Ted Lasso

2023 - 3 - 15

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'Ted Lasso,' Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Can the Center Hold? (The New York Times)

Three men in coaching garb stand in a row. Richmond returns: from left, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis in the season premiere of “Ted Lasso.” ...

[“The Third Man,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z40GSfq5Scc)one of the greatest films of all time. We have “The Last of Us” for when we want to go the other way. It’s lovely to see that Sharon (Sarah Niles) and Ted are still in touch even after her departure from the team. While he has earned the admiration of Rupert (plus a new car!), he clearly knows that Rupert is a bad human being. [reply](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlx6gQWfjp0) at the news conference, when asked about his relationship with his players was remarkable: “Getting to know them. He puts his players on the “dumb-dumb line” when they screw up and tells an assistant coach to run them “ ’til they drop.” But right now she is somewhere in the middle, a work in progress. That might be the worst idea for a show in the history of television. (The fact that Rupert is played by Anthony Stewart Head, who played one of my half-dozen favorite characters ever, as Giles on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has created more emotional confusion for me than I prefer to admit.) His teenage son, Henry (Gus Turner), has been over for a six-week visit and is now returning home to his mother in Kansas City. In an effort to cause him very appropriate pain, she hired an apparent clown from Kansas—Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) — to come to the United Kingdom and coach a sport he scarcely comprehended. [ second season](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/ted-lasso) had an opposite evolution, with the likable kit boy Nate (Nick Mohammed) getting promoted to assistant coach, growing a swollen head over his professional emergence and (in part because he has a horrible father), turning into an abominable jerk.

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Ted Lasso season three premieres today on Apple TV+ (9to5Mac)

The show is airing weekly on Wednesdays, a change from the service's usual Friday scheduling. Season three is set to conclude the rivalry between AFC Richmond ...

Like season two, this season runs for 12 episodes. Android and PC users can watch through the web at Season three is currently rated at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Ted Lasso is Apple TV+’s biggest hit by a country mile, with strong audience viewership and critical response. The new season picks up where the last left off, with AFC Richmond squad reeling from Nate’s defection to rival team West Ham. The show is airing weekly on Wednesdays, a change from the service’s usual Friday scheduling.

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Ted Lasso star doesn't approve of Roy and Keeley's relationship status (Radio Times)

Ted Lasso season 3 star Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent, talks to us exclusively about why the couple's storyline is "heart-breaking".

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). "It’s weird when people come to see me do stand-up and I assume they know I’m not Roy Kent and I don’t talk like him and I’m quite different. He even appeared as a version of Roy on several episodes of Sesame Street ("Sesame Street was the peak. "Weirdly, I have thought about it," he says. Still, the character of Roy Kent has endured and people find it difficult to establish where Roy ends and Brett begins. "From having worked for many, many years at a level where not many people saw any of it, to doing Ted Lasso, which people did watch, everything changed. Brett adds: "Yeah, except for the film La La Land where this loving couple break up immediately when she gets a job, which I never quite understood. I have to do this. When Roy and Keeley break the news to Roy’s niece Phoebe (Elodie Blomfield), she asks why. "No," he says firmly. "I can’t say anything, I’m devastated. Roy adds: "We’re more busy now.

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'Ted Lasso' Season 3 Premiere Recap: What's Up With Roy and ... (Daily Beast)

On the phone with his therapist Sharon (Sarah Niles), Ted reveals his inner struggles: He understands why he came to coach Richmond AFC in the first place, but ...

