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"Carol of the Bells" is the fourth episode of Season Two of the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso. It premiered on August 13, 2021.

Synopsis[]

It's Christmas in Richmond upon Thames; Rebecca Welton enlists Ted Lasso for a secret mission, Roy Kent and Keeley Jones search for a miracle, and the The Higgins open up their home.

The Claymation intro featuring the cast of Ted Lasso

The Claymation intro featuring the cast of Ted Lasso

Christmas descends upon Richmond, and Ted is facing his first holiday alone since his divorce was finalized. Rebecca, aware how down Ted is feeling, enlists his aid to help spread Christmas cheer. Keeley's plans for "Sexy Christmas" with Roy are put on hold when Phoebe joins them. However, Phoebe has issues of her own which leads to Roy and Keeley trying desperately to find a solution. Meanwhile, Higgins continues his tradition of opening his house to players with no family in town to join his family for Christmas dinner. Due to the newfound team spirit, Higgins finds himself hosting a large portion of the AFC Richmond team.

Plot[]

It's Christmas Day, and everyone is at the Nelson Road Stadium doing the Secret Santa. Colin Hughes receives a gift of scarf with the Welsh flag, knitted by Moe Bumbercatch. Moe explains that his hobby is knitting and Colin is very happy to receives the present from him. Isaac McAdoo is the Father Christmas in charge and conducts everyone to give their presents to their teammates.

At the coaches' office, Ted, Rebecca, Higgins, Beard, Nate, and Keeley are exchanging gifts and discussing their plans for today. Nate gives Ted a picture of them together when Richmond won their first win. He also explains that he will spend some times with his parents at home. Beard explains that he and Jane Payne is going to celebrate a Pagan Christmas at Stonehenge even though they broke up but they already gotten their tickets before so they are going as friends. Keeley gleefully tells everyone that she will be having a romantic "Sexy Christmas" together with Roy.

Rebecca nonchalantly mention that she might go to dinner with her celebrity friends, such as Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Elton John.

Higgins has an open house for the foreign players who misses their families back home, and he also invites Ted. Ted informs everyone that he will spending the whole afternoon Facetiming Henry Lasso and Michelle Lasso because it's morning in Kansas, and they have the tradition of opening Christmas presents in the morning together. Rebecca pauses a bit, realizing that will be impossible to do but doesn't say anything.

Jamie walks in and asks whether they can spare a present for him because he thought that being a Secret Santa means it's a secret. Everyone starts to chip in and wraps a gift for Jamie to be given to the lucky player. Jamie seems touched by the whole thing.

Keeley, Phoebe, and Roy[]

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At Keeley's home, she is ready for their "Sex Christmas" but Phoebe appears at her front door, crying. Roy explains that Phoebe's mom is called by the hospital to do an emergency surgery so he has to take care of his niece, and ask to postpone the special event. He realize that his girlfriend is wearing a very sexy lingerie and the two kiss.

Phoebe also has a problem with a bully who teased her about her bad breath, and Roy vows that he will find a dentist to help her breath. The three of them are walking around the neighborhood looking for a dentist a whole afternoon, until they manages to find one in a form of Dr. Rogers.

Inside her house, they sees Tommy who asks for their "ussie" - When Roy agrees, Tommy points out that he wants to have a photo taken with Keeley instead because she was his seminal figure during his teenage years, and while Roy was legendary with Chelsea F.C., he isn't with AFC Richmond. Both Roy and Keeley agree to take some photos with the family by the Christmas tree.

Dr. Rogers informs them that Phoebe's bad breath is caused by an allergic medicine, so the three of them goes to a pharmacy to get it, and also confronts Phoebe's bully, Bernard. Using cardboards, Phoebe shows some of the written words about her feelings, and Bernard apologizes to her, but she only gives her thumbs up and goes home with Roy and Keeley hand-in-hand.

