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He's very good. I think he has two specials on Netflix. There's at least one more, but I can't remember which streamer has it. Maybe Prime. I was so excited to see the announcement and he posted a video about how excited he is. He's had to move some tour dates around, so I think he found out not long before we did. I think he could gain a lot more fans from this. Really looking forward to it.

You've all said everything so well, all I wanted to add was how much I love the patter song, and Meryl Streep not holding anything back, in the very best way (but when does she ever?). And I don't know what made me think of this, but if we get a season 4 (so not ready for this show to be over), could we please have Stanley Tucci? I think he would be an amazing fit with this series.

It's possible that Ben didn't snatch the camera away from Tobert, but that Tobert actually planted it in his dressing room. For whatever reason, having his own plan to make a documentary about Ben's death, rather than his premier on Broadway. Or... Ben's brother hired Tobert for the purpose of documenting the murder. He would have known about the cookie weakness, and had full access to put the lethal cookies in the dressing room, knowing Ben well enough to know that he would yell at the cookies, but devour them, anyway. Even at the table read, he barely had a minute of will power. But that moment revealed that Ben was kind of powerless with them, as well as getting the information about what they were, and where to get them. He could hide in plain sight among a cast who all disliked Ben enough to be suspects. Or... I could be totally off. Loved the lullaby. Loving Meryl in general, here. I've been hoping we could hear Ashley sing, and that was so gorgeous.

That was the first time I saw his dramatic acting skills. They gave him a serious storyline at one point, and he played it so well, and with such subtlety, I think that's when I went from liking him because of his cute side, to really being a fan.

I'm late to the party, but just binged the whole show yesterday and was surprised how much I loved it. I've served on two juries in LA County, one of which where I was the foreperson, and when the judge appointed him foreperson, I thought that would be a red flag, because that's not how it happens; the jury chooses among themselves. But if you're completely new to the situation, you wouldn't necessarily know that. Also, there's something about being in a courtroom that just makes you kind of go along with what's happening. He was just the perfect person for this. He made the whole thing so lovely. I got big feels when they revealed the prize money to him. It never occurred to me that he was actually the one on trial. I'm glad that part was a reveal to the audience, too. I totally bought James Marsden being there. I had jury duty once with David Hyde Pierce, who, unlike Marsden's caricature of himself, was very gracious all day and really wanted to be there and be chosen. None of were chosen, though. We hung out in the jury pool room all day, and then were dismissed. I was actually OK with the defense attorney not totally having his stuff together, too. On one of the trials I was on, in her opening statement, the attorney for the defendant said, "Hi, I'm the attorney for Ms _____, so... yay!" And then proceeded to be about that level through the whole trial.

I loved seeing this side of him so much, because I've seen a little of this in person. I'm around the same age as Jason, and when we were about 21, he was shooting a movie in my college town, and I not only went to the college they were using for the film, I also worked the breakfast shift at the nearby hotel where they were all staying. He came in one morning and asked me if I could ask the kitchen a question for him. He wanted to order, I think, Cream of Wheat, but needed to know if it was made with water or milk, and if milk, what kind, and if possible, could it be made a certain way? He was so down-to-earth and polite, who he was didn't register to me, at first, and I had already been a fan for years. But by the time I got to the kitchen, I realized who he was, and freaked out a little. He waited patiently for me, and was really cool. Really nice memory, but seeing he was still that way cracked me up a little.

I hope your take is exactly right.

Yeah, I can only think their outreach was the result of his gesture of apology toward Will - kind of going back to where this seemed to begin with Nate - having Will walk into the prepared locker room, like Nate saw it taken care of by Will in Season 1, when Nate got promoted (and was nasty to Rebecca, which he never had to apologize for, either). Beard's apology is probably the one that's most needed, since Ted won't be there, anymore, and Beard is the one he'll most likely be working closely with, since he'll probably want to stay in Richmond, to be with Jane. (If I remember correctly, Roy couldn't care less, either way, what they do with Nate). ETA: I agree with @braziliangirl that the team doesn't know about the story leaked to Trent, but they were angry enough at Nate about tearing up the Believe sign to light a fire under in them in the game they were playing at the time. And side note: kudos to Trent being so good with discretion, being around the team all the time and trying to write a book about them, but manage not to not reveal Colin's secret, nor Nate's role in his story about Ted's panic attacks. I hope the series ends with some voiceover from the book, so we can hear some of what he wrote. I wish they were really writing it.

