After an unlikely beginning as a series of NBC Sports TV commercials in 2013 and a spectacular, awards-spangled run on Apple TV as a beacon of mental health positivity and Capra-esque optimism, “Ted Lasso” ended on a near-perfect note. The Season 3 finale in May 2023 leaned into the time-honored rituals of TV finales, with Jason Sudeikis’ iconic title character and a half-dozen beloved supporting players finding closure—or moving on to the next chapters of their lives.
The original plan was for a three-season arc, and the instincts were spot on.
I thought it was the right time to say goodbye, especially to Ted. Had he chosen to remain in London after spending nearly three years away from his adolescent son Henry in Kansas City, all of his heartfelt angst about their separation would have started to ring hollow.
Fast forward more than three years later, after Sudeikis said he had finally found a new story worth telling, and good news is that despite a few credulity-defying plot points that slingshot Ted back to London, where he’s once again a fish getting used to the water, Season 4 is vintage “Ted Lasso.” It’s like returning to your hometown and finding out that your favorite restaurant, which had been closed for the last few years, has reopened with the same management and key staffers, but with some fresh new additions to the personnel and the menu. Nothing will top the original experience, but it’s still a breezy good time that brings a glow to your heart.
Season 4 picks up the story two years down the road, with Ted indeed living back home in K.C., and enjoying a close relationship with Henry (now played by Grant Feely from “Five Nights at Freddy’s”). I’m going to avoid specific spoilers that weren’t revealed in the trailer, but I will say I found Ted’s new job to be slightly inconsistent with the character we’ve come to know (though solid material for gentle laughs). The series’ brief stay in Kansas City includes the expected jokes about outsiders being confused by Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS, and stops at local touchstones including Gates BBQ on Main Street in Midtown; CPKC Stadium, home of the Kansas City Current of the NWSL; and a particularly poignant interlude at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, where a visitor from across the pond who knows nothing about the national pastime but is moved and inspired upon learning about the likes of Satchel Paige.
Just as Ted is experiencing a serious case of ennui, his old friends (and fan favorites) Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Keeley (Juno Temple) and Higgins (Jeremy Swift) come calling with an offer he won’t refuse because if he did refuse we wouldn’t have a Season 4: Ted will return to Richmond to coach the Lady Greyhounds, a new second-division women’s football team. Cue the familiar themes of optimism in the face of daunting odds and the emotional healing that can come from being part of a found family, combined with old-fashioned sports action and pop culture-infused humor. (A partial list of references from just the first few episodes: Public Enemy, “Do the Right Thing,” “Casablanca,” the sentimental Chicago ballad “You’re the Inspiration,” Susan Boyle, the Beastie Boys, “Mean Girls,” “The Lost Boys” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”)
A number of series regulars are absent, either because the actors weren’t available or their characters had exited at the conclusion of Season 3, but in addition to the aforementioned trio, it’s a treat to be reunited with Brett Goldstein’s still-growling Roy Kent and Brendan Hunt’s deeply weird and equally endearing Coach Beard, among others. The writing remains top-tier, whether it’s one character noting without irony, “I finally watched ‘Breaking Bad.’ Hilarious,” or something as simple as Keeley saying, “Can we talk?” and Rebecca responding with “Always,” which melts our heart because we know the history of the friendship between these two.
Still, Season 4 would have been nothing but a Greatest Hits collection without the infusion of new cast members who quickly create indelible, sympathetic, and unique impressions. Tanya Reynolds (“Sex Education”) is a breakout star as Alice Chilton, a reserved, seemingly humor-impaired coach trying to find her footing alongside the bromance duo of Ted and Coach Beard, Abbie Hern resonates as a new star striker, and Jude Mack has a kind of Roy Kent-esque blunt charm as Boots, a talented goalkeeper who refuses to wear gloves because she relishes the sharp painful sting of making a save with her bare hands. (Comedic legend Tracey Ullman contributes scene-stealing work as well.) It’s remarkable how quickly we come to embrace the quest of the Lady Greyhounds.
In an era where the world—and much of prestige television—is filled with darkness and cynicism, “Ted Lasso” continues to make the case for empathy, not as hopelessly naive ideals, but as everyday choices and life goals. Season 4 wasn’t necessary, but it’s a welcome added time.
The first four episodes of “Ted Lasso” Season 4 were screened for review.
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