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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ted tells his mom he has been seeing the therapist. I don’t think we needed to see the details of the sessions this season for her to be included in the finale.

I also disagree that we don’t know why Ted went home. He went home to his son as fully explain in the episode with his mom, not his ex wife. [/quote]

We get the reason but we don't get much of Ted talking about it. The show is called "Ted Lasso" and while we hear Ted's mom tell him he needs to go home to his son, we really don't see Ted discuss it much at all. And given that we also don't see him tell Rebecca that he's leaving, or even see how he arrived at that decision, it feels unfinished. Even when he and Rebecca do finally talk and she suggest he bring his son and Michelle over to London, he doesn't explain why that won't work (I can guess, but he doesn't say) or really explain much at all. He just says no.

It would have been helpful to see at least a small snippet of an appointment with his therapist, to better understand his emotional journey this season. I feel like it was hinted at but not explained. And the way the show ends with Ted leaving the note for Trent "it was never about me" feels like a cop out. Like yes, Ted's approach to coaching and to life isn't about him, which is what makes him refreshing and what winds up being so good for the team and the people in his orbit -- he understands that the role of a coach, or a friend, is often just to support and facilitate, not to advise or fix or control. Too few people understand that and it's something I like about this show.

But Ted's life IS about Ted. The team may not be, but his decision to return to KC, his feelings about his ex-wife and about leaving the life he has built for himself in London, is about him. And it would have been nice to actually hear him talk about that decision, to have dialogue or action that show how that decision was made. Instead it's like we have a collection of clues we have to interpret. But I'd like emotional closure on the actual character instead.

It was also weird that initially it was just assumed Beard would go back with him (again, no discussion about this because we don't get to see Ted discuss things this season) and then there's the big dramatic scene on the plane. But that was weird because why would Ted's choice to leave automatically mean Beard does too? It's not like Ted has another coaching gig lined up. And Beard has a relationship in London. That is the kind of thing people would talk about and it's weird that they didn't.[/quote]

You seem to need a lot of hand holding/literal explanations.[/quote]

You seem to struggle with any criticism at all of a show you like. Work on that maybe.[/quote]

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