![]() ![]() A portrait of awkward resolve, courtesy of Swift’s performance. Sure enough, before long a Tesla has been bought and Rebecca’s mom and dad are together once more. They fight, Deborah leaves, the dad makes amends with a lavish, environmentally friendly purchase, and the situation repeats. This is a recurring theme, dating back to Rebecca’s time in university. Waddingham’s expression is intensely ambivalent in a way that nicely hints at a long-running dynamic. After dropping by unnoticed to get a good stare of Luca, Deborah reveals she’s left Rebecca’s dad. Rebecca also has a front-row seat to another unhealthy relationship, that of her mom Deborah (Harriet Walter) and her unseen in this episode father. However, by episode’s end, we learn that it could be dodgy too, as her mystery man is none other than… SAM ( Toheeb Jimoh)! Thank goodness they didn’t go the Ted route after all! The only reason it’s a concern is that the man she is talking to on Bantr is such a better fit for her. However, Rebecca seems pretty self-aware about that. By far the least problematic of these situations is Rebecca’s ( Hannah Waddingham) almost entirely physical relationship with Luca, a handsome man unashamed of his nakedness who doesn’t seem to have much chemistry with Rebecca beyond the sex. One central theme of this episode is people in relationships they shouldn’t be in and what the people around them do or don’t do about it. Now Ted Lasso comes in with “The Signal,” a Brett Goldstein (“He’s here, He’s there, He’s truly every-Fucking-where even writing episodes, Roy Kent!”) penned and Erica Dunton directed episode positively stuffed full of incident. Then, last week’s episode was continuity oriented but not much happened. Two weeks ago, we had a Christmas episode where I thought a lot happened, but none was specific to dangling plotlines. ![]()
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