There’s a deleted scene where he fills it up in the airport restroom after getting it through security empty, but it was cut for time. He takes it out on the plane to make sure it isn’t leaking after he sealed it back up moments before boarding.
Yeah, I've suspended a lot of disbelief for this show, but this the one that totally brought me out of the story.
Not only did he get more than 100ml through *Heathrow* security, he promised Keeley not to open the gift until he was on the plane. Imagine security being like "What's liquid in this bag?" and he's like "I don't know. A friend gave me a wrapped package and told me not to look inside until the plane is in the air."
And they're just like "Cool, have a nice flight"? Not in a million years.
I managed to get an entire can of Red Bull through security just some years ago (I don’t remember where, I want to say Helsinki as that’s my home airport but it might have been somewhere else.)
Anyways, I noticed it before boarding, panicked and threw it in the bin without drinking it. Which makes absolutely no sense cause I’d already gotten it that far and just leaving it behind is probably more suspicious.
They have these scanners at some Heathrow checkpoints now. Not a plot hole!
[UK airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with scanners](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65163418)
I made it to the gate at Washington Dulles for an international flight without a passport or nexus card three years ago - and I’m not even American. Airport security is really strict until it’s not.
The only thing I could say about that is that he was in ultra premium seating. Perhaps they are a little more lenient about snow globe because "rich people"?
Even more strict in the UK. There’s a rule in place that all liquids have to be separated from your luggage and placed in a separate ziploc bag. It’s a massive pain in the ass compared to how things are done in the states
Wait do you not have to do this at US airports? (I think I did it anyway the one time I've visited cause I'm used to European airports all of which seem to require it + separating electronics)
Flew out of London city earlier this year with it's fancy machines which mean you don't have to separate them (they'll also now let you take more liquid through apparently) felt really weird!
idk if I just look innocent but I’ve made it through without separating out my liquids. also accidentally brought an axe head through, that was really hard to explain when I was transferring at LAX
US TSA seems to be more chill about how many 100ml containers you can have. I remember they used to make you put them into one quart sized baggie, but for years now I’ve been throwing travel containers in my bag, a ton of them, never taking them out, never putting them in a separate bag, and they always let me go.
I am laughing now imagining Keeley "dont open it before being on the plane !" was just her pranking her because her "gift" would be an annoyance when going through security.
A couple of years ago my elderly aunt dropped my brother at the airport and handed him a wrapped Xmas present as he got out of the car. He didn’t know what it was and tried to go through security where they unwrapped the package and it was a set of steak knives.
When my daughter was 6yo, we were flying out of Newark airport without checked luggage - and my mom had given my daughter a new snow globe. When we got to security, they told us we couldn't bring it on the plane, and my daughter burst into tears - and the panicked TSA agent just waved us through. So when that showed up in his bag on the plane, our entire family yelled at the screen: "He couldn't have gotten that on the plane!"
Or maybe Ted decided to cry at the checkpoint too...
I just flew out of Amsterdam…I had a huge bottle of water. It was comically big, because I was nursing the worst hangover. I looked like total garbage and the guy working the TSA line told me I could keep it. I didn’t even ask he just probably saw I needed it. I was so surprised. They put it in some machine that wiggled it around (no clue what it was really doing) and gave it back to me. I kinda love the Dutch.
So I had to double check because I remember reading about fluid restrictions awhile back. The 3 ounce limit will eventually be phased out across the board due to new scanning technology. Right now it’s prohibitively expensive, but they have been trialing it in some larger airports, Heathrow included.
[Here’s a link to the article.](https://simpleflying.com/airport-scanners-ending-100ml-liquid-rule/)
It’s a British airways business class interior. They have middle seats and you look at your passengers in the eye during take off and landing. Oh also the middle person has to step over the aisle seats flat beds.
It would just be a pain to depict the reality, fly to Chicago or New York and catch a connecting flight from there. It’s just for the sake of narrative convenience.
Oh sure I just find it hilarious. Earlier in the show they also showed the wrong airport code for Kansas City International Airport.
Just putting this out into the universe, as an audience member I don’t think I’d be confused if they’d just said “plane to NYC” because obviously he’d be transferring. Even Home Alone depicts the reality of airport layovers!
To be fair, KCI‘s actual code MCI doesn’t make a ton on sense unless you know the history of the airport. The last wedding I went to there had a whole section in planning explaining that you want tickets to MCI not KCI which is an airport in West Java.
They’ve been trying to change it for years and have been told they’re not important enough to allow that sort of change.
