What I’m Watching: Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso: Season 3, Episode 3 “4-5-1” (B+)

I was worried that Zava being focused on himself would make this show either too irritating or too predictable, but, so far, he’s actually helping to get Richmond back on the scoreboard and not bothering everyone all the time. Showing up late and just hanging out in Rebecca’s office was hardly the best start, and the same went for rearranging things so that he would be the star player. Apparently everyone is happy except for Jamie, who hilariously clarified to Beard that he was being hypocritical, not ironic, when he complained about how Zava was essentially behaving just like he was at the start. I love that Roy is going to mentor him now after explaining the difference between frowning and never smiling. That’s a twist I would not have seen coming when they first were introduced, and I appreciate that character development. Shandy is also overstepping and Keeley doesn’t seem to realize it, and Rebecca is now going to obsess over how the psychic she went to see might actually have some idea of what she was talking about, contrary to what she thought when she was actually with her. Ted was shaken by hearing his marriage counselor answer the phone when he called to check in on his son, but a session with Sharon and a distraction appears to have kept him at bay for now. Sam seemed thrown off by Zava talking about avocado at his otherwise successful restaurant opening, and hopefully Trent will display some restraint in utilizing the information he now knows about Colin. We didn’t get to hear much more about it, but I do love that Higgins registered the DJ name Damage Control but never used it.