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Unanswerable Questions, Where the Time Goes, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 5

It’s unanswerable questions, pie charts of our time spent, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 5 on this episode of the Torg Stories Podcast..

If you put your energy into the things you love, the universe puts its energy back into you. -Zava

Anne, I’m coming off watching UConn hammer South Carolina. You’re coming off a big Fortnite win!

In the show Ted Lasso, the great footballer Zava says this: if you put your energy into the things you love, the universe puts its energy back into you. Anne, after I heard that, I wanted to reflect on where I put my energy.

With the help of Microsoft Co-Pilot, I created a pie chart that shows how I spend my time (is this the same as energy?) each 24 hour day.

What were my observations in trying to put together that chart?

  1. Dividing up time might be missing what Zava was after. Putting your energy into something isn’t the same as it’s how you spend your time. I can cut the grass but even on the mower, my energy might be somewhere else.
  2. I was struck by the seasonal and day to day differences in my life. I think especially coaching but also just teaching provide more variety than are in some lives, maybe I’m just thinking of your life, Anne.

Season 3, Episode 5 titled “Signs.”

  • We open with Richmond going 7 weeks without a victory. Coaches office. Roy points to the problem that makes sense most to me. Watching Zava. Rebecca comes in. Still on the edge.
  • Rebecca in a coffee shop. Has her server take that match book. Nice job by the show keeping the narrative thread. Rebecca runs into that guy she dumped. Ring a ding, ding: wedding calling! Saw Hamilton and then, LOL, that guy tells another of his boring stories. I forgot what, Shite in Nining Armor is. The fiance said it by mistake.
  • Jack, Keeley, and Barbara meet in Keeley’s office about more clients. Makes me think a bit of Jerry McGuire conversation. Jerry wanted less clients. Shandy keeps it going. Jack gives Keeley the words to fire Shandy. I find compliment sandwiches insulting. But do I do it? Or if you make it well, does it work? The worst people often think they are the best. Jack’s dad calls it, talent dysmorphia.
  • Coaches office. Trent has an idea. Funny from Ted about the documentarians who won’t intervene. Henry bullying incident at school. Beard and Roy are ready to go.
  • Higgins comes to see Rebecca. He thinks a coaching change might be in order. Rebecca changes the subject and asks Higgins if he believes in psychics. Higgins: the universe is full of things we can’t explain. (fingernails)

I asked Anne for 3-5 unanswerable questions. Here is what I came up with:

  1. Are there intelligent beings not from earth?
  2. Is space infinite? How does that work?

I only came up with two so I asked Microsoft Co-Pilot for a 3rd funny one. Here it is:

If a tomato is a fruit, does that make ketchup a smoothie?

  • Nate calls his mom to practice before calling Anastasia?
  • Shandy gets the firm fired by a client. Keeley fires Shandy. Funny that I felt some Jerry McGuire earlier, because Shandy out of Keeley’s office exactly the scene when Jerry gets fired.
  • Rebecca goes to see the doctor about fertility. No emergency contact. Everyone talks to her about the team. She asks if she can have children. She wants a baby.
  • Team in the weight room. Get some rest. No video games unless it’s Animal Crossing. Zava: You will not win because of me. You will win because you work together.
  • Ted in his apartment. His ex Michelle calls. Ted finds out Henry did the bullying.
  • One of Keeley’s employees, Dan, attempts a joke of quitting. It’s a good sign! Jack goes to Richmond game with Keeley.
  • Zava doesn’t show.
  • Shandy leaves a lamb on a table that keeps pooping.
  • Nate takes Anastasia to dinner. Manager comes out and is so excited to see them both. Jane snickers at something Nate says.
  • Ted says about Zava, “Maybe he’s dead.” Made me laugh.
  • Date not going well. Nate gives a nice speech on what makes it special. Anastasia leaves him.
  • Richmond loses 4-0. Zava retiring. Looks like Doc gives bad news. Keeley says her break up still hurts. Keeley kisses Jack. She kisses her back. Another ill advised relationship.
  • Jade joins Nate. Is it wrong to think maybe she can get him going the right way?
  • Henry calls. If you’re angry, count to ten. If that doesn’t work, do it again. Hip hop song The Message.
  • Ted deals with panic attack successfully.
  • Ted rips the sign. Belief doesn’t just happen because you hang a sign up on the wall. Ted lists envy, fear, shame. You know what I want to mess around with? The belief that I matter. The belief that we all deserve to be loved. The belief of hope. Nice montage! Believe that things can get better, that I can get better. Can’t nobody rip that apart.
  • Jamie tells Roy he’ll see him in the morning. Last shot of the episode is of the ripped BELIEVE sign.

