Ted Lasso penultimate episode includes pregnancy reveal and sudden death

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In Season 4, Episode 9 of Ted Lasso, titled "Mae Rides the Bus," Tracey Ullman’s new character Zelda Southport is revealed in a secret phone call as the figure quietly acquiring AFC Richmond ownership shares, exonerating Rupert Mannion from that subplot. Anthony Head, who died earlier this year and did not film new material for Season 4, is honored with a tribute that appears at the episode’s end; Deadline reported producers waited until this moment to include it, and Annette Badland said, "We will miss him, I respect him, and it's a great honor to be in the episode that is dedicated to him." The episode puts Annette Badland’s character Mae Green front and center, showing her enjoying the team's victory before she dies during that celebration. With Rupert’s off-screen arc resolved and Zelda exposed, the path is set for a confrontation between Zelda and Rebecca Welton in the Season 4 finale. The episode’s handling of Mae’s death continues critics’ notes about how the show treats its female characters, a point raised in coverage and cast interviews.

Nick (derogatory) ✨

@slothropsmap.bsky.social

The last thing my mom and dad did together was spend a night laughing at their favorite Ted Lasso episodes. Yesterday I had a chance to say that directly to Brendan Hunt, one of the show’s co-creators and the man behind Coach Beard. He insisted I take a photo of him and my mom. Wonderful man.

Brendan Hunt, co-creator of Ted Lasso and the actor who portrays Coach Beard, alongside Mom (derogatory) ✨

2809d ago

Nick (derogatory) ✨44

We met at the Alamo Drafthouse in DTLA, where he had been moderating a Q&A with the cast of Good Sport (2025), a new indie film featuring my girlfriend, Liz. Pretty good movie! She absolutely steals the show. www.imdb.com/title/tt3121...

Hans3

Was going to say, "your dad looks a lot like the guy from Ted Lasso."

David Manning3

That’s super awesome. I’m really happy for you, I love his work. Believe!

Alan Sepinwall

@sepinwall.bsky.social

The penultimate ep of Ted Lasso s4 once again saw a strong story about the women's team fighting for real estate with various bad and/or poorly-paced stories involving the legacy characters. My review:

2810d ago

Alan Sepinwall16

I was referring to this episode, by the way, when I posted this:

Josh Spiegel9

My big issue is that, half-hearted as it was, the plot twist that [Spoiler] is the one trying to buy the team felt obvious from the start, and required our leads to act very dumb. (Ebert’s Law of Economy of Characters kept popping up in my mind.)

Big Worker2

Yeah the "Ted coaches a women's team" reboot is great and the "also we need to find something for these beloved legacy characters to do" season 4 didn't need to exist

I hate it here.1

[Spoilers] Apparently, hope *is* the thing that kills you. RIP Mae

beardeddad13.bsky.social1

I wish this show was funny, Roy Kent is the only consistently funny character It’s like they were given the keys to a premier league show and this is all they came up with

Quoting this

Rob Hanna2

I remember feeling this way about the final season of Scrubs, fwiw.

Matt Mitovich2

I saw the villain reveal coming even before there was a villain, and agree it doesn't track as recently as one week ago.

Felicia Davin

@feliciadavin.com

PSA for romance authors and also the Ted Lasso writers room apparently, but if your "accidental/surprise pregnancy" storyline relies on a grown woman never thinking about her own risk of pregnancy while she's regularly having PIV sex, I'm out

249d ago

Felicia Davin13

your grown MEN characters who are having regular PIV sex should also be thinking about this if they are not assholes. but that is another conversation. right now we are talking about where "girl math" has brought us. I DON'T LIKE IT

Denise Ruttan4

I did roll my eyes at her line about going off the pill to help with a skin condition, ironically the pill is supposed to help with that stuff

ragingsnail@bsky.social3

I’m much more favorably inclined to the “went on antibiotics, side effect killed birth control pills’ effectiveness“ oops storyline as that’s at least a decent real factoid.

kay taylor rea2

as a HCW this plot always makes me feel genuinely insane

Jim Burke

@barcajim3.bsky.social

I wonder if Ted Lasso will want a league winners medal for City cheating Richmond out of a title.

159d ago

David Schraub

@schraubd.bsky.social

Ted Lasso is the apex of a particular type of show that fundamentally defends basic human decency as a worthwhile pursuit. But "apex" implies other members of the category -- so which other shows are of this type? Parks & Rec I'd say is obvious. And I'd locate The Good Place there too. What else?

1111d ago

keiv86ab02.bsky.social4

Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Circuitously; Futurama Wasn’t Brooklyn 99’s whole thing being basically “imagine good cops getting beaten down and rising out of the ashes as good people?”

Michael Adams-Hurta2

Some good answers in your responses. I'd add Schitt’s Creek?

Mike Snow2

Seems to me the question is that besides Michael Schur and Bill Lawrence, who besides them is doing this?

Ryan Schwartz

@ryanschwartz.tv

Mae Green spends a memorable day with the Lady Greyhounds in #TedLasso Season 4, Episode 9. I spoke with Annette Badland about what it means to her, and to the Crown & Anchor proprietor, to see the women’s team thrive. Spoilers ahead.

810d ago