[Emily in Paris](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/emily-in-paris-season-3-review-more-wonderfully-ridiculous-than-ever)—especially since Keeley sports a bedazzled crop top in the office (?) and slays her way into a managerial position with minimal experience (??). A [Jeni’s ice cream flavor](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ted-lasso-biscuits-ice-cream-review-absolutely-incredible)!) and low lows (Tons of [online discourse](https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-does-everybody-hate-ted-lasso-all-of-a-sudden)! Whether that pays off in the long run, we’ll have to see as the rest of Season 3 plays out. Hopefully, the incoming bursts of optimism won’t be as heavy-handed as the season premiere, which sees Ted taking his team down to the sewers to prove that even at the bottom, there’s plenty of rich history and context to learn about—gross. When he and Ted go head-to-head in dueling press conferences, Nate disrespects Ted in front of a live audience. As stated earlier, there’s so much sorrow spreading through Ted Lasso in this premiere, from the team’s worries about being relegated all over again to Roy, who’s lonely and misses the simple art of kicking around a football. On the phone with his therapist Sharon (Sarah Niles), Ted reveals his inner struggles: He understands why he came to coach Richmond AFC in the first place, but he’s unsure of why he chose to stay. [Emmy wins](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/15-biggest-emmy-nominations-2022-surprises-from-ted-lasso-to-white-lotus-and-more)! Though the first few minutes feel like a return to form for Ted Lasso. [Ted Lasso](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ted-lasso-season-3-review-fans-will-be-very-happy) has returned for a third (and final, [per Jason Sudeikis](https://deadline.com/2023/03/jason-sudeikis-ted-lasso-season-3-spoilers-series-finale-spinoffs-1235280998/)) season. The very first scene sees the usually happy-go-lucky American bidding farewell to his young son Henry (Gus Turner) as he flies back to the U.S. [Drama with Sudeikis](https://www.vulture.com/2022/09/ted-lasso-production-delays-jason-sudeikis-drama.html)!

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Ted Lasso Season 3 Premiere Review - IGN (IGN)

Ted Lasso returns with Season 3, but there's a key part of the comedy missing in the season premiere.

John Wick: Chapter 4 will be available in theaters and IMAX on March 24, 2023 (or March 23rd in Australia/NZ).](/videos/john-wick-chapter-4-official-final-trailer) [The Little Mermaid - Official Trailer“The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. But that’s not the Ted Lasso way, and — as the episode so pointedly explains — you gotta let Ted be Ted, even when Ted may be Tedding to the point of self destruction. That does make the premiere less enjoyable to watch than previous series standouts, but it’s also not without very clear intention from the Ted Lasso writers, and it does do its job as a premiere by successfully setting up the rest of the season. It was difficult to see the latter shift from beloved “wonder kid” to the living, breathing representation of “hurt people hurt people,” but, given how solid the writing has always been on the series, there was never any doubt that it would be for a purpose. Ted is hurting this year and, while it’s good to see the series explore his pain as he struggles to find purpose in his post-divorce/post-promotion world, it’s hard to engage with that pain all on its own. Because this season seems to be leaning into longer episodes (around the forty-to-fifty-minute mark for those that we’ve seen so far) the opening showcasing Ted’s emotional state and the folks who are spread out into the wind feels a little drawn out.

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Ted Lasso season three review – still so charming it brings order to ... (The Guardian)

For many, mental shelter during the long months of lockdown was found under a canopy slung between two televisual poles; Schitt's Creek and Ted Lasso.

Not in a way that threatens meltdown (he is still having regular sessions with his therapist Dr Fieldstone, played by Sarah Niles) but homesickness is encroaching along with a feeling that he has probably done all for his team that he can. It purrs along as smoothly as the luxury car with which Rupert rewards Nate for badmouthing Ted at a press conference. It cuts the sweetness with just enough vinegary exchanges to prevent the whole from becoming sickening. The makers have not messed with the formula. It is clear Nate is not happy with his choice and that all his behaviour stems from insecurity. Meanwhile, Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) get on with making that actually possible.

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I'm a GP. Ted Lasso's comments to his therapist are where the ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

“But you charge by the hour, right?” It's the second season of Ted Lasso, and Coach Ted and Dr Sharon are making a second attempt at a therapy session, Ted ...

And if Dr Sharon returns in the third season, I hope she continues to charge for the 10 minutes. He expects her to be available to him in a form that is unconditional, non-threatening and underpaid. Crushed by the backlog, she will burn out, the families will lose, again, and her exit will be attributed to “not having what it takes”. They have never had anyone try to address the reality of their lives. (The name is a social phenomenon in itself. There’s a reason GPs are burning out and you can’t get an appointment, especially when general practice runs on 6 per cent of health expenditure. [Female GPs interrupt less](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11456245/) and [manage more](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11060707_Time_for_care_Length_of_general_practice_consultations_in_Australia) issues per consultation – the medical equivalent of a mother juggling household obligations, work and everyone’s dental appointments and emotional wellbeing. Ted’s stingy attitude is the same one that GPs, in particular female GPs, receive from governments, some patients, and even our own colleagues. Ted usually places a premium on politeness but calls Sharon’s work “bullshit” and berates her for expecting him to “spill my guts about the gory details of my life”, despite the fact he came to her in desperation. I watched the episode with another doctor and we shared a weary glance of recognition. But any minute that she, a healthcare worker, spends not visibly tending to his needs is not valid as work at all. Dr Sharon is incorporating 10 minutes into her fee for writing records, developing a treatment plan and, in Ted’s case, presumably recovering from the spite he dishes out during sessions.

