So Long, Farewell (Ted Lasso)

"**So Long, Farewell**"
"So Long, Farewell"
Ted Lasso episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 12
Directed by	Declan Lowney
Written by	Brendan Hunt; Jason Sudeikis; Joe Kelly;
Featured music	"A Beautiful Game" by Ed Sheeran; "So Long, Farewell" (from The Sound of Music) by the cast; "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses; "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens; "Fight Test" by The Flaming Lips;
Cinematography by	Vanessa Whyte
Editing by	Melissa McCoy
Original release date	May 31, 2023
Running time	75 minutes
Guest appearances
	Sarah Niles as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone; Andrea Anders as Michelle Keller; Annette Badland as Mae; Adam Colborne as Baz; Bronson Webb as Jeremy; Kevin Garry as Paul; Ellie Taylor as Flo "Sassy" Collins; Katy Wix as Barbara; Edyta Budnik as Jade; Kieran O'Brien as James Tartt; Bill Fellows as George Cartrick; Mike O'Gorman as Jacob Brianson; Patrick Baladi as John; Harriet Walter as Deborah Welton;
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"So Long, Farewell" is the twelfth episode and season finale of the third season of the American sports comedy-drama television series Ted Lasso, based on the character played by Jason Sudeikis in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of England's Premier League. It is the 34th overall episode of the series and was written by series co-creators Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, and Joe Kelly, and directed by Declan Lowney. It was released on Apple TV+ on May 31, 2023.

The series follows Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who is unexpectedly recruited to coach a fictional English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience coaching soccer. The team's owner, Rebecca Welton, hires Lasso hoping he will fail as a means of exacting revenge on the team's previous owner, Rupert, her unfaithful ex-husband. The previous season saw Rebecca work with Ted in saving it, which culminated with their promotion to the Premier League, while the current season saw the club's efforts in winning the Premier League. In the episode, AFC Richmond prepares to face West Ham, with the result deciding if Richmond will win the League, while Ted prepares to leave England. Sudeikis said that the episode will be "the end of this story that we wanted to tell", although Apple TV+ did not officially describe the episode as a series finale.

The episode received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the closure to Ted's arc, performances and emotional tone, but criticizing the pacing, writing and under-developed stories, with some feeling that the episode was not enough to compensate for an uneven season.