Henry supplies both some possible motivation - “You’ve gotta try, right?” he replies to Ted when his dad says winning isn’t everything - and a gut punch in a FaceTime call after he gets back home, when he shows off his new Infinity Gauntlet and says he got it from “mom’s friend.” “It’s been ongoing from the beginning, but the more Henry grows up and the more Michelle gets on with her life, it creates new complications in Ted’s heart, for sure.” “Ted’s feeling of separation from his son is definitely something we’ll continue to look at as the season goes on,” said Hunt, who’s also one of the show’s writers and executive producers. Ted, meanwhile, isn’t in the headspace to really take Rebecca’s direction to heart: Henry’s back in Kansas, and he’s questioning (moreso than usual) what he’s still doing at the helm of Richmond - even if he does now know what a 4-4-2 alignment is. “I think it pricks her here because you just think, really? Nate? She has such a barb in her about anyone hurting Ted, now, she just thinks ‘I am going to have to take you down.'” (She’s not wrong about the sewer trip being dumb, though.) “ is the thorn in her side, and sometimes it pricks her more than usual,” Waddingham said. Rebecca has apparently spent the time between seasons stewing about Rupert and West Ham, because she opens the season very much on edge, unconsciously substituting her ex’s name for West Ham. Let’s stipulate that taking the team to visit the London sewers, in the Richmond bus and while everyone has on their training gear, was probably not the best for the optics of the club picked to finish last in the Premier League in the coming season - even if it is entirely in the realm of the Lasso canon of motivational ploys. If anything, he’s even more vulnerable now than when we first met him, because there’s so many seductive things out there - Rupert being one of them.” They still exist even if he’s got a fancy car now and a new boss. “But he is that same guy we met in season one who has a difficult relationship with his dad that undoubtedly explains some of, if not all of, his deep-seated insecurities. “He’s not equipped to deal with the mild celebrity status that’s come his way from being the ‘wonder kid’ and then going on to a fancy club like West Ham,” Mohammed told THR. And to top it all off, Nate’s dad is mad that he swore on TV. His penchant for insults serves him well in a season-opening press conference, where he lobs some insults at Ted - to the delight of team owner Rupert (Anthony Head) - but can’t stop scrolling when Ted turns them into a master class of self-deprecation at his own presser. The “wonder kid” is never going to live that slip of the tongue down, but he is ensconced at West Ham and still the contradictory ball of top-flight tactical skill on the pitch and social anxiety off it. But this is the journey we’re on.” (It’s also worth noting here that Keeley can still read Roy like no one else: As he’s telling Phoebe about his duties with the club, she cuts in with “We know you’re scared about that.”) Goldstein, for his part, says he’s “a fan of Roy and Keeley, so I’m devastated. I hope fans enjoy this season as much as they did the last ones, even if there’s some heartbreak involved.” People are depending on them, which leads to this new doorway of panic and delight and people coming into their lives. “I feel like at this moment, they’re flourishing at work and learning to get good at these new positions they’re in. “People always say when your personal life is going really well, then your work life isn’t going as well, and vice versa,” Temple told THR. (She later tells Roy he’s being “stupid” for letting the relationship drift.) The intervening time hasn’t, alas, brought them back together, as they break the news to Roy’s niece Phoebe over a pre-dinner bowl ice cream. The end of season two looked like the couple was taking a break as Keeley prepared to launch her own company and Roy took on more coaching duties with Richmond in the wake of Nate’s departure. Goldstein, Temple, Hunt, Waddingham and Mohammed all spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how the premiere, “Smells Like Mean Spirit,” sets the table for what’s to come in the remainder of the season. In fact, as the show picks up again, a lot of people in Lassoworld - including Roy (Brett Goldstein) and Keeley (Juno Temple), who confirm they’re not a couple anymore new West Ham manager Nate (Nick Mohammed) and a very short-fused Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) - seem to be wondering what the heck is going on. He repeats the idea at the end of the episode as he and Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) walk home from AFC Richmond’s training ground: “It’s nuts we came here in the first place, but at this point I can’t tell if it’s more or less crazy that we’re still here.” Box Office Recovery and Streaming's Next Pivot: A Hollywood Consultant's 2024 Forecast
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