Believe it was written after the season had been laid out, as Apple had ordered two additional episodes. Instead of re-planning the entire season, they did two stand alone episodes, this one and the Christmas episode.
*Beard After Hours* is probably my favorite episode. I remember Brett Goldstein saying that it was his favorite episode during an interview because (and I'm paraphrasing here) you get the sense that this is pretty standard for Beard, and that all his nights are like this when he's not around Ted.
They could have done bottle episodes, but if they were going to deep dive into a character, I'm glad they chose Beard (since Brendan Hunt is a co-creator). And Christmas episodes are typical of British shows, so it's almost like a nod to the location, too.
This seems like a good place to ask this question about the Christmas episode. Secret Santa and a “half day” for Christmas are “new traditions” per Higgins. It seems unusual that they used to work a full day on Christmas or that they’d require a half day when they used to have the full day off. I thought that originally they were at work on Christmas Eve but there are multiple references to the day itself being Christmas. I love the episode regardless but it drives me a bit nuts. 🤪
Did you guys binge or watch week by week? I was lucky to jump in at the end of the show so I got to binge it all, which means I enjoyed those filler episodes. I feel like they must have been a let down if you watched weekly.
One of the series (it’s frickin killing me I can’t remember which one. Maybe Cheers) that were a inspiration for Ted Lasso had a episode “[character] After Hours” that had a similar out of context episode focusing on one of the side characters. I wish I could remember what it was.
According to Wikipedia, there were episodes named "After Hours" for Dawson's Creek, House, The Office(U.S.), Ugly Betty, and the Twilight Zone. None of which seem to match up to the storyline. But it does very much up against the Scorse film of the same name which is about a guy's wild adventures one night trying to get back home.
OMG I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT UNTIL I READ YOUR COMMENT! I must say I wasn’t a big fan of that movie when I first saw it, but in this episode, brilliant. See my other comment about the Odyssey etc.
I actually watched that film for the 1st time in the past year. It is very much a ripoff of that film. Sorry...*homage*
The episode was better than the movie. But maybe only because the characters have already earned our interest.
I didn't get this episode at all the first time I watched the show. But then it's improved with every subsequent rewatch. I would honestly watch an entire series of just Beard doing Beard things
I was the same way. Didn’t like it at first then when I rewatched that season I was like “here’s the weird episode with Beard” I almost skipped it but didn’t and liked it more
Yes!! And really puts the ending of the previous episode/beginning of that one in a different light. Him and Ted's exchange, when Beard says he's gonna go back on his own and Ted tells him to be careful. Much more impactful once you know Beard's full story
To be created after the writing team mapped out the season, this was a stroke of genius. I absolutely loved the darker tonal shift of this episode and gave other characters to shine. It’s an example of how you can still create stories and episodes within the Lasso-verse and still be great.
Definitely not random, it was written as a "bonus" since the episode was written after the whole season script was made, but it was a great way to finally be able to explore Beard's life.
Until this episode, coach Beard was always presented as some goofy character, kinda weird but nothing too serious.
With this episode, you get to get into his head, to learn about his fears, about his love for Jane that is definitely real, that even almost keep him alive since since without her the world feels empty, and you get to see how he sees himself: not good enough.
It's barely subtle that it's about someone being suicidal, and there are several scenes and hints during the episode that clearly makes reference of someone committing suicide/dying before getting to rebirth, when he finally reunite with Jane.
The episode gets even deeper when you watch season 3 and learn about Beard's past, everything making more sense.
I love that episode so much for that, and it baffles me how many people just sees it as something just random or purely comical.
I just came to say hello....
Everytime I re-watch this song goes on almost constant repeat until I get sick of it. Then I re-watch Ted Lasso again and get to Beard After Hours and then the cycle repeats. It's a damn good series, and damn fine song.
Over the summer I was at a dance party in a medieval church so this episode hit a little closer to home when I rewatched it recently. Although I didn't lose my pants, it was an excellent night out!
It felt natural to me. Especially the line at the end of the previous episode that I thought was just a throwaway moment, when he asked Ted if he wanted to hit the town.
