TGI – Episode 621 “The Psychotic Episode” - Pod Meets World

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Speaker 1 (00:20):
So you know, whenever I go home, sometimes I walk
into my bedroom and there's something on my desk that
my parents have found or somebody's found and like left
there for me to see if I want it. And
last time I went home, I walked into a package
mentioned from Russell Daig Whoao, and it was written out

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to what he used to call me, which is Vilheim Friedelig.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
And when I.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Opened it, I was like, huh, what the heck is this?
It's our season seven ABC press packet.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
So it's what they would show.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
It is all of our like what the what the
network writes about us and what they say we are,
and then full of all of the beach shoots, like
a ton of different pictures. That was the one with
the pool they pool, and then everybody got their own

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kind of like.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Headshots, head shots all the way. I've never seen that volleyball, the.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Globe, the globe with the volleyball, of course, because it's
throwing a globe. There's been you know on the beach
shot kneeling Neil Rider not anti pocket.

Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Pocket, Maitland and you and for some reason, that's it.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
I don't know where mine is or anybody else is
probably took it out exactly, or I.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Once again was not given any credit for being on
the program. But I also thought I would read to you.
Let's see what they've said about.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
What how'd they described the show? Please?

Speaker 1 (02:04):
So let's start with, well, it's not the show, it
is just individual biographies.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Oh, okay, little bios.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
So we have Ryder Strong, sean on the ABC Television
network's Boy Meets World. A native Californian, Ryder Strong's first
professional acting job was the role of Gavroche in the
San Francisco production of Less Miserables when he was only
nine years old. He's had numerous television guest star credits
on shows such as Evening Shade, Empty Nest, Nurses, Time Tracks.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
And the ABC series Maybe This Time in Home Improvement.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
He also had a reoccurring role on Party of Five,
playing series regular Lacey Schubert's first boyfriend. His movies for
television include The Last Hit, The Long Road Home, and
Summertime Switch. In addition to his work on Boy Meets World,
Rider recently guest starred in two episodes.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Of the award winning ABC series The Practice.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
He played a teenager who lived on the who lied
on the witness stand claimed to have shot his mother
to protect his father actually committed the crime. Nineteen year
old Writer is no Stranger to film. He co starred
with Donald Sutherland and Amy Irvin and Benefit of the Doubt.
In nineteen ninety eight, he landed a leading role in
the Pact, where he played a street kid coerced by
the mob to find and kill a teen in the

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US Justice Department's Witness Protection program.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
My God, this is super detailed.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
I mean it's so long.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Oh, We're not done yet.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
In nineteen ninety five, his brother Shiloh wrote and co
produced with Writer a play entitled Shades of Blue for
a Los Angeles State production in which Writer co starred
along with Shiloh. The critically acclaimed play was a recipient
of the prestigious.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Drama Logue Award.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
A screen version of Shades of Blue, also written by
Shiloh and produced by Writer's production company, redwood Shire Productions,
has received considerable studio interest.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Considerable considerable, but it was considerable.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Ryder currently enjoys a sustained level of popularity among young
and mainstream audiences alike. He was recently recognized by professionals
in the industry when casting directors, Producers and directors nominated
him for his work on Boy Meets World for the
Hollywood Reporter Young Stars Awards. Writer spends his work week
in Hollywood, where he is also a student in college.

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He returns to northern California for the weekends, where he
lives with his mom, Lynn Warnerstrong, dad King Arthur Strong,
and older brother Shiloh King Strong. A true lover of
the outdoors. Oh, now get personal. A true lover of
the outdoors. He enjoys backpacking, swimming, whitewater rafting, playing soccer,
apparently rollerblading, listening to eclectic music collections, writing, reading poetry

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from Keats to Kerouac. Hometown San Francisco, California. Birthdate December eleventh.
And that my Strong's bio. There you go, the official
amy this thing.

Speaker 4 (04:42):
This sounds like something like my agent wrote, or you know,
like this is like your.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Agent really wanted to help promote your brother.

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, well that would make sense if it was gen
And then they have So I have mine.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, I have Danielle's, which I love you. It's considerably shorter.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
It sure is.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Look it says daniel Fishle Topanga on the ABC Television
Networks Boy Meetswirl. Eighteen year old daniel Fishle began acting
professionally eight years ago. Her resume includes appearances in several
episodes of ABC's Full House and guest appearances on Harry
and the Henderson's and Kirk. She has also been featured
in several commercials. Danielle spent her summer hiatus.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
In Boy Meets World, co starring in the feature film.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
Jack of All Trades with Joey Shulpthorne, Zach Ty Brian
and Paul Sorvino. The comedic drama is set for release
early next year. A recent high school graduate, Danielle is
a member of the Celebrity Sightings Team, an online celebrity
website with features that include exclusive photos, chats, giveaways, prizes.

Speaker 5 (05:44):
And games.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
It allows Danielle to personally keep in touch with their
fans while providing up to date information about her latest
projects and events. Born in Arizona, Danielle has grown up
in southern California. She lives with her mother, father, and brother,
along with her long haired shiuaha named Tyson and Cassidy.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
I'm so glad we got that her names in there.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
A husky labrador mixed dog. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah, Did they say that she had one blue eye
and one brown eye? Opportunity did not.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
In her free time, she does charity work for organizations
benefiting critically ill children. She also enjoys skiing, snowboarding, surfing, reading,
and chatting online with her fans.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
Chatting online that was still such a new thing.

Speaker 4 (06:24):
The idea that you were like able to talk online.

Speaker 2 (06:29):
Isn't that crazy? Do you want to hear mine now? Yes?

Speaker 3 (06:32):
Please?

Speaker 1 (06:32):
Wilfredell Eric Matthews on the ABC television network Boy Meets World,
Will is, for lack of a better term, a god
among men. That's not where it says it does. I'll
skim through some of it.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
Hang on to you, smartest guy.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
I E.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
Einstein thought he was the smartest person. Okay.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Wilberdelle stars as the lovable but sometimes airhead Eric Matthews,
the older brother of his angst ridden sibling Corey Ben Savage.
For some reason, Ben gets a mention in my bio
on the seventh season of Boy Meets World. Born in Hartford, Connecticut,
Will is the youngest of three boys and can relate
to Corey's plight. They have a quote from me for
some reason. I was always trying to hang out with
my brothers when I was younger, He recalls. His older

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brother Gary is a unit trust trader in New York.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
What that is?

Speaker 1 (07:22):
His middle brother, Greg is teaching English in a psych
howa Japan. Fredell began acting professionally when he was in
the fifth grade. At the urging of his drama teacher,
he auditioned for a bit part in a professional production
of A Dolls House.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
And soon became one of the child leads.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
Will starred in the Wonderful World of Disney's My Date
with the President's Daughter, and has had the leading role
in the upcoming Wonderful World of Disney's h Double Hockey Sticks.
He also played the lead in the feature film Trojan War.
His television credits including starring roles on True Blue and
a guest appearance on Law and Order. He was featured
in the television movie Set for Life starring Andy Griffith,
and ABC's Educating Mom. Will is also the voice of

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the new Batman in the WB animated series Batman Beyond Fardell,
who is currently taking core classes to prepare himself for
a career in archaeology, still am resides in Connecticut. When
he's not studying or in front of the camera, he
enjoys writing scripts and short stories.

Speaker 3 (08:09):
Resides in Connecticut.

Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, apparently.

Speaker 1 (08:11):
Also, i'd like still like to know why writer gets
a book where they're like and his address It was
written by one of your fans, is what I'm thinking.

Speaker 3 (08:20):
They went through every credit that writer has. Yes, mine
was like, describe my entire life? What your parents' full names?

Speaker 2 (08:29):
Weird?

Speaker 1 (08:29):
And then it was also it's like mine is like
will Fredell, who really knows Ben Savage? And Ben Savage said,
this is like, wait a minute, why does mine have? Okay,
so here's the other thing if you'd like me to
read it. Here's how ABC broke down our show.

Speaker 3 (08:42):
Okay, I did the press pack it.

Speaker 2 (08:44):
So here we go, boy me through old Fridays, eight
thirty pm Eastern. Will they or won't they?

Speaker 1 (08:50):
That is the question the engaged core into Panga must
decide upon if they will or will not get married.

Speaker 2 (08:56):
All systems look like a go until a Sadden Tapanga
proves unsuccessful in getting her parents to reconcile and call
off their divorce. She loses faith in the power of
young love and cancels her pending marriage. Don't remember that. Wait,
we're getting ahead of ourselves. Yeah, that's why I didn't
know if we want to read it or not. Season seven.

Speaker 1 (09:12):
This is the season seven packet with her parents breakup
to Panga realizes.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
You just save it.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
Yeah, when we start seeing seven, just put that little
note off to the side, or take a picture of
it so you don't lose it. You will do anything.
I know.

Speaker 1 (09:24):
I know.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
I can't believe I just said.

Speaker 1 (09:26):
That, I hold on to it forever and have it
right next to me in the same podcast forty years.

Speaker 3 (09:31):
Put it in that Tiffany frame next to the photo
of us at the at the saloon picture.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh yeah, well that's the beautiful silver frame that I'm
having handcrafted right right exactly by mister Tiffany himself. So
we'll hold off on that one because I know apparently
you call off your wedding, which I don't.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
I didn't remember that. But it was interesting to see
this season seven, like the.

Speaker 1 (09:51):
Packet they sent to everybody, which had you know, a
ton of photos, everybody's bio, Bill Daniel's bio, which again
shorter than Ryder Strong's.

Speaker 4 (10:00):
Still well he's only been nominated for two emms. So yeah,
Keats and Kerouac.

Speaker 1 (10:05):
You know, yeah, it's like, this is yers schedule with
what the hell is? Writer ran the alphabet and poetry
from Keats to Kerouac.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
That's it. So that's I thought.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
Every time I go home, there's usually another little from
from the past, and I thought you'd like to see
the season seven packet, which Russell Didgke had sent to
Wilhelm freed Leg.

