The Director is one of my favorite Antagonists of all time honestly... he wasn't this huge ultimate evil, just a broken man trying to get back something he wanted more than anything in the world, only for the attempt to fail and watching as the consequences tear it apart completely. it's almost jarring, after all that happened to the freelnacers and the blood gulch crew, it was no great alien artifact, super advanced AI, or even a soldier, just a sad old man...
I also think - the same way he remembers that allison dies, and so tex was always set to fail at the very end, there's no way for her not to fail her last task, church does too. Since ai is based on a person and alpha was based on the director, he always remembers never getting her in the end. He loses Allison and that is also embedded in church. To always lose tex in the end. He would never get a happy ending either. Which is always why tex would disappear in the chronicles. She always goes away. Which is why her ship blows up in space, she failed and in turn, church loses texas. When epsilon returns and brings texas back, she decides to leave to figure her purpose out but he tags along in fear of losing her as that is embedded in him too. When wash and meta chase church and tex and tex loses to the meta, church loses texas. When he goes into the unit he cant find her and when he does, he finally lets her go. He may have broken the cycle for her, but in the end, He's always destined to lose her. Always. Sure that's maybe not how it was originally set up (at least for the chronicles until they formed a story) but it all worked out exactly and perfectly around the story in the end. Which is such amazing writing and just so heart breaking.
Definitely one of the most heart wrenching moments, not merely in Red vs Blue, but in movies and shows. This scene serves to show that there really weren't any villains in the show up to this point, but rather victims. Whether it was the Meta or Wash or Omega or Sigma or Gamma or Wyoming or even the Director himself. They all did terrible things, but not because they were evil, but rather because they were partially broken. It really goes with the theme of the show: there are no saints or sinners, but instead a mesh of both, red vs. blue.
Kyle Eaton Quoth the wiki, "However, he knows of the crimes the faction was committing and was willing to torture Alpha to create more A.I." Also he kinda suggested blowing up the state of Florida just to provide Agent Florida with a cover story. That's pretty messed up.
I would say he's completely inoccent at this point. He was extremely depressed and didn't get help for it, So he made bad decisions. There was no project freelancer to begin with. It was all just to save Allison...may God be with him...
Nicholas Abbott Completely innocent? Just because we see him now as a sad, broken husk with nothing left, he is no less culpable for his previous actions, and it's almost entirely his fault he ended up like this.
The Director is a tortured man trying to get his mistakes right, no matter the cost. Here, at the end, he realises he's missed the point and has become a monster. So, he decides to off himself in a tragic sense of atonement. Then there's the Chairman. Amoral, greedy, and doesn't even go out gracefully: intends to bring everyone down with him.
@@ImRobin07 Washington gave Carolina his pistol in True Colors, and Carolina proceeded to give that pistol to the Director, since it's still the weapon he killed himself with, Hargrove took it.
Delta: He was brilliant... Theta: And we trusted him! Gamma: But he lied to us. He twisted and... Omega: ...tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us... Sigma: ...for his own purposes, and for what? For this? This... SHADOW!? Epsilon: He needs to pay.
Logic Trust Deciet Rage Ambition Memory That's one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. Well, I mean, the entire Carolina-Director scene was already one of my favorites, but that part especially.
This is why I love Red vs Blue. They give you a reason to sympathize with even the worst of villains. Not only did I learn the Director's true intentions with this scene, but I learned why, and on top of that, learned how it would feel if I were in his shoes. Ultimately, he never wanted to hurt anyone. He never wanted anyone to die or to even get in trouble with the law. He just wanted the one he truly loved back. Like a child missing a lost blanket, and that's what made me tear up this entire scene. I don't cry easily, but damn it. I'm tearing up just listening to this track. What if it were you in his shoes? What would you have done if you knew you had a chance to bring a lost loved one back...?
If I were in the Director's shoes. I'd do the same thing. I'd manipulate other people and give them the impression what they're doing is right when it's all actually for my selfish desires. The Director is seriously the coolest Antagonist. Well, him and Locus.
I would just move on even if the director succeeded he wouldn't have allison back it would've just been a copy an ai emulating her like epsilon is doing to look like alpha church
TheValkyrieGamer Well, that's the thing, the Director had Tex, an AI based upon his memory of her. Just look at everything that happened after he did get Tex. You're right, he didn't have her back, he still wasn't satisfied, he never would be.
+xSurvivor7x Honestly the connection I had with him during season 6 just grew and then finally he died here, and I was so upset. I loved his character so much....
+xSurvivor7x Until you realize that he ostracized his own daughter and used like a... freaking lab rat. If it weren't for that one fact, I could empathize with him and say I'd probably go down the same road.
While everyone else has been pointing out the tragedy of Carolina, the Director's daughter, here's something else to think about. The original Church was Alpha, the remnants of the AI based on the Director himself. But Alpha is gone. The Church we know here is Epsilon, remembering and recreating Alpha. And actually, beyond that, it's all of the remaining AI meshed in with Epsilon. The Church we see by this point in the series is the attempted recreation of a memory of the shadow of a memory of a broken man. And we (rightfully) still see Epsilon as more human than the Director.
Except now there IS no more Epsilon now... he deconstructed and fragmented himself and his memories as well as those of the other AI to save everyone... "Ain't that a bitch?"
A family broken by betrayal, jealousy and hate... Failed attempts at love, forever lasting pain and agony that is not to be forgiven... Project freelancer, a story of tragedy that lies behind a beautiful song like this. Only those who watched Red vs Blue would feel the true emotion brought by this song. Truly one of the best on the album!
*Lie down* *Try not to cry* *Cry a lot* Jeff Williams does such a masterful job at making his songs permanently associated with these heartbreaking scenes, that I often find myself doing this three step process just through the song itself.
It's because its the falling towards the sky song which was played as an epic action song with the original whole crew of the freelancers working together to acomplish something. But now its slowed down and done in a more sad way (minor key) it is used to show how broken the entirety of the freelancers had become. Such as how Wash doesn't even want to face the dirctor but Carolina wants to. The objectives of the freelancers are now separate and fractured from one another. The notes are only a fractured piece of the song much in the same way epsilon is only a fractured piece of the alpha and that Wash and Carolina were the only remaining fractured pieces of the original freelancers at the time.
