Ted Lasso - 3x12, So Long, Farewell - Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

We should have asked Kleenex to sponsor this video 🥲🥲

[@gnarxy]

"I didn't know one thing about soccer, but now I know at least one thing about football." is such a brilliant written line

[@paulhewes7333]

what made Ted Lasso such a great show was that everyone loved making it. It was so obvious that all the actors and writers really loved what they were doing.

[@Mikeyw9119]

Rana holding back tears from the beginning of the episode was me 100%. God I love this show so much, and seeing such a perfect finale just took me back to every amazing moment throughout the show. I will miss it dearly but I do hope they do some sort of spin off, with or without Ted they can’t just walk away from this masterpiece

[@aimeeparrott9204]

Same. I was tearing up all over again watching her.

[@connorcraft9594]

If you pay attention, Jamie pulls the believe paper out of the book he threw away in episode one. Ted got everyone a book and he tossed it immediately. This shows he went back that night and dug it out of the trash 😊

[@nickschnider9191]

I really like that thought but considering how they acted in the beginning, I think nate saved it.

[@agenttheater5]

I was wondering if he ever got around to reading it.

[@agenttheater5]

@@nickschnider9191 yeah that makes sense - maybe Nate took it because he figures there's no point in wasting a book, read it, kept it, and then when he came back as assistant kit man gave it back to Jamie with the believe paper that he'd been using as a bookmark.

[@nickschnider9191]

@@agenttheater5 jamie had to have the piece of the sign. From episode 5 earlier in season 3

[@agenttheater5]

@@nickschnider9191 oops

[@jessicaross7288]

Brendan Hunt (Beard) wrote about Ted not being at the wedding in an AMA on Reddit. He talked about how some friends are like that - you're very close, whether you're near one another or not. And it would have been anticlimactic to have Ted back so quickly. He told a story about one of his closest friends getting married and he just couldn't go for whatever reason, and they're still the closest of friends.

[@Villa22Lobos2]

Also let’s be honest Jane would never have had the wedding if Ted was there. She didn’t approve of Ted and Beard’s relationship.

[@imene1407]

When “Father and Son” came on at the end, I lost it 😭 this show was great from start to finish. Thank you all for letting me relive the experience again with you!

[@KyleS3m3noff]

The final montage is damn near perfect, but one of my favourite moments is one most people never mention - Shannon being the one in line for Trent's book signing...

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Damn. I never noticed that before (and I've never seen a reactor mention it either).

[@ArdenBijou]

I was hoping they would catch that. I thought it was so cool. Glad someone else caught it

[@Jackgames-vg7cw]

Who's Shannon

[@KyleS3m3noff]

@@Jackgames-vg7cw the schoolgirl Ted interacts with when he first gets to the UK. He bumps into her in the park and on the street a bit, and she's playing with his son while he talks to his wife about the marriage being over before they leave.

[@artboymoy]

I think the reason why Ted isn't in the wedding is because it's to show that they're all doing all right after spending time with Ted. Yes, I agree he would be there but I feel it's done more for the theme of the show. Great that Rebecca met her man. And the girl was the actress that played little Rebecca in the mirror when she was psyching herself up.

[@dilloncs605]

DANGGG I watched this show like 8 times and I never knew that thing about the little girl being little rebecca :OOOOO Good shout!

[@YKB461]

27:00 is a reference to one of the first episodes of the series where Ted tells Jamie he has to make it believable that he wants the ball to take the attention off Sam to get him wide open. One of the first things Ted told Jamie was something along the lines of "You're the best athlete I've ever coached... if you just figured out some way to turn that 'me' into 'us' then the sky is the limit for you."

[@toddreese573]

I’m glad you realized Rebecca ended with the “Flying Dutchman” 😆

[@curtisbme]

Flying Dutchman also being the nickname Johan Cryuff, the person who made Total Football famous.

[@karmabhutia1012]

​@@curtisbmeain't that Van Persie? Cryuff was called the Father of modern football

[@curtisbme]

@@karmabhutia1012 If you mean Van Persie being called "flying dutchman", perhaps someone called him (and hundreds of other Dutch folks) that but it was a nickname of Cruyff when he was playing, before Van Persie was even born. The Total Football episodes here were expressly about Cruyff.

