History Recap / TedLassoS3E11MomCity

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Jade calls Nate out for being a waiter when he 1) is really good as a coach and 2) has shown such genuine improvement that Richmond wants him back despite the horrible things he did there. Part of Nate's growth is that he acknowledges both of those points. Part of the growth he still needs to do is that he still can't accept them.

Ted's mother drops by for a visit and charms the club, despite Ted's discomfort. Isaac, Colin and Will visit A Taste of Athens, where Nate is now working, to recruit him back to Richmond, but Nate refuses the offer after learning that the team has not run the plan by Ted. Roy recruits Keeley for help wrangling Jamie, who has confessed his recent depression to Roy. The team heads to Manchester for an important match that will put them in contention for the Premier League Title. Keeley stresses out Jamie even more by reminding him of the pressures of playing against Man City; after a team watch of ''Film/YouveGotMail'', Keeley and Roy tail Jamie to a house belonging to his affectionate mother Georgie and her partner Simon. Jamie talks to his mother about how his career has been shaped by his desire to prove his father wrong. Roy tells Keeley that he wants to officially get back together, but Jamie interrupts them before Keeley can give Roy an answer.

-->'''Nate:''' Are you here to kill me?

** It’s mentioned multiple times over the course of the episode that Jamie hasn’t had any contact with his father since Wembley, before - as Jamie is substituted from the game - the camera cuts to a pair of City fans talking about how proud Jamie’s dad would be, making the audience think that he had passed away in the intervening year and Jamie didn’t know; cue a JumpCut to a group watching the game on TV at what appears to be a rehab facility, where James Tartt Sr. is proudly watching Jamie and looks to be in the process of cleaning up his act.

** Once again Nate [[Recap/TedLassoS2E12InvertingThePyramidOfSuccess asks to headbutted, and Beard is once again happy to do so]]. However, Nate is now suggesting this as a way making Beard feel better after an emotional conversation, ''and'' Beard has forgiven Nate - so instead Nate gets a HeadbuttOfLove and a hug.

* DownToTheLastPlay: Richmond's victory over Manchester City means that the two teams head into the final game of the season separated by a point - if Richmond win and City don't, they'll be Premier League champions.

** Beard's fury with Nate is given more depth in this episode - not only did Nate hurt someone he loved, but his betrayal of Ted reminded Beard of his own betrayal years ago.

* {{Forgiveness}}: Ted encourages Jaime to try to forgive his father, not for his father's sake but for his own. At the end of the episode, Jaime eventually sends his father a text message, asking if he is okay.

-->'''Manager:''' Jade threatened to report me to... well, I can't tell you, because then you'd know what I'd done.

* OhCrap: Roy is shocked when Jamie breaks down sobbing in the boot room.

* TheUnreveal: Ted tells Rebecca that, reversing the trend, he has a TruthBomb for her this year, but we don't hear what it is.

* WhatTheHellHero: Ted finally confronts his mother for being a StepfordSmiler following Ted's father's suicide and points out that her acting as though everything was all right when it actually wasn't contributed to a lot of Ted's mental health issues.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Understated with Jade, until it isn't. When Will, Colin, and Isaac come into the restaurant asking about him, her response is just to deny he even exists in the hopes they'll go away. However, when it becomes clear that Nate's newfound CharacterDevelopment is standing in the way of further CharacterDevelopment and '''Career Development''', she goes Defcon Five on her boss (and technically also Nate's boss) to force her boyfriend out of his comfort zone and back onto the football pitch.

'''Will:''' [goddamit face, leaves]

* ICanStillFight: Jamie gets injured during the match, but after getting a pep talk from Ted (plus painkillers a couple minutes' rest rest) he plays through it long enough to score a goal before being taken off.

* ICanStillFight: Jamie gets injured during the match, but after getting a pep talk from Ted (plus painkillers and rest) he plays through it.

* LowerClassLout: Jamie's mum's a proper chav, nice house and gender-confident partner notwithstanding.

** Isaac ordered 75 kebabs to go when he, Colin, and Will went to ask Nate to come back to Richmond. Everyone's eating kebabs in the locker room where Dottie's telling everyone stories from Ted's childhood, even Rebecca.

* BigEater: Played with when Jacob orders 75 kebabs after Nate says he's not coming back to Richmond. Turns out he wanted them for the team.

** Jacob ordered 75 kebabs to go when he, Colin, and Will went to ask Nate to come back to Richmond. Everyone's eating kebabs in the locker room where Dottie's telling everyone stories from Ted's childhood, even Rebecca.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Understated with Jade, until it isn't. When Will, Colin, and Jacob come into the restaurant asking about him, her response is just to deny he even exists in the hopes they'll go away. However, when it becomes clear that Nate's newfound CharacterDevelopment is standing in the way of further CharacterDevelopment and '''Career Development''', she goes Defcon Five on her boss (and technically also Nate's boss) to force her boyfriend out of his comfort zone and back onto the football pitch.

* OutOfFocus: Jamie's character revelations during the Man City game completely overshadow the '''amazing''' game Van Damme had, making save after save and posting a shutout against one of the Preimer League's top teams ''even when Richmond plays a man down for several minutes''.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Jade calls Nate out for being a waiter when he 1) is really good as a coach and 2) has shown such genuine improvement that Richmond wants him back despite the horrible things he did there. Part of Nate's growth is that he acknowledges both of those points. Part of the growth he still needs to do is that he still can't accept them.

'''Dottie:''' Excuse me?

-->'''Ted:''' Thank you, but ''fuck you''. Thank you for coming to visit me, but fuck you for not telling me. Thank you for always being there, thank you for all the little things you did for me, but ''fuck you'' for always acting like you were okay after dad killed himself and making me feel like that's how I had to feel. Why the fuck are you here, mom?