Remembrance, Hate, Resent, Pity, Acceptance, Forgiveness...All in thirty seconds....I don't think I've ever seen anyone ever pull that off, ever...Just goes to show how far these guys have come...From making a Web Comedy series, to a web comedy series that can seriously tug at your heart... Thank you guys, may you continue to amaze and evolve...
So let's play a drinking game. Take a drink every single time Red vs Blue Season 10 makes you want to cry: Episode 10: Death of Connie Episode 12: Church: *plays logs of York hoping to see Carolina again and never being able to* Carolina: Why did you show me that? Church: Because.........I know what it's like, to spend your life chasing ghosts. Episode 15: "Alison!", and Carolina suffering while the Director does nothing (especially if you've seen the ending and know the twist already) Episode 16: Tex worrying about Carolina, who hasn't woken up, Church being tortured. Episode 17: Carolina pulling out "Tex's" dog tags (again, especially if you know the twist), Church, Wash, and Tex, all being exposed to the horrific truth of PFL at once. Episode 18: "YOU'RE MY PROBLEM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY PROBLEM! EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU IS JUST A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS!!!" Episode 19: "Maybe, but you can't trust me", seeing Church broken, Tex failing to save Carolina Episode 20: Doc: See? In the end, we all worked together, and everyone got what they wanted. Caboose: Not everyone..... Episode 21: "She was right, I can't do this. I can't beat her. I could never beat her." "There's only one Tex. And Church, nobody knows her like you." Church: Goodbye Tex: Weird, I don't know why but I hate goodbyes. Church: I know why.......*sigh*.......goodbye. Episode 22: Literally this entire scene
Jacktheinfinite101 Also episode 19: Maine seeming to show just a little grief after throwing Carolina off the cliff. And knowing Maine that's a enough to make you cry, especially how he and Carolina seemed to care so much for each other
Zealot555 vue It made it a lot more emotional to watch "all" the AIs say that, not just Church/Epsilon. I actually never pictured Delta or Theta in such a saddened rage until this scene.
Xanthos That didn't feel like the others though. I know they appear in later seasons, but here they didn't have the voices or even the right looks, it was just Church using their color and the filtering effect of their voice. So it felt, to me anyway, less like them talking, and more Church taking on their appearances to illustrate how the Director exhibits all of these traits, or how he manipulates these traits in him. And in this way it feels more emotional to me because it's not 8 people raging against him, it's the one person they all were, The Alpha, the director's creation and son who felt destroyed by him, who is raging against him.
He was brilliant.....And we trusted him. But he lied to us. He twisted......And tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what? For this? This...Shadow?!
"Did you find what you were looking for...?" "No. No, I did not. But I believe I might have come very close. I wish... I wish I knew." Not going to lie; cried at the pure onslaught of emotion here. Holy shit... Especially with Epsilon's speech he gives as he cycles through the other AI's..
I guess I´m just like Leonard Church when it comes to this, I keep replay this song over and over again. It just......I can´t explain it in words. But it reminds me of someone saying goodbye, like Tex and Church. I feel so bad that the real Church ( A.I. Church) who died back in season 6. Now, there´s just Epsilon. No more Tex, she is dead too. I wish Church just could have said those three words to her. And she would understand. Man....I feel so emotional.....Can´t explain. Jeff Williams know how to create good music that makes me feel so depressed every time. I´m watching Naruto, Soul Eater and other anime and series. But none of them can compare to this...this....this is reality....so fucking reality. Sorry if I doesn´t make any sense, but if this series will end.....I´m probably gonna cry a lot of tears ♥ Church, Tex, The director...everyone ♥ You will be remembered ♥
Delta: he was brilliant... Theta: ...and we trusted him. Gamma: but he lied to us. he twisted... Omega: ...and tortured us, and used us! Sigma: manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what? for this? this...shadow?!
I noticed each AI Fragment's sentence relates to its attribute. "He was brilliant" A logical statement from Delta, Logic. "And we trusted him!" Theta, Trust, places trust in others. "But he lied to us." Lying, a manner of deceit, said by Gamma, Deceit. "He twisted, and tortured us, and used us!" Pure anger from Omega, Rage. "Manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what?" Manipulation is often used by the ambitious, such as Sigma, Ambition.
No. Cause holding to something would destroy not just me, but to anyone. I would move on and cherish what the folks in my life and that's enough to make one person whole.
This scene caused me to figure out something about the director. Not so much being the villain, or the blindly devoted to a lost cause, or even the tragic figure. But the fact that he was actually very similar to the very AI he made. Not just for the fact that he was the mind it was based on, but in the fact that he is made even more similar to Alpha in what happens to him. Because, in a way, what he did to the Alpha mirrored what happened to he himself, with the loss of the one he cared most about, the torture of his question "Could he have saved her?" then the thought that he could bring her back, which made himself fragment after a fashion, losing almost everything else except that one fragment (memory), which might have been part of why he couldn't face Epsilon for long... as Epsilon's state mirrored his own, the difference being he knowingly inflicted it on Epsilon...
"You were my greatest creation." The moment I realized that the Director was talking about Carolina and not Epsilon, I think my heart broke in two and sank to the bottom of my chest.
This was definitely the most powerful scene in the entire series. I was in tears for it. Who would have thought that RvB could pull off such a tragic story after seeing where it started.
Epsilon (With memories of the AI): He was brilliant, and we trusted him! But he lied to us! He twisted and tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us for his own purposes! Only for what?! For this?! This...Shadow?!
You have to sympathise with the director though. He was a victim of himself. He lost someone who promised she'd be back, but she never came back. She always said, don't say goodbyes, because then it just seems like you're not there right now. It broke him. To the point, he went this far, to try bring her back.
Having compassion is far from weakness. What Carolina did shows that sometimes you have to rise higher than your hatred and let it go. Had she killed the Director, what would have it really accomplished? A weakened old man's death would not have put an end to her pursuit to vindicate what happened to not only her, but her teammates as well.
shark30005 Probably Sigma would technically fall under that category. He dragged Maine in with him, so yeah, there were some evil characters. The Director's methods also were very questionable also. They weren't purposely evil but borderline evil. He had good intentions, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In the end, I wish that the Director could have realized, like Epsilon did, that sometimes you have to let go. It might be painful but sometimes it is the best thing you can do so that you can move on with life.