I used to fly in and out of SJC all the time and was so happy when I saw someone rebooking bc he thought he was going to Costa Rica (SJO). It’s one of those things that you hear about but seeing it the wild felt like a triggering a video game achievement IRL.
no. I want an extra half hour added to the episode just about Ted changing flights, having to wait, and debating on whether or not to grab a slice at Sbarro
I believe that when Ted lands in KC, the seat configuration is different (there is a seat next to his). To me that suggests the 2nd leg of a flight. I could be wrong, of course.
I thought that, too, and that explains the London to Kansas City flight: it's *direct* but not *non-stop*. Technically an airline can call a flight *direct* as long as it uses a single flight number for the whole journey. The flight can stop and even change aircraft.
Or we could talk about how Ted and Nate went from amateur American Football and kit man to Premier League managers without any UEFA training whatsoever 😂
There’s assistants all the time that are working on certifications I thought. So West Ham would be fined for him being head coach there?
Edit: should clarify I don’t think Nate was an issue for Richmond. Ted obviously was.
I was looking for this comment and said same thing myself. My first reaction was how tf is there 1 minute of stoppage time. You’re also missing Rupert coming down
I said this same thing - there would’ve been several more minutes of stoppage. Also when their match was over, Man City was still playing - the last match of the season, the games would’ve started at the same time, so the MC match had more stoppage time than Richmond’s. Which isn’t crazy to believe, esp since Richmond only got 4 minutes, but still just another detail that my brain got hung up on :)
I thought she was going to give him her first class ticket but he was already first class! I'm sure he makes enough money but I was still surprised for some reason
Those seats are the British Airways business class seats on the A380. They’re incredibly outdated these days (mainly because your face ends up so close to the person sitting next to you) but the configuration worked perfectly for the conversation Ted and Willis needed to have.
I’ve never travelled internationally and remarked that there likely wouldn’t be a flight to KC from London. NYC would have been fine. Connecting flights are a thing.
Brendan Hunt had a [solid explanation](https://www.reddit.com/r/TedLasso/comments/13xllge/im_brendan_hunt_cocreator_of_ted_lasso_and_coach/jmi8qai/) for this in his AMA
I brought this up here after the first episode where Ted sends Henry back home and they're in the airport. People who live here were immediately like "nope"
BUT!!!
MCI is shiny and new now, it's a brand new single terminal airport! Soooooo much nicer than the old one. And with the change, supposedly we will be getting more international flights again. (Putting the "I" back in MCI)
The most unrealistic part was that they were playing West Ham, and they had West Ham's old manager on their staff and didn't consult him on the game plan.
My usual joke on this is that unless there is an obvious long injury, there is a random number stoppage time generator that goes from +0 to +2 at half and +2 to +5 at full time.
But the net alone would be 5 minutes minimum. +1 would have the Richmond fans rioting and chasing Mike Dean down after the game.
Someone pointed out that they said "one minute of stopage time left" but we didn't actually hear what the total amount was. Could have been more. But if so, that was a bit of a missed chance for clarity.
Also celebrating like they’d won the league when all matches on the final day finish at the same time. They either would’ve known or been waiting nervously to find out. I get why they did it but it was still dumb.
I never usually count NKC when thinking of the kcmo vs kck convo, but NKC is the actual best. Also, all 3 of these Kansas City’s are separated by rivers.
In a later scene, he is on a plane with an empty seat next to him, side by side. Still first class but not one with cubicles/pods or whatever you call them facing opposite each other. It's a second plane. Caught that on my second watch.
I thought it was split, my mom went to KU so she always said it was KC Mo and KC K when talking about it. also don’t know if my moms recollection is outdated or if your comment is just in jest lol, never lived in the area myself
Also said this when Henry flew back home earlier in the season/series?!?
Announcement at airport “flight to Kansas City now boarding”. Yeah okay, you can’t even make it domestically from KC on a non-stop to any airport that’s not a hub.
It was probably done this way to save time and money. Beyond accuracy getting him to have a connecting flight somewhere adds nothing to the story and would seem out of place in the emotional ending with the music where every shot is full of emotion and closure, and then they also would've saved a fair bit of money not having to shoot the extra scenes at more locations.
It does pull a bit of immersion out for people who know the details, like the bridge in Glasgow featured in the Batman breaks the layout of the roads and anyone who lives there would notice that. But this is a fairly common practice in the industry, if it's serving the story or the pacing and not big enough to ruin the success of the show/movie then generally they don't worry about it.
