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In “Big Week,” the song “Fist Fight!” by Crisis of Conformity plays during the team’s anger montage. The song originated from a Saturday Night Live sketch that Jason Sudeikis had a small (but memorable) part in , in which the aforementioned (fictional) punk band (Fred Armisen, Ashton Kutcher, Dave Grohl, Bill Hader) reunites for the wedding of the lead singer’s daughter.

An analysis of the Latin, however, doesn’t provide much clarity. (On the off chance there are a non-Latin knowers reading, this is where the post gets technical.) Gradarius relates to steps, progress (think the English ‘gradual’ or ‘gradation’). The GoogleTranslate definition is ‘pacer’. My sense is that it refers to a guide, one progressing through the steps; I would assume the coach. The problem, however? Gradarius is barely a Classical Latin word. Lewis and Short identifies it as rare, not appearing in Cicero, with the only Classical reference Seneca’s Epistles (identifying Cicero as the gradarius: Cicero quoque noster gradarius fuit, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.). The source for this word wouldn’t have been a Classical Latinist or a Classical Latin source; it is exactly the kind of word that an online translator or a low end online dictionary, neither of which distinguish between Classical and non-Classical Latin or chart stylistic usage, would provide. Firmus is a relatively common word meaning ‘strong’. Victoria is another relatively common word meaning ‘victory’.

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Never Trust a Trailer: The show was advertised as a goofy comedy spinoff of a popular ad. While it does have a goofy sense of humor, it's also a surprisingly insightful exploration of leadership, masculinity, and relationships. By the end of the first season, Nate, when Ted and Coach Beard promote him from kit man to assistant coach. Ted pulls this on Jamie in the final episode for passing to his teammate, even though it cost Richmond the game and relegation. Jamie is visibly touched.

In season 2, a subplot revolves around the hiring of psychologist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone and the impact she makes on the team during her stint. In reality, in-house mental health personnel is a staple in any professional sports club and the notion of a team without their own permanently employed psychologists would be as outlandish as a team without their own physical therapists. Heterosexual Life-Partners: Ted and Coach Beard have this going on. They've evidently worked together a long time, have reams of inside jokes and word games, and often communicate with a single look. Plus the fact that Coach Beard seems to have happily uprooted his entire life in America to move to the UK with Ted, even while being unsure that it's a good idea. This chemistry is helped out by the fact that Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are long time friends and colleagues in real life. More accurately, we are more than we think we are. And certainly more than other people think we are (as Ted says in Episode 8, Diamond Dogs: “Guys have underestimated me my entire life”). It’s a fundamental lesson of Ted Lasso.An ongoing bit between Ted and Beard is word games, like “If I were to get fired from my job where I’m puttin’ cleats in the trunk of my car…” Beard: “You got the boot from puttin’ Season 3, episode 12 is "So Long, Farewell" from " The Sound of Music". Bonus points because the song is actually performed during the episode, effectively making it a musical Title Drop. Roy's reaction to Ted's first press conference in which he angrily tells the team to be quiet and they all listen to him, as well as his colourful language during first practice. While pulling a Drill Sergeant Nasty on the team in season 2, episode 3 and having them run laps, Ted tells them they'll be so dehydrated, they'll look like trees from any Tim Burton movie, even Dumbo (2019). Once you do that hard, internal work, you’re ready to make amends and work together with others in a quest for connection and the greater good. The Ted Lasso series finale comes after each individual team member has started their own internal work, and the final episode is about a collective healing of their scars.