I noticed, and im sure many others did too, that the end of season 3, ted comes home, henry comes out of the house, greets him, and michelle is at the door. Henry ushers ted in, and shortly after they are at a soccer game with henry, where michelle says " come on boys", cheering both on? Are they back together?

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    Brendan Hunt in the AMA said something along the lines of Ted and Michelle being in a “good place” as co parents at the end of the series. But I don’t think there’s any doubt that the writers have left the door open to the possibility of Ted and Michelle reuniting.

    The series starts with Ted moving to a different country in order to save his marriage. I liked the idea that Ted’s journey was him coming to terms with the end of that relationship and finding happiness anyway. But the writers hint at a full circle - that maybe Ted gets what he wanted in episode one.

    By the end of S3, Michelle seems to have tired of Jacob and kicked him to the curb. There were a few times when the direction and script wanted us to notice Michelle “softening” towards Ted: her smile after the Facetime call, their banter at the pub, her lingering look outside the taxi. Mae tells Ted “nothing is impossible”.

    Ted never wavered in his love for Michelle, and he was super upset at the idea of Michelle marrying someone else. It seems that he’ll be staying in the house he used to share with Michelle and Henry. I suspect the writers knew that a lot of viewers wouldn’t like the idea of Ted and Michelle reuniting. But it seemed like it was what Ted wanted, and Jason Sudeikis. I wonder if a less ambiguous ending, where they clearly get back together, was pitched but rejected.

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      i mean… he was super upset at the idea of Michelle marrying someone else?

      i thought he mostly got over he by the end of season 1

      and when he found out from Henry that’s she’s dating someone, in ep1,season 3, he was still

      doing fine in episode 2.

      what bothered him was finding out it’s drJake the snake.

      I dont see him

      being bothered if she married some rando.

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    the actor who plays Beard confirmed that it’s supposed to be unclear, ambiguous. The point is that

    Ted has become the best version of himself - as the show stated, that is the real goal, see his talk with Trent Crimm, Independent in season 1 episode 3.

    He also

    is back with his son. other stuff doesn’t matter.