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Guys, if you enjoyed Fleabag i think you would also enjoy Killing Eve. Pheobe WB wrote and directed the first season, i think she still was very hands on with the 2nd and 4th season. She was not as involved with season 3 and you can really tell; Pheobe really is a great great talent
THIS! Claire’s the most constant character throughout both seasons - besides Fleabag. But it’s hard to see it’s their love story (too) because they’re not friends… they’re sisters 💔❤️🩹
I also adore the symbolism that Claire statement doesn’t change just because she runs off to the airport. Technically, the person she’s running after then is… Claire.
Something that few people realize is the fact that Fleabag can see the priest's fox and the priest can see her break her fourth wall is them breaking down each other's defense mechanisms and actually seeing each other. Basically them seeing each other truly vulnerable. So good yet so incredibly heartbreaking. :(
The fox is not imaginary. The fox is real. But it means something. The priest feels hunted by the fox, says the fox once seems to say "I see you". So the fox stands for the priest doubts. He reminds him of them. Comes after him. And Fleabag is the living proof. So it's no coincidence that the fox appears, when he is with Fleabag or that he almost mistook Fleabag for a fox
"This is a love story" the revelation that really it could be applied to fleabag and Claire, the love of two sisters, "you're the only one I'd run through the airport for"... such great writing. Also "it'll pass" causes such bittersweet pain to my heart. So much in so little words.
The fox showing up at the end might represent how the priest is still haunted by his own issues and they still follow him. Unlike Fleabag, who turns the camera away finally for good. She moved on
The priest has a plan to only white-knuckle through his flaws and temptations. Fleabag might actually get to a place where her life is full and satisfying because she's facing her impulses. I agree that his demons will follow him but hers might get resolved.
The true finale is actually Fleabag ending things with us, she is just fine after all her sorrow and loneliness after Boo, she doesn't need us anymore, she realizes she can love again and is done.
The scene where the godmother “doesn’t know” the dad’s name is a reference to how many characters aren’t referred to with a name (Fleabag, the Priest, the godmother, the dad, the lawyer, etc)
I think Fleabag has one of those endings where you kind of have to reflect on it, and then looking back on it with the full context of the show, you realize it's kind of the most perfect ending you could get. She's on decent terms with her sister and her father, she's got her statue, she knows the priest loves her even if they can't be together, and she's in a place where she doesn't need us anymore. I think Boo is something she will always be working through, because grief is like that - not really something you can resolve or face all at once. But it's okay, because it's like the song at the end was saying - though she's still going to keep working through things (because that's just life), we know she's "going to be alright" :)
They stated in the writing "she had all this love and didn't way to put it when the mother is gone. Then she gives to Boo but her dies and Fleabag blames herself". She thinks she can't love, because her love hurts people, which is what her father says to her. And then that she is unlovable and just her body can be loved. But with Priest and Claire she realizes she can put this love in other people and other people can genuinely love her back, as Claire and Hot Priest do. Sh she passes through her grief and starts to heal.
Yeah for sure, the ending seems a bit optimistic to me as it's basically stated that only person fleabag feels she can confide in is the audience. But when she leaves the camera behind it feels more like she's ready to open up to others rather than silently reflect on it with us
I’m honestly very fond of her saying goodbye to us at the end. We were kinda the replacement for Boo, a friend to lean on, someone who sees her when the rest of her world can’t…but bye the end she doesn’t need us anymore…she lets us go. I imagine she still thinks of Boo…but…is learning to let go and make peace.
i know there are a lot of jokes in the show about jake being weird but he actually makes me so sad. he is stuck with his awful dad and he seems to be genuinely scared of martin so he's clinging to claire even if she doesn't care for him that much, simply because she's not like martin. someone please get him out of there
I love that he chooses God at the end (totally true to his character), and that she is able to let him go (totally in line with her growth as a character). It's a love story between them, yes, but also for her and Claire, and even for her and her father. I like to think that the next time Fleabag falls in love it will be with someone who's free to love her as fully and deeply as she deserves.
I love how all 3 of you went "Bye" and waved cause that's so relatable. And how genuinely you seemed to love the show. It's a brilliant show and it was nice to watch you enjoy it. Also: throughout your videos of watching it, you have at times anticipated stuff that I would NEVER have anticipated. MAybe it's the fact that I don't go through it with two buddies but still :D
An absolute masterpiece of a show just so well written I do think the ending was perfect in the sense that all through the show nothing was perfect in her life but it felt like she had finally overcome those obstacles leaving us behind for your next show I hope you do outer banks as it tied with this show in the last poll a more fun and lighter show for sure
yep, the realism of life is that you don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, to be happily ever after. Fleabag show's this to a tee. Amazing show, not many people realise the actress wrote this herself, starting off as a monologue in the Edinburgh Fringe.
Heaviest ending ever..that big,big love in her heart that had no place after her mom went from her mother to Boo,Boo to the Priest now it's out there again without a place. She gave us a look of reassurance while the song say "But it feels so nice to know I'm gonna be alright" tho. So I'd like to imagine that they reconnected but we just weren't witnesses for it.
I've watched this series multiple times and didn't even think about the love transference. I like that idea, thanks for posting that :) Though I think, in the end, maybe it's not that it's out there without a place to be, but is finally with her as she learns to love herself.