Anne’s off to London!

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What do you mean Romanticize Your Life? When Someone Hurts You, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 4 on the Torg Stories Podcast

In this episode we’re pointed to the TikTok trend Romanticize Your Life, we talk working out, how to handle someone hurting you, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 4.

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Before we get to the podcast notes, I think through coaches calling late-game timeouts to advance the ball to half court. That situation certainly had my attention this week with all of the basketball I have watched this week. Coach Calipari of Arkansas took a lot of heat for not calling one with six seconds left in their loss to Texas Tech. The philosophy he explained after the game is pretty much what I believe: if our team can push the ball against a defense that isn’t set, I usually like that situation better than giving the other team a chance to get organized and maybe do something different defensively. In my history of coaching, I have also heard Bob Knight and Phil Jackson explain that same strategy of not calling timeout, pushing pace, and seeing if you can get a good shot against a defense that is trying to organize.

I’d add the caveat that I try to get close to the official and the second I see that we’re not playing with pace or that we’re looking uncertain, then I call the timeout. The players know this is my strategy, and we’ve practiced it. Two other variables (1) What are the strength of your players? (2) How much do you like your late game out of bounds plays?

Calling late game timeouts did much more harm than good in the women’s games this week because a high percentage of the teams who called timeout to advance the ball and set up a play ended up turning the ball over. I also saw teams with the lead get late game rebounds with less than 20 seconds left in the game call timeout when they probably could have ran at least 5 and maybe 10 seconds off the clock. Instead, they called timeout to advance the ball and then turned it over trying to get in.

Torg Life Snapshot:

  1. Tournaments delivering on introducing me to new people and buzzer beaters.
  2. Late game timeouts have been driving me crazy. Maybe if the teams executed their sideline out of bounds plays, I would change my mind about the strategy.
  3. LeBron had an interesting week. Went on Pat McAfee and said stuff about Stephen A Smith and Brian Windhorst. Tipped in the game winner vs. the Pacers. Then made an incredibly bad turnover against the Bulls where the Bulls scored 9 points in 12.6 seconds to come from 5 down to win. (By the way-great sideline out of bounds execution from the Bulls).

Summary and Discussion Questions for Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 4 titled “Big Week”

  • Roy bangs on Jamie’s door to train at 4AM. Roy says they do it early so they can get three workouts in. This is something Kobe famously did.

Anne, when were you locked in working out?

  1. I was steady going to the park throughout high school but didn’t really know what I was doing. I used to have you and mom rebound two balls for me.
  2. Freshman year college I added weight lifting and swimming after practice. I often went up to the track at Olivet and ran a mile after practice.
  3. Junior and senior year I got into getting up at 5AM to workout with Gary Tidwell before practice.
  4. Marathon training: 10 800s on the track were memorable. I ended up liking running in the dark after school on Fridays instead of Saturday mornings.
  5. Now most of my lifts are with my kids. I work in treadmill runs and runs at the Valle Crucis park.

