Where to watch hit series Ted Lasso for free in the UK
The 12th episode of the third season might have been AFC Richmond’s last
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Your support makes all the difference.The hit Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso came to an end for another season, or potentially even forever, when the streaming service dropped the 12th and final episode of season three last spring.
The show, about the overly optimistic, always jovial Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) – an American football coach turned Premier League football manager – has been nominated for a gazillion Emmys and is arguably the show that put Apple TV+ on the map.
The penultimate episode of the show, which premiered on 24 May 2023, ended on a cliff hanger, with Ted revealing to Rebecca in his office that he had a “truth-bomb” to deliver, and it might be that he’s decided to leave AFC Richmond.
Just like our fictional The Independent colleague Trent Crimm, we’ve got all the details on when and where you can watch the 12th and final episode of Ted Lasso season 3, and whether the third season will be the show’s last.
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How to watch ‘Ted Lasso’ season 3, episode 12 in the UK
The Ted Lasso season 3 finale premiered on Apple TV+ on Wednesday 31 May at 5am here in the UK.Episode 12 is titled So Long, Farewell and lasts roughly an hour. The official plot synopsis simply reads: “AFC Richmond play their final match of the season”. But will it be AFC Richmond’s final match ever?
Will ‘Ted Lasso’ season three be its last?
That’s the question everyone’s asking. Things seem to be leaning that way, given comments Sudeikis and other cast members have made in the past, and the events that occurred in episode 11. But Apple TV+ has seemed surprisingly reluctant to confirm whether or not season 3 is the final chapter.
In March 2023, Sudeikis essentially confirmed the latest season would be the end of the show, in an interview with Deadline: “This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell,” Sudeikis said. “The fact that folks will want more and are curious beyond more than what they don’t even know yet – that being season 3 – it’s flattering.
“Maybe by 31 May, once all 12 episodes of the season [have been released], they’re like, ‘Man, you know what, we get it, we’re fine. We don’t need any more, we got it.’ But until that time comes, I will appreciate the curiosity beyond what we’ve come up with so far,” Sudeikis added.
Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent and is the co-writer of the show, also said similar in an interview with The Sunday Times in June last year. When asked if season three was the end, he told the paper: “We are writing it like that. It was planned as three”.
Fans are speculating that if Ted Lasso season three is going to be its last, Apple TV+ might release a spin-off show in the world of AFC Richmond, but without Ted Lasso himself. That’s yet to be confirmed, but we’ll let you know if we hear more. For now, you can watch all three seasons of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.
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