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Dr. Sharon Fieldstone is a main regular and a recurring character featured in the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso. She is a sports psychologist who is brought in to help AFC Richmond player, Dani Rojas, after a tragic event during a penalty causes him to question whether “Football is life”. Once she worked with Dani, she starts working with other Richmond players who finds it beneficial. It is revealed that she is multilingual, as she speaks Spanish to Dani and French to Thierry Zoreaux.

History[]

The New Girl[]

AFC Richmond starts the Championship season with seven draws and Dani gets a penalty that could have given them the first win of the season. Unfortunately, a tragic event interrupts the penalty as AFC Richmond's mascot Earl runs after a bird near the goal post. As Dani kicks the ball, it hit the dog and killed it. The tragedy leaves Dani traumatized, so Leslie Higgins suggests to brings a sports psychologist, Dr. Sharon Fieldstone to help him with his trauma.

At first, Ted Lasso is surprised and reluctant that Higgins is planning to bring a psychologist to their club, because he had a bad experience with therapists especially during his separation with Michelle Lasso, but he finally agreed. When Sharon first arrives, she is not impressed with Ted and Coach Beard's antics regarding their superstitions. As Americans, both Beard and Ted are very superstitious regarding yips in sports and they a little bit put off by her cold demeanor and lack of humor.

After a few sessions, Dani manages to get better, and Higgins decides to hire Sharon for the remaining season to help other players. He gives up his own office so Sharon can occupy it, while he's sitting outside in the guest area. Ted is not happy that Higgins hired her for the rest of the season because he thought that she would only work on Dani, not the whole team.

Observant Doctor[]

Sharon chides Ted for barging into her office without knocking and said that she could have a session with a player. Ted apologizes and offers her a box of biscuits he made. At first she refuses but he insists that Sharon should try a bite, and while reluctantly take a piece, she notices that Ted starts to rambling about his life, which she finds interesting.

She notices that Ted rambles nonsense and being super nice as a way to connect to new people, and it makes sense to his personality because it's very disarming to others. Ted seems distraught that Sharon caught his persona, especially when she mentions that she will observes the training.

Sharon is surprised to see Sam Obisanya talks back to Ted angrily during the training but being assured that the situation is fine. She talks to Ted about the club and how wonderful the atmosphere in the workplace, and it seems everyone listen to everybody. Ted asks whether this is a 'if it ain't broke why fix it' situation, and she replies whether losing a lot of matches is actually 'ain't broke' situation. She acknowledge Ted that it must be hard to be the head coach and manager, and sometimes they have to make difficult decisions for the good of the club.

The next day, Sharon introduces herself to Rebecca Welton and Keeley Jones but everyone is distracted by a commotion in the field where they see Jamie Tartt arrives, even though everyone expressed their displeasure of his incoming.

As "Led Tasso" Ted is acting like a mean coach to the team. His behavior is uncharacteristically weird as he yells, screams, and punishes the players the whole day. Jamie tells him to stop yelling at everyone, which prompts the coach to cancel the practice. The team mates thanked Jamie quietly except Sam, and Sharon observes that Ted is pretending to be mean so everyone make him the common enemy instead of Jamie.

In Session[]

Keeley has enough of Jamie talking about how he's being treated bad by the rest of team, so she pushes him to Sharon's office. At first, Jamie is reluctant but realizes that he likes the idea of blabbering and talking about himself while Sharon listens.

Meanwhile, after losing a match, Isaac McAdoo yells at Jan Maas for having a bad defense. Ted, however, tells everyone about the 'RomCommunism' philosophy; believing everything's going to work out in the end. Sharon notices this and write down the whole thing but seems disagree with his philosophy. Before a match, Sharon asks how Ted feels but he rambles about terrors and screams of his friends, which makes her deduct that the coach is under pressure. She offers to speak to him whenever he needs help, but he decline her offer.

Sharon also councils Colin Hughes who is feeling insecure by helping him gain some confidence using the mantra "I'm a strong and capable man".

However, when Ted has to leave the FA Cup quarter-final game against Tottenham Hotspur because of his panic attack, he goes into Sharon’s office and wait for her. She is shocked to see Ted in her office and immediately sees that he is very distressed and quietly asks whether he's okay, which his only reply is "I want to make an appointment."

Initially, Ted is very dubious about seeing Sharon and storms out of an early session, citing how Sharon and other therapists don't care about their patients and only do it for the money. Sharon says to Ted in a later session that she took offence to this, citing that Ted would coach for free but he does not, and she also the same with him. Ted apologised, and they continue their sessions. Sharon cites that she cannot be his mentor without occasionally being his tormentor if they want to get to the roots of his problems, which Ted likes because of the puns.

The Shrink and The Coach[]

Sharon is chatting to her own therapist Bridget on the phone about Ted. Her therapist thinks that Sharon and Ted shares a lot of similarities: Ted is using his humor to deflect, while Sharon is using her intelligence to alienate people. While she is riding her bicycle to go to work, she is hit by a car and sends to a hospital with a concussion.

