Ted Lasso is back on the pitch, and critics can't agree on whether the folksy soccer coach should have stayed retired. Final verdict: "Season 4 wasn't necessary, but it's a welcome added time." The Daily Telegraph's Benji Wilson files three stars under a headline reading "Ted Lasso-mania has finally gone too far," calling the season mediocre. 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Apple TVShould have stayed retiredTime's Judy Berman zeroes in on the women's-team premise and finds it fundamentally miscast. IndieWire's Ben Travers, grading the season a C, writes Season 4 has "the kind of simple framework that should lead to easy wins, and yet Ted Lasso keeps stumbling over itself, time and time again."