The ending really broke me because she barely had anytime with the priest but he loved god so much it shows you can love someone in such little time. A lot of shows have affected but this one it I’m changed a lot of things for me. Fleabag is incredibly relatable I’m so happy you guys watched it! I hope you guys watch outerbanks and the I love you from the priest was improvised from the actor which makes it hurt so much more and ugh the “it’ll pass” and her wave made me cry so bad.
I actually think that was about as happy an ending as the show could give us. What would a super happy ending actually look like? Maybe a time jump to the Fleabag and the priest happily running the cafe together? Let’s be honest, that’d be terrible. Fleabag has properly started on her road to coping with the deaths of Boo and her mother, as well as learning to love again. She’s no longer “a girl with no friends and an empty heart” as the therapist described her and she no longer needs to use us as a coping mechanism. I think the brilliant final song, This Feeling by Alabama Shakes, gives us all the conclusion we need: “See, I've been having me a real good time, And it feels so nice to know I'm gonna be alright.”
I actually feel like things kinda resolved with the fleabag and the stepmother. Her forgetting the dads name and Asking for fleabags help to find the dad. That to me kinda symbolized that she still knows they will always know him better , and be closer to him than she ever can. And having to ask for fleabags help in finding him kinda diminished the feeling of abandonment she felt from her father.
I do think the ending was pretty perfect as is, but I also secretly harbor a hope that years down the line, after he's left the priesthood, they find their way back to each other. Maybe the most interesting thing about how it ends is that she's pretty well got a handle on her demons, but his are still chasing him (i.e. the fox). It suggests that he's still perhaps in the thick of it and he hasn't yet reached the end of his journey or whatever you want to call it. That's what I tell myself anyway lol
This ending is so bittersweet bc we have to say goodbye but its good bc it means she doesn’t really need us anymore, she’s gonna figure the rest of her life on her own
She was lost and missing love after losing her Mom and Boo. So she turned to us. But then she realized she could love again after the priest so she didn’t need us anymore.
I just like the layers of how it’s a love story. It’s the love she had for her family, for Boo, for herself, and learning how to fall in love again with the priest. It’s not a traditional love story but a deconstruction of what love really means in its full spectrum.
Her leaving 'us' behind is kind of the resolution for Boo. At least, Fleabag has moved on in her healing process enough so that she doesn't need us any more. Love is hope, like the Priest said, and she's not in her grief hole of brokeness any more
The three of you have genuinely enjoyed yourselves watching this and it brought back such lovely memories of watching it when Season 2 freshly arrived. Great job ♥️
A play and two tv seasons of absolute perfection. Phoebe is a genius and all the cast nail it. Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott are amazing on everything I've seen them in. Have you seen BBC' s Sherlock or Broadchurch? Two brilliant brilliant shows where they are stunning (Olivia on Broadchurch and Scott on Sherlock).
idk, I always feel like the Boo thing did get closure, the whole point was the Fleabag didn't think she was either worth it/know how to love and be loved after the incident with Boo. And we end the series with her acknowledging that she loves the Priest & he loves her back. It sucks they can't be together, it hurts but there was a big part of her that was healed just there. She healed.
if you guys want more phoebe waller bridge content you should watch Killing Eve!!!!! Despite her not acting in it she wrote the first season and it is another absolute masterpiece!!!! I really think you guys would love that show!
Fleabag is one of my favourite shows of all time and I'm so glad you guys experienced it! I like how there's little closure and how Fleabag leaves us behind at the end. It symbolises a new beginning. As heartbreaking as the 'breakup' between her and the priest was, I think she needed it as a character to grow. And her leaving us behind is her 'growing up' and healing from Boo. I could write a whole essay but I'll spare you but there's so much detail and symbolism in this show that tells a whole other story.
It is a bit crazy given how short this series is (basically 6 hours, total), with how invested in these characters we get. Just goes to show the amazing writing and performances, of the whole cast. When this series ended I felt an ache like I was losing a friend, and I don't tend to get that attached to characters even on shows that go on for several seasons. Obviously Fleabag and the priest are the central characters this season but honestly the whole cast was freaking amazing...I can just imagine how the dad's lines are written in the script, and him (the actor playing the dad) having to figure out how to deliver them, it's pretty impressive when you think about it!
Great reaction ! I think you guys would love Bojack Horseman. There are a lot of similarities between the two shows despite the crazy setting of Bojack Horseman's world !
I loved this show soo much when it originally came out. A few months ago I lost my best friend; my own boo. And re-watching it here really brought up other things up I didn't understrand the first time. It has a new meaning for me. Thank you for watching this with us.
I love that ending. I feel like it's her way of saying that she's going to let herself be okay. I think the whole time she was talking to us, we were a surrogate for Boo. All her someones had gone so she did what she could. But that was just keeping a placeholder. It was part of the guilt she was carrying with her. And she decided to leave it behind. Not because she's going to forget Boo or the decisions she made to get her to the point in her life she is at. But as always, she's the one who knows how to move forward. It's like her dad said, she was made to be a punching bag. I dreamed of this last night. Being the human version of soundproofing, in the analogy where pain is sound. There's no passing through, it's just absorbing. And through that new things are created. That's also why she knows she's going to survive the priest's choice being God. He is nowhere near her first loss. And every loss has been piercing. So deciding that she's still going to be okay inn no way means that she's not wounded. It just means that she's learned that she is still a person even with the wounds. They aren't something that slow her down, they are part of the tour. How do you get to a finish line except for through. The through path though sometimes is full of thorns that'll tear you apart. I think she's lovely. Also, fu** yeah Claire!