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Jason Sudeikis: 'Ted Lasso' S3 tries to clear bar set by cast in first ... (UPI.com)

Jason Sudeikis says there was more pressure going into Season 3 of "Ted Lasso" because this was the first time the cast and crew were keenly aware of ...

"It is still warming and flattering." "It was thrilling and healing," he said, adding fans shouldn't feel it's necessary to say, "I know you hear this a lot. "I was able to lean into being the figurehead of it and when you see how Season 3 unfolds, I couldn't have asked for anything more. "The first one was made in the bubble of it not existing and being this invisible thing. It was very satisfying." "You just start to drink up how they are or what you love seeing them do," he said.

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The Identity Crisis of 'Ted Lasso' (The Ringer)

AFC Richmond tries to balance winning and culture in the show's third season—while the series at large seems headed toward its end.

To that end, the show is juggling the workplace dynamics of three different settings this season: Ted and the rest of the gang at Richmond, Nate handling his new managerial duties at West Ham, and former model Keeley (Juno Temple) starting her own marketing firm. Richmond is back in the Premier League at the start of Ted Lasso’s third season: an impressive achievement that is somewhat undermined by all of the pundits picking them to finish last. (I would bet my life savings on the Nate Redemption Arc happening by the end of the season.) Then there’s Rebecca, falling into the same trap she did in the first season when the prospect of revenge against Rupert clouds her decision-making. In a strange way, that means Ted Lasso is now effectively contradicting itself. (For all of Ted’s infectious enthusiasm, Richmond were still relegated during his first year in charge.) Relatedly, one wonders whether Rebecca wants to sign Zava for the good of the team, or whether her determination to get one over on Rupert’s West Ham, who are also interested in the player, is clouding her vision. (In its return to the Premier League this season, Nottingham Forest opted for an extreme version of the latter strategy, signing an [all signs](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/ted-lasso-season-3-final-season) point to the newest season being its last. [physical transformation](https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/ted-lasso-theory-season-3-will-end-ted-and-nates-rivalry/intro-1677614168.jpg) that’s [part José Mourinho](https://twitter.com/nickmohammed/status/1446498835686064135), part [Leland from Twin Peaks](https://www.twinpeaksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/06_TPB_Costume_LelandPalmerS2_2001BenOffice.jpg)—would be enough reason for Richmond and West Ham to develop a rivalry. (Zava is an amusing stand-in for Zlatan Ibrahimović, a larger-than-life figure who likes to refer to himself in the third person.) What’s a lot more certain is that Richmond are facing an uphill battle to stay in the Premier League, which puts them in stark contrast to West Ham United, a powerhouse now managed by Ted’s prodigious former assistant Nate (Nick Mohammed). While a soccer club getting promoted to the English Premier League is always a cause for celebration, it also marks the beginning of a new challenge.

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TED LASSO Season Premiere Recap: (S03E01) Smells Like Mean ... (Geek Girl Authority)

Each one is easily identifiable — Ted, Rebecca, Keeley, Higgins, Roy, Coach Beard, and, surprisingly, Nate. However, Nate's standing behind them. Aw. Ted still ...

[Brett Goldstein](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/brett-goldstein)) and Beard ( [Brendan Hunt](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/brendan-hunt)) map out a 4-4-2 football formation on the dry-erase board. We see a flashback of scenes including Ted (and the framed photo Ted gave Nate) and Nate’s father. [Anthony Head](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/anthony-head)) in his office. Jamie ( [Phil Dunster](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/phil-dunster)) tries to comfort the guys. [Toheeb Jimoh](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/toheeb-jimoh)), Isaac ( [Kola Bokinni](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/kola-bokinni)), Dani ( [Cristo Fernández](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/cristo-fernandez)), Colin ( [Billy Harris](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/billy-harris)) and the team lament the media’s “prognostications,” as Rupert later puts it. The crew meets with Ivor (Edward Judge), who will give them a tour of the sewers. Meanwhile, Kenneth the Bus Driver (Mark Kempner) takes the guys to a manhole in the city. He informs Ted and Beard he’s got a date with toad venom (a psychedelic) while the team hops down a manhole. [Sarah Niles](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/sarah-niles)). [Jason Sudeikis](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/jason-sudeikis)) sitting at the airport with Henry (Gus Turner). [RELATED: Top 10 TV Comedies](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/top-10-tv-comedies/) [Hannah Waddingham](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/hannah-waddingham)) office, wherein she and Higgins ( [Jeremy Swift](https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/tag/jeremy-swift)) are bemoaning all the pundits and media outlets predicting Richmond will finish dead last in the upcoming season.

