that episode seemed to be a bit of a one-off escapist journey for everyone, or at least that's how i took it. nothing that happened in amsterdam should have spillover into the other episodes, with the exception of course being the total football fever dream. i'm not saying that's how they're treating it, but several signs point that direction. not quite the 2 isolated eps from last season, but close.
it's another example of how ted lasso tries to do a lot and sometimes fails. there are no rules in half-hour comedy shows anymore, including the fact that every episode this season is longer than any episode of the west wing.
i think it would be a fun exercise to take a season of an old sitcom like say, three's company. then everybody goes and watches it, and we micro-analyze the characters and plot like we do ted lasso. "there's no way chrissy would've forgotten how to make a bed, why did she say that?"