{"id":576735,"date":"2023-05-31T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ted-lasso-finale-this-might-be-all-that-we-get\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:02:40","slug":"ted-lasso-finale-this-might-be-all-that-we-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ted-lasso-finale-this-might-be-all-that-we-get\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Ted Lasso\u2019 Finale: This Might Be All That We Get"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfba44bf2c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfba44bf2c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ted-lasso-finale-this-might-be-all-that-we-get\/#Odds_and_Ends\" >Odds and Ends<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>[This story contains spoilers from \u201cSo Long, Farewell,\u201d the third season \u2014 and possible <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u2014\u00a0finale of <em>Ted Lasso<\/em>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    All season long, the people who make <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> have been somewhat coy about whether the end of their planned three-season arc would mark the end of the series. Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence and others have said multiple times that this season would mark the end of what they set out to do, while never quite stating that it would definitively close out the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The last installment of season three, \u201cSo Long, Farewell,\u201d played no such <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s. The episode felt every bit like a series finale, with callbacks to the past and flash-forwards to the futures of several key characters (imagined or not; more on that in a few paragraphs). The fact that <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le TV+\u2019s biggest series by far to date might mean that the streamer and Warner Bros. TV, which produces the show, might find a way to make a sequel or spinoff featuring some (or most) of the characters from AFC Richmond. A couple of those flash-forward scenes could easily form the basis for a continuation \u2014\u00a0but  Ted Lasso (Sudeikis) has left Richmond behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    (Also notable: The show\u2019s production designer, Paul Cripps, posted <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cs35ej_Kdg3\/\">several Instagram photos<\/a> Wednesday of the <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> sets being taken down, and Hannah Waddingham referred to \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hanwaddingham\/status\/1663630087059562498?s=20\">our final day<\/a> as Richmond Greyhounds\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> with a photo of her and several of her co-stars, including Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt, joining a Writers Guild picket in Los Angeles.) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cSo Long, Farewell,\u201d written by executive producers Hunt, Joe Kelly and Sudeikis \u2014 who developed the character a decade ago for an NBC Sports ad campaign \u2014\u00a0doesn\u2019t play around (much) with the idea that Ted is following through on his heavily implied but not actually uttered promise to head back to Kansas from the previous episode. The first scene is a swerve, however, as Ted greets Rebecca (Waddingham) in her kitchen one morning, looking like it\u2019s a morning after \u2014\u00a0then Beard (Hunt, in a thong) and Jane (Phoebe Walsh) show up, and Ted says thanks for letting them all crash at her place after a gas leak in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But throughout, Ted is steadfast in his decision to leave Richmond and return to his son, Henry (Gus Turner), and ex-wife, Michelle (Andrea Anders), and be part of their lives again. Rebecca tries to talk him out of it, making appeals both personal and financial: She notes that if she sells 49 percent of the team, she\u2019ll make a ton of money and in turn can make Ted one of the highest-paid coaches in the league. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And yes, Rebecca is thinking of selling the team: Ted\u2019s imminent departure has her considering big moves of her own. Higgins (Jeremy Swift) notes that with Richmond having secured a spot in the Champions League by virtue of its top four Premier League finish, the club\u2019s value has never been higher, and she could reap a huge profit and still keep control of the club by selling just under half of it. \u201cHow much would I get if I sold the entire club?\u201d she asks. About \u00a32 billion, he replies, causing her to spit out her tea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After the team performs a rendition of <em>The Sound of Music\u2019<\/em>s \u201cSo Long, Farewell\u201d at Ted and Beard\u2019s last practice, everyone seems primed to win the last match of the season. Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game. Richmond goes down 2-0 at halftime to West Ham, Nate\u2019s (Nick Mohammed) former team, now headed by ex-Richmond manager George Cartrick (Bill Fellows). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Cue one last halftime speech from Ted: \u201cI want you all to know what an absolute honor it\u2019s been to be your coach. Getting to work with y\u2019all the last three years has truly been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I\u2019ve loved getting to know each and every one of you, learning about the men you were and getting a front row seat to see the men you\u2019re becoming. And thank you for your patience \u2014 when I showed up here I didn\u2019t know one thing about soccer. Now, I know at least one thing about football. I\u2019m so gosh dang proud to be part of this team. I love you guys. I\u2019m gonna miss y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That\u2019s followed by the players each pulling out a piece of the ripped-up \u201cBelieve\u201d sign and piecing it back together, firing themselves (and, no doubt, a bunch of viewers) up. \u201cI know folks like to say there\u2019s no place like home \u2014\u00a0and that\u2019s true,\u201d Ted tells them. \u201cBut there aren\u2019t a lot of places like AFC Richmond, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Richmond of course come out strong in the second half, hitting the post on several shots before Jamie (Phil Dunster) finally puts one in the net. A net-shearing blast on a penalty shot from Isaac (Kola Bokinni) ties the game \u2026 and this being a sports show, of course there are last-minute dramatics with a callback to one of Nate\u2019s early play designs on a set piece that gives Richmond the winning goal \u2014 off of Sam\u2019s (Toheeb Jimoh) foot \u2014 in the dying seconds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Richmond don\u2019t end up as Premier League champions \u2014 Manchester City also wins its last match and stays one point up \u2014\u00a0but it\u2019s the most successful season in club history. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>paper headlines reveal that Rebecca is indeed selling 49 percent of the club \u2014 to fans. She explains to Ted at the airport that she decided to stay near her Richmond family, just as Ted decided to return to his. The two say a heartfelt goodbye as he boards his flight home with Beard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Or not, as Beard confesses he\u2019s in love with Jane and can\u2019t bear to leave her, but also fears abandoning his long-time friend. Ted gives his blessing. \u201cI love you, Ted,\u201d Beard says. \u201cI love you too, Willis,\u201d Ted replies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After Beard fakes a ruptured appendix to get off the plane, Ted takes off and the flash-forwards begin: Leaving the airport, Rebecca runs into the handsome Dutchman (Matteo van der Grijn) from the Amsterdam episode and his young daughter (the end credits reveal his name is Matthijs). Ted leaves a note for Trent (James Lance) that he loves his book about the team, but he should change the title from <em>The Lasso Way<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s not about me. It never was.\u201d Rebecca names Roy (Brett Goldstein) the new manager, with Beard and Nate as his assistants, and they re-hang the Believe sign. Keeley (Juno Temple) and Barbara (Katy Wix) thrive at the renamed KBPR. Sam finally gets his spot on the Nigerian national team. Jamie reconciles with his dad. Nate, Jade (Edyta Budnik) and his family enjoy a night at A Taste of Athens. Trent\u2019s book, now titled <em>The Richmond Way<\/em>, sells well. Keeley proposes a Richmond women\u2019s team to Rebecca. The club gathers for a barbecue at Higgins\u2019 home. Beard and Jane get married at Stonehenge, with the team and the couple from \u201cBeard After Hours\u201d in attendance \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And then Ted wakes up at the end of his flight, calling into question whether the montage was real or part of a dream (the weirder parts of the wedding certainly play that way). If some or all of those scenes are real, though, the continuation of the Lasso-verse could easily be contained in manager Roy or the founding of the women\u2019s squad \u2014 should Apple, Warner Bros. and all those involved come to an agreement (after all industry labor actions are eventually settled). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> spread itself thin in places this season, particularly as it regards Keeley and Nate. The finale, however, hit enough right notes to leave viewers with the warm feelings that it\u2019s trafficked in all along. The episode ends with Ted coaching Henry\u2019s youth team and reminding him to \u201cbe a goldfish\u201d after he misses an open shot on goal. Good people trying to be better people do win (or finish a valiant second) sometimes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Odds_and_Ends\"><\/span>Odds and Ends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    * Speaking of spread thin: The never-fully-developed love triangle between Keeley, Roy and Jamie comes to an end after the two guys get into a fistfight (offscreen) about her. They then descend on her place to ask her to choose one of them. She rightly boots them both out \u2014 \u201cWe\u2019re fucking idiots,\u201d Roy notes afterward. Keeley\u2019s re-integration into the club\u2019s orbit following her fallout with Jack is welcome, and it\u2019s probably just as well that Roy and Jamie are free to continue their deepening friendship without competition over her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    * As hinted at in episode 11, Rupert (Anthony Head) was accused of an \u201cinappropriate relationship\u201d with his former assistant, which led Bex to file for divorce. His downfall is complete after he walks onto the pitch to berate, then shove, Hartrick during the match, leaving to shouts of \u201cWanker!\u201d from the crowd and Sassy (Ellie Taylor). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    * Frustrated by his inability to get out of his own way with Keeley, Roy asks to join the Diamond Dogs, then wonders why he seems incapable of change. \u201cIf we keep asking for help, and taking it when we need it,\u201d Higgins tells him, \u201cthen we can be on the road to better.\u201d He takes it to heart, seemingly, as the last shot of him is sitting down with Dr. Sharon (Sarah Niles), now a full-time member of the Richmond staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    * There were previous hints, particularly in \u201cWe\u2019ll Never Have Paris,\u201d that Dr. Jacob (Mike O\u2019Gorman) was kind of a tool, and that Michelle was beginning to see that. 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