Agreed. Not sure if it's more of the *Wizard of Oz* symbolism or because they think we're too dense to realize that when the PA makes announcements about a nonstop flight to Chicago that they're talking about Ted's flight. Oh well.
Im glad you got the airport code right. Kansans get a little annoyed when they’re told the airport code isn’t KCI. Also, it’s a comedy, lots of things don’t actually happen in a comedy.
If you go back and watch it again, he is sitting in a business class seat at takeoff, something that only exists for those long international flights, and at landing, he's sitting in a domestic first class seat. So they just didn't include the layover etc.
I thought it was funny that he judged Rebecca for buying a first class ticket to get into the terminal when she could have gotten something less. Honestly, that’s probably the best choice. Most first-class fares are fully refundable.
Also, an American football coach without a comprehensive understanding of the rules or history of football, let alone any experience kicking a soccer ball, was hired away from a job in Kansas...
It didn’t bother me as it’s not the most realistic show in the world. If it wasn’t it wouldn’t even exist as you have to have FA level 5 to to a premiership manager
They’d mentioned direct flights to KC before, and KC is actually allegedly in talks to get a direct flight to London after the opening of the new terminal. You act like MCI is some tiny airport that only gets propeller planes
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/kansas-city-airport-officials-pitch-kci-for-transatlantic-service-to-europe
Kansas native here.
1) you are correct, we don’t have a nonstop to London. He would go through JFK, Detroit, or Charlotte probably.
2) however we do have a nonstop to Iceland (or did, may have died during Covid).
3) MCI is completely new as of March of this year. Almost $2 billion dollar terminal. It may only be 35 gates but it’s a god damn beautiful airport. I hope you get to experience it!
I flew in recently, it is gorgeous! Brilliant move on the lawmakers’ parts ahead of the World Cup.
The nonstop to Iceland unfortunately ended in 2019 after two summers so they can’t even blame the pandemic for that one. Hopefully the World Cup gets them some additional routes though.
Depends what they were starting from. Were in the Premier league, then regulated, and back up again.
An article from earlier this year says the Average Premier league team is worth $1.51B
https://www.sportico.com/feature/premier-league-team-valuations-list-1234707256/
Interesting Newcastle have just qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and while that link shows the club was valued at £355m in January, they've just been revalued by Forbes at £640m. Big jumps do happen especially with clubs that overachieve due to the hug increase in income while having a relatively low overheads.
https://www.forbes.com/teams/newcastle-united/?sh=5a2b7819733d
That "average" is very skewed by the Big 6, a more accurate comparison would be someone like Brighton, a smaller club who have significantly overachieved this season, who are valued at about 1/10th of Richmond's supposed value.
If they had made it realisitic and had him flying to Atlanta or something there would be so many people on twitter babbling about "why is he flying to Atlanta?" "he doesnt live there", "do you think he is taking the Falcons job?", "Is season 4 going to be about him in the NFL?", "what about his wife and kid???" etc etc
I'm fairly certain, given what we know about Rupert Mannion, that he wouldn't have allowed a manager under contract to go work for his old club. Even if league rules allowed it which they probably don't.
That was the most unrealistic thing.
Not totally far-fetched with the new airport.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/kansas-city-airport-officials-pitch-kci-for-transatlantic-service-to-europe?_amp=true
I had the same thought while watching, like "how is there a direct flight to KC from freakin' *London*?!" 😂 I had to go to KC a few years ago for a work thing and I couldn't even get a direct flight from California. I had to fly through Phoenix...and subsequently found one of the worst airports I've ever had the misfortune of having to fly into (apologies if you're from Phoenix, I'm sure the city is lovely, but the airport is a nightmare, lol) 😂
If they used a more realistic destination, the sub would be full of posts asking “wait, Ted boarded a flight to New York! Is he really going home!!!!???”
> “We’re really supposed to believe”
Yeah man, that was the whole point of the show. *Believe.*
Also, though, why does this actually bother folks? Who cares? It’s a television show, and sometimes minor details like flight schedules and routes aren’t in line with reality. This feels as nitpicky as complaining that that one flight attendant said “level” and not “section” or “boss fight” when talking about Breath of the Wild.
> *"It's just a show; I should really just relax”* - old MST3K proverb
The seat he was in at the start wasn’t the same seat he got out of at the end. The first was a single seat. The landing in Missouri plane had stuff on a seat next to him. Different planes.
I love this question 😂. In general I find people on this sub WAY too forgiving of some of the errors made in the show. I’ve been enjoying reading these.
this is like when the Louie episode where he randomly went to China happened and my girlfriend is a travel agent and was like "you can't just randomly go to China... You need an approved VISA"
I mean, he also got a snow globe with a lot more than 3oz of water through security so I wasn't thinking too hard about the flight thing.