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'Ted Lasso' Executive Cassandra Johnson-Bekoe Joins DARE ... (Variety)

Cassandra Johnson-Bekoe has joined U.K. independent production company DARE Pictures in the newly created position of head of scripted development.

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The Trouble With Ted Lasso's Success (The Atlantic)

Ted Lasso likes to say that winning isn't everything. The folksy American coach of the struggling British soccer club AFC Richmond, Ted (played by Jason ...

And Nate (Nick Mohammed), once Richmond’s kit man, who came to resent Ted and left the team, has sacrificed his friendships for a shot at leading his own squad. This isn’t to say that Ted Lasso has become a show about soccer strategy; the sport largely still operates as a metaphor. For one thing, the hearty return to the soccer pitch allows the show to more acutely observe Ted’s relationship to his work. In Season 3, despite Jamie’s levelheaded appeal for Ted to impart similar wisdom on a talented new colleague, Ted can’t bring himself to do so. In Season 1, for instance, Ted had no qualms about benching his star player, Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster), to teach him a lesson about teamwork. But the show isn’t merely questioning whether Ted’s goodness is flawed; by following the team as it’s welcomed back into the Premier League, it’s also examining whether winning is a worthwhile endeavor in the first place.

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Ted Lasso Just Can't Win (The New Republic)

Jason Sudeikis, in fact, developed the character for a series of promo spots that ran alongside NBC Sports' stateside coverage of the actual Premier League. By ...

In the first season finale, Ted laid out a three-season plan for AFC Richmond that also sounds a lot like a three-season plan for Ted Lasso. Ted remembers, but he’s at a loss: unsure if, after motivating his team (and himself) to pull themselves out of the doldrums in the uneven season 2, he can take them to the promised land in season 3. The difference, though, is that the episodic nature of those series allowed them to embrace the chaos of a world warped and whorled by self-reference and postmodern pyrotechnics. The team signs new players to give their championship push new life, for instance, and so, not unrelatedly, the show brings in new actors to enlarge the world and give it new dynamism. This meta-structure can be refreshing and fun, a way for the show to take advantage of the kind of attention we’ve learned to pay to Easter eggs and puzzle boxes and redirect it toward a kind of running commentary on the show’s beats and arcs and twists. For as earnest as Ted Lasso is, as sentimental and sincere and sometimes corny as it can be, it is ultimately a show that is about its own improbability. [marriage of the show’s sensibilities](https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/ted-lasso-episode-rainbow-a-romantic-comedy.html) and modes of address that made an otherwise loose and baggy second season start to feel purposeful and even passionate. But the show also does this in a cloying and thudding way, as in “Beard After Hours,” an episode-length homage to Martin Scorsese’s [After Hours](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/), and genuinely one of the worst episodes of TV I think I’ve ever seen. Mad Men too is a high-concept piece of narrative art for television about people trying to make high-concept pieces of narrative art for television. A show this aware of itself can be wise, but it can also be nervous or, worse, detached. We learn, through Sudeikis’s stammering half of the conversation, that Ted’s taken the job as a last-ditch effort to save his marriage, a spectacularly excessive gesture intended to give his estranged wife “space.” We see him tell her that he loves her, and we see him heartbreakingly reassure her that it’s OK if she doesn’t say it back. Jason Sudeikis, in fact, developed the character for a series of promo spots that ran alongside NBC Sports’ stateside coverage of the actual Premier League.

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Ted Lasso Season 3 Just Gave the Game Away With Nate (Den of Geek US)

Episode 1. Nick Mohammed in "Ted Lasso," premiering March 15, 2023 Photo: Apple TV+. This article contains spoilers for Ted Lasso season ...

