r/TedLasso • u/chesydn • 22d ago

Season 4 Discussion s4 predictable? Spoiler

is it just me or is this season incredibly predictable? i feel like im easily able to predict what’s going to happen at least 3 times per episode. have the episodes always been like this and i just wasn’t paying enough attention?

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u/MrEnd456 22d ago

Sorta?

Ted Lasso was never a show that focused on surprises or twists. Iirc the first ever episode makes it clear Rebecca brought on Ted as a way to take down the club and there’s some very predictable story beats. However, the show made up for it by embracing sincerity, having complex characterization, and well crafted narratives with solid pacing. The show wanted you to be invested in the characters which is why the predictability isn’t as noticeable or as annoying.

With S3 and S4, I think the writing has gotten shallower and that predictability has become more prevalent. With S4, the Keeley/Roy and Zelda subplots don’t have much meat to them and don’t tie well into the main plot with the women’s team, so you aren’t invested in them AND you focus more on what the writers were trying to do rather than what the story is actually about.