The Reel Rejects - OFF CAMPUS Episode 7 & 8 - AN EMOTIONAL FINALE WITH BIG SURPRISES! -REVIEW

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Starting point is 00:02:11 It was very emotional time. What springs to mind for you? What are you feeling right now? What are you going to talk about that? What do you think might happen or a reflection on the experience? What? Okay. Let me think.

Starting point is 00:02:23 I mostly had a lot. It was emotional. I didn't cry like Gregory. But I did feel like one of the most meaningful scenes within this is, when she tells her, you're the friend. I knew that all along. Like, I just, I love that moment

Starting point is 00:02:45 and they were cutting back and forth by by basically, you know, Graham also finding Logan, right, being close to him again, finding that friendship. And, you know, Hannah being able to fall into Allie, it's about, like, the trust and the friendship that they're showing here. I mean, that just, it meant a lot.

Starting point is 00:03:05 lot to me. Like I thought that that was just, I thought it was great. But in terms of like the show overall, I think it's brilliant and very exciting. They made us wait till the last episode to really get to see her song and her sing a whole thing. And it was worth it. And most of the time, sometimes you're like, I don't know if this is, that was it, baby. Like I'm talking about yes, yes, Yes. And also the whole thing with like him and his dad, I got really, really scared. But I think the best thing for him was to walk away from his dad. And I think that them, them separating, going their separate ways, living their lives, finding things that they could do independently of each other and then coming back around to each other at the end just makes it a better story. And I like, I can't wait.

Starting point is 00:04:04 yeah yeah i thought this uh show got better better as it went totally and like evolved into it's just interesting because like the first half of it is like a romantic comedy you know it's like kind of the whole thing's like the romantic comedy plot line it's the let's pretend to be dating thing but usually they end up doing the whole i love you thing at the very end and this managed to do that in like the first four episodes and then take a more realistic turn. Like there was already some realism there, but they took a more realistic turn as it progressed in the latter half with more mature things of like, hey, you know, like we get a lot of things of like men who sleep around and I like to have fun, but then they find a girl and they

Starting point is 00:04:50 fall in love with them and they're not going to be no manhors anymore. And it was like kind of cool to see a story about a girl of Ali learning to just be independent and learn how to just have fun. you don't really get much of that out there and have a female perspective on it is enlightening. But really the stuff with Hannah and Garrett being a relationship

Starting point is 00:05:15 that's built on support and trust is a hard thing to come by. I like how it does the thing where all these rom-coms towards the finale. No, we're not going to be together and they come together in the finale. But this was layered

Starting point is 00:05:30 in something really rich and real and nuanced. It wasn't just doing the plot beat. Correct. It was that the exact thing that I was like saying, I think in like episode five of like, yeah, honeymoon phase is like actually easy. But what happens when your past trauma start to come out in your relationships and how do those, and how did those, that's the part where couples have a hard time. Now this is like on a maximum exposure level.

Starting point is 00:05:55 You know, she's like encountering the person who previously assaulted her how to handle that. He's dealing with his father who was in the crowd. Like this is like, and they're like kind of famous. So there's this whole like, it's maximum exposure. Totally. But, um, you know, when the blow up happens of them feeling like because of the pains that were inflicted on them, they sabotage and ruin everything. What's happening, they are like, there's that thing where you feel like cursed that

Starting point is 00:06:22 they're contending with. And the thing that got me with Hannah, especially is something I'm not going to be that descriptive about is because. I like the way how Garrett said it. It's not my story to tell. And I'm like, that's exactly a situation. I'm like, it's not my story to tell. And there's people I very much care about.

Starting point is 00:06:43 So, yeah, let's keep it at that. Like, that where it like, I don't know, like you hear, you hear that thing of, nope, I'm going to pull it together right now. You get it. Give me a second. Is that, is that I got this. I appreciate you, Tara. Thank you.

Starting point is 00:07:02 Tara might make a lot of jokes about her. She's a really nice person. So the, it's one thing to like get information from someone, you know. And then you see like a storytelling version of it, it suddenly becomes like kind of enlightening of like, whoa, I now get it on a more emotional level when you're,

Starting point is 00:07:22 when you feel like you're peering behind and seeing what the processing might feel like. So when the flashes go off, I'm like, oh, I never saw it like that. and yeah it was just like it was really moving to see that and with Garrett though you know like I've had that where you don't want to be like your dad but you feel like everything I'm doing is becoming like my dad so when they broke up and they were individuals it was really cool that they managed to still support each other but find their way to the growth on their own and do the

Starting point is 00:07:58 ultimate thing is this about like what is your boundary on letting people in and can you find those people who like give you space to do that. Like we were talking about with Ali, giving her space, she could have said, like, I know it's you. That,

Starting point is 00:08:13 though, would undermine her experience by doing that, by making it about, because then it becomes about, like, Ali figuring it out, not so much about Hannah's turn.

Starting point is 00:08:21 And for Garrett to, like, go to his best friend and confide in him. And then also realize, like, what a selfish leader he's been by not trusting.

Starting point is 00:08:32 This is a lot of, like, mirrors. holding up in reflection. So yeah, that was like kind of a beautiful experience. It started off like, this is really fun. It's like, whoa, this is really like fucking meaningful. And if you really like pay attention, it's really powerful shit.

