The Reel Rejects - TED SEASON 2, EPISODE 5 & 6 REVIEW – THE PLAY WENT SO F***ING BAD

Episode Date: March 20, 2026

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Let's go. Oh, my God. We're doing it. For your birthday. For the virginities. Could we not? Well, guys, we just watched Ted two by five and two by six. All right.

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Great way to support. And patrons get a discount at the shop as well. Azal. Wow. All right. So what are your thoughts on someone, you know, having to get a lot? an abortion. Do you, what do you mean you're like in-depth? Wow. Really going to go into it?

I'm going to go into it? I mean, you're new here. So it's about time we get like your real political social logical abortion. Give a brief overview of the issue so that everybody knows the basic political arguments behind this. Same time we don't want to discriminate or separate our audience. Oh my God. So let's just make sure you ride the line perfectly. Oh, good Lord. actually make any statements at all. While also completely unpacking the thing, thoroughly.

You're trying to shine. Yeah, absolutely. I'm trying to set you up for success. Al J, come on. Don't let us down. Don't be a virgin about this. I don't know what to say. I am. Just say you think abortions are funny, okay?

This makes you complicit in some direction. You're an abortion machine mechanic as well. Wherever I want to apply by projection. That's where your stance is now. Okay. Way to go. Well, I thought that was really funny.

Yes, it was. It was really funny. And I was surprised by how they, it was, it was the one time in this show where I'm like, how are you going to make this funny? Yeah. Yeah. When they actually like started broaching this stuff. top from like i don't know how you could really make this like a funny thing yeah that's a

kind of comics pull it off before yeah for such a real context with characters like oh this this is kind of right and i thought they actually did an all right job i actually writing the line having no one to have like a real conversation about it yes and then uh real argument about it and also exposing hypocrisies to it you know because i definitely know people who are for or absolutely like in support if a woman wants to get it and I know there are people who are totally against it and you know so to see a show

do it where Seth MacFarland is very much like a proud liberal still managed to somewhat have both arguments kind of kind of kind of like skewing one more way but yes you know it was

yeah so I was surprised by how they still managed to have they knew what to make fun of and knew what not to make fun of necessarily. Surprisingly, they managed to find the moments of when to make a joke. That is one where I feel like,

especially because it's not a cartoon, even though this is like a live action cartoon in some ways, it's not a cartoon, so you have to find the right line. Absolutely. I thought they actually did a really job. Yeah. And you can tell that he loves his characters still,

and I think that helps because it's like a character like Maddie, if you write that character from the perspective of like, fuck this guy, then it's like not going to work as well. True. You know, and so like, because they have that argument

where they're both actually getting out like a version of the argument. And then it becomes an excuse for him to just fall in love with this guy. This young Republican guy. Yeah. Yeah. Like, you know, yeah,

it's silly, but it knows, I think this actually really well utilized. Like, it's funny enough when they choose to go really dramatic about some. thing and utilize everyone's dramatic chops for that. But this is an episode that felt like it complimented the comedy and the drama at the same time and like fuse the two in a more compelling way than just like, oh, the joke is

that it's suddenly very serious. It's like, oh, this is a serious topic. Yeah. And you're kind of doing both. And it is sort of fun to have a show that is authored by somebody who you know to be relatively liberal-minded. Yeah. But that is willing to be as raunch.

as edgy as this wants to be. Because I feel like there are a lot of aspects of the show that would appeal broadly across whatever political spectrum. And then there are the elements that directly kind of confront more left-leaning issues like abortion or whatever. I mean, yeah, you don't have Maddie or Susan conformed that it's okay.

Yeah. Which is a much more real way to do it. and I'm not going to speak on anyone's personal, like for people I know in real life, I'm not going to speak to that, specifically. I've seen similar situations, though, with someone who is like an older Catholic woman,

met with a younger woman who does get the procedure and very much like a no-no to the Catholic woman, yet still loves that woman very much. And still supported her after, even though she didn't agree. I was like, man, that's a really, like, real moment right there. Yes. And probably the best way to go about when executing the, like, these characters

would not change their point of view on whether or not they think it's a right or wrong thing to do. Yeah. It doesn't mean that we have to not, doesn't mean we have to, like, disown or anything in that regard, you know? So, because that's one of the things is that sometimes, though, is certain sides, they do hold, some families will still hold blood as a very sacred thing. Yeah.

in family households and they wouldn't just disown her because of that. So I thought there was like a surprising layer of nuance. Absolutely. While being incredibly like edgy with its humor from the priest jokes to. Oh my gosh, yes. That was insane. Yeah. That was so funny.