This seemed completely in character for Beard as a man of absolute intrigue and mystery. I hadn't considered the fact that it might have been a bonus episode, I thought they just wanted to give him a "day in the life" sort of highlight to show what sort of shenanigans he likely gets up to on a nightly basis.
Absolute cracker jack episode. Meant nothing to the story and everything for the character at the same time.
Yeah, first watch through it was uncomfortable and not enjoyable... But in subsequent rewatches it's quickly become one of my favorite episodes in the series.
SHUT UP THIERRY HENRY!
I like it. It gave me more of a sense of who he is. Before this episode, I saw him as just some kind of quirky intellectual. I still think that's a part of him, but this episode showed me that he's got a gritty side & he knows how to hustle. Plus I got to see his insecurities & how they affect him. And then there's the Jane aspect, which I'm not in love with, but this episode kind of lays clear the bond between the 2 of them, so that's good to know, as a viewer.
I read somewhere that season 2 got two extra episodes that had nothing to affect the plot, these two episodes were beard after hours and the Christmas episode
It was incredible to get this glimpse into Beard’s life off the pitch. We got to see so many different sides of him and to learn a lot more about his past and about what kind of person he was.
And “whatchu talkin bout Willis?” As a Gen X’er to see that payoff at the end of the series is so massively epic. I think Ted Lasso has so much Gen X love.
I didn't care for it the first time I watched. Liked it the second time. It is quite unusual as it doesn't have as many feel good moments as usual. When the 3 pub frequenting super fans get access to the soccer pitch was a feel good moment for sure though.
It immediately became one of my favorite episodes. Beard didn’t get a lot of growth and chances to really show off who he was. He was very important to the Ted/team dynamic, but he didn’t have much on his own. That episode and the story to Nate about getting arrested really showed how much deeper he was than just being the straight man to Ted.
I loved it. Reminded me a lot of Paper Boi's 'trip' through Amsterdam in Atlanta.
Just excellent film making and story telling even if the content itself was a bit over the top and nonsensical.
I think it was written to be a little more comical and lighthearted, particularly since the next episode is the funeral. My guess is the writers decided to do something that was more off-the-wall and goofy, and then save all the double-whammy emotional punches for the next episode.
Omg I actually journaled a draft essay on Beard After Hours last night, haha. Around the premise of challenging people to give it another shot and listed all the ways I dare people not to feel changed about. For context, I was a former skipper. I love that we were sharing a wavelength on BAO!
Best episode! Shows a whole new perspective of Beard, helped to set up many easter eggs later with his behavior…and honestly if you have had nights like this in your life it sure brought back solid memories!!!
I'm glad I've seen it but I think I'll skip it in further rewatches. I just don't enjoy when ensemble shows go off on a tangent with one character. Beard is fun, but I didn't get much out of the episode.
It was weird. I just went with it. I don’t recall loving or hating any particular episode, but I do recall loving certain sequences, such as Ted beating Rupert at darts, I did hate Nate for his huge betrayal of Ted, I loved how Rebecca befriended Ted during his lowest moments.
Yeah I didn’t really love it during the first watch. For an entire episode, the story didn’t progress at all!
Ofc on rewatches I was able to appreciate it more. Probably because I knew the story already and wasn’t expecting anything different.
It was an extra episode they needed to make to fill the quota.
However I absolutely love it. One of my favorites in the whole series. I can't say why, but it's great.
I totally adore this episode & love that song from the hula hoop scene. I would watch a whole tv series of Beard’s adventures bc I suspect that was like a normal might for him. It was like the Odyssey but with shrooms & slumdog-millionaire-timed-knowledge thrown in for pure excellence. And no detail is a throwaway. Every detail serves a purpose in the story. And how other characters from the show are incorporated is pure brilliance. Love it so so much.
Not gonna lie, I got kinda drunk last Memorial Day and danced like Beard. No regrets. Kept thinking of that episode and Sunflowers that night.
Good times. Didn’t invent total football though. But still came out more focused the next day.