God I love Fleabag. It was so nice seeing it grow on you guys as well. Getting invested in these characters creeps up on you. The money lender who helped at the cafe, the uptight but fiercely caring sister, that ridiculously cheerful Klare, the Priest! Fleabag, even creepy martin. Thanks for watching this show :)
Just some of my random thoughts about the show's finale. I think it's appropriate that Boo wasn't in this episode - I think Fleabag needed to let her go, and it looks like she did. Fleabag also needed to open up to love again, and the Hot Priest helped her with that. Oh, and about the fox, I think it represents his inner turmoil, like his desires vs. beliefs, and since he chose to pursue the latter, the fox stayed with him. Boo "left" but the fox stayed, and it shows that Fleabag found peace in the end and the Hop Priest didn't. I think that this episode shows very nicely that although the Father and the Godmother have a weird relationship, they kinda work well together. Remember when at the Fleabag mom's funeral the Father said about the Godmother "She is a bit annoying actually"? Fleabag said exactly the same thing about the Hot Priest when he came to her café. I feel like it's a nice parallel between these two relationships. Like, the couples are not perfect together but they work. I also think that Fleabag had a redeeming moment with the Godmother when she told her that the sculpture was based on her mother, and I think that this time Fleabag stole the sculpture not because she needed money or out of spite, but cause she wanted to reconnect with her mother (as her father told her to), which is a nice callback to the first episode and shows how much she had grown as a person. So, even though she lost her love, she didn't really, cause now she is free of guilt over Boo and ready to find love with someone again❤🩹
Enjoyed experience this again with you guys, thanks! On one hand you'd wish the show could continue, but on the other it satisfied me as well that it ended here, if that makes sense. All the best with coming reactions and warm regards from the Netherlands!
she had closure on boo too. we were filling that void for her, using her comedic defense mechanisms with us. and at the end when she says goodbye to us, thats ur closure. she couldnt stand being alone, and there u have her, embracing it.
Absolutely adored watching along with you all. This is without a doubt one of the best endings of a show I've seen. Fleabag telling us we couldn't come along with her... she really made us feel like we were parting ways with a friend, and that's a testament to the writing and the journey we've taken with her. "It'll pass". Straight up punch to the heart.
She created it and wrote the first few episodes. Afterwards she wasn't included really. That's maybe why after season 1 it is deteriorating, although I liked it overall, except the ending.
The realism of life is that you don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, to be happily ever after. Fleabag show's this to a tee. Amazing show, not many people realise the actress wrote this herself, starting off as a monologue in the Edinburgh Fringe.
I think the 2016 “Crashing” was her first show on TV. It was written and created by Phoebe, she also acts in it. It’s one season, and really interesting to see how she grew into creating Fleabag.
I've just come across you & really enjoyed your Fleabag reactions. Have you watched Our Flag Means Death? It's a silly heartbreak comedy, and a quick watch just 10eps. The first 3 establish everyone, before the shenanigans ensue for the rest of the season.
I appreciated how the show didn't fully wrap up in a neat bow, I appreciated how the "villans" on the show also never got their reckoning. I like how we were just dropped in the middle of fleabags life, and we'll never know how they ended ip
the word on the bus stop is in Cyrillic letters and it says Животе which, at least in Serbian, means Life, but the way it's written, it looks like the vocative form we use when we're talking to someone. it's used as a phrase when you're frustrated, disappointed, or angry like "oh my god" or "dammit". it's pretty suitable for the end actually, cursing your own life
This episode is the narrative I relate to most out of every single story I have ever seen or read. This is how love has worked for me too in my life. I felt so seen. Not the priest specifically, but the general conundrum of falling for someone who fell for you but did not feel they could choose to be with you because of other features of their life. I've never seen anything else deliver the truth of that pain so clearly and humanly.
I can’t remember if I commented this or just thought it, but you guys are the reason I watched this show. It almost instantly became one of my favorite shows ever so thanks for that! Love you guys ❤
it's funny that you guys mentioning Atlanta, because Donald Glover said that he watched Fleabag when they were creating Atlanta and made everyone in the writer's room watch it because Glover wanted to catch what's so special in Fleabag and bring it to Atlanta.
Not only does she learn how to love again, after Boo, but she also learns that she can BE loved again. Her Sister, her father and the priest. Familial love and romantic love. She’s “healed.” I’m glad the priest stick to his conviction. It would have felt cheap if he’s have quit the priesthood to be with her. I’m he’s a stronger man for following through with his faith. That’s the closure Fleabag actually needed. Such a bitter-sweet ending to an amazing series.
I loved watching the show again with you guys. Your reaction was really honest and fun to watch. Fleabag is one of those unique shows that leaves a marc. Thanks for the videos! 🖤
If you think about it, the names of fleabag, Dad and stepmother were never mentioned in the whole series, that's why the stepmother couldn't say his name to introduce him to those people.
