The opening of Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 7, Ted’s wife asks about the divorce papers and if he’s looked at it. He promises to look at it as soon as possible and sign it. Keeley and Rebecca have made plans to go to Liverpool together and they are ready to blow off some steam.
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Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 7 Recap
We can never beat Everton
In the changing room, Ted tries to pump the team up but they seem depressed. The team is down because they haven’t beaten Everton in 60 years. Journalists ask Ted what he feels about the risk of relegation — he talks about how much he misses Jamie in the team. Noticeably, all the journalists seem to be warming up to Ted now — he’s a popular man.
It’s our anniversary
When they arrive in Liverpool, Rebecca gets emotional as it’s her anniversary weekend with her ex-husband. Keeley gives her a big hug. It’s hitting Rebecca more than she thought it would do. Keeley is on the adverts for the hotel. Flo Collins joins them — Rebecca’s best friend. In the receptionist, Ted bumps into Flo and they have a back and forth conversation.
Flo returns to Keeley and says she has met a man (referring to Ted). She also says that the real Rebecca is silly, not cold. “Make Rebecca Great Again” is clearly designed to get the football club owner out of her shell.
Looking over the papers
In his hotel room, Ted looks over his divorce papers while drinking. He then gets a text message from his wife’s lawyer asking him to hurry up. Nate then gives Ted his thoughts on the team for tomorrow but a frustrated Ted tells him to go back to his room — this was out of character from Ted which makes the scene shocking. The next morning, Ted apologises to Nate for biting his head off. He tells Nate to give the pre-game talk.
The team encourages him to give his speech. He calls one of the players a “Dumb p*ssy”. Nate starts ripping into each player and it becomes a roast. Nate tells Roy that he’s slow now but his superpower is anger — silence takes over the room as Roy destroys one of the benches and is pumped up. Richmond beat Everton for the first time in 60 years.
Celebration
After the game, the team celebrates by going out drinking and singing karaoke. Rebecca, Flo and Keeley join them. Rebecca apologises to Flo for disappearing from her friends and that her ex took a lot from her — Rebecca then goes on the karaoke and sings “Let It Go” from Frozen. Everyone is amazed by her singing ability. But Ted isn’t okay and leaves the group. His head is ringing. Rebecca finds him and tells him to breathe because he’s having a panic attack. The reality has sunk in for Ted, he’s getting divorced and sadness lurks over the entire episode from here.
Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 7 Ending Explained
Ted heads back to the hotel after he calms down. He walks away looking like a lonely man, a defeated man. When he gets to his room, he signs the divorce papers. As everyone leaves the karaoke bar, Keeley decides to walk home with Roy. Flo decides to stay out and Rebecca heads back to the hotel.
When Roy and Keeley return to the hotel, they kiss, then Roy stops the kissing and says “Goodnight” and quickly walks off, leaving her shocked. Ted texts Rebecca and thanks her for being so kind to him throughout the journey. Flo visits Ted’s hotel room as the chapter ends.
Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 8 Recap
Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 8 (Credit to Apple TV+)
The players find Nate in the coach storage. He slept there all night and he’s severely hungover. Ted gets Sassy a coffee after spending the night in his hotel room. He’s organised her a late check-out. He doesn’t seem sure of himself. From a serious divorce to getting laid by a sexy woman within hours is quite the win.
Coffee?
Ted tells coach Beard about what happened with Rebecca’s best friend Sassy. Meanwhile, Keeley tries to speak to Roy in the massage room and asks if he’d like a coffee — he rejects her offer. Roy is a strange character and he gets weirder with each episode.
Ted just feels weird
Ted is feeling weird as he’s never had a one night stand before. Coach Beard doesn’t understand what the problem is if he had fun but Ted is highlighting how he nearly had a mental breakdown then next minute he’s sleeping with Sassy — he’s obviously never been to Liverpool.
Nate, Higgins and Beard tell him not to tell Rebecca and that he should cut himself some slack. Ted wants to get them all some satin jackets made, with “Ted Lasso’s Personal Dilemma Squad” embroidered on the back. They think of a better name — “The Diamond Dogs”.
