History Recap / TedLassoS3E03FourFiveOne

This episode premiered on March 29th, 2023.

!!This episode provides examples of:

* WhatTheHellHero: Rebecca's mum's psychic tells Rebecca she's going to be a mother. Rebecca tells the woman to fuck off. Rebecca is at an age where not having had kids is a painful, triggering point.

* TheCameo: The show once again shows ''Series/SoccerSaturday'' being hosted by Jeff Stelling with former AFC Richmond coach George Cartrick, although Paul Merson has replaced Chris Kamara following the later’s retirement in 2022.

* RealitySubtext: There has ''never'' been an openly-gay Premier League footballer, and this episode provides only the briefest of insights into why. Infamously, when Justin Fashanu came out as gay in 1990, he spent the entire rest of his career being subjected to homophobic abuse by players and fans alike, and committed suicide in 1998 after a spurious, never-proven allegation of sexual assault was made against him.

* TheCameo: The show once again shows ''Series/SoccerSaturday'' being hosted by Jeff Stelling with former AFC Richmond coach George Cartwright, although Paul Merson has replaced Chris Kamara following the later’s retirement in 2022.

* DudeNotIronic: Beard calls it ironic that Jamie is calling Zava an egotist who doesn't care about the team. Jamie counters that it's not ironic, it's hypocritical.

* FlatEarthAtheist: Jaime is skeptical of Zava's greatness. He's right; Zava will ultimately turn out to be an empty shirt. Great, yeah, in his moment, but not part of the team.

* HypocrisyNod: Jamie acknowledges that he’s the last person who should be talking about other people’s egos.
* IKissYourHand: Zava greets Keeley this way, even calling her "my queen". A closer look reveals he was actually ''kissing his own hand'', which can be read either as yet another instance of Zava being an egomaniac, or his way of abiding to traditional hand kissing etiquette, in which you're not supposed to actually kiss the lady's hand.

* WhatTheHellHero: Rebecca's mum's psychic tells Rebecca she's going to be a mother. Rebecca tells the woman to FUCK OFF. Rebecca is at an age where not having had kids is a painful, triggering point.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Ted, Roy, Trent, and Beard all agree they'd love it if Julie Andrews told them off if they were naughty.

* WhatTheHellHero: Rebecca's mum's psychic tells Rebecca she's going to be a mother. Rebecca, appropriately, tells the woman to FUCK OFF. Rebecca is at an age where not having had kids is a painful point and someone coming at her about it is just cruel.

* SmartBall: Jamie grabs it in this episode. First, he points out to Beard that the proper term for his complaints about Zava is him being hypocritical rather than ironic. Later, he corrects Roy on calling him a "pre-Madonna" instead of "prima donna" before identifying several female artists who were successful before Music/{{Madonna}}.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Zava pretends to he all about the team, but he and his stupid manbun are a fucking wannabe icon. Just weird would-be yoga and breathing exercises bullshit.

* CharacterFocus: Colin. He's gay. He's a footballer who's gay. No the fuck wonder why he's

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Ted, Roy, Trent, and Beard all agree they'd love it if Julia Andrews told them off if they were naughty.

* HarsherInHindsight: The team keeps making jokes about how they'd be gay for Zava. Colin's right there, and he leans in to the jokes, but he's gay and it hurts.

* OhCrap: Ted and Jake both freak out when the latter picks up the phone at Michelle's place. The fact that Jake is their former therapist (making his relationship with Michelle borderline illegal) is just icing on the cake.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Ted, Roy, Trent, and Beard all agree they'd love it if Julia Andrews told them off if they were bad.

* TruthInTelevision: All of Zava’s outlandish goals are based on actual goals that have been scored in real life.