Ted Lasso returns for season 4, focused on women’s football
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A new review of Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" Season 4 confirms further plot detail beyond what was previously reported: rather than returning to coach AFC Richmond's men's team, the Greyhounds, Ted instead becomes involved with the club's women's team, a shift that reframes the show's central theme from simple self-belief to examining opportunity and fairness in women's football. The review, based on the first four episodes, argues the revived sitcom justifies its comeback more than three years after Ted appeared to walk away, though it still has work to do to feel essential rather than merely comforting.
Jason Sudeikis returns as the relentlessly upbeat coach, having settled into a quieter life in Kansas co-parenting his son Henry with ex-wife Michelle, before Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Keeley (Juno Temple) and Higgins (Jeremy Swift) travel from England to persuade him back. The ten-episode season is overseen by showrunners Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly, and, without discarding the more divisive choices made in Season 3, uses the women's team storyline to give its "underdog" premise fresh stakes.
- Ted Lasso Season 4 sees Ted work with AFC Richmond's women's team, not the men's.
- Review says the new angle gives the show fresh purpose after three years away.
- Based on first four episodes; full ten-episode season now streaming on Apple TV+.
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Ted Lasso first arrived on Apple TV+ in 2020, following an American football coach hired to run an English football club despite knowing almost nothing about the sport. Played by Jason Sudeikis, the character became known for his relentless optimism and folksy warmth, helping the fictional AFC Richmond club through relegation battles and personal setbacks over three seasons. The show ended in 2023 with Ted apparently leaving the club and returning home to the United States.
The wider cast includes Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca, the club's owner, Juno Temple as Keeley, a former marketing executive, and Jeremy Swift as Higgins, a club administrator, all of whom have been part of Richmond's story from the start. Apple TV+ later confirmed the show would return for a fourth season, reuniting Sudeikis with fellow writers and producers Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly.
Interest in this new season centres on a change of direction: rather than picking up where the men's team left off, the storyline now involves Richmond's women's football team, an area of the sport that has grown rapidly in profile and funding in recent years but still faces questions about equal treatment and support compared with the men's game. This shift matters because it moves the show beyond its original "fish out of water" setup into territory that touches on real debates about opportunity and fairness in women's sport.
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Originally published by Collider as “‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Proves There’s Still Plenty Left of Apple TV’s Beloved Sitcom To Believe In | Review”.