The feel-good comedy of Ted Lasso, football, and the horror genre is not exactly a match-winning trifecta. However, a new fan-made trailer proves that with the right editing, the show's second season has enough chilly vibes to tear through any defense.
Considering Ted Lasso's season two has AFC Richmond fighting for a promotion spot up until the very end, that intimidation factor is something the team could have used in the nailbiter finale that premiered this Friday. Of course, the season ended with plenty of humor and all the dad jokes that clinched the Apple TV Plus series four Emmy wins this year, as well as absolute internet glory courtesy of the Ted Lasso-inspired Roy Kent CGI meme.
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Do not expect to see much of coach Lasso in this spoof trailer since Ted’s never-ending optimism leaves very little room for scares. Instead, the gaffer delegates the terror duties onto Nate the Great (Nick Mohammed), who makes for an enticing villain. This brilliant trailer by Francis Siberini Films takes advantage of some of Ted Lasso's wildest events in season two, like striker Dani Rojas’ sad dog-related incident, a car accident, and a funeral that turns really dark when paired with some of Nate’s dialogue.
The YouTube channel also features a few deeper analyses of shows like WandaVision and Ozark, and this video goes a long way to show what good editing can do with the right music to make one worry about what Nate could be hiding. Nevertheless, while Nate may be far from becoming the Richmond slasher, his role in the series has changed dramatically as the club’s success and the media started taking a toll on his relationship with Ted.
All things considered, since Ted Lasso knows nothing about soccer and has still managed to bring Richmond together, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine him as a horror film survivor. At the moment, Ted Lasso still holds an impressive 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of Apple TV’s most successful productions ever, a feat even far more impressive considering how well it has done with American audiences that, much like Ted, are usually far from passionate about soccer.
Ted Lasso was already booked for the third season and, as its popularity keeps on rising, it’s likely the production values will continue to improve, which will do wonders for a sport that has always been particularly hard to depict in film or television. At this rate, even fan-made Ted Lasso edits will be putting Konami’s eFootball to shame.
Ted Lasso is available on Apple TV Plus.
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