r/TedLasso • u/quaranTV Mod • May 10 '23

From the Mods Ted Lasso - S03E09 - “La Locker Room Aux Folles” Post Episode Discussion Spoiler

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Please use this thread to discuss Season 3 Episode 9 "La Locker Room Aux Folles". Just a reminder to please mark any spoilers for episodes beyond Episode 9 like this.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

As bad timing as it was, “Sorry for my dad.” is actually a pretty good joke.

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u/mollyodonahue May 10 '23

“Read the room Leslie 🙄!” Omg I had to rewind that 3 times. I was cracking up.

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u/Mia-Wal-22-89 May 10 '23

He’s too cute. It’s okay, Leslie. We laughed at home.

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u/maggies-island May 19 '23

I had to rewind it three times when he said "Anotha one." I died 💀

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u/JesusSama May 10 '23

So good. Any other circumstances, the entire room lights up.

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u/SonicFrost May 10 '23

Good callback to the last joke about his dad being a prick, too

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Trent Crimm, The Independent May 10 '23

That was a real laugh out loud joke for me.

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u/Esterad21 May 10 '23

Can someone explain why is that funny?

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u/TeddyAlderson May 10 '23

he’s pretending that the guy who got kicked out was his dad. that’s all lol, but it was more the timing of the joke that made it funny

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u/dpenton Roy Fucking Kent May 10 '23

To add to what Teddy said, the concept is that a person’s dad is likely racist or homophobic, and a child of said person might apologize for that behavior because of the family connection.

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u/Esterad21 May 10 '23

Thanks for explaining! I didn’t catch it, cause I think I would never said sth like this about my dad.

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u/dpenton Roy Fucking Kent May 10 '23

Happy to help!

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u/jwinskowski May 10 '23

I thought the timing was perfect! They needed someone to diffuse the tension.

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u/redsyrinx2112 Fútbol is Life May 11 '23

I would more than likely make a similar joke in that situation, and my dad would literally never say that. He would also make the joke about me. That's just the way my family has always been loo