Nate uses both a MacBook Air and iPhone in “Smells Like Mean Spirit.” Return of the Jedi redemption arc confirmed! As one of the largest and most successful companies in the world, Apple is understandably protective of its brand. But if it’s the latter (and In this episode alone, Ted hesitates to remove the little LEGO figurine that represents Nate from his LEGO diorama of the AFC Richmond “Dog Track” stadium because he know he one day might win him back. There are certainly some subtle signs that Nate might return to the Light Side at the conclusion of Ted Lasso‘s third and likely final season. The move had some unintended consequences, however, as throughout season 2, Nate took to the power Ted instilled in him poorly, becoming increasingly petty and vindictive before ultimately betraying AFC Richmond and signing with West Ham.

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Ted Lasso Season 3 on Apple TV+: Know the release date and time ... (Economic Times)

One of the most popular shows of Apple TV+ is coming up with its third and the last season on March 15, 2023.

[Jeremy Swift](/topic/jeremy-swift), also admitted, "Everybody asks for it (Season 4)." We can sense some green signals regarding Season 4 rest depending on the show members. Season 3 will wrap up the story of Ted Lasso. However, some actors in the show have indicated otherwise. It will have 12 episodes with each episode released every Wednesday. - Episode 12 will be released on May 31, 2023.

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Ted Lasso Wonders Whether He's Outstayed His Welcome in ... (Roger Ebert)

“I wonder what the heck I'm still doing here,” muses folksy coach and nicecore avatar Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) near the start of his show's third (and ...

There are eight more episodes to go (and only eight, if the unconfirmed rumors about the show’s end are any indicator), and plenty of time left in the match. A mere four episodes in, “Ted Lasso” already has a lot of players out on the pitch, and many balls in the air. Add to that Roy Kent ( [Brett Goldstein](/cast-and-crew/brett-goldstein)) and Keeley Jones ( [Juno Temple](/cast-and-crew/juno-temple)) breaking up, and the latter pouring her focus on her new PR company, and you’ve got, as Ted might put it, more stories to juggle than a book-fair party clown. Even in his villainy, Mohammed takes pains to show the glimmers of sadness within Nate—his big step out into the spotlight still hasn’t filled that gaping void in his soul. If none of that sounds particularly fitting for what was at one point TV’s most well-regarded comedy, you wouldn’t be wrong; “Lasso”’s third season is downbeat, almost to a fault, its sincerity muting the charms of a cast of characters we’d come to love and admire in its first season. (It also managed to snag nearly a dozen Emmys for the trouble.) Season Two started to show the cracks in the Lasso firmament, as creators Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and

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Ted Lasso Season-Premiere Recap: New Beginnings, Dire ... (Vulture)

Ted & Co. face some big existential questions as 'Ted Lasso' heads into its final season. A recap of 'Smells Like Mean Spirit,' episode one of season three ...

Keeley considers Rebecca a mentor and a guru, but the arrival of Barbara (Katy Wix), the CFO appointed by her investors, suggests she still has a lot to learn about being business savvy (beyond not knowing what “CFO” stands for). Roy and Keeley are spending the evening together for the sake of Phoebe (Elodie Blomfield) to inform her that they have broken up. After eventually getting them onboard with the classic “I’m so dumb” / “How dumb are you?” joke structure, he unleashes a bunch of zingers at himself that charm the hell out of them (and wins Rebecca’s approval after Keeley texts her thumbs-up). He’s focused to the point of rudeness, but it’s social media that has his attention, and social media is telling him he’s about to have an amazing year. (“Let Ted be Ted,” Keeley tells her.) And Rupert, despite Rebecca’s protests, is very much in her head, even if she’s no longer driven to a destructive rage by his very existence. Dani (Cristo Fernández) seems happy enough in spite of the dire projections, and Jan (David Elsendoorn) remains as pragmatic in his thinking as usual, noting that most promoted teams only last a year, statistically speaking. Though Ted seems to have found some calmness (and cleaned up that mustache) by the time the credits roll, Greyhound quarters is an unsettled place. After a summer in London, Henry returns to Kansas City and Emily and, in Henry’s words, a troubling “political landscape.” (“I have a tendency to doze off with CNN on,” Ted explains to the friendly airline worker charged with getting Henry on the plane.) The episode begins with Ted looking a little rough (the unkempt mustache is the giveaway) despite what appears to be a major change in his life. (With the revelation that Doc has a boyfriend, or at least someone who sleeps over, she’s clearly had some changes of her own.) Oh, right, that also means we’ve begun a new season of Ted Lasso, the TV series that chronicles the ups and downs of the Greyhounds on and off the field. (The news arrived around the same time as both [Barry](https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/barry-season-4-trailer-release-date.html) and [Succession](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/succession-ending-after-season-4-jesse-armstrong-confirms.html) revealed that they, too, would be bowing out after their current seasons.