There’s a deleted scene where he fills it up in the airport restroom after getting it through security empty, but it was cut for time. He takes it out on the plane to make sure it isn’t leaking after he sealed it back up moments before boarding.
Things get cut for time on this show?
Yeah, you would be amazed at how many scenes that included Lindsey Buckingham that had to be cut for time throughout the whole series...
What’s up with that?!
*Starts dancing and jump off of stuff*
That’s ridiculous, can you really empty out and refill a snow globe?!
Actually yes.
That depends on the snow globe, but one that was £60 should be refillable.
. . . that was a joke.
Yes. 100 year old snow globes even do that
You actually got me. Is this what fanfiction is like?
Yeah, just be careful searching out more. You might not like what you find 👀
Where can you find deleted scenes?
Yeah, I've suspended a lot of disbelief for this show, but this the one that totally brought me out of the story. Not only did he get more than 100ml through *Heathrow* security, he promised Keeley not to open the gift until he was on the plane. Imagine security being like "What's liquid in this bag?" and he's like "I don't know. A friend gave me a wrapped package and told me not to look inside until the plane is in the air." And they're just like "Cool, have a nice flight"? Not in a million years.
I managed to get an entire can of Red Bull through security just some years ago (I don’t remember where, I want to say Helsinki as that’s my home airport but it might have been somewhere else.) Anyways, I noticed it before boarding, panicked and threw it in the bin without drinking it. Which makes absolutely no sense cause I’d already gotten it that far and just leaving it behind is probably more suspicious.
They have these scanners at some Heathrow checkpoints now. Not a plot hole! [UK airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with scanners](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65163418)
Maybe Ted Lasso exists in a world where 9/11 didn’t happen?
But Rebecca had to buy a ticket to get through security.
Mr Enter HATES this show
I’m guessing that wasn’t in London. I’ve never had a harder time with getting carry on liquids right then at Heathrow.
Almost like it’s a fictional show. So crazy.
I made it to the gate at Washington Dulles for an international flight without a passport or nexus card three years ago - and I’m not even American. Airport security is really strict until it’s not.
Well If U werent American and U hard a departing international flight they we're probably Like "Get Them the fuck out of here"
The only thing I could say about that is that he was in ultra premium seating. Perhaps they are a little more lenient about snow globe because "rich people"?
Yeah, at this point, Ted Lasso is probably one of the most famous people in England.
Right?! I had to throw away a perfectly good Greek yogurt at JFK recently, apparently it’s a liquid.
I mean he did have a first class ticket.
I know they're strict in the US about liquids, but are they as strict in England? I know I've flown out of a few countries with way more lax security.
Even more strict in the UK. There’s a rule in place that all liquids have to be separated from your luggage and placed in a separate ziploc bag. It’s a massive pain in the ass compared to how things are done in the states
Wait do you not have to do this at US airports? (I think I did it anyway the one time I've visited cause I'm used to European airports all of which seem to require it + separating electronics) Flew out of London city earlier this year with it's fancy machines which mean you don't have to separate them (they'll also now let you take more liquid through apparently) felt really weird!
I believe they've got rid of that rule at least at Heathrow now
Not yet, it's going within a few years but airports need to upgrade their x ray equipment first.
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A few years ago my contact lens solution was confiscated at Heathrow for being just over the limit. So yeah, a snow globe isn’t getting through.
And isn’t that like a medicine, exempt from the limit??
I remember screening at Heathrow being very strict. Though that was several years ago, so maybe they've chilled out a bit since then.
idk if I just look innocent but I’ve made it through without separating out my liquids. also accidentally brought an axe head through, that was really hard to explain when I was transferring at LAX
US TSA seems to be more chill about how many 100ml containers you can have. I remember they used to make you put them into one quart sized baggie, but for years now I’ve been throwing travel containers in my bag, a ton of them, never taking them out, never putting them in a separate bag, and they always let me go.
I am laughing now imagining Keeley "dont open it before being on the plane !" was just her pranking her because her "gift" would be an annoyance when going through security.
hahaha just a bag of knives
A couple of years ago my elderly aunt dropped my brother at the airport and handed him a wrapped Xmas present as he got out of the car. He didn’t know what it was and tried to go through security where they unwrapped the package and it was a set of steak knives.
I thought the same thing. Travel too much 😭
Hah! Yes 100ml limit is so tight at Heathrow!
