#ted and beard

[aboutafox]

I saw a comment that said Nate’s redemption is unearned and I just wondered:

How high are your bars people?

Nate didn’t maim anyone, he didn’t kill anyone, he didn’t steal or cheat. He was a little ungrateful prick, but that is something that can be rectified by apologizing. Even more so, he eventually understood where he went wrong, he felt shame about it, he quit his high paying job and he was willing to do grunt work again. Start back at the bottom.

That is a proportionate redemption arc.

In addition, sometimes people can forgive people before they deserve it. Forgiving people is a starting point for betterment and reconciliation. It’s not the ultimate end price.

[cinematicnomad]

TED LASSO ▸ 3.11 mom city

[lunar-years]

Every single week the stills get released and it’s just another picture of these 3 that looks exactly like this lmao

[may-be-magic]

Ted Lasso, as a show, was harmed by the short seasons that are commonplace in productions today and would've benefitted from 20 episode seasons with room for filler episodes. In this essay I will-

[pineappical]

back on my bs

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x9 | 2x12 | 3x11

[kwistowee]

It was right there all this time... TED LASSO 2.01 | 3.12

[luminarai]

And that was the last time anybody on the team attempted polite small talk with Beard.

I’ve been working on this since eurovision and got it done just in time for the s3 finale 🥲 speaking of eurovision, if you look really really closely at the interval show you might just be able peep Beard in the background…

[skulandcrossbones]

Roy chose out. I assumed.

TED LASSO S03E08: WE'LL NEVER HAVE PARIS

[siobhans-roy]

TED LASSO 3.07 “The Strings That Bind Us”

[blairwaldcrf]

Ted Lasso - 3x08

[jdmorganz]

Ted Lasso S03E05 - Signs

[cinematicnomad]

TED LASSO ▸ 3.11 mom city

[ohwellokcomputer]

a compilation of some of my favorite answers from brendan hunt’s AMA

about ted and rebecca:

[implxdingthemirage]

Im crying so so so much i love them 😭

[itsclydebitches]

Beard's speech hit me the hardest this episode and you know what really stood out? That he looked up Ted, of all people. Ted was just a college buddy who, based on how things are described here, sounded pretty casual as far as friendships go. Beard says they "spent a lot of time together," but not that they clicked, perhaps further evidenced by them going their "separate ways" after school instead of staying in touch. The implication is that the intense bond they now share formed out of both Beard's loyalty after Ted forgives him and that time spent living together. Which would mean that Ted was not Beard's BFF when he needed someone post-parole. Not even close.

It says a lot about Ted (stuff we already knew, frankly) that he'd take in a casual training buddy from his college days, seemingly no questions asked.

However, it says more about Beard's situation and isolation back then that the only person he felt he could reach out to was the nice football pal he never even got to play with; a mere acquaintance from his past who, depending on the timeline, might not have heard a word from him in years. That is a LOT of missing relationships in Beard's life for him to jump from "Family doesn't want me" to "Better call up that random guy I used to train with. He's the only one who might even consider helping me." (And, frankly, that re-contextualizes his obsession with Jane "Pain," but that's a post for another day.)

Like holy hell. I know the whole show is about bringing people out of that isolation and helping them form strong communal bonds, but Beard's backstory is like a concentrated dose of The Lasso Way in a single, thirty-second speech. I felt like I got walloped with an emotional sledgehammer. No wonder he's wanted to headbutt Nate on Ted's behalf.

And, of course, no wonder he'd instead honor Ted by giving a gentle forehead touch instead.