Even now, I can hear the cloying bars of "Baby Shark" but sung to the lyrics of "Jamie Tartt. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo." Of course the original bad boy of Apple+'s hit "Ted Lasso" would have his own theme song, and co-opt a maddeningly popular children's tune in order to do so. In the first season of the show, the world was soccer star Jamie's (Phil Dunster) stage, and everyone else in the world, including coach Ted (Jason Sudeikis), his fellow teammates and even then-girlfriend Keeley (Juno Temple), mere bit players.
That changed after his deepening relationship with Ted, a heartbreaking transfer to Man City and various other very public disappointments and embarrassments which led him to return to the AFC Richmond team as a new man. We love to hate a bad boy, but we especially love to love one who proves himself to be the baddest thing of all: kind, thoughtful and capable of change.