[@korganrocks3995]

@@curtisbmePeople called Van Persie that when he scored his iconic header in the 2014 world cup, but it wasn't a permanent nickname.

[@maxwiidanen7281]

How rare is it for a show to reach its peak and gracefully end like this

[@ju4niittow]

That last play wasn't about Ted's trip. Its the first play that they try in season 1 where Nate wants to use Jamie as a decoy but Jamie didn't ''sell it'' that's why Ted told him he had to act like that.

[@Kotten84]

Man, this episode still makes me cry.

[@hanaj]

I love how it left us wanting more. Just like the Good Place. I never got tired of this show

[@panamafloyd1469]

46:15 Nice observation on sports-related entertainment from Pat. I actually heard about the show back in Season One from another soccer fan. He told me the basic premise, and I thought it sounded ridiculous. Man, was I ever wrong. About halfway through the season, it hit me - Ted may never have coached soccer, but he was still a *coach*. He knew how to motivate young athletes to perform at their best, and even how to become better people. Quick aside on Keely's plan to start a female club at AFC Richmond: womens' football is booming in the UK (especially in England). They were taken aback by how good the US Womens' National Team became in the late '80s-early '90s, and had one of their "We invented this game!!" moments.

[@jessicaross7288]

Also the pilot and his daughter certainly become Rebecca's family in a way (we see them showing up together at the party at the Higgins's house) but they made a point about the media referring to her as Richmond's "matriarch" -- she's the team's mother. They're her family.

[@Thiggitythor]

🥲😭

[@azinoodhomi4419]

The final 4 or 5 episodes completely redeemed season 3. So well executed, especially the finale.

[@HoratioVelveteen-nl5kw]

loved rewatching this series with you guys! it was a pretty special show.

[@KSweets23]

THE SUNDAY RUNDOWN! I VERY much appreciate navi bringing up kintsugi. The Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or other valuable materials. This represents not only “fixing” a broken thing to its previous state but improving it beyond that.. which is exactly what Ted did here. Kintsugi also demonstrates that we must struggle if we want to get better. We must break if we wish to be better

[@rickynotricardo6328]

This has been of the most surprising shows I have ever seen. The story telling was fantastic, and the characters were so well written. It also touched upon some heavier themes and was much more emotional than I thought it could’ve been, but all the while it remained a funny feel good show. I got as emotional as Rama watching the last episode, and I didn’t want to say good bye! I wanted more, but that’s the mark of a great show! Glad y’all enjoyed it as much as I did!!

[@DavidWilliams-nm5jv]

Minor note, the music for the team "court" was from "The People's Court" (Judge Wapner!), not Judge Judy. Yes, I'm old.

[@kitader]

Was about to say the same thing… I’ve yet to see one reactor correctly recognize the theme… Wapner was the OG TV judge

[@mackenzie98]

So glad you guys reacted to this show. It’s great watching it through other peoples eyes, almost like rewatching it for the first time

[@menonra30]

The ussie guy was also there for the christmas episode when Roy and Keely found the dentist for his neice. He was there with his family. And the woman who played the dentist is the ussie actor's real life mom

[@nicolaskaito4769]

I DON'T WANT IT TO END. Ted Lasso is one of my favorite show and i love all the seasons...

[@LeopoldNZ]

Thank you four for this journey. I don't have A TV. This series and spending it with you came at a time that I needed it. Also, Rana, you wore the hell out of that dress. You're a goddess. I enjoyed spending time with all of you all through this series. I'll check out your other videos.

[@MrSovietPhoenix]

Idk if you guys noticed but Richmond Did not win the League. They came in second. But for a small club like Richmond coming in second is historic

[@eolsunder]

yes they won the game but they needed the first place team to lose in order to win everything, and the other team didn't lose, so Richmond came in 2nd.

[@MrSovietPhoenix]

@@eolsunder i know ☺️ just letting the normies know because seems like they don't know how soccer works 😅

[@ShadowTrailMedia]

@@MrSovietPhoenix they mentioned it in the discussion. they picked up on it.

[@JamesKuffner]

The two women with Dany at the wedding were the same two in bed with him when he had the nightmare after killing the dog.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Also: one of them works at KBPR.

