Ted Lasso has seemingly effortlessly found its new Roy Kent in Season 4. Alice Chilton fills much of the role that Roy previously played alongside Ted in Apple TV's Emmy award-winning series: she is serious, skeptical of his methods, and much less interested in his relentless optimism than the people already (somewhat) used to it.
The Kent-Chilton comparison has limits, but those differences also help explain why Alice works so well as a character. Roy remains very much part of the show, it's just that he no longer spends much of his time alongside Ted because the two are now coaching different AFC Richmond teams, both of which will be playable in EA Sports FC 27. Alice has instead become Ted's new foil within his own coaching staff, challenging his methods from close range and giving Season 4 a new version of one of the show's most reliable sources of humor: clashes between sharply contrasting personalities.
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The resemblance was apparent before the show had much time to develop Alice. Apple TV's promotional material for Ted Lasso Season 4 repeatedly emphasized the contrast between her stern demeanor and Ted's cheerfulness, while the opening episodes quickly established her lack of patience for his approach. Even so, Ted immediately convinced her to stay on as his assistant after she missed out on the head coaching job, despite having already coached Richmond's women's team before his arrival.
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