Fleabag 2x6 | Full Length Reaction
Added 2024-11-29 00:38:20 +0000 UTCLove yall. it's been real🌹🧡
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WHAT a finale. Truly, I think the two seasons are as close to a perfect piece of television as you get, and I too am glad that it ended exactly when it should have. The mouse in the "friendly" trap is definitely Fleabag's dad. But he's decided that that trap is the way he's going to live, I think at least partially because he doesn't want to live alone at this stage of his life, and I don't think it's an inexplicable choice even if I think it's a bad one. In a way, he represents the path Fleabag says she wants in the confession scene: to settle for someone who will take charge and ease his path through life so he doesn't have to face it all. He has a bit of a wobble about it when he's facing locking the door of that trap behind himself, but he does it eyes open! And by helping the wedding run, I even think Fleabag has found a tiny measure of connection with her awful god/stepmother. Only a small temporary one, but perhaps that sliver of goodwill will improve their relationship to almost bearable in very very small doses. Even though the ending makes me cry, it makes me cry in a good way. I don't think that either Fleabag or the Priest are in a place where a relationship that starts from such a place of sacrifice could work. But in a way they both get something from it: the Priest affirms his choice of god, and Fleabag is able to admit she loves someone and believe they love her back. And perhaps the safety of knowing that it isn't actually going to happen is what she needed to be able to do that, which is why she only says "I love you" after she knows it's over. And opening herself up to those feelings lets her turn away from her emotional dissociation, as represented by the fourth wall breaking camera. CLARE. I love her so much. She is so right about airport scenes. She does it anyway. But the main person she'd run through an airport for is Fleabag. BEAUTIFUL. The real love stories of Fleabag are Fleabag and Clare, and Fleabag and herself, and I love that.
Leticia
2024-12-12 13:27:02 +0000 UTCOh my gosh, I loved watching that. Thanks for sending it. She was so impressed. The way he just quoted it nonchalantly.
Franklin
2024-12-03 14:05:57 +0000 UTCPlease tell me you’ve seen this: https://youtu.be/fXOzy6M4g20?si=6DibE6dY6ibsYQT9
Mitzi McCoy
2024-12-03 07:18:57 +0000 UTCDamn Amanda, that's such a good reminder. This is a love story. And yes it checks I love how you put it. She's leaving us and learning to live in the present. Although it's hard to imagine fleabag not breaking the 4th the wall, is such a part of her it's almost like a hairstyle at this point. But change is good Me too. It's one of the most unique shows I've ever encountered 🧡
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:40:34 +0000 UTCMe too Valaree me too💐
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:37:15 +0000 UTCThere's hope. But God damn even when Claire said it was hers, godmother almost sounded disappointed that fleabag didn't have a miscarriage. I'm like damn what is wrong with this woman
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:36:38 +0000 UTCI hear that
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:35:29 +0000 UTCaww that goodbye was tough but so beautiful for all the reasons you explained. It's almost like we're seeing our friend off after a year of knowing her and growing with her I watched some of the stage performance video on YouTube and it was great. I will share it here It was amazing indeed. Happy you were here for it Lola
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:35:22 +0000 UTCI like that. It will meet you where you are
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:25:58 +0000 UTCI think that just showed how much I didn't care about Kevin... Martin
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:24:51 +0000 UTCIndeed this showing is entirety so dense and meaningful. I did watch this stage performance on YouTube and Phoebe is a freaking genius
Franklin
2024-12-02 02:24:17 +0000 UTCAlso the fact that you struggled to remember Martins name made me happy. It's very fitting. :)
Mikal Liebswager
2024-11-30 19:40:18 +0000 UTCThere are so many layers to this show! It is so good! I'm not sure where it's available but id love to see you react to the stage version. I watched it during lockdown somehow and it was just as profound. Regardless, thanks for your reaction! Glad you enjoyed it.
Mikal Liebswager
2024-11-30 19:37:05 +0000 UTCThis is the kind of show that you can revisit at different points in your life, and it will meet you where you are. I love it.
Melissa
2024-11-29 21:32:59 +0000 UTCOh, I cried during this goodbye. Even more because of how you said "I love having met her". What an extraordinary work Phoebe Waller Bridge has done. I learned it is based on a monologue she does, and that there's a filmed version of her doing it onstage. I don't know if it is findable, but if it is, maybe you could react to it as a coda? And see how much of it became the series or not. Still, I love that "we" stay on the bus stop, and that she turns around and says goodbye. That she got the bravery to love again, after Boo. That she and her sister deepened their bond (It makes me so happy that Claire is your favorite character! She could have so easily been the stereotype of a stick-up perfectionist, but she isn't, she's as complicated as Fleabag, and the actress makes it so fun!). I love that she kinda doesn't need "us" anymore, become were a bit of a crutch (like when you're in a boring situation and you imagine your life is a movie or something). That it means she stops performing for others, and living more authentically. I am really really happy this show won the poll too. What an incredible journey it has been.
Lola Lirola
2024-11-29 19:13:44 +0000 UTCFleabag is an experience that I never knew I needed!
Laura Thate
2024-11-29 03:49:50 +0000 UTCI’m hoping the godmother learned something from Claire revealing that the miscarriage was hers. Godmother spent so much time tormenting Fleabag over that and I hope she felt like an absolute ass in that moment. Realistically, if she’s an actual narcissist like she seems, she may not be capable of that kind of self-reflection. But there’s hope!
Valaree
2024-11-29 03:18:51 +0000 UTCI’m so glad you watched this. Fleabag is a really beautiful piece of art and watching you appreciate it was so cathartic.
Valaree
2024-11-29 03:13:13 +0000 UTCFleabag’s first line of this season is “this is a love story”. I think many anticipate it’s just her and the priest, but it’s also her journey to self love, her relationship with her sister (big emphasis on them), and finding out she can love someone who really “sees” her, even love with her father. The callbacks are so good, I also love that the writing breaks the fourth wall when her godmother can’t remember her father’s name calling out that most of them haven’t had real names in this series — so clever and perfect. The ending is so bittersweet but it’s the perfect ending. The fox, And her letting us go because she’s going to live more in the present. It’s all just so beautiful. Couldn’t love this show more. “The only person I’d run through an airport for is you”. I’m so glad you loved this series. It has more and more meaning every time I rewatch it. ❤️
Amanda Hill
2024-11-29 01:39:02 +0000 UTC