Speaker 2 (10:33):
I don't remember ever getting those.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
I mean, that's of course not your parents opened them
or Judy opened them for you. You would never have
cared to see it.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
I don't know why it was left for me, but
it was, and now I have it.

Speaker 3 (10:44):
Writers like package came from boy Me's world.

Speaker 2 (10:48):
God get what would say about this?

Speaker 3 (10:52):
What about Karacout?

Speaker 2 (10:54):
What would he say about this? God what rhymes with angst?

Speaker 3 (11:00):
Welcome to U Pon Meets World.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
I'm Daniel Fischel, right or Strong will Fredell.

Speaker 3 (11:17):
Welcome to today's episode recap. We are recapping season six
episode twenty one, the Psychotic Episode. It is the penultimate
episode of season six. It originally aired May seventh, nineteen
ninety nine. The synopsis, a concerned Cory seeks out mister
Feenie's rational interpretation when he experiences a series of nightmares

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involving the murder of Sean. It was directed by our
own William Rusty Russ Rustday. It was written by Carlos Aragon.
This is his first Boy Meets World episode. He will
write two more in season seven, including a big one Angela.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (12:02):
So, before we jump into the guest stars, do you
guys want to talk about your overall thoughts? I'll start
with didn't remember one single aspect of this episode?

Speaker 2 (12:16):
Wow, I remembered most of this episode.

Speaker 3 (12:18):
Did you really?

Speaker 2 (12:19):
You didn't last week when we mentioned once you started
watching it.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Once I started watching it, I knew which episode this
was because I remember this being a very tough week
of work for me, and me being a bit of
it this week, really, and Rusty kind of calling me
out on it, and Rusty and I having a conversation
about it.

Speaker 2 (12:35):
I was a bit of it this week.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah, And I specifically remember that YEP with my co star,
with the guy I was working who was giving me
very little and it was really weird, and I think
I thought I was the coolest guy in the world
by this point. And everyone's telling me how funny I was,
and I was like, I don't know if I could
work with this guy. He's like giving me no, and
I was being like a bit of an asshole, and
Rusty was like, dude, what's your problem? Like he full
on called me out about it. He's like pulled me aside.

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He's like, what's going on with you this week? And
I was like, I don't know, dude, I don't know.
And it was he was right, he was one hundred
percent right. But that's what I remember most about this
week was it's like maybe getting a little bit full
of myself and you know, feeling like the hot don
the set and.

Speaker 2 (13:12):
I'm so for having a guest star that you don't know,
and I it was real.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
He was also he just had a very different acting style,
which didn't translate to a bad performance at all, but
it was it was, Yeah, I.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
Remember being a bit, you know, a bit full of
myself this week.

Speaker 3 (13:28):
You think, was he just quiet and reserved in real life?
And yes?

Speaker 1 (13:32):
And it was also it was like there was the
perform The thing I remember most is the performance that
we saw on screen, was that was his performance.

Speaker 2 (13:41):
No changes at all from like the table read.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
So I'm like trying to like Bob and weave and
he was like, this is my performance, which again that's
not a bad thing. It was wasn't a bad performance,
but I was, you know, I want to get on
the set and play a little bit. And by this
point I thought I was like, you know, I had
the permission to kind of play and and and joe
around and do it, and I wasn't getting anything back,
and it was kind of like, what is what the
hell is going on? And I remember complaining to Rusty

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about it. I wasn't I wasn't being a dick to
the guy. It was more like talking to Rusty about
it privately, like he's not giving me anything and I want.

Speaker 2 (14:14):
To do and he was like, dude, what's what's what's
wrong with you? What's going on?

Speaker 1 (14:18):
Because you know, Rusty will go from actor to dad
to friend, like back to back to back. And by
this point Rusty and I, you know, I often talked
in the beginning how I didn't think Rusty liked me
at all, and then he and I, especially during the
Wilderness Store stuff and maybe even a little bit before that,
really started to bond as friends and as actors, and
I remember this was kind of the moment of an
older actor looking at a younger actor, kind of like,

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what is your problem this week? Because he was also
the director, but he wasn't really talking to me like
the director. He was talking to me like Rusty talking
to Will.

Speaker 2 (14:46):
It was like what what? What the hell?

Speaker 1 (14:49):
And he was right, and I remember being like, yeah,
you're no, well, god, I don't know, I'm freaking out
this week or I don't not getting anything back or whatever,
and he was like, let's just get through this.

Speaker 2 (14:58):
It looks good, it's going to be great.

Speaker 4 (14:59):
Do thing.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
Let him do his thing. Stop trying to change his performance.
That's not on you. And yeah, I remember it was.

Speaker 1 (15:07):
It was Rusty kind of like in me the smack
up side of the proverbial smack up side I had
that I needed, So it was That's what I remember.

Speaker 2 (15:15):
So when this started, I was like, oh, it's this guy,
like it's this episode, yeah, because.

Speaker 1 (15:20):
I remember I'm like kind of over the top and
I feel like I'm pushing it a little bit, and
I feel like you and Ben are basically laughing through
the entire episode. Yeah, it was an apply named psychotic episode,
but I remember this week as being a psychotic kind
of week and it was my completely my fault on
my side.

Speaker 3 (15:35):
Wow, yeah, writer, do you have any memories?

Speaker 4 (15:39):
Not really, I did remember this episode, like I remember
Elevator Shaft and Corey's killing and we never know when
it's a dream or not. And so yeah, well I
was watching and I remember, like Mary Poppindya, like there
are certain lines that stuck with me. But yeah, I
guess it's not that it's it's not much of an assessment.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
To to say it's a strange episode. I mean, it
intends to be a strange episode, but it.

Speaker 4 (16:04):
Also just didn't feel I felt like a little bit
like it was trying to be the Scream episode in
some ways and it just didn't quite get there. And yeah,
I don't know, it felt you know, I felt like
the B storyline was funny but didn't.

Speaker 2 (16:19):
Feel like a boy meets World episode.

Speaker 4 (16:21):
I guess because it's mostly you and a guest star.
But it was fine, it was good. I laughed, and
then I don't know, there's something about the A story
that just like it doesn't quite get absurd enough for
me to like just completely like, ah, this is a
romp but it also is not like.

Speaker 2 (16:38):
I don't know, it just kind of felt weird. It
just felt in between to me.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
There's also there's there's something about when you said trying
to be the scream episode, which I couldn't agree more.
And there's when it's the scream episode, you know that's
based on a trope, Like it's based on a rope,
so you kind of know the rules going in because
you're like, oh, they're doing whereas this was just.

Speaker 2 (17:01):
Willy nilly.

Speaker 1 (17:01):
There was no kind of structure to it. It's just
like it might be dreamy, it might not be dreamy.
Sometimes he's asleep the people he's dreaming about, or sometimes
asleep sometimes they're in the dream with him, and then
you just cut to Eric in real life and it's like, okay,
that got a little confusing.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Yeah, so it was more just.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
A little muddled for me than I mean, the jokes
were funny. Yeah, I'm officially sick of the lobster. It's everywhere.
I don't know how they keep getting away with it.
It's everywhere.

Speaker 3 (17:28):
I saw it in the classroom, but I didn't see
it anywhere else.

Speaker 1 (17:30):
Classroom, it's in the apartment, it's in with the dorm room.
I mean it's everywhere. But yeah, again, I didn't dislike it.
It just it didn't kind of feel like a boy
met thrilled episode. You're right, so it was. I felt
like I was trying to do Chandler and Joey this week,
and it was like a friend's kind of episode.

Speaker 2 (17:49):
More than anything else. It just seemed strange.

Speaker 3 (17:51):
I thought it'd be storyline was very funny, and I
thought the I thought the a storyline of there being
something going on with Corey's about how life is going
to change after he gets married. I wish if I
could just make one wish for this episode. I wish
it wasn't that Corey is asking if he's rushing into marriage,

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could like, could we be done? You're either you either
want to get married or you do not. But like,
I can't handle one more conversation from either one of
them about whether or not this is something they should do.

Speaker 2 (18:33):
If all of that the first half of.

Speaker 3 (18:37):
That concerned, if you have this many concerns, the answer
is probably you should not be getting married. If this
episode were just how is my I can't wait to
get married, but how is it going to change my
friendship with Sean. I have a concern about my friendship
with Sean. How does marriage change my friendships? Love it?

Speaker 2 (19:01):
Yeah, I'll be honest.

Speaker 1 (19:03):
I thought this was the perfect example of the episode
that was set up to be a Topanga episode.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
Corey's known since they were two they were getting married.
That's been established.

Speaker 1 (19:15):
If they were going to get married at thirteen, he
wouldn't have thought they were rushing into it. So if
it was Topanga having all these dreams, even the twist
at the end is the entire thing is a Tapanga
dream something, I thought it would have been a little
more interesting because I thought, I think he's more on
board than she's been with the wedding, with the marriage,
and I think the idea that Tapanga keeps having all

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these dreams where she's murdering all of her friends is
more interesting than Corey doing because.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
Again, they just keep trying it and it's so funny
because we criticize everything. And I didn't dislike the episode.
It just seems like.

Speaker 1 (19:46):
They're kind of changing Corey now week by week for
whatever he is to the core Corey.

Speaker 2 (19:52):
I mean, we talked about it in the B episode
where it's.

Speaker 1 (19:54):
Like, but the caper would have been Sean always pushing
him into the cape. He just seems to they're changing
his character a lot, and I think it's kind of
strange because he's always known that he's ready for marriage.

Speaker 2 (20:06):
He's always he was the old married man.

Speaker 3 (20:08):
Sean says, been rushing into marriage since you were two.

Speaker 1 (20:12):
Right, so that it seems like it would have been
cooler if it was Topango.

