Make it a performance. I want you winning an Oscar at the ESPYs next year.

That is how you do it!

That is the Lasso way!

#i would argue that that scene WAS humanizing him#i loved how he and rebecca had some moments of fondness. it felt like making peace#and then you get the statement of civility doesn't equal an invitation#i just. rupert has been such a capital v Villain the entire time#do NOT misunderstand me i think he's a horrible person and i hate him as much as anyone else#but for most of this episode he was kinda just. a person. not a great person but a person who has an actual inner life#someone who had a childhood and who cares about football and gave a guard a raise for kicking him in the balls 25 years ago#and he clearly does have actual feelings about rebecca! it's easy to write him off as bad all the way through but they were happy once#because at the end of the day he IS simply a person#tl 

Rupert has been such a one dimensional Villain the whole time that to see the show bring out his humanity so his downfall is a loss to HIMSELF and not a vindictive spiteful party on the viewers end (okay maybe a little vindictive) is how Ted Lasso as a show operates!

j.r.: did you know that there's a link betwren kids that were under extreme mental distress and kids that wished for broken bones to have physical wounds that matched their mental wounds?

Ted! It's going to work!

I genuinely was anticipating a big sweeping romantic kiss and the fact that we didn’t - that we got the comforting cuddle and a focus on Nate’s very vulnerable expression - just confirms this scene wasn’t just about Nate’s relationship with Jade and how much he cares for her and doesn’t want to cheat on her. (Although that’s awesome too.) The guy clearly needs a moment of being looked after - this isn’t just an ‘I came to spend time with you because I love you!’ moment, so much as it’s a ‘This situation is bad and it’s worse than I thought and the person I thought was amazing whose validation I’ve been hanging my hat on for so long is actually a sleazy prick and I fucked up and there are tough choices just barrelling down the road in my future’ moment.