![]() While he doesn’t know immediately, Colin already suspects he’s lost his spot in the starting lineup to make room for Zava. However, still closeted or not, there do seem to be some interesting developments here. Cristo Fernández and Billy Harris can’t wait to see what Zava thinks of his new friendship bracelet. He sees them making out in an alley near Sam’s restaurant, but keeps walking. Instead, the only person who learns is former member of the press Trent Crimm (James Lance). While there is a moment during a meeting with Keeley ( Juno Temple) and Shandy (Ambreen Razia) that implies Colin may come out in the press, no such reveal occurs. He even seems to have a joke locked and loaded for the occasion. At Sam’s restaurant’s friends and family opening, Billy introduces his boyfriend as his friend/wingman, and Michael goes along without hesitation. Despite this, Colin appears to be still closeted. Not only is he gay-finally putting the Grindr joke from last season in context-but he and his boyfriend, Michael (Sam Liu), seemingly live together. Neither is the confirmation of Colin’s ( Billy Harris) sexuality. Still, while I think everyone’s being a little blasé about it, this isn’t what got me angry. Instead, it’s more of a “when will this bite the team in the ass?” inevitability. It seems likely that this isn’t a “will this bite the team in the ass?” possibility. With Zava, he seems to be perfectly happy to alter everything about the team to make it all about his most egocentric player yet. Yes, the coach had previously given a longer lease to Jamie, but he was always dedicated to blending his first “ace” into the larger team. What’s odd is that Ted ( Jason Sudeikis) doesn’t seem the slightest bit concerned. Of course, he’s angry about his diminishing role-as a conversation with Roy ( Brett Goldstein) reveals-but his bigger gripe does seem to be the danger Zava represents to team chemistry. However, he does so before Zava starts acting up, showing his increasing maturity. It’s perhaps no wonder then that Jamie is the first to complain about the new superstar. ![]() I have never…felt a sort of bubbling rage at a plot development. Worse, a few games later, Jamie’s shot is clearly about to go in before Zava intercepts it, claiming the goal for himself. ![]() On the field, he’s incredible, but he also lies to Jamie ( Phil Dunster) about passing to him. Other signs pop up later in the episode, including Zava not so subtly implying that Sam ( Toheeb Jimoh, finally getting something of the spotlight this season) will change his restaurant’s West African menu to make room for avocado-based dishes. It’s a striking introduction that gives us a better idea of why this guy is a legend AND absolutely ruins teams. Then, in addition to not interacting with anyone in a way that didn’t involve speechifying, he rearranges the team’s formation scheme to make him alone out front and everyone else in an indistinguishable jumble behind him. Even his team meeting, marked the same mix of self-involvement and New Age “appreciation,” is very brief. So while he’s all bizarre apologies, promises of fidelity, and intense compliments, he nonetheless entirely skips meeting the press or fans. And during at least some of that time that he was supposed to be meeting the press, he’d been hanging out in Rebecca’s ( Hannah Waddingham) office judging her biscuit crumbs. Zava joins the team about as one might’ve expected. Even with this episode, which primarily focuses on Zava’s ( Maximilian Osinski) arrival and subsequent first several games, there’s a lot more doing than the A-plot. Nevertheless, I had a different memory of how the episode structure went down then I feel now. They still don’t feel overstuffed or too long to me. However, revisiting them for recaps, I’m really noticing how much they’ve packed into each episode. ![]() While reviewing the first four episodes of this season, each episode felt fast and uncomplicated. Brett Goldstein, Jason Sudeikis, and Brendan Hunt are puzzled. This week’s episode comes courtesy of Lasso first time director Destiny Ekaragha-whose other directing credits include Paper Girls, Y: The Last Man, and The End of the F***ing World-and third-time writer Bill Wrubel-who worked on Season 1’s “Two Aces” and last season’s “ Rainbow.” Its title, “4-5-1,” breaks the two– episode streak of song-inspired monikers, for those who are keeping track of that sort of thing. I have never, however, felt a sort of bubbling rage at a plot development. Sure, I’ve disagreed with certain developments (see how the treatment of Keeley and Roy’s relationship during the back half of season 2). While my feelings about episodes of Ted Lasso have differed, installment to installment, there haven’t been any that made me deeply angry.
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