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Ted Lasso

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Generally favorable reviews based on 56 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 123 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

Apple TV+ | Release Date: August 14, 2020

Summary: Kansas college football coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is hired by an English professional soccer team in this comedy from Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence.

Genre(s): Comedy, Sports

Recent Episodes

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S2:E12. Inverting the Pyramid of Success
Air Date: October 8, 2021
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S2:E11. Midnight Train to Royston
Air Date: October 1, 2021
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S2:E10. No Weddings and a Funeral
Air Date: September 24, 2021

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Metascore

79

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49

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Critic Reviews

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jul 29, 2021

Season 2 Review: Ted and Sharon, the new sports psychologist's emotionally charged jousting provides a smart counterbalance to a show that perfectly blends saltiness and spice with overwhelming sweetness. [2 - 15 Aug 2021, p.8] Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Jul 12, 2021

Season 2 Review: “Ted Lasso” still feels like “Ted Lasso,” and while there will be a lot more to say about the season once everyone has seen it, for now, that’s an incredible relief — and an impressive triumph. Read full review

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Jen Chaney

Jul 20, 2021

Season 2 Review: Ted Lasso is one of those shows where every ingredient comes together but, like the performances by Sudeikis and so many of the other actors, seems so effortless that you don’t notice at first how many instruments are playing in harmony. ... Ted Lasso pulls off that kind of magic in scene after scene, and in episode after episode. Read full review

80

Decider

Joel Keller

Aug 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Ted Lasso has a feel-good vibe about it that overcomes the first episode’s lack of funny lines. And it helps that Sudeikis is amazingly likable and he’s hooked up with Lawrence, who always knows how to get the most out of his show’s characters. Read full review

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Empire James Dyer

Sep 20, 2021

Season 2 Review: With 20 Emmy nominations under its belt, this is a heart-swelling rematch from a joyously uplifting comedy with goodwill to spare. Football didn’t come home, but thankfully Ted Lasso has. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Aug 13, 2020

Season 1 Review: Thanks to an infectiously affable performance by the likable Sudeikis, a terrific supporting cast and a surprisingly warmhearted center wrapped inside all the sitcom wisecracks, “Ted Lasso” is a charming, easygoing little biscuit of a treat. Read full review

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Variety

Daniel D'Addario

Aug 3, 2020

Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review

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Otiose

Aug 14, 2020

So much could have gone wrong with a TV show derived from a comedy skit, but it works, it really works. Very likable and entertaining.

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DonaldBlake

Jan 28, 2021

Best show I’ve seen in years. It has something for everyone - I honestly can’t see someone not liking this show. It can be light and funny or deep and introspective all in the same episode whilst never losing it’s funny edge. Two thumbs up for me.

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Maximus_Falcon

Aug 11, 2021

Самый ненапряжный, добрый и смешной сериал за последние несколько лет. Смотрится на одном дыхании и оставляет после себя только положительные эмоции.

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neighel1

Mar 16, 2021

Similar to the cast of characters, Ted Lasso manages to weave his way into your heart with overbearing enthusiasm and positivity but still manages to root and hope for his success throughout the series. The side characters go through fun little character moments like Roy's leadership andSimilar to the cast of characters, Ted Lasso manages to weave his way into your heart with overbearing enthusiasm and positivity but still manages to root and hope for his success throughout the series. The side characters go through fun little character moments like Roy's leadership and withering skillset, to Rebecca's complete 180, the show manages to provide some depth to its other cast members. A fun watches to honestly just put you in a good mood.… Expand

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Golconde

Sep 13, 2020

This show had me within the first 5 minutes when Jason Sudeikis does his dance from the SNL skit "What up With That?"

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Spartan_117

Feb 20, 2022

Ted Lasso (2020) is a comedy-drama series on Apple TV+ which is about an American Football college coach getting hired to move across the pond and coach AFC Richmond, an English Premier League Soccer team that is down on its luck. I always find it fascinating when an entertainment propertyTed Lasso (2020) is a comedy-drama series on Apple TV+ which is about an American Football college coach getting hired to move across the pond and coach AFC Richmond, an English Premier League Soccer team that is down on its luck. I always find it fascinating when an entertainment property sinks its hooks into me and doesn’t let up even though I’m not a fan of the setting and/or the backdrop. Some of the best examples off the top of my head I can give are the films Rush (2013) and Ford v Ferrari (2019), both of which take place in the realm of professional car racing, something I never had an interest in and yet I absolutely loved both of them. Similarly, I’ve never been a fan of watching Football (both versions) yet I adored watching Ted Lasso.

The premise itself has enough of a draw to grab your attention at the start giving a fish-out-of-water type situation for the titular character, Ted Lasso, who knows nothing about Soccer (and not a lot about England either) and yet he is now in charge of a Premier League team. That alone, though, wouldn’t have been enough to carry the entire series as the novelty can die out after a while which is where the strong writing comes in. Having a great set of main, secondary, and tertiary characters who all have varying levels of depth to them interwoven with a clever, witty, and wholesome plot while maintaining a sense of realism and profundity makes this a wholly entertaining watch.