This was such a fun journey! I used to look forward to seeing your uploads every day haha. Really could feel you were enjoying the show and all the chracters, even the asshole Martin. Thanks for watching this! I'll be rewatching the whole playlist with contentment now.
Here we are guys, it's been a good ride on this one. It was fun watching it again. Sometimes things are just bittersweet but that doesn't mean it wasn't beautiful. Excited for a new adventure. 👋👋
I actually started that series again, because of you guys. It is soo good and seeing you reacting to it was very fun to watch. I look forward to more from you three. :)
If you want some more PWB, I would recommend "Crashing" (the British version). It is a Channel 4 show, it was also created and written by PWB, and she's one of the main characters. I think it has the same, although less mature, vibe as "Fleabag". It's one season - which kills me to this day - but I go back to it very often. It's amazing in my opinion.
I really like how respectfull you guys were watching the series! :) I think Fleabag is a masterpiece, PWB is a genius. Already watched it 3 times and it still makes me laugh and cry every single time.
Unrelated to the show, it makes me so happy to see how far you guys have come. I remember subscribing when there was only a couple names listed on the patrons list and now there are so many! Love that for you guys, keep it coming! 🖤
I can’t believe how hard y’all must be working to put out so much content!! I hope y’all are taking it easy. Thanks for watching Fleabag (it’s one of my favorites ever) and sharing your thoughts. Excited for more Kdramas especially, and your content in general guys.
Fun fact: “Fleabag” was originally written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a one woman stage production! I think it makes everything sort of click, thinking of the whole story as just PWB doing one long stage soliloquy/monologue. And the series finale was very theatrical. I would’ve loved to see it while it was running!
I just loved your reactions to this wonderful series. (Subscribed because of it.) Probably others have mentioned this at some point, but the only thing the priest did that "priests aren't supposed to do" is have sex with Fleabag -- and that's serious, but within the Catholic faith he can (and will) confess it and be forgiven for it. Many priests have had a "slip" like that over the years, and recovered. But socializing, having a drink or a smoke, indulging in colorful language... that's all within bounds. (It's nuns and monks who may renounce the world.) I think everyone loves the character of the Priest, and the actor who played him. As for Boo, I think we're to take it that that story was basically concluded with Season 1, and the year that Fleabag spent working on herself before Season 2. We notice that in this second season, Fleabag was basically the responsible "normal" one, and it was others misbehaved and caused embarrassment around her.
Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller Bridge are friends and comment frequently about how each other's shows are exactly the tone they were going for themselves. Donald was Lando and Phoebe played his droid lover (as the voice)
Thank you guys so much for the support you've shown on the Fleabag reactions, we loved doing this show and are super glad you guys enjoyed watching along with us! As always, the full watchalongs for every episode of this show are up on Patreon and we will be doing another live-action poll eventually so make sure to stay tuned over there. Also make sure to subscribe if you haven't already & thank you again for showing us so much love ❤ www.patreon.com/ReelTimeYT
Guys, if you enjoyed Fleabag i think you would also enjoy Killing Eve. Pheobe WB wrote and directed the first season, i think she still was very hands on with the 2nd and 4th season. She was not as involved with season 3 and you can really tell; Pheobe really is a great great talent
"the only person i would run through the airport for is you"
and there you have your love story.
THIS! Claire’s the most constant character throughout both seasons - besides Fleabag. But it’s hard to see it’s their love story (too) because they’re not friends… they’re sisters 💔❤️🩹
Yesssssss
this
I also adore the symbolism that Claire statement doesn’t change just because she runs off to the airport. Technically, the person she’s running after then is… Claire.
@@kimcarragher5784 and she only goes because fleabag tells her to
Something that few people realize is the fact that Fleabag can see the priest's fox and the priest can see her break her fourth wall is them breaking down each other's defense mechanisms and actually seeing each other. Basically them seeing each other truly vulnerable. So good yet so incredibly heartbreaking. :(
The fox was imaginary?! Wuhhh *me googling about English foxes in cities streets.
@@abramrexjoaquin7513 There are tons of foxes in London, which is where Fleabag is set.
The fox is not imaginary. The fox is real. But it means something. The priest feels hunted by the fox, says the fox once seems to say "I see you". So the fox stands for the priest doubts. He reminds him of them. Comes after him. And Fleabag is the living proof. So it's no coincidence that the fox appears, when he is with Fleabag or that he almost mistook Fleabag for a fox
OH MY GOD YES
@@leampunkt3678 the priest's doubts is real.
"This is a love story" the revelation that really it could be applied to fleabag and Claire, the love of two sisters, "you're the only one I'd run through the airport for"... such great writing.
Also "it'll pass" causes such bittersweet pain to my heart. So much in so little words.
She was wrecked by the loss of people she loved, but her ability to love was ultimately what healed her again. I love this show a lot
The fox showing up at the end might represent how the priest is still haunted by his own issues and they still follow him. Unlike Fleabag, who turns the camera away finally for good. She moved on
Right - and Fleabag telling the fox which way to go is a cheeky acknowledgement she realises exactly what you just said.