[@Slicedbread100]

I just assumed that if they carry on the series it will be renamed 'The Richmond Way', as per Trent (of The Independent)'s book with the majority of the cast & the intro of the Women's team adding a new slant & story opportunities

[@TrentRidley]

Trust Pat to laugh hysterically at the little girl falling over. Seems some of you guys are still a little reluctant to forgive Nate, but when thinking about his character arc I think it's important to consider his relationship with Ted and the behaviour he exhibited in relation to the conversation he had with his father towards the end of this final season. From that discussion it became clear that Nate was carrying around a lot of pain and resentment towards his father as he felt that no matter how hard he worked and what he achieved, nothing was ever good enough for him. Thinking back to Ted first arriving at Richmond, he pretty quickly became the first person that Nate looked up to, the first person of authority, to have ever praised Nate and ask for and value his opinions. Nate finally felt seen, finally felt that he had earned the approval of someone he admired and wanted to make proud. However, when Ted stopped praising Nate so much and explicitly seeking his input because Ted was too busy dealing with his own issues (the break down of his marriage, his anxiety, etc), I think Nate felt abandoned and projected many of his unresolved feelings for his father onto Ted, causing him to act out in the ways we saw.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

"I want that one, the torn up one." It'll be as good as new. Better than new because it has a story.

[@curtisbme]

@36:20 - Coach Beard / Brendan Hunt talked about that in reference to some real life things where he couldn't be at good friend's wedding simply due to timing conflicts that couldn't be fixed and how it means nothing as to how it affects their friendship. And yes, the edit of doing the flash forward ahead of the "now" of him getting off the plan and seeing his son was extra reason that they didn't have him in the shots of the rest of the people's near future.

[@martinblevin5587]

One ponders how many noticed that during Beard's wedding that Jane was holding a red string. One further ponders just what was it attached to?

[@katkag.1799]

I am rewatching Ted Lasso for the third time already since it first came out and I still love it. It's my feel good, pick me up show. Sad that it ended after three seasons, but grateful that it exists ❤

[@PeaceLoveMusic75]

It’s really good to rewatch!!! I thought it was funnier the second time, so many call backs too! Greatly written ❤ I will watch it every year and enjoy it so much! My plan is to always start it beginning of December so I get to my fav ep “Carol of the Bells” right around Christmas … and then I will get to enjoy the end of season two and season three to cheer me up during the January blues ❤😊

[@DavidWilliams-nm5jv]

For Ted not being at Beard's wedding - that's just an editing/storytelling problem. They needed to end with Ted's return and on Ted's face, but they wanted to do the "Montage of everyone's endings". There's obviously months worth of moments that all happen "while Ted is flying". It's logic put aside to tell the story they wanted to tell.

[@stevenrod100]

I specifically turned off a new Rick and Morty episode reaction to run over to this.

[@SaraBanartist]

Appropriate

[@FenixNade]

I still say my personal headcanon is that Henry gets good, like really good at soccer and ends up getting scouted by Richmond. Goes to play and meets Phoebe. Jamie Tartt at this point is the veteran player on the team to take Henry under his wing; the way Roy eventually did for him.

[@liammcfarlane13]

This was a perfect season finale. They left enough breadcrumbs so that they have storylines if the show ever does make a comeback but they also wrapped everything up perfectly so nothing felt unfinished if they don't come back - such great writing

[@ScottRutter]

For the next decade, a green army man on a desk marked them all as part of a secret circle of people who understand we are all hurting, we all need and are worthy of help.

[@xvxv711]

The callbacks are a+

[@805Bruin]

Rana crying made me cry.

[@joabtaylor2899]

Just finished the last episode myself, and I cried multiple times while smiling and laughing. One of the best endings to a show ever ❤

[@moodyville]

This episode shows why football/soccer has such a global appeal. On paper, it doesnt sound the most exciting: 90 mins of 22 people trying to kick the ball into a net. But the emotions invested into it is what makes it more than a game

[@Davidraines3]

Loved seeing all of your reactions to such an amazing show

[@josegiron7008]

Jasom got the whats up with that dance to a perfection 😂

[@TheMess9898]

The ultimate journey of Ted Lasso was to be the Father his Father couldn't be...He achieved that.

[@Schramm456]

During a reddit AMA Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard/Show Co-Creator) said Ted wasn't at the wedding purely because they felt it would've been weird to show him back in the UK immediately after the big deal was made of him leaving.