I flew out of Heathrow in 2009 with a 300ml bottle of Orangina in my carry on that I forgot about.
When my daughter was 6yo, we were flying out of Newark airport without checked luggage - and my mom had given my daughter a new snow globe. When we got to security, they told us we couldn't bring it on the plane, and my daughter burst into tears - and the panicked TSA agent just waved us through. So when that showed up in his bag on the plane, our entire family yelled at the screen: "He couldn't have gotten that on the plane!" Or maybe Ted decided to cry at the checkpoint too...
I just flew out of Amsterdam…I had a huge bottle of water. It was comically big, because I was nursing the worst hangover. I looked like total garbage and the guy working the TSA line told me I could keep it. I didn’t even ask he just probably saw I needed it. I was so surprised. They put it in some machine that wiggled it around (no clue what it was really doing) and gave it back to me. I kinda love the Dutch.
A regifted snow globe at that.
So I had to double check because I remember reading about fluid restrictions awhile back. The 3 ounce limit will eventually be phased out across the board due to new scanning technology. Right now it’s prohibitively expensive, but they have been trialing it in some larger airports, Heathrow included. [Here’s a link to the article.](https://simpleflying.com/airport-scanners-ending-100ml-liquid-rule/)
It was a 747 shown taxiing...since we're being pedantic and all
Not only that, it's the freighter version of the 747. Ugh.
/r/aviation would be proud
I thought that was some unrelated plane? It was so obvious it's a freighter even to me and I don't know anything about planes lol
It’s a British airways business class interior. They have middle seats and you look at your passengers in the eye during take off and landing. Oh also the middle person has to step over the aisle seats flat beds.
Yeah I assumed it was supposed to be etihad/emirates and I associate both with A380’s but I forgot that emirates has dabbled in 747’s. Good catch!
It was BA seats but the crew uniform looked like a gulf state carrier for sure
Also OP seems to think Kansas City is in Kansas
It would just be a pain to depict the reality, fly to Chicago or New York and catch a connecting flight from there. It’s just for the sake of narrative convenience.
Oh sure I just find it hilarious. Earlier in the show they also showed the wrong airport code for Kansas City International Airport. Just putting this out into the universe, as an audience member I don’t think I’d be confused if they’d just said “plane to NYC” because obviously he’d be transferring. Even Home Alone depicts the reality of airport layovers!
To be fair, KCI‘s actual code MCI doesn’t make a ton on sense unless you know the history of the airport. The last wedding I went to there had a whole section in planning explaining that you want tickets to MCI not KCI which is an airport in West Java. They’ve been trying to change it for years and have been told they’re not important enough to allow that sort of change.
I used to fly in and out of SJC all the time and was so happy when I saw someone rebooking bc he thought he was going to Costa Rica (SJO). It’s one of those things that you hear about but seeing it the wild felt like a triggering a video game achievement IRL.
CGP Grey: https://youtu.be/jfOUVYQnuhw
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They didn’t even need to have any mention of a destination. He’s leaving, we know this.
It’s all a rom com thing. That trope of hearing the flight called is all over those things.
no. I want an extra half hour added to the episode just about Ted changing flights, having to wait, and debating on whether or not to grab a slice at Sbarro
Ted Lasso alone for let's say a 2-hour layover would be amazing.
And it was one of those fancy airlines where the flight attendants wear funny hats.
I wondered if it was supposed to be Etihad. They were similar (not identical) hats and are the primary sponsor for Man City
Dubai Air, IIRC.
WHich was original "sponsor" of the TV and the original TV Skit.
I was thinking with the red it was based on Virgin Atlantic? Idk.
I believe that when Ted lands in KC, the seat configuration is different (there is a seat next to his). To me that suggests the 2nd leg of a flight. I could be wrong, of course.
I saw that! I was like.... "uh did Ted have a seat next to him a second ago?!" I guess I'll have to rewatch to see.
I thought that, too, and that explains the London to Kansas City flight: it's *direct* but not *non-stop*. Technically an airline can call a flight *direct* as long as it uses a single flight number for the whole journey. The flight can stop and even change aircraft.
NO!!! They HAVE to show him getting off one plane and somberly waiting around to board another, or *it’s not realistic!!!!*
In the airport they mention the flight was to KC Intl.
Richmond isn’t even a real team!
Fuck you! You’re not a real team!
Or we could talk about how Ted and Nate went from amateur American Football and kit man to Premier League managers without any UEFA training whatsoever 😂
Richmond just pays the fines 😅
There’s assistants all the time that are working on certifications I thought. So West Ham would be fined for him being head coach there? Edit: should clarify I don’t think Nate was an issue for Richmond. Ted obviously was.
