Ted Lasso

The cast all continue to put in stellar work. ... If this is to be the last time we see them (and even if this iteration of the show does end, that seems unlikely), then based on the assured strength of these opening episodes, the finest series to have come from Apple TV+ thus far will end with a clean sheet.

The good news about Season 2 can be summed up in four words: It’s still Ted Lasso. ... This season, star Jason Sudeikis and the ensemble around him shine brighter than ever, and I am happy to report that you are likely to feel big Dani Rojas energy at various points.

Season 4 might be focused on a new team, but it carries the same Ted Lasso charm viewers have grown to love.

Even if the show's ability to capture on-field action is a little hit-or-miss, by the end of 10 episodes, I was getting misty over the team's results and over the journeys of several characters. That, ultimately, means more to me than whether or not I'd qualify Ted Lasso as "hilarious.

What the early episodes of the season—we’ve seen four—mostly deliver is its version of that hug. It really is giving fans what they want, even if that means that the story arcs are frustratingly repetitive.

Ted Lasso Season 3 starts rough, but it does find its footing by Episode 4. It’s the worst season so far to date, but there is enough there for fans to hope — if not “BELIEVE” (har, har) — in a triumphant conclusion to the season. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Sudeikis does his best with a barely there character; Waddingham, playing a conflicted admiration for Lasso, fares better, as does the ever able Juno Temple, putting a witty but humane spin on a social-media influencer character in the team’s orbit. In the end, though, the players on Lasso’s team run together, in what’s perhaps the show’s defining flaw. Conceived to market soccer, Ted ends up making the game look like a slog.

I liked this, so-called, TV show, it is just funny and entertaining with some deep thoughts to think about, like love, humanity... but then it's back to being funny again!

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Only so far caught season 1. The series is 'OK' and there are a few comments and scenarios I've been able to smile at but on the whole, I've found it rather bland and simplistic. The actors work hard and generally very well but the material they're working with is too vanilla and too woke / PC to boot. It's also covered in far too much American syrup to be really funny. The entire basis of this is the "loopy American amongst the starchy Brits who manages by his zaniness to get them to all lighten up" and that one has been visited endless times since the 1930s. There's little new here. It's a very jaded theme that has been done far better elsewhere - and very frequently. Add to that its determination to be inclusive and the above-mentioned 'sugary supercute' and overall, I found myself wondering why I was watching it. At least in series 1, there's no edgyness, no provocative humour and no real belly laughs. Sadly, this is reflective of the untold damage wokism and vanilla comedy has inflicted on the international humour scene over the past 20 years or so. Little wonder the old comedy sketches and series from the 1990s and earlier are so popular still. Will I watch more of this show? Not sure. For me at least, it's a close call.

Exponentially saccharine series with annoying and/or lame characters. Jason is great but can’t save it.

Ted Lasso is like Forrest Gump on a soccer pitch, and every bit as insulting. If Lasso is such a naive, simple-minded idiot, there's no way he'd be competent enough to get hired for, much less carry out, the jobs he's doing. And if he's so subtly wise, his naive, simple-minded persona is just a cynical act. Either way, he's less a character than a cheap means of generating hokey sound-bites and manipulating audiences (and, apparently, awards voters). Also, he's a multi-millionaire (what notable college or pro coach isn't these days?), but that seemingly has no bearing on his life. Because that wouldn't be quite as charming, would it? The other characters are developed only so much as is necessary for the next ridiculously implausible subplot. The show is like a Richard Curtis movie without Hugh Grant-- or any of the wit, spontaneity, or verve. How many down-home, aw-shucks, salt-of-the-earth happy idiots do you know who offhandedly quote Walt Whitman? Yeah, me neither.