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By Matt Birchler
I've been writing here since 2010! Back when personal blogs were all the rage. Kids, ask your parents.

Ted Lasso is No Superhero (he's even better than that)

Ted Lasso is No Superhero (he's even better than that)

Ted Lasso is No Superhero - Sophie Gilbert

One character alone can’t fully rid pop culture’s masculine paradigm of violence, cruelty, and destruction, a millennia-old model. (Although Gareth Southgate exists, so anything’s possible.) But the impact the series has had among viewers is pronounced because Ted is such a unicorn in a landscape of TV fathers and father figures who torture their children, murder their mistresses, cheat with interns, or fail their family altogether.

Ted Lasso certainly was a breath of fresh air last year. Season one was one of the best seasons of comedy television I've ever seen, and I absolutely loved every moment of it. Season two, however (from the same piece):

What’s undeniable is that, structurally and stylistically, Season 2 just hasn’t been as good as the show’s first 10 episodes.

100% this, the second season of Ted Lasso has plenty of high points, but it's much more flawed than its first season. I wonder if it will feel better when I re-watch it sometime before season three begins.

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