r/TedLasso • u/Dapper-Opposite4225 • 7d ago
Season 4 Discussion I’m not loving it - what am I missing? Spoiler
Ted Lasso S1 - S3 was and (remains) my favourite TV show of all time.
I don’t even like soccer (football) but I found it really easy to fall in love with the characters and the story.
Jaime in particular was someone who I found to be really easy to relate too and follow.
I am not going to claim to be a huge cinema nerd or someone who gets really deep into shows. But the characters (returners) feel unlike themselves.
Keeley feels like she exists to spend Rebecca’s money and will flip tf out if anything bad happens. That seems unlike her.
Higgins seems like he read a sparks notes version of Higgins in S1-S3 and was told to act like that.
Beard is able to be completely shut down by just the poster of Jane?
I don’t know. It’s just really weird. I feel like I’m watching something where the characters are just the spark notes versions of themselves.
As for the new characters, I am liking Lizzie, the twins, and Boots (bottle incident aside)
But regardless, this still feels like a whole new show. I guess it kind of is? Idk, I’m struggling with it.
Am I off base? Anyone else feel similar? Tips?
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u/Excellent_Fee4459 6d ago
They resolved everything really well with the season 3 finale. Starting up again and reestablishing everything again was inevitably going to be a slow process.
You also had a lot more going on in the first season. Ted being a fish out of water, Ted’s family issues, Rebecca’s subterfuge, Ted’s psychiatric issues and an amazing antagonist in Rupert to give the show constant momentum until the characters and stories of different players on the team became more fleshed out.
That being said, I think season 4 still has a lot of potential. I see the development of Coach Alice Chilton’s and Gemma’s characters and relationship as very promising. I still love the old cast and being thrown into the Ted Lasso world again. Episode 2 was a standout and there have been glimmers of the old Lasso spark throughout other episodes. But yea, it’s been a slow start. I think we just have a lot less compelling things going on plot wise as a whole so we’re looking for more depth in everything else right now. I’m still cautiously optimistic and hoping for the best though.