Plot summary
Nate (Nick Mohammed) arrives to work, only to find that another man has been hired as the new kit man. Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) reveal to Nate that he has been promoted to assistant coach for their next game against Manchester City F.C. To motivate the team, Nate shows them a video of Jamie (Phil Dunster) trash-talking the club. If the club loses the game, it will result in their relegation to the second-tier Championship League. Inspired by Rebecca's advice to create chaos on the field, Ted and the club come up with trick plays to confuse Manchester City. Jamie decides to visit Keeley (Juno Temple) after seeing a video of Ted's opinion of him, and discovers that she is now in a relationship with Roy.
In the final match of the season, Richmond and Manchester City end the first half in a 0–0 tie. For the second half, Ted decides to put Roy back on the field. Manchester City manages to score a goal through a penalty kick. When Jamie tries to score, Roy prevents him from doing so, although he winds up with a knee injury. The crowd cheers for Roy while he heads back to the locker room. As commentators wonder if this was his last game, Roy is joined by Keeley in the locker room. At the same time, news break that Crystal Palace F.C. won their game with a 6–0 score, meaning that Richmond only needs to tie to avoid relegation.
With three minutes in added time, the club presses for the tie. The team decides to use the "Lasso special" trick play, which has the players taking gridiron football positions, confusing the crowd and Manchester City. With the confusion, Richmond manages to send a pass to Dani (Cristo Fernández), who scores a goal, achieving the tie. However, in the final seconds, Jamie makes an extra pass to a teammate who scores and wins the game for Manchester City, effectively relegating Richmond. When Ted goes to congratulate Jamie, he sees his father berating him for passing the ball and not scoring the goal himself.
Ted then talks with his team, attempting to cheer everyone up with some advice he offered Sam earlier in the season and saying that together they will get through it. Just as Jamie is about to board the bus back to Manchester, Beard (Brendan Hunt) delivers a note from Ted, who congratulates him for the extra pass and gives him a toy soldier to look after him. Ted visits Rebecca to resign, but she declines. They both intend to work hard for the next season to win promotion and then to win the Premier League.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Hope That Kills You (Ted Lasso). Paragraphs and formatting adjusted; illustrations, reference markers, block quotations and non-story material omitted.