But seriously: How long has Ted Lasso been in London?

polygon.com:

This should be an easy one. While some TV seasons take place over a nebulous year where time is marked by holidays (like most sitcoms) and others very deliberately pace themselves over mere weeks (Breaking Bad season 1), Ted Lasso has clearly marked timelines for its seasons. The Apple TV Plus show, centered around the unlikely but affable American recruited to coach a London soccer (ahem, football) team, is in its third season now, meaning we should know from the first two seasons how much football (ahem, soccer) has been played.

And yet!

There’s enough fuzziness introduced by season 3 that it warrants an investigation.

[Ed. note: This post contains a light spoiler for the end of season 3 episode 1 of Ted Lasso. It involves Roy and Keeley, if that matters.]

In the premiere of Ted Lasso season 3, Ted (Jason Sudeikis) is wondering what he’s still doing in London coaching AFC Richmond, while Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) is pushing him to fulfill his promise to “win the whole damn thing.”

Across town, Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and Keeley (Juno Temple) have broken up, news that is confined to a single scene where they tell his niece Phoebe. She’s a bit bewildered, but ultimately comes around: “It makes sense. I mean, you were only together a year.”

That’s a confusing timeline curveball for a TV show that has been building its run around three separate seasons of soccer (football) to just toss in. After all, Ted will be starting his third season in the opening of season 3, so how could Roy and Keely — who started dating toward the end of season 1 — have only been dating a year? Let’s break down the facts:

So what did we learn? That Ted Lasso is a bit flimsy on time and maybe stretching the rules a bit. But for a sports