Ted Lasso: The Life Coach We Need

Anglo-American "Com-Dram" at its Finest

It is the worst of times, and these days it's even worse than that.

For those of us who live in the depressive mode, my default setting is melancholy, at best. On a pretty good day, I'm shadowed by mild sorrows that sometimes can't be defined. Through sobriety, therapy, and the right medication, I've learned to try to live through these moments, because the other options are regret about the past (depression), or fear of the future (anxiety).

But I have found a temporary treatment that works, one I had avoided for reasons I don't understand. I have embraced Ted Lasso, the multi-Emmy award winning streaming series on Apple TV. I'm delighted to have just finished season one, because that means we have seasons two and three still to watch. If you're already a Ted Lasso fan, apologies: better late than never.

IMDB calls it a comedy drama, the proper informal term for which is dramedy. But it's more com-dram to me, more funny than sad, because you know that the sad parts will soon give way to…