Jason Sudeikis is an actor I have enjoyed in his various comedic outings from the past but I never would have thought that he would be in a role like this let alone absolutely killing it as the lead and giving one of the best performances I’ve seen recently. The thing about Ted Lasso is that while he is optimistic, looks at life from a positive angle, and is in the business of not simply coaching a team but coaching YOU as a person to become a better version of yourself, he is also flawed who has to wrestle with his own insecurities and demons reinforcing his character and he never comes off as too preachy or overindulgent to the point of annoyance as can be the case of characters who are supposed to be positive. Throw in several speeches and monologues with great wisdom+badass moments and you can’t help but love the guy. We all could use a Ted Lasso in our lives.

Joining him are a plethora of characters who might come off as caricatures at first glance whether it’s the partner coach who is always there to help yet is mysterious played by Brendan Hunt, the experienced and aged sportsman looking at the last of his days in the sport played by Brett Goldstein, a younger talented sportsman who lacks wisdom played by Phil Dunster, a model who dates footballers played by Juno Temple, a CEO with misaligned intentions played by Hannah Waddingham, a secretary who gets laughed on by everyone played by Jeremy Swift, the locker room worker who gets picked on played by Nick Mohammad and so on but as the episodes progress, you can see the underlying strong writing and they all grow, expectedly or unexpectedly with Ted Lasso acting as the crux that makes it all possible and it’s genuinely wonderful to have multiple stories every episode with characters you grow to like or love in an overall wholesome wrapping. It also helps that everyone is on the top of their game with great performances all around.

A good comparison I read in a comment about Ted Lasso is that it’s like Bojack Horseman but in reverse. Whereas the latter has a nihilistic viewpoint with lots of comedy yet it surprises you with gut punches and realism, the former has an optimistic viewpoint with lots of comedy that also surprises you with its gut punches and real-life lessons. I think it kinda fits. Also, PSA, watch Bojack Horseman if you haven’t, it’s a masterpiece.

As for the negatives, I’d say some plot points weren’t as engaging, particularly in Season 2 which without knowing where they’ll take them, could turn out to be better or worse in retrospect. Season 2 as a whole didn’t feel as strong or tight as Season 1 even though it had some of the highest highs of the series so far. There is also a lack of prolonged thrilling matches, something you’d expect in a series revolving around Football to have.

All in all, this is a MUST WATCH. A series I’ll highly recommend to everyone whether you’re a fan of the sport or not. It’s the kind of entertainment that everyone needs some time, something that’s uplifting, something that’s wholesome, something that is chicken soup for the soul, something that’ll give you escapism from your troubles of life and bring you back lighter and brighter. This series also has the best use of Rick Roll (Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley) I have ever seen. And if I were to rate it, I’d give Season 1 a 9/10, Season 2 an 8/10, and the overall experience so far of both seasons an 8.5/10.… Expand

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Broyax

Nov 30, 2020

C’est l’histoire d’un mec… ou plutôt d’un con, entraîneur de football amerloque qui va entraîner une équipe de (vrai) football au Royaume-Uni ; une équipe accessoirement composée de trous du cul d’ailleurs mais un con avec des trous de balle, ça fait toujours des étincelles !

Le format estC’est l’histoire d’un mec… ou plutôt d’un con, entraîneur de football amerloque qui va entraîner une équipe de (vrai) football au Royaume-Uni ; une équipe accessoirement composée de trous du cul d’ailleurs mais un con avec des trous de balle, ça fait toujours des étincelles !

Le format est quasiment celui d’une sitcom (situation comedy) mais sans les rires enregistrés et c’est un manquement assez grave ; à part ça, c’est constamment en dessous de la ceinture, volontiers vulgaire et surtout très, très con : une sous-série de débiles avec plein de golios dedans, écrite par des putains de trous du cul : voilà donc ce qu’on trouve sur… l’appeule tivi, bonjour les dégâts !

Une chose néanmoins ou plutôt une intéressante créature que je ne connaissais point mais qui vaut bien un point à ce sous-produit : Hannah Waddingham, une cougar anglaise blonde pas désespérée et une sacrée bombasse en l’occurrence ! mais ça ne suffit pas pour nous faire tenir le coup dans cette sitcom désespérante de connerie, hélas.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

85
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 23, 2021
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  S2:E12. Inverting the Pyramid of Success
  Air Date: October 8, 2021
- tbd
  S2:E11. Midnight Train to Royston
  Air Date: October 1, 2021
- tbd
  S2:E10. No Weddings and a Funeral
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S2:E9. Beard After Hours
  Air Date: September 17, 2021
- tbd
  S2:E5. Rainbow
  Air Date: August 20, 2021
Season 1

71
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 14, 2020