Ted Lasso Season Finale
I had to go look up the full poem from the Ted Lasso season finale.
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purseto buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox;when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.
—Mary Oliver
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Ted Lasso was special
Blog readers know that I have a deep love for this show. This show is something special and I genuinely don't know if I'll ever appreciate another show like it.
Un-fucking-believable.
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Coach Beard's backstory from Ted Lasso monologue
BEARD
Ted and I met playing college football. He was a backup punter I was a backup kicker. We never got in the game but we spent a lot of time together jogging and doing box jumps. After school we went our separate ways; and he was dating Michelle got into coaching and I got into prison. When I got paroled, I had no money. Family didn't want me. I had nowhere to go. So, I looked up Ted. He took me in, fed me, let me crash on his couch. And in return I stole his car.
I didn't get far. And I would have gone straight back to prison if Ted didn't come down there and convince those cops that he gave me the car.
NATE
It's like in Les Mis.
B
Our story is very similar to Les Mis, yes.
N
You went to prison?
B
Yes, for stealing a loaf of Meth. And then I stole from my friend, who forgave me. And gave me a job. And a life.
So, to honor that, I forgive you. I offer you a job. The life part's up to you.
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Thank you and fuck you Ted Lasso. I've never both so looked forward-to and so-dreaded a finale to a show.
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This Be The Verse
By Philip Larkin
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
As recited on tonight's episode of Ted Lasso by Mae (Annette Badland.)
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I am not going to be okay when Ted Lasso ends. This week's episode was so meaningful and amazing.
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Gezellig
This week's Ted Lasso episode has brought this word to my attention, and this page delves into it wonderfully. The page cites Wikipedia with:
"A perfect example of untranslatability is seen in the Dutch language through the word gezellig, which does not have an English equivalent. Literally, it means cozy, quaint, or nice, but can also connote time spent with loved ones, seeing a friend after a long absence, or general togetherness."
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Ted Lasso writing to Jordan Morris is NOT something I knew I needed today
Jordan Morris is a Seattle native, who plays for the Seattle Sounders, and who has overcome two ACL tears such that he is about to play in his first-ever World Cup for the US team.
'#GimmeSomeMorris' is a new hashtag I will be using regularly.
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