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'Ted Lasso' follows a familiar game plan in kicking off its third season (CNN)

Nick Mohammed, Anthony Head and Jason Sudeikis in the third season of "Ted Lasso." AppleTV+. CNN —.

“Ted Lasso” doesn’t have anything left to prove, other than perhaps demonstrating that it can finish as well as it started. (While Sudeikis has indicated this season will conclude the story, he’s also mentioned possible spinoffs, which is surely music to Apple’s ears.) While the traditional pattern in television is to hang onto hits for as long as possible, streaming and premium TV producers are pushing for more finite runs, with “Succession,” “Barry” and “The Marvelous Mrs. That’s not a knock on the Emmy-winning comedy as much as a tacit endorsement of wrapping things up, with the show and its trademark niceness having run its course after offering [the right prescription for our Covid times](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/opinions/ted-lasso-season-2-perry-gabriele/index.html). The show’s simple pleasures come from a variety of sources, including just listening to the way Brett Goldstein’s Roy can creatively put together a string of expletives. Yet while Nate wants to please the new boss, it’s clear that his heart isn’t fully in that, suggesting his old coach’s sunny disposition might have rubbed off more than he cares to acknowledge.

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'Ted Lasso' Scores Goals Galore With Laughter and Life Lessons (Variety)

Apple TV+'s 2-time Emmy® Award-winning best comedy series lifted spirits with Season 1, focused empowering its own leads and ensemble cast Season 2.

“Within [Roy] is a feeling that he’s not good enough and that is very hard to shift despite, you know, he is a Champion’s League winner. “Ted was absolutely a father figure for him, particularly in Season 1. He’s a catalyst for everyone sort of addressing their demons,” says Mohammed. “Season 2 was the most Ted changed,” says Sudeikis. Meanwhile, says Dunster, “Jamie’s come to terms a lot with who he was growing up. “Ted Lasso” isn’t a series centered solely on the sport, but about looking more deeply at people. In addition to Lasso, the series features other characters just as beloved by critics and fans. Though the team had a poor record to start, Ted quickly won over players, staff and supporters with his folksy charm. “Lasso” makes clear that constant uplift isn’t the only way to support someone — which is a way for the show to challenge its characters’ vulnerabilities and introduce Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles), a therapist hired to offer the team mental health support. During a difficult 2020, fans embraced the show’s warm emotions, welcoming characters who are easy to root for and relatable story arcs. Key to the show’s success is that audiences need not follow nor even understand soccer to appreciate it.

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Jason Sudeikis, 'Ted Lasso' Co-Stars: What to Believe About the ... (Variety)

Here's how important “Ted Lasso” is to Apple: CEO Tim Cook was among the hundreds gathered in Westwood last week for the show's Season 3 premiere.

At the “Ted Lasso” premiere, press was instructed not to ask about a Season 4, as publicists stressed that no decision has been made. “The problem is that in Season 3, five of the main characters die, so my plan for Season 4 is Ted comes back as a ghost, and it’s called ‘Ghost Ted.’ He’s haunting the corridors, but he’s just trying to inspire. He decides to address the toxic relationship he has with his dad, which explains a lot of his deep insecurities. When asked if he sees spin-off potential for any other characters in the series, writer and star Brendan Hunt (“Coach Beard”) also cracks wise. “Lasso” is too valuableto the streamer and the studio — and continues to be an awards juggernaut — to let it go just yet. Mohammed hints that a happy ending might not necessarily be in the cards just yet for his role. “It’s come to that place where if you made a poster of everyone in ‘Ted Lasso’ it would be fucking huge,” writer and star Goldstein (a.k.a. I have pitched a Season 4 idea to Jason that he is considering,” he says with a deadpan expression. “It’s written as, in the story we have been telling will reach a conclusion,” he said at the time. “The rewrites were the same as we’ve always done,” he says. “Roy Kent”) says. [Ted Lasso](https://variety.com/t/ted-lasso/)” is to Apple: CEO Tim Cook was among the hundreds gathered in Westwood last week for the show’s Season 3 premiere.