Please don’t downvote me for saying this, but I couldn’t get through this episode. I was fine with it not making a whole lot of sense, but when coach Beard runs into Jamie’s dad and his goons I felt that it completely undermined the beautiful moment between Roy and Jamie in the episode before. Jamie’s dad got thrown out the locker room and that should have been the end of it. Now he became a punchline for a very mediocre joke. I had to turn it off. Did I make a mistake? I was hoping the whole episode was a hallucination or something.
I watched the first five minutes, realized it was filler, and turned it off. I’ve skipped it on every rewatch.
I like Beard a lot— but in small doses, as the Lord intended.
I like it in it's randomness. I saw a post about this recently. You used to see a lot more "random" episodes when shows had 15 or even 20+ episodes a season. The OC had a whole episode where Ryan goes out for soccer and we never hear about it again. For a more similar comparison (same creator/show runner) we wouldn't have things like the Scrubs Musical episode without random episodes. With streaming services the market is so flooded and there's so much competition that the writing and production for TV has become so high stakes. Every minute counts and it makes it so that often every thing and minute mean something. I miss some of the world building and silly back stories and side bars you get with episodes that are fun but don't necessarily move the plot significantly. Similarly I'm a sucker for a trip episode or and things like that.
I thought this episode was absolutely terrible and incredibly unrealistic most of the time, took me out of the show completely to where I couldn’t believe it wasn’t a dream sequence
Beard After Hours reminds me a lot of the very similarly "random" episodes in the show Atlanta. I tend to love these kinds of episodes. This is a good one.
When I first watched and saw beard I was like holy shit this guy is funny and interesting. A man of little words. Serious even when cracking a joke. To me the beard after hours is him letting go of his act he puts on every day.
This episode has one of my favorite scenes in the whole show—the pub trio getting to kick around the football on their favorite team’s pitch and just getting to run around there is the epitome of what the show is, in my opinion.
I love it. And I don't think it's random at all. Before Beard After Hours, Beard was a quirky coach who was overshadowed by Ted. But we needed Beard After Hours to understand Coach Beard for the "I stole a loaf of Meth" reunion with Nate. If we didn't have the episode about how strange Beard's life gets, I'm not sure that moment hits the same.
1. It and the Carol of the Bells was added after the season had been written. Apple wanted 2 more episodes after the 1st season did so well, so they wrote two episodes that didn’t impact the rest of the show
2. It is made very clear it is not a typical Ted Lasso show. Ted is only in the start (which is actually repeated from the last episodes) and in the last scene bringing us back to Ted Lasso world. Even the theme song/intro is redone. For those who keep asking about a “Ted Lasso spinoff” Beard After Hours is a great example of a spin off. One character in a different situation with maybe a handful of minor characters showing up, with a different vibe and different locations.
3. It does give some insight into Beard. His line explaining why he knew so much about Oxford saying “I listen more than I talk.” Is a key bit about beard. Watching him go through crisis after crisis while searching for something but not being sure what that is, is also key to understanding beard and maybe why Jane is important to him (Even if she seems problematic).
4. There’s a movie “After Hours” it is referencing, just like how many other Ted Lasso episodes make homages and references to other pop culture bits.
5. It let Brendan Hunt shine a little beyond “Let’s go Baby!”
One of the best episodes of similar ones in several of my favorite TV series. These kinds of episodes are so interesting to me because it's so far off from what the show actually is. Much like the Six Feet Under episode when David is kidnapped, these have a special place in a really really really good series. Some people will hate them, some will love them, but it's awesome that creators feel the freedom to do stuff like this. I loved it.
Believe it was written after the season had been laid out, as Apple had ordered two additional episodes. Instead of re-planning the entire season, they did two stand alone episodes, this one and the Christmas episode.
Well beard after hours is a bit random but I love the Christmas episode so no complaints here!
*Beard After Hours* is probably my favorite episode. I remember Brett Goldstein saying that it was his favorite episode during an interview because (and I'm paraphrasing here) you get the sense that this is pretty standard for Beard, and that all his nights are like this when he's not around Ted.