Back to Ted Lasso:

  • Nate has a model of a pitch in his room. He knocks down Ted. He seems to feel bad about that. He seems more conflicted about his path?
  • Ted has a picture by his bed that was signed by Nate. Sassy is getting dressed. Sassy Smurf and Marlboro Man. Ted explores possibility of being a couple with Sassy. How do you like them together? How big of a mess is Ted? Divorce as mess maker. People do need time, I think. I guess some don’t take it. I like the “I’m a mess too, but I’m further down the timeline.”
  • They talk Uber ratings. Fun! Sassy is a good character.
  • Keeley’s CFO Barbara asks for tickets. Keeley didn’t realize her boss was Jack Danvers. The VC that funds her PR firm.
  • Beard and Roy talk to Higgins about what Nate’s plan will be. How often am I surprised? Nate is in their head. Getting the best player to buy in. JJ and Lebron.
  • KISS: Keep it Simple Smarty Pants. An answer will show up. Diamond Dog meeting. Beard says Ted is a mess. You are acting like he didn’t hurt you.
  • Beard says, “Pain is Like Carbon Monoxide. Expressing it can open the vent.”

Potential Times I’ve Been Hurt and How I Handled It

  1. Basketball parents who hated me in my first coaching job. Does that count as being hurt?
  2. Divorce
  3. Grad professors.
  4. Professionally at SJU and Greenwood. (admins, colleagues, parents)
  5. How often have I talked it out with the person I believed hurt me?
  6. Hurt often goes both ways. People hurt each other.
  • Zava to the team: Ignore the talking faces even when they are in our favor. Dream big and you may never wake up.
  • Nate goes to talk to Jade. She comically just kind of looks at him and doesn’t talk. Brags about his new job. She thinks his name is Jason Jelly. Derek is the manager and is excited to see Nathan. Go Hammers! Jade is Polish and named Edyta Budnik.
  • Coaches office. Beard has Ted watch a video of Nate ripping up the believe sign. Nate is pathetic in lots of ways.
  • Rupert and Nate talk. Nate says he hasn’t seen Ted since he left. Rupert: You look him in the eye, you shake his hand, and then you beat him.
  • Michelle, ex wife, texts him. Ted goes back to look at the Dr. Jacob texts. Rebecca stops in. She really wants to win. You can want to win too much, is how I approach these situations. He asks Rebecca is he is a mess? “Oklahoma” is the word when you have to tell the truth. Think that might have come from Ted and his ex wife. Wisdon from Ted to Rebecca: You already won, you know?
  • Keeley is nervous about meeting Jack. Rebecca runs into Rupert and his new wife Bex. Ted will see Nate.
  • Keeley asks for a tampon from the next stall. Reminds me of Seinfeld and Elaine asking if the person could spare a square.
  • Nate faces the corner in the elevator with Ted. Almost apologizes. Elevator opens and Rupert has his cape on.
  • Keeley meets Jack and Jack says, I believe you have something of mine. What do you make of Jack so far?
  • 2-nil at halftime. Rebecca is losing it. I believe in you Ted. And it’s intense.
  • Roy and Beard show the video at halftime.

Anne, are you capable of becoming extra motivated? What motivates me?

  1. Mostly self driven
  2. Having lost, trying to find the approach that can lead to winning
  3. Celebratory behavior by the opponent
  4. Other people thinking they are better than me or a coach thinking a player was better than me.
  5. I do think I responded to getting yelled at.
  • Even though playing the video backfired, it was worth it for me the way they looked at Nate.
  • We see Rupert making out with someone not his wife. Oh, it’s that assistant.
  • Roy and Beard know they messed up and own it immediately. Ted: tried something new, didn’t work, big whoop.
  • I notice I have started saying big whoop.
  • Bones and Honey again! From Beard After Hours. Rupert is bringing Nate into his sleazy cheating world. The cheaters hope everyone will cheat too.
  • Shandy changed the bio line for bantr. Anne, does Keeley need to get rid of Shandy?
  • I was emotionally moved: Roy bangs on the door and Jamie is ready with his headlamp. Let’s go!
  • Ted doesn’t finish his drink. Maybe he is going to be less of a mess. Ted makes use of the carbon dioxide metaphor and opens a vent by telling Michelle that he is angry about Dr. Jacob. We gotta raise this little boy together. We’re stuck with each other. We’re going to share grandkids. I love our family no matter what it looks like.
  • Bob Dylan song to end it. “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.”

