re: Ted Lasso Season 3 Thread *Spoilers*

Totally is. The whole show is virtue signaling now.

I don’t have a problem with this narrative of a show that needs this narrative, but if I wanted to watch an hour about somebody being gay I’d watch Queer As Folk.

Collin was a tertiary character AT BEST in the earlier seasons, the ONLY reason he has his own storyline now is because the writers wanted to promote a gay storyline.

This is all silly nonsense at this point, and has been since season 2. So I’ll concede it’s dumb and it’s the way it is, but doesn’t mean we need to stop pointing out how bad it is.

It was fine when Ted was the only nonsensical character, because it was semi believable still. A football coach from America trying to coach soccer in England and having trouble getting people to buy in. But now 80% of the show is unbelievable. Nobody’s running into the stands over the word f*ggot. This episode was only propaganda to mandate how “mean of a word that is”. You think a locker room full of professional athletes, men, are going to go “OOooooOOOoOO” when a dude says “he called me the ‘other F word’” You’d get laughed out of the locker room.

Season 1 was the best because it had drama and conflict pertaining to the team. Ownership struggle, places in the table, away matches, players and playing time conflict. I get that a good show needs to divert to personal storylines over the course of the season, but the problem is 1.) since season 2 the show has been a vast majority of personal story lines instead of the actual club and 2.) the writers have made every personal storyline some woke leftist nonsense. A soccer club isn’t even a feasible medium for this narrative anymore. These storylines are much more appropriate for Queer As Folk or a show about a bunch of Leftists going about their lives. Collin is gay, Trent is gay, Keeley is gay/bi. Sam is into his uninformed Lebron causes. Ted’s now a manic depressive with panic attacks. Writing is just using yourself in characters, and that’s all this is. There’s obviously at least 3 gay writers, a bunch of leftists, and a manic depressive in the writing room. This show is a cry for help from the writers much more than an enjoyable hour of entertainment. There’s nobody “normal” to turn to aside from Roy which is why is the biggest hit character on the show.

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Seriously, "10% of people are gay, so chances are, it's not just one person in this room." -- if that isn't virtue signaling, I don't know what is.

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Further proof that people actually don't know what virtue signaling means and just use it as a buzzword to say when they hear something they don't like.

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Further proof that people actually don't know what virtue signaling means

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What is virtue signaling then? I don't think he's talking about the character, but more the writing itself. At least, that was my take.

This was a much better episode and was genuinely funny which has been the biggest issue.

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Same. He was right though. Joe Walsh rules.

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Higgins with "the guy from Cream" had me on the floor.

I laughed hard at the Leslie "Another One" - DJ Khaled mention that led into the "American Office" quote hah.

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Honestly the way they’re handling Colin makes me even more angry with the Keely bullshite. They’re handling that story about perfect.

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I couldn't agree more. They've covered a lot of ground with Colin and I wish more of Hollywood would take note of their approach.

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Either Beard, Nate or Roy replaces Ted.

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I assume they’re all getting head manager gigs

-Roy: Chelsea (I think that’s where he played in his prime)

-Nate: Richmond or West Ham if Rupert somehow gets banned from owning a team. Narratively it makes way more sense for him to go to Richmond though

-Beard: Could be literally anywhere

I don't think so. I think he will try to make his move and when she turns him down he will probably go on a classist rant about how beneath him she is. He will probably try to convince Nate to break up with her because in his mind the coach of his football club should be with a super model not an ordinary restaurant hostess. Nate is going to realize what a bad person he actually is. I think we will have a scene where he stands up to Rupert only for Rup ert to berate him and show his true colors.The ultimate redemption for Nate would be to tell Rupert to f off and go back to Ted and ask for forgiveness.