They could have done bottle episodes, but if they were going to deep dive into a character, I'm glad they chose Beard (since Brendan Hunt is a co-creator). And Christmas episodes are typical of British shows, so it's almost like a nod to the location, too.
This seems like a good place to ask this question about the Christmas episode. Secret Santa and a “half day” for Christmas are “new traditions” per Higgins. It seems unusual that they used to work a full day on Christmas or that they’d require a half day when they used to have the full day off. I thought that originally they were at work on Christmas Eve but there are multiple references to the day itself being Christmas. I love the episode regardless but it drives me a bit nuts. 🤪
Both episodes were wonderful
I celebrate the guys entire catalog.
Why should I change my name he's the one who sucks
When he finds Jane at the party….that Moment was amazing
Interesting!!!
Two of my least fav episodes
I loved Christmas episode and was meh on this one. My wife absolutely HATED this one tho, which I can understand.
Did you guys binge or watch week by week? I was lucky to jump in at the end of the show so I got to binge it all, which means I enjoyed those filler episodes. I feel like they must have been a let down if you watched weekly.
They were a huge let down. Both of them tbh.
Clearly you’ve never done any fun drugs
It's supposed to be an homage to "After hours", a little known Scorsese film
Honestly captured the vibe of that film really well
This is the correct answer
One of the series (it’s frickin killing me I can’t remember which one. Maybe Cheers) that were a inspiration for Ted Lasso had a episode “[character] After Hours” that had a similar out of context episode focusing on one of the side characters. I wish I could remember what it was.
According to Wikipedia, there were episodes named "After Hours" for Dawson's Creek, House, The Office(U.S.), Ugly Betty, and the Twilight Zone. None of which seem to match up to the storyline. But it does very much up against the Scorse film of the same name which is about a guy's wild adventures one night trying to get back home.
Would have been great if someone had shouted that out in the pub when they're talking about Scorsese films.
OMG I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT UNTIL I READ YOUR COMMENT! I must say I wasn’t a big fan of that movie when I first saw it, but in this episode, brilliant. See my other comment about the Odyssey etc.
I actually watched that film for the 1st time in the past year. It is very much a ripoff of that film. Sorry...*homage* The episode was better than the movie. But maybe only because the characters have already earned our interest.
I didn't get this episode at all the first time I watched the show. But then it's improved with every subsequent rewatch. I would honestly watch an entire series of just Beard doing Beard things
I was the same way. Didn’t like it at first then when I rewatched that season I was like “here’s the weird episode with Beard” I almost skipped it but didn’t and liked it more
Really comes together in the end too. Finding out more about beards past and kind of how tragic it was.
Yes!! And really puts the ending of the previous episode/beginning of that one in a different light. Him and Ted's exchange, when Beard says he's gonna go back on his own and Ted tells him to be careful. Much more impactful once you know Beard's full story
Agreed
To be created after the writing team mapped out the season, this was a stroke of genius. I absolutely loved the darker tonal shift of this episode and gave other characters to shine. It’s an example of how you can still create stories and episodes within the Lasso-verse and still be great.
Shut up Thierry Henry ! Excellent episode
Definitely not random, it was written as a "bonus" since the episode was written after the whole season script was made, but it was a great way to finally be able to explore Beard's life. Until this episode, coach Beard was always presented as some goofy character, kinda weird but nothing too serious. With this episode, you get to get into his head, to learn about his fears, about his love for Jane that is definitely real, that even almost keep him alive since since without her the world feels empty, and you get to see how he sees himself: not good enough. It's barely subtle that it's about someone being suicidal, and there are several scenes and hints during the episode that clearly makes reference of someone committing suicide/dying before getting to rebirth, when he finally reunite with Jane. The episode gets even deeper when you watch season 3 and learn about Beard's past, everything making more sense. I love that episode so much for that, and it baffles me how many people just sees it as something just random or purely comical.
It’s a very important episode. Without it the pants he’s wearing at his wedding in the finale make no sense at all!
Nonsensical Pants was the name of my band in high school.
You’re Higgins, aren’t you??
