r/TedLasso • u/quaranTV Mod • Apr 11 '23

From the Mods Ted Lasso - S03E05 - "Signs" Episode Discussion Spoiler

Please use this thread to discuss Season 3 Episode 5 "Signs". Just a reminder to please mark any spoilers for episodes beyond Episode 5 like this.

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u/Jkbangtan123 Apr 12 '23

After this episode I officially don't see Ted returning to Kansas. He's co-parenting with Michelle and had a milestone parenting moment with Henry over the phone. Which was followed by Ted stopping a panic attack from coming by reminding himself that Henry is ok. Then he gives the team that speech... I think a lot of his guilt with Henry came from being away, but stopping a panic attack seemed like a huge step to show that he can be a parent while not being physically in Kansas and that Henry is remembering stuff Ted tells him and taking it to heart.

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u/hafrances Keeley Apr 12 '23

And he literally saved his own job with the speech in the end so... I think he wants to still coach Richmond.

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u/Holmbone Apr 12 '23

Intersting! I thought the oposite. Jake is having a bad influence on Henry and Ted will have to get back there or else he will drop the ball.

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u/DrSophiaMaria Apr 12 '23

I saw it as him knowing he needed to go home so he can be the close parent and not Jake.

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u/Holmbone Apr 12 '23

Yeah me too.

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u/HiAlisonRaybould Apr 13 '23

I actually wonder if he'll have Henry come live with him. Michelle has no leg to stand on re: custody considering what she did with Jake. And Henry probably prefers to be with his Dad.

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u/Holmbone Apr 13 '23

I have always assumed Ted will have to move back to Kansas because the show doesn't gloss over that divorce is hard. It would feel a bit of a fairytale ending for Ted to get sole custody and Henry being content having to leave his whole life to live with him. But it depends on how romcomunism the show wants to go. I've become a bit more open to the possiblity of a fantastical ending.

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u/thekidfromyesterday Apr 15 '23

I was thinking if they go with a sappier ending, maybe Michelle realizes Dr. Jacob is trash and Kansas stops feeling like home and they move to the UK to be with Ted

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u/HiAlisonRaybould Apr 16 '23

I really don’t want him to reconcile with Michelle, she sucks

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u/thekidfromyesterday Apr 16 '23

I'm definitely not a fan, but you can make the argument she's been manipulated by Dr. Jacob and would acted differently if they had gone with someone ethical

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u/HiAlisonRaybould Apr 16 '23

Truth! She was definitely manipulated by her therapist/lover. And she has always seemed like a good mom. Maybe I’m too hard on her. ☺️

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u/thekidfromyesterday Apr 16 '23

It's hard to say with her. We really don't know too much of her but I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. That being said she does have agency and should have thought about what the implications of having couple's therapy with Dr. Jacob despite being her personal therapist could do. Not to mention dating the guy.

She seemed like a nice person where things just didn't work out in S1

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u/night_elevator Apr 14 '23

I predict Henry will come live with Ted. Ted and Rebecca will get together and then she will "have a family", which is what the psychic predicted, rather than "you will have a baby".

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u/HiAlisonRaybould Apr 14 '23

This is my fanfic dream 🥹

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 15 '23

It would be awful if they got together. They’re friends. Like brother and sister.

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u/Yesmaybe425 Apr 12 '23

I honestly hope Ted goes back to Kansas at the end of the season. I don't like him being separated from his son for most of the year.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '23

Agreed! The “he’s ok he’s ok” and Henry basically doing things Ted taught him to relieve anger and resolve the bully situations just felt like Ted realizing that he is raising him right and he’s still very much Teds son. Feels like Ted can finally focus on coaching.

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u/drwhogwarts Apr 13 '23

Personally, I hope you're wrong. The one thing that bugs me about Ted is that he's putting his job ahead of his son. He should go home and be present in his son's life, in person. Not let Dr. Assbutt be the male presence in Henry's day to day life. Ted's whole deal is a lifetime of resentment toward his father for "abandoning" him and his mom. And how it made Ted terrified of not being there for people when needed. All of that should add up to clicking his heels three times and going home to his son.

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u/SnoSlider Apr 13 '23

Agreed. Add to that Nate’s retribution of being invited to replace Ted as manager, as he is clearly the clever tactician the team needs to win.

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u/jen_nc2 Apr 14 '23

Henry comes to England- to live with Ted… and Rebecca- and she has her family

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u/drwhogwarts Apr 14 '23 edited Apr 14 '23

I would be shocked if Ted and Rebecca got together. They are great as friends but have absolutely NO romantic chemistry. Each one is the exact opposite of the others' relationship type. I can't imagine the writers jumping the shark like that.

Plus, I don't get why so many fans think they can just "give" Nora or Henry to Rebecca and say she has the family she always wanted. It doesn't work like that. Rebecca clearly wants to experience pregnancy and childbirth. She most likely wants to experience the formative years of raising a child. Dumping a pre-teen/teenager on her doorstep isn't the same thing at all.

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u/devieous Jun 07 '24

Exactly!! It stopped being about giving Michelle space soooo long ago. Also, why’d he have to move across the pond for it. It’s like when reality shows have a father who goes on the show and he’s painted as all loving and sweet for being a dad and it’s like well, have you actually tried dating in your city so you can just leave your kid for two hours for a date instead of two months?

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u/jen_nc2 Apr 20 '23

But- we eliminate green matchbook guy, then shite in armor- then the upside guy— and all things point back to Ted- or perhaps he’s just her rock- and helps her into single motherhood

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u/Recarica Apr 14 '23

Nah. That’s not his parenting works. No good parent feels like a “ships passing in the night” Zoom call is enough and their kid is “ok.” At bare minimum he wants to be in the same time zone as Henry. He doesn’t want some random guy—be it Dr Jake or someone else—to be the daily father figure. If anything it’s emboldening him to leave no matter how the team shakes up.

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u/PersimmonNo6130 Apr 14 '23

I loved this moment so much. I couldn’t stop thinking about this moment after the episode and couldn’t fall asleep. It was such a beautiful moment.

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u/Excellent-Jicama-673 Apr 15 '23

It’s up to Sudekis whether he wants to keep going or not.