The Cinema of What I Tell You presents the finale of the serial film "Ted Lasso"

Dear Theo:

Nothing like, two years later, hearing the voice of Marcus Mumford again and that “Yeah, it might be all that you get…”. Two years and this third season of “Ted Lasso” arrives, officially confirmed as the last of the series. A series that comes to an end and of which I have been able to see only 4 episodes of the 12 that will complete the season; We are waiting if Apple TV + will make us wait week by week or we will be able to see the end later. But beyond that, these would be certain conclusions of a season that in terms of duration seems to be longer (most of the chapters are close to 50 minutes), more emotional, and everything that points to it, without any spoilers (yes, of course). the first and second season) this final stretch of the most popular series on the platform.

The third season begins with the new football season to begin; Nate (Nick Mohammed) at West Ham after that “betrayal” of Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Richmond, and the lead team predicted to be the worst in the league. Although the events attract attention, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly, showrunners of the series, make it clear from the first moment that the heart of the series, or at least one of the biggest, always it has been Ted’s conflict with his divorce from his ex-wife, and how to cope with raising his son at a distance. This continues to be a central theme in the season and will continue, as in the past, affecting Ted in a radical way, in his work and in the rest of his affective relationships with other people.

This is obviously amplified in a certain way by dragging on the conflict that Ted has with Nate, after his departure from Richmond, and how they both never sat down to talk about what each one was feeling at all times. This was in the second season what prompted Nate, added to his psychological self-esteem problems, to betray what his family had been until now to try to accept himself in a way that may not be appropriate.

For me, that conflict between Nate and Ted continues to seem the most interesting of both the season and the series, as he reflects on combating misunderstanding and isolation and that, despite not having seen a resolution in the first 4 chapters, we burn in desire to see it, knowing in a certain way the type of series that is “Ted Lasso” and that, sooner or later, they will get us excited with Nate and Ted making up.

But of course, what would this series be without the other characters.

Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) is still Roy Kent, although from the first episode of the season we are presented with a conflict that I will not mention but that puts everything his character had built up to now between his back and the wall. We don’t know where that arc will go, but what I can confirm is that Roy is still the same Roy, hissing and growling at the first chance, and trying to run away from the Diamond Dogs even though it’s the most attractive thing in the world. How we have missed you, Diamond Dogs.

Also, as always at Roy’s side, we have Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) doo-doo-doo-doo (jé) more veteran, grown and mature than ever, who will show everything he has learned before, not without some conflict that will remind you of past times and will put you in check. And it is that how good they are in this series so that, every time a character learns a certain lesson, they throw another conflict in his face so that the series and the character never lose interest or hook.

If we talk about Keeley (Juno Temple), it seems to me that at the moment she is being quite superior to the arc of Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), since the latter continues to stir and repeat herself in her conflict with her ex-partner and, instead, we can see how it unfolds Keeley in her work apart from Richmond, achieving a freedom and independence that had been so well worked before and that, despite the fact that she continues to depend enormously on other characters in her scenes, Keeley is more important than ever. At his side, we will have the new addition of the actress Jodi Balfour (“For all humanity”) of which we still know practically nothing but everything indicates that they will have a most interesting relationship that can give a lot of play.

The series continues to stand out not only in its charisma and attachment to everything that surrounds it, which has already been achieved for a long time, but also continues to build muscle with a script that took a tremendous leap in maturity with that arc by Nate in the second season. and here, highlighting Brett Goldstein’s script in the fourth chapter, it once again shows that it is one of the best active series.

The series does not deprive itself of certain surprises, such as not being afraid of getting wet with the inclusion of a certain LGTBIQ+ theme, unfortunately more present than we would like at the current time in football, or the inclusion of a new character that I It seems like the funniest and most hilarious thing I’ve seen in a long time, and obviously I won’t tell anything about it and I’ll look forward to what is said as this new and final season of “Ted Lasso” is watched.