During the summer of 2020, the height of the coronavirus pandemic, a massive joy bomb was dropped—on Apple TV in the form of an infinitely positive underdog, an American football coach hired to lead a failing UK soccer team to glory. Yes, I am referring to Ted Lasso. At the time, the show was lauded as a loveable outlier in the midst of gritty dramas and apocalyptic sci-fi shows, to say nothing of the fact that the beaming happiness of this little show was something everyone needed. It was a reminder that no matter how hopeless things seem, anything is possible when we believe in ourselves.