The Reel Rejects - TED EPISODE 5 & 6 REVIEW – CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY WENT THERE! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

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Starting point is 00:00:14 Let's do it. Do it. You cry? I cried during that one scene. He's crying. I got some tears. I didn't like weep, but yeah. John, just cried a storm.

Starting point is 00:00:27 When she was out in the hall with the cheerleader girl, before that scene turned back. Oh, you cried a while ago. Yeah, I just cried a while ago. I mean, I got a lot. a little misty again at the end of this, but I had actual tears come out, yes for Dennis. Hey, that was this, these two

Starting point is 00:00:43 episodes had a really good blend of that thing that the TED Universe loves to do, which is like, let's do, okay, let's do a serious dramatic scene with these stupid circumstances. And like the, after all of the harshness

Starting point is 00:00:59 of the Maddie debate, once we got there, it was very touching between him and Dennis. So you like, you know, forgiving racist? I do like to forgive all of the racism and give them a pass and demand that they not change their behavior. Giving the racist character arcs, huh? That's right. That's where you come from.

Starting point is 00:01:18 I want nuance. I got enough nuanced people of color and, you know, queer people in my representation. I want some nuanced racist. Let's get some nuanced bigotry. That's what I say. It's what I say. Racist to change. Exactly.

Starting point is 00:01:33 We just got to hear everybody. They're the kind of people who would watch this show. Give everybody a platform. Seth MacFarlane values. Right and center. True. I mean, Seth MacFarlane is an interesting voice in the here and now because he has like the irreverence that a lot of. Sure.

Starting point is 00:01:50 He has a comedy that the right often says, we should bring comedy back. But he definitely has the values and messaging of the hardcore. And it's a good, it's a good, I think, actually. if you want to make an argument, like there's a functionality to that. Like, you might. Yeah, I get it. I love this show for it.

Starting point is 00:02:14 Yeah, I guess that's my humor. Yeah, definitely. But we can't have that as left. But I thought these were both, yeah. These were both touching. These were both touching and very, very funny. They were, man. Yeah, surprisingly.

Starting point is 00:02:27 Yeah. Are you crying, too? Nope. Okay. Yeah, yeah, I don't believe you, L.J. I saw you. you weeping during cars to the other day.

Starting point is 00:02:37 I saw you crying with an erection just now. That's right. I saw it. That's just weird. Yeah, don't think that I didn't see when you made eye contact and it went away. I caught him before it went away. Every time you cry,

Starting point is 00:02:49 here it ding under that table. Hung like a Trojan horse. My gosh. That's what they call LJ around here. On like a dump truck. LJ. Like a dump truck over here. Like Dennis?

Starting point is 00:03:01 Yeah. Yeah. Hey, guys, the full reaction watch along where you sink up with your own copy that's available for all you horn dogs at our patreon page. And also you can support the channel a little extra more if you wanted to get a T, rejectnation shop.com. Barcode here on screen.

Starting point is 00:03:18 Prep of team works hard to get these videos to you. So thank the good Lord Jesus Christ in the Combox for all their hard work. Thanks, Ted. Thanks, Ted. Thanks, Lord Ted. Thanks, Lord Ted. Man, we were saying when we were watching it, that I still. think good i mean i like the christmas episode that's fun but i i still think the um the fifth episode

Starting point is 00:03:39 yeah yeah the oh my god she's like my favorite character i can't recall her name right now susan god damn yeah yeah i think that susan episode it's funny because like the criticisms that were lamented towards that we had towards three and four while so funny that i was like oh this did the exact opposite. Like even more so than what we liked in one and two, they went like the extra mile this time to go way out of their way with the heart. Yeah. Especially when it comes to Maddie of what we were talking about, like it just kind of

Starting point is 00:04:15 seemed like in three and four, Maddie, just an abusive asshole. There was no heart. And this time they were like, no, he's got a heart. All of these. It's got there somewhere. Like way out of their way. Absolutely. It's like, oh, it seems like maybe the writing team.

Starting point is 00:04:28 did that intentionally actually that's like it's a whole piece to acknowledge that because if without three and four then five and six would not have hit as hard that's true so I was like ah it's actually pretty fucking cool yeah like in hindsight actually yeah yeah so why would

Starting point is 00:04:44 you say that five was is still your favorite would you say I still think it's my favorite mainly because yeah there's this deconstruction of Susan and then even like the the heartfelt like cheerleader moment um yeah Like I didn't expect it to go deep and and heartfelt.

