Co-writer Brett Goldstein also confirmed a popular fan theory that the Apple TV+ series was inspired by The Wizard Of Oz, and more recently addressed the show’s upcoming revival with a light-hearted anecdote.
“I have a friend that I went to university with, and I think about this a lot,” he explained on the Wild Card podcast (via Deadline). “He had a cat that died. He loved his cat, and the cat was run over, and they buried the cat, buried it.
“He was a child. They buried the cat in the garden, and he lay in bed so sad, so upset and crying, and he prayed and he prayed and he wished. ‘I wish the cat would come back.’ And then the cat did come back, and it turned out the cat they buried wasn’t their cat. And I think about that all the time.”
He continued: “And so, I’m like, no wonder this guy is fucked in the head, because he thinks death isn’t real, so of course he’s insane. He’s such a weird guy, cause he thinks he can bring things back from the dead.”
In an April 2023 interview with NME, cast member Nick Mohammed was asked about a possible Ted Lasso season four, and said: “Whether it will end, whether it’ll be a film [next], whether there’ll be a break and then season four, I don’t know.”
Now, given co-creators Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly initially planned the series to run for three seasons, Goldstein said he felt in a similar position to his friend.