This is exactly what we need in a pandemic. It is so comforting and believable. It is at the same time funny and whimsical but also real and sad. People are not good people, but they are at the same time not maniacally bad. They are ordinary, believable people who have both good and bad things happen to them. The show apparently is based on three commercials that NBC made when they started airing the premier league games, and, just as unlikely that a Disney ride would be the basis for a movie, so began the show.
The center of the show is Ted himself, played by Jason Sudeikis. He was hired to coach a professional soccer team, even though he had no idea about what the game was about. He coached a football team to great things based on his humane approach to the game, and while a lot of that doesn't translate across sports, some of it definitely does. and Ted is not so much a strategy mastermind as he is a manager of people. He is doing that all while managing his own personal challenges, and it is one show that I would urge you to watch immediately. Do not wait for season 2, this is a right now sort of watch that will leave you wanting more.
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