There’s a lot of ground to cover here, so I’m going to try something a little different and break it down by story line. They’re like Tom and Daisy Buchanan, but substantially more promiscuous. I watched the 1994 film again to check, and I felt about it more or less how I did when I last saw it 20-plus years ago: It’s remarkable the degree to which a bit of Richard Curtis treacle, a Pottery Barn soundtrack, and Hugh Grant’s sheepish grin can convince viewers that anything is a “romantic comedy.”īecause by any reasonable interpretation, “Four Weddings and a Funeral” is a film about two amoral sexual predators circling one another while casually leaving chaos and heartbreak in their wakes. There are few if any clear references to “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” In particular, Jason Sudeikis (as Ted) and Hannah Waddingham (as Rebecca) are both asked to go places they haven’t gone before on the show, and both rise to the occasion more powerfully than one could have hoped.Ī quick aside: Unlike the “Love Actually” episode, the rom-com episode, and the “After Hours” episode, this one has no interest in toying with its source material. But the writing is superb and the acting even better. Tonally, it’s all over the map, alternating between hilarity and grief and fury. (The last three episodes have been the longest three of the entire series.) It is also the most intense and emotionally revealing episode to date, and perhaps the best of the season. “No Weddings and a Funeral” - I won’t lie, I think my headline is a better title - is, at 46 minutes, another lengthy episode. This week, the sun rises on a new day of narrative momentum. Last week, “Ted Lasso” gave us a moderately interesting but extremely bizarre bottle episode that temporarily abandoned all of the existing story lines in favor of an “After Hours”-themed night out with Coach Beard. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Season 2, Episode 10: ‘No Weddings and a Funeral’
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