Season 1 is everything you could want. It's happy, fun, funny and enjoyable. Season two goes dark. There is a tendency for shows to think they need to take a lovable character and give them some awful trait for the sake of "character development." Or change the fundamentals of a character to give them depth. Battlestar Galactica did it with Apollo, taking a good character and making him a jerk. Ted Lasso does the same. Ted is Pollyanna in the first season. It's wonderful. As everything goes wrong around him, he remains constant, upbeat and unshakable in his beliefs and attitude.
And then there's season 2. He's a National Championship Coach before, but now crumbles with panic attacks, gets mad, has dark thoughts, and abandons a lot of that always positive attitude that the first season Ted likable. There is a whole divorce theme which is like an anchor on the season. They do the same with Nate, the kit manager turned coach, who is shy and unconfident, and then becomes a jealous, vengeful and power hungry jerk.
There is still a lot of great stuff, Roy Kent, Keeley, and any pub scene. But the thing about a tv comedy is that it's supposed to be fun. Season 1 is. Season 2 has its moments, but the fun of season 1 isn't there. .
And then there's season 2. He's a National Championship Coach before, but now crumbles with panic attacks, gets mad, has dark thoughts, and abandons a lot of that always positive attitude that the first season Ted likable. There is a whole divorce theme which is like an anchor on the season. They do the same with Nate, the kit manager turned coach, who is shy and unconfident, and then becomes a jealous, vengeful and power hungry jerk.
There is still a lot of great stuff, Roy Kent, Keeley, and any pub scene. But the thing about a tv comedy is that it's supposed to be fun. Season 1 is. Season 2 has its moments, but the fun of season 1 isn't there. .