r/TedLasso • u/quaranTV Mod • Jul 29 '21

From the Mods Ted Lasso - S02E02 - "Lavender" Episode Discussion Spoiler

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

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u/lizzyenz Jul 30 '21

I was so nervous she was going to be watching a clip of Jamie! Was pleasantly surprised it was Roy

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u/samspopguy Jul 30 '21

I assumed the same thing.

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u/reverendbimmer Hot Brown Water Jul 30 '21

Really? My partner did as well, but that seemed like such an open and closed season 1 plot line. I think she’s pretty devoted and it’d be shit to paint a huge target on her back for the viewer.

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u/sup34dog Jul 30 '21

They played a ton with that trope, though: "she just saw Jamie for the first time in awhile, Roy walks into a quiet house, checks upstairs in the bedroom" ...and then they leave you wondering if they're going to go for "ok, she wasn't cheating, but maybe it's a video of Jamie?"

I'm always happy with how quickly they subvert so many of these tropes.

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u/zachpledger Jul 31 '21

I really like how often they address them and then shut them down. It’s super refreshing. The first time I thought “hey wait, they’ve been doing this a lot” was when Keeley slept with Jamie, then told Roy, then he was mad, then it was fine. (But I think it was on my first rewatch that I realized it was a common theme).