In early February 2024, Jason Sudeikis convened the writers of Ted Lasso in Ojai, California. At his urging, the show had aired its third and purportedly final season a year or so earlier, but now he was having second thoughts. “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know if it’s done,’ ” says the creator and star. So, he gathered everyone at the Ojai Valley Inn to see whether there was more story to mine.
By then, a few different ideas for potential spinoffs had been bandied about. Brett Goldstein and co-creator Joe Kelly had started working on an idea about former captain Roy Kent, while another two staffers played around with one about the character Keeley Jones. Even Sudeikis says he was toying with both a Leslie Higgins cartoon and a Dani Rojas telenovela. But his Notes app was also increasingly full of ideas for a continuation of the mother ship, and, at that point, he wanted to see where everyone else was at.
Sudeikis: Thom Sweeney suit, shirt, and tie; Comme Si socks; Jaeger LeCoultre watch; Louis Vuitton shoes. Waddingham: Sandro suit; Argent shirt; stylist’s own tie; David Webb ring; Jennifer Fisher hoops; Type Jewelry huggies; Gianvito Rossi shoes. Temple: Gabriela Hearst suit; stylist’s own shirt, tie; Nickho Rey jewelry; Daccori shoes.
