TV I COMEDY
You Can Smile Now, Ted Lasso is Back
Season two kicked off and scored one already.
It took less than five minutes for the new season of Ted Lasso to make me emotional, and I’m not even on my period.
If you watched the quirky and annoyingly charming American’s adventure as the new football coach of an England team begin last year, that shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. And I know you did because that’s what the whole world was doing during lockdown in 2020. We couldn’t help but love this awkward goofball, who made our hearts soft and teary-eyed in unexpected and inspirational ways.
Ted Lasso was a pandemic hit — and Apple TV’s first real breakout success acclaimed by critics and viewers everywhere around the globe.
Last week, an interview with Jason Sudeikis was published in GQ as a piece leading up to this premiere. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. The man is a humble delight who has more in common with his titular character — which he co-created and co-wrote — than you’d imagine. It’s a nice thing to learn about him since Lasso is almost a too kind and generous man to be realistic. But Sudeikis is the living proof that — at least some parts of the character — exist in real life too.