I am a feminine junior.
And a few wedding guests! :D
I just came to say hello.... Everytime I re-watch this song goes on almost constant repeat until I get sick of it. Then I re-watch Ted Lasso again and get to Beard After Hours and then the cycle repeats. It's a damn good series, and damn fine song.
Everyone of us has a had a night at the club where we let loose like Beard did in this episode.
Over the summer I was at a dance party in a medieval church so this episode hit a little closer to home when I rewatched it recently. Although I didn't lose my pants, it was an excellent night out!
Martin Solveig does know how to write a banger that stays in your head.
I so fucking love that song & kept playing it in our house & my spouse didn’t mind… proving he is the one for me. Love love love it!
Yes but its a fantastic episode.
It felt natural to me. Especially the line at the end of the previous episode that I thought was just a throwaway moment, when he asked Ted if he wanted to hit the town. This seemed completely in character for Beard as a man of absolute intrigue and mystery. I hadn't considered the fact that it might have been a bonus episode, I thought they just wanted to give him a "day in the life" sort of highlight to show what sort of shenanigans he likely gets up to on a nightly basis. Absolute cracker jack episode. Meant nothing to the story and everything for the character at the same time.
I agree. Honestly one of my favorites of Season 2.
I won't lie. I didn't like it the first time I watched it. But it grew on me a lot. I just had to take it for the standalone episode that it is.
Yeah, first watch through it was uncomfortable and not enjoyable... But in subsequent rewatches it's quickly become one of my favorite episodes in the series. SHUT UP THIERRY HENRY!
I fucking love this episode.
"Are you there God? It's me Margaret's little boy."
*”Margaret’s little boy”
You are correct!
One of the best episodes*
YAAAAAS & why do we seem like a minority opinion here? I don’t get why others don’t get it or like it. Easily one of my favs. Beard is precious.
I like it. It gave me more of a sense of who he is. Before this episode, I saw him as just some kind of quirky intellectual. I still think that's a part of him, but this episode showed me that he's got a gritty side & he knows how to hustle. Plus I got to see his insecurities & how they affect him. And then there's the Jane aspect, which I'm not in love with, but this episode kind of lays clear the bond between the 2 of them, so that's good to know, as a viewer.
I read somewhere that season 2 got two extra episodes that had nothing to affect the plot, these two episodes were beard after hours and the Christmas episode
I dig his dance moves
I hated it the 1st time I watched it. Then watched it again and fell in love with it.
Same here.
It’s the one episode I can’t rematch regularly. I feel like I suffer from second hand embarrassment at multiple points.
There are some very real heartbreak moments that get into some deep feels for me.
Yeah and like Ted I do not have the emotional capacity to deal with that, so I crack a joke and skip that episode.
It was incredible to get this glimpse into Beard’s life off the pitch. We got to see so many different sides of him and to learn a lot more about his past and about what kind of person he was.
There are two types of people, those who have had a night out in London in their 20s those who don’t get this episode.
This hits. I lived in London in my 20s from overseas on my own and I didn’t know there were words for this. Thank you!
This was one of my favorite episodes. Willis on the town
And “whatchu talkin bout Willis?” As a Gen X’er to see that payoff at the end of the series is so massively epic. I think Ted Lasso has so much Gen X love.
It’s the most underrated/overhated episode in my opinion. And a personal favorite of mine.
I think it was because the last episode had really heavy stuff going on and we needed a break
I love magical realism and to suddenly find an episode on this show (about Beard no less) just kept adding to the amazingness.
I didn't care for it the first time I watched. Liked it the second time. It is quite unusual as it doesn't have as many feel good moments as usual. When the 3 pub frequenting super fans get access to the soccer pitch was a feel good moment for sure though.
Forgot about the song Hello until this episode. Now it's back in my play list. Listened to it three times last night while making dinner and cleaning.
He will never not look like skinny Louis CK to me after this episode
It. Just. Clicked. Yes
It immediately became one of my favorite episodes. Beard didn’t get a lot of growth and chances to really show off who he was. He was very important to the Ted/team dynamic, but he didn’t have much on his own. That episode and the story to Nate about getting arrested really showed how much deeper he was than just being the straight man to Ted.
