Jason Sudeikis in “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV.
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And just like that, Ted Lasso season 4 is almost at an end. This was a tricky one, because most fans had made peace with the much debated ending of season 3 back in 2023 — widely believed to be the series finale as well.
Not so fast though! Ted and his signature similes were too valuable for Apple TV to let go so easily, and so they waltzed their way back on to our screens. The results have been…mixed, to say the least.
But first, when and where can you catch the season finale?
The current season of Ted Lasso comes to an end on Wednesday, October 7 on Apple TV+, with the tenth and final episode of the season. However, in the US and Canada, episodes become available at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET the night before their official Wednesday date, so in those territories, the finale will be accessible from Tuesday evening, October 6.
The Story So Far In Ted Lasso Season 4
Jason Sudeikis and Annette Badland in “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV.
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Season 3 concluded with Ted Lasso resigning from AFC Richmond and returning to Kansas to be closer to his son Henry. Apple TV announced the show was coming back in March last year, and the season premiered in August 2026.
This time, instead of an intensely optimistic American coach trying to coach English football against all odds, we have an intensely optimistic American coach trying to coach English football against all odds.
The premise sounds similar, but the stakes are different, if not higher. Season 4 sees Ted returning to the UK, family in tow, to be head coach of AFC Richmond’s newly formed women’s team.
Roy Kent, now manager of the men’s team following Ted’s departure, releases Coach Beard from the men’s squad so Beard can rejoin Ted as assistant coach of the women’s side. Meanwhile, Keeley is all over the place trying to get the women’s team the same opportunities afforded to the men, and Rebecca is worrying about the budget that comes with that good-hearted ambition.
The season’s central concerns are less about Ted anymore and more about gender inequality in professional women’s football — unequal funding, lack of representation, the absence of female coaches in the game — plus whatever is happening with Roy and Keeley.
The penultimate episode dropped a couple of bombs on the audience in quick succession (no spoilers, but it was very circle-of-life), so the show has one episode left to either set up a season 5, or tie everything up in hopefully a better bow than they pulled out last time.
What Critics Said About Ted Lasso Season 4
Elizabeth Falola, Karesha Iton, Terri Olejnik, Lauren Hendricks, Annelise Heywood, Mercedes Assad, Jude Mack, Abbie Hern, Shannon Hayes, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes and Aisling Sharkey in “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV.
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The critical reception has been rather divided. Season 4 has a 67% from the audience and 89% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s not fared as well on Metacritic though; Season 4 holds a 62 on Metacritic from 30 critic reviews, a whole eleven points below Season 3.
The warmest notices came from the New York Post’s Lauren Sarner, who called it “the best Ted Lasso has been since Season 1,” crediting the season for reining in Season 3’s bloat while pointing out that the returning cast crowds out the new characters.
The cooler reviews were more about execution than premise, really. IndieWire’s Ben Travers, for example, graded the season a C, writing that it “has the kind of simple framework that should lead to easy wins, and yet Ted Lasso keeps stumbling over itself, time and time again.”
So after Ted Lasso season 4, will there be a Ted Lasso season 5? Well, nothing has been greenlit at the time of writing, but it will on depend on how the season chooses to wrap up. Check back in here after Wednesday, and we’ll probably have a more concrete answer!
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