S3E11 · Mom City

Ted (Jason Sudeikis) receives an unexpected visit from his mother, Dottie (Becky Ann Baker). Although Ted is uncomfortable with her presence, Dottie charms the AFC Richmond players and Ted's other friends.

Nate (Nick Mohammed) is now working with Jade (Edyta Budnik) at Taste of Athens. Isaac (Kola Bokinni), Colin (Billy Harris) and Will (Charlie Hiscock) ask him to return to coaching at Richmond. Nate declines when he learns Ted was not part of the decision to ask him back. When Higgins (Jeremy Swift) mentions the possibility to the coaches, Roy is for it, but Beard (Brendan Hunt) voices his opposition. Later, Jade blackmails their boss into firing Nate to motivate him to return to football.

Richmond has been riding a 15-game winning streak, and a victory in their upcoming match against Manchester City will put them in contention to win the Premier League. Despite his success with Richmond, Jamie (Phil Dunster), who once played for City, has been suffering from depression. After the team arrive in Manchester, Jamie visits his mother Georgie (Leanne Best). He confides in her that he feels nervous about the negative reception he faces from City fans—including his abusive father, James (Kieran O'Brien). Georgie consoles him, telling him he has nothing to prove to James.

During the match, Manchester City fans heckle Jamie. Despite this, he assists Colin in scoring a goal. Late in the game, he injures his ankle preventing a City goal. Rather than replacing him, Ted waits for Jamie to recover, forcing Richmond to play with just 10 players. Ted's suggestion that Jamie forgive his father motivates Jamie to return to the game. He scores a goal in the final minutes, clinching Richmond's 2–0 victory and earning the applause of the local audience, including James, who is watching the game from a rehab facility.

Back in London, Ted asks Beard to give Nate a second chance. Beard visits Nate, who is in the process of writing an apology letter to Ted, and reveals his history with Ted. They became friends on their college football team, but Beard later went to prison for stealing meth. After his release, Beard looked up Ted who took him in, but Beard stole Ted's car. Ted saved him from returning to prison by telling the police that he had loaned him the car. As Ted forgave him and gave him a second chance, Beard forgives Nate and offers him his job back.

Ted confronts his mother over her not seeking emotional support for herself or Ted after his father's suicide. Dottie apologizes, tells him she didn't know what else to do and that she came to tell him that his son misses him. Meanwhile, Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) is visited by Bex (Keeley Hazell) and Rupert's assistant Ms. Kakes, asking for advice. The next morning, Ted tells Rebecca he has his own "truth bomb" to reveal.