I wish more people realized and understood that's why they can't become a couple
The priest has a plan to only white-knuckle through his flaws and temptations. Fleabag might actually get to a place where her life is full and satisfying because she's facing her impulses. I agree that his demons will follow him but hers might get resolved.
I love this
And it's a fox joke
The true finale is actually Fleabag ending things with us, she is just fine after all her sorrow and loneliness after Boo, she doesn't need us anymore, she realizes she can love again and is done.
The scene where the godmother “doesn’t know” the dad’s name is a reference to how many characters aren’t referred to with a name (Fleabag, the Priest, the godmother, the dad, the lawyer, etc)
One of my favorite moments 😂
I think Fleabag has one of those endings where you kind of have to reflect on it, and then looking back on it with the full context of the show, you realize it's kind of the most perfect ending you could get. She's on decent terms with her sister and her father, she's got her statue, she knows the priest loves her even if they can't be together, and she's in a place where she doesn't need us anymore. I think Boo is something she will always be working through, because grief is like that - not really something you can resolve or face all at once. But it's okay, because it's like the song at the end was saying - though she's still going to keep working through things (because that's just life), we know she's "going to be alright" :)
exactly. the ending was perfect without everything being resolved because that is just how life is.
They stated in the writing "she had all this love and didn't way to put it when the mother is gone. Then she gives to Boo but her dies and Fleabag blames herself". She thinks she can't love, because her love hurts people, which is what her father says to her. And then that she is unlovable and just her body can be loved.
But with Priest and Claire she realizes she can put this love in other people and other people can genuinely love her back, as Claire and Hot Priest do. Sh she passes through her grief and starts to heal.
Yeah for sure, the ending seems a bit optimistic to me as it's basically stated that only person fleabag feels she can confide in is the audience. But when she leaves the camera behind it feels more like she's ready to open up to others rather than silently reflect on it with us
I’m honestly very fond of her saying goodbye to us at the end. We were kinda the replacement for Boo, a friend to lean on, someone who sees her when the rest of her world can’t…but bye the end she doesn’t need us anymore…she lets us go. I imagine she still thinks of Boo…but…is learning to let go and make peace.
The collective “bye….” was really sweet.
i know there are a lot of jokes in the show about jake being weird but he actually makes me so sad. he is stuck with his awful dad and he seems to be genuinely scared of martin so he's clinging to claire even if she doesn't care for him that much, simply because she's not like martin. someone please get him out of there
I love that he chooses God at the end (totally true to his character), and that she is able to let him go (totally in line with her growth as a character). It's a love story between them, yes, but also for her and Claire, and even for her and her father. I like to think that the next time Fleabag falls in love it will be with someone who's free to love her as fully and deeply as she deserves.
I love how all 3 of you went "Bye" and waved cause that's so relatable. And how genuinely you seemed to love the show. It's a brilliant show and it was nice to watch you enjoy it. Also: throughout your videos of watching it, you have at times anticipated stuff that I would NEVER have anticipated. MAybe it's the fact that I don't go through it with two buddies but still :D
The way you predicted “Where’s Claire?” was so on point 😂
Super glad you all enjoyed it and that you gave props to Phoebe.
An absolute masterpiece of a show just so well written I do think the ending was perfect in the sense that all through the show nothing was perfect in her life but it felt like she had finally overcome those obstacles leaving us behind for your next show I hope you do outer banks as it tied with this show in the last poll a more fun and lighter show for sure
yep, the realism of life is that you don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, to be happily ever after. Fleabag show's this to a tee. Amazing show, not many people realise the actress wrote this herself, starting off as a monologue in the Edinburgh Fringe.
Heaviest ending ever..that big,big love in her heart that had no place after her mom went from her mother to Boo,Boo to the Priest now it's out there again without a place. She gave us a look of reassurance while the song say "But it feels so nice to know I'm gonna be alright" tho. So I'd like to imagine that they reconnected but we just weren't witnesses for it.
I've watched this series multiple times and didn't even think about the love transference. I like that idea, thanks for posting that :) Though I think, in the end, maybe it's not that it's out there without a place to be, but is finally with her as she learns to love herself.
The ending really broke me because she barely had anytime with the priest but he loved god so much it shows you can love someone in such little time. A lot of shows have affected but this one it I’m changed a lot of things for me. Fleabag is incredibly relatable I’m so happy you guys watched it! I hope you guys watch outerbanks and the I love you from the priest was improvised from the actor which makes it hurt so much more and ugh the “it’ll pass” and her wave made me cry so bad.
Did he love God??
@@philjones45 well I think there was a balance
Claire having a moment in the final episode made me so happy. Good for her!
I actually think that was about as happy an ending as the show could give us. What would a super happy ending actually look like? Maybe a time jump to the Fleabag and the priest happily running the cafe together? Let’s be honest, that’d be terrible.
Fleabag has properly started on her road to coping with the deaths of Boo and her mother, as well as learning to love again. She’s no longer “a girl with no friends and an empty heart” as the therapist described her and she no longer needs to use us as a coping mechanism.
I think the brilliant final song, This Feeling by Alabama Shakes, gives us all the conclusion we need:
“See, I've been having me a real good time,
And it feels so nice to know I'm gonna be alright.”
