The second season may not contain the same spark as the first, but its finale proves that the Apple TV+ show still succeeds in its central mission.
But every time the show returned to its titular hero, he was less enmeshed in the rich world around him, and more entangled in his own inner turmoil. Ted has panic attacks and has to leave the team he coaches; he repeatedly declines to ask for help; he is late to a funeral; he unthinkingly hurts the feelings of those around him, in recognizably careless ways. There is no malice here, Ted just has some demons to confront.
It’s a fair charge to say the Christmas episode did not serve the show. It’s terribly lovely and undeniably sweet, but it pops up at a moment when things are going from bad to worse, and it takes the momentum out of the story. Some critics wonderedBut if the episode was a misstep, it was a solution to a greater problem: the problem of expectations. That a TV show becomes synonymous with softness and comfort is not easy.
By the time we arrive at the finale, Ted isn’t magically healed from his traumas, but he is better equipped to name them and confront their consequences. But the climax of the episode is built around whether an important character is able to accept love and forgiveness, and what happens when we are not.
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