Ted picks her up from the hospital because apparently she voice-texted him while drugged and insulted him, which is amused him so much. The ER doctor mistaken Ted as her husband, which she denies vehemently, and states that they are just colleagues. Ted then shows the voice text where she was singing 'Tonight' from West Side Story, and it actually makes her smile. When they arrive at her flat, Sharon quickly ushers Ted out while he notices empty bottles of alcohols on the kitchen counter. She appreciates his phone call that night because he is checking up on her, and she reveals that she was scared today. Riding a bike was normally something she enjoyed and she is thankful that Ted is trying to cheer her up.

After Richmond's devastating loss against Manchester City F.C., James Tartt burst into the dressing room to gloat and starts making fun of his son's performance during the game. Jamie then proceeds to punch James in front of his teammates. The players are shocked and not able to do anything about it, while James is furious and tries to attack Jamie in retaliation, but he is bundled out of the dressing room by Beard, leaving a distressed Jamie to be comforted by Roy Kent. Ted can't stand the situation because it reminds him of his father who committed suicide and leave the locker room while calling Sharon.

Sharon thanked him for a new bike but immediately realizes that Ted is very depressed. He tells her via phone that his father killed himself when he was only 16 and wonders whether the problems originated from that event, which Sharon answered it definitely is. She asks whether he wants to talk about it right now, but he declines as he needs to be with his team.

Ted is getting ready to Rebecca's father's funeral when he suddenly has a panic attack and immediately called Sharon. She tells him to breathe and rushes to his flat. She councils him while Ted talks about his father; he blames his father for quitting and leaving his family, and it something that he determined not to do with his own life and work. Ted pours his heart out and tells the stories about his father. He cries and asks for a hug from Sharon, which she does. While crying, he asks her whether she's going to charge him for the session which she replies yes especially for a house-call.

Farewell, Doc[]

Ted arranges the team to have a dance choreography using the song "Bye Bye Bye" by N'Sync for Sharon's Going Away Party, and it was supposed to be a surprise. He goes to her office but finds Higgins, instead. He informs the coach that Sharon already left and she wrote letters to everyone. Ted angrily waits for her and confronts her when she arrives, and he demands to use the bathroom as he's been waiting for a while, he wants to pee. Inside her flat, he confronts her for leaving without saying goodbye. Ted cites that his father and his wife left him, and of all people, she should've known better. Sharon tells him to read the letter she wrote for him as she explains that she is bad with goodbyes and feel more comfortable writing letters instead. Ted reluctantly read the letter and so touched by it, he forgives her. Apparently, Sharon poured her heart in the letter and he is feeling good now, before runs to her bathroom to pee.

Beer

Both Sharon and Ted are having some beer at the The Crown & Anchor pub, and when Ted goes to the toilet, she is approached by Baz, Paul, and Jeremy who are pestering her about their dreams but Mae tell them to leave her alone. Mae then gives Sharon a note from Ted, and when she opens it, it only says "GOODBYE!". She also sees the glass of beer that she's about to drink contains a toy soldier, and while she stares at it in confusion, Mae offers her a new glass of beer that doesn't contain anything.

Sharon sends Ted a voice message to his phone after Trent Crimm's article about Ted's panic attack is published. She said that "The truth will set you free, but at first it will pissed you off." And then she said that she will be there for him if he needs anything.

The Return of The Doc[]

Sharon is contacted by Ted and she asks how he’s doing. Upon saying he is fine but feeling guilty about sending his son, Henry Lasso, on a flight by himself, Sharon asks Ted how Ted feels about the upcoming season. Sharon allots time for Ted to ask her some personal questions and then they end the call. Sharon walks into a room with a man and closes the door behind her.[1]

Colin Hughes mentions to Trent Crimm that Dr. Sharon Fieldstone helped him to realize what kind of man he is and the fact that he made a peace that he is gay; something that made him appreciate the doctor's help more.

The doctor hasn't been seen for the whole season until the last episode where she is watching the final match between Richmond and West Ham United F.C.. She is watching the match by herself and very tense whenever Richmond failed to score a goal. When Richmond finally wins the match, Sharon is jumping up and down on her couch, happily watching the team celebrating the winning.

She is last seen being promoted to Richmond's Head of Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being, and having a therapy session with Roy Kent. She is showing him a little green soldier toy given by Ted which makes Roy smiles.

Notes[]

  • Sharon mentions that she doesn't eat sugar because it would make her hyper and rambles until she passes out.
  • She doesn't like to be called 'doc' but she let Ted called her that.
  • Her favorite book is The Prince of Tides.
  • Sharon apparently hates tea, just like Ted.
  • Actress Sarah Niles's role has been reduced to recurring instead of the main cast in season three and no longer received an intro credit.
  • Dr. Sharon's full name is Sharon M. Fieldstone - there is no mention what M stands for.

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