Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Ted Lasso S1 E10, “The Hope That Kills You”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Richmond plays a climactic match that will determine the fates of Ted and his club.
Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (2); Swearing (11); Homophobic jokes (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Parents need to know
Age 16+Language, violence, homophobic jokes in live-action comedy-drama.
Parents need to know that Ted Lasso S1 E10, "The Hope That Kills You", is a live-action comedy-drama episode. The series is known for workplace football sitcom — swearing, adult themes and mental-health storylines vary by episode. Driven by swearing (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence is mild but includes mean, don't really murder me,. Language includes strong swearing — for example, Hey, Higgins, where are you? Ted, what the fuck's going on? I don't know. I'm trying to…. This episode includes homophobic jokes — for example, Oh, with Dick Van Dyke. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Ted Lasso S1 E10:
mean, don't really murder me,
- Any bad blood between you and Jamie Tartt? Jamie? No. That's a special young man right there.
Swearing 11 moments
How Swearing shows up in Ted Lasso S1 E10:
- Hey, Higgins, where are you? Ted, what the fuck's going on? I don't know. I'm trying to figure it out myself.
Eh, well, I got fucked by Lasso.
- What? - Classic mind games, innit? Right. You can fuck off.
- Whoa! You're fucking joking.
- Ted Lasso is trying to play fucking mind games with me.
- She just left me a box of her shit in her will.
So what happens to all the shit
- Who the hell are you? Oh, hi! Hello. I'm I'm Will.
- I think you two will hit it off just fine, 'cause you're both so damn pessimistic! Sorry, Ms. Shipley! I believe the gentleman is suggesting that we are a pair of Negative Nellies.
- There you go, Richard! You sell the crap outta that! Montlaur earns Richmond a late free kick.
- I mean, you gave the champs 90 minutes of hell.
Homophobic jokes 1 moment
How Homophobic jokes shows up in Ted Lasso S1 E10:
- Oh, with Dick Van Dyke.
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