Ted Lasso

Roy and Keeley's narrative arcs are the most interesting of the season (four episodes in, at least). If not the ones paid most attention to. That would be Ted, sorting out who he is, what he is and where he should be. ... The world needed "Ted Lasso" when it premiered. Watching Season 3, it seems that Ted Lasso may need more of the world.

It’s a series that’s bursting at the seams. Devoted fans are sure to feel like you can’t have too much of a good thing.

It’s still a much less tight series than it was back in that first season, but more of it still works than doesn’t.

The appeal of Ted is wearing a bit thin now – there’s only so long that a moustache can be funny. His folksy dialogue will also drive you around the bend. ... But series three is saved by Nick Mohammed as Nate. ... At the moment, the show works best when Ted is on the bench.

Ted Lasso Season 3 starts rough, but it does find its footing by Episode 4. It’s the worst season so far to date, but there is enough there for fans to hope — if not “BELIEVE” (har, har) — in a triumphant conclusion to the season. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Ted Lasso is amiss figuring out what kind of show it wants to be and what storytelling priorities it wants to hold on to in its final act. ... The third season is laying such a didactic track for Ted’s more enlightened, uniformly positive influence on the Greyhounds that its various subplots feel like they’re treading water until they’re hit by the Lasso effect.