Speaker 2 (20:15):
Wondering if they're still rushing into it.

Speaker 3 (20:18):
Guest starring Leslie Dannin as Sheila. Leslie's first job was
on Michael's Charles in Charge. This is her second Boy
Meets World. She also played a character named Lisa in
season five's Fraternity Row. She'd also appear on other shows
like Doogie Howser, Girlfriends, Step by Step, and Silk Stockings,
and in movies like Marked for Death, Anthony Michael Hall's

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directorial debut, Haile Caesar, and her final acting credit in
two thousand and two, The Olsen Twins Win in Rome
and Then We Have Charlie Newmark as Adam. Newmark's first
acting role was as Will in the nineteen ninety Lord
of the Flies movie. He'd also appear in movies Trees,
Lounge In and out and surveillance, and we have a

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returning favorite, but let's keep her a surprise for now.
Jumping into our recap, we are in Jack and Rachel's
apartment hallway. The elevator door opens, Jack, Eric, Corey, Seann,
and Rachel all walk out. Rachel proudly puts her arms
around Corey and Sean. You know, I just want to
thank you both for convincing Eric to move back in
with us. Then she gives them each a very slow

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kiss on the cheek. Over at the apartment door, Jack
tells Eric, it's really great to have you back, buddy,
and Eric responds he's happy to be back. Then he
grabs Rachel's hands and starts passionately making out with her.
Did you remember this?

Speaker 5 (21:37):
Will?

Speaker 1 (21:38):
Now I'm sitting there watching with soon, I was like,
what the like? Maitland and I kissed. I didn't remember
this even And it's like a kiss. It's a kiss kiss. Yeah,
we like make out with each other. I had no
memory of this whatsoever. If you had asked me two
days ago, had you bet me if you've ever mete
out with Maitland?

Speaker 3 (21:57):
Because she said you were the only cast to have
never kissed another cast?

Speaker 2 (22:01):
Member right, and I'm not made out with Maitland.

Speaker 3 (22:05):
No, all done it nice? So this kiss happens right
in front of Jack. But once they're done, all Jack
says is nice kiss with a big smile on his face.
Eric thanks Jack for the compliment, then grabs his suitcase
and walks right into the apartment, followed by his once

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again roommates. Now the remaining boys wait for the elevator,
and Corey brags about their abilities. You see, Sean, all
it took was you and me to get them to
settle their differences. Sewn agrees. Corey and Sean forever best friends.
Corey shakes Sean's hand in victory, but then something takes
over his body. His smile turns angry.

Speaker 2 (22:48):
Sean look that dead face that he always made.

Speaker 3 (22:51):
The Sean is disturbed, Corey, why are you looking at
me like that? Instead of responding, Corey push Sean into
the empty elevator shaft. Sean quickly grabs onto the rope
A rope, I thought, why is there a rope? He
grabs onto the rope and he hangs on for dear life.

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He yells Corey's name for help, but Corey just stares
at him. Unmoved, happy even the camera zooms in on
Corey's disturbing face, and then bam. Corey wakes up from
the nightmare in his dorm room, screaming. In response, Sean
jumps out of his bed and turns on the light. Corey,
don't tell me. Is it the puppet nightmare again? I

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wish we had gone back to the clowns. Yeah, his
clown nightmare's guy's not puppets. Corey calmly goes with it. Yeah,
it was the puppet nightmare. He was chasing me on foot,
he had a gun. Sean asks if he's okay, and
Corey laughs it off. Yeah, I'm okay. Sean's relieved. Well good,

(23:58):
let's get some sleep. I got that speech for Feenie tomorrow.
I've got to be fresh if I'm going to fake it.

Speaker 1 (24:05):
By the way, I think the rope, the rope in
the elevator is just supposed to represent the elevator cable.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
So I mean, I see you're right at Yeah, it's
supposed to be a cable. When did the cold open end?
Is it ending right now or did it already?

Speaker 3 (24:18):
I mean, we never know. We we just yeah. Then
we go into Peoene's classroom.

Speaker 1 (24:23):
So maybe we didn't have a cold open this time.
Maybe it was just kind of started.

Speaker 3 (24:27):
It started with our open. It didn't go then, right, yeah,
it started with our intro.

Speaker 1 (24:34):
Do either of you remember, because Danielle you might not
have done it. But I can't remember. How far was
the drop in the elevator?

Speaker 2 (24:43):
Can you do? We have to drop and then duck
because it didn't look like we were I remember the
way they sat. I remember it built up.

Speaker 4 (24:50):
They built it up in the middle of the stage.
I remember that, but I don't remember how high it was.
But it was crazy, especially when Linda Cardellini fell back.
I was like, whoa, she's dropping back. So it must
have been a giant I mean, it must have been
like a full ten feet in the air, right, I
don't know.

Speaker 1 (25:05):
I just I vaguely remember it, but I couldn't remember
if it was. It seemed like a decent drop.

Speaker 3 (25:10):
I think you remember about seven feet, okay.

Speaker 4 (25:13):
I just remember it being a lot of work, like
sitting there all day, yep, having.

Speaker 2 (25:18):
To redo stuff. Everybody's tense and how they.

Speaker 3 (25:21):
Can remember what the view looked like. I can remember
looking down over it and knowing that it was. You know,
there was a big giant pad down there, and you
didn't like you you could stand and still not be
seen from the top. So maybe including the pad, maybe
it was seven feet to the pad, because I know, yeah,
it's a good drop.

Speaker 2 (25:39):
That's a good drop to jump into.

Speaker 3 (25:41):
Absolutely. Yeah. How did they do it with Linda?

Speaker 4 (25:45):
I know she just like backwards falls backwards really effortlessly.

Speaker 2 (25:49):
I was like, well, that's cool.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
We also didn't hold the surprise very long. You said,
we have a surprise guest. I just talked about it
right away, so we suck at surprises terrible.

Speaker 3 (26:01):
Gosh, it's amazing. I didn't ruin that proposal me, I guess.

Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:06):
He turns back off the lights and climbs into bed.
Good night, cor Corey lays back down too, nighty night, Sean,
But after a few seconds, Corey quickly sits back up. Sean.
Sean answers, yeah, cor Corey says, you're my best friend.
Sean replies thanks, core then lures his head back down
onto the pillow. Corey does the same that his eyes

(26:27):
are still wide open, and now we're in Phoene's classroom.
Sean is giving a presentation, holding a top hat and
a picture of milk. Now watch closely as I pour
the milk into the hat. Then he does exactly that,
starting some sort of magic trick. Poenie interrupts, mister Hunter,
your speech is on Louis Pasture. I don't see what

(26:48):
that has to do with making milk disappear, and annoyed,
Sean assures him, this has everything to do with lou
Trust me.

Speaker 4 (26:55):
This feels I love this because it was like so
it goes right back to season one.

Speaker 2 (26:59):
Corey, Yeah, with the like pointers, with the pointers I
love just like? Who has the magic rope? Lookun like anybody?

Speaker 3 (27:12):
Sean turns back to the class. Now does anyone in
the audience happen to have a piece of magic rope?
The students, including Corey, look around for a volunteer. Then eventually,
Corey coincidentally pulls one out from behind his back. What
a surprise, Sean exclaims, Look at that, mister Matthews, why
don't you come down here. Corey excitedly walks toward sewn

(27:35):
as mister Feoene shakes his head. I hate teaching, Sean
asks him, May I please have that magic rope? Corey answers,
yes you may. Sean asks for the magic rope and
starts to explain now what a lot of people don't
know about lou And then Corey slowly puts the rope
around his best friend's neck and begins to angrily choke him.

(27:56):
Sean tries to fight back, so Corey swings him onto
the desk and begins to smother him as well. Then
we're back in Sean and Corey's dorm room. Corey sits
up and bet again, screaming. He holds onto his pillow.

Speaker 4 (28:07):
And yells ahah.

Speaker 3 (28:10):
Then we're in the student union. Sean walks in, now
sons a middle part.

Speaker 2 (28:16):
No, yes, middle part what yeah?

Speaker 1 (28:19):
I know.

Speaker 3 (28:21):
He tosses his books onto the couch and sits next
to Topanga and Angela. That little curly headed boyfriend of
yours is driving me insane. Topanga wonders, is he still
having nightmares? Sean responds, no, not anymore. He hasn't slept
in three days. I turn off the lights and I
hear him moving around in the dark like a rat.
I wake up the next morning. The closets are reorganized,

(28:42):
my shorts are ironed, and my hair's been moosed. Topanga
is concerned. Oh my, poor Corey. And that's when Corey
comes walking over holding six cups hot coffee. Coming through,
Angela reaches for one. Hey, thanks, cor but Corey defensively
grabs the stack. These are mine, get your own. The
pang is more concerned now, Corey, drinking coffee to avoid

(29:04):
your nightmares is not the solution. Corey jumps up, who
said I was having nightmares? A shameless Sean chimes in,
I did you looney?

Speaker 2 (29:13):
Looney's a funny name, Looney's a funny word.

Speaker 1 (29:16):
It's also we haven't we blew by it in the beginning,
and it's it happens multiple times this episode.

Speaker 2 (29:21):
But you did see you and Ben just basically laughing through.

Speaker 3 (29:24):
Lines, Oh yeah, writer?

Speaker 2 (29:25):
Did you really? Oh dude? There was times where it
was like in the middle, it's like laughing.

Speaker 4 (29:31):
I mean, yeah, yes, I didn't see it as breaking though.

Speaker 2 (29:38):
I didn't. I wasn't. I just saw it asus like,
I don't know, that's funny.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
It's like he's saying there's times that he's supposed to
be waking up from a nightmare and you're like, hey,
what are you?

Speaker 2 (29:48):
What are you doing?

Speaker 1 (29:48):
And Ben's like, I happened in nightmare and it's like,
oh Jesus, that's the best take they had.