Definitely. And it's written in a way where it's like, you know, but it's enough that you can kind of project whatever you want on it. That's true. That's true. You know what they're doing and it's twisted as hell. but also yeah no that makes sense

and also the worst play of all time I know god dang that's so sad yeah the sixth

episode seems very surgically and delicately surgically hey I didn't mean that I meant like with precision

ah go for three yeah you guys I don't know but yeah I I did like how it

ended with Susan not compromising but still being able to coexist with someone under the same roof and share love and that was like heartwarming and cool but also the button at the end with him with both John and Ted like really mangled from being like somewhat heroes to Blair's situation

but yeah it was funny and with a delicate situation that's crazy to answer your question very carefully I lean towards what Blair was deciding to do but

yeah the fifth episode is like classic Ted and like whoa whoa whoa we can't just start Todd you now we gotta explore your point of view more I'm just steer away I will do my best

I don't know I'm not I want to hear this no yeah episode 5 seem I that had me more anxious because like because you're not a woman

and you can't identify. No. You don't feel empathy. No. You're like, this isn't my problem. Because you're a Republican. No.

Because John and Ted are idiots. I'm messing up the play and had a shot with Aaron. That was like, so, so, so sad. Like, ah,

I was annoyed. But, yeah, I mean, he's supposed to end up with Milakunas and eventually Amanda Seyfried. So,

like, you know, like, we know where the destination is, but I still feel like, too, that you're, ah,

You only want her to shot with her because she's hot. That's true. What about her as a personality makes her worth getting a shot? I don't. It's not even that. It's just like, okay, if he's going to find out they're not compatible, at least not be stupid about the pursuit of it. I would love to see you on an edible. You're already such an explosive, emotional guy.

Okay. Say just one thing. You're just like, Mom! No, no, no. Whether we're having the best time or the worst time. You're just like, I'm getting to get. You get these like bursts.

I don't know. I'm sure. And if you were on Netable, I think you would just be awful. I think you would be unbearable. Sure. I'll take your word for you. I think you're already like a naturally paranoid guy.

That's true. I would just amplify it so much. I wouldn't, I wouldn't argue. I don't know. Which means we got to do it sometimes. Yeah. We got to see it happens.

Live stream. Oh my God. It would be so funny. Watch it hit. Have you been in a school play before? No, I haven't. I never took acting up during school. Have you guys?

You guys, right? Yeah, yeah. I was once Joseph in the eighth grade play. Cool. That's right. Yep. Transport of Mary's pregnant ass. Yeah.

And I got no credit when the Lord was born. I hauled you all over this creation. What do I get? No one ever talks about Joseph. Sacrifice as Joseph hadn't make. That's true. It's all about God, Jesus and Mary. What about Joseph?

Yeah. Gospel according to Joe. That's why he started improvising during the show. He's like, where's my flowers? You're helping the newborn king. Steered the own way. You know, but the sabotage moment was really sad in that play. Yeah, I do.

John's on a lot of school plays. Yeah. Oh, nice. I saw John play an old man. I did. Cool. I played an old man in a Neil Simon play called 45 seconds from Broadway. Sick.

I also appreciated in that episode the Maddie Duncan Donuts Plus. Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah. The creepy freaking... Yeah. So it was AI? Yeah, I saw literally the week in this came out. There was like an uproar because it was confirmed to be AI and Seth McFarland.

And I was like, this is one of the ways that we can enhance. There was no other way. There was no other way they thought they could do it. And, yeah, so they used AI. I'm like, I think there are ways you could do it. If you wanted to look exactly like him, then you have to do that. Yeah. I guess so.

Like, they said they try makeup, but it looked bad. Okay. And, you know, like, we wouldn't settle for anything less. No. It has to look like exactly real Bill. Yeah, apparently. When we watch a show featuring a real, life president character we always expect it to look exactly like that 100% especially in my

ted comedy show it better look exactly like the real president i'm going to focus on very fascinated by that i'm like i i it's like i i can kind of squint and understand what you mean by choosing to do this but at the same time i'm like i don't know man i feel like yeah the silliness would totally like allow for you to just hire a lookalike or do a makeup or do one of those weird silicone mask things. If that one guy can be out here pretending that he was Jim Carrey I guess or they were Jim Carrey, you know.

Yeah. I feel like you could do that with Bill Clinton. For real. I don't know. I mean, I feel like the internet wants me to be like in an uproar about it, but I don't really care. Yeah. I get it. I get it. It's weird. I guess there aren't like a whole industry

of Bill Clinton impersonators that you're stealing work. I mean, I guess you're stealing work from a Bill Clinton an impersonator. Sure. I don't know. How big of a career path is just impersonating Phil?

That's true. Seth MacFarlane, right? I heard Seth MacFarlane's voice breaking through. Oh, was that? Oh, he was doing the impression? I mean, it sounded like Seth McFarland. I heard his voice breaking through.

I can take you work for you. I'll trust your judgment. When he starts like berating him, it started sounding like, oh, sure. It started sounding like, and I'm pretty sure he voiced him in the family guy's show. Did he really? Oh, that's right. The Seth McFarlane voice.