Jamie returns
Keeley’s ex Jamie returns unexpectedly to talk to her. He thanks her for making him a better man. As he walks out, Keeley is feeling weird that Jamie hasn’t sent her a sexy emoji for once. She asks him if he’d like a drink. Jamie figures out that he’s managed to get sex, without getting sex.
Honesty is the best policy
The next day, Roy speaks to Keeley and asks if she’d like to get coffee — she’s fuming because she asked him the day before about coffee and he refused, which of course led to sex with Jamie — first world problems! Roy says he’s trying to do things differently as he’s used to the press hounding him when he sleeps with a woman. He claims he now wants to be honest.
Keeley vouches for the honest approach and admits she slept with Jamie the night before because she thought Roy didn’t want her. She slept with him to get back at Roy and apologizes. Roy is angry and walks off — to be fair to Keeley, Roy did this to himself.
Ted advice
Roy grunts in Ted’s office as he wants to talk about Keeley. He hates how every time he thinks about Keeley, he thinks about Jamie as well — Ted declares a love triangle and asks for the “Diamond Dogs” for help on Ted’s worries. The conversation ends with coach Beard telling Roy to grow up and get over it.
Rupert has a new wife to be and a stake in the club
Ted joins Rebecca at the shareholder’s group at the pub but her ex-husband Rupert shows up with his new partner Bex — he has sold their minority share to her. Rupert is engaged. Rebecca is fuming and emotional — she will have to sit next to him in the owner’s box every game — well, at this point in the episode she does.
I’m a grown man
Roy tries to talk to Keeley again and declares himself a grown man and that he’s over Jamie. Keeley asks him to pretend to talk to the press. Roy asks her out as Keeley pretends to be different journalists.
A wager
Ted plays darts next to Rupert and they start wagering — Ted proposes that if Rupert wins, he can pick the starting lineup of the last two games of the season — but if Ted wins, Rupert can’t go anywhere near the owner’s box while Rebecca’s in charge. Rupert gets out his special darts.
Snogging early
Early on their date, Roy reveals he does yoga twice a week with old women and no-one knows about it and he likes the privacy. The pair are kissing before the date even begins.
Be curious
And the best scene in episode 8…
Back to the darts, Ted is losing — Rupert accuses Rebecca of f*cking over the entire team. Ted is now desperate to win to shut him up but he needs some almost impossible scores. As he is preparing his darts, Ted talks about how guys have underestimated him his entire life and that it used to bother him until he saw a quote that said: “Be curious, not judgemental”. He carries on telling his story as he hits a good score and says, “All them fellas that used to belittle me, not a single one of them were curious”. He talks about how their judgments had nothing to do with him because if they were curious, they would’ve asked questions — “Questions like, have you played a lot of darts Ted?”.
Ted hits a good score again and confirms he played a lot of darts with his father. Ted then hits a bullseye and Rupert loses. Rebecca is ecstatic and puts all drinks on her.
This is a genuinely good scene and propels rather genuinely self-aware acting by Jason Sudeikis — it was an impressive monologue.
Ted Lasso Season 1 Episode 8 Ending Explained
The next day, Higgins tells Rebecca that they have 10,000 unsold seats for the final match of the season. He’s worried that the whole stadium will be Man City supporters and they are on the brink of relegation. Rebecca is happy about that and Higgins shouts “F*ck off” as he’s sick of trying to hurt the club. Higgins tells Rebecca that trying to hurt Rupert won’t take away the pain.
Rebecca reminds Higgins that he used to organize her husband to sneak into her house to cheat on other women and that he didn’t mind playing dirty then. Higgins admits he should have been braver and that he’s sorry — he tells her to stop it or he will quit.
As the episode ends, Keeley walks into Rebecca’s office and shows the photo from earlier in the season of Ted and Keeley sat together, looking accidentally intimate. Keeley claims, “You arranged for the photographer to take this // either you come clean to Ted or I’ll do it for you”. Rebecca’s evil plan is starting to unfurl and fall apart, leaving the last two episodes feeling rather juicy.
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