History Recap / TedLassoS3E02IDontWantToGoToChelsea

This episode premiered on March 22nd, 2023.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted. Trent initially doesn't seem to understand why Roy is being so hostile towards him and assumes he's just being protective of the team. When Roy brings up the article Trent wrote about his debut, however, Trent not only remembers it but also recalls exactly what drove him to write such an unfairly critical piece.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Zava apologises to Keeley for being late to his presentation and making her job harder, she assures him that there's NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity. Some of Shandy's future PR stunts will embody that same mantra, much to Keeley's own horror.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Roy's been holding a grudge toward Trent Crimm for decades over a biting comment Crimm wrote about Roy's professional debut.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Roy and Trent finally have the talk about the former's decades-long animosity towards him, Roy points out how they actually had a lot in common. Only while Roy channeled his rage on the playing field, Trent used snark as a way to stand out in the competitive field of sports journalism.

* ThePeterPrinciple: Even though Shandy nailed the details of the photo shoot, she immediately proves to be rubbish at the job Keeley wants for her, texting Keeley that they should buy mimosas on the company card.

* DareToBeBadass: Rebecca accuses Zava of slumming it in his later career, pointing out that he seeks out clubs like Chelsea and West Ham because their deep rosters mean he can take it easy and never have to prove if his skills are as amazing as people say they are. This gets through to Zava and he decides to join Richmond, a weaker team where there is no place for him to hang back and hide.

* DontDoAnythingIWouldntDo: Trying to lighten up the mood, Keeley says this word for word to her coworkers when she leaves the office for the day.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When the team find out about Roy's breakup with Keeley and offer him some sympathy, Roy's angrily snaps at them.

* FriendshipMoment: Keeley is shocked and charmed by Barbara's snow globe collection. It allows them to bond and Barbara gives Keeley advice on how to give her friend a job.

** Later, Roy lets Trent in, talking about his past at Chelsea, how he realized he was getting too old to play football. Trent remembers the game. They both love football.

* JuniorCounterpart: Keeley runs into her old roommate Shandy. Like Keeley in season 1, she's jumping between lowbrow modelling gigs and being a WAG, but unlike her, she hasn't gotten out yet and her opportunities are drying up. When Shandy has a great idea during the shoot, Keeley sees her potential and hires her on the spot.

** Zava's hair, beard, fashion sense, and ego brings Zlatan Ibrahimović to mind. He even has the transfer history to match.

* NoodleIncident: Arlo asks Chris if he ever scored a goal with his face. Chris responds with "I've scored with every part of my body, Arlo; what a ridiculous question."

* ProsceniumReveal: We see Keeley at a raging nightclub, but then the music stops and we see she's just on the set of a commercial.

* TheReveal: It's revealed that the reason Roy hates Trent Crimm so much is because Trent wrote a scathing article about Roy after he played poorly in his professional debut when he was 17 years old, which made him feel worse than he already did. He kept a copy of the article on his person everyday after as motivation.

* SherlockScan: Isaac realises that Roy and Keeley broke up from their body language as they talk out of his ear shot.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Keeley hires her friend Shandy for her firm and gives her a meaningless job title she makes up on the spot, to her other employees' annoyance.

** Part of Jaime offering empathy to Roy is asking why the hell he would dump Keeley.

* WhosOnFirst: When Ted informs the team that they’re going in for Zava and that Trent Crimm is writing a book about Richmond, the players get increasingly confused as the conversation moves forward and wind up questioning why Zava is coming to Richmond to write a book about Trent Crimm.
* WhatAreRecords: When Ted asks Will to go to his apartment and fetch his breakup mixtape CD, Will sincerely asks him what a CD is.

* BadassLongcoat: Rupert wear's a beautiful, shiny, evil black coat; Rebecca wears a gorgeous, warm knee-length coat. Meanwhile, Zava wears an absurd fur coat with a fringe.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Ted and Beard take a moment to make a wish because it's 11:11; then Beard insists he can't tell Ted what he wished for because that would spoil it.

* RealityEnsues: Barbara is absolutely right in her assessment that Keeley has hired a completely unqualified friend for an unspecified job.

* Cloudcuckoolander: Part of the team's confusion is wild, failing to understand why Zava would write a book about Trent Crimm.

* BadassLongcoat: Rupert wear's a beautiful, shiny, evil black coat; Rebecca wears a gorgeous, warm knee-length coat.