Speaker 3 (29:55):
It was a few moments where you guys are really
trying to keep it together. It's so cute because you're
right writer that it does definitely play as just two
friends having fun with each other, but the way it
is definitely that you like will break out into a
big smile, only then to realize like, I don't need

(30:15):
I don't want to be smiling through this line. Yeah,
And so you're just like, is that what you're dreaming of?

Speaker 2 (30:22):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (30:22):
And Ben's like laughing through his life, like literally laughing
and he's supposed to be like just woking up from
a nightmare.

Speaker 2 (30:27):
He's like, yeah, that's what I'm dreaming. I was like, whoa,
it's really it is so cute that just to know
you guys.

Speaker 1 (30:35):
And I was also wondering, I don't think it is,
but the episode where you got sick and lost like
thirty two pounds in the four days you were gone,
that wasn't this one?

Speaker 2 (30:44):
Right? No? Okay? And seven? That was seven okay? Well
was like yeah, I was like, was that this one?
Because I know you.

Speaker 1 (30:49):
Guys were laughing during because that's one of our famous
uh B bloopers?

Speaker 2 (30:54):
Is that one? So I didn't know if that was
this episode or not.

Speaker 4 (30:56):
Okay, I'm sure this episode was even worse, Like I
do you remember?

Speaker 2 (31:00):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (31:00):
Obviously Ben just loved playing the psychotic looks.

Speaker 2 (31:04):
Yeah, so I'm sure that's what was cracking us up
the whole time. Is him just doing these little yeah turns?

Speaker 3 (31:10):
Oh my god, Corey is very mad. Why would you
say I was having night? But he quickly changes his tune. Oh,
I'm not mad at you, not you, not Shannie. Sean. Hey,
He wonders, how's the moose holding up? It looks good, Yes,
it does. Corey puts his arm around a very uncomfortable Sean.

(31:34):
And then we're at the Matthews house. Amy walks downstairs
holding the baby and we see that Eric is sleeping
on the couch. He appears to be deep in a
dream himself m Zina, my warrior princess. Amy interrupts and
leans over the couch and yells his name.

Speaker 2 (31:50):
Eric.

Speaker 3 (31:50):
He wakes up disappointed. Oh you're not my warrior princess,
you're my mommy. Amy gets right to the point, Honey,
you sleeping on the couch is just not where looking out.
Eric snaps back, and whose fault is that? Turning my
room and do a nursery for He gestures to the
baby him. Eric sticks his tongue out at the new

(32:11):
baby brother and then turns to Morgan, who's sitting nearby.
You know something, Morgan, You've got a big room. Wouldn't
it be fun if Morgan cuts him off? No, Eric continues,
but but Morgan still answers no. Eric won't give up.
Are you sure you don't want Morgan won't budge no,
And then we're in the dorm hallway. Corey runs to

(32:31):
their room. Sean close behind. Hey, Corey, Corey, wait, you
know we've got an hour before class. Why don't you
take a nap. Corey pushes back, I don't need a nap.
I need to paint a house. Racey to the door.
Is he supposed to be hyper from coffee?

Speaker 1 (32:46):
Now? Yeah, he's supposed to be whacked on coffee. He's
doing bumps of cocaine just to stay awake. At this point,
here's what's happening.

Speaker 3 (32:54):
Corey sprints for a few steps and then announces, I win.
I win. Corey enters the room, which, by the way,
is a complete pig sty and is shocked at what
he sees Eric, and just like that, his brother Eric
swivels around and mimics a poster he's hung.

Speaker 2 (33:10):
Himself off on the wall and so random.

Speaker 3 (33:14):
How do you not have one of those posters?

Speaker 2 (33:16):
I don't I would love to have one of those posters.
Are you kidding?

Speaker 1 (33:19):
I don't, gosh, that would I would put that right
over our bed.

Speaker 2 (33:23):
Yeah, oh poster march, Yes, I would.

Speaker 1 (33:26):
I'd frame that right over our bed. So it's the
first thing Susan sees every morning, which you.

Speaker 2 (33:29):
Don't do that in the back of the door. Yes,
that is such a so funny.

Speaker 3 (33:39):
He's like in a thinking man's pose. And by the way,
famous meme alert. Sean wonders, what are you doing here,
and Eric, with a big smile on his face, exclaims,
I've decided to live with you guys. As he starts
to explain why, Corey grabs the desk chair and pushes
him toward the door. Eric continues, you know, I just
think it'd be so great to have this great brother

(34:00):
and brother's friend, and I think the three of us together,
we really would be And just like that, Corey pushes
him into the hallway, and Sean slams the door shut
behind him, revealing yet another.

Speaker 5 (34:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (34:27):
Then we are into Panga and Angela's room. Topega walks in,
brushing her hair as she sets her toiletry bag on
the desk. She turns off the lights and gets into
her bed. Then out of nowhere, Eric pops up from
under her comforter, smiling Hello Rooney to Panga, screams and
falls right off the bed. Eric looks concerned. Ruby, Now,
will when you had described this as us ending up

(34:50):
in bed together.

Speaker 2 (34:51):
No, I said we were in bed together, which is
what happened.

Speaker 1 (34:54):
But if memory serves during rehearsal, we just stayed in
bed together.

Speaker 5 (34:57):
All the way.

Speaker 3 (35:03):
The only thing I remember this week I was just
in bed with Danielle scene.

Speaker 2 (35:09):
They know, they know, they're fine.

Speaker 1 (35:11):
I know.

Speaker 2 (35:13):
No, I told you that Eric ended up in bed together.
This is what I like. It was this weird moment of.

Speaker 1 (35:20):
Yeah, just like, okay, I guess they're throwing those two
and kissing Maitland.

Speaker 2 (35:25):
Then it was weird. It's a weird week, Eric, people,
it's a weird week. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (35:29):
This around this point too, Like I was watching it
with my family last night and my parents and Indian
and I was like, all these scenes.

Speaker 2 (35:38):
Are so short, super short. It was like the.

Speaker 4 (35:41):
Episode is like there's not a scene that's more than
three pages until like the Feenee dream conversation. It was
like boom boom boom, boom boom, and you're just like,
I don't know, like the pace was it was really jarring.
It was like uncomfortable for me. I was like, some
of the these beats are funny, but because of the scene,
just like ends, I was like, Oh, that's it, It's
that's it.

Speaker 2 (36:00):
Like that that was the whole thing. I don't know. Again,
do you think we had an audience this week? I
don't know. Maybe not with them.

Speaker 1 (36:07):
I mean it seems with the elevator set up and
then with the super short scenes, maybe this is one
of the weeks where we did a block and shoot
because I mean I can't honestly can't remember either way,
but it seems like it would be that would be better.

Speaker 4 (36:19):
I mean, I mean, the scenes with you and the
roommate are pretty traditional, like once we get into that,
they're like normal sort of fund those in front of
the audience of memory starts.

Speaker 1 (36:27):
If you're looking at the audience they were sort of
left like on the same side.

Speaker 3 (36:30):
So then yeah, between the between that not being in
front of the audience and the elevator or stuff not
being in front of the audience, maybe.

Speaker 2 (36:37):
A block and shoot, I can't remember.

Speaker 3 (36:39):
You know who else might know? Mister Carlos Aragon, the
writer of the episode you.

Speaker 2 (36:45):
We can't get in touch with. Why can we not
find Carla? I don't know.

Speaker 4 (36:47):
I ran to him on the street in Los Phelis
like a month ago, and he was I said, you
have to come on the pod. We're about to have
one of your episodes. And he was like, oh, I'd
love to just hit me up on Instagram. Can't find
him on Instagram, can't find him anywhere?

Speaker 2 (37:02):
Is nicest guy? Yeah it was. I was like, so, Carlos,
if you're listening.

Speaker 3 (37:07):
Carlos, do you listen?

Speaker 2 (37:09):
Find us?

Speaker 3 (37:10):
Please show at gmail dot com, send us, send you
hear us.

Speaker 5 (37:15):
Carlos.

Speaker 4 (37:18):
Yeah, I know, I'd love to hear his because he
started as a PA, right or writer's assistant.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
Wait, Barbie, Barbie's got to know how to get in
touch with Carlos.

Speaker 3 (37:26):
Really, Barbie, she said, no, Gez, But and then didn't
we ask somebody we asked someone else too, we could
try them in.

Speaker 4 (37:35):
Okay, he was at Matt's funeral, so he definitely is
in touch with somebody.

Speaker 2 (37:40):
Yeah, so we'll find Okay, we'll figure it out. But yes, Carlos,
if you're listening, send us an email, Carlos, can you here.

Speaker 3 (37:48):
We're back in the student union. Jack and Rachel enter
and notice a man sleeping on the pool table covered
in newspapers. Rachel says to Jack, Oh, look, it's a
homeless man. How sad. Jack agrees, Yeah, the poor guy,
and then emerges from the newspapers, and it's Eric. He
yawns and announces good morning. Rachel grabs him. Eric, get

(38:09):
up right now. You're coming back home with us. This
is ridiculous. But Eric isn't having it. No, I don't
want your pity. So Jack chimes in, Oh, come on, man,
you can have your old room back. Eric is touched
you haven't rented it out yet. Rachel answers, no, we've
been hoping you'll come back home. She turns to Jack.
Right hon. Eric smile quickly disappears as he rips his

(38:31):
arm away from Rachel. Han, Han, is that what I'm
gonna be hearing? Twenty four hours a week. Jack can't
believe this. Oh come on, Eric, Eric mocks Jack. Oh,
I get it. I'm Eric, but your hon I wonder.

Speaker 1 (38:46):
I wonder how this conversation started, because the point was, Okay,
so Corey and Sean and Tapanga and Angela obviously have
their thing going on. We'd like to give Eric kind
of a core group of friends too. They bring in
Jack season five. Great, that works out, awesome, They've moved together,
his roommates. Maitland's only been on the show this season.

