The Rebound podcast really raved about Ted Lasso and I gotta say it's an excellent half hour comedy. Division II championship American Football coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is hired to coach Premier League soccer team AFC Richmond in England. He brings with him his assistant coach Beard (Brandan Hunt) and no soccer experience but turns out his coaching style is more about personal growth than tactics and it turns out the shy equipment manager Nathan (Nick Mohammed) has a hidden talent for soccer tactics.

Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) owns the club after a divorce from her husband and wants to run it into the ground to spite him. Higgins (Jeremy Swift) is the club president and Rebecca's toady but has really loves the team and wants it to succeed. Roy (Brett Goldstein) is the aging star who runs on anger while Jamie (Phil Dunster) is the young hotshot player who refuses to pass the ball. Keeley (Juno Temple) rounds out the main cast, a social media starlet dating Jamie but slowly gravitating towards Roy.

It's a show with low-key and distinct characters. They're not over-the-top caricatures like a sitcom (e.g. Mythic Quest) nor deep angsty people like a drama. Everybody has their arc to go through the ten episodes of season one and everybody is sympathetic. Rebecca and Jamie start out as the closet to being villains but they never are. They're both people with a flaw and the flaw drives a couple of plots without making them bad guys. It really is quite well done and I hope season two is just as good.