The Dragonborne I would agree, if not for one problem. He had Carolina. But despite this, he let his grief, his depression, destroy him. He forgot about his own daughter. And when he remembered her, he didn't realize what he still had, but believed he saw opportunity to bring her back. He used her like a lab rat, along with everyone else she has ever been close to. I will agree, some people can't "move on." It's never that simple. Never. But if you let it control you, & drag you down to the point you start hurting others, or affecting their lives, that's not acceptable.
All the more painful when you see a father asking his daughter to let him die in front of the memory of his wife. In the end he was... pitiful. No one wants to lose someone. Especially not too early. But all he left behind was a wake of broken lives, fragments of a shattered soul and nothing to show for it but regret.
As much of a Sociopath that I am, I'd never wish the kind of despair that Dr. Leonard Church went through on ANYONE. That kind of despair is maddening and bottomless. It's the deepest pit of Hell and all that is left are endless rivers of tears. Treasure the small moments, they tend to add up quickly.
"He was brilliant..." "And we trusted him!" "He lied to us-He twisted and" "Tortured us! and used us!" "Manipulated us for his own purposes and for what? This shadow?" "He needs to pay."
I still can't get over the fact that Carolina was the Director's daughter... It makes so much sense now... The fact that he pushed her the most and the fact that she couldn't defeat Tex... Wow...
"Carolina, would you be so kind..as to leave me your pistol" "yes sir." hits different when you realize hes her dad, snd tex was her mom (or an ai recreation of her)
Seeing someone once perceived as being cunning, clever, brilliant and devilish be truly shown to be a man who has just been consumed and torn apart by grief, not many shows I have ever seen have been able to capture my fckn heart the way this did. This music just echoes through me like no other experience i have ever had or possibly ever will. It just was such a perfect way to end the Freelancer saga and I don't think any other season can ever live up to this in my eyes. Season 8 was close, but this scene alone just sets 10 apart from anything else. Thank You Rooster Teeth for creating something truly special, I will always be grateful to this show for so much.
"I thought we came all this way to KILL him!" "Church...remember what you learned? Inside the Memory Unit? You have to let go. Your past doesn't define who you are; just gives you the starting point for who you're going to be."
Amazing how we knew the Director's story from the very beginning with the song "A Girl Named Tex" ....."I gotta go, but now you know I want a song to live for long. It's fair request." "Don't say goodbye." "Texas made it out I heard, but her one need I did heed. I think of Beth while mocking death. Like a mocking bird." It was like this from the beginning. So sad. :'(
This arc was so splendidly written. After rewatching this scene i always realise some new additional information I didnt before, aside from how broken the director is which is a separate topic, i also think - the same way in the show's logic, he remembers that allison dies, tex was always set to fail at the very end, there's no way for her not to fail her last task, church does too. Since ai is based on a person and alpha was based on the director, he always remembers never getting her in the end. He loses Allison and that is also embedded in church. To always lose tex in the end. He would never get a happy ending either. Which is always why tex would disappear in the chronicles. She always goes away. Which is why her ship blows up in space, she fails her last mission... and in turn, church loses texas. When epsilon returns and brings texas back, because he cannot let her go, she decides to leave and figure out her purpose, but he tags along in fear of losing her as that is embedded in him too. When wash and meta chase church and tex and tex loses to the meta, church loses texas, yet again. When he goes into the unit he can't find her and when he does, he finally lets her go. He may have broken the cycle for her, but in the end, He's always destined to lose her. Always. Sure that's maybe not how it was originally set up (at least for the chronicles until they formed a story) but it all worked out exactly and perfectly around the story in the end. Which is such amazing writing and just so heart breaking.
“He was brilliant! And we trusted him! But he Lied to us! HE TWISTED AND TORTURED US! AND USED US, MANIPULATED US FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES AND FOR WHAT? FOR THIS… SHADOW? He needs to pay.” I always loved this quote and seeing the frustration he felt in that moment when the director had done enough, that and when church yelled at everyone are my favorite monologues because he showed his true anger and frustration, rip Epsilon(Church)
"Church, remember what you learned in the memory unit? You need to let go. Your past doesn't define who you are. It just gives you the starting point for who you're going to be." Just thinking about this scene makes me tear up.
Red vs. Blue just had to be secretly a tragic love story complete with an old widowed man who just can't move on till death said otherwise and an estranged daughter who just... accepts all this despite a lot that had happened. And we love the series more because of it.
Such an emotional piece. All the Director wanted was to bring back the woman he loved. But his obsession has hurt and and in numerous cases killed so many.
I never noticed that little piece of Carolina's theme in this song before. Wow. It's the little details like that that really made this season something special.
"You were my greatest creation...." "I don't know what I am...But I know this...I'm not just a copy of you...I'm better than you..." "....I wasn't talking...to you..."
One of The Saddest Episodes To Date, Even Today, The Cascading Music And Emotional Drama Breaking You Down, From Hatred, Pity and Disgust, To A Slight Remorse for a Man That Once Was.
Director: "You were my greatest creation." Epsilon: "I don't know what I am, but I do know this - I'm more than just a copy of you. I'm better than you." Director: "I wasn't speaking to you." Yeah, that hit me in the feels pretty hard. Realised I never watched past I think season 6, so I revisited the show over the past few days. Wasn't disappointed.
Hey I know we all like to talk about The Director, and Epsilon's speech, but are we really going to ignore the part about Carolina? took off her helmet, looked the man responsible for the BS in her life in his eyes, tried to force herself to hate him, but found she couldn't?
Very good point. One of the subtle things I liked was the look on his face when Church said he was a better person than him. It's the truth he didn't want to hear.
He was brilliant! (Delta) And we trusted him! (Theda) But he lied to us, he twisted(Gamma) And tortured us! And used us!(Omega) Manipulated us for his own purposes and for what? For this, this...shadow!? (Sigma) He needs to pay. (Epsilon)
This scene shows that it's hard to let go of a good memory. It also shows you that love makes you do crazy things. The Director was trying to bring back his love but failed. This scene makes me cry, even for a kid my age..
