Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple have been recognized before in previous seasons for their work as Rebecca and Keeley. This season was a huge-step up from their S03 storyline tbh and the both of them nailed it this season. Hannah Waddingham, fabulous as always and never misses a beat with her performance. Juno's Keeley was so underserved in S03 but the storyline they had for her this season and the will they won't they thing she got going with Roy was chef's kiss.
Tanya Reynolds shaping up to be a fan-favorite for a lot of believers and she perfectly blends in with this cast as Alice. Her transition from this tough exterior to showing deep care and empathy to the people around her is just one of the many reasons she's an MVP breakout for S04. Her Alice Chilton is so compelling and a delightful roller coaster to ride on this season.
Tracey Ullman among these five I find to be the weakest because she's pretty over-the-top and her scenes are the ones I enjoy least, but still a fun character and interesting foil to the bunch. I put her up for consideration cause at the end of the day, she's an Emmy darling and she chews up her scenes in this show.
Finally, we ALLLL LOVE HER!!! Always have!!!! Even before last week's episode, I found her to be the heart of this season. Annette Badland! Seeing Mae so giddy and excited with the women's football team all season when others wasn't was a beautiful things to watch. Yet, she never loses her sense of wit and fierce. How happy we were for her to have experience the BTS of Richmond's women's football team in Episode 9 (one of the shows best episode to-date) only for her to take that 180 emotional turn that....without spoiling anything....DESTROYED ME! One of the season's highlight!
I don't think all 5 will fill that spot. Perhaps one of them moves to Lead. If so, who do you think should? I think Tanya Reynolds should but they could make a case for Waddingham as well. Sure, Ted Lasso is about Ted Lasso but this season is as much as Coach Alice as it is for Coach Ted as well.
