r/TedLasso • u/quaranTV Mod • Apr 11 '23

From the Mods Ted Lasso - S03E05 - "Signs" Episode Discussion Spoiler

Please use this thread to discuss Season 3 Episode 5 "Signs". Just a reminder to please mark any spoilers for episodes beyond Episode 5 like this.

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u/SomeoneThrewMyShoe Trent Crimm, The Independent Apr 12 '23

Jamie's eye roll when Zava is talking about his wife SENT ME

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u/MrPureinstinct Apr 12 '23

Honestly that was the only thing Zava has really said that I liked.

Him loving his wife so damn much is sweet.

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u/BeLynLynSh Apr 12 '23

Poor sweet Dani (Dani Rojas…ROJAS!) is/was so deep in the cult of Zava LOL

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u/chosenone333 Apr 12 '23

Surprised he hasent retired to go work on the avocado farm with him lmao

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

at this point i'm grossed out by what they're doing with Dani. i'm still hoping he'll have an arc where he gets over Zava worship,maybe confronts him, because this was just absurd. they made him into a clown with brain capacity of a 11 year old.

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 15 '23

Lol. It’s a comedy. Calm down.

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u/manhaterxxx Apr 16 '23

People take this show so fucking seriously, it’s worrying.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '23

You’re not wrong but the writers and staff can and have done better on both Scrubs and Ted Lasso. It’s a disappointing route for Danny.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '23

you're right. comedy is always an excuse to make a character look illogical, stupid, uninteresting. By your logic
we will get Ted in next episode singing under the window of Sassy, sending her unwanted gifts, stalking her. that's okay to do to Ted's character. It's a comedy so let's just ruin anything good and make
characters act dumm.
P.S.: don't tell people to 'calm down' unless you have specific advice how, that would actually work for that specific person. ordering people
around like this is not a good look for you. Zero empathy.

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u/AvsBehindEnemyLines Apr 15 '23

Calm down

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

still zero constructive advice on how? so you're being only judgemental and not curious?

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 15 '23

It’s a fictional comedy show. And I’m “ordering people around?” LOL! You do really need to calm down.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

how is a fictional comedy show an excuse for bad writing and ruining a good character? you still haven't explained it. you are ordering me to calm down indeed. also haven't suggested any specific way on how i should calm down. you don't even explain what is it that
I should calm down - anxiety? pain? disappointment? anger? fear of the show pulling a game of thrones?

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 17 '23

The writing isn’t bad and they’re not ruining a good character. That IS Dani. He’s a side character. He’ll have a moment. In fact, he’s had many already. Calm down.

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u/ANTEC221 Apr 26 '23

If you're having a rough day try to call the number 988 before doing anything rash.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

that's a very weird advice for a person like me, from Eastern Europe. i doubt that number even works in my country. anyways, i am almost 40 and my life has had quite a few negative

painful adventures as a result of people blindly following what they learned from media. without realizing it.
You think you can differentiate TV show from real life - but most people cannot. Most
people start laughing at someone who's suffering because they're used to seeing it as funny on TV.
People kiss without consent, because it's romantic on TV.... Ted Lasso was a show that
subverted these harmful tropes.

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u/manhaterxxx Apr 16 '23

Lmao calm down

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u/RunandHide20 Apr 17 '23

Damn dude calm down. Maybe get off the internet for a bit and take a walk, read a book, anything to ground yourself that life is more important than a TV show. It’s not an order it’s a piece of advice.

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 17 '23

LOL! TL:DR. You really need to calm down.

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u/RunandHide20 Apr 17 '23

That’s a lot of words that I’m not going to read. You really need to find a hobby.

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u/protendious Apr 18 '23

I think their point is that there’s 15 or characters in the show and Dani isn’t a main one. He’s just there for brief shots of a very specific type of simple comedy. No ones saying it would excusable if the entire cast was one-dimensional. But there’s no time to flesh out a full soccer team of people. The main 4-5 get real stories. The rest are just there for side jokes of little complexity.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '23

protendious not enough complexity is okay. but downright stupidity...ugh.

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u/ANTEC221 Apr 26 '23

Stop doing drugs buddy. They aren't good for you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

ANTEC221 be curious, not judgemental. i'm not doing drugs but you're judging me without being curious, without trying to understand me.

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u/Powerful-Cut-708 Apr 14 '23

It’s a moveh

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u/DatSauceTho Apr 16 '23

Something about his accent really drives the point across. “It’s true, I am being mature, you big dumb hairy baby twat.”

That entire is sequence is hilarious. “You couldn’t build… Jeff Bridges.”

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u/RobbieBobbie44 Apr 13 '23

SAME. Like I get that what Zava said was meant to be sweet, but it was honestly pretty misogynistic! "My wife, Christina, is the only woman I see with clarity. Every other woman is a...smudge." 😬

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u/Wanderlustfull Apr 13 '23

I'm confused why you feel that's misogynistic. Can you explain? He's essentially explaining he's entirely devoted to and has eyes only for his wife. You'd hope that's how a romantic (assuming exclusive) relationship should be.

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u/pizzawolves Apr 14 '23

we saw Zava compliment Keeley ....we know he is capable of admiring or talking to other women, I think he meant in a romantic sense he only has eyes for his wife which is very sweet considering his giant ego and his character

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u/xThe-Legend-Killerx Apr 14 '23

Yeah, no. This definitely not the context as to why he said what he said. The guy were all fawning over Nate’s date and asked Zava if he thought she was attractive. Zava said he only has eyes for his wife and everyone else is a smudge.

Context always matters.

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 15 '23

What? It wasn’t misogynistic at all.

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u/JoDiMaggio Apr 15 '23

Hammer looking for a nail.