I... RoosterTeeth, everything you did, up to this point...It literally made my emotions implode on themselves. You made one of the best season-ending shockers of all time. If this show could, it'd be showered in awards. I have shed tears... You have created one of the best series of all time. You made what was once a comedy machinema, and evolved it into something that was not only serious IT WORKED. Don't stop making perfection.
This is the most depressing scene I've ever seen. This scene shows me that even a series that is there just to entertain, over time. Can turn into a fleshed out and depressing story. Good work Rooster Teeth, and thanks RT4Copyright for making this video
You've missed the point entirely. She showed compassion. Which is the cause for many people changing. No, it's not impossible to leave the era of revenge. Wash proved that, but you must remember, at the end, it was the reds and blues who he was after, and epsilon, for revenge and to get what he wanted. But even after all they went through, seeing their friend murdered for gods sake, they showed compassion. Meaning they were the better people. Carolina was in the same boat.
Before we judge the director, we should ask ourselves what would we have done. Would we simply accept our losses, or do everything in our power to bring back what has been lost? I still don't have a straight answer for it and because of that I can't say that the director was completely evil and heartless, nor can I say I would have done something different because when the time comes when I do lose something precious I will always remember this. Edit: I finally found my awnser...
For me, this is the best scene in the series. It wrapped everything before it up, and surprised me twice. I came into it hating the Director as much as Church, but when I saw his face... an old man, weary, filled more with memory than hope...
I love in this scene where Church is flashing his memories between all of the AI fragments. Like a culmination of all previous seasons and the Freelancer Project
I get all the feels from this scene. Especially when her face loosens up and she realizes that he's just her pathetic father and not the director that ruined her life. And then she kisses him on the forehead, like any daughter would to their elderly father. Just...UGH. :(
1:00 Church: he was brilliant We trusted him. He lied to us, he twisted and tortured us and used us and manipulated us for his own purposes are for what? for this Shadow?
I did too, I kind of see the recollection as part of the project freelancer saga. Episode 101-200 connect the same way episodes 1-100 connect. The real issue in the recollection was the director all along, and this seasons finally wraps that up. Not to mention Church finally comes to terms with what he is as well and his rough past.
Indeed. It goes back to the saying of not wishing the same gruesome fate on your enemy. He turned our Church into a broken shell, and now he himself became a broken shell.
At first I was like Church, itching to see Carolina get her revenge but, after seeing how broken, how depressed, how much of a shell the Director had become, all thoughts of payback went down the swally along with my dignity due to the crushing feels :'(. Jeff Williams, Monty Oum, Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum and every other person who has made this season so damn epic, thank you.
The Director is one of my favorite Antagonists of all time honestly... he wasn't this huge ultimate evil, just a broken man trying to get back something he wanted more than anything in the world, only for the attempt to fail and watching as the consequences tear it apart completely. it's almost jarring, after all that happened to the freelnacers and the blood gulch crew, it was no great alien artifact, super advanced AI, or even a soldier, just a sad old man...
similar to Ansem the Wise, but differently
StarDog Smasher at least when Ansem made his mistake, he tried fixing it
OblivionbladeTD i agree
I also think - the same way he remembers that allison dies, and so tex was always set to fail at the very end, there's no way for her not to fail her last task, church does too. Since ai is based on a person and alpha was based on the director, he always remembers never getting her in the end. He loses Allison and that is also embedded in church. To always lose tex in the end. He would never get a happy ending either. Which is always why tex would disappear in the chronicles. She always goes away. Which is why her ship blows up in space, she failed and in turn, church loses texas.
When epsilon returns and brings texas back, she decides to leave to figure her purpose out but he tags along in fear of losing her as that is embedded in him too.
When wash and meta chase church and tex and tex loses to the meta, church loses texas. When he goes into the unit he cant find her and when he does, he finally lets her go. He may have broken the cycle for her, but in the end, He's always destined to lose her. Always. Sure that's maybe not how it was originally set up (at least for the chronicles until they formed a story) but it all worked out exactly and perfectly around the story in the end. Which is such amazing writing and just so heart breaking.
To only have one happy memory and to have his greatest creation to live on.
Definitely one of the most heart wrenching moments, not merely in Red vs Blue, but in movies and shows. This scene serves to show that there really weren't any villains in the show up to this point, but rather victims. Whether it was the Meta or Wash or Omega or Sigma or Gamma or Wyoming or even the Director himself. They all did terrible things, but not because they were evil, but rather because they were partially broken. It really goes with the theme of the show: there are no saints or sinners, but instead a mesh of both, red vs. blue.
777vraj except the Councillor. Fuck that guy.
Boxesofboxes What did he do?
Kyle Eaton Quoth the wiki, "However, he knows of the crimes the faction was committing and was willing to torture Alpha to create more A.I." Also he kinda suggested blowing up the state of Florida just to provide Agent Florida with a cover story. That's pretty messed up.
Yeah, usual villains of rvb were gray, then theres hargrove, yeah hes black, like sephiroth, not tucker
@@boxes_of_boxes It was a metaphor of Agent Florida not being part of PFL, if he had blow-up Florida, it would just create more attention
"Remembrance...
Hate...
Resent...
Pity...
Acceptance...
Forgiveness...
All under thirty seconds."
~OverlordFlinx
To be honest: When I first saw this season I was expecting something else. Boy was I surprised when it made me feel sympathy for the Director.
+Jakomi of the Rose I felt no sympathy for him.
+Gautam Sarathy (gsauceinator) Yeah, but you called love a "petty goal." Seems safe to say your emotional center is on the fritz.
DoomShepherd Considering the sheer devastation his actions have caused for a plethora of individuals, his end goal definitely pales in comparison.
I would say he's completely inoccent at this point. He was extremely depressed and didn't get help for it, So he made bad decisions. There was no project freelancer to begin with. It was all just to save Allison...may God be with him...
Nicholas Abbott Completely innocent? Just because we see him now as a sad, broken husk with nothing left, he is no less culpable for his previous actions, and it's almost entirely his fault he ended up like this.
And then we found out that the Chairman is actually a hundred times worse than the Director.