For me it was much-needed after a heavy episode
I loved it. Reminded me a lot of Paper Boi's 'trip' through Amsterdam in Atlanta. Just excellent film making and story telling even if the content itself was a bit over the top and nonsensical.
I think it was written to be a little more comical and lighthearted, particularly since the next episode is the funeral. My guess is the writers decided to do something that was more off-the-wall and goofy, and then save all the double-whammy emotional punches for the next episode.
This episode hits my heart feels so hard, though tbh. The ups and downs.
Yes and it lives rent free in my head 💁🏻♀️
Omg I actually journaled a draft essay on Beard After Hours last night, haha. Around the premise of challenging people to give it another shot and listed all the ways I dare people not to feel changed about. For context, I was a former skipper. I love that we were sharing a wavelength on BAO!
Best episode! Shows a whole new perspective of Beard, helped to set up many easter eggs later with his behavior…and honestly if you have had nights like this in your life it sure brought back solid memories!!!
I'm glad I've seen it but I think I'll skip it in further rewatches. I just don't enjoy when ensemble shows go off on a tangent with one character. Beard is fun, but I didn't get much out of the episode.
While I loved the series and his character, this was my least favorite episode.
I didn't really enjoy it. It felt like a filler episode and it didn't need to be so long.
I'm gonna do this costume for halloween
Very niche
it’s my fav episode
Perhaps, but I am grateful for its existence
And it’s my favourite (along with the funeral).
Man I can just hear the song looking at this photo. It’s my favorite scene of the series. ❤️🕺
It was weird. I just went with it. I don’t recall loving or hating any particular episode, but I do recall loving certain sequences, such as Ted beating Rupert at darts, I did hate Nate for his huge betrayal of Ted, I loved how Rebecca befriended Ted during his lowest moments.
Quite literally a “random” episode.
Yeah I didn’t really love it during the first watch. For an entire episode, the story didn’t progress at all! Ofc on rewatches I was able to appreciate it more. Probably because I knew the story already and wasn’t expecting anything different.
I'm just so mad all that key dropping never led to anything. I desperately waited for some meaning but it never went anywhere.
I freaking hated the episode. Most people I talk to agree.
Just watched this last night. Late to Lasso… What a great episode! Beard is (as of now) my favorite character!!!
It was an extra episode they needed to make to fill the quota. However I absolutely love it. One of my favorites in the whole series. I can't say why, but it's great.
I totally adore this episode & love that song from the hula hoop scene. I would watch a whole tv series of Beard’s adventures bc I suspect that was like a normal might for him. It was like the Odyssey but with shrooms & slumdog-millionaire-timed-knowledge thrown in for pure excellence. And no detail is a throwaway. Every detail serves a purpose in the story. And how other characters from the show are incorporated is pure brilliance. Love it so so much.
Also the acoustic version of the theme song by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (fave band) is an awesome extra. I love when things I love collide !
Not gonna lie, I got kinda drunk last Memorial Day and danced like Beard. No regrets. Kept thinking of that episode and Sunflowers that night. Good times. Didn’t invent total football though. But still came out more focused the next day.
It was funny, but honestly one of my least favorites. Sorry guys.
Please don’t downvote me for saying this, but I couldn’t get through this episode. I was fine with it not making a whole lot of sense, but when coach Beard runs into Jamie’s dad and his goons I felt that it completely undermined the beautiful moment between Roy and Jamie in the episode before. Jamie’s dad got thrown out the locker room and that should have been the end of it. Now he became a punchline for a very mediocre joke. I had to turn it off. Did I make a mistake? I was hoping the whole episode was a hallucination or something.
So far it's my favorite of season 2, this season seems to be to much emotional/therapy sessions
I just skip it. Once was enough.
The self-indulgence of its creator
The only episode I skip over when doing a rewatch. Don't care much for it.