It’s insane how I thought I’ve moved on from the ending but watching this with you guys just brought everything back again lmao
Right? I was like, "I can't wait to hear their thoughts on the ending" and then realised I was crying lmao
@@hwren9845same ❤
I actually feel like things kinda resolved with the fleabag and the stepmother. Her forgetting the dads name and Asking for fleabags help to find the dad. That to me kinda symbolized that she still knows they will always know him better , and be closer to him than she ever can. And having to ask for fleabags help in finding him kinda diminished the feeling of abandonment she felt from her father.
If you like Andrew Scott, who plays the priest, you'll definitely like him as Moriarty in Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch.
I do think the ending was pretty perfect as is, but I also secretly harbor a hope that years down the line, after he's left the priesthood, they find their way back to each other. Maybe the most interesting thing about how it ends is that she's pretty well got a handle on her demons, but his are still chasing him (i.e. the fox). It suggests that he's still perhaps in the thick of it and he hasn't yet reached the end of his journey or whatever you want to call it. That's what I tell myself anyway lol
This ending is so bittersweet bc we have to say goodbye but its good bc it means she doesn’t really need us anymore, she’s gonna figure the rest of her life on her own
She was lost and missing love after losing her Mom and Boo. So she turned to us. But then she realized she could love again after the priest so she didn’t need us anymore.
I just like the layers of how it’s a love story. It’s the love she had for her family, for Boo, for herself, and learning how to fall in love again with the priest. It’s not a traditional love story but a deconstruction of what love really means in its full spectrum.
Her leaving 'us' behind is kind of the resolution for Boo. At least, Fleabag has moved on in her healing process enough so that she doesn't need us any more. Love is hope, like the Priest said, and she's not in her grief hole of brokeness any more
The three of you have genuinely enjoyed yourselves watching this and it brought back such lovely memories of watching it when Season 2 freshly arrived. Great job ♥️
She also wrote Crashing and Killing Eve if you want to check her other works. Her writing and sense of humor is just amazing!!!
Rob: “Two people that love each other that just can’t be together.”
Me, a Queer Person: (sips tea aggressively in agreement)
A play and two tv seasons of absolute perfection. Phoebe is a genius and all the cast nail it. Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott are amazing on everything I've seen them in. Have you seen BBC' s Sherlock or Broadchurch? Two brilliant brilliant shows where they are stunning (Olivia on Broadchurch and Scott on Sherlock).
Oh man, yeah, Broadchurch. The chemistry between Olivia Coleman and David Tenant in that one is amazing.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon they are both sooo cool!! Love them!
@@Loweene_Ancalimon Broadchurch is my favorite Olivia Colman project. I adore her and David Tennant. Hardy and Miller are my favorite "Buddy Cop" duo.
idk, I always feel like the Boo thing did get closure, the whole point was the Fleabag didn't think she was either worth it/know how to love and be loved after the incident with Boo. And we end the series with her acknowledging that she loves the Priest & he loves her back. It sucks they can't be together, it hurts but there was a big part of her that was healed just there. She healed.
if you guys want more phoebe waller bridge content you should watch Killing Eve!!!!! Despite her not acting in it she wrote the first season and it is another absolute masterpiece!!!! I really think you guys would love that show!
when i first watched this show, i watched both seasons in one sitting. when i tell you the last scene BROKE me…full-on sobbing. just a perfect series.
Fleabag is one of my favourite shows of all time and I'm so glad you guys experienced it! I like how there's little closure and how Fleabag leaves us behind at the end. It symbolises a new beginning. As heartbreaking as the 'breakup' between her and the priest was, I think she needed it as a character to grow. And her leaving us behind is her 'growing up' and healing from Boo. I could write a whole essay but I'll spare you but there's so much detail and symbolism in this show that tells a whole other story.
It is a bit crazy given how short this series is (basically 6 hours, total), with how invested in these characters we get. Just goes to show the amazing writing and performances, of the whole cast. When this series ended I felt an ache like I was losing a friend, and I don't tend to get that attached to characters even on shows that go on for several seasons. Obviously Fleabag and the priest are the central characters this season but honestly the whole cast was freaking amazing...I can just imagine how the dad's lines are written in the script, and him (the actor playing the dad) having to figure out how to deliver them, it's pretty impressive when you think about it!
I really enjoyed rewatching Fleabag with you. Glad to you enjoyed it as much as I did it. ❤️
Great reaction ! I think you guys would love Bojack Horseman. There are a lot of similarities between the two shows despite the crazy setting of Bojack Horseman's world !
Bojack is criminally underrated
this episode is just spectacular
I loved this show soo much when it originally came out. A few months ago I lost my best friend; my own boo. And re-watching it here really brought up other things up I didn't understrand the first time. It has a new meaning for me. Thank you for watching this with us.
I've been waiting for y'all to get to the end of this one... what a beautiful send off to a near-perfect show
I love that ending. I feel like it's her way of saying that she's going to let herself be okay. I think the whole time she was talking to us, we were a surrogate for Boo. All her someones had gone so she did what she could. But that was just keeping a placeholder. It was part of the guilt she was carrying with her. And she decided to leave it behind. Not because she's going to forget Boo or the decisions she made to get her to the point in her life she is at. But as always, she's the one who knows how to move forward. It's like her dad said, she was made to be a punching bag. I dreamed of this last night. Being the human version of soundproofing, in the analogy where pain is sound. There's no passing through, it's just absorbing. And through that new things are created. That's also why she knows she's going to survive the priest's choice being God. He is nowhere near her first loss. And every loss has been piercing. So deciding that she's still going to be okay inn no way means that she's not wounded. It just means that she's learned that she is still a person even with the wounds. They aren't something that slow her down, they are part of the tour. How do you get to a finish line except for through. The through path though sometimes is full of thorns that'll tear you apart. I think she's lovely.
