My Review of "Ted Lasso: Season 2"

Ted Lasso: Season 2 is quite different from the first season but continues with it's charming storytelling. I immediately went into this season because I loved the first season so much. You will need to finish through the first season to understand what's going on in this season but it is quite different from the first.

The first season ended on a bit of a sour note since the team had lost its premiere status. They got so close to staying in the premiere league but ultimately got relegated. Even worse it was by the hands of a former player of their own team.

In this season the team is trying to get promoted back to premier. They have the players to do so but again it's going to be very difficult. Meanwhile there is a whole slew of backstage drama going on. A lot of it doesn't really have anything to do with the game or the players. This is where the season sort of goes on a bit of a tangent and doesn't seem to be quite as focused anymore.

We have a new character added to the mix with Dr. Sharon. To help out the team the club had decided to hire on a psychologist to help the mental health of the players and staff. She plays a pivotal role in this season as Ted starts to show increased instability of his mental wellness.

There's also some focus on Keeley. She's doing multiple jobs now. Honestly, I don't know how anyone would have the time to do all the stuff that she does. She's modeling, working behind the scenes of the football club, promoting a new dating app and juggling her relationship with Roy.

I found it kind of weird that they focused so heavily on the dating app in this season. The whole show is about a football club but this was a pivotal plot point that connects two unexpected characters with each other and elevates the career of Keeley. She doesn't have much to do with the football club other than promotions and being the boss' confidant.

They even focused their attention to some of their club's regular football fans in a very odd episode where coach Beard out on the town to take his mind off things. That was really odd and felt like a bit of a throwaway episode.

There's a lot of that in this season where it felt like there was a lack of focus. It started to become a bit of a generic sitcom at times and I wasn't too comfortable with that. When it came back to the football element I was enjoying it again.

One of the characters makes a pretty dramatic turn around and it's kind of like the plot point for the next season. I liked this turn in this character because it can prove to be very interesting in the third season as he knows all of the team's secrets. We finally get a true supervillain and it's a show about soccer. That's pretty fun.

Still this show has the same heart as the first season but plays it off very differently. The charm and warmth comes in sporadically rather than continuous like the first season. They set it up where the third season can be quite a doozey. There's a few hiccups that will definitely cause a disturbance and I'm not sure what's going to happen next.

Overall, I still enjoyed this season albeit for the focused parts. There was a lot of fluff added in here that they didn't really need but I get it. They're trying to make this show more accessible for a bigger audience. The problem is that those adjustments make this show a little more generic and that's not why we came to watch this show in the first place. I have to give this season a 6.5 out of 10. I'm hoping the third season will pick right back up from what they used to be.