Speaker 2 (39:06):
This is our first season, so.

Speaker 1 (39:09):
I'm curious how they went. Oh, here's what we want
to do now. We want to separate Eric from the
core group that we decided to put him in and
just leave him as a man on his own island.

Speaker 2 (39:19):
For several episodes. I know, it just.

Speaker 1 (39:22):
Seems like a strange kind of note or like, hey,
like the whole point was that now he has a
friend group, and then only eighteen episodes in, you're gonna
rip him from that friend group, take Tommy from him,
do all this stuff, And I don't think any of
that pays off. It's just now Eric's just kind of
by himself the whole time.

Speaker 2 (39:42):
It Yeah, well I think they. I think they.

Speaker 4 (39:45):
You know, they ripped for so long in the beginning
of the season on the like love Triangle stuff, so
they had to get away from that, Like we all
felt that, like, Okay, this is getting tired. But then yeah,
I think I think.

Speaker 2 (39:57):
I mean, I don't.

Speaker 4 (39:58):
I just think they They're just spinning their wheels a
little bit.

Speaker 2 (40:01):
I mean, really, Eric and Feeni need to be together,
like that's agreed one hundred.

Speaker 3 (40:06):
It should have totally.

Speaker 4 (40:07):
He moves in with Fioeni at this point and everything
would have been great, right, Like he moves out and
it becomes.

Speaker 3 (40:13):
Could have never allowed that would Phoeni's justification have been,
I don't care.

Speaker 4 (40:18):
Figure it out, like you know, the Dean will only
marry him if he gives Eric a handout, you.

Speaker 2 (40:23):
Know, whatever it is. Just create the situation.

Speaker 4 (40:26):
Where every morning we can have a scene with them
at the house trying to be it's perfect.

Speaker 1 (40:31):
Yeah, perfect, Oh god, there'd be so much, but I
just didn't. I'm watching going like why build this friend
group to just have him not in the friend group?

Speaker 3 (40:38):
Yeah? I know, it is weird. It also doesn't help
Rachel and Jack any it doesn't It gives.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
Him nothing to do either.

Speaker 4 (40:46):
I mean, you know what I would I would have
I would have Eric moved into the treehouse, so then
we have the backyard with Foenie. So he's always keeping
Fienie awake and having conversations with foeni and then eventually
he moves in with Phoenie and then yeah, I mean, yeah, well,
so what does end up happening. I'm Rachel and Jack
break up and you go back to the apartment.

Speaker 6 (41:03):
Right, Oh, maybe I'm assuming we're just kind of yeah, yeah,
I know, we already did a Serra and O episode,
but another Sierra No episode that was Eric helping Feoene
find the Dean, like really get to the Dean, instead
of the b episode, which that we still don't understand
the motive behind destroying the priceless artifacts.

Speaker 1 (41:23):
Something like sitting in the treehouse and whispering to Feenie.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
What's going on? Could have been really funny. Yeah, but
I just.

Speaker 1 (41:29):
Yeah, they just I don't think they know what to
do with Eric, so they're just throwing him with everybody.

Speaker 2 (41:34):
Yeah. Well, I mean this case, they give you a
guest star. Yeahah, trying to.

Speaker 1 (41:38):
After putting me with the rest of the cast. I've
worked with everybody in the cast. Now I'm going from
Pierson to person to person and saying I'm going to
live with you.

Speaker 2 (41:47):
I mean, I'm even back in the house.

Speaker 1 (41:48):
That's the only scene at the house, right, is just
that one scene of him sleeping on the couch.

Speaker 2 (41:54):
And this be story. It is a little weird.

Speaker 4 (41:58):
I had that moment where, you know, if it's it's
kind of a classic sitcom situation, right, like you get
find the perfect living situation, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect girlfriend.
Oh my god, they're crazy right in this case. I
was like, but Eric's really crazy. So I was kind
of like, uh, I think he'd be fine with all

(42:18):
of this, you know, and like even when you do
this thing with the dead bird and you're like playing
with it.

Speaker 2 (42:22):
I was like, yeah, I think Eric, Like you don't, like,
you don't put.

Speaker 4 (42:26):
Eric against crazy, You put Eric against a straight man,
you know what I mean? Eric is the crazy because
when they were like riffing on him, like I forget
what it was. I was like, but didn't Eric like
have his brain hooked up to a mouse at one point?
Like we're we've already established that Eric is so absurd
even in this episode, we have you popping up in
bed with your sister in law, right, you know, so

(42:48):
the idea that you're the normal one judging a crazy
person is a little strange, Like it's forced.

Speaker 1 (42:54):
Well, I remember Michael one time telling me the reason
Fraser worked so well is that when you introduced Fraser
in the show, then you introduced Niles, it pushed Fraser
to the middle exactly and made Niles the new Fraser.
So if it's the same thing, if they did the
same thing with Eric, or that's what they were trying
to do is push push, and they're also I think

(43:15):
trying to go a little like he might be dangerous
with the dead mom. So it's I think it was
more other than like whacky, crazy funny.

Speaker 2 (43:23):
It's psychotic, right, It's like it could.

Speaker 1 (43:26):
End up you wake up in the morning with him
over you dressed as his mom stabbing you in your bed.

Speaker 3 (43:30):
Did a pretty good job separating the difference the way
Eric and this guy.

Speaker 1 (43:36):
This guy's crazy, Yeah, he's danger crazy. Eric is eccentric crazy.

Speaker 5 (43:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (43:41):
Also Eric is a little airheaded child like crazy. This
guy is believing alternate realities crazy yy.

Speaker 4 (43:49):
Remember Eric is also an amazing judge of character, and
he can smart a psycho from a mile away, except
when he moves in with him and spends.

Speaker 2 (43:57):
Uppy's a puppy dog. He needs a place to stay.

Speaker 1 (43:58):
Even the shelter dog will go with the bad house
for a little while, just to get out of the rain.

Speaker 3 (44:04):
He grabs his luggage and hops off the pool table,
yelling looking for a roommate. Rachel asks Eric what exactly
he's doing, and Eric retorts, what am I doing? I'm
being a man. I'm standing on my own two feet.
I'm gonna hold onto a little bit of my dignity.
Then he drops down to his knees and starts begging, please,
someone take pity upon my wretched soul. Then a guy

(44:28):
appears and tells Eric, I'm looking for a roommate. Eric
seems annoyed, Hey, I was looking first. The guy corrects him, No,
I mean I have an apartment. I'm looking for someone
to share it. Eric looks up with a smile. Oh hey,
good luck to you too. Then then he goes back
to yelling looking for a roommate. Eventually he figures it
out and realizes his prayers have been answered, And then

(44:52):
we're back in Phoene's classroom. Phoene is pacing the class.
All right, now, let's continue our conversation of William Shakespeare's
Hamlet Hamlet.

Speaker 2 (45:01):
I guess Shakespeare.

Speaker 3 (45:06):
Hamlet in kindergarten after.

Speaker 4 (45:10):
Louis Pasteur, which I guess was a dream. And then
this turns out to dream. Who no, no, Then we
wake up and we are talking Hamlet, aren't we?

Speaker 3 (45:19):
You are still yeah? Then we wake up and you
are talking Hamlet. Yeah, because I gonna say, at least
then this is just what Corey thinks they're always talking about.
But you you are when we wake up from the dream,
you are holding Hamlet. Right, So mister Matthews. Phoenie yells
at a sleeping Corey, and Corey perks up, yelling back
mister Matthews. Phoene explains, mister Matthews, I would appreciate it

(45:40):
if you would stay conscious during my class, And embarrassed,
Corey assures his teacher, I'm conscious. Phoene throws his hands
in the air. Wonderful, Now where were we? Ah? Yes,
to sleep, perchance to dream? I there's the rub. Corey
whispers to Sean, you can't let me go to sleep.
But when Corey turns around, honestly sleep on his desk.

(46:01):
The bell rings, waking Sean up as all the students
walk out of the classroom, but Corey hangs back. That's right,
Phoene says, in disgust, scurry off to your mundane little lives.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
Even one line of Shakespeare being read by Bill is
just so awesome. I know, it's just the comforting voice
of experience, and he's just it. He just started to sleep,
and it's like, oh gosh, I want to listen to
you do this forever.

Speaker 2 (46:27):
Yeah, yeah, amazing.

Speaker 3 (46:29):
Phoene notices Corey still sitting at his desk. He calls
him over. You are acting very odd, Corey explains. I've
been having dreams, mister Feenie, dreams about killing someone very
close to me. Phoene nods, mister hunter. Corey excitedly replies, yes, yes,
How did you know? You are brilliant? It's been killing me.
I haven't been able to sleep. Mister Feoene assures him

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there's nothing to worry about. Corey. Killing your best friend
is a common theme in dreams. It's perfectly normal. Corey
needs more, though, well, how normal? Because you see, I
I have this one dream where I push Sean. Phoene
finishes his sentence down an empty elevator shaft. Corey is shocked. Yes,
Phoene continues, the elevator shaft represents the ups and downs

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of your friendship with mister Hunter. Corey is impressed. Ups
and downs. That's interesting, Phoene goes on. You see, mister Hunter,
his search for peace and harmony in his life causes
you pain. Corey wonders how, and Phoene answers by putting
an incredible amount of pressure on you to help him
in his search. Annoying, isn't it. Corey wants to know

(47:35):
how to stop these dreams, and Phoene quickly answers forgive him.
Corey throws his hands up. It's so obvious forgiveness, of course.
Phoene adds, he hurts you, and now you're hurting him back.
Forgive and the dreams will stop. Corey reaches out to
shake Phoene's hand. Thank you, mister Feoenie. Phoene explains, anytime,

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mister Matthews anytime, and right at this moment, walks in
holding a long gift for Corey wrapped with a bow.
He tells, Corey, hey, you know how I didn't get
you a birthday present last year. Well, here you go.
Corey grabs the gift. Sean, I have to tell you something,
Sean insists, tell me after you open the present. So
Corey begins to open the gift and it's a baseball

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bat with Corey written on the barrel. Wow, my own
personalized baseball bat. Too cool.