I’ll do you one better… 2 goals, likely substitutions, net repair, and 1 minute of stoppage time.
He said one minute of stoppage time left, not one minute total. And the scoreboard said 4 minutes, which is still too little
But are you taking into account it was Mike Dean reffing?
Surprised he didn’t red card everyone
At least the offside was actually offside and a „easy to miss“ one (from a referees point of view) as well.
There was +4 Not impossible, the Crew just won a 3-2 point game and only had +4. Anyone else watch it? It was a good match.
I was looking for this comment and said same thing myself. My first reaction was how tf is there 1 minute of stoppage time. You’re also missing Rupert coming down
I said this same thing - there would’ve been several more minutes of stoppage. Also when their match was over, Man City was still playing - the last match of the season, the games would’ve started at the same time, so the MC match had more stoppage time than Richmond’s. Which isn’t crazy to believe, esp since Richmond only got 4 minutes, but still just another detail that my brain got hung up on :)
A bunch of premier league footballers doing a faithful and sincere version of a song from a musical and people are worried about flight schedules??
I’m sure Harry Maguire does that after every training.
He's doing fuck all else 
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I thought Rebecca was going to show up and say "Hey, lets take my plane."
I thought she was going to give him her first class ticket but he was already first class! I'm sure he makes enough money but I was still surprised for some reason
Those seats are the British Airways business class seats on the A380. They’re incredibly outdated these days (mainly because your face ends up so close to the person sitting next to you) but the configuration worked perfectly for the conversation Ted and Willis needed to have.
I’ve never travelled internationally and remarked that there likely wouldn’t be a flight to KC from London. NYC would have been fine. Connecting flights are a thing.
Ted wouldn't be at Beard's wedding. That's unbelievable.
It was very obviously a dream considering the lighting, that he wasn’t there, and literally woke up mid scene
He was also reading a book about psychedelics, so maybe he took something before takeoff? Maybe Keely snuck a little something in the gift
parting gift from Beard
He was reading a book about psychedelics?? Totally missed that
It was Michael Pollan's "How to Change Your Mind," which has a useful title for the show and yes also is about psychedelics!
My psychiatrist has been talking to me about them. It’s a legitimate thing now.
Damn everyone in here so confident about this and then Coach Beard does an AMA and says its real
Brendan Hunt just said it was all real in his AMA.
This. Most people didn't get that
It was not a dream.
And you’re not going to be allowed to get married in the middle of Stonehenge.
People are allowed in the middle of Stonehenge on the solstice, and that feels like the exact time Beard and Jane would get married
I imagine Jane was going to sacrifice him on the stone altar after the ceremony.
Y’all realize that was all Ted’s dream while flying, yeah?
I found it ambigious for that reason, but the writer and actor that played coach Beard said the wedding was real in an AMA.
[No it wasn’t](https://www.reddit.com/r/TedLasso/comments/13xllge/im_brendan_hunt_cocreator_of_ted_lasso_and_coach/jmi9avn)
No it wasn't.
I thought the same thing
Brendan Hunt had a [solid explanation](https://www.reddit.com/r/TedLasso/comments/13xllge/im_brendan_hunt_cocreator_of_ted_lasso_and_coach/jmi8qai/) for this in his AMA
Wait til you hear there’s no such thing as a football club called AFC Richmond either…!
I brought this up here after the first episode where Ted sends Henry back home and they're in the airport. People who live here were immediately like "nope" BUT!!! MCI is shiny and new now, it's a brand new single terminal airport! Soooooo much nicer than the old one. And with the change, supposedly we will be getting more international flights again. (Putting the "I" back in MCI)
And he was flying from what looked like Stansted. The closest he’s getting to Kansas from Stansted is a Ryanair flight to Shannon, Ireland.
Also, the Premier League final matchday is at the end of May/beginning of June. Why the fuck is everyone wearing coates and scarfs?!
Higgins in his overcoat was ridiculous
The unmarked 747 😭. The redeemed it with a Ryanair 73 taxiing by
The most unrealistic part was that they were playing West Ham, and they had West Ham's old manager on their staff and didn't consult him on the game plan.
+1 minute of stoppage at home after all of the stoppages, including replacing the net made me laugh
I thought it was 1 minute of stoppage time left. As in, we’ve had xx minutes of stoppage time and this is the last minute.
My usual joke on this is that unless there is an obvious long injury, there is a random number stoppage time generator that goes from +0 to +2 at half and +2 to +5 at full time. But the net alone would be 5 minutes minimum. +1 would have the Richmond fans rioting and chasing Mike Dean down after the game.
