![]() A song about turning the page, being resilient through a crumbling relationship, and coming out the other side. Ted runs back to the table, hugs Henry and begins singing “Hey Jude” with Coach Beard and his son. Instead of telling Ted what happened in Paris, Rebecca gives him far more sage advice: “Stop letting yesterday get in the way of today.” Give up on this pursuit of what Michelle is doing and live for Henry, spend time with his son, keep the relationship intact that truly matters in this situation. When Rebecca messages Ted and informs him she has news he jumps out of his seat, running to call the boss and learn if his worst fears have been realized. It’s her favorite city, and they ran out of time to live their dream. Paris is especially poignant, as Ted explains he and Michelle always planned to go to Paris as a couple, but work and finances always got in the way. Jacob is going to propose to his ex-wife in Paris, Ted is so obsessed with finding out that he enlists Rebecca’s aide to use a private detective to spy on the couple. Even as hilarious as it is that Jamie was hacked due to his password being “password,” he offers something nobody else does: A genuine, real apology that ascribes no blame to Keeley or pries for more information. We knew from the jump that the video was sent to Jamie, as it opened with Keeley making a reference to sending it to someone in Newcastle, where we know Jamie is from. Keeley is hopeful it’s Jack, returned to apologize, but instead it’s Jamie. Jack, victim blaming to the end, continues to chide Keeley for the video - and when she’s met with the slightest bit of resistance she puts on her shoes and walks out the door, leaving someone she supposedly loves at their most vulnerable. Keeley lightly laughs to herself getting in her car, with the realization that Roy never really cared about her in the situation and the whole apology was perfunctory. Seeing Keeley leaving Nelson Road he opens with what appears to be a sincere apology, before becoming cold and self-centered, asking who the video was sent to. ![]() Then comes Roy, in one of the most disappointing moments of his entire character arc. Yes, her lack of remorse is valid and she shouldn’t be ashamed just for being privately sexual in a relationship. No, she shouldn’t read the gross, stock apology letter. Jamie constantly had his gaze elsewhere, Roy broke up with Keeley the moment she became independent, and now Jack is infantilizing Keeley, wanting her to be remorseful with a child-like apology when she did nothing wrong.Įver the sounding board, Rebecca sets Keeley straight - saying just what she needed to hear: No, she did nothing wrong. It’s another in a long line of romantic betrayals. She expected Jack’s solution would be to use her vast resources to find the perpetrator, not blame the victim - choking back tears as she reads the line “I’ll use the opportunity to learn and grow.” The look of disappointment on Keeley’s face is heartbreaking. We later learn that Jack’s idea of “handling” the problem entails penning a stock PR apology for Keeley to post, accepting blame for the sex tape. Jack stops short, but in calculating foreshadowing tells her “I’ll handle it.” As a result, Keeley has been the victim of revenge porn - with a self-recorded sex tape being uploaded on the internet.Ĭurled up next to the bed, distraught at the embarrassment and damage, all Keeley needs is an embrace. There’s been a hack, compromising the private data of numerous celebrities. While the couple lovingly snuggle and plan to visit Jack’s “uncle,” with Keeley’s importance growing past a fling for Jack, suddenly it’s all interrupted by endless phone notifications. However, in classic Ted Lasso fashion, true joy doesn’t last very long. This is the most heartbreaking storyline inside of “We’ll Never Have Paris.” Keeley and Jack’s’ relationship has had the same growing pains all new relationships do, with the pair feeling each other out and trying to assert what they do and don’t like (such as Keeley not appreciating Jack’s “love bombs”). “We’ll never have Paris” is a sprawling treatise on relationships - romantic, platonic, and those moving in between these phases. It’s perfect, because he gets to put on his saccharine-sweet exterior, while also feeling like he’s filling his duty as coach and mentor. He subconsciously craves sadness around him, because when others’ are mired in their own woes it serves as a shield to deflect from Ted’s personal life. When everyone around him are at their happiest, Ted is his most miserable - and vice versa. The “fish out of water” premise on which Ted Lasso is based, extends to his disjointed emotional rollercoaster. ![]() Then we cut to an all too familiar scene: Ted, locked deep in depression, having to feign happiness across from his ex-wife and her new lover. Everyone is raving about the Greyhounds’ run using “Total Football,” and how overjoyed Ted Lasso must be at his team’s results.
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