The narrative seems to be that Jamie's ~prick~ side is a remnant of his father (and therefore implicitly that his father's influence was positive in some ways) while his ~mr. fucking humble good teammate bullshit~ is a remnant of Georgie, but I like to think it's all Georgie all the way down. Two generations of reformed mean girls
I know it was meant to be a joke, but it kind of breaks my heart that S2 Jamie thinks the best way to make friends is to buy all his teammates PS5s. The way his logoc
Like he really thinks his likeability is tied to his talent, money and looks. The way he says what better thing to spend money on than love just screams to me low self value.
I really think he struggled to make friends his whole life and most of the people who came in his life like him for his talent, star potential and what he could do for them.
Which means when Zava comes along in season 3 he probably legit thought he was going to lose all his friends. Now, they didn't need him on the pitch. So now I just want to give him a great big hug.
His S3 storyline really helps him learn what true friendship is.
Jamie tartt. my son. i could talk about him for hours. the way his first instinct was to flinch when dani went for a high five. the way he tried so hard to impress his dad and yet all his dad had to do/say was point out his flaws and what he did wrong, not what he did good. the way he wasn’t shocked when ted looked away and left after seeing what his dad did (not Ted hate at all) because he was used to people turning a blind eye. the way he looked so scared after the woman had spoken to him at the charity auction. the way he was jealous of henry and ted and Sam and Ola, because he wants a relationship liek that eith his dad. the way he cries. the way he clings to him mum. the way young jamie idolised roy kent only for them to (temporarily) hate eachother. the way he ran off to be on a reality tv show just to get away from his dad. the way young Jamie would’ve looked up to his dad and start to resent his mum for not letting him see his dad, until his dad started coming around more and showing his true colours. the way he hangs his head like a child when he gets shouted at. the way he tries so hard to be the best. the way he is my son. the way I cannot deal. and yes he is a grown man but idc. im this way with every one of those grown fictiinal footballers. they are all my sons.
The two episodes that showed us the chasm of difference between Jamie's parents. And the catalyst for his incredible growth.
The two episodes that showed how important Roy Kent was - and continues to be - to Jamie Tartt. We knew from Season 1 that he had "a poster (of Roy) on his wall as a kid". But it wasn't until the penultimate episode of the entire series that we learned that Roy's poster was still on that wall. And "always remains", thank you, Simon (I still maintain that was the most sublime, most subtle shovel talk I've ever seen).
Will I ever stop being amazed and emotionally destroyed by this show?
Thinking about angry teenager Jamie who has been and pushing to try and provoke Simon and the man just WILL NOT RISE TO THE BAIT. He responds to every insult with a smile and no comment. Seems not to hear any sarcasm. Is constantly baking Jamie’s favorite things.
Finally, Jamie can’t hold in his anger and just shoves Simon with enough force to have him stumbling into the kitchen counter. And then he’s horrified. His dad would have responded with a punch or a slap. Likely more. But Simon just looks a bit sad and says “I’m not going to let you hurt me physically, Jamie. Do you need space or do you want to talk? You just let me know what you need.”
Roy staring in shock and horror at Jamie being cuddled by his mummy while he tells her all about his hair woes because Roy realizes that this will be his life now, the day before in the boot room was not a one-off thing, this is how it’s going to go whenever Jamie’s upset about something: he’s going to cling to Roy like a koala and Roy will be expected to pet his hair and say something encouraging and not tell him to fuck off and that’s some fucking insane bullshit, isn’t it, because Roy knows too, without a shadow of a doubt, that he’s going to do it.
Baby Jamie doesn't care about Santa (he's very naughty all the time and still always gets presents, so he figures Santa doesn't really give a shit what he does), so at some point when he's like 6 Georgie has to start threatening him with his favorite footballers a la Santa in order to get him to behave
So like he'll have a screaming crying throwing up temper tantrum over bed time and Georgie is like "hm. Roy Kent will be none too pleased to hear about this behavior." and Jamie JUMPS up like "DONT CALL ROY KENT" and she's like "Too late. I'm calling Roy Kent right now. I have him on speed dial." and holds her bedazzled 2004 flip phone (with hello kitty phone charm btw.) up to her ear, just absolutely acting her ass off like "Hello? Roy Kent? I need to speak to you about a very bad and naughty little lad." and in the blink of an eye Jamie is immediately like halfway across the house, pajamas on, teeth brushed etc.