Ted Lasso (2020)/S1E3 · Trent Crimm: The Independent/Jamie's gift from Ted: The Beautiful and Damned
Ted Lasso · Season 1, Episode 3, "Trent Crimm: The Independent"
Jamie's gift from Ted: The Beautiful and Damned
Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster)
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What it tells you
Ted's gift to his star striker is an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel about a young man ruined by money and vanity. Book Riot reports Jamie unwraps it and throws it away. That's the fastest any player has ever confirmed a coach's point.
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The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1922 · novel
Fitzgerald's second novel, from 1922, follows Anthony and Gloria Patch as they wait on an inheritance and drink their way through the wait. It came out three years before Gatsby. Jamie took the short version of the lesson, which was to bin it.
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