![]() Like Roy, she’s constantly looking for new ways to challenge and better herself, which is why they are so great together as a couple. She may be independently wealthy from her modeling career, but it never went to her head. When we were first introduced to Keeley in season one she seemed destined to exist as a vapid, stereotypical foil for Jamie to play off - but like everything in Ted Lasso, she evolved and became so much more. Keeley is the wonderful firecracker everyone needs in their lives. His eternal optimism and hope are infectious, and this makes him just a beautiful character portrayed expertly by Toheeb Jimoh. Of course, everything is capped off by his relationship with Rebecca - the most unlikely pairing one could imagine, but they absolutely click on every level. In doing so we see how Sam has moved from being a scared teenager, to a self-assured adult. In the end Sam followed his heart, staying in Richmond to help the Greyhounds. Then Sam follows up by having a major personal crisis when Edwin Akufo comes to England to court Sam, saying he wants to come to play for his new club in Morocco where he’s building an African super team. Standing up to AFC Richmond’s sponsor DubaiAir because of damage the company did to Nigeria was a beautiful and meaningful moment. Beginning the first season with the struggles every immigrant feels upon landing in a new country, he’s been thrown some of the biggest personal challenges and every single time Sam has found a way to navigate them with courage and grace. So much of Sam’s story has been moving from a place of fragility to one of immense strength. If you watch Ted Lasso and don’t root for Sam to succeed in anything and everything he does, then I have to imagine you have a problem that should be worked through in therapy. Roy Kent is what every man should aspire to be, and the world would be a better place if we achieve it. Every single action by Roy is that of a man who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about him, as long as he loves himself, is kind to others, and he finds happiness. Hell, even his reality TV wine nights with his elderly lady friends from yoga. How he dishes out his own brand of parenting with Phoebe. His beautiful, mutually supportive relationship with Keeley, which has brutally hit the rocks. ![]() We see it from his growing relationship with Ted, Beard and Higgins with the “Diamond Dogs,” to how he keeps the locker room honest and accountable. He’s a man deeply aware of his own insecurities and weaknesses, who is trying every day to be a little better than the last - while allowing his actions to constantly speak louder than his words. ![]() Roy is, above all else, unapologetically Roy. What began as a gruff, aging player incapable of accepting his athletic decline, has morphed into a paragon of masculinity. No characters has had a more beautiful and perfect arc over two seasons than Roy. He’s here, he’s there, he’s every-f**king-where! Roy Kent! Roy Kent! It goes without saying that we’ll be discussing significant plot points from the first two seasons of Ted Lasso. We averaged out those rankings to give you our definitive character rankings. ![]() I put out the call to everyone here at SB Nation to rank (almost) every character in Ted Lasso from their favorite to the most-loathed. There’s so much depth to everyone we’ve grown to love (and hate), which makes every single person we meet in Ted Lasso feel like someone we’ve known for years, while only scratching the surface over two seasons so far. With the third season dropping on Apple TV+ it’s the perfect time to look at the character arcs we’ve seen from the main players. ![]() If you disagree with that statement and think something like Friday Night Lights is better, well, you either lack taste or haven’t watched Ted Lasso. Ted Lasso is the greatest TV show about sports in the history of the medium. ![]()
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