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A Guide to the "Ted Lasso" Season 3 Filming Locations (HouseBeautiful.com)

Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" features filming locations in and around London including Richmond and Twickenham. Learn more about the stadiums and spots in the ...

Fans [spotted Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham near a canal](https://twitter.com/WeAreStarless/status/1518598283018518530) in the city. The Prince’s Head pub in Richmond portrays The Crown & Anchor, where you can actually [book a stay on Airbnb](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a43262469/ted-lasso-pub-airbnb-giveaway/)! The final season consists of 12 episodes in total—with the premiere out now and new episodes dropping weekly on Wednesdays—so make sure to savor every last minute while you can. From the quaint streets of Richmond to top-tier stadiums, take note of the show's [filming locations](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a42733067/you-season-4-netlfix-filming-locations/) ahead—and use them as the basis for your own DIY tour if you find yourself in the UK. Many exterior scenes were filmed in the neighboring towns of Richmond and Twickenham, which are a short drive outside of the city center. [Apple TV+](https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a35408705/emily-dickinson-museum-series-apple-tv-homestead-evergreens/) show follows an American football coach who is sent across the pond to manage the fictional English soccer team AFC Richmond.

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Does 'Ted Lasso' end with season 3? What to ... believe (Associated Press)

Ted Lasso” returns Wednesday for its third season and while there are certainly questions about whether AFC Richmond will finally go all the way — or if ...

“I’m sure they’re excited to see them because they’re all wickedly talented, but it’s a different vibe on that show and a different family, if you will. “Ted says, ‘It’s not about the wins or losses, it’s about making these players the best versions of themselves on and off the pitch.’ I really feel that’s the same lesson that ‘Ted Lasso’ has given us young actors on the show. I’ve kind of absorbed the Lasso way in the same way that all of the players have,” Jimoh says. He credits “Ted Lasso” for giving him creative opportunities of which he had only dreamed. “We always saw it as this three-movement suite or a three-piece story,” Hunt says, but admits the show’s success has added more questions than answers to that original plan. “We’re still editing the last few episodes, so it’s really something that I haven’t had the time to sit with, despite the fact that there’s a lot of wonder and curiosity ...

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Now streaming: 'Ted Lasso' on Apple TV+, 'Swarm' on Prime Video, (The Seattle Times)

Here's a look at this week's top shows and movies coming out on Video on Demand, Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV+ and other services.

(Netflix) (Peacock) (Hulu) (MGM+) [here](https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/the-whale-review-brendan-fraser-delivers-the-best-performance-of-his-career/)), which follows a week in his life as he attempts to reconnect with his angry, estranged daughter (Sadie Sink). The limited series “A Spy Among Friends” (TV-MA) dramatizes the true story (with some dramatic license) of British intelligence agent Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and his long friendship with Kim Philby (Guy Pearce), the most notorious Russian double agent in British history.

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"Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed had to find "a real truth" to play ... (CBS News)

The actor said that while he doesn't condone Nate Shelley's recent behavior, "he is quite fun to play."

"And you know, he was clearly bullied when he first started out as a kit man, by some of the players at the club, in AFC Richmond." "I don't condone it, but … "In order to sort of play it realistically I had to sort of find a real truth to why he was behaving that way," Mohammed said of his character.

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It's time to mark the beginning of the end for 'Ted Lasso' (WUNC)

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with critic Laura Sirikul about the new, and final, season of Ted Lasso.

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What Happened at the End of Ted Lasso Season 2? (TownandCountrymag.com)

Here's where we left AFC Richmond and co. at the end of last season.

As he leaves, he tears the "BELIEVE" sign in the AFC Richmond locker room, and tells Ted he should be with his son. (They broke up in the wake of Rebecca's father's death.) Later, we see him purchase a property that he intends to make a Nigerian restaurant. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at [Hey Alma](https://www.heyalma.com/), a Jewish culture site. Trent Crimm has published a story in The Independent about his panic attacks, and Ted talks to the team and apologies for not being forthcoming with them. He also gets angry with Roy for not being angry with him about his attempt to kiss Keeley. Here's a handy, brief guide on where we left each character at the end of Ted Lasso season two:

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Nike and Ted Lasso have dropped an AFC Richmond collection (British GQ)

A full collection comprising of Ted Lasso's on-screen kits dropped today, courtesy of Nike. Here's everything you need to know about the collab.