Speaker 1 (48:25):
I have a wrapping question, huh, And I know Danielle
that you wrapped for a while.

Speaker 3 (48:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (48:31):
Why do people do this with gifts like I get
in the in the show?

Speaker 2 (48:36):
Why we had to do it?

Speaker 1 (48:37):
About if you're going to open something, why would you
individually wrap the lid and then wraps.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
Just TV nobody Okay, so that nobody does that in
real life?

Speaker 4 (48:46):
Right?

Speaker 1 (48:46):
You just wrapped the whole for somebody opened the gift for.

Speaker 3 (48:49):
Ease of opening a one handed prop it will he
Ben can hold it here. He takes off the lid
and we're.

Speaker 2 (48:57):
Nobody asks you to wrap that top division.

Speaker 3 (49:01):
If you're going to do that, you buy a decorative
box that has its already comes. You don't have to wrap.
TV has been lying to you.

Speaker 2 (49:10):
He's been lying to me in this section.

Speaker 4 (49:12):
I think this is where the episode really kind of
goes off the rails for me because like this this
whole scene which turns out to be a dream, right,
doesn't matter? Nope, And the idea behind that, like what
you think is happening is that Phoene's giving him advice
that actually will help Corey or or give Corey something

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to do. But when it turns out to be a dream,
I just don't care, and he still tries to do it.
He still tries to do it, and it also ends
up not being the thing. And this wasn't established at all.
Like if it had been established that that that Sean
was asking Corey to help him, or that Sean wasn't,
then I could see him having it. But it actually

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like Sean is not doing anything this entire episode.

Speaker 3 (49:58):
Also in the past, when Sean did leave, like on
this most recent trip came and Sean came back and
saved Corey's day. You were you were the distraction Corey needed,
and Corey was and then Corey was like, are you
going to stay great? And Sean's decided that yes, he's
gonna stay. My family and my life is here, right.

Speaker 4 (50:19):
Yeah, yeah, I guess maybe if the episode had started
with like me needing to borrow money from him. Let's
say like something where I'm like and he's like oh again,
and then he starts having the dreams or there's just
some little thing that then this would be like maybe
that is the thing. But even like the wedding comes
out of nowhere, like the fact that he's stressed about
about the wedding, like Tapega's had nothing to do with

(50:41):
this episode, like no, why, yeah.

Speaker 3 (50:44):
It's well that's what I'm saying. It's I like the idea.
The end result is that Corey has deep seated fears
about how marriage is going to change his friendship with Sean, right,
which is great premise for an episode, wonderful, But then
there should have been something about reality.

Speaker 2 (51:03):
Yeah, like the triggered it that they.

Speaker 3 (51:04):
Were supposed to hang out and now and then Tipanga's like,
oh my god, I forgot to tell you I have
you have to drive me somewhere, and now he has
to leave Sean hanging something that.

Speaker 1 (51:14):
Says going out with another couple like couple friends or
something like that, that this is.

Speaker 4 (51:18):
The danger of dream sequences, right, Like dreams are just
a really.

Speaker 2 (51:21):
Tricky thing to do. This is why it's like a
rule of writing, don't I love them?

Speaker 4 (51:27):
That's also I love it well well they're done well,
Like I mean, even I am one of the detractors,
like the Sopranos overuses dream sequences. I hated it, and
like I always I mostly hate dream sequences. But like
you can, like even when you think about the Scream episode,
the steaks are there. Remember, it's like it starts with
a real problem and then when it goes into the dream,
you're like, this is all crazy, and then when it resolves,

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you're like, oh, but that actually was about Sean something,
you know, And in this case, there's no anchor in
reality until there is, like right at the end, it's like, oh,
it's really his fear, and it's like, okay, I don't know,
it's just it's kind of a cheat. It's just it's
a way to cheat and have funny situations.

Speaker 1 (52:08):
The other thing that's very the thing that struck me
about this this episode too, was you talk about how
fast most of the scenes were, and yet the final
beat of a lot of scenes held and hell and hell,
like this one he holds up the bat, I know,
and then he's stood still holding the bat and then

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still holding the bat. It's like, well he can't swing it,
so cut away, but he's just still holding the back.
And there's several scenes where they're just holding on looks
like I look at the guy to be my roommate,
and it just holds on our look. There's one where
he turns back to you in the classroom, and there
just it was a weird ending to every scene where
they the scene was fast, and then the end they
just lingered on one final beat.

Speaker 4 (52:51):
Well, this whole scene is so long, and it gets
to this whole like forgive Sean thing. It should actually be,
like the joke should be that Phoene gives him the
weirdest advice ever, like because he should be sitting there
talking to Foenie and Phoene's like, well, it's clearly because
you want to have sex with your mother or you
know whatever it is, and he's like what, and then
Sean walks in and he kills Sean, and then the
next scene it's him freaking out about, you know, having

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to say hi to his mom whatever. Like the joke
is that Corey doesn't find the solution here, and yet
we have like three pages of dream analysis that turns
out to not be true.

Speaker 2 (53:22):
That's kind of sounds plausible.

Speaker 1 (53:24):
I don't know, it's a weird Yeah, they're trying to
hide the fact that they want to hide that it's
a dream from you until he tries to kill Sean.
But it's like, the funny part is Phoenie going like,
I can't help you with this, uh, mister Matthews, but
you know who can puppet Phoenie and he pulls out
a little He's like, well, here's what you're supposed to do,
mister Matthew. Like it gets so absurd that you like,
what the hell is happening?

Speaker 4 (53:46):
Yeah, which is where the Scream episode really succeeded. He
just kept getting more and.

Speaker 2 (53:49):
More absurd that you're like, what the world is this?
We could have done that here? Like, yeah, I thought
so too.

Speaker 3 (53:54):
And then once again Corey turns angry. We hear an
Oregon playing as he grips the bat like he's going
to hit Sean, and then.

Speaker 2 (54:01):
Hold on and they hold on it hold on.

Speaker 3 (54:03):
Corey is then back in the classroom again filled with students.
His eyes are closed and he's repeatedly slamming a rolled
up book on his desk. Die Sean die. He quickly
wakes up, only to see Poenie in the entire class
staring at him in complete shock. Corey turns to look
at Sean, who is confused and even a little creeped out.
And then we go to a commercial break. We're back

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in Feenie's classroom. Class is over and students are pouring out.
Corey begs Sean, you have to let me explain. Sean asks,
explain what my best friend screams he wants to kill
me in front of the whole class. Wants to explain.
Corey follows Sean into the hallway. Well, I lied about
the puppet dream. These are not good dreams I'm having, Sean,
I kill you in every one of them. I kill
you good. Sean is now listening. He asks like how well,

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he explains, I fed you thumb tack soup. I poured
hot lava down your pants. I pulled your heart out
with salad tongs. I set fire to your tie. I
shredded you over pasta with a cheese grater. So gross.

Speaker 6 (55:00):
I know.

Speaker 3 (55:01):
Now you're walking into the student union. Yeah, this is
outside the student union, right, Yeah, Well it starts with
them leaving the hallway. He says, I pulled your heart
out with slid tongs, then I set fire to your tie.
Then he walks into the student union. I shredded you
over pasta with the cheese graders.

Speaker 1 (55:16):
Think about the sheer number of sets we had this week.
I know, both dorm rooms, the living room set, the
new apartment, the student union, the hallway outside the student union,
Eric and Jack's apartment.

Speaker 2 (55:34):
There's like ten different sets just this week.

Speaker 3 (55:37):
And the time, and even just how much time it
takes to shoot a show when you have that many sets,
Just moving repoeing the cameras from one location to another
takes so much time.

Speaker 2 (55:48):
You must have ten sets this week, like they were
bringing everything in. It's amazing interesting.

Speaker 3 (55:52):
I dressed you up like a rooster and entered you
in a cock fight. Sean wonders, how'd I do? He reveals, well,
you won, but the crowd cried fix and it got ugly.
I'm sorry, Sean. Sean advises Corey, they're dreams. Get some sleep.
Corey reveals, well, you know, I think there may be
a solution. In my last dream, Feoene was there. He
told me all I had to do to stop these dreams.

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Was to forgive you. Sean wonders, forgive me for what?
And Corey isn't sure. Well, I don't think that's important.
What's important is I forgive you, okay, And so he continues,
You're forgiven one hundred percent forgiven, forgiven, forgiven, and then
he proclaims, and now I'm all better. Sean needs to know.
So you're going to sleep tonight? Corey says, yes, thanks

(56:35):
to mister Feenie, He's finally going to get a good
night's sleep and go back to his normal dreams. Sean asks,
the one where you win the Miss Costa Rica pageant? Pleased,
Corey responds, I wis I wish peace for all the
little ninyos.

Speaker 4 (56:48):
Indie's favorite line of the episode line.

Speaker 3 (56:55):
That's really funny. And then we're in Eric's new apartment.

Speaker 2 (57:00):
You set alert, and you set another set. Bring it on.

Speaker 3 (57:03):
Eric follows his new roomy Adam, into the posh digs.

Speaker 2 (57:06):
Dude.

Speaker 3 (57:07):
Eric shouts out, look at this place, there's no way
that I could afford this. Adam explains, pay whatever you can.
Gets a little lonely around here. I just can't seem
to keep a roommate. Eric is shocked. What you can't
seem to keep a roommate in a place like this.
Wait a second, I know bad neighbors. Then there's a
knock at the door. It's who else would it be?

