Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way 4k Ultra HD

“In a bitter divorce settlement from her billionaire husband, Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) becomes the new owner of AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League football team. She’s assisted by her director of communications Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift), who formerly worked for her husband. Her first order of business is to fire the team’s current manager and replace him with small-time American football coach Theodore “Ted” Lasso (Jason Sudeikis). Ted and his friend, assistant Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), cross the pond to take up the management of the team’s long, albeit modest, history. He gets to know the team, including salty team captain Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and top scorer Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster), but finds his first friend in the locker room is assistant Nathan Shelley (Nick Mohammed). Although he is nationally ridiculed for doing so, Ted works to change the team’s profound mediocrity. Richmond is about to change the way they’re doing things – now it’s the Lasso way.”

It’s hard to think of a show that arrived at a more perfect moment than Ted Lasso. Premiering during the height of the pandemic, when the world shut down, when people felt isolated, anxious, and uncertain, this unassuming series about an American football coach hired to run an English soccer club became something far bigger than anyone expected. What started as a fish-out-of-water comedy evolved into one of the most heartfelt, human, and genuinely uplifting shows of the past decade.

Created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, Ted Lasso blends comedy and emotion with surprising sincerity. Bill Lawrence, in particular, has always had a gift for mixing humor with real emotional weight (Scrubs being the obvious comparison), and that same DNA runs through Ted Lasso. You can feel it not just here, but in what came after, with Shrinking continuing that tradition of empathy-driven storytelling. These shows thrive on the kindness in storytelling. They don’t mistake cynicism for intelligence, and that alone makes them feel radical in today’s television landscape.

What truly sets Ted Lasso apart is its character development. Over the course of three seasons, nearly every character grows in ways that feel organic, earned, and deeply personal. Ted himself starts as an endlessly optimistic presence, but the show smartly peels back the layers, allowing vulnerability, anxiety, and self-doubt to coexist with positivity. Rebecca, Roy, Keeley, Jamie, Nate, they all begin in familiar archetypes, only to evolve into fully realized people. By the end of the series, these characters don’t just feel like fictional creations, they feel like people you know. Like coworkers who became friends. Like family.

That’s the magic trick Ted Lasso pulls off so effortlessly. It earns your emotional investment. Not just the laughs, which come easily and often, but the more sincere and emotional moments, the conversations about mental health, purpose, forgiveness, and self-worth, are what stays with you long after the show ends. The show never preaches, never feels manipulative. It simply believes that people are capable of growth, and that belief becomes contagious. It inspires, just as the coach inspires the team, he inspires the audience. In a time when the world often felt dark and divided, the Ted Lasso way is empathy.

Video

Presented in 2160p Ultra High Definition, complete with Dolby Vision, Ted Lasso looks excellent in 4K. The HDR grading adds depth and vibrancy to the series’ visual palette, from the bright greens of the stadium to the warm interiors of pubs and locker rooms. Fine detail is noticeably improved: facial expressions, textures in clothing, and background details all benefit from the increased resolution. It maintains a clean, polished look that looks even better than it did streaming.

Audio

The audio is present in DTS Master Audio 5.1. These tracks are clean, balanced, and immersive. Dialogue, the heart of the show, is crystal clear, while crowd noise during matches and ambient sounds fill the soundstage nicely. Music cues, whether it’s the iconic opening theme or more subtle emotional beats, are well mixed and given room to breathe.

Special Features

This 4k set comes in a large slip, which houses three cases, each containing the discs for the respective season. While a lot of television shows these days offer horrible disc management, often discs stored on top of each other, this set will please any collector, not only for the ease of access, but the individual case artwork for each season.

As far as bonus features go, there are none. I am not entirely sure if any bonus material exists for the show; any type of commentaries, interviews, or behind-the-scenes featurettes, but given the impact of the show, especially during the pandemic, this would have been a great choice to produce something for this set.

Ted Lasso is more than just a great TV show, it’s a reminder of what storytelling can be when it leads with heart. It arrived during a time when people needed comfort, laughter, and reassurance, and it delivered all three, and then some. The characters grow, the themes resonate, and by the end, saying goodbye feels genuinely emotional.

This 4K release of Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way is a celebration of everything the show stands for: kindness, empathy, growth, and belief, not just in winning, but in people.

While the Blu-ray release of this set was released back in July, this upgraded 4k set makes this look even better. If you didn’t pick this up already, the 4k set was definitely worth the wait, especially to rewatch before the fourth season.

AV Entertainment provided us with a copy of Ted Lasso for review, which if interested, you can purchase here.