"Inverting the Pyramid of Success" is the twelfth episode and season finale of the second season of the American sports comedy-drama television series Ted Lasso, based on the character played by Jason Sudeikis in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of England's Premier League.
For his performance in the episode, Nick Mohammed was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
News about Ted (Jason Sudeikis) having a panic attack reaches the media, with some pundits wondering if he is fit for his position.
Ted apologises to the team for not telling them the truth but otherwise ignores the revelation, preferring to focus on their next game, which will determine whether the club is promoted to the Premier League.
Jamie (Phil Dunster) admits to Roy (Brett Goldstein) that he told Keeley (Juno Temple) he still loves her.
Meanwhile Keeley informs Higgins (Jeremy Swift) that Bantr's financial backer wants to finance her own PR firm, but she is nervous about telling Rebecca.
On the day of the match against Brentford F.C., Roy admits to the "Diamond Dogs" that he felt hurt for being excluded from the photos, and he's annoyed at have forgiven Jamie for confessing his love for Keeley.
He gives the penalty kick to Dani (Cristo Fernández), who hasn't taken one since his accidental killing of team mascot Earl.
Inspired by the presence of the new mascot on the sidelines, Dani scores a goal, which gives the team a draw - enough to promote them back to the Premier League.
[1] The episode developed Nate's character, by having him admit his anger towards Ted and taking a job as a coach in West Ham United F.C.
"[3] As part of the character's descent, the crew decided to have Nate's hair slowly turn grey throughout the season.
Club gave the episode a "B-" and wrote, "'Inverting The Pyramid Of Success' — and the second season as a whole — was going for complicated and landed on confused.
But despite two additional episodes and longer running times every week, there wasn't always enough room to successfully execute those goals.
"[7] Becca Newton of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "It was the best of times - Richmond earned a promotion back to the Premier League.
"[9] Christopher Orr of The New York Times wrote, "After a dozen episodes, Season 2 of Ted Lasso is officially in the books.