Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 3 Recap/Review: Seeing Yourself

Note: This is a spoiler-filled recap of episode 3 of season 4 of Ted Lasso on Apple TV. If you haven’t watched it yet, turn back now! You can upgrade your subscription for 40% off through August in honor of this fourth season. You can also purchase a copy of The Ted Lasso Relationship Guide here or here. Message me with a photo of your receipt, and I’ll upgrade you for free for six months! Check out my recaps of Home and Curiouser and Curiouser. Now on to Richmond’s Got Talent!

Episode 3 starts right off with a woman screaming “Fuuuuuuuck!” We learn that she is pregnant. The coaches all tell her how happy they are, but as soon as we cut to them in their office, we learn that this was their only remaining striker, and now they have none, with their first match just days away. Ted asks Alice if she knows anyone. She answers that she does and she doesn’t, and then brings up Gemma, a player she knows who quit to study law.

Ted suggests that Alice talk to Gemma and she agrees, but adds that they’d have better luck getting players off the street. Both Ted and Beard perk up at that. Alice says that she was joking, but they continue to come up with reasons why they should hold the open tryouts.

Ted goes to tell Rebecca about the tryouts, but finds the door locked when he gets to her office. When she opens it, we see her top on backward, and Matthijs in the background pulling up his pants. Rebecca says that it’s a bit silly to have open tryouts, but when Ted says that it was Alice’s idea, she is immediately on board. She begins ushering Ted out of her office when Keeley also shows up. She asks Rebecca for £4000 for rally towels for Saturday’s match. Rebecca says no, and Keeley explains that she already bought them, at which point Higgins shows up to talk about the shareholders’ meeting. Rebecca stops it all and sends everyone out of her office.

After the opening credits, we see the shareholders’ meeting. Higgins introduces Roy to talk about the men’s team. Roy says, “Two wins, one loss, played like shit in all of them. We’ll see what fucking happens,” and then exits the podium. Higgins asks for questions, and one man asks Roy if he’s given any thought to what he’ll do when his contract expires at the end of the season. Roy says that it’s none of his business, ending all questions from the crowd.

Higgins then goes on to say that they will now be discussing the Richmond women’s team, and half of the audience gets up to leave. Rebecca stands up and demands that everyone sit down, and then Higgins introduces Keeley as the team’s chief marketing officer. Keeley says that the team has been three years in the making, and they are kicking things off with a friendly against Hayes and Yeading, to which someone calls out, “Who fucking cares?”

There are laughs, and then Keeley says that she cares, and she’s sure that others do as well. She explains that one of the sponsors for the men’s team, Pinter & Sons, will also be sponsoring the women’s team. Someone calls out that they won’t be around past a year, and when Keeley expresses confusion, they explain that the Higgins report going around online shows that it won’t last. This causes the crowd to get riled up, blaming the women’s team for Jamie Tartt leaving and taking resources away from the men. Keeley looks to Rebecca, who withheld the report from her.