery and clear motivations. John Williams’ score is profoundly glorious, as usual. Also, the comedy perfectly walks the line of charming goofiness, without falling into embarrassing cartoonishness.

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2 Saving Private Ryan

This was a truly striking war film with brutally realistic violence and strong sentimentality. The immersive camerawork, with intentional grain, establishes a faux-documentary style that’s really effective. The action meticulously captures both the excitement and tragedy of every battle. But the film also takes plenty of time to breathe, and reflect on the effects of wartime. The movie wears its drama on its sleeve, but remains compelling nonetheless. The cast is an incredible ensemble, who sell nuanced performances. Spielberg’s passion for accuracy, regarding the nature of war and its cost, radiates from every scene.

1 Schindler's List

This is one of the most distinctly personal, poignant movies ever made. It’s a delicate subject matter, and this film handles it tastefully while delivering extraordinarily moving drama. It is an artistic triumph, utilizing the truest power of cinema to examine one of humanity’s darkest chapters. Every performance is superb, and every horror is captured with the utmost honesty. The film is extraordinarily explicit, regarding both nudity and violence. The music is absolutely heartbreaking, and the absence of color was plainly a perfect decision. This film is a necessary, repulsive mirror. Humanity perpetually struggles to overcome cruelty. Empathy and mercy are easily mocked, absolutely crucial pieces of the human condition that must be learned.

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With the news breaking that the Premier League is planning to launch its own hall of fame, attention will immediately go to who deserves a spot in there.

There’s been so many great players over the years and fans of every club will feel some of their former heroes deserve to be included. It’s tough to break it down, but here’s a look at ten who most deserve to make it in…

Thierry Henry – Arsenal

Iconic

Consistently brilliant, classy and fantastic to watch, there’s no doubt that Henry will be one of the first names in here. His stats were ridiculous over his eight seasons where he managed 174 goals in 254 games, but there was so much more to his game. He always seemed to come up with wonder goals, but there was nothing more pleasing to watch than his trademark falling away as he side footed the ball past a keeper when through on goal.

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Alan Shearer – Newcastle United/Blackburn Rovers

There will always be that “what if” with Shearer and that potential move to Old Trafford, but it’s always easy to forget he was part of the Blackburn team that won the league. 260 Premier League goals is just ridiculous, and to achieve most of that with his home town team will always be special. It’s a shame that he didn’t manage to win anything with Newcastle, but he still had a legendary career.

Eric Cantona – Leeds United/Man United

Box office on and off the pitch. From scoring incredible goals to kung-fu kicking unpleasant characters off it, he was always worth watching. There will always be the feeling that he retired too soon, he only had five seasons at Old Trafford but that was still enough to see him go down in history. United won the league four times in his spell there so you can see how important he was to the team, and there are so many great goals to remember too.

One of his most iconic moments

Steven Gerrard – Liverpool

He will always have his critics for not winning the Premier League and possibly trying to be the hero to the cost of the team, but no one should be questioning his ability. He was able to do everything in the midfield and he showed many different parts of his game – from being a deadly goalscorer playing behind Fernando Torres to dropping deeper at the end of his career, he really could do everything. It’s ironic that Liverpool have gone on to be one of the best teams in the country after he left, but his ability and mark at the club will always be remembered.

Sergio Aguero – Man City

The Argentine somehow seems to be underrated at City, but his impact and contribution is incredible. 180 goals in 260 games is astonishing but he’s also produced at the biggest moments. He’s had his problems with injuries but even when he could only manage 23 games in 2013/14 he still managed 17 goals, so his ability to bounce back deserves recognition. He will already go down as a Man city legend, but if he can fire them to Champions League glory this season in the face of the European Ban then he could go down as the greatest ever.

That moment against QPR

Frank Lampard – Chelsea and Man City

This will mainly be for his contributions to Chelsea, where he became a vital part of their most successful teams. He made the move from West Ham before Roman Abramovich and his millions turned up, but he was able to show he belonged in a team full of superstars. A loose ball at the edge of the box was as good as a penalty when he was around and 147 goals for a midfielder is just incredible. He also won every competition worth having domestically and in Europe too.

Paul Scholes – Man United

It would be easy to just fill this list with United players, but Scholes was just outstanding for so long and managed to steer clear of any huge scandals during his career too. Part of his charm was he just didn’t look like a superstar footballer, but his vision and touch allowed him to get over any physical deficiencies, while he also produced some incredible thumping efforts from distance too. His legend only grew when he was brought out of retirement to help United win the league in 2013, while he was also admired by some of the biggest names in football too.

Possibly a moment he would like to forget

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Patrick Vieira – Arsenal and Man City

While Arsene Wenger and Thierry Henry will take most of the plaudits for Arsenal’s success, you can’t forget the classy yet powerful man who drove everything from the midfield. A truly solid all round player who led by example, he also had the trademark ability to just glide forward and slot the ball into the net at big moments. He will also be remembered for his legendary battles with Roy Keane  (more on him in a minute) which were iconic. His presence at Man City also helped to guide them to FA Cup glory.

Roy Keane – Man United 

Terrifying, leadership, courage and sheer determination will usually be attributed to Roy Keane’s success, but it’s easy to forget he was a cracking player too. A seven time league winner and iconic figure in the United midfield, he caused plenty of controversy and may have rubbed many teammates up the wrong way, but his desire to win was never in doubt. There’s also the added bonus that his scuffles in the tunnel with Vieira were more exciting than the game sometimes and his work as a pundit is also enjoyable, so he’s fully earned his place on the list.

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John Terry – Chelsea

He may not be the most likeable player on the list, but you can’t deny how good he was or what he achieved with Chelsea. He made almost 500 league appearances for Chelsea in his time which included five league titles. He’s best known for his outstanding defensive ability and being the rock at the heart of many great Chelsea teams, but he also came up with some big goals at times. Off the pitch he won’t be winning any human of the year awards, but what a player.

Honourable mentions:

There are so many players who enjoyed long careers and will go down in history with their clubs for many different reasons, but the Hall of Fame should be for the best of the best.

Despite that, you could always make a case for Jay-Jay Okocha and his imagination and skills, Morten Gamst Perdersen and his left foot, Richard Dunne and his own-goal record and Paolo di Canio and his kindness to the match officials.

There are also great players like David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole, Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires, Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, Didier Drogba, Jamie Carragher, Ledley King, David Seaman, Yaya Toure and so many more who could deserve a place, so it will be interesting to see who goes in first.

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