As Roy Kent might bark: "Hey,'Ted Russo' fans, listen! Consider your (blank) spoiler alert."

The second season finale of Apple TV+'s Emmy Award scoring football drama (now playing) reveals a traitor coach, a brewing entrepreneur, a calm player and a new puppy mascot AFC Richey Man, the fictional Premier League football team leader is written by Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), his humorous Kansas coach. 

We convened some "lasso" teams to discuss some dizzying plot twists, explore the dark twists through feel-good blows, and look forward to the third season of 2022. 

When "Lasso" debuted in the summer of 2020, when the epidemic was raging and election nerves were strained, it was a warm and vague TV hug. From his hand-made locker room posters ("Believe") to his wise one-line poems ("Curious, not judging"), fans and critics have embraced the inclusiveness of this midwestern football coach wisdom.

What is different in a year. The season ended with a chilling end. Nate was revealed to be the new coach of West Ham after lashing out at Russo. He was recently revealed by AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton Na Wadingham)’s scheming ex-husband. The last close-up of Nate's eyes is reminiscent of the creepy "Star Wars" scenes of Darth Vader's helmet. By design.

"This season is definitely'The Empire Strikes Back'," said Bill Lawrence, the co-founder of the show, who was with star Su Dechis, co-star Brendan Hunt (Yoda-style coach mustache) and Joe Kelly. He said that before the show started, the creative team had planned three seasons. 

Hunter added: “We know that Nate will eventually work for the Empire in some way.” About a week before filming, he and Sudeikis were discussing Nate’s bombing with Lasso. “Jason said, “You know, he must Tear off the "believe" sign. I thought, well, this clearly shows where we are going."

Some "lasso" fans-fans and critics-are not ashamed to express their disappointment that the show has turned to the dark side. Lawrence said that although the show's slogan is "goodwill comeback," anyone who wants a pure puppy and ice cream is not serious enough about the role.

"At first, people seemed to say,'If you want a nauseating hug and a happy performance, watch Ted Russo, but let’s see: Russo is in love with his wife, And his wife is leaving him, there is a team boss with a vicious ex-husband, a queen football player with a father problem, and a former star who doesn't know what to do with life after retirement," he said. "So for all of us, it's very confusing."

Hunter said that although the show wants to inspire, “it will never be just an endless carpenter album; it’s about things experienced by many people. This is not a fantasy world.”

Hunter used a very weird Coach Beard metaphor to say that just like the sponges in the aquarium can only grow to their limits, the "lasso" characters were first seen in their own separate box. But as the series unfolded, the writers broadened their world.

"The same thing happened to Ted Russo on the show. He surpassed his initial perception and happened to'Ted Russo'; the show,” he said. "People think it's the same thing, but no, it's the same thing."

Throughout the ending, you want Ted and Nate to reach a settlement, who betrays the noose by exposing Ted's panic attack to reporter Trent Klim (James Lance). But Nate doubled his anger at him and furious at Lasso in a harsh sentence, belittle his coach and berate him as a liar. Actor Nick Mohammed found this scene "painful when filming, but everything is born for it".

Mohammed said that the source of Nate's anger was "his bad relationship with his father." Despite his son's new success, he has been dismissive of it. "As a result, Nate became a resentful soul out of control," he said.

The father’s problem is an unmistakable theme in "Lasso", whether it is the relationship between star player Jamitat and his abusive father, or Rebecca’s unresolved problems with her, which were exposed at his funeral. Then there is Lasso's relationship with a tormented patriarch who committed suicide, as Ted revealed to team therapist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles) in a recent episode.

In stark contrast, the player Sam Obisanya (Toohib Jimoh) always supported his father's suggestion, and he guided Sam to stay in Richmond-and Rebecca's romantic scene.

For Muhammad, Nate's storyline shows how the "lasso" writer walks the tightrope this season. "It's difficult to balance comedy and drama, but Nate is the kind of storyline that challenges our audience in a great way," he said. "As Jason said,'There is no light without darkness.'"

Lawrence responded to this: "In a speech earlier this season, Russo said that when you enter a fairy tale, the world looks beautiful and happy, but we have to enter the forest and everything will be fine."

Team psychiatrist Fieldstone did not appear in the ending (she said goodbye last week), but sent a message to Russo. This is the familiar bible saying "Truth will set you free". The freedom of truth reverberates in the last few episodes of the season.

Tate boldly tells the team marketing boss Keely Jones (Juneo Temple) that he still loves her is such a moment. Tate bravely decided to confess this love to Jones' boyfriend Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), and the former star player became a coach. After the photo of him with Jones' magazine was cut, Kent told his coaching companion that he was injured because without him, she looked stronger and more perfect. When Keeley learns in the finale that someone wants to fund her own PR shop, this feeling will only be magnified.

"It's all about the journey of being honest and coexisting with vulnerability," Niles said. "All the characters are on the journey and need them to complete their work, including Ted facing his panic attack in the finale."

Fieldstone’s reserve was pierced by Lasso because “she doesn’t want anyone to enter her private world like him. So in this sense, you solve that people only want to show the best part of themselves, not the messy drawers in life. The problem. But each of us has a hierarchy, and the program is like that."

Lawrence pointed out that Sudeikis is eager to "defend mental health and self-care issues with Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles before they shine in the sports world this year." The two tennis and gymnastics stars publicly withdrew from the game on the grounds of mental health concerns. "The fascinating thing is that he is so leading."

The screenwriters of "Lasso" are busy finalizing season 3. Although they remain silent on the details, "expect the story of Rebecca and Rupert as much as the story of Ted and Nate." In recent episodes, we have deliberately made people forget Rupert, but it is clear that He is the ultimate boss in some ways. "

Lawrence said that if Season 2 is about "people fighting with their own demons, we are more inclined to conflict between people. Where are the bad guys? Maybe it's like Rocky fighting the Apollo creed, or Darth Vader? "

Strong female characters are a refreshing staple of "lasso". In addition to the calm Fieldstone, there is also the supportive friendship between Keeley and Rebecca, and the truth bomb exploded by Rebecca's childhood friends and occasional lasso thrown, Flo "Sassy" Collins (Ellie Taylor). Hunter said that this focus will not change next year.

"I think there are at least six women in the screenwriting room. In addition to being funny and not interested in football, they have also watched a lot of TV shows and know that the two leading concepts have to be rivals. Female characters are dead long ago."