Nothing beats a cheerful holiday episode in the summertime, am I right? “Ted Lasso” stans know exactly what I mean. As you read this, you may still be riding the festive-season sugar rush of “Don’t Jump Around Much Anymore,” possibly the best installment of a fourth season that’s taken its sweet time to tighten up its plays. You may recall that this show pulled this stunt before. This time the action takes place on New Year’s Eve, but let’s tally the gift bounty anyway.
The Lady Greyhounds, AFC Richmond’s recently minted women’s football team for which the irrepressibly upbeat Ted (Jason Sudeikis) emerged from retirement to coach, are starting to improve. Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) is recovering from his post-breakup funk. Greyhounds owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) still has the love of her flying Dutchman Matthijs (Matteo van der Grijn).
