“**Ted Lasso**” paid tribute to actor Anthony Head with an end card in Season 4’s penultimate episode, following his death in June aged 72. Head played Rupert Mannion, a recurring antagonist in the first three seasons; the tribute appeared in an episode that also featured the death of pub owner Mae Green, played by Annette Badland.

Head’s Rupert returned to the story in Episode 8 amid suspicions that he was secretly buying shares in AFC Richmond, but Episode 9 revealed that new character Zelda Southport was behind the purchases. Sources told Deadline that no Season 4 storylines were changed after Head died and that there had been no formal plan for him to appear in the season. His daughters listed pneumonia complications as the cause of death; a possible on-screen tribute in Season 5 remains uncertain, as the season has not yet been commissioned.