This was always a curious reaction, because of course Ted Lasso is not a show about football. All the criticisms it received for its wildly inaccurate portrayal of the men’s Premier League were always wide of the mark, because it’s never tried to document any of the nuances of the game. It’s a workplace comedy about people running a football team and a football club. Who the players are isn’t that important.
The offices are still occupied by forthright CEO Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), faithful director of football Leslie (Jeremy Swift) and chaotically energetic marketing director Keeley (Juno Temple). Even majestically blunt old-school football hardman Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) is still there, since his role as men’s coach means he’s present in the building, even if his team are now relegated to the background.
That’s not to say the show is identical to before, far from it. The bad news for that section of the football fandom who have an aneurysm if a woman so much as co-commentates on a televised game is that Lasso season 4 does have quite a few extra women in it now, starting with a fantastic addition to the core cast. Tanya Reynolds joins as Alice Chilton, the women’s coach who is usurped when Rebecca decides her grand push to put AFC Richmond’s women on a par with the men requires a man (Ted) to lead it.
The women’s players, meanwhile, gradually reveal themselves to be just the sort of slow burn supporting characters that have featured in previous episodes. Stereotypes at first but then less so as the narrative progresses, they range from a Tasmanian devil of a goalie and a pair of twins who constantly get into physical fights, to a gifted but mercurial striker and a single mother whose gifts for empathy, multitasking and clear advice make her a leader on the pitch.
It’s just Lasso, with all that denotes: a colourful, friendly comedy where the plot lines and the lessons given by the stories tend towards the cheesy, but are so warmly heartfelt that it’s hard to object. The show’s core morals – that people should be treated with kindness and respect for the hidden battles they’re fighting, and that community and collective achievement are more valuable than individual success acquired at others’ expense – remain admirable.
View Green Video on the source websiteNot the same, but not fundamentally different is how a show that’s now (superficially) about women’s football instead of men’s should feel, and the new Lasso has that balance right. It’s another winning season.
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