This assumption is confirmed when, asked where they would propose if they could do so “anywhere in the world,” Trent and Roy in unison cite the City of Lights. (“Jake told me on the plane,” Michelle explains.) Ted may not know much about Europe, but he is confident of this arithmetic: Paris + newish couple = marriage proposal. Michelle and Jake are dropping off Henry with Ted as they take a surprise trip to Paris. “Please, I insist, call me Jake,” he tells Ted, proving that he is just as bad at reading a room as he is at meeting a minimal standard of professional ethics. He’s in the pub with his ex-wife, Michelle, and her new beau - and their former marriage counselor - Dr. Well, if you did think that, it surely became unthunk as soon as we cut to a close-up of Ted looking not at all happy. “You have to think,” one of the commentators declares, “that no one is happier than Coach Ted Lasso.” (To underline the point we hear the play-by-play of Jamie passing to Dani for a goal.) Moments later, we learn the win streak is up to four. We open with the news that AFC Richmond has beaten Aston Villa 3-0 for their second decisive victory in a row, an outcome that was easy to anticipate following last episode’s discovery that Total Football with Jamie as facilitator rather than scorer is a winning recipe. But the subplots nonetheless felt more like separate pieces than parts of a whole.

One could make the case - as I did in the headline - that this is an episode about the ends and beginnings of relationships. This is yet another episode that feels somewhat disjointed, following multiple story lines that don’t overlap much or offer a strong through-line. Season 3, Episode 8: ‘We’ll Never Have Paris’

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