Let’s not let a disappointing third (and final?)
season diminish Ted Lasso’s legacy.
Making a great TV show is hard.
Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham on ‘Ted Lasso’.Apple TV+
Even harder than making a great TV show is making one thatstaysgreat over the entirety of its run.
The third (and final?)
And God help me, the season (series?)
Phil Dunster in ‘Ted Lasso’.AppleTV+
by focusing on the positive, just as Coach Lasso would.
Ted Lasso’s first 10 episodes area nearly perfect season of television.
), providing the nascent streamer with the momentum it needed to keep cranking out original shows.
Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt on ‘Ted Lasso’.Apple TV+
And it certainly gave the streamer leeway to shell out for other expensive-but-worth-it gambles, includingSeveranceandSilo.
Even at an epic 76 minutes long, the season (series?)
finale, “So Long, Farewell,” was not without its pleasures.
Ted goes back home to America and his son, Henry (Gus Turner).
And as Coach Lasso might say, there ain’t nothing wrong with that.
Season (series?)
