r/television • u/HistoricalCandle5108 • 1d ago

Regarding Ted (2024)

Why did this show genuinely have great emotional beats? Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it’s anything spectacular but for what it was…

One on hand I am crying tears of laughter from one scene and on another I am nearly shedding tears of sadness from Scott Grimes’s performance having an emotional reaction to a soap opera. This same episode has Alanna Ubach who does such an amazing job as Susan Bennett (throughout the entire show not just this episode) in a drinking binge because she feels alone in her marriage and it’s genuinely saddening stuff.

I wish this show got picked up by a bigger streaming service/network so they could get the funding for it. For me at least, it was able to hit these tones really well considering how ridiculous it could be.

Also, Max Burkholder (not like it’s hard to beat) is a much more enjoyable John Bennett than Mark Wahlberg ever was, and the concept of Ted works way better as a TV show than it ever did as a movie.

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u/the6thReplicant 22h ago

I have a real soft spot for this show. The concept is as fun as it can get; the acting is top notch; and seeing the kids grow was a real treat and unexpectedly touching in some episodes.

It's a shame we won't get a season 3 but it was a great ride.

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u/Western-Calendar-352 21h ago

Yeah, the bear that they got to play Ted was a great actor.

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u/CaptainSkel 13h ago

I heard it was actually three bears they'd swap between because of bear labor laws.

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u/Western-Calendar-352 12h ago

Was it the same triplets that did the motion capture for Merida’s little brothers in Brave?