Goodbye Earl (Ted Lasso)

It is the 11th overall episode of the series and was written by main cast member Brendan Hunt and directed by supervising producer Declan Lowney.

In the episode, Dani's enthusiasm for soccer dies when he accidentally kills the club's mascot during a game, forcing Ted to hire a psychiatrist for help.

AFC Richmond is now midseason in the EFL Championship, hoping to eventually earn a promotion to the Premier League, having tied every game of the season.

The incident causes Dani to feel guilt-ridden and lose confidence in his skills, having nightmares and being unable to score a single goal during training.

That night, Roy joins his yoga group for a watch party of Lust Conquers All (a Love Island-style reality show).

"[3] Keith Phipps of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Something about Ted Lasso struck a chord of the sort last sounded by The Good Place.

It did so without resorting to easy lessons or simple moralizing, and in Ted it found an avatar of goodness who was both unmistakably, goofily human and a man of unexpected complexity.

"[4] Becca Newton of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Ted Lasso is back, but is it better than ever?

"[6] Christopher Orr of The New York Times wrote, "Last season was loaded with foils for Ted: Rebecca, of course, but also Jamie, and in their different ways, Roy, Higgins and Nate.

The site wrote, "There's something magical — nay, poetic — about the way Brett Goldstein delivers Roy Kent's filthiest lines on Ted Lasso.

Take, for instance, when he angrily conveyed to girlfriend Keeley that he didn't want to accept a job as a 'f–king football pundit' for Sky Sports ('I'd rather s–t out my own f–king mouth than do that f–king s–t!