In Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, Phil Dunster performs Jamie Tartt, an bold but smug soccer participant for AFC Richmond and later Manchester Metropolis. In the course of the first season, Jamie repeatedly clashed with Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), however he appeared to take Ted’s classes to coronary heart towards the top of the season.
In the beginning of the second season, Jamie seems as a contestant on a fictional actuality relationship present known as Lust Conquers All. In an interview with TechRadar, Dunster defined why Jamie is on a actuality TV present in Ted Lasso as an alternative of enjoying soccer.
[Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for season 2 of Ted Lasso.]
Jamie Tartt is presumably struggling in ‘Ted Lasso’
All through the primary season of Ted Lasso, Jamie and Ted clashed as a result of Jamie was not a crew participant. After Ted started to make some progress with Jamie, he was returned to play for Manchester Metropolis.
Within the season 1 finale of Ted Lasso, Jamie determined to cross the ball as an alternative of scoring himself, leading to Manchester Metropolis beating AFC Richmond. This selection by Jamie confirmed that he took a few of Ted’s classes with him even after leaving.
“Jamie spent the first season tussling with emotional growth and doing some emotional heavy lifting for the first time in his life,” Dunster informed TechRadar. “His shift in location [back to Manchester City] means that he’s no longer around those people who were helping him try to grow.”
As a result of Jamie is now not surrounded by the assist system he had when he performed for AFC Richmond, Dunster thinks the character is at a “crossroads” in season 2 of Ted Lasso.
“I think by doing that [emotional growth] on his own, by this point, he’s been trying too hard and he’s tired of doing it, and that’s one of the reasons why we see him at this crossroads [in his life],” he stated.
Jamie is perhaps ‘stepping away’ from soccer
The primary episode of season 2 of Ted Lasso is titled “Goodbye Earl.” Jamie isn’t seen for practically your entire episode. On the finish of “Goodbye Earl,” a newly retired Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) joins his yoga group to look at Lust Conquers All, a actuality present that parodies the real-life TV present Love Island.
As they watch the present, Jamie seems and brags about being some of the well-liked contestants on the present. To Roy’s chagrin, his mates love Jamie.
Talking with TechRadar, Dunster hinted that Jamie is briefly “stepping away” from soccer within the second season of Ted Lasso.
“Jamie’s at this place now where he’s trying these different avenues,” Dunster stated. “Maybe he feels like he couldn’t continue to do all that work on his own [without Ted]. Perhaps he’s stepping away from football and maybe trying something that is less to do with his talent.”
Jamie will proceed to develop as a character in ‘Ted Lasso’
Based mostly on what Dunster informed TechRadar, it appears that evidently Jamie is misplaced as a character due to his conflicting journey from the primary season. Nevertheless, Dunster assured TechRadar that Jamie will proceed making an effort to develop all through the second season of Ted Lasso.
Dunster stated, “You’ll see a more emotionally evolved character [in season 2]. I think Jamie will continue to tussle with his issues as we go forward and, just maybe, start to understand that the work is rarely finished.”
Season 2 episode 2 of Ted Lasso will probably be out there to stream on Apple TV+ on July 30.