[@tylerboyce4081]

I need a Ted Lasso spinoff about the AFC Richmond Women's Team, starring Keeley and Rebecca, NOW. ⚽♀️

[@ChawkyVirus]

I just have to say, Jason Sudeikis is like 6'0" tall and he is still looking up to Rebecca at 30:26 (i know she's wearing heels but still), she's an absolute goddess

[@woo545]

I think a lot of Nate's issue is that he saw his skill and felt that he should be a coach because of it. The triangle that is up on Ted's wall shows the foundation which involves building Friendship, loyalty, cooperation, Enthusiasm and Industriousness. Nate Inverted that triangle and placed "Greatness" at the top making the triangle lopsided. He then tried building that friendship afterwards with his Wish version of the Diamond Dogs. (BTW: before Nate left, Beard was reading Inverting the Triangle or something like that).

[@DanteRU0312]

Glad to see that this show about character development, second chances, emotional maturity taught Pat nothing.

[@matthewbarrett4401]

It's taken me all this time to realise that when Keeley shows Rebecca the file for the women's team that her company is now called KBPR - Meaning Keeley and Barbara PR!! This show still surprising me even after it's finished!

[@kvoltti]

I don't understand the people dogging on the last season. It is perfect.

[@Silver_Owl]

I really enjoyed the last season, but I did have a few small issues with the finale. But I can not like some bits, and still think it's a great show.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Episode 1 is decent, with a few issues. Episodes 2-5 are rough. Episode 6 is utterly perfect. 7-11 are great, if a bit long. Episode 12 is great. Slightly less perfect than 6, but close, and the last 10 minutes or so just incredible (bad green screen on Stonehenge is the one minor issue).

[@das_murks]

The offside rule was invented (and refined) to prevent teams from camping next to the opponent's goal. When the attacking team passes the ball towards the goal line and a receiving player of the attacking team is closer to the goal line than at least 2 opponent players (including the goalkeeper) its called offside - free kick for the other team. if the receiving player is still in the own half of the pitch when the ball is played it is no offside. also no offside possible from corner-kicks or throw-ins.

[@agenttheater5]

25:30 Rebecca's revenge has finally come full circle - when she hasn't even been trying to get revenge. Rupert's been rejected by something he genuinely loved.

[@TheGirlInGeekGlasses]

29:24 it genuinely does not surprise me one bit that Pat doesn't know what a co-operative is.

[@rgractor]

The play they ran was the Nate Surprise. They were miming, “Nate’s-a-prize.”

[@laurakali6522]

Sad enough and then add the Cat Steven’s song. Perfection.

[@Deather2012]

18:40 jesus fuck man not even in the last episode you couldn't stop being so cinical about everything, reading too much into a basically goodbye scene, that's all it was

[@Thrawnwalker]

I saw an interview with Beard where he said that Ted had his son’s game. He said that he (the actor) missed the other creator's wedding for a gig and are still best of friends.

[@paulonius42]

Props to Pat for being right about the video affecting the team!🎉

[@azinoodhomi4419]

He's generally on point with the sports predictions

[@brianne3327]

So sad it is over! This final episode wrecked me. Such a fanatic show!!

[@edgarpan]

A random funny thing I love about this episode is when they're all looking for a hidden camera in the manager's room. After Roy asks to be a Diamond Dog. As everyone is searching for a hidden camera. Ted walks up to Roy, pats him down looks around for a hidden camera and then looks straight into the camera, before it cuts away. And Ted's expression is almost that of, surprised "wait I found the camera." 😂

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Note: "What you takin' bout Willis?" Also: do you recognize the Dutch Guy's daughter? We've met her before. Also: do you recognize the flight attendant who disses Ted? We've met her before.

[@rodov3321]

The part of the video before the game is a call back to an event that happened in real life to Pep Guardiolas Barcelona Team before the champions final. You can t watch in in Documentary called Take the ball pass the ball. You would learn a lot about football.