Gen Z TikTok Romanticize Your Life Segment (produced by Izzy Torg)

  1. If we were coming up with a way to say “Romanticize Your Life” in our own words, what would it be? Do a little something nice for yourself. Is it a little treat for yourself? One of the videos we looked at said, Keep the Horrors at Bay.
  2. My ideas for myself: a short nap, berries on my morning yogurt, reading during the day, doing this pod, walking the dog at Valle Crucis listening to a podcast letting Indy lay down in the river,
  3. One of the videos said dramatically extinguish the candles.
  4. Do we think this is stupid? I don’t. People are posting ways they like to treat themselves. No complaints.
  5. Extra question: if you’re going to treat yourself (try to keep the horrors at bay, do you buy yourself anything?) Maybe a milkshake.

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Dealing with Doubt, Our Work Personas, and Ted Lasso Season 3 Premiere

Welcome to the Torg Stories Podcast at TheTorg.com. I’m Bill Torg. I’ve got round 3 of North Carolina girls basketball playoffs coming up next Tuesday. It’s the last week before spring break at App State, Gene Hackman his wife and dog are mysteriously dead, and I’ve got more interested in Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy than I usually do. Anne, how do you orient yourself to this time and place?

On this episode we’re talking about dealing with doubt, our work personas, and the Ted Lasso Season 3 Premiere titled “Smells Like Mean Spirit.”

Notes and Discussion prompts for Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 1: “Smells Like Mean Spirit”

  • The episodes always start with a black screen and sound. Ted looks bummed at the airport. Seems like he gets a text from his wife Michelle. Tricking us a bit. Ted’s son Henry flying home. He was playing Super Smash Brothers. What are your favorite Nintendo games?
  • Cut to Ted in the cab talking to Doc Sharon. He has a Ted Lasso lego set. Is a sense of automomy good for Henry at age 10, flying across the earth by himself? What do you remember about childhood play around the age of 10?
  • Sharon saying: Doubt can only be removed by action. Sharon has a young man in her bed.
  • Rebekah sits in her office with Higgins angry about predictions about the upcoming season. Anne, who goes to the NBA finals? Who wins? Ted comes in and talks about his kid flying home. Charlotte two flights to Milwaukee. Megan drove there.
  • “Tinkle on your toenails,” said Ted. “I predict their predictions are wrong.”
  • Gene Hackman is talked about because Roy watched Hoosiers. He liked the drunk geezer. Gene opens our show every week: “Team!”
  • Roy says it’s more important to be solid than clever when you’re the underdogs. This seem true?
  • Nate arrives to coach in his little green car. He doesn’t greet anyone. He’s the anti Ted Lasso. Anne, how are you entering the building?
  • Training. Paddington Bear Twitter pretty funny. Ted decides to take the team somewhere. I remember a story of Coach K having Duke play volleyball.
  • Crying is the best, said Rebecca. Keeley cried all over Rebecca’s shirt. Keeley says, Let Ted be Ted. What would you say that means?
  • Nate at training. “The dumb dumb line.” Then hops to it to go see Mr. Mannion. Just because my name is Disco, doesn’t mean we get to party?
  • The majesty of the London sewer system. Henry wanted to take the tour to face his fears. How are we at facing our fears? Any clown fears?
  • Nathan panics and spits. How would you do at the press conference Anne? He gets a grip and gets back to his snooty, smarter than you self.
  • My biggest laugh from Jaime: “Coach, we’re surrounded by poopy.”
  • A great bottle of wine doesn’t need to be an expensive bottle of wine.
  • Roy was told by the bus driver to ask the earth to help him carry some of his burden. What would that mean? What is Roy’s burden? Does he have a problem to work on? Who else? Jamie: “Lads, remember…it’s just poopy; let it flow.”
  • Rebecca is mad at Ted. Everyone is laughing at us Ted. Rupert is laughing at me, Ted. I am begging you, “fight back.” Emotionally moving.
  • The woman brings in a package for Nate. She says, “It’s a car.” It’s an Aston Martin. Looks like at least 300K.
  • Roy and Keeley are going to try and give Phoebe the talk. Oh, not the talk I expected. They tell her they broke up. She asks why they broke up. Roys says they are both busy. Phoebe says one of her core beliefs is nothing lasts forever.
  • In the car, Phoebe asks, “Are you sure you are doing the right thing?” She’s right? This is his call? She says, “I think you are being stupid.”
  • “Ring the Alarm” by Beyonce plays at the end. I didn’t know that one.

