Keep your Manchester and Merseyside derbies, ‘Ted Lasso’ episode ‘Big Week‘ brings you the season’s biggest game. After riding high on the Zava magic, it was time for Richmond to go against the tactical monsters of West Ham. While Nate is losing sleep over the possibility of meeting his old team, Ted still seems to hold no grudge against his former staff member.
While Ted can afford to be his typically upbeat zen personality, Rebecca wouldn’t settle for a loss or a draw. Aware of how much Rupert wants to embarrass her, winning against his club would be a great opportunity to flip him off without having to do so. A generally self-assured Keeley gets thrown off her game due to the arrival of her boss Jack.
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Days following an important match can often lead to psychological warfare between the teams to rattle each other off. But Ted Lasso is above it all. Or perhaps he’s just occupied with the questions of self-improvement. The upcoming game with West Ham brings to mind the hurt Nate caused by leaving for the enemy. Despite his turn to the dark side, even Nate feels unsettled at the prospect of seeing his old club.
Rupert and Rebecca are desperate to win, trying to ruin each other’s day. Richmond and West Ham take the field, and the game starts with both teams having an equal footing. Soon, Nate’s tactically superior side breaks Richmond’s shocked defense. Hoping to fire up a catatonic side, Roy and Coach Beard show the team the footage of Nate sabotaging the sacred ‘Believe’ banner in the locker room.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3: Keeley Meets Her Boss Jack Danvers
A usually dynamic Keeley undergoes a rare bad day when her boss Jack Danvers shows up for the fabled football match. Jack Danvers (Jodi Balfour) seems immune to her charms, making Keeley doubt herself. Jack prefers not to talk much but subtly notes how well her investment in Keely will be rewarding. Speaking of reward, West Ham crushed Richmond 4-1. The rage Richmond felt didn’t find a proper outlet.
Instead of playing a concentrated and ferocious game, they turned it into a massacre. Although they lost, it didn’t get better than flying bodies and flaring tempers. Defeats are hard to shake off, but now the rest of the Premier League knows this newly promoted side is no pushover. Despite the humiliating defeat, Ted Lasso tells management to shake it off. As he said, there’s still a lot of football left to be played. For him, neither work nor life is easy, but he takes soldiers on with undying optimism.
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