The Higgins Christmas Dinner[]

Higgins and his family Julie Higgins, Kris Higgins, Dana Higgins, Steve Higgins, and Terry Higgins are opening their presents in which Dana gets a surf board from his parents. When Sam Obisanya arrives, he brings a traditional Nigerian dish Jollof because it's usually served in his country during Christmas and he also misses his home. He also mention that Christmas reminds him of colonization. Kris compliments him for his stance against Dubai Air and curses but his father lets him because it's a positive thing.

After Sam's bathroom break, he helps Terry clean up the house where the young boy mentions he doesn't believe in Santa because it's impossible to deliver presents in a course of one night. But Sam ensures him that the earth has 24 different time zones, so Santa Claus will be able to deliver gifts in no time because his superpower is not his speed but his endurance. Terry is so happy hearing that and exclaim that he got a bicycle from Santa.

Dani Rojas arrives and brings a traditional Mexican Ponche (Punch) with lots of Tequila, which makes Julie laughs. More players arrives and they spend some times before dinner playing video games and Nerf guns with the Higgins including Lindsay Higgins, the oldest son of the family, and Thierry Zoreaux. Sam asks Richard Montlaurwho is playing a video game with Dana why he brought along a date to a team Christmas dinner, in which Richard replies that the French people believe that having a beautiful woman around is always a good thing. Jan Maas says that it was not true with the Helter Skelter murders, which prompt some glares from his friends.

They manage to fit the rest of the players for dinner because they extended the dinner table with Dana's surf board, and everyone is happily eating and drinking. Tommy Winchester brought an original Nigerian dish Jollof with goat meat instead of chicken, which makes Sam very happy. During dinner, Higgins acknowledge the players that it is an honor to have them with the family to share the traditions and make new ones. After the toast, the family and the players heard Rebecca and Ted singing with a bunch of street buskers outside their house.

Ted and Rebecca Santa Little Helpers[]

Ted is facetiming with Henry who opens his present excitedly. Apparently, Ted gifted him a drone as some sort of an apology present for not being there. Henry can't wait to try to fly the drone and immediately leaves. Michelle wishes Ted a Merry Christmas and hang up the call. Ted is dejected because he didn't expect the Christmas would be like this and not lasted only for a few minutes from a long distance call. He misses his family so much, he starts drinking whiskey and watching a rerun of "It's A Wonderful Life" alone on TV.

Rebecca throws some pebbles to his window and Ted is surprised to see his boss outside his flat and he sees Rebecca wrote "HI TED" on the street using some Christmas decoration; a call back when Ted had written "HI BOSS" in the field using the team players. Rebecca asks him to accompany her around, knowing that Ted is alone and lonely during Christmas. As they are walking leisurely around the area, they watches street buskers singing a cover of George Michael's "Last Christmas". Rebecca gives them a wad of money, which the singers exclaim "Holy shit!".

In the street they bump into Mr. Mann who drunkenly greets Ted with a "Hey, wanker!" and wishes him a Merry Christmas and he also flips him a bird. Ted cheerfully greets him back while Rebecca is shocked to hear him cursing the coach. Ted explains that it's an inside joke between him and Mr. Mann, although it's mostly for the old man's benefit.

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Rebecca then takes Ted while bringing a sack of presents to a little girl's house. The little girl is surprised to see two white strangers in front of her house while dressing up like elves and her mother questions their intention. Rebecca introduce herself as someone who work for Santa Claus and she shows the little girl her letter to Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and she is being directed to deliver her presents personally. The little girl is so happy and the mother thanked them. Both Ted and Rebecca then spends the whole afternoon delivering presents to children around Richmond upon Thames area.

When they are done in the evening, Ted thanked Rebecca for letting him to tag along. Rebecca understands that the first Christmas holiday after a divorce is shitty, so she doesn't want him to be alone. To end the night on a high note, Ted and Rebecca decided to bring the street busker to the front of Higgins' house and neighborhood. The family and the players heard Rebecca and Ted singing outside their house. Everyone goes outside and happily singing and dancing together in the street. In the end, they sees Santa Claus flying with his sleigh and reindeers up in the sky.

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