Forgive me, Hannah Waddingham, none of the above applies to you...
"You know what the happiest animal on earth is? It’s a goldfish. You know why? It’s got a 10-second memory." Well I'd certainly be happier if I could forget the travesty that was Ted Lasso season 3, the bizarrely structure-less, genre-less, meaningless final act of a show that I once, somehow, actually made people watch.
Sometimes, when your team can't seem to get a decent shot on goal, it's time to review the fundamentals - so instead of listing all of season 3's problems or trying to rescue its best intentions, we're taking a look at the very basics of TV storytelling. Hooray!


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Books cited:
Beyond the Hero's Journey by Anthony Mullins
Story by Robert McKee



00:00 Intro
7:41 Narrative Persuasion
16:24 Character Work
34:14 The Ted Lasso Universe
45:39 Conclusion

Ted Lasso
Rebecca Welton
Nate Shelley
Jason Sudeikis
Nick Mohammed
Brett Goldstein
Roy Kent
Phil Dunster
Juno Temple
Keeley Jones
Brendan Hunt
Jamie Tartt
Jeremy Swift
Leslie Higgins
AFC Richmond