Also, fu** yeah Claire!
The last song, that which you liked, is Alabama Shakes “This Feeling”. You should check out that band. Great sound.
Thanks for that. I never knew who sang it.
God I love Fleabag. It was so nice seeing it grow on you guys as well. Getting invested in these characters creeps up on you. The money lender who helped at the cafe, the uptight but fiercely caring sister, that ridiculously cheerful Klare, the Priest! Fleabag, even creepy martin.
Thanks for watching this show :)
Just some of my random thoughts about the show's finale.
I think it's appropriate that Boo wasn't in this episode - I think Fleabag needed to let her go, and it looks like she did. Fleabag also needed to open up to love again, and the Hot Priest helped her with that. Oh, and about the fox, I think it represents his inner turmoil, like his desires vs. beliefs, and since he chose to pursue the latter, the fox stayed with him. Boo "left" but the fox stayed, and it shows that Fleabag found peace in the end and the Hop Priest didn't.
I think that this episode shows very nicely that although the Father and the Godmother have a weird relationship, they kinda work well together. Remember when at the Fleabag mom's funeral the Father said about the Godmother "She is a bit annoying actually"? Fleabag said exactly the same thing about the Hot Priest when he came to her café. I feel like it's a nice parallel between these two relationships. Like, the couples are not perfect together but they work.
I also think that Fleabag had a redeeming moment with the Godmother when she told her that the sculpture was based on her mother, and I think that this time Fleabag stole the sculpture not because she needed money or out of spite, but cause she wanted to reconnect with her mother (as her father told her to), which is a nice callback to the first episode and shows how much she had grown as a person.
So, even though she lost her love, she didn't really, cause now she is free of guilt over Boo and ready to find love with someone again❤🩹
this show devastated me... it was short, simple and bittersweet. I was completely engrossed with how well it was written
"cry in a good way"
WELL
Enjoyed experience this again with you guys, thanks!
On one hand you'd wish the show could continue, but on the other it satisfied me as well that it ended here, if that makes sense.
All the best with coming reactions and warm regards from the Netherlands!
she had closure on boo too. we were filling that void for her, using her comedic defense mechanisms with us. and at the end when she says goodbye to us, thats ur closure. she couldnt stand being alone, and there u have her, embracing it.
Absolutely adored watching along with you all.
This is without a doubt one of the best endings of a show I've seen.
Fleabag telling us we couldn't come along with her... she really made us feel like we were parting ways with a friend, and that's a testament to the writing and the journey we've taken with her.
"It'll pass".
Straight up punch to the heart.
“The only person I’d run through an airport for is you.”
And
“It’ll pass.”
Completely broke me.
If you liked Fleabag, check out 'Killing Eve' - Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote that too, though she doesn't star in it. Great writing.
She created it and wrote the first few episodes. Afterwards she wasn't included really. That's maybe why after season 1 it is deteriorating, although I liked it overall, except the ending.
The realism of life is that you don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, to be happily ever after. Fleabag show's this to a tee. Amazing show, not many people realise the actress wrote this herself, starting off as a monologue in the Edinburgh Fringe.
That break-up scene in the kitchen was one of my favorites in the entire series.
I think the 2016 “Crashing” was her first show on TV. It was written and created by Phoebe, she also acts in it. It’s one season, and really interesting to see how she grew into creating Fleabag.
I think it's not that she doesn't know his name (stepmom),they never say his name so I think they wanted to keep his name a secret even there
I've just come across you & really enjoyed your Fleabag reactions. Have you watched Our Flag Means Death? It's a silly heartbreak comedy, and a quick watch just 10eps. The first 3 establish everyone, before the shenanigans ensue for the rest of the season.
I appreciated how the show didn't fully wrap up in a neat bow, I appreciated how the "villans" on the show also never got their reckoning. I like how we were just dropped in the middle of fleabags life, and we'll never know how they ended ip
I missed the previous episode and I just wanted to say that the Hair sequence will never stop being iconic.
7:39 now is the point where I'm pretty sure she hasn't talked to us all episode. And it makes my heart feel
Fun fact: "Dollner Avenue" on the bus stop sign is a reference to the show's editor Gary Dollner.
perfect ending (realized after crying a lot)
the word on the bus stop is in Cyrillic letters and it says Животе which, at least in Serbian, means Life, but the way it's written, it looks like the vocative form we use when we're talking to someone. it's used as a phrase when you're frustrated, disappointed, or angry like "oh my god" or "dammit". it's pretty suitable for the end actually, cursing your own life
This episode is the narrative I relate to most out of every single story I have ever seen or read.
This is how love has worked for me too in my life. I felt so seen. Not the priest specifically, but the general conundrum of falling for someone who fell for you but did not feel they could choose to be with you because of other features of their life.
