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Indirectly asking for recommendations on what to watch.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Ted Lasso is a great stepping stone to get into soccer and also throughout its 3 seasons a great, empathetic critique of toxic masculinity and how racism, homophobia and narcissism affect individuals and groups. The writing, the characters, both the villains and the team members are well written and incredibly funny. One of my favourite shows I didn’t expect really like.

Cougartown is also very funny, I loved Community and had seen Abed reference the show several times before finally watched Cougartown. Lots of clever gags and jokes, well thought out, flawed characters with interesting dynamics and (mis)adventures.

[–] whaleross 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have zero interest in football but Ted Lasso is a must watch for anyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it really doesn’t have all that much to do with football at all lol, more of a plot device than an actual theme.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

For anyone reading, don't let the name Cougar Town deter you. It's not a good name and not really representative of the show (past the first few episodes maybe). They even make fun of it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Bill Lawrence is just really, really good at writing authentic relationships.

[–] jqubed 5 points 8 months ago

I hold the controversial opinion that Cougartown is actually better than Scrubs.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 3 points 8 months ago

TL 1 was a lot of fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love Ted Lasso season 1, and season 2 to an extent is also very good, but it kinda lost its footing in season 3, IMO.

The longer episodes are not as tight, writing-wise, and the story suffers a quite a bit because of it. Still a good show, but it went from "This might be one of the best shows I've ever seen," to "Yeah it's not bad, but..."

[–] shplane 1 points 7 months ago

I loved the show and definitely agree with you about season 3. I joked with my wife that "they screwed up and made the sports show about sports." Too much focus on the game, not enough on the character development/themes they explored more in seasons 1 and 2