As far as I'm concerned, this is the last episode.
@@Robert399 season 12 and 13 were good
@@Robert399 Dumbass, Chorus is so masterful. If anything make the end of S13 your last episode, that would be more understandable.
The Director is a tortured man trying to get his mistakes right, no matter the cost. Here, at the end, he realises he's missed the point and has become a monster. So, he decides to off himself in a tragic sense of atonement.
Then there's the Chairman. Amoral, greedy, and doesn't even go out gracefully: intends to bring everyone down with him.
@@AlejoConejo-vb8ln calm down dude. Jesus christ.
The pistol in Hargrove's office (Season 13) was the one Carolina gave Leonard. I didn't realize that.
The Funniest Valentine that bastard just couldn’t leave well enough alone
That's actually Washington's pistol, he gave her his pistol when she lost it in the fight with tex drones and it's the one she handed to the director.
Where and why did he take Washington's pistol?
@@ImRobin07 Washington gave Carolina his pistol in True Colors, and Carolina proceeded to give that pistol to the Director, since it's still the weapon he killed himself with, Hargrove took it.
Ohhh, well technically it's both Carolina's and Washington's
Delta: He was brilliant...
Theta: And we trusted him!
Gamma: But he lied to us. He twisted and...
Omega: ...tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us...
Sigma: ...for his own purposes, and for what? For this? This... SHADOW!?
Epsilon: He needs to pay.
Logic
Trust
Deciet
Rage
Ambition
Memory
That's one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. Well, I mean, the entire Carolina-Director scene was already one of my favorites, but that part especially.
Did you notice Epsilon(memory)'s voice took over when he said "this... this Shadow?"
What would Alpha say?
@Sylvian Juraska church would’ve said all of these because in a way these were all forming alphas opinion so church would’ve said it all
This is why I love Red vs Blue. They give you a reason to sympathize with even the worst of villains. Not only did I learn the Director's true intentions with this scene, but I learned why, and on top of that, learned how it would feel if I were in his shoes. Ultimately, he never wanted to hurt anyone. He never wanted anyone to die or to even get in trouble with the law. He just wanted the one he truly loved back. Like a child missing a lost blanket, and that's what made me tear up this entire scene. I don't cry easily, but damn it. I'm tearing up just listening to this track. What if it were you in his shoes? What would you have done if you knew you had a chance to bring a lost loved one back...?
If I were in the Director's shoes. I'd do the same thing. I'd manipulate other people and give them the impression what they're doing is right when it's all actually for my selfish desires. The Director is seriously the coolest Antagonist. Well, him and Locus.
I would just move on even if the director succeeded he wouldn't have allison back it would've just been a copy an ai emulating her like epsilon is doing to look like alpha church
TheValkyrieGamer Well, that's the thing, the Director had Tex, an AI based upon his memory of her. Just look at everything that happened after he did get Tex. You're right, he didn't have her back, he still wasn't satisfied, he never would be.
+xSurvivor7x Honestly the connection I had with him during season 6 just grew and then finally he died here, and I was so upset. I loved his character so much....
+xSurvivor7x Until you realize that he ostracized his own daughter and used like a... freaking lab rat. If it weren't for that one fact, I could empathize with him and say I'd probably go down the same road.
While everyone else has been pointing out the tragedy of Carolina, the Director's daughter, here's something else to think about.
The original Church was Alpha, the remnants of the AI based on the Director himself. But Alpha is gone. The Church we know here is Epsilon, remembering and recreating Alpha. And actually, beyond that, it's all of the remaining AI meshed in with Epsilon. The Church we see by this point in the series is the attempted recreation of a memory of the shadow of a memory of a broken man.
And we (rightfully) still see Epsilon as more human than the Director.
That was painful. Did you really have to do that? As if I wasn't already sad enough about Epsilon's situation!
AbyssalRook The Director still lives on as Epsilon.
That last part made it less sad
Agreed.
Except now there IS no more Epsilon now... he deconstructed and fragmented himself and his memories as well as those of the other AI to save everyone...
"Ain't that a bitch?"
A family broken by betrayal, jealousy and hate... Failed attempts at love, forever lasting pain and agony that is not to be forgiven... Project freelancer, a story of tragedy that lies behind a beautiful song like this. Only those who watched Red vs Blue would feel the true emotion brought by this song. Truly one of the best on the album!
*Lie down*
*Try not to cry*
*Cry a lot*
Jeff Williams does such a masterful job at making his songs permanently associated with these heartbreaking scenes, that I often find myself doing this three step process just through the song itself.
"You were my greatest creation."
***** yes that and also some of Carolinas comments about her mother and what we know of the first Tex from the director it is almost certain
Definitely, they've made it quite apparent
I dont know what I am, but I do know this, I'm more than just a copy of you, I'm better than you.
i wasn't speaking to you
Play it again F.I.L.I.S
This scene is one of my absolute favorite roosterteeth moments. Even beating yang's story of her mom and the teleporter fight from season 8
"and don't worry, you'll see me again." Kills me a little on the inside everytime I hear it.
Agent Carolina, would you be so kind as to leave me your pistol?
"Thank you, Carolina..."
"You, were my greatest creation".
I don't know what I am, but i do know this. I'm more than just a copy of you, I'm BETTER than you.
"I wasn't speaking to you."
Best line in RvB. Not happiest, not the most sad, just "I wasn't speaking to you" but it conveyed so much.
Those last few notes always make me tear up...
It's because its the falling towards the sky song which was played as an epic action song with the original whole crew of the freelancers working together to acomplish something. But now its slowed down and done in a more sad way (minor key) it is used to show how broken the entirety of the freelancers had become. Such as how Wash doesn't even want to face the dirctor but Carolina wants to. The objectives of the freelancers are now separate and fractured from one another. The notes are only a fractured piece of the song much in the same way epsilon is only a fractured piece of the alpha and that Wash and Carolina were the only remaining fractured pieces of the original freelancers at the time.
This scene was so well-written, it makes me tear up everytime.
"I promise dad... I won't ever let you down... I'll always be your number one..." - Carolina Age 10.