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The Cars We’d Pick, Favorite TV Couples and Goodbyes with Ted Lasso

Anne went to the Pacers at Clippers game this week at Intuit in LA and we use Ted Lasso Season 2, Episode 11 to talk about cars we’d pick to start our fleet, name our favorite TV couples, and discuss if we’re any good at goodbyes. (hint: not really)

If money is no issue, what couple of automobiles do you want?

  1. 77 Trans Am with the eagle on it.
  2. 70 Chevelle
  3. Carolina Blue G Wagon
  4. Ford Raptor truck
  5. Escalade / Mercedes van

Favorite TV couples?

  1. Alex Keaten and Ellen Reed. Fox’s real wife Tracy Pollan. Bill Vera and the Beater’s song. Billy Vera and The Beaters “At this Moment.” What did you think I would do at this moment?
  2. Seinfeld and Elaine count?
  3. Jim and Pam
  4. Maddie and David on Moonlighting

Notes and Discussion Questions for Ted Lasso “Midnight Train to Royston” from Season 2, Episode 11:

  • Crowd chanting. Sam scores a hat trick. At least Nate looked happy for him. Rebecca texts him congratulations. Collin drives a lime green Lambo. Anne, if money was no object, what are a couple autos you would pick?
  • Keeley has an interview and photoshoot with Vanity Fair. Ted comes in to Rebecca’s office. Dr. Sharon is leaving. Ted is collecting cash. Higgins comes in. Edwin Akufo owns Ghana tech firm. Inherits 1.2 billion pounds. He’s coming for a visit.
  • Nate and Beard in the office. Will the kit man brings in Nate’s suit. Roy comes in and asks if his eyebrows are crazy. Ted comes in coaches office. Nate has a new tactic, a false nine. Nate says here we go again. His idea and Coach Lasso gets all the credit. The forest is a socialist community.
  • Out on the pitch, the team is working on a goodbye dance for Dr. Sharon. Beard says, “The team is not NSYNCH.” The album, No Strings Attached. Edwin Akufu’s helicopter arrives. He has people who shake hands for him. Weighted blanket. “Chop it up with Ms. Welton,” Ted says. I said that in a team meeting the other day! Dramatic pause by Beard. “That was it!”
  • Rebecca, Ted, Keeley, Higgins, meet with Akufu in Rebecca’s office. He wants to buy Sam. Edwin wants Sam to play in Africa. “A sad white man is still a white man.” Sam comes in. Edwin is willing to shake Sam’s head. Higgins wrote a play about a footballer who eats at a museum.
  • Nate was waiting in Keeley’s office. He wants help picking out a suit.
  • Roy goes to pick up Phoebe from school but school is out. She draws breasts for some reason. There’s an art fundraiser. Reminds me of the Buckley fundraiser. He offers to help the teacher set up the art.
  • Rebecca comes in and tells Ted she had an affair with Sam. Limbo, Ted says, great party game but terrible relationship status. Ted says Sam and Rebecca are already one of his favorite TV couples. Anne, what are your favorite TV couples. Ted tells Rebecca to listen to her gut and on her way down to her gut to check in with her heart. Ted reminds Rebecca a year ago she told him she hired him so that he would fail. They agree to meet again next year. Third season!
  • At the clothing store with Nate and Keeley. Keeley does a Roy Kent impression. Nate has on a plaid suit. The seller is concerned the crotch is too loose. They check it out intensely.