[@ChicagoDB]

Becs was also at the Higgins BBQ sitting with Richard… The first thing I noticed was that Ted wasn’t at his best friend’s wedding…which he definitely would have been months later…but they obviously didn’t want to confuse viewers by showing him there during the closing reveals. As successful as the series was…I think we can be certain that Apple and the producers aren’t going miss the opportunity to continue on with nearly the entire cast in a continuation or spinoff…my guess is that it will be called “Greyhounds”. They can get everyone to continue on…and Ted could even make occasional cameos.

[@MattAlbie]

Great ending. FLABBY season. Midway through the Keely Jack stuff it's like "OK why are you still in the show lady?"

[@Glo419]

Ted's son is his legacy guys!

[@mikemontijo3939]

pat calling the video before the game was hilarious

[@12chapin]

Hello guys 👋🏻. The series finale, was an amazing and awesome episode. I would suggest a movie where Ted coached the USA team in an international tournament.

[@meagancall5005]

It's a dream AND it happened. Ted Lasso has a lot of surrealist elements throughout, some more subtle than others. Like Beard's drug trip... not subtle. I mean, think about the entire Zava arc. That's NOT realism done badly, it's not quite camp, it's something else. This is never intended as a literal, realistic show. A lot of it is structured in a fantastical way, and a lot of the story telling is kind of out of step with what you *think* you're watching. Anyway, all that to say, I don't think it's a contradiction or confused writing, or even meant to be ambiguous. I think we are meant to understand the ending as absolutely truthful and cannon, but also understand that it's all the things Ted sees in a flash while he sleeps on his way home. (As a note: I think the meaning would have come through clearer if the third season was a little tighter overall. I enjoyed all of it, but it certainly wasn't as focused as the first two seasons. I'm pretty sure I heard at some point that one of the primary editors left the show after season two, and I think that had an impact on how effective the storytelling is, even if the emotional impact is still very strong.)

[@traxathon4464]

"I know people like to say 'There's no place like home'. And that's true. But man, there ain't a whole lotta places like AFC Richmond either."

[@Esco33]

After watching the crew watch this entire series, I wish Normies would watch Friday Night Lights (series). Would love to see their reactions and hear their discussions on one of the most touching dramas ever. Like Ted Lasso, it's about football, but not really about football games.

[@madebycarter]

Pretty sure that wasn’t judge Judy, that’s was the people’s court theme song. With Judge Woepner.

[@Ynot2711]

I'd fucking love a sequel series with Roy coming to America to be assistant coach in American Football with Ted. Would that make much sense? No but who cares neither did much of the original premise. I just need to see it. lol

[@markc.7984]

I just binged all three seasons with you guys, it's been great, I agree the show got weak, but we stuck through and found the best parts of it. And give me a break, all this hate for Roy and Jaime fighting over Keeley, obviously she gets to make her own choice, but if these two men are going to be in each other's lives this is something they have to work out amongst each other too, sheesh, trying to act like there wouldn't be any consequences. If she chooses to be shitty about it, both of them might decide they're better off without her and just stay friends with each other. Neither the man nor the woman have some kind of final say, a relationship is a partnership and it takes two willing participants.

[@ivyaralianizar]

One of the best finale ever

[@ClarkJ2265]

It was sooooo much fun watching your reaction to TL! One of the best reaction channels. Thanks for feeling what we feel x100.

[@misterc5783]

The common reaction comment: “you’re not engaging with this or interpreting it how I want you to and I’m furious”

[@Blazingstoke]

I'm not so sure we were meant to make our own decision whether Ted got back together with Michelle; to me the show made clear way back in the first season that that ship has sailed. The divorce was finalized, and Ted told Michelle to her face that he's not going to hold her to something that was making her unhappy. The happy ending for the two of them is that they've become comfortable being friends.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

I vaguely recall either Brendan Hunt or Brett Goldstein in an interview saying it IS supposed to be vague. Actually, it was more from the perspective of if she dumped that ahole Dr. Jake.

[@TerryYelmene]

A wonderful reaction to one of the best shows ever!

[@hesamm9]

You should react to "Love Shack cover by Hannah Waddingham & Brendan Hunt" & also "Shallow cover by Hannah Waddingham & Jason Sudeikis"

[@josephfedrizzi7317]

I got as far as Jamie visiting his dad. That's where I lost it.

[@mekostevens9265]

So emotional!!!

