"Ted Lasso" Season 4 Looks (Surprisingly) Like It's Happening
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This story contains spoilers for Ted Lasso Season Three.
After over a year of speculation, Apple TV+ is no longer dribbling around the question, Is this really the end for Ted Lasso? Since the highly popular comedy decided to close its doors at the end of season 3, fans have refused to believe that the feel-good magic was officially over. Now, they're finally right. According to Deadline, the streamer officially picked up the options for three returning UK cast members, including Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Walton), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins). Folks, it looks like Ted Lasso is coming back.
It's still unclear if Jason Sudeikis (Lasso) or any of the other main cast members will return, but the former Saturday Night Live! star didn't turn down the chance to continue the story after season 3 entirely. "The fact that folks will want more and are curious beyond more than what they don’t even know yet—that being season 3—it’s flattering," he revealed in an interview with Deadline last year. "Until that time comes, I will appreciate the curiosity beyond what we’ve come up with so far."
Since its premiere in 2020, Ted Lasso tracked the life of an American football coach who was sent to lead a soccer team in England despite his (clear) lack of experience. Over three seasons, the show won a handful of awards and garnered a loyal fanbase. But despite its success, even the cast themselves never believed that it was officially over.
"It'll be quite emotional actually, because who knows whether it's the very, very end or not or whether there'll be more after a break," Nick Mohammed, who plays Nathan Shelley, told Esquire at the end of season 3. "I don't know whether it comes back as a film. I've heard rumors of spinoffs... Who knows?" A Coach Nate spinoff? Mohammed felt it may not be "quite right" to solely focus on Nate, however, "just because that character, I feel, has been on such a journey over these three seasons already." But after rumors swirled of a potential fourth season this past week, Mohammed joined in the fun by posting, "told ya!" with a laughing emoji on X (formerly Twitter).
Maybe we could even get Jamie Tartt back in the fold. Actor Phil Dunster revealed in an Esquire interview that while playing Jamie was "a real gift," he does have some ideas from his own fanfiction. "It's fairly X-rated, but that was more just to try to make Brett [Goldstein] giggle." Goldstein also joked about a future as Roy Kent, telling the Sunday Times, "Spoiler alert... Everyone dies."
Jokes aside, a spinoff is not off the table either. “I think that we’ve set the table for all sorts of folks to get to watch the further telling of these stories,” Sudeikis said when asked about the potential for a new series. “Again, I can’t help but take the question as flattery for what all of us that were working on the show has tried to do. It’s really kind of folks to even consider that because you never know what’s gonna happen when you make things. The fact that people want more, even if it’s a different avenue is lovely.”
Until a reboot emerges, we can rewatch Ted Lasso and preach the "Believe" gospel until we're all smiling silly. That's the Ted Lasso way.
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