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Z2.1 Protagonists: Ted Lasso Was Always Going to be a Loser

Z2.1 Protagonists: Ted Lasso Was Always Going to be a Loser

Okay, let me re-phrase: Ted Lasso, the character, and his lineup of misfit boys, were destined to lose the final game in the series’ first season. Not because he was a bad coach, or they a pack of losers. Not because Ted was an American football coach who knew absolutely nothing about soccer, or because he was set up to fail from the beginning. Not even because having them lose in Season 1 gives the series somewhere to go in the next season (though this is far closer to the answer than any of those other things).

BOJACK: SEASON FIVE'S STRONGEST MOMENTS

BOJACK: SEASON FIVE'S STRONGEST MOMENTS

It’s no surprise the latest season of BoJack Horseman is (with little room for doubt) the strongest in the series so far. We’ve already come to know the characters: who they are, why they are, and what made them that way. We’re aware of the stakes: living their lives, these people constantly put their health and sanity on the line. Just waking up, they risk psychological destruction; they risk destroying each other every single day. The show’s world has grown large enough to provide endless ammunition dumb-but-awesome animal puns and smart-but-accessible meta-humour. And best of all, the quality has never dropped off. Each season experiments with what was already done in the previous, adding new flavours, new toppings into the mix. Funnier than before. Darker, more introspective. No wonder it only seems to get better.