History Recap / TedLassoS3E04BigWeek

This episode premiered on April 4th, 2023.

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Thanks to Zava's unconventional naming philosophy, his firstborn is called Smigus-Dyngus (referring to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smigus-dyngus Polish Easter celebration]]), which visibly weirds Jamie out. The game commenters also make a joke about his youngest children being called Angry, Dirty and Ugly, which might just be a joke about their silly names or literally true.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Rupert is an abusive bastard who is clearly trying to manipulate Nate, he's not wholly wrong that Nate shouldn't be expected to stay as an assistant coach all his career and that he's at liberty to make professional choices that are right for him. In reality of Nate had left under better conditions to a different team, it's likely that Ted would have said the exact same thing and all of Richmond would have fully supported him.

* TrainingFromHell: Roy shows up at Jamie's house at four in the morning. Despite them agreeing on the time earlier, Jamie admits he thought Roy was joking. When he points out he'll be training in the dark, Roy produces a headlamp. The Jamie ends up vomiting, but also shows he's entirely willing to put in the work at the end of the episode.

* FriendshipMoment: Rebecca sees Ted's not okay and gives him an Oklahoma, forcing him to admit he's a "work in prog-mess". H responds by telling her that she doesn't need to worry about beating Rupert's West Ham team; she's already beaten him by cutting him out of her life.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Nate tries to apologize to Ted for how he left things, only for Rupert to interrupt them and distract Nate from his turn. He tries again after the match only for

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Rupert is an abusive bastard who is clearly trying to manipulate Nate, he's not wholly wrong that Nate shouldn't be expected to stay as an assistant coach all his career and that he's at liberty to make professional choices that are right for him.

* TrainingFromHell: Roy shows up at Jamie's house at four in the morning. Despite them agreeing on the time earlier, Jamie admits he thought Roy was joking. When he points out he'll be training in the dark, Roy produces a headlamp. The training is so hellish that Jamie ends up vomiting.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Thanks to Zava's unconventional naming philosophy, his firstborn is called Smigus-Dyngus (referring to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smigus-dyngus Polish Easter celebration]]), which visibly weirds Jamie out. According to the game commenters, his youngest children are called Angry, Dirty and Ugly, which might either be literally true or a jab at whatever obscure actual names they gave themselves.

* NoSuchThingAboutBadPublicity: Keeley is ''horrified'' to learn that Shandy changed Bantr's slogan to something much RuderAndCruder without consulting her, but Shandy defends it by claiming that the site's subscription rate has tripled in the hour since she did so.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness
** Whether it's Roy and Beard sniggering over Nate's falling off the rolling chair in the coach's office or the Greyhounds (including normally amicable guys like Sam and Dani) playing with genuine violence against West Ham, Nate's betrayal has brought out an uncharacteristically nasty side from some of the Richmond team.

** Rebecca spots Rupert sneaking off for a snog with his assistant. She calls him out in a quiet moment, telling him that he has a responsibility not just to Bex, but to his daughter,

* FriendshipMoment: Rebecca sees Ted's not okay and gives him an Oklahoma. "He's a work in progmess." And he responds by telling her she's already one; she got that turkey out of her life. They want to win the game against West Ham, but they don't need to win the game against West Ham.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: During halftime, Beard and Roy decide to show the team the video of Nate tearing the "Believe" sign to anger them and inspire a comeback. Unfortunately, it angers them ''too well'' and the Richmond players instead spend most of the second half [[UnnecessaryRoughness committing fouls against West Ham (with Bumbercatch, Zoreaux, and Richard even getting red cards) instead of playing as a unit to win the match]]. They ultimately lose 4-1.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Nate tries to apologize to Ted for how he left things, only for Rupert to interrupt them and distract Nate from his turn.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Roy and Beard try to out-think out-thinking Nate.

* JerkassRealization: Downplayed. Throughout the season, Rebecca has had something of an ItsAllAboutMe attitude in regards to Rupert's ownership of West Ham and was obsessed with beating him so he wouldn't be able to humiliate her. Seeing him cheating on Bex with his assistant causes her to realize that she's not the only person Rupert has been hurting with his actions and when Rupert arrives to gloat about West Ham's win, she instead lashes out at him about his infidelity rather than the loss.

* OhCrap: The team freaks out when Isaac slaps Ted's "Believe" sign and it falls in half.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Every time Nate tries to talk with Ted, [[TheCorruptor Rupert]] intervenes: either in-person or via an intermediary.

* SeriousBusiness: Richmond are all fucking furious that Nate tore up the "Believe" sign. Unfortunately, that's not a good way to play football. Roy and Beard fucked up showing them that vido. They get a handful of red cards and punish West Ham rather than punishing Nate.

* TrainingFromHell: Roy shows up at Jamie's house at four in the morning. Despite them agreeing on the time earlier, Jamie admits he thought Roy was joking. When he points out he'll be training in the dark, Roy produces a headlamp.

* UnstoppableRage: Deconstructed. Beard and Roy decide to show the team the video of Nate tearing the "Believe" sign, hoping that doing so will anger them and inspire them to comeback and win. However, the rest of the players aren't like Roy, who knew how to channel his rage in a constructive way that improved his play on the pitch. Their anger instead causes them to lose all form and play violently against West Ham, which results in the team getting carded for several fouls and turning a manageable 2-0 deficit into a 4-1 blowout.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Roy pushes Jaime so hard that the latter pukes at the park.

** The episode ends with Ted calling out Michelle for keeping her new relationship with Dr. Jacob a secret from him, pointing out that even if they're no longer together he's still Henry's father and needs to be aware of any major life decisions that may affect his son.
** Rebecca spots Rupert sneaking off for a snog with his assistant. She calls him out in a quiet moment. He has a daughter, it's different now. He shouldn't go fucking off and hurting his wife.
** Inverted with Roy and Beard; they hope Ted will give them all the shit. Ted doesn't; they're disappointed because he understood what they did and why they did it and forgave them. Honestly? Fuck that shit, that's annoying as shit. Fucking forgiving people and shit.

* HurtingHero: Ted lets Michelle know he's hurt by her dating Dr. Jacob.
-->'''Ted:''' I love you, Michelle, and I love our little boy. And we're gonna have grandkids.

** Nate is worried about what he might say to Ted. [[spoiler:Nate's not the worst villain; he still has it in him to be a good man.]]