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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But did any of that really happen? Or was it just what Ted dreamed for them as he flew home? Because they showed all of these ways their individual dreams came true - including things years in the future (Sam playing for Nigeria in World Cup) and then after that he opened his eyes on the plane. I want to believe it’s all true but they built in this ambiguity. [/quote]

We said that at the end, too.  In my head, it’s a dream that comes true.

But why was Ted going “home” to what had been the family home?  I get that his first stop would be to see Henry, but it just felt odd that that was seemingly returning “home.”

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DH and I felt that Ted's storyline was the most disappointing/least resolved, and that undercuts the effectiveness of this as a finale. I liked where Roy, Jaime, Keeley, Rebecca, Nate, the team, Beard all ended up -- it felt appropriate to their characters and satisfying.

But Ted felt like he was barely in this season and we just have NO resolution on his character at all. We don't even see him tell Rebecca he's leaving -- it's just implied. It's totally unclear what he's returning home to -- is Michelle still with their marriage counselor (a huge and upsetting betrayal that really undermines my ability to understand why he would try to go back to her)? I get that it's about his son, but we don't really even see him talk about this. Honestly, Ted was just kind of a cipher this season.

Which brings me to my biggest issue with the finale -- the therapist. We haven't seen her almost at all this season, it's not even clear Ted is still seeing her. Then we see her a ton in the scene where everyone is watching the last match, and then we learn she's hired by the club as their official mental health person and see Roy going in to see her. I view this as a satisfying conclusion to Roy's story, but it leaves me wondering what the heck is going on with Ted because it felt like the therapist was pivotal to his storyline and he was her main purpose for still being on the show, and yet we don't see them interact at all. It's just weird and disjointed.

I don't mind when shows leave things ambiguous but in this case they just left them unfinished. I don't get it.[/quote]

I agree with all of this re the therapist, not seeing Ted tell Rebecca he’s leaving, and so on. There was that great scene at the start where Ted asked Rebecca if she wanted to talk about “it” and it turns out they didn’t have much of a convo initially.

But, the final shots of Ted coaching youth soccer show Michelle in the stands without the marriage counselor—granted he seemed bored by soccer, but maybe he was also out of the picture by then. [/quote]

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