I've never seen anything else deliver the truth of that pain so clearly and humanly.
I can’t remember if I commented this or just thought it, but you guys are the reason I watched this show. It almost instantly became one of my favorite shows ever so thanks for that! Love you guys ❤
You guys need to check out Killing eve next! The show was written by Phoebe Waller bridge & is such a great show 😊
it's funny that you guys mentioning Atlanta, because Donald Glover said that he watched Fleabag when they were creating Atlanta and made everyone in the writer's room watch it because Glover wanted to catch what's so special in Fleabag and bring it to Atlanta.
Not only does she learn how to love again, after Boo, but she also learns that she can BE loved again. Her Sister, her father and the priest. Familial love and romantic love. She’s “healed.” I’m glad the priest stick to his conviction. It would have felt cheap if he’s have quit the priesthood to be with her. I’m he’s a stronger man for following through with his faith. That’s the closure Fleabag actually needed.
Such a bitter-sweet ending to an amazing series.
You have to watch “Killing Eve”, it’s written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and it’s sooo complex
My favourite part was when Godmother introduces her friends with fascinating descriptors. It never fails to make me chuckle.
I loved watching the show again with you guys. Your reaction was really honest and fun to watch. Fleabag is one of those unique shows that leaves a marc. Thanks for the videos! 🖤
If you think about it, the names of fleabag, Dad and stepmother were never mentioned in the whole series, that's why the stepmother couldn't say his name to introduce him to those people.
thank you so much for reacting to this show.
This was such a fun journey! I used to look forward to seeing your uploads every day haha. Really could feel you were enjoying the show and all the chracters, even the asshole Martin. Thanks for watching this! I'll be rewatching the whole playlist with contentment now.
Here we are guys, it's been a good ride on this one. It was fun watching it again. Sometimes things are just bittersweet but that doesn't mean it wasn't beautiful. Excited for a new adventure. 👋👋
Speed watching this again with you and I cry just as hard as binge watching it. That ending, that end song. 🎶 😭❤
it'll never pass
Wanted to watch Fleabag for ages but never got around to it until now. Loved following along with you on the Fleabag journey.
I actually started that series again, because of you guys. It is soo good and seeing you reacting to it was very fun to watch. I look forward to more from you three. :)
If you want some more PWB, I would recommend "Crashing" (the British version). It is a Channel 4 show, it was also created and written by PWB, and she's one of the main characters. I think it has the same, although less mature, vibe as "Fleabag". It's one season - which kills me to this day - but I go back to it very often. It's amazing in my opinion.
Agreee, super easy binge, a lot of laugh out loud moments, but touching moments too.
I really like how respectfull you guys were watching the series! :) I think Fleabag is a masterpiece, PWB is a genius. Already watched it 3 times and it still makes me laugh and cry every single time.
you guys are so cute saying bye to fleabag 🥺
Unrelated to the show, it makes me so happy to see how far you guys have come. I remember subscribing when there was only a couple names listed on the patrons list and now there are so many! Love that for you guys, keep it coming! 🖤
The latest episode has made me feel oddly so special. Like I'm being hunted by a warm cloud all around.
i loved watching this show with yall! amazing reactions
15:07 aww, I had the same reaction 😂
I can’t believe how hard y’all must be working to put out so much content!! I hope y’all are taking it easy. Thanks for watching Fleabag (it’s one of my favorites ever) and sharing your thoughts. Excited for more Kdramas especially, and your content in general guys.
That final wave as she walks away always gets me. So bittersweet...
Fun fact: “Fleabag” was originally written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a one woman stage production! I think it makes everything sort of click, thinking of the whole story as just PWB doing one long stage soliloquy/monologue. And the series finale was very theatrical. I would’ve loved to see it while it was running!
I really was hoping I’d hear the priest scream at the end as it fades to black. 😂
To me, the conclusion about Boo is like: "It's not solved, but she can take it alone now."
I just loved your reactions to this wonderful series. (Subscribed because of it.) Probably others have mentioned this at some point, but the only thing the priest did that "priests aren't supposed to do" is have sex with Fleabag -- and that's serious, but within the Catholic faith he can (and will) confess it and be forgiven for it. Many priests have had a "slip" like that over the years, and recovered. But socializing, having a drink or a smoke, indulging in colorful language... that's all within bounds. (It's nuns and monks who may renounce the world.) I think everyone loves the character of the Priest, and the actor who played him.
As for Boo, I think we're to take it that that story was basically concluded with Season 1, and the year that Fleabag spent working on herself before Season 2. We notice that in this second season, Fleabag was basically the responsible "normal" one, and it was others misbehaved and caused embarrassment around her.
She has a show called Crashing. I think its now on HBOmax but I first saw it on Netflix
I’m so glad you guys totally embraced this show. That last scene is a killer.
Kudos for watching this series. Subbed.
The deaf man signed that he has no idea why he's there, he only met her yesterday. Lol
the way you guys said bye broke me lol
Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller Bridge are friends and comment frequently about how each other's shows are exactly the tone they were going for themselves. Donald was Lando and Phoebe played his droid lover (as the voice)
you guys need to watch crashing!!!! she wrote it and acted in it as well and it’s soooo funny