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Lauren. 33. Writer, disability rights advocate, your friendly neighborhood wine aunt. MAY A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRELLA. WE'VE ALL HAD OUR SOCKS TOSSED AROUND. I'm dead and Kyle MacLachlan killed me (02/12/2015) Brett Goldstein resurrected and then murdered me (23/03/2023 & 14/04/2023) (occasional 18+/NSFW content)

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You've been kidnapped but the main character of the last TV show you watched is coming to rescue you.

Who’s rescuing you?

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Keeley making Ted a dating profile in the episode 2 trailer??? Oh we really are in Sleepless in Seattle territory

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Thinking about the fact that Ted's net worth is most likely somewhere in the range of £9 million to £16 million and yet he chose to live in a modest suburban neighborhood and work a part-time job as a favor. Thinking about Ted wanting to give Henry a normal childhood in Kansas where he attends a public elementary school and gets to play video games and hang out with his friends and play soccer without the pressure of being Coach Lasso's Son because he has a Normal Dad Who Does Normal Dad Things. He's prioritizing fatherhood and putting a good chunk away for Henry's college fund, he talks fondly about 'making up for lost time and helping him become the best version of himself', and now he's going back to Richmond to live in an affluent neighborhood and send his son to a top tier private school and presumably sign him up for the AFC Richmond Youth Academy. He's giving that boy the best of both worlds just because he can.

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"Can I offer you some tea?" Ted Lasso S04E01 | Home

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Something about Ted's voice going a little deeper when he's holding the scarf at the yard sale and he says 'But I gave it to you'

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Ted's little smile, nod and 'mmhmm' when Rebecca mentions Zoom sex...which could mean nothing

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Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso on episode 1, season 4.

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Alright okay here's a positive thought: Ted's surrounded by reminders of his father in Kansas as a sign that if he stays he's doomed to repeat history BUT he's leaving and heading back to Richmond thus breaking the generational curse and exorcising the ghosts and demons of his past.

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Thank you @chainofclovers for pointing me to the source of the 'PAINT THE WALL' pennant in Henry's room! It's a slogan associated with Sporting KC's charity initiative The Victory Project, which, as per the description on their website:

The Victory Project enhances the lives of children with cancer and creates inclusive opportunities through soccer for youth with disabilities and limited financial resources.

Sporting KC launches Paint the Wall pennants for MLS Cup Playoffs to benefit The Victory Project | Sporting Kansas City

In celebration of Sporting Kansas City’s upcoming 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs run, Sporting has released Paint the Wall captain’s pennants ma

This is an amazing cause and I think it's beautiful that it was included in season 4 💖

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I really don't mean to be grim about the new season of Ted Lasso, Lord knows I don't want to be, but oh my GOD there are so many references to Ted's mental health being Not Good™ and it worries me.

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Ted talking to his mom at the yard sale after going into his childhood bedroom and seeing all the reminders of his father and when he's talking to his mom there are halloween decorations - a pumpkin and a ghost - in between them in the frame and the movie Halloween (which famously features a pumpkin on the poster) inspired Friday the 13th which was the movie Ted was going to watch with his friends on the night he found his father's body DO NOT SPEAK TO ME

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OH NO OH NO Ted's dad having a plaque for being Salesman of the Year multiple times and the grocery store having a poster in the break room showing Ted as Employee of the Month I-

[roamwithahungryheart]

'Like the man once said, the hardest part of sales is the lying.'

Ted's dad was a salesman and lied to his family about his mental health struggles...oh okay.

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something something Rebecca meeting Ted's childhood crush and his ex-wife in a 72 hour period something something Tammy is his past and Michelle is his past and his present and Rebecca is his future in this essay I will-

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Putting this below the cut because of the potentially triggering theme of mental health struggles:

Also definitely do not like how Henry has a pennant in his room that says 'paint the wall' which doesn't seem to be any kind of pop culture reference but it is slang for committing suicide by gunshot which is exactly what Ted's father did...and later in the episode Ted reminisces about his dad and clearly has A Moment™ where he almost has a panic attack again while looking at his dad's Salesman of the Year plaque which has the final date of 1990 and his dad killed himself in 1991. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE.

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Ted's locker at the grocery store is underneath one labeled 'James'. His dad's name was Jim. James 'Jim' Lasso. Which could mean nothing.