You can learn a lot from TV's most optimistic character. Things got pretty bad during 2020, but while there was darkness, there was also light. Millions of us turned toward the only thing that fostered hope in the dire straits... a football coach who moves to England to coach soccer, bakes cookies, and does what's right, even if no one believes it will work. Yeah, I'm talking about Ted Lasso, the titular character of 2020's massive hit series. It was renewed for a second season of 12 episodes five days after its premiere and got a third season shortly after that. The pilot of the show really put us in Ted's shoes and showed how a funny bit could be extrapolated into something interesting and heartfelt. There are way more than three lessons to be learned from this episode, but I wanted to focus on the big ones and see what we could glean. Read and download the Ted Lasso pilot script PDF here. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 14 April, 2021