Starting point is 00:05:04 But I just feel bad for Susan. And like she was almost like this, you know, auxiliary character that I was like, oh, yeah, she's just, you know, she's written as this housewife that is kind of adds some commentary. This quirky mom. Yeah. Is what you expect. Right, right. And then, yeah, she had her, her, you know, motivations or whatever. And then she stood up to Blair, which is.

Starting point is 00:05:28 pretty cool and like there was this recognition of she has her own agency and character even though it doesn't seem like that on the surface which i can appreciate but see like all this deconstruction i didn't expect to say this about a ted show like which i mean which is pretty cool i feel like especially in the ted universe it is like it's where seth macfarlane likes to overachieve right yeah absolutely um so yeah the fifth episode is is still my favorite The sixth episode, the Christmas one, I enjoyed, and as much as like it's really funny, I really enjoyed Maddie's conf, or apology. That got real and like, you know, recognizing that type of character in a, in today's society. And so, I mean, everything is so topically applicable today.

Starting point is 00:06:24 and I think Seth MacFarlane kind of To take it Place in the 90s You know He was saying something very Very very prominently So there was an appreciation for both of them But for sure episode 5

Starting point is 00:06:36 Yeah it was pretty sick I like it Yeah speaks more to our sensibilities man True That's true I think five I think five was so balanced In how

Starting point is 00:06:46 It really played it Really straight With like the drama of it And there was so much comedy but I never saw a joke coming. Yes. Every time there was a joke, it was so unexpected.

Starting point is 00:07:00 Right, right. That's why it says specifically, like, the balance is so good. Yes. Because it takes, it treats the moment so serious, but the seriousness never bogs it down. And somehow it just made it like that much funnier.

Starting point is 00:07:13 It was so, it was just so completely unexpected and heartfelt at the same time. I was really impressed with it because, yeah, they really elevated her character a lot and gave her more, gave her more agency and they kept the conversation nuance too like even if you just want to be a mom

Starting point is 00:07:29 and and service that like there's nothing actually wrong with that yeah yeah you know while still going after the independence and i noticed like both these episodes is the two that are the least john and ted focused actually you know and it's kind of like the heart of the show yet they they don't they don't really focus on that but it's like they even managed to get funnyness out of moments where you don't expect well like when the blonde girl started crying at how she's like when he was railing in her. Yes! Yes! It's like, this is such an

Starting point is 00:07:56 effective moment because I'm both affected by the drama of it, but also it's like fucking hilarious that she just starts crying. For some reason. Yeah, that's like a golden acting exercise because you just watch those tears

Starting point is 00:08:12 well up and start to fall. Yeah, like there's something about that that's so lovely. And like it is a nuance. It's like that's, I guess that's why that scene was affecting. because I was like, oh, this character is like so kind that they're reaching out to someone who they have absolutely no, like you could absolutely not

Starting point is 00:08:30 you know, take that opportunity and it just speaks to yeah, how good that characters. And I like that with Blair here, like, obviously, that's the modern sensibility that the show is injecting. But I do appreciate, like, not to be regressive, but I do think that in the modern time, and I'm not the first person to say this, obviously. But, you know, like, the...

Starting point is 00:08:52 the mindset that Blair is coming from, I feel like, is kind of the push. It's like, oh, you can do anything. And there's like a kind of undervaluing now of like if what you want to do is be a mother and be a caretaker, that's still beautiful. Yeah. You just shouldn't only be expected and allowed to do that.

Starting point is 00:09:10 Right. So it's like kind of neat that Susan can be like, no, no, no. I love this and this is my life and this is what I choose. Right. And, you know, that's valid also. Right. Yeah.