As well as Nike branding, it carries Bantr logos, the fictional dating app that sponsors the team these days. But for the final season, Season three, which hits screens today, has been written as the final season, according to writer

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Is there a real Ted Lasso Lego stadium? (Dexerto)

After the new season of Ted Lasso premiered, fans are wondering if they too can buy the neat Lego set that was featured in the first episode.

So, a Ted Lasso Lego set might not be out of the question in the future. Fans can make do like Henry and build their own replica of the Dog Track with a simple set of Legos. Is the Ted Lasso Lego set real?

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Does 'Ted Lasso' end with season 3? What to ... believe (WOKV)

Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent, the Richmond player-turned-coach with a gruff exterior and a heart of gold, is a definite breakout. He played Hercules in ...

any of us, just how loving people are," he says, joking that he doubts the the cast of “Succession” gets quite the same reception. "Ted says, ‘It’s not about the wins or losses, it’s about making these players the best versions of themselves on and off the pitch.’ I really feel that’s the same lesson that ‘Ted Lasso’ has given us young actors on the show. “I’d worked for years and years and years and 12 people had seen all of it, you know, and then doing a show that loads of people watch is different. “We always saw it as this three-movement suite or a three-piece story," Hunt says, but admits the show's success has added more questions than answers to that original plan. "That answer will arrive probably when there’s enough space for the question to really land." “We’re still editing the last few episodes, so it’s really something that I haven’t had the time to sit with, despite the fact that there’s a lot of wonder and curiosity ...

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Your 'Ted Lasso' itinerary for London: Pastries, pubs and live soccer (The Washington Post)

Fans of "Ted Lasso" can stroll through Richmond Green, drink a pint at the real Crown and Anchor and watch live English football.

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Is 'Ted Lasso' Actually Ending Or Is It Coming Back For Season 4 ... (Cosmopolitan.com)

While we can't wait to head back to the Racetrack for a few games as we cheer on our favorite team, AFC Richmond, there's one question on everyone's mind: is ...

[some old couples trying to figure everything out](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a43316473/juno-temple-ted-lasso-season-3-interview/), and tons and tons of funny moments in between. But then there's also Nate, who seems dead set on taking Richmond (and Ted) down with the help of his new boss/the worst person in the world Rupert. "Some people don’t believe in ghosts, and that’s the journey the team goes on is eventually believing in ghosts… In fact, they actually haven't even said the words "final season" in any of their promo. Several cast members (mostly co-creator and Ted himself Jason Sudeikis) have come out and said that this is the end, but Apple has yet to say anything about its fate. Well, it seems like for most shows, this would be a much easier question to answer.

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Does Ted Lasso Know What He's Doing? Does Ted Lasso, for That ... (Vulture)

Season three of Apple TV+ series 'Ted Lasso,' starring Jason Sudeikis as a bumbling London football coach, seems unsure of itself as it hurtles toward its ...

Narratively, Ted is lost trying to figure out why he’s still in London; structurally, Ted Lasso is amiss figuring out what kind of show it wants to be and what storytelling priorities it wants to hold on to in its final act. But this third season of Ted Lasso also seems to be settling into an odd duality: The series is stuck treating Ted’s refusal to educate himself about his job like an aw-shucks asset and the soccer itself like an afterthought. The third season of Ted Lasso ironically invites the same complaints as its series’ central sport: There is a formlessness to its concluding go-round that mirrors the “Soccer is just 22 people jogging” gibe, a sense that the show is running down time until its end. [second season](https://www.vulture.com/article/ted-lasso-season-two-review.html) complicated Ted’s relentless cheeriness, both by turning certain characters, such as [assistant coach Nate](https://www.vulture.com/article/ted-lasso-season-2-finale-nate-shelley-transformation.html), against it and by digging into the causes of Ted’s anxiety and aversion to therapy. That sophomore year was divisive, offering up [sentiment](https://www.vulture.com/article/ted-lasso-christmas-episode-serialization-debate.html) about how important it is to be good, compassionate, and supportive to others while showing that Ted wasn’t quite as adept at those qualities as the show had led us to believe. Soccer detractors will tell you the game is just two teams running from one end of the field to the other for 90 minutes.

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