THEY ALWAYS INTENDED FOR TEDBECCA TO BE ENDGAME! There is too much here for it to not be the case and lets unpack some of it. I could write a fucking essay on this so I'll try and keep it as brief as possible it will be long.
DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THE BISCUITS CAUSE WHO BRINGS THEIR BOSS HOMEBAKED TREATS EVERY DAY FOR THREE YEARS JUST TO SEE THEM SMILE? Okay sure it started as a way to get to know her but no need. Also no need for her to react like their fucking gold either.
We know in Make Rebecca Great Again, it was mean to be Rebecca who showed up at Ted's hotel door. This has been confirmed by the writing team. They did this to preserve the relationship for later. so instead of Rebecca it was Sassy. If they had no further plans for this relationship (Ted x Rebecca) why not let them just have a torrid little one night stand. They have no issues with inappropriate office romances, we saw that with Sam and Rebecca.
Why make Ted the first person to actively acknowledge he could see through Rupert? Why make him the one to comfort her at the gala in For the Children? Why have the people on the rickshaw be played by the standins for Jason and Hannah? Why tell us the rickshaw was meant to return, that the driver was expected back in season 3? The show loved callbacks, we know this and saw a significant callback with background actors in another Rebecca storyline, so we can expect that the rickshaw was meant to be circled back to at a later date.
Why make Rebecca the only one to be able to see Ted's panic attacks? If ultimately, they were only meant to have a employee/employer relationship (which is what we were given in ultimately) what was this for?
Why the 1991 connection? Why the hallway scene with the bullying/psychic bits. Why the green matchbook being shown as still in Ted's possession? Why have her BEG him to stay when she couldn't beg a sexual partner to stay previously? Why the big airport farewell?.... WHY WOULD YOU LET YOUR LEAD ACTRESS THINK THAT THEY WOULD END UP TOGETHER WHEN THIS WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT ACTING CHOICES?
We know Jason requested half season 3 to be written post Bill Lawrence having to take a step back. This is what caused them to still be editing the episodes up to the day they were to be released. A direct result of this was the addition of the Amsterdam ep which introduced boatman. So don't tell me this wasn't a last minute pivot.
I could talk about a lot of the cast not being happy with the ending here, but apart from Nate and Hannah it doesn't really impact tedbecca.... and we all already know they were captains of our ship.
If you never intended for them to be together by the end none of this was needed. None of these really impact the over all story.... So I am sorry but they definitely changed the end. I don't know why, whether they got scared or they just wanted to do something to surprise... But ultimately, Rebecca and Ted were meant to be together.
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