Will Ted and Rebecca become a couple in 'Ted Lasso'? These fans say yes -

 

For a certain group of fervent “Ted Lasso” fans, football romance is life.

These eagle-eyed fans have rewatched episodes more times than they can count, as if they’re studying game tape to memorize plays. They look for hidden messages in jewelry choices, outfit colors and interview quotes. They call themselves “rom-communists,” a reference to Ted’s belief that everything is going to work out in the end. And they are totally certain that Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) are endgame — that they are destined for each other.

“They are canonically soulmates,” said Corina Mitani, a Brazilian fan. “There are so many parallels between their separate stories and then so many things that link them together — it’s an absolute masterful narrative work from Jason and the writing team.”

The Los Angeles Times spoke with several fans who want Ted and Rebecca to be in a relationship — and found a lot of commonalities among them. The women usually refer to the actors and writers by their first names — Jason said this, or when Hannah told us that — and bring up different interviews Sudeikis and Waddingham have given throughout the series. A quote by Sudeikis from 2020 is often used as proof that TedBecca, as fans have dubbed them, are destined to be together: “What if Nora Ephron wrote a sports film?” And don’t get TedBecca Nation started on the significance of Sept. 13, 1991 — it’s the date when Ted’s dad died by suicide and Rebecca learned that her dad was having an affair. Why make them experience childhood trauma on the same day if they weren’t going to bond about it in the series?

Their search for Easter eggs and callbacks to previous episodes is similar to the dedication Swifties have for the details in Taylor Swift songs. And because the writers and actors have confirmed there is intentionality in the storylines, that has only infused more passion in fans’ hunt for clues or evidence that the characters lead parallel lives. Ted signed his divorce papers on Rebecca’s wedding anniversary, after all.

Some of the fans interviewed by The Times connected on WhatsApp after finding each other on Twitter. They created a group chat — spanning from Europe to the U.S. to Latin America — where they dissect cast interviews or analyze episodes together.
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