[@ALeafOnTheWind42]

As far as Ted not being at Beard's wedding go, here's a quote from an AMA Brendan Hunt (Beard) did after the episode aired on that subject: "There are a few reasons. The first is narrative: Ted just got on a plane and left the UK, it would be anticlimactic and deflating if we suddenly see him back there before we even see his plane lands. The other is that that’s just the kind of friendship Ted and Beard have. Case in point is me and Joe Kelly, co-creator of Ted Lasso and one of the best friends I’ll ever know. A few years ago I get an email from him and his fantastic girlfriend that they are getting married in LESS THAN A MONTH. The email clearly stated “no worries if it’s too short of notice” which was awfully nice of them; I desperately wanted to be there but I couldn’t. They had scheduled to wedding the same day as a show I was doing in another city, if I recall correctly. So I missed the wedding, and guess what: no one cares! Our relationship is the exact same, our families live down the street from each other and we see each other all the time. So personally I think Beard called Ted and told him he could sit this one out, and Ted said thanks, because the ceremony conflicted with a big game for Henry’s soccer team. The history of their relationship IMO is long periods of seeing each other and long periods not. We have entered one of the latter, but the former will come around again at some point. They love each other, they will see each other again. They love each other, they will see each other again."

[@burgerbunsss]

if you notice right after beards wedding. ted wakes up in the plane and the color/reflection of the sun is the same on teds face. so ted is probably dreaming of the future

[@Wiley_Coyote]

They've since said in interviews that the stuff we see all actually happened.

[@dimitriosgliarmis7622]

Jamie yelling for the ball was from one of the first episodes. Jamie didn’t want to run that play

[@Silver_Owl]

The guy who played Beard suggested Ted just couldn't make the wedding because Henry had a big game, and Beard was fine with that, but I think there's a bunch of other ways you can justify it too. My first thought was that he was there, and we were seeing that scene through his eyes. (My other thought was Covid, because even a mild bout can quarantine you, but I don't think Covid exists in the Ted Lasso world.)

[@ScottRutter]

How many shares do you think Ted went home with? Did he buy them, or did she or they give them to him?

[@nathanp2007]

Sign me up for this being the series finale but us getting the female Richmond soccer club as a spin-off. Another uplifting show but maybe this time the coach (manager) is the one who has the evolution from a rough person to a great happy individual.

[@shounak10]

This was fun!

[@curtisbme]

You guys should look up all the references and callbacks in this episode. You caught a lot but there are tons more.

[@cozydayzandnightz]

A great end to an awesome show!

[@christinschumacher2143]

Y'all are serious haters. Every episode you mostly said you liked each episode...yet here you are saying you didn't like it? I feel some of you are caving to the others 'peer' pressure of not liking certain things. Also I still can't get over some of your critiques which are just way off base, like being annoyed Ted went to shake Nates hand at the end of that one game- thats a normal 'Football' decorum.

[@Cvspartan]

While Season 3 itself wasn't perfect, I think the finale itself was an incredible send-off to these characters and setting that I will definitely miss. Overall, this was an amazing show and I am going to miss Ted. Hope they do a spin-off if some of the crew is still interested.

[@mattp6089]

Jamie has the best character growth in the show. MVP. Rebecca is right up near him. I didn't fully buy the Nate thing. I got the 'what' was happening although it seemed to go from about 50% formed near the end of season 2 all the way to 100% in a single hit. I get that there is an attempt at 'why'. But I don't overly buy into the 'why'. Not like some of the others. Rebecca is the Wizard. She can't hook up with Dorothy.

[@Gqspeed]

I cried with Rana!!!

[@JTidiotboy]

"Why is there Ted? I don't believe that part" Are we watching the same show? It's insanely obvious why Ted would show up to the marriage of his best friend.

[@willvr4]

I def commented on Suraj and Navi not liking the show anymore. To each their own, I loved all 3 seasons. I think they are ending it a perfect time and not stretching it out for more awards and money.

[@BSinNYC]

They miss a lot of the nuances, funny moments, and call backs because they’re busy talking over the show. I’m not surprised they didn’t like it since they miss so much by constantly talking, which is understandable since if they were silent and paid attention, they’d be open to accusations that they’re just making money off watching someone else’s IP.

[@JoshRamos925]

Check out The Bear.. it's like Ted Lasso.. it's feel good but very chaotic.