Ted Lasso Just Paid Homage To One Of Martin Scorseses Most Underrated Movies

Ted Lasso Just Paid Homage To One Of Martin Scorsese’s Most Underrated Movies

Ted Lasso season 2 episode 5 is a standalone episode focusing on Coach Beard, which pays clear homage to one of Martin Scorsese’s lesser-known films.

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Ted Lasso Just Paid Homage To One Of Martin Scorseses Most Underrated Movies

Ted Lasso is known for its clever movie references and parodies, and Coach Beard’s season 2 episode, “Beard After Hours,” pays perfect homage to one of director Martin Scorsese’s most underrated films. After two seasons as a main character who hardly gets a full sentence out in an episode, Ted Lasso has finally given Coach Beard a well-deserved solo episode. His dialogue is still light, but fans finally get a glimpse into the personal life of Beard in the style of one of the greatest character-focused directors in history.

Season 2 of Ted Lasso has surely been testing the movie knowledge of viewers, with Ted Lasso season 2, episode 5 being full of classic rom-com Easter eggs and references. The easier Martin Scorsese movies to make a nod to are his classics like Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Departed, but Ted Lasso goes for an extended parody of one of his lesser-known cult classics, After Hours. The 1985 dark comedy follows a yuppie word processor, Paul, who attempts to shake off a boring day at work by going to a Manhattan café. The rest of the night is filled with misadventures as Paul meets different strangers and tries to make his way back home.

From the moment Beard leaves Ted at Wembley Stadium, his eccentric After Hours-esque night begins. Just like Paul, Ted Lasso’s Coach Beard is coming off of a long day at work that ends with going to bars, leaving with strangers, meeting new eccentric people as mishaps occur, and unintentionally becoming the target of angry groups. Beard doesn’t end up plastered in a full-body cast by a sculptor like in After Hours, but he does wind up in a random woman’s apartment that is clearly reminiscent of that of Kiki, the odd artist that Paul meets. Likewise, Beard being denied entry to the private club is reminiscent of Paul being denied by a club bouncer in After Hours. Disaster after disaster, Beard finds it increasingly harder to get back home and forget about AFC Richmond’s devastating loss. To complete Ted Lasso’s parody, Beard comes full circle to the office the next morning as if nothing happened, exactly as Scorsese ended Paul’s harrowing journey.

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Not only does the Ted Lasso episode’s overall plot pay homage to one of Martin Scorsese’s best movies, but the noir visuals and music also put one right back into the director’s indie film. The dark tones and colors mixed momentarily with neon lights are highly unusual for Ted Lasso, and provide the exact mood that Scorsese uses to portray Paul’s misadventures in After Hours. The purple neon cross that is behind Jane at the club in Ted Lasso, for example, is a nod to the purple neon light behind the club bouncer in After Hours. The late-night jazz music cues are also clear tips of the hat to Scorsese’s apt After Hours needle drops. The episode is completely bizarre compared to Ted Lasso’s typical mood and aesthetic, yet it’s extremely effective when using a less-understood classic Scorsese movie to help reveal the similarly less-understood perspectives of the mysterious Coach Beard.

Direct plot references to After Hours include the girl’s apartment where Beard gets a new pair of pants (Paul got a new shirt), the neon-light club scene, and a clear obstacle with a set of keys, Ted Lasso’s episode is also a thematic homage. After Hours is understood as a depiction of male sexual anxieties, and this definitely does come into play as Beard is continually fraught with insecurity and uncertainty with his on-and-off girlfriend, Jane. The episode may not be beloved by fans who enjoy the more upbeat vibe of Ted Lasso, though the more melancholic tone of Coach Beard’s standalone episode is still important in getting to finally understand the psyche of the reserved character. With Ted Lasso being such a popular series, Coach Beard’s episode may inspire more viewers to check out the lesser-known Scorsese film, which would help increase appreciation for the eccentricity of the season 2 episode.

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