Warning: This article contains spoilers for Ted Lasso season three, episode 11.
With just one episode to go of its entire run, Ted Lasso might’ve just definitively proven why everyone’s been mischaracterizing it all along. In the wake of the third and final season earning some flak for arguably not being as funny as the previous two, the show’s penultimate ever episode patiently pointed people towards the fact it’s officially billed as a “sports comedy-drama” not a “sports comedy” by leaving them utterly devastated.
With previous episodes this season getting ever more emotional, season three’s eleventh installment just went even further by setting up next week’s finale with a killer callback to past years that surely only promises even more trauma to come. So while they drown in their own tears, fans are rocking back and forth in a fetal position and telling themselves over and over again that they’re watching a comedy.
Let’s keep telling ourselves that.
We are all Pedro Pascal.
That‘s the funny thing about Ted Lasso?!
Comedies are supposed to make you cry uncontrollably, right?
To misquote Ron Weasley for a moment, Ted Lasso fans may suffer, but at least they’re happy about it.
To get specific, episode 11 ended with a pitch-perfect reversal of the trope of every penultimate episode concluding with Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) telling Jason Sudeikis’ soccer coach that she has some big news for him. This time around, Ted surprised her by revealing that he’s got some news for her. Cue cruel cliffhanger ending.
Whether you want to call it a comedy, a comedy-drama, a dramedy, or whatever, let’s just agree to call Ted Lasso a modern masterpiece.
You can catch the Ted Lasso series finale when it streams on Apple TV Plus this May 31. Oh, and bring some tissues.