Right! I forgot that line. I loved that too. Yes, definitely in 1999 (?), it was more about Barnes & Noble. That part gets me too. Her solitude when she's closing the shop for the last time, and the note on the door, get to me more than anything else in the movie. I love the way they do little things like using Celeste's "Strange" from the Liverpool episode during callback moments in this one. I'm sad it's over next week. I just hope it's a good ending.

Seriously. Also, I've seen the movie several times, but have never thought of it as a tear-jerker. Or rather, it's never had that effect on me. The most genuine part of the movie for me, was Meg Ryan saying to Tom Hanks, after hearing his "It's not personal, it's business," bs for the millionth time, "what's so wrong with something being personal? Whatever else something is, it should start by being personal." Which I actually think is the better message to connect to this show. Everything was about the personal aspect, much more than the stats for Ted, from the beginning.

Agree with all of it except I would have no problem with the final five episodes being 9 hours. I've loved the last two episodes being longer, and having time to really tell the stories they're in. I've reconciled with this being the final season, but I'm still going to miss it, so I'll take every minute they're offering. But Nate? Yeah, he can go. I'm not only not rooting for him, I'm finding his whole story pretty boring. There's too little time left to spend so much of it on him.

I think it's their little salute to the area they have filmed in for so long. They know it drives tourism to the place. The bar that is the establishing shot for The Crown and Anchor gets a lot of tourists, I think they're giving love to the other business owners hoping it would do the same for them. It's also a lot like one of the montages at the beginning of You've Got Mail, even using the same song. I was trying to figure out if Ted's rom-communism was being subtly hinted at. Maybe that they are coming out of their dark forest finally?

Maybe at the end of the season, when they finally win a f'in match? [/Shannon] Can't really add anything to everyone's wonderful posts, but loved that we got a little more insight as to what Colin talked about with Dr Sharon, and the significance of his mantra from that, and the callback to the Liverpool episode, with Keeley doing a citywide video for Amsterdam, too. I wonder if she remembers doing this one? And I do hope she ends up with HDG, and his little girl. I thought the path to her becoming a mother would be something happening to Sassy, and she ends up raising Nora, but she must be in her mid-teens by now. I love that we have so much Trent this season, but I was worried about where that storyline was going. So relieved by the road it took. ETA: Loved that Jamie managed to get his sightseeing in, while still training and messing with Roy at the same time. Watching their storyline, I kept thinking about how difficult they've said it is to get through scenes together because of the way they crack each other up, and wondered how long it must have taken to film it, given all the funny moments. Really wish Ted Lasso released gag reels. I would pay good money to see them.

I agree, but also like what they appear to be doing - letting Keeley come into her own at this new level. Finding her power while maintaining her Keeleyness, and letting Roy grow out of the pressure and expectations put on him by himself and others, since he was a kid, and just being OK enjoying the experience. It's going to make them so much better together, and a healthier couple for the long game. Loved that we got the origin story of Roy's hatred of Trent Crimm, because we never really saw Trent being the prick Roy accused him of being, in season one. Asking at the first press conference if hiring Ted was a joke may have come off prickish, but it was a reasonable question, and in his profile of Ted, he was reluctantly, but decisively, supportive of him. So, that scene was helpful. Also loved that we got to see Rebecca kind of do the "making herself bigger" gesture she showed Keeley and Nate, internally, and using her insight into people to use the approach Zava would most viscerally respond to. And that she had gotten to a place where Rupert's cruelness emboldened instead of crushing her. Still hurts, but manifests a better outcome. And a little moment - which, I'm not sure whether it was a Jamie thing, or a Phil Dunster thing, but I'm leaning towards Phil - trying to keep a straight face after one of Roy's rants and storming out of the locker room moments.

And maybe a Rupert connection, like he was behind the whole thing? Getting her in a position with her business that when he comes at her to do PR for West Ham and smear Richmond, it puts her in a tough situation? And then maybe Roy steps up and helps her navigate it and that leads to them getting back together? I guess I missed this show even more than I thought.