(57:30):
A beautiful woman holding a package. Eric can't believe what
he's seeing. An unaffected Adam casually notices her. Oh hey, Sheila.
She shuts the door and walks in. Hi, Adam, this
package came for you today. I signed for it. Sheila
looks at Eric, who's the cutie. Eric's mouth is a gape.
So Adam introduces them, Eric Matthews, Sheila shag her shagging?

Speaker 2 (57:52):
Isn't that what they say? They say shag her?

Speaker 3 (57:55):
Do they really ten the chiron to.

Speaker 4 (57:59):
Wow, guys, Austin Powers had just come out.

Speaker 2 (58:02):
I know, that's obviously. What was a funny thing to say?
And then you do overhave.

Speaker 3 (58:10):
Eric lifts his eyebrow on.

Speaker 4 (58:15):
This was just like the years of everybody quoting Austin Powers.
It was so funny for like a week, and then
for like three years.

Speaker 2 (58:23):
You couldn't go anywhere. How long it's like we have
to deal with how long?

Speaker 4 (58:29):
Oh my god, people still it's not funny, just oh
my god. The other one before this was the the
in my belly. Also Beavis a buddet, remember everybody?

Speaker 2 (58:50):
Oh yeah, another one?

Speaker 1 (58:52):
No, but I had for years you'd heard somebody would
walk in the room and go, why really were still nothing?
Here's the other and I get the joke, and I
know why it had to happen. But if this guy's
a crazy guy who can't keep roommates, are the hot
co ed's nakedly walking into this guy's room all.

Speaker 2 (59:08):
The time, isn't that the guy where they go like,
don't go to four B. Whatever you do, don't go
to four B.

Speaker 3 (59:15):
Well, Adam explains, Sheila lives next door. Eric's my new roommate.
Sheila gets flirty. Well, I'll have to come around more
often to borrow a cup of sugar. Eric wonders, why
stop at a cup? Sheila laughs, Well, I have to run,
but it was nice meeting you. As she walks out,
Eric squeals a noise and eats his fist. Sheila turns
around at the door and Eric waves goodbye with his

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pinky fist still in his mouth.

Speaker 2 (59:39):
That was my Lenny and Squiggy.

Speaker 1 (59:40):
That was my not to to Laverne and Shirley, like
they always oh, and the girl walks by.

Speaker 2 (59:44):
They eat their fist.

Speaker 1 (59:46):
So yeah, it was my straight up Lenny and Squiggy,
stolen from the Masters, stolen.

Speaker 3 (59:51):
Once the door shuts, Eric can't believe his luck. Dude, dude, dude, doode,
dood dude, how is it you have any trouble at
all keeping a roommate. Adam shrugs, beats me. Then he
swings a playful yet aggressive punch at Eric's shoulder. Eric
instantly winces in pain, but quickly sports a forest grin,
trying to play it cool. Then we're back in Corey
and Shan's dorm. They're both dead asleep. When Corey sits up, screaming, ah,

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Sean leaps out of bed and turns on the lights.
Not again. Corey is panting out of breath. It was raining.
You had a new umbrella. You let me take a
look at it, and then I shoved it down your
throat and I opened it. Sean is deeply concerned you
opened it. Corey weeps, Oh, Sean, I'm Mary poppins ya.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
Of course, for the record, a good umbrella doesn't even
last in a strong wind.

Speaker 2 (01:00:40):
You're not able to open that in something inside We
all know that.

Speaker 4 (01:00:45):
I also like, he clearly kills me then in the dream,
So the logic of me, like the next scene or whatever,
is that, oh, I never actually kill him?

Speaker 2 (01:00:55):
I never, right, And so.

Speaker 1 (01:00:56):
He also in the last scene is is obviously still
dreaming about beating you with a baseball basket saying dies.
So it's like, does he is he waiting for an
actual autopsy report dead because it's like, you're probably beating
you about the head, and waste with the bat is
going to do it.

Speaker 2 (01:01:12):
So yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:01:13):
Corey puts on his slippers and a coat and heads
for the door. He asks himself why why? Sean wonders Corey,
it's the middle of the night. Where are you going?
Corey shoots Sean a dramatic look of fear, and then
proceeds out the door. In Phoenie's classroom, which is now empty,
Corey sits at his desk waiting for someone. Phoene walks
in and Corey pops up. You gave me bad advice.

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Phoene is confused, what do you mean? Corey explains, you
were in my dream and you gave me advice that sucked. Mister,
Phoene explains, I'm not responsible for dream Phoenie. Then he
instructs him to start at the beginning. Corey digs in,
every time I fall asleep, I dream that I kill Sean.
Now what kind of person am I that I would
want my best friend dead? Phoene responds, well, now you

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know that you don't want Sean dead. Corey asks, how
do you oh who I want dead? Phoene shakes his head. Corey,
you mustn't take dreams literally. They can be interpreted in
many ways. Corey just wants to know why am I
killing Sean. Phoene doesn't know, but says Freud thought, dreams
come from the unconscious, repressed thoughts that have to be confronted,

(01:02:16):
but in the dream state they're not quite clear. Corey
isn't following it's quite clear I'm killing Sean. He just
wants to know the reason. Phoene asks, you wake up
every time screaming. Corey nods his head, and Peene wonders,
after you kill Sean? Corey realizes, well, actually I've never
seen him die, but I mean I did some pretty
bad stuff to him. He didn't stand a chance, So

(01:02:38):
I guess that's the little fix.

Speaker 1 (01:02:42):
By the way, Freud also thought that all dreams were
a wish. Really, so the idea that he's wishing wishing
Sean dead is kind of another way.

Speaker 2 (01:02:49):
To go wish fulfillment.

Speaker 1 (01:02:50):
Now.

Speaker 3 (01:02:51):
Phoenie wants to know, though, but you always woke up
before you actually killed him. Corey realizes Phoenie is right,
He's never actually finished the dream, and so Feeney reveals
that's the key, mister Matthews, Perhaps if you finish the dream,
you'll find out what it means. Back at Eric and
Adam's apartment, Adam is in the living room, sitting in

(01:03:12):
a chair, quietly walking back and forth. Eric enters, still impressed. Two,
that whole bedroom is for me. It's bigger than my parents' house.
What are you watching? Adam responds, weather channel. Want to
join me. Eric makes his way to a nearby recliner
covered with a crocheted blanket. As Eric starts to sit,
Adam shouts, whoa not there? Eric bounces right back up.

(01:03:33):
What's the matter? Adam explains, my mother's chair, and Eric apologizes.
Is she coming over? Adam coldly replies, no, she's dead.
Eric has taken aback. Oh, I'm so sorry man. Adam
thanks Eric for the sentiment, I love her very much.
Eric looks to the couch. I'll just go crash over there.
As Eric plops into a pillow, Adam groans and picks

(01:03:54):
up his phone. At the same time, the home phone
rings and Adam asks Eric, will you get that please.
Eric says sure and answers it. It's Adam, who's less
than a few feet away. Eric, Eric, it's me, Adam.
You can't sit there either. Eric looks at Adam and asks, dude,
what are you doing? But an annoyed Adam whispers, Eric,

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I'm on the phone, and he puts the receiver back
to his ears. Her emotions for Eric to pick up
his phone again. Yes, Adam, Eric says into the phone,
still confused, that's where Uncle Dave died, Adam explains. Eric
throws the phone and sits up. Then a cuckoo clock
starts chiming. Adam jumps up. Time to feed the bird.

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Eric is excited. We have a bird. How come I
haven't seen this bird? Adam asks you want me to help?
You want to help me feed her? And Eric is stoked. Yeah, man,
I love birds. Adam asks all kinds of birds and
Eric says every one of them. Adam says okay, and
he walks into his bedroom.

Speaker 4 (01:04:53):
Can't cook the bird that you got for Rachel, Remember
that exactly.

Speaker 2 (01:05:01):
I didn't say I liked all the birds.

Speaker 5 (01:05:03):
Yeah, I just hitting him.

Speaker 2 (01:05:04):
Yeah, do you like birds? It depends on the sauce.
This was the red bird that was a glazer that
was telling us about, right.

Speaker 4 (01:05:12):
The one was that other episode was also yeah because
it was a red bird.

Speaker 3 (01:05:16):
Yeah, for Ma that was a live red bird. This
wouldn't have been hard.

Speaker 2 (01:05:20):
This is just stuffed, stuffed, toffed red bird. Maybe that's
what it is. Okay, there's a lot of red birds.
I think Rusty had one too in real life. Yeah,
and you remember, like Rusty.

Speaker 1 (01:05:29):
Has the bird, but I don't remember his bird at
all twenty years old.

Speaker 2 (01:05:32):
They like his best friend, he said, it is my
best friend. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:05:36):
Adam says okay and walks into his bedroom. Eric can't
wait to see his new feathered roommate. Where's the birdie,
where's the pretty birdie? Where's the pretty bird? Then Adam
peers out from behind the door with a stuffed parrot
on a stick. Her name's Nellie. I've had her since
I was two. She's the best bird ever, she normally
doesn't like people, but look at her, she sure likes you.

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Adam shakes the stick to make Nelly move. Want cracker,
Adam says, as he pushes the bird closer to Eric.
Eric yells, Polly, want an autopsy. That's a dead bird.
Not to me, Adam says, while petting the bird. Eric cringes,
that is just sick and weird. What's wrong with you?
Adam pulls his bird closer. What's wrong with you talking

(01:06:18):
in front of her like that? Adam apologizes to his bird. Sorry, Nelly,
he responds in a high pitch. It's not your fault, Adam.

Speaker 2 (01:06:26):
I think this would have landed better.

Speaker 4 (01:06:28):
I mean, now I'm listening to you describe it, and
I'm imagining it like as a script if the bird
was like like tattered, yeah, like falling apart, you know
what I mean, Like it was like a like a
kept dead bird, because as it is, it's.

Speaker 2 (01:06:43):
Kind of a pretty thing. Yeah. Would people have stuff like.

Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
That exactly like a stuffy you'd buy at the zoo
for a kid, as opposed to it looking like a
real ratty used to be a live.

Speaker 2 (01:06:55):
Bird, right, Yeah? That he just never threw away? Yeah,
like the heads like down this and.

Speaker 4 (01:07:00):
The off about it because it's like, well that's that's
a nice stuff for pretty stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:07:06):
You know, some toxidermist did a wonderful job on that.
And it's not that creepy to play. I mean, I
don't know. I guess it's all kind of I don't know, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:07:14):
I just I think it's more about the thinking it's
still alive, like it's his pet bird that's still treating
it like it's still alive.

Speaker 2 (01:07:19):
As I think what they're going for, it's.

Speaker 4 (01:07:29):
Just just gray and faded and like, oh god, this
is like a rotting bird.

Speaker 3 (01:07:33):
Yes, and now panicked, Eric announces all right, all right,
that's it.

Speaker 2 (01:07:38):
That's it.

Speaker 3 (01:07:39):
I'm out of here. As he walks to his room
to get his things. Eric whispers towards Nelly, it is
so his fault. Adam yells out, great, leave, everybody leaves me.
Eric pops back out. I wonder why, Adam tells Eric,
who's now walking out with his suitcase. I thought you
were different. You're just like everybody else. Nobody cares about me,
nobody wants me forever alone. I hate the silence. Eric,

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now affected by what he's heard, stops dead in his tracks.
I know how you feel. No you don't, Adam snaps back.
Eric is adamant, I really do. I was kicked out
by my family, betrayed by my closest friends, thrown out
into this crazy world all by myself, nowhere to go,
nowhere to live alone. Adam smiles, So you'll stay. Eric

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shakes his head. No, lesson, but absolutely so good. Eric
gets up to grab his bag, but is interrupted by Sheila,
who walks in wearing nothing but a bath towel. Hi, Eric,
I did it again, locked myself out after taking a shower.
At least this time I remembered the towel. Mind if

(01:08:48):
I hang out with you guys till my roommate comes back.
How do you lock yourself out after after a shower?
You go into the hallway for what?

Speaker 2 (01:08:57):
Soap? After shower? Haul itself?

Speaker 4 (01:09:02):
Bromp, Oh my god, have fun, Danielle, Jesus, ladies are fun,
Ladies snaked, it's wrong with the show. Just why doesn't
he just drop the towel, give the audience what they
really want.

Speaker 2 (01:09:20):
Let's do this. God, it's Friday night and the moon
is right.

Speaker 3 (01:09:28):
She takes a seat on the couch. Eric announces maybe
I'll stay and wedges himself between Adam and Sheila. Adam
talks as his dead bird again. Adam, He's gonna stay.
Then he pushes Nelly right up to Eric's face. We're
in Shawn and Corey's room. Corey is sound asleep. We
zoom in and then fade into his newest dream. Then

(01:10:00):
we're back at Jack and Rachel's hallway. Corey and Sean
are back waiting for the elevator, mirroring the scene from
the start of the episode. Corey says, Sean, all it
took was you and me to get them to settle
their differences. Sean again responds with Corey and Sean forever
best friends. Corey agrees best friends forever and shakes Sean's hand, and,
just like last time, Corey's face turns evil and Sean

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asks Corey, why are you looking at me like that.
Corey pushes Sean into the empty shaft and Sean grabs
onto the rope, once again saving his own life. Sean
shouts for help, but Corey just tells him you have
to go and prize his best friend's hand off the rope.
Corey peers down.

Speaker 1 (01:10:36):
Sorry, this was this was shot again, right because you
and you're mimicking what you did in the original opening
scene and it's pretty spot on, like even how you
grab the rope, to the point where I was like,
did they just reuse what was done? And like they
shot the whole scene and then took a snippet of

(01:10:57):
it for the beginning.

Speaker 2 (01:10:58):
I was bored. I was like, why are we repeating
all these lines? Like none of these matter? This same
one or not. I couldn't tell if it was literally
the same scene or not.

Speaker 1 (01:11:08):
I wonder, But if it's not, you guys are doing
a great job at completely mimicking what you did the
first time.

Speaker 2 (01:11:15):
Very good. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:11:16):
Corey peers down as Sean's screams, plummeting to what we
assume is his death. The apartment door opens and it's
a concerned Jack and Rachel and Eric. Jack runs over
to see what happened to Sean, but once he gets
to the elevator, Corey trips him, sending him down the shaft.
Rachel and Eric ran over. Rachel asks Corey, what are
you doing? A relaxed Corey responds, shoving everyone down the

(01:11:37):
elevator shaft. Guess who's next? Then he pushes Rachel into Eric,
looks over the ledge, then jumps into savor Rachel. Angela
is now standing at the apartment door, and Corey calls
her over. Angela, come on, everybody's doing it. She walks
over to the elevator and wants to know doing what.
In response, Corey bumps her butt in the style of

(01:11:59):
a dance move and says this, sending her into Corey
just looks down the elevator shaft, satisfied with his work,
and then, of all people, Lauren the snow Bunny played
by the great Linda Cardellini, arrives.

Speaker 2 (01:12:15):
I do problem. I love that they went for like
soup bunny.

Speaker 3 (01:12:20):
Of course, so great, Hi Corey. Corey's very confused, Lauren,
what are you doing here? I'm over you. You shouldn't
be here, and the vision replies, I'm not Lauren, So
Corey asks, then who are you? She answers, I'm everything.
You're giving up the girls you'll never get to meet,
the places you'll never get to go, the life you'll

(01:12:42):
never have.

Speaker 2 (01:12:43):
And what does this have to do? This is what
the is going on to do with marriage?

Speaker 4 (01:12:48):
I mean the sean anxiety makes sense right, Like I'm
afraid my I'm gonna lose my But like, now we're
adding this whole other thing and then collapsing the all.

Speaker 2 (01:12:56):
Into just like general marriage anxiety. Yep, all right, but
I do think it's cool to have Lauren come back though.

Speaker 1 (01:13:03):
She's great, but then make it about what he's losing
as a man, quote unquote to have to settle down,
which is essentially what she's representing is all the sex
you're never going to have with other girls, right, And
it's like, Okay, that's interesting.

Speaker 3 (01:13:16):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:13:16):
And what does killing Sean have to do with that?

Speaker 3 (01:13:19):
Yeah, Corey says he doesn't understand, but Lauren just says
goodbye and blows him a kiss and then trust falls
down the elevator shaft.

Speaker 1 (01:13:26):
Wait a second, I'm sorry, Maybe it's not. Maybe what
it is is it's not this entire time, It hasn't
been about killing Sean. It's just that Sean is the
first one to die in every dream. He's just never
finished the everybody else would continue to come out in
every dream, but he keeps waking up because he's killed.

Speaker 4 (01:13:44):
But right, but what has changed in the course of
this episode.

Speaker 2 (01:13:48):
Oh? Nothing, Just Corey slept longer like.

Speaker 4 (01:13:52):
That and now he got the advice to just keep
sleeping through your dream.

Speaker 3 (01:13:59):
And when I say the episode is about his anxieties
about what happens to his relationship with Sean, that's not
what the episode's about. The episode is about what's life
going to be like after I'm married?

Speaker 2 (01:14:09):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (01:14:10):
And he just he'sn't because he can't get past the
Shawn killing. He thinks it's all about Sean, when at
the end of the day, it's not about shawna He's
just the first one to die.

Speaker 4 (01:14:18):
Well, except it's all about repressed homosexual urges, So it
is really about Shrew Sean.

Speaker 3 (01:14:23):
Right, Corey Yell's wait, but then notices to Panga is
now standing in the doorframe. Remember when I told you
that I knew Lance saw me in a wedding dress,
and I have a picture of Lance. It's this. It
was this week. It's this because I was like, hell,
it was by season seven, Lance and I were broken up.
It was this week. It was this wedding dress and

(01:14:45):
I have a picture of Lance white curdled white dress.
Episode film right, well, it aired May seventh.

Speaker 2 (01:14:53):
So May seventh, nineteen ninety nine.

Speaker 3 (01:14:55):
Yeah, and Lance and I went to prom together in
June of nineteen ninety nine. Cory Yell's wait eight, but
then notices Topanga is now standing in the doorframe. She's
wearing a white wedding dress and holding a bouquet of flowers.
She approaches Corey shaking her head. Where is everybody? Corey
admits I killed them, and Tapang is confused. He adds
for us to Panga nods, I know. As they both

(01:15:17):
look down the elevator shaft, Corey admits I miss them.
Topanga agrees I miss them too. The elevator door shuts
and Tapanga tells Corey he can wake up now and
softly touches his face, And just like that, we're back
in Corey and Sean's room. Tapanga is hovering over Corey
brushing his face. Corey, wake up, you've been sleeping all night.

(01:15:37):
Corey wakes and sees Sean standing there too. Morning sunshine.
Corey sits up in his bed and Sean asks if
he was dreaming. Corey smiles and says yeah. Tapanga wonders
what he dreamt about, and Corey reveals I dreamt about you.
To Panga size oh good, So you're okay now and
Corey assures her, yeah, I'm fine. Topanga seems relieved. Good

(01:15:58):
have a good day.

Speaker 2 (01:15:58):
I'm sorry.

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
Who wakes somebody up and says, you've been sleeping all night?

Speaker 2 (01:16:04):
I know?

Speaker 4 (01:16:05):
And then of course you have the touch in the
cheek too, is like the super like.

Speaker 1 (01:16:10):
Yeah, it should sleeping all day? It's three, I know,
you know, like it's hey, wake up? You are sleeping
at night?

Speaker 3 (01:16:18):
Like what?

Speaker 1 (01:16:19):
What?

Speaker 5 (01:16:19):
Wake up?

Speaker 3 (01:16:20):
You may have gotten a good