How the ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Finale Sets Up What Comes Next

The season 4 finale of Ted Lasso ties off Zelda's planned takeover, sends Roy packing and leaves Ted's next move wide open. The season four finale ties off Zelda's planned takeover, sends Roy packing and leaves Ted's next move wide open. Betrayal, turnabout, an inevitable departure, genuine surprises, a spot-on Roy Kent impression and cryptic clues about what’s next for the Ted Lasso gang all abound in the season finale of Apple’s hit sports dramedy. Each character’s fate gets either a satisfying-enough conclusion or a suitable lead-in to a yet-to-be-announced season five at AFC Richmond. (Yes, spoilers ahead.) The finale opens with a celebration of life for Crown & Anchor owner Mae, who died unexpectedly while supporting the Lady Greyhounds in episode nine.

The mourning scenes carry real emotional weight, but they set off a tonally erratic episode. After Henry admits he wishes Mae could still help him with his homework, he asks how Ted’s father died, and Ted lies to protect him. The audience knows his father died by suicide. Ted soon sits Henry down and tells him the truth in an off-screen conversation. The scene is serviceable for a finale, but it also caps what was essentially Ted’s non-storyline this season. After early hints of a thread about Ted looking for love in southwest London, our hero, like