Bill Clinton, Ted, season two. Yes. Wow. Utilizing AI to transform his own voice and appearance into a 90s-era Clinton. Yeah. So deep fake beforehand wasn't AI generated, right? Like there was legitimate, like, artists and technology, right? I gather, yeah.

It's like an effects technique. Yeah, it says, I've been doing my Bill Clinton impression since the early days. is a family guy. It's an interesting example of how AI can be used as a tool and not necessarily trample on the art that the rest

of the industry is doing. We tried, yes, the tool. Exactly the whole that's exactly. We tried prosthetics. We try traditional CGI. Everything is just terrifying. Let's try.

I work. It was the only way. Oh, so what people put it up at, like they would just only, they would only air a quote. Yeah, they would only, Yeah, they were only quote it was the only way. Right.

But now that I'm seeing the whole thing, it's like, yeah, it was the only way to look like Bill Clinton. Yeah. That sentence makes sense. It does make sense in the context of the whole thing. Is it the only way? No. No. Yeah.

And if the other ways you try to creepy, like, I get it. Sure. I don't know. It's, it's, it's an interesting nuance to this whole conversation that will only get more and more nuanced as time goes on. That's true. Yeah. But it was a funny scene. It was.

Yeah. It was okay. Yeah. It wasn't the funniest to me. No. But it is the thing that people always say they're going to do. And I was like, is Maddie going to cheap out? And he didn't.

And I appreciated that. I appreciated that he still tried to do his thing. And then lied about it at the play. Yeah. Embellished it to make himself look cooler. I mean, look, I have no strong feeling about the use of the AI in this one. Sure. I'm not that upset by it.

It wasn't like, it was a comedy scene. I don't really give a shit. Right. It was one scene. It's one thing to talk about, but they're more egregious. Like, yeah. Yes. It's an appearance where it's not even trying to make, yeah, you look at it and especially

because they're up front of it. I'm like, yeah, how else do you expect them to do? Sure. It's like AI, the AI, I mean, some people, I know some people are very devout in no AI at all. Mm-hmm. I get that. And that whole scene is with real actors, real set, real people, crew. Right.

And then one element they have. So I'm like, I don't really give a change. Sure. Yeah, yeah, that's good argument. Versus like Darren Aronovsky's weird historical documentary. Yeah. Then I'm like, okay, that's a little much. Even all the other stuff they employ on this show and throughout Seth McFarland's stuff,

I'm like, okay, I see the tool. And yeah, it's a tool argument. And Seth Macon is still doing the voice and stuff. So as much as, yeah, like, I don't love it as like the cosmic implication of the greater picture. I'm like, well, as long as we live here, this is, they're way, worse application. That's a good point. I could think of. Yeah. And it's supposed to be like an unrealistic scenario. So the fact that it doesn't look like a mate like it looks good, but clearly AI. Yeah. It adds to the it. It's like fine to be. Yeah. I don't really care.

That's fair. That's a big of a conversation about the ethicalness of, you know, freaking environment and whatever, whatever you use AI. But yeah, I'm not here to have an argument about that in terms of the usage here. I don't really care. True. But we will be dumping. gallons of water into the street later on today. Where are you going to do? What are you going to do? Funny show. People want to play that argument.

Then stop eating meat, everyone. That's a really bad job to our environment, too. Do you? Need is AI generated. That's not the argument. No, I know. Because the farming of animals creates more pollution.

It creates more disruption. the ecosystem. John, you're separate in our audience. I'm sorry. He's already done a bad job. What the fuck? Guys,

listen. I loved that they made the abortion machine look as like kooky and scary is like the stereotype where it's like all like whisks and like kitchen

appliances in a blender. It's like just silly like it's a different thing. It's like Louis K. actually had one of his I think his last Netflix special ever had. He had a,

he had a, point that I was like that's so true is that you're trying to argue with people who really feel like once someone's pregnant that is a human life and that's what it boils down to is like one side is like no not yet the other side is it is right you can't try to convince someone who would genuinely believe it is right you think they're killing a human life yeah yeah right it's a completely hard to argue yeah you're not arguing a logical thing is no one's no one on either side is having like a logical argument yeah you know yeah it's like no point in arguing it you know true it's a real belief problem it's a real belief thing that you guys

are arguing yeah yeah yeah and you're both committed to not changing it yeah true um but yeah that was funny and yeah somehow we're the problem all of us here are the problem we enjoy it and then we discuss it and the way we discussed it is more problematic than the two episodes of television. That would be impressive, actually. I feel like they go for a lot of problematic humor shows. In a way, that's amusing. But yeah, guys, what did you think about it?

Leave your thoughts down below. Thank you so much for being here. We will see you all very, very soon. Happy birthday, L.J. Happy birthday. Peace out. Hey, I'm Seth Schackner. Check out my new show, Breaking Down the Biz.

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