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Digital Trends
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Here's what Ted Lasso season 4 needs to do to succeed
Filming for the fourth season of the hit Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso, has finally begun, building hype for what the show has in store for audiences with its new episodes. It has already been revealed that Ted Lasso season 4 will see the titular character reunite with his pals at AFC Richmond and return to London to coach a women's football team. This upcoming season will mark a long-awaited return to one of the most beloved TV shows in recent memory. It's anyone's guess how Ted Lasso will continue the stories of Ted and his friends at Richmond, especially since the season 3 conclusion — the original series finale — seemingly wrapped everything up. It's unknown how the fourth season and its new story will rank amongst the rest of this Emmy Award-winning series. Whatever happens, Ted Lasso season 4 needs to accomplish a lot to improve upon the show's past mistakes, appeal to longtime fans, and succeed once more on streaming. Ted Lasso needs a focused narrative When Ted Lasso began, the show's primary focus was on the development of Ted, Rebecca, Nate, Keeley, Roy, and Jamie. As the series progressed, it focused on many more supporting characters in AFC Richmond and gave them more prominent roles in the story. With its third season, Ted Lasso explored too many characters and plotlines separate from the main arc. Consequently, the show veered off in many directions. Some episodes showed very little of Ted Lasso. Recommended Videos That isn't to say that this approach hasn't worked in the past. The season 2 episode Beard After Hours dedicated roughly 40 minutes to Coach Beard, exploring his mysterious and surreal private life with a tone and style that fit the character and provided an interesting change of scenery. However, these kinds of tangent stories became more prevalent in the third season, to the point that Ted Lasso seemed to be presenting many different shows in one. Ted Lasso season 4 should go back to basics by focusing on Ted and the returning characters trying to connect with their new football team. While the show will focus on multiple characters and their arcs, it should ensure that these subplots don't stray too far from the main path. This could make the new season especially jarring for audiences accustomed to the characters and story from the show's first three seasons. The show must balance new and old characters Ted Lasso season 3 presented multiple arcs for the characters at AFC Richmond and their loved ones. This approach fleshed out a lot of the show's world and helped bring some closure for everyone by the time the season ended. Nevertheless, the way season 3 tried to resolve every storyline within the time it had, particularly in the finale, felt rushed and unearned. In addition to not juggling too many storylines at once, Ted Lasso needs to make sure its characters develop at a natural pace. Storylines should not be forced. Since season 3 was meant to wrap up the characters' journeys together, their actions in season 4 shouldn't be made just for the sake of continuing the series. Season 4 must feature steady storylines Ted Lasso season 3 presented multiple arcs for the characters at AFC Richmond and their loved ones. This approach fleshed out a lot of the show's world and helped bring some closure for everyone by the time the season ended. Nevertheless, the way this season tried to resolve all these storylines with the time it had, particularly in the finale, came across as rushed and unearned. In addition to not juggling too many storylines at once, Ted Lasso needs to make sure its characters develop at a natural pace. Their storylines also shouldn't be forced upon them with this series renewal. Since season 3 was meant to wrap up the characters' journeys together, their actions in season 4 shouldn't be made just for the sake of continuing the series. The show must maintain its sense of hope and optimism When it first aired in 2020, Ted Lasso shared a heartwarming message about the importance of love, faith, friendship, and self-care. This made it a beloved, much-needed show after COVID brought so much death, isolation, and hardship. Though the show's later seasons got more intense with how it explored mental illness, trauma, and parental abuse, the characters became more engaging and relatable. Given how depressing the modern world still is since the end of season 3, it seems more crucial than ever for Ted Lasso to come back with more uplifting stories to inspire audiences and help them believe in themselves and the show. Stream Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Hilb Group Acquires Florida-Based Full Service Agency, Expands Upon Market Presence
RICHMOND, Va., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilb Group announced today that it has acquired a Florida-based full service insurance agency. The acquisition took effect July 1, 2025, expanding upon the company's product and service offerings in the Florida market. About Hilb Group: The Hilb Group is a leading property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Hilb Group is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. Hilb Group seeks to grow through strategic acquisitions and by leveraging its resources and expertise to drive organic growth in its acquired agencies. The company has completed more than 190 acquisitions with over 125 offices in 32 states. Hilb Group is rated as one of the Fastest Growing Brokers by Business Insurance, a Top P/C Agency by Insurance Journal, and one of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Inc. 5000. For more information on Hilb Group's growth as well as career opportunities, please visit our website at Media Contact:Peter Lobred 804.548.4629 plobred@ M&A Contact: Ryan Havermann 804.414.6508rhavermann@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE The Hilb Group, LLC Sign in to access your portfolio
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Pool that produced Olympic swimmer could close permanently