Remembrance, Hate, Resent, Pity, Acceptance, Forgiveness...All in thirty seconds....I don't think I've ever seen anyone ever pull that off, ever...Just goes to show how far these guys have come...From making a Web Comedy series, to a web comedy series that can seriously tug at your heart... Thank you guys, may you continue to amaze and evolve...
Man, props to jeffery for making such great music. I've listened to this so much, and it still gives me the feels.
So let's play a drinking game. Take a drink every single time Red vs Blue Season 10 makes you want to cry:
Episode 10: Death of Connie
Episode 12:
Church: *plays logs of York hoping to see Carolina again and never being able to*
Carolina: Why did you show me that?
Church: Because.........I know what it's like, to spend your life chasing ghosts.
Episode 15: "Alison!", and Carolina suffering while the Director does nothing (especially if you've seen the ending and know the twist already)
Episode 16: Tex worrying about Carolina, who hasn't woken up, Church being tortured.
Episode 17: Carolina pulling out "Tex's" dog tags (again, especially if you know the twist), Church, Wash, and Tex, all being exposed to the horrific truth of PFL at once.
Episode 18: "YOU'RE MY PROBLEM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY PROBLEM! EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU IS JUST A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS!!!"
Episode 19: "Maybe, but you can't trust me", seeing Church broken, Tex failing to save Carolina
Episode 20:
Doc: See? In the end, we all worked together, and everyone got what they wanted.
Caboose: Not everyone.....
Episode 21:
"She was right, I can't do this. I can't beat her. I could never beat her."
"There's only one Tex. And Church, nobody knows her like you."
Church: Goodbye
Tex: Weird, I don't know why but I hate goodbyes.
Church: I know why.......*sigh*.......goodbye.
Episode 22:
Literally this entire scene
I would need to go to the hospital then.
*Succumbs to alcohol poisoning*
Jacktheinfinite101 Also episode 19: Maine seeming to show just a little grief after throwing Carolina off the cliff. And knowing Maine that's a enough to make you cry, especially how he and Carolina seemed to care so much for each other
Zealot555 vue It made it a lot more emotional to watch "all" the AIs say that, not just Church/Epsilon. I actually never pictured Delta or Theta in such a saddened rage until this scene.
Xanthos
That didn't feel like the others though. I know they appear in later seasons, but here they didn't have the voices or even the right looks, it was just Church using their color and the filtering effect of their voice. So it felt, to me anyway, less like them talking, and more Church taking on their appearances to illustrate how the Director exhibits all of these traits, or how he manipulates these traits in him. And in this way it feels more emotional to me because it's not 8 people raging against him, it's the one person they all were, The Alpha, the director's creation and son who felt destroyed by him, who is raging against him.
He was brilliant.....And we trusted him. But he lied to us. He twisted......And tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what? For this? This...Shadow?!
Epsilon, Delta, Theta, Gamma, Omega, Sigma.
Each of those being the corresponding trait to what he was talking about...
"Did you find what you were looking for...?"
"No. No, I did not. But I believe I might have come very close. I wish... I wish I knew."
Not going to lie; cried at the pure onslaught of emotion here. Holy shit... Especially with Epsilon's speech he gives as he cycles through the other AI's..
This and ct death scene both did me in. He was a father trying to bring back his lost loved one and ct was only doing what was right in her mind
I guess I´m just like Leonard Church when it comes to this, I keep replay this song over and over again. It just......I can´t explain it in words. But it reminds me of someone saying goodbye, like Tex and Church. I feel so bad that the real Church ( A.I. Church) who died back in season 6. Now, there´s just Epsilon. No more Tex, she is dead too. I wish Church just could have said those three words to her. And she would understand.
Man....I feel so emotional.....Can´t explain. Jeff Williams know how to create good music that makes me feel so depressed every time. I´m watching Naruto, Soul Eater and other anime and series. But none of them can compare to this...this....this is reality....so fucking reality.
Sorry if I doesn´t make any sense, but if this series will end.....I´m probably gonna cry a lot of tears ♥ Church, Tex, The director...everyone ♥ You will be remembered ♥
Man thats exactly how i feel,
Loss is a powerful emotion.
Delta: he was brilliant...
Theta: ...and we trusted him.
Gamma: but he lied to us. he twisted...
Omega: ...and tortured us, and used us!
Sigma: manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what? for this? this...shadow?!
I noticed each AI Fragment's sentence relates to its attribute.
"He was brilliant" A logical statement from Delta, Logic.
"And we trusted him!" Theta, Trust, places trust in others.
"But he lied to us." Lying, a manner of deceit, said by Gamma, Deceit.
"He twisted, and tortured us, and used us!" Pure anger from Omega, Rage.
"Manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what?" Manipulation is often used by the ambitious, such as Sigma, Ambition.
The broken look on the directors face in this scene really hit me. He truly was at heart, a broken man, grieving the loss of his wife
If you had the chance to try and bring back the one you love, would you?
Would you go as far as the Director?
I'm very afraid of my own answer to that question.
DoomShepherd We all should be, my friend.
I don't know how to answer that.
Yes, yes I would, and it would be my duty to go even farther.
No. Cause holding to something would destroy not just me, but to anyone. I would move on and cherish what the folks in my life and that's enough to make one person whole.
a sad ending to a happy memory it's never one thing
This scene caused me to figure out something about the director. Not so much being the villain, or the blindly devoted to a lost cause, or even the tragic figure. But the fact that he was actually very similar to the very AI he made. Not just for the fact that he was the mind it was based on, but in the fact that he is made even more similar to Alpha in what happens to him.
Because, in a way, what he did to the Alpha mirrored what happened to he himself, with the loss of the one he cared most about, the torture of his question "Could he have saved her?" then the thought that he could bring her back, which made himself fragment after a fashion, losing almost everything else except that one fragment (memory), which might have been part of why he couldn't face Epsilon for long... as Epsilon's state mirrored his own, the difference being he knowingly inflicted it on Epsilon...
"You were my greatest creation."
The moment I realized that the Director was talking about Carolina and not Epsilon, I think my heart broke in two and sank to the bottom of my chest.
This was definitely the most powerful scene in the entire series. I was in tears for it. Who would have thought that RvB could pull off such a tragic story after seeing where it started.