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Starting point is 00:11:03 Well, I think what they've been doing with Maddie, it's more, people often forget about American Dad. Like, American Dad is not just family guy. American Dad is probably more akin to this, where it is very, very, very. much focused on this one family and it's and it's uh there's not as many cutaways and everything like that and it's got more heart and this has like way more heart and i feel like with mattie it's a little bit more akin to stand in that show this like this like guy with very much right leaning values and comes from a different lifestyle but a lot of his sensitivity is because he's like hyper repressed

Starting point is 00:11:44 from all these things and they slowly start coming to the surface like a lot of it is him acting out and projecting but then we really break it down he's not not so much the as terrible like underneath there's a good there's a there's a person with a heart underneath yeah you know a full-hearted person yeah yeah at all yeah so like but I still love just how like aggressively

Starting point is 00:12:05 it doesn't shy like even when it's getting like sentimental and a little corny they'll find the way to just keep that edge there yeah you know like what he's in the joke he's apologizing you're like okay there's gonna be just a full heart felt scene and he makes the joke joke about John with the with the fart and the pungent like okay that's funny yeah yeah

Starting point is 00:12:27 he just looks like sorry I called you terrists yeah like it's the most obvious joke he would call her yeah and you know we didn't hear that yeah yeah well I like in these episodes yeah that like it's it's a twofold thing it's like not only do they let the emotional tenor of the scene get real but they let the debates be real you know and I think that's so a tricky thing to do, especially in a place like this, and I admire them for doing it the way that they do it. Because, yeah, like, this are very, like, it seems it was an interesting, like, Christmas special to me, because I was like, oh, yeah, they really did kind of throw down on not only making it, like, cozy and sweet and heartfelt, but also, like, it's a very real thing of the here and now of people, yeah, not wanting to go visit their families for the holidays because of conflicts like this. Yeah. And it didn't feel like it only paid lip service to that for the sake of jokes.

Starting point is 00:13:22 like the jokes are all there still, but yeah, it felt like it wanted to actually kind of, you know, consider this while also, you know, using its absurdity to its advantage. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:13:32 I know that Seth and Franz, like a hardcore outspoken atheist. And like the jokes about religion, especially in family guy, really come through. Yes. Um, it's like,

Starting point is 00:13:41 as like God and Jesus as a character. Yes. That's true. And there was something interesting about this. It's kind of like how I feel. Like I'm, I'm not a believer, you know,

Starting point is 00:13:51 and I used to be very, very hardcore Catholic and went to church and everything. But I'm often surrounded by people who are Catholic and who have beliefs. And I also know people who are very anti-religion. And like, we definitely know people who are super anti-religion and very outspoken about it. And there's something in me that like likes to still talk with people about the religious beliefs and everything without judgment and like literally just getting to like know them instead of trying to, I don't ever waste any fucking time like trying to argue anything.

Starting point is 00:14:20 If anything, I take an interest and a curiosity. and about it. And I like how this episode kind of had that in a bit, you know? Like, it has the moments where you debated. It has the moments for you full-on criticize and it has its jokes with, like, Ted contemplating Jesus and then, like,

Starting point is 00:14:33 all the different types of, like, fantasy beliefs and getting it all conflated and making the commentary that this is all just a fantasy or whatever. Right, right, right. But there's nothing ever about trying to, like, persuade Susan or something out of any of these beliefs, you know? Well, and even, like, the priest is not really the butt of a joke. No.

Starting point is 00:14:52 It's like he just earnestly defends his stance and Ted does his thing and then we cut out of that and like, I don't know. Again, it's stuff like that where it's not like being mean to in that regard even if yeah, it's coming from an atheist. I mean, they even imagine to make the deadest thing so far. Yes. Yeah. Because there's like kind of this subconscious thing with this deadist character, unlike

Starting point is 00:15:14 Ted, which is this like fantasy friend brought to life. Debt is seems like some type of weird subconscious person. objection yeah of maddie yeah physical manifestation of his subconscious something within him yeah so it's like this is an alternate version of a him that's come to form in this like childhood person like everything that's coming in terms of like is this is this maddie in some way yeah yeah yeah so i'm like i'm gay i fantasize about like the most ridiculous way to justify yes i wonder it makes me wonder if a this will become some kind of game where they explained why we don't see the dump truck ever again.

Starting point is 00:15:54 Right. And or if like the most like the whole magical wish thing of their house and Christmas time like are we going to end up with like occasional more living object? Right. I feel like as much as there's that conundrum of like there, you know, there's stuff you know we won't see in the movies that take place decades in the future. But I don't know. I feel like they could have a lot of fun with their innate magic.