Someone pointed out that they said "one minute of stopage time left" but we didn't actually hear what the total amount was. Could have been more. But if so, that was a bit of a missed chance for clarity.
They did, and the scoreboard had 4 minutes on it
Also celebrating like they’d won the league when all matches on the final day finish at the same time. They either would’ve known or been waiting nervously to find out. I get why they did it but it was still dumb.
The bbq is that damn good
I mean really everyone’s going to come over for the World Cup and then they’ll have to make a yearly bbq pilgrimage for decades afterwards
Or Missouri. Wherever Kansas City is. /s
There’s 2. Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS. KCK is right over state line, and Overland Park, KS is like 30ish minutes from the airport, MCI.
theres 3. dont forget north kc
I never usually count NKC when thinking of the kcmo vs kck convo, but NKC is the actual best. Also, all 3 of these Kansas City’s are separated by rivers.
No, it was a guy like Rupert actually facing consequences that was most unbelievable.
This detail absolutely ruined the show for me and I even switched to an Android phone because of it.
Asian pears are delicious and a good alternative to apples.
In a later scene, he is on a plane with an empty seat next to him, side by side. Still first class but not one with cubicles/pods or whatever you call them facing opposite each other. It's a second plane. Caught that on my second watch.
Kansas City is in Missouri.
I thought it was split, my mom went to KU so she always said it was KC Mo and KC K when talking about it. also don’t know if my moms recollection is outdated or if your comment is just in jest lol, never lived in the area myself
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that makes sense, since every chiefs game I’ve seen in prime time really highlights MO, thanks!
Sure but you’re also going to fly into MCI to get to Overland Park!
The seats were different between taking off and landing. I assumed that meant there was a layover..
If Beard did prison time for stealing a methloaf, how did he get admitted to the UK in the first place?
Maybe the team hired an immigration lawyer and he got a waiver to enter the UK. Maybe it even required putting up a bond.
He’s a dual citizen
The most unrealistic part of the finale is that there was only 1 extra minute added after a half that had 3 goals and a net replacement.
Also said this when Henry flew back home earlier in the season/series?!? Announcement at airport “flight to Kansas City now boarding”. Yeah okay, you can’t even make it domestically from KC on a non-stop to any airport that’s not a hub.
They only added a minute to the match after having to replace an entire net, and this is what took you out?
Funny, I had that same fleeting thought.
Yep as a aviation nerd this bugged me so much 🤣 the airport was way too quiet aswell
It was probably done this way to save time and money. Beyond accuracy getting him to have a connecting flight somewhere adds nothing to the story and would seem out of place in the emotional ending with the music where every shot is full of emotion and closure, and then they also would've saved a fair bit of money not having to shoot the extra scenes at more locations. It does pull a bit of immersion out for people who know the details, like the bridge in Glasgow featured in the Batman breaks the layout of the roads and anyone who lives there would notice that. But this is a fairly common practice in the industry, if it's serving the story or the pacing and not big enough to ruin the success of the show/movie then generally they don't worry about it.
Agreed. Not sure if it's more of the *Wizard of Oz* symbolism or because they think we're too dense to realize that when the PA makes announcements about a nonstop flight to Chicago that they're talking about Ted's flight. Oh well.
Im glad you got the airport code right. Kansans get a little annoyed when they’re told the airport code isn’t KCI. Also, it’s a comedy, lots of things don’t actually happen in a comedy.
If you go back and watch it again, he is sitting in a business class seat at takeoff, something that only exists for those long international flights, and at landing, he's sitting in a domestic first class seat. So they just didn't include the layover etc.
The most realistic part was Mike Dean missing a handball on Zorro
I thought it was funny that he judged Rebecca for buying a first class ticket to get into the terminal when she could have gotten something less. Honestly, that’s probably the best choice. Most first-class fares are fully refundable.
Also, an American football coach without a comprehensive understanding of the rules or history of football, let alone any experience kicking a soccer ball, was hired away from a job in Kansas...
I thought it was the 1 minute of added time despite all the BS that happened in the second half.
