Ted Lasso: Who Will Rebecca End Up With?

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“Ted Lasso” is coming to a close with its third and final season, but not before drumming up some interest in Rebecca’s love life. In the fourth episode of season three, the AFC Richmond owner visits a psychic named Tish, per her mom’s forceful recommendation. Though highly skeptical, Rebecca keeps her appointment and discovers that the medium’s predictions may not be as absurd as she expected.

“I can see something,” Tish tells Rebecca at the start of her session. “It’s in your hand — an object; it’s very special. It’s a green matchbook. A green matchbook, how lovely.” To a confused Rebecca, the matchbook means nothing, but Tish continues on, tapping into her supernatural abilities to deliver an abstract but meaningful message. “Sh*te in knining armor,” Tish says, making little sense.

As Rebecca gets up to leave, the psychic throws out one more clue about her future. “Thunder and lightning and you, and you’re upside down and you’re drenched, but you’re safe,” Tish says. Seconds later, she adds that Rebecca is going to be a mother one day, touching on one of Rebecca’s greatest hopes and insecurities. Infuriated by Tish’s nonsense, Rebecca storms out of the session, convinced it was a waste of time.

However, it’s not long before Tish’s predictions begin to come true, manifesting themselves in encounters with Rebecca’s exes.

Will Rebecca End Up With Ted in “Ted Lasso”?

The leading theory among fans is that Ted and Rebecca will be endgame. If true, the relationship would be the culmination a slow-burn romance that’s been building since Ted placed the first box of buttery shortbread biscuits on Rebecca’s desk.

Those championing the idea most notably point to a scene in the fifth episode of season three when Ted and Rebecca cross paths in the hallway. Both lost in thought over their individual concerns, they rush past each other, only to pause and turn back for a quick chat. “I know, you’re still feeling bad about yelling at me the other day, right?” Ted says, referring to earlier in the episode when Rebecca loses her temper after AFC Richmond is defeated again. “I can be a little bit psychic. It’s OK.”

Startled by Ted’s use of the word “psychic,” Rebecca’s face falls, seemingly contemplating if Ted’s words hold any deeper meaning. “No, no, yes. I — I shouldn’t have bullied you,” Rebecca replies, evoking a similar reaction from Ted, who is preoccupied with news that his son, Henry, was involved in a bullying incident at school. The pair go their separate ways once more, each slightly shaken by the coincidences in their conversation. “They felt the cosmic tug but they don’t understand what happened,” one Twitter user wrote of the scene.

While this interaction wasn’t implied in Tish’s reading, viewers also note that the “sh*te in knining armor” clue could have a double meaning — aside from the fact that her ex’s new fiancé says the jumbled phrase during a chance encounter — given that Henry’s soccer jersey features a number nine on it as a nod to his favorite player, Jamie Tartt. “To me it seemed like they really wanted us to see Henry wearing #9, the way he ran into the kitchen,” one Reddit user wrote in reference to a scene in season three when Henry runs through the house ahead of his school soccer match.

Just as Rebecca steps through the doorway of Tish’s sitting room, she’s pulled back when the psychic says, “You will have a family. You’re going to be a mother.” Angry and hurt, Rebecca, who secretly wants to have a family but hasn’t broached the subject with anyone for fear that she’s past her reproductive years, storms out of the psychic’s home. Later, she visits a fertility specialist who runs a few tests and seemingly confirms that she is unable to have children herself.

If Ted and Rebecca do end up together, it’s possible that Henry will become Rebecca’s stepson, thus giving her the family she’s always wanted and fulfilling Tish’s prophecy. A reach? Sure, but it’s clear that the writers are trying to misdirect us ahead of the finale, so there’s no telling what the truth might be until we get there.

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Will Rebecca End Up With Sam in “Ted Lasso”?

Another prevailing theory among the fandom is that Rebecca and Sam will rekindle their romance once and for all. The relationship came as a surprise in season two when the duo matched on Bantr, the dating app promoted by AFC Richmond. While they weren’t initially aware that they were talking to one another because the app omits photos, Rebecca and Sam shared a brief but passionate romance after overcoming the initial awkwardness. When Sam was faced with the decision to stay at Richmond or join billionaire Edwin Akufo’s growing team, Rebecca decided it was for the best that they split so she wouldn’t influence his decision.

Though Sam ended up staying with AFC Richmond, the pair remained separated, addressing each other politely though hesitantly whenever they encountered one another. In season three, Sam is seen flirting with a coworker at his newly opened restaurant, igniting a flame of jealousy in Rebecca at the launch party.

Later in the evening, Sam passes out green matchbooks as party favors. When he hands one to Rebecca, the significance of the trinket isn’t lost on her. But with Sam seemingly pursuing a newfound romance, it’s unclear whether the matchbook is indicative of a potential reunion between the exes. Other theories posit that Tish’s “green matchbook” clue may be a reference to the green notebook Ted uses to write notes about the team’s matches, so there are many options for what the party favor may mean.

Who Will Rebecca End Up With in “Ted Lasso”?

The final clue in Tish’s prophecy hints that Rebecca will meet her true love while she’s drenched from a storm filled with “thunder and lightning.” Fans believe the lightning clue may be a callback to season two when, after a subpar double date, Roy Kent tells Rebecca that she deserves someone who makes her feel like she’s been “struck by f*cking lightning.” Since Tish’s predictions have surprisingly been coming true — albeit in their own interesting way — it sounds like Rebecca won’t be “settling” anytime soon.

Tish also states that Rebecca will be upside down during the encounter, which may imply she’s going to fall into a body of water before a potential lover comes to her rescue. Others theorize the “drenched” clue is a sign she could be drunk when the big meet-cute moment finally happens. With a trip to Amsterdam — aka the Venice of the North — in AFC Richmond’s future, we could have a definitive answer sooner than we expect.

Above all else, “Ted Lasso” is a show about creating your own destiny, so chances are still high that the clues amount to nothing and Rebecca decides her own fate. Of course, the show is tinged with its own brand of wholesome magic, so we’ll have to wait seven more episodes until the finale to know for sure.