  • Ted thinks he’s running into Sharon’s office but she has left and Higgins has returned to his office. He says he knows everyone’s birthday: Liam Neeson, Tina Turner, Chuck Norris, Sharon Stone, and Osama Bin Laden. Ted is angry about the letters. Higgins, “Don’t let-her get away with it Ted.” Ted comes running back in. Love it when this happens. Anne, how are you at goodbyes? Let’s try to remember some.
  • Edwin and Sam at the museum. Edwin bought the piece. Edwin wants to make things better. Banksy is there.
  • Nate settles on an all black suit. Nate asks, Do you ever want to be the boss? She is straightening his tie. She pumps him up about fighting hard for there dreams. Go for it, she says and Nate leans in for a kiss. At least he is very apologetic. Why does he need to spit there?
  • Roy is still talking to the teacher. Roy asks why the other classes pictures are shit? The best teachers are the toughest ones. Who were your best teachers? She asks if he’s married. Roy says no. How about Karen the teacher’s sweater? What is on there? Looked like popsicles.
  • Ted waits outside Sharon’s apartment. Ted is really mad and talks about being abandoned. Is a bunch of cash a good gift? His wife left him… His dad left him… Ted agrees to read the stupid letter. LOL, he corrects her spelling. Funny to moved by a scene where I don’t know what the letter said. Friendship is a theme of Ted Lasso. She is going to Royston. Her train leaves at midnight. She asks him if he wants to go get a drink.
  • Edwin and Sam are out to eat eating South African food. Sam is the fourth person to know that Edwin is buying a team. He wants to build up the African club. Take all the time you need. You have 72 hours.
  • Roy arrives for the photoshoot. It’s at Keely’s house. Keeley is really nervous. Roy comes over and gives her a pump up speech. Reminds me of when she pumped him up before going on to be a pundit. They kiss. We get a montage of the photoshoot. Cut to Sharon and Ted in the pub. Cut to Sam walking through town. Roy and Keeley are told to look at each other. She says Nate tried to kiss her. Thank you for telling me. He was talking to Phoebe’s teacher for three hours. She tells him that Jamie told her he still loves her. Roy looks ready to cry.
  • Roy and Sharon play pinball. Favorite arcade games? Putting your name on a machine. The boys come up, You’re the shrink for the team, eh? The big guy is afraid of snakes. Anne, what are you afraid of? Ted left and wrote her a letter. (goodbye or the glass could be the pic)
  • Sam arrives home and Rebecca is on his doorstep. She says she hopes he doesn’t go.
  • Ted gets back to his apartment, which is seeming less like a premiere league coach’s apartment. Trent Crimm texts him that an article is running in the paper about the panic attack. Nate was his source. Ted decides not to comment.
  • Trent sends a bunch of short texts. I prefer one long text. That’s the end of the episode. I think that’s Radiohead at the end.

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Panic Attacks, Luka Trade, and Ted Lasso No Weddings and a Funeral

Panic attacks, the Luka to the Lakers trade, and Ted Lasso Episode “No Weddings and a Funeral” are some of the topics on this week’s Torg Stories Podcast. We also give our initial thoughts on the upcoming Super Bowl.

Anne and I use episodes of the Apple show Ted Lasso to spark discussion questions for the podcast. Here are some of my notes and discussion topics from Season 2, Episode 10 of Ted Lasso:

  • Rebecca’s father has died to open the show.
  • Coaches office. They speculate after death. Everyone states their belief. R0y drawer of funeral home. Ted used to Heaven and Hell. Higgins likes to imagine a heaven where animals are in charge and humans are pets. Do pets have it good? What if our brains were in there? Nate wants to be a tiger and ravage anyone who looks at him wrong.
  • Rebecca’s childhood home. Together Forever by Rick…what’s that new song that used it? How does that song make you feel? Or, when/where do you play music? What songs did you love that are now ruined? Rebecca’s mom keeps her room because it reminds her of when they were close.
  • Sassy arrives. Did you sneak out Anne?
  • Roy and Keely. Funerals are weird. They are like parties but you have to be sad. Keeley thinks maybe she’d like to fertilize a tree.
  • Ted getting dressed to She’s an Easy Love. A favorite of mine! Nice effects on sound and Ted has a panic attack over his son and his father’s death. (darts with his father)
  • Cut to the funeral. Rupert comes and says, Paul (her father) is family. Let’s get to the root of why dad no funeral. Remember Becks dated Sudeikis. Team arrives. Emotionally moving. They all came. Sam is obviously hurt. Beard last off the bus. No Ted.
  • Sassy doesn’t tolerate Rupert.
  • Ted calls Sharon. Incredible view. 4-7-8 breathing.
  • Keeley to Rebecca: That baby sucks. Sassy and Keeley love each other. Sassy asks about Ted. Keeley feels Rebecca is secretly dating someone. Ted bought Nate’s suit. Keeley, Roy and Jamie something brewing.
  • Sharon goes to Ted’s. I see the army soldier on his table. Sharon hates tea. Ted, “I’ll tell you anythying.”
  • Rebecca and Keeley are being loud. Sassy has brought alcohol. Sassy’s daughter likes Sam. 20 questions. TENSE. She seems okay with it.
  • Rebecca’s mom asks what she will share in her eulogy. She’s got nothing to say. Wow, just occuring to me how much the episode (this whole show?) is about fathers.
  • Friday the 13, 1991. September. Rebecca saw her dad cheating. Ted’s dad also killed himself. Very cool plot twist that intensely connects Ted and Rebecca. They wove the telling of the stories together. Probably comes from somewhere but I can’t remember seeing it.
  • Where were we on that date? My kids could likely pull up a social media post close to that date.
  • 25:10 nicely dark picture mom and rebecca
  • Rebecca tells her mom she hates her too. What would you say to Ted? Dr. Sharon asks what he was like. That seems so smart. Ted tells a story about his dad staying up all night reading Jonny Tremain. Wow, Ted tells Sharon he wasn’t going to let anyone get by him without realizing they might be hurting inside. And he’s saying this in London away from his son.
  • I think I’ve given a lot to be around my kids. Maybe that just keeps going?
  • Think if you listened to, watched, or read everything this show mentioned.
  • Mom tells Rebecca she wasn’t as strong as her. Mom handles Rupert like I try to. What’s more important? Being loving or being right? Right about what? I’ll take your anger over your indifference any day.
  • In the church. good pic here about when ted comes in.
  • Ted arrives to the funeral. Rebecca sings Never Gonna Give You Up. Ted joins in. We could analyze these lyrics. Organ plays the song. Rupert is going to give his shares to Rebecca. He stops and talks to nate.
  • At the reception, Rebecca thinks she needs to break it off with Sam. Jamie and Keeley talk. He says he came back to Richmond also for Keeley and that he loves her. Roy arrives. We only got this one life. He tells Keeley he loves her. About 10 seconds between loves?
  • Sam pulls Rebecca into a closet. Sam line and joke: “I hate big butts and I cannot lie.” Rebecca says she needs to figure out her fear on her own.
  • Sassy, named Florence, does like wounded birds doesn’t she?” says Rebecca’s mom. What about her daughter?
  • Rebecca and her mom looked at a lot of pictures. I looked at a lot of pictures. Why? They have a VHS player?
  • What we choose to remember and not remember. It’s Rick Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up. She thought he was black. Show’s over.

Luka from the Mavs for Davis from the Lakers trade:

  • Seems like an obvious yes for the Lakers Anne. Why?
  • What are the risks for the Lakers?
  • How many reasons can we think of for the Mavs to do this?
  • Who will have the best record from here to the finish?
  • FanDuel has the Lakers twice as more likely to make the finals.

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