Starting point is 00:16:17 That's true. Speaking of that, I mean on the political joke side, like this is very much in the. the 90s but everything they're similar there's all very much applicable to absolutely yeah yeah and I mean a lot of that is is it's like we're further along but we're still arguing about a lot of the same things so it's like gays in the military

Starting point is 00:16:33 and affirmative action and all that stuff yeah now we just call it DEI this is a different thing exactly yeah it's uh yeah it's crazy I love the new one I feel like where the parts where TED2 was not succeeding I feel like this show yeah succeeds way more in the conversations like we're actually talk about the things that are conversing about.

Starting point is 00:16:55 Yes. While laughing our asses off at the same time. It works well in this format because you can temper the elements a bit differently. Like it's an admirable thing to do for a two-hour movie. But like that, for me in that format, I appreciate the joke more than I'm like, I want to watch all two hours of this or whatever. Whereas here I feel like they can really do the best of both and calibrate it as needed per episode per plot one. you know well they also don't

Starting point is 00:17:23 have to rely on and solely being through Ted and John right as though they flesh out the whole ensemble yes almost of the episode the last couple episodes was mainly the other people

Starting point is 00:17:34 and that's smart too because like because obviously the TED movies are John and Ted for most of them but they are the kinds of characters who can be really funny in small doses and as lower status in the scene type characters as long as the rest of the ensemble is good which it is

Starting point is 00:17:48 yeah yeah and then they can you know, be the straight men to even crazier stuff. Yeah, yeah. That's true. Yeah, I do like their brand of absurdity. Yeah. Let's read a couple questions, quick ones. Jade and Rhodes, both episodes are really good,

Starting point is 00:18:03 and little John finish the rest. But if I had to choose a part of a season, I find the weakest is probably these two episodes. Interesting. Wow. But they are still good episodes, and the Ted Jesus jokes will never not make me hold my stomach from laughing too much.

Starting point is 00:18:19 I'm curious if you all agree. I didn't even find those jokes to be the funniest ones. To be honest, yeah. I mean, they're funny. I think it's funny to acknowledge. I feel like I've seen so many like Jesus jokes, especially from South to McFarland at this point. I think it's funny to be like in church,

Starting point is 00:18:36 yeah, talking about this divine conception to be like, that is me. Exactly. No, yeah, you could have like coming a mile away. I like the concede in this context because he's right. It's like, I guess, how would you explain me away if I have a similar origin story? but yeah

Starting point is 00:18:49 maybe not it just felt like yeah another kind of joke thread more than like my favorite joke of the episode

Starting point is 00:18:55 but I did appreciate it it I liked it I mean yeah I liked how ignorant the jokes were like how he was just inflating it with all different

Starting point is 00:19:01 types of like where's the magic yeah the wand the commentary with the Bible yeah yeah I mean obviously

Starting point is 00:19:09 we were saying how like episode five is our favorite episode so obviously we're not the same page yeah that's okay that we're not

Starting point is 00:19:14 and when they're doing the grace thing I thought that was really funny the call and response of like he's like is saying the grace and each time Ted's got an answer like,

Starting point is 00:19:21 yep, I'm talking on that. You're welcome. So yeah, there's like good stuff in that. It was Seth MacFarlane voicing Dennis, right? As it went on, I started sounding more like Seth. I think so.

Starting point is 00:19:30 At first it sounded, like the guy I plays Maddie, but as time went on, I was like, oh, wait, this sounds more like Seth McFarland. I was real back and forth, but I think it's Seth MacFarlane.

Starting point is 00:19:37 Yeah. Jay Rushden, always with the deep ones. Question, were the following episodes fun? Are they grisly or barely worth viewing there? They were fun. They were fun.

Starting point is 00:19:48 Definitely fun, my friend. They were barely grisly. Appreciate you, Jay Rush and always here. He always always had to get himself in the video, man. I appreciate that. That work, man. Keep it up, Jay Rush. Keep it up, Jay Rush.

Starting point is 00:20:01 Oh, yeah. Good stuff. Good stuff all around. Had a great time. Glad we did this. Absolutely. Guys, what did you think about these two? Keep a look out as we wrap up the season.

Starting point is 00:20:10 We'll see you guys.

The Reel Rejects - TED EPISODE 5 & 6 REVIEW – CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY WENT THERE! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

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