"Let old ghosts rest" I still wonder what it felt like when Beta learned who she was. To know that truth is a feeling I can't imagine.
Epsilon (With memories of the AI): He was brilliant, and we trusted him! But he lied to us! He twisted and tortured us, and used us! Manipulated us for his own purposes! Only for what?! For this?! This...Shadow?!
Us fans are right now just like the director watching the show. It’s over, but we can’t let go. Just like him.
I just realized, the end of the song has the choir part of ice fight...awesome
You have to sympathise with the director though. He was a victim of himself. He lost someone who promised she'd be back, but she never came back. She always said, don't say goodbyes, because then it just seems like you're not there right now. It broke him. To the point, he went this far, to try bring her back.
Having compassion is far from weakness. What Carolina did shows that sometimes you have to rise higher than your hatred and let it go.
Had she killed the Director, what would have it really accomplished? A weakened old man's death would not have put an end to her pursuit to vindicate what happened to not only her, but her teammates as well.
In the end were any of the characters truly evil.
shark30005
Probably Sigma would technically fall under that category. He dragged Maine in with him, so yeah, there were some evil characters.
The Director's methods also were very questionable also. They weren't purposely evil but borderline evil. He had good intentions, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
In the end, I wish that the Director could have realized, like Epsilon did, that sometimes you have to let go. It might be painful but sometimes it is the best thing you can do so that you can move on with life.
It's like Sarge said:
"He's a real dirtbag. But even if he's six feet under, we'll still be in the same damn spot."
The Dragonborne I would agree, if not for one problem. He had Carolina. But despite this, he let his grief, his depression, destroy him. He forgot about his own daughter. And when he remembered her, he didn't realize what he still had, but believed he saw opportunity to bring her back. He used her like a lab rat, along with everyone else she has ever been close to.
I will agree, some people can't "move on." It's never that simple. Never. But if you let it control you, & drag you down to the point you start hurting others, or affecting their lives, that's not acceptable.
Rest in peace Monty Oum.
He's not gone; he's just not here with us right now. That way we don't have to say goodbye.
Just like Church at the end of season 13.
rwby is not the same wiouth him after volume 3 conclusion
Now that I finished watching this, here’s what I have to say….
Play it again FILLIS….
That awesome and sad moment you realize that 1:19 to 2:00 is a slowed version of the chorus for the Season 8 credits song.
All the more painful when you see a father asking his daughter to let him die in front of the memory of his wife.
In the end he was... pitiful.
No one wants to lose someone. Especially not too early.
But all he left behind was a wake of broken lives, fragments of a shattered soul and nothing to show for it but regret.
This song is absolutely gorgeous - I'm constantly in awe of your amazing talent!
As much of a Sociopath that I am, I'd never wish the kind of despair that Dr. Leonard Church went through on ANYONE. That kind of despair is maddening and bottomless. It's the deepest pit of Hell and all that is left are endless rivers of tears. Treasure the small moments, they tend to add up quickly.
"He was brilliant..."
"And we trusted him!"
"He lied to us-He twisted and"
"Tortured us! and used us!"
"Manipulated us for his own purposes and for what? This shadow?"
"He needs to pay."
This scene is sooooooo sad, it makes me cry every time. The music fits perfectly with it and makes it even more emotional
I still can't get over the fact that Carolina was the Director's daughter... It makes so much sense now... The fact that he pushed her the most and the fact that she couldn't defeat Tex... Wow...
I like how the captions show the words from the episode even though it's just pictures on this video.
"Carolina, would you be so kind..as to leave me your pistol"
"yes sir."
hits different when you realize hes her dad, snd tex was her mom (or an ai recreation of her)
Seeing someone once perceived as being cunning, clever, brilliant and devilish be truly shown to be a man who has just been consumed and torn apart by grief, not many shows I have ever seen have been able to capture my fckn heart the way this did. This music just echoes through me like no other experience i have ever had or possibly ever will. It just was such a perfect way to end the Freelancer saga and I don't think any other season can ever live up to this in my eyes. Season 8 was close, but this scene alone just sets 10 apart from anything else.
Thank You Rooster Teeth for creating something truly special, I will always be grateful to this show for so much.
"I thought we came all this way to KILL him!"
"Church...remember what you learned? Inside the Memory Unit? You have to let go. Your past doesn't define who you are; just gives you the starting point for who you're going to be."
That? I felt that.
"Don't Say Goodbye....I Hate Goodbyes.."
"Was the Project a success, Director? Did you find what you were looking for?"
"No. Shut up. Go away. Blarg. Old man words."
Amazing how we knew the Director's story from the very beginning with the song "A Girl Named Tex" ....."I gotta go, but now you know I want a song to live for long. It's fair request." "Don't say goodbye." "Texas made it out I heard, but her one need I did heed. I think of Beth while mocking death. Like a mocking bird." It was like this from the beginning. So sad. :'(
This arc was so splendidly written. After rewatching this scene i always realise some new additional information I didnt before, aside from how broken the director is which is a separate topic, i also think - the same way in the show's logic, he remembers that allison dies, tex was always set to fail at the very end, there's no way for her not to fail her last task, church does too. Since ai is based on a person and alpha was based on the director, he always remembers never getting her in the end. He loses Allison and that is also embedded in church. To always lose tex in the end. He would never get a happy ending either. Which is always why tex would disappear in the chronicles. She always goes away. Which is why her ship blows up in space, she fails her last mission... and in turn, church loses texas.
When epsilon returns and brings texas back, because he cannot let her go, she decides to leave and figure out her purpose, but he tags along in fear of losing her as that is embedded in him too.
When wash and meta chase church and tex and tex loses to the meta, church loses texas, yet again. When he goes into the unit he can't find her and when he does, he finally lets her go. He may have broken the cycle for her, but in the end, He's always destined to lose her. Always. Sure that's maybe not how it was originally set up (at least for the chronicles until they formed a story) but it all worked out exactly and perfectly around the story in the end. Which is such amazing writing and just so heart breaking.
