Ted Lasso spinoff: Cryptic Apple TV+ tweet about Ted Lasso sends fans into a tizzy
This article contains potential spoilers for 'Ted Lasso' season three
Fans of the Emmy-winning AppleTV+ comedy 'Ted Lasso' are sharing their excitement after the streaming service sent out a cryptic tweet teasing a spinoff.
On Tuesday - one week after the show's potential series finale - AppleTV+ tweeted a pic of characters along with a puzzling caption.
'Smells like potential,' the service shared alongside a photo of Nick Mohammed as Nate Shelley, Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent, and Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard.
Mohammed went on to quote the tweet and include an emoji face with zipped lips.
The posts drove fans mad as many immediately jumped on the possibility of a fourth season or a spin-off without Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis involved.
'Don't play with my feelings, that's not fair!' one Twitter user wrote.
Fans of the Emmy-winning AppleTV+ comedy 'Ted Lasso' are sharing their excitement after the streaming service sent out a cryptic tweet teasing a spinoff
On Tuesday - one week from the show's season three and potentially series finale - AppleTV+ tweeted a pic of three of the show's characters along with 'Smells like potential'
'Don't play with my feelings, that's not fair!' one Twitter user wrote
Within hours of AppleTV+ sharing the screengrab from the season three finale, thousands of Twitter users had reacted to the post and replied with their hopes.
'I believe in this show coming back,' Twitter user Andreas Wolny wrote, referencing the show's iconic 'Believe' slogan.
'Need season 4,' another person responded.
'I think that Ted Lasso's tune must not be stopped, mainly because it is an international hit with a simple and good human and educational message,' one user speculated.
'The plot may need another facelift in season 4, with perhaps new players in the Richmond team along with following Ted and his team,' the user continued.
The teasing post was also shared on Instagram with AppleTV's more than three million followers.
The photo of the three characters from the fictional AFC Richmond had amassed more than 20,000 likes and hundreds of responses.
'PLEASE STOP TEASING AND ANNOUNCE THE SPIN-OFF,' an Instagram user wrote.
'That caption is such a tease, honestly,' another retorted.
Actor Nick Mohammed (far right) who plays Nate Shelley on the hit comedy went on to quote the tweet and include an emoji face with zipped lips
Viewers have theorized that the series will come back for another season after an Easter egg in the finale hinted at a name change moving forward
Within hours of AppleTV+ sharing the screengrab from the season three finale, thousands of Twitter users had reacted to the post and replied with their hopes
'Don't play with my heart, Apple. I can't take it,' one Twitter user wrote
'If this is true, I am over the moon, and I really hope more happens' another person wrote
Viewers have theorized that the series will come back for another season after an Easter egg in the finale hinted at a name change moving forward.
At the end of the 75-minute finale titled 'So Long, Farewell,' Sudeikis' Ted Lasso left a note on the book written about AFC Richmond's rise throughout the show.
'One small suggestion... I'd change the title. It's not about me. It never was,' Lasso wrote on the manuscript's frontpage, originally titled 'The Lasso Way.'
Fans have since shared their belief that the show will be renamed 'We Are Richmond' or 'The Richmond Way' in a spinoff that will see much of the original cast return.
Another major clue teasing at the show's return is the cast and crew's vague answers leading up to the finale about whether or not season three would be the end.
In March, series showrunner and creator shared in an interview with Deadline that Ted Lasso's story would come to an end in 2023 but avoided calling it the end.
'This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell,' Sudeikis shared.
Deadline added at the time that the 'Saturday Night Live' alum did not want to add that the show would be coming to a close.
Season three production saw major hiccups due to the covid pandemic and Sudeikis' custody battle with former fiancée and 'Booksmart' director Olivia Wilde.
In the end, the show saw Lasso return from London to his son in Kansas after a penultimate episode loaded with references to 'The Wizard of Oz.'
At the end of the 75-minute finale titled 'So Long, Farewell,' Sudeikis' Ted Lasso left a note on the book written about AFC Richmond's rise throughout the show, teasing a name change
In the end, the show saw Lasso (far left played by Jason Sudeikis) return from London to his son in Kansas after a penultimate episode loaded with references to 'The Wizard of Oz'
The season three finale of the show aired on May 30. It is believed to be the series finale as well
A final hint at what could be ahead for AFC Richmond's characters came in the form of an Easter egg discovered by an eagle-eyed Twitter user.
One of the final clips in season three, episode 12 includes a shot of Richmond bartender Mae adjusting a picture on the wall inside her bar.
The photo is the exact same picture that 'Cheers' character Sam Malone adjusts on the wall of his bar at the end of the series.
Twitter user Jamie Jirak quoted the tweet and said that the reference hints at a spinoff a la 'Frasier.'
'Cheers spawned one of the greatest spin-offs of all time, so this could be a hint of more to come,' Jirak wrote before adding that Sudeikis is the nephew of 'Cheers' cast member George Wendt.
For now, the fate of the AFC Richmond club remains unknown.
So, Mae moves the same picture that Sam Malone moves in the end of Cheers. #TedLasso pic.twitter.com/LP2pds1z0u — Jim Meta (@jim7962) May 31, 2023
Source: Daily Mail
