Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way 4K UHD Review
“Ted Lasso” comes to 4K.
Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way is comprised of the first 3 seasons (spanning 34 episodes). The 2020 sports comedy (which was Apple TV’s breakout hit) revolves around the titular college American football coach who lands a job coaching the fictional English Premier League team AFC Richmond. If that seems like an odd move, it is. That’s because the owner of the club (Rebecca) is attempting to ruin the club to spite her soon to be ex husband Rupert. Despite Ted’s lack of knowledge about football/soccer, his unwavering optimism mixed with the ever help assistants Nate and Beard somehow reap positive rewards for the team. Plot wise, there are storylines about Ted’s marriage, the team (including players Captain Roy Kent, Jamie Tartt, Isaac, Sam, Zava, Colin and Dani), the press, team drama and changes, character relationships, Ted’s mental struggles, “Total Football” and more.
After receiving a Blu-ray release last year, WB has put out a 4K release at exactly the right time. “Ted Lasso” season 4 is due to be released sometime in 2026 and the U.S. is about to experience football mania with the country co-hosting the biggest sporting event in the world, the World Cup. As a football/soccer fan, “Ted Lasso” should be up my alley, but it didn’t quite land with me. Obviously, others may feel differently as the show has struck a chord with a certain population of viewers.
The biggest issue is that this fish out of water tale feels like a comedy sketch stretched too thin (not to mention being far too similar to the superior “Major League”). It’s not surprising that it feels this way given that the character is based on a series of commercials. Secondly, Jason Sudeikis has always annoyed me. Sure, he can be fine in certain projects like “Horrible Bosses,” but there’s always something so smug about him in my eyes. He tries way too hard to be funny as well. The show is also tonally all over the place. The first 2 seasons fare better here to be sure as the third season is overflowing with relationship drama and character subplots. This is supposed to be a sports comedy not a romance drama-comedy.
The series has 2 saving graces here with Juno Temple (Keeley) and Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca). Temple had always been a rather underrated actress prior to this, but it was nice to see her get her due. Waddingham’s career really took off after this and it’s not hard to see why.
Video/Audio:
Presentation: 2.00:1 2160p. How does it look? If you were holding off on picking up the Blu-ray, you’ll be happy to know this 4K release is a big step up from the Blu-ray. Not only is the image quality sharper, but the colors are more vibrant (especially scenes on the pitch).
Audio Track: 5.1 DTS-HD MA. How does it sound? Viewers can expect a layered and clean 5.1 track.
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