Collider argues that the second episode of Ted Lasso’s fourth season suggests the Apple TV+ series may be recovering from creative decisions that disappointed some viewers in season three. In particular, it sees Keeley Jones’s comment about the harm of keeping “two people apart who belong together” as a strong hint that Roy Kent and Keeley could reunite.

The article says season three had left several ensemble characters’ stories unresolved, with Roy and Keeley’s off-screen split a major frustration for fans. In episode two, “Curiouser and Curiouser!”, Roy helps Keeley secure a women’s-team locker room and seeks her advice about Coach Beard’s wish to work with Ted again; Collider interprets their charged interaction and Keeley’s words as deliberate romantic foreshadowing.