At the beginning of the season, Roy and Keeley broke up. Ted Lasso has gotten into a nasty habit of unraveling itself every few episodes. That honor goes to Rebecca, who has grilled Roy into becoming a stronger leader, slammed Sam’s (Toheeb Jimoh) enemy Edwin Akufo (Sam Richardson) to protect his integrity, and been the backbone of emotional support for the team in the back-half of this season. But there is someone who’s had an uptick of inspirational speeches in these past couple of episodes. Neither would give a world class speech minutes before a football game, cinching the win for the Richmond AFC players. Whether that means he’ll become head coach or demoted back to assistant coach, who knows? I’d be willing to place a bet on the latter-Nate needs a blow to his ego after a year at West Ham-but I could also see a full redemption arc for his character.īut both Nate and Roy lack a certain Ted Lasso charm.

There’s been little in the way of reconciliation with Ted and his old team, but the show seems to be pushing Nate back in the Richmond direction. But Nate quits his job as coach in this most recent episode. But there’s someone else who could be standing in his way: Nate the Great (Nick Mohammed), who has become villainous in this past season but seems to be in the middle of a redemption arc.Īlmost the entire third season has seen Nate team up with Rupert (Anthony Head) and Richmond’s rival team, West Ham. Plus, Goldstein has been one of the actors advocating for more seasons after this third installment. He is no longer the lead of his own show.Įverything else is coming up Roy Kent, as his friendship with Jamie and rekindled romance (!!!) with Keeley ( Juno Temple) make him the new hero of the story. In this week’s episode, “International Break,” the show whittles down Ted’s character to less than any of his actual players. Rebecca ( Hannah Waddingham)-who sees him so infrequently that it’s kind of hard to remember she’s his boss-has even thought about firing Ted.

But there’s always room for spinoffs.Īs the series faces impending uncertainty with only two episodes left, it feels an awful lot like Ted is preparing to quit his job and hop on a plane back to America. He hasn’t just been talking about leaving-Sudeikis has said in interviews that Season 3 is “the end of this story that we wanted to tell.” Apple TV+ has yet to confirm if this is the final season or not. Star and Season 2 showrunner Sudeikis has been fairly clear about his desire to wrap up the hit Apple TV+ comedy as the third season comes to a close. Can Ted Lasso still be called Ted Lasso if Ted Lasso ( Jason Sudeikis) himself exits the Ted Lasso Universe? (Try to read that sentence five times fast-it’s a lot of Ted Lassos.)

Incompleteness by rebecca goldstein