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Starting point is 00:10:54 body once again. I agree because once they give you a peek behind the curtain you know it's anybody who deals with like PTSD and any traumatic event, you do see flashes of that that hold you back from being who you really are, which is like, her song is like, well, the girl I used, like the girl that I am today is the girl is from the girl that I used to be, which means that, yeah, everything that has happened to you brought you to where you are today. Like, whether it's good or bad,

Starting point is 00:11:26 it made you who you are at this current moment in time. So I, I think that in showing us how she got to that point, that it's, it's not, it's not easy. And she had to ask for help and she did get help. And even with all the help, it still is not, it's not easy after the fact. You're still dealing with the fallout of pain from that type of experience for really anybody walking through life is everybody is dealing, I think, with flashes of stuff. that is like that, that's painful to deal with. But I think when you look at it in the light that, you know, Hannah did through her song, which is, you know, the girl that I am is due to the girl that I used to be.

Starting point is 00:12:16 And I really like that because I think that everyone can take that. That's like the person you are right now is from everything that came before, period, full stop. And but I think the way that this show is able to show us that. does it in a really graceful and beautiful way. And especially through songwriting, because music is the heart of the soul, it touches you in a deeper way than it would be with words.

Starting point is 00:12:43 We did get some of her words and her explaining it to us, which I'm grateful for, that she was able to open up about that terrible experience and just say it out loud. Because some people still have problems, saying it out loud, right?

Starting point is 00:12:58 Yeah. And so this show gives us an example. of someone who is sharing that experience with the people closest around her and the people she trusts. And it's the same with Garrett. It's the same with his dad. It's still, it's the same PTSD. And the guy that he is now is everything that came before. And now he is finding the love in hockey without his father's whole idea of his father being attached to it.

Starting point is 00:13:26 I think is where the love comes from. But prior to that, it was linked. and it was linked with just a dirty memory, which he doesn't need. He can dump it in the trash and move on and be like, you know, I think once I can get rid of that, I do love being on the ice

Starting point is 00:13:43 and I do love hockey, and it is because of the team. And now they both have a team of people with them that they can trust and love and to bring them forward, which I love. Yeah, it's really well said. It's really well said. On top of that, too,

Starting point is 00:13:58 it's just like a really well, everything's just really well written. It's really well written and well directed. And man, the actors are all so good. Like they, they, it reached the point where I was like,

Starting point is 00:14:12 I feel like I'm just watching, like there's something not, not everyone, but most of them, I would say, I feel like I'm just watching people behave. Exactly. You know,

Starting point is 00:14:19 like instead of people act. Right. Sometimes you still can see like choices happening. But here I'm like, I'm just watching people be. And it was really like, cool to witness. That is the ultimate goal, just a B.

Starting point is 00:14:32 And I thought it was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful ending. The fucking, what do you know, that's what's, I feel, I asked, I did ask Olivia,

Starting point is 00:14:42 because I know Bridgerton does a, like a trope, like a, like a romantic trope. Like this one is, let's pretend to date. And Bridgerton does like a, like a romantic trope every season

Starting point is 00:14:54 has the kicking off point. And she said that this season does, this show, the off campus series does that too. Like every book is some type of trope that they're riffing off of first. Really? Yeah. So that's what this first season was.

Starting point is 00:15:06 So I wonder if like Bridgeton, if they'll focus on like other, if it'll be like Allie mainly and Dean in the next one or something. Like I'm not sure. That makes me really excited because I freaking love Bridgeton. Yeah. Like and I do like how they handle the story because I know how that that moves along. It moves from different characters. So like if we do move to where we're talking about Allie. and St. Clair 28 abs plus Dean,

Starting point is 00:15:31 sign me up. Or if new people come in, overall, I think the writing, I trust it, the actors I trust. And the one writing that I really, really loved, not a lot of writing, where they're at the booth, I'll just say this, where he's talking to him, and he goes, yeah, but you know, man, you're like, and he just sat there and he goes, yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:56 And you're like, that's all we needed. him to just say, yeah, we already know everything he's saying. That is the kind of writing that I love because it's in the subtext. Trust your audience to know, like, please don't give us all the X. Like, we don't need it all written out. And I love it. Yeah, very well said. And I also want to shout out, whoever played Hannah's mom.

Starting point is 00:16:19 That was really cool. Man, when she said, like, you feel guilty. You must have known something wrong. I'm like, wow, what a call. Like, that fucking, like, got to me. Oh, God. Yes. Because that's such a, it's, like, I gotta remember that if I like, because I'm so, I can feel so, especially in like traumatic triggering situations when you're feeling guilty. You have to like ask yourself like, did I do something wrong? Or am I just feeling guilty?

Starting point is 00:16:41 I love that. That was such a, that was a really great. Like how supportive she was in that moment too. Yeah, it was, it was such a good response of like, well, what did you do wrong? Yeah. Wow. I had never, I wouldn't think to ask that to prove. the point to say you didn't do anything wrong. Yeah. Very true. And I thought that was brilliant. Well, guys, thank you so much for this experience. Thank you for being here.

Starting point is 00:17:09 Thanks, Olivia, again. I'll see you at home. And thank you guys for checking us out. And then, you know, we got other shit to cover as well. We'll see what is in store for the rest of 2026. Appreciate you, Tara. Peace out, guys.

The Reel Rejects - OFF CAMPUS Episode 7 & 8 - AN EMOTIONAL FINALE WITH BIG SURPRISES! -REVIEW

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