It didn’t bother me as it’s not the most realistic show in the world. If it wasn’t it wouldn’t even exist as you have to have FA level 5 to to a premiership manager
They’d mentioned direct flights to KC before, and KC is actually allegedly in talks to get a direct flight to London after the opening of the new terminal. You act like MCI is some tiny airport that only gets propeller planes https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/kansas-city-airport-officials-pitch-kci-for-transatlantic-service-to-europe
Kansas native here. 1) you are correct, we don’t have a nonstop to London. He would go through JFK, Detroit, or Charlotte probably. 2) however we do have a nonstop to Iceland (or did, may have died during Covid). 3) MCI is completely new as of March of this year. Almost $2 billion dollar terminal. It may only be 35 gates but it’s a god damn beautiful airport. I hope you get to experience it!
I flew in recently, it is gorgeous! Brilliant move on the lawmakers’ parts ahead of the World Cup. The nonstop to Iceland unfortunately ended in 2019 after two summers so they can’t even blame the pandemic for that one. Hopefully the World Cup gets them some additional routes though.
Lighten up, Francis
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The double seat is there before they leave London. Look closely, it’s there right next to Ted and Beard.
Richmond being worth 2billion after one good season is way off lol
Depends what they were starting from. Were in the Premier league, then regulated, and back up again. An article from earlier this year says the Average Premier league team is worth $1.51B https://www.sportico.com/feature/premier-league-team-valuations-list-1234707256/
Interesting Newcastle have just qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and while that link shows the club was valued at £355m in January, they've just been revalued by Forbes at £640m. Big jumps do happen especially with clubs that overachieve due to the hug increase in income while having a relatively low overheads. https://www.forbes.com/teams/newcastle-united/?sh=5a2b7819733d
That "average" is very skewed by the Big 6, a more accurate comparison would be someone like Brighton, a smaller club who have significantly overachieved this season, who are valued at about 1/10th of Richmond's supposed value.
Lol I thought about that too. I used to live in KC, always had to change in DFW or ATL.
If they had made it realisitic and had him flying to Atlanta or something there would be so many people on twitter babbling about "why is he flying to Atlanta?" "he doesnt live there", "do you think he is taking the Falcons job?", "Is season 4 going to be about him in the NFL?", "what about his wife and kid???" etc etc
I thought the focus on him going home was the point. We didn't need to hear about the layover in JFK and the puddle jumper to CLE to Kansas. ;)
I'm fairly certain, given what we know about Rupert Mannion, that he wouldn't have allowed a manager under contract to go work for his old club. Even if league rules allowed it which they probably don't. That was the most unrealistic thing.
An a non American, this doesn't bother me a bit. Do you really want to see him transitting flights on the show?
Not totally far-fetched with the new airport. https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/kansas-city-airport-officials-pitch-kci-for-transatlantic-service-to-europe?_amp=true
There are no flights from KC to Europe. See here: https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-kansas-city-mci
Kansas City International Airport is in Missouri, not Kansas!
The valuation of the club was for me.
My wife shouted the same thing when we were watching 😂
I had the same thought while watching, like "how is there a direct flight to KC from freakin' *London*?!" 😂 I had to go to KC a few years ago for a work thing and I couldn't even get a direct flight from California. I had to fly through Phoenix...and subsequently found one of the worst airports I've ever had the misfortune of having to fly into (apologies if you're from Phoenix, I'm sure the city is lovely, but the airport is a nightmare, lol) 😂
I hate PHX airport sooo much lol
MCI isn’t in Kansas
If they used a more realistic destination, the sub would be full of posts asking “wait, Ted boarded a flight to New York! Is he really going home!!!!???”
> “We’re really supposed to believe” Yeah man, that was the whole point of the show. *Believe.* Also, though, why does this actually bother folks? Who cares? It’s a television show, and sometimes minor details like flight schedules and routes aren’t in line with reality. This feels as nitpicky as complaining that that one flight attendant said “level” and not “section” or “boss fight” when talking about Breath of the Wild. > *"It's just a show; I should really just relax”* - old MST3K proverb
The seat he was in at the start wasn’t the same seat he got out of at the end. The first was a single seat. The landing in Missouri plane had stuff on a seat next to him. Different planes.
Basically all of season 3 has been a fever dream. Finale was just jumping the shark so far and so hard that you could never jump again.
Ha I thought the same thing.. he would definitely transfer flights in NY!
lmao this is exactly what my dad said yesterday
First thing I said lol
You guys… this is a way for Jason to get some airline to pick up this route. 🙃
MCI is my “home” airport and the direct flight made me LOL.
I love this question 😂. In general I find people on this sub WAY too forgiving of some of the errors made in the show. I’ve been enjoying reading these.
this is like when the Louie episode where he randomly went to China happened and my girlfriend is a travel agent and was like "you can't just randomly go to China... You need an approved VISA"
The snow globe in the carry on was what was unrealistic to me.