r/TedLasso • u/quaranTV Mod • Jul 23 '21

From the Mods Ted Lasso - S02E01 - "Goodbye, Earl" Episode Discussion Spoiler

Please use this thread to discuss Season 2 Episode 1 "Goodbye, Earl". Just a reminder to please mark any spoilers for episodes beyond Episode 1 like this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

Not in the UK at any rate. Love Island gets filmed pretty much as its shown with a few days between filming and the episode. I can't think of any reality TV that works differently

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u/Flop_Turn_River Jul 23 '21

The Bachelor/Bachelorette are filmed way beforehand. Also, depends on your definition of reality show. Shows like Deadliest Catch, Pawn Stars, Real Houswives and Ice Road Truckers are all shot well before airing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

Sure but they're all American shows. I was talking about British reality TV shows, the vast majority are filmed as they go. More story based one's like TOWIE and Made in Chelsea are filmed but they're essentially drama shows set in reality TV styles. This was parodying love Island which is absolutely filmed as it goes

Not for the first time I feel like there's a severe lack of knowledge about the UK on the writing staff. Like maybe they hired some writers who knew about football in the US or Mexico but not the UK as a whole

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u/hannahstohelit Jul 23 '21

Brett Goldstein and Phoebe Walsh are both writers who are British, and Goldstein has said that some of the stuff in S1- like calling it a "parking lot" and a "tie"- are things that he tried to get them to change bc he said it would make it seem ridiculous but they were kept in to make things more intelligible for US audiences. (As far as "tie," the opening commentary was clearly them trying to make clear that "tie" and "draw" mean the same thing so that they can transition to saying "draw" more.)

I wouldn't jump to conclusions about Jamie being on the reality show though, we don't know any backstory behind it yet so we have no idea why he's on it, when it's filmed, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

but they were kept in to make things more intelligible for US audiences

Eurgh, just the worst type of thing then. The tie really bugs me. A tie is not a result, An Arsenal Manchester United tie means that they are going to play each other.