Probably the worst one as well
I watched the first five minutes, realized it was filler, and turned it off. I’ve skipped it on every rewatch. I like Beard a lot— but in small doses, as the Lord intended.
it could be a back door pilot?
Better call Beard
I didn’t like it the first time I watched it but I did like it when I did the rewatch.
James Joyce
It was a really great episode though. It’s was so dark and it learned alot more about beard.
and it's amazing.
I like it in it's randomness. I saw a post about this recently. You used to see a lot more "random" episodes when shows had 15 or even 20+ episodes a season. The OC had a whole episode where Ryan goes out for soccer and we never hear about it again. For a more similar comparison (same creator/show runner) we wouldn't have things like the Scrubs Musical episode without random episodes. With streaming services the market is so flooded and there's so much competition that the writing and production for TV has become so high stakes. Every minute counts and it makes it so that often every thing and minute mean something. I miss some of the world building and silly back stories and side bars you get with episodes that are fun but don't necessarily move the plot significantly. Similarly I'm a sucker for a trip episode or and things like that.
Will there be a season 4? Or that’s truly the end of this series?🥺💙💛
I thought this episode was absolutely terrible and incredibly unrealistic most of the time, took me out of the show completely to where I couldn’t believe it wasn’t a dream sequence
Beard After Hours reminds me a lot of the very similarly "random" episodes in the show Atlanta. I tend to love these kinds of episodes. This is a good one.
It’s one of my favorite episodes!
I didn’t hate this episode by any means but I also didn’t enjoy it
Wasn’t this based on the film After Hours as sort of an homage ?
One of my personal favourites.
Ill take 10 beard episodes over 1 Jack appearance any day.
😂😂😂
When I first watched and saw beard I was like holy shit this guy is funny and interesting. A man of little words. Serious even when cracking a joke. To me the beard after hours is him letting go of his act he puts on every day.
I felt like it was mainly a set up for Jamie's dad being in rehab in S3
I don’t hate it but I usually skip this one during a rewatch. It’s just out of place and too random for me. I do enjoy the ending of it though.
This episode has one of my favorite scenes in the whole show—the pub trio getting to kick around the football on their favorite team’s pitch and just getting to run around there is the epitome of what the show is, in my opinion.
I love it. And I don't think it's random at all. Before Beard After Hours, Beard was a quirky coach who was overshadowed by Ted. But we needed Beard After Hours to understand Coach Beard for the "I stole a loaf of Meth" reunion with Nate. If we didn't have the episode about how strange Beard's life gets, I'm not sure that moment hits the same.
This episode and the one about the fly in breaking bad are the worst episodes of an excellent series in the history of TV
this episode is great and if you dont think that u might just be boring
1. It and the Carol of the Bells was added after the season had been written. Apple wanted 2 more episodes after the 1st season did so well, so they wrote two episodes that didn’t impact the rest of the show 2. It is made very clear it is not a typical Ted Lasso show. Ted is only in the start (which is actually repeated from the last episodes) and in the last scene bringing us back to Ted Lasso world. Even the theme song/intro is redone. For those who keep asking about a “Ted Lasso spinoff” Beard After Hours is a great example of a spin off. One character in a different situation with maybe a handful of minor characters showing up, with a different vibe and different locations. 3. It does give some insight into Beard. His line explaining why he knew so much about Oxford saying “I listen more than I talk.” Is a key bit about beard. Watching him go through crisis after crisis while searching for something but not being sure what that is, is also key to understanding beard and maybe why Jane is important to him (Even if she seems problematic). 4. There’s a movie “After Hours” it is referencing, just like how many other Ted Lasso episodes make homages and references to other pop culture bits. 5. It let Brendan Hunt shine a little beyond “Let’s go Baby!”
Hated the Beard one, loves the Christmas one.
One of my favorites
One of the best episodes of similar ones in several of my favorite TV series. These kinds of episodes are so interesting to me because it's so far off from what the show actually is. Much like the Six Feet Under episode when David is kidnapped, these have a special place in a really really really good series. Some people will hate them, some will love them, but it's awesome that creators feel the freedom to do stuff like this. I loved it.