Forum:"Beyond the Beef" Troubles

So I've completed the quest up to the point of returning Ted Gunderson to his father following the path of cooking for the guests and outing Mortimer as a cannibal. It took me awhile to kill him as he ran away from me when his health got low, and I'm not sure if Ted took some damage, however once he was dead and I talked to Marjorie, Ted refused to follow me past the door from the VIP room to the casino main room, saying nothing more than "If you had known what you were doing I would have been out of that freezer hours ago." and assuming a normal NPC movement patter and behavior. Eventually I punched Ted and got him to flee into the casino, yet he would still not follow me as a temporary companion. I talked to Heck Gunderson and he just gave me a shotgun. I attempted leaving the casino altogether and fast traveling to The Strip gate and going back as well as waiting for a few hours. I even pushed Ted all the way next to his father and still no interactions as to the effect of finishing the quest. Is there anything I can do to finish the quest without killing Ted at this point?

Yeah--that happened to me too. Finally I tried dropping Boone from my party. Looks like Ted won't follow you if your party is already full. Seems weird since you're only taking Ted out to the main casino, but dropping Boone really quick worked. GwionL 23:18, December 19, 2010 (UTC)