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Magnificent and thought-provoking! I look forward to more.

I wonder how all this relates to the show's near obsession with father-child relationships. Ted has a terrible relationship with his dead father (or did until Dr. Sharon "cured" him). Jamie Tartt has a terrible relationship with his father. Nathan has a terrible relationship with his father. Rebecca has a terrible relationship with her father. We are clearly meant to assume that Rupert will be a terrible father to his newborn baby. Sam's father is the show's only GOOD father (other than the saintly and ambiguously emasculated Higgins), and being a good dad is Mr. Obisanya's only significant character trait, as if the character only exists to provide father contrast. Are fathers meant to be the source of hegemonic oppression in "Ted Lasso"?

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