It is the community pool in a Yorkshire market town that produced an Olympian and numerous national-level users of Richmond Leisure and Wellbeing Hub have said they are worried that the sports centre's two pools may never reopen after they were temporarily closed due to structural Yorkshire Council, which runs the facility under its Active North Yorkshire banner, has invited the public to have their say on its future following the partial collapse of the building's pools were shut in April and the council is considering options including repair work, alternative uses or a permanent closure of the centre. Residents, school leaders and local swimming clubs said the pools were a vital part of the community and they were "prepared to fight for them".Richmond Dales Swimming Club secretary Jenny Hinde, whose three children have all used the centre, said the closure was having a "massive impact" on performance and wellbeing for their 170 Hinde added: "The fact they're even thinking about the future of the pools in terms of the potential of closing them is just really worrying."We've got 12 swimmers going to English national championships across our para, open water and pool squads this summer. That is something that is worth being proud of and something that we should protect." Several world-class swimmers began their careers at Richmond, including Nicola Jackson-Murphy, who won medals at the World Swimming Championships and competed at the Sydney Olympics in Jackson-Murphy said: "So many people use the pools, especially with the town we live in having a river."There is another pool in Catterick but people aren't always able to travel there. With all the years I spent going up and down that pool as well, it's really sad." One of the schools which uses the facility is Richmond Methodist Primary, whose headteacher, Sharon Stevenson, said it was important that the town had a swimming added: "We can walk the children to Richmond and back, and we absorb the cost of swimming lessons within our budget at the moment. But if the community loses that resource we'll have to transport the children in buses, and will have to pass that cost onto parents." In the past four years, £2m has been spent on the building, including the installation of solar panels and a new heating system. Structural experts told the council that these works had not caused the ceiling collapse, but quoted a figure of £850,000 to replace the ceiling and fit a new air handling gym and cafe at the leisure hub have remained Simon Myers, executive member for culture, leisure and housing, said the opinions of pool users were added: "It's certainly not a question of a done deal. Nobody regrets us being in this position more than me. We knew there were issues here but we didn't know the scale of the issues."The survey on the council's website closes on 27 July and initial findings are expected to be considered by cabinet members in the autumn. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
How WA's border closures could have caused Perth's preschoolers to get sicker
WA's hard border closures caused more young children to be hospitalised with common viruses like the cold or flu, than pre-pandemic, according to one of Perth's top paediatricians. University of Western Australia's head of paediatrics, Professor Peter Richmond, says the state's COVID lockdowns meant viruses like influenza and RSV weren't circulating in the community, creating an immunity gap in young children. 'The restriction of transmission of viruses led to a deficit and development of natural immunity, so we then suddenly see these exposed children who have no immunity then getting sicker than they normally would,' he said. Richmond said when the borders reopened, an epidemic of winter viruses saw a rise in the number of young children admitted to Perth Children's Hospital with respiratory distress. Many experienced a symptom known as viral induced wheeze – also diagnosed as bronchiolitis in babies under the age of 1 – both triggering airways to swell up and constrict breathing, similar to asthma. Loading 'Sometimes with those children, even giving them ventolin and other forms of therapies, they end up in intensive care, and sometimes on a ventilator. And occasionally, young children with viral induced respiratory infections can even die,' Richmond said. Perth mum, Lisa Bentley-Taylor's twin four-year-old boys Arie and Luca, born in 2020, both experienced bronchiolitis when they first started daycare at 12 months old, and have since required multiple hospitalisations every winter. 'Generally, it's their oxygen levels that we struggle to get up and that's what keeps them in there for such prolonged periods of time,' she said.
The Age
a day ago
- Health
- The Age
How WA's border closures could have caused Perth's preschoolers to get sicker
WA's hard border closures caused more young children to be hospitalised with common viruses like the cold or flu, than pre-pandemic, according to one of Perth's top paediatricians. University of Western Australia's head of paediatrics, Professor Peter Richmond, says the state's COVID lockdowns meant viruses like influenza and RSV weren't circulating in the community, creating an immunity gap in young children. 'The restriction of transmission of viruses led to a deficit and development of natural immunity, so we then suddenly see these exposed children who have no immunity then getting sicker than they normally would,' he said. Richmond said when the borders reopened, an epidemic of winter viruses saw a rise in the number of young children admitted to Perth Children's Hospital with respiratory distress. Many experienced a symptom known as viral induced wheeze – also diagnosed as bronchiolitis in babies under the age of 1 – both triggering airways to swell up and constrict breathing, similar to asthma. Loading 'Sometimes with those children, even giving them ventolin and other forms of therapies, they end up in intensive care, and sometimes on a ventilator. And occasionally, young children with viral induced respiratory infections can even die,' Richmond said. Perth mum, Lisa Bentley-Taylor's twin four-year-old boys Arie and Luca, born in 2020, both experienced bronchiolitis when they first started daycare at 12 months old, and have since required multiple hospitalisations every winter. 'Generally, it's their oxygen levels that we struggle to get up and that's what keeps them in there for such prolonged periods of time,' she said.