“He was brilliant! And we trusted him! But he Lied to us! HE TWISTED AND TORTURED US! AND USED US, MANIPULATED US FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES AND FOR WHAT? FOR THIS… SHADOW? He needs to pay.” I always loved this quote and seeing the frustration he felt in that moment when the director had done enough, that and when church yelled at everyone are my favorite monologues because he showed his true anger and frustration, rip Epsilon(Church)
I'm still convinced that season 10 brought this show together in a way that no other show has ever done
RIP Rooster Teeth. You'll be missed.
Guess I wasn't the only one with this idea to process all of this...
i love Jeff Williams music it's just everything I imagined
"Church, remember what you learned in the memory unit? You need to let go. Your past doesn't define who you are. It just gives you the starting point for who you're going to be."
Just thinking about this scene makes me tear up.
*Just a tired old man chasing shadows*
Play it again, F.I.L.I.S.
F.I.L.S.S
Red vs. Blue just had to be secretly a tragic love story complete with an old widowed man who just can't move on till death said otherwise and an estranged daughter who just... accepts all this despite a lot that had happened.
And we love the series more because of it.
Such an emotional piece.
All the Director wanted was to bring back the woman he loved. But his obsession has hurt and and in numerous cases killed so many.
I never noticed that little piece of Carolina's theme in this song before. Wow. It's the little details like that that really made this season something special.
"You were my greatest creation...."
"I don't know what I am...But I know this...I'm not just a copy of you...I'm better than you..."
"....I wasn't talking...to you..."
One of The Saddest Episodes To Date, Even Today, The Cascading Music And Emotional Drama Breaking You Down, From Hatred, Pity and Disgust, To A Slight Remorse for a Man That Once Was.
Director: "You were my greatest creation."
Epsilon: "I don't know what I am, but I do know this - I'm more than just a copy of you. I'm better than you."
Director: "I wasn't speaking to you."
Yeah, that hit me in the feels pretty hard. Realised I never watched past I think season 6, so I revisited the show over the past few days. Wasn't disappointed.
They both have the same eyes. The Director is Carolina's dad and Texas is her mother. It's why he calls her his creation.
Hey I know we all like to talk about The Director, and Epsilon's speech, but are we really going to ignore the part about Carolina? took off her helmet, looked the man responsible for the BS in her life in his eyes, tried to force herself to hate him, but found she couldn't?
just. perfect.
Funny thing is, if you turn on the captions, it will show the dialogue from the scene.
Very good point. One of the subtle things I liked was the look on his face when Church said he was a better person than him. It's the truth he didn't want to hear.
He was brilliant! (Delta)
And we trusted him! (Theda)
But he lied to us, he twisted(Gamma)
And tortured us! And used us!(Omega)
Manipulated us for his own purposes and for what? For this, this...shadow!? (Sigma)
He needs to pay. (Epsilon)
4-5 years later and it's still sad as hell :/
This scene shows that it's hard to let go of a good memory. It also shows you that love makes you do crazy things. The Director was trying to bring back his love but failed. This scene makes me cry, even for a kid my age..
I...
RoosterTeeth, everything you did, up to this point...It literally made my emotions implode on themselves. You made one of the best season-ending shockers of all time. If this show could, it'd be showered in awards.
I have shed tears...
You have created one of the best series of all time. You made what was once a comedy machinema, and evolved it into something that was not only serious
IT WORKED.
Don't stop making perfection.
Some Antagonists don't want to rule the world, they just want love-one back...
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
"No but I think I got very close maybe the next time around..."
An old man whose mind is more filled with memories than it is with hope.
I think that's exactly what we got...
This is the most depressing scene I've ever seen. This scene shows me that even a series that is there just to entertain, over time. Can turn into a fleshed out and depressing story. Good work Rooster Teeth, and thanks RT4Copyright for making this video
I just realized, this song has the same motiff as the Red Vs. Blue Revelation theme.
You've missed the point entirely. She showed compassion. Which is the cause for many people changing. No, it's not impossible to leave the era of revenge. Wash proved that, but you must remember, at the end, it was the reds and blues who he was after, and epsilon, for revenge and to get what he wanted. But even after all they went through, seeing their friend murdered for gods sake, they showed compassion. Meaning they were the better people. Carolina was in the same boat.
Before we judge the director, we should ask ourselves what would we have done. Would we simply accept our losses, or do everything in our power to bring back what has been lost? I still don't have a straight answer for it and because of that I can't say that the director was completely evil and heartless, nor can I say I would have done something different because when the time comes when I do lose something precious I will always remember this.
Edit: I finally found my awnser...
For me, this is the best scene in the series. It wrapped everything before it up, and surprised me twice. I came into it hating the Director as much as Church, but when I saw his face... an old man, weary, filled more with memory than hope...
I love in this scene where Church is flashing his memories between all of the AI fragments. Like a culmination of all previous seasons and the Freelancer Project
I get all the feels from this scene. Especially when her face loosens up and she realizes that he's just her pathetic father and not the director that ruined her life. And then she kisses him on the forehead, like any daughter would to their elderly father. Just...UGH. :(
1:00 Church: he was brilliant
We trusted him. He lied to us, he twisted and tortured us and used us and manipulated us for his own purposes are for what? for this Shadow?
*F.I.L.S.S: "[Beginning Playback.]"*
I did too, I kind of see the recollection as part of the project freelancer saga. Episode 101-200 connect the same way episodes 1-100 connect. The real issue in the recollection was the director all along, and this seasons finally wraps that up. Not to mention Church finally comes to terms with what he is as well and his rough past.
He may not be talking to Church, but it didn't make what he said any less true.
They could get this track, but they couldn't include the "He's just not here right now" end piece?
Director: Hello, Epsilon. You came all this way just to see me?
Indeed. It goes back to the saying of not wishing the same gruesome fate on your enemy. He turned our Church into a broken shell, and now he himself became a broken shell.
At first I was like Church, itching to see Carolina get her revenge but, after seeing how broken, how depressed, how much of a shell the Director had become, all thoughts of payback went down the swally along with my dignity due to the crushing feels :'(. Jeff Williams, Monty Oum, Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum and every other person who has made this season so damn epic, thank you.
1:55 When you see the Director`s face for the first time.
“Perhaps the next time around”
2:51, "I'm more then just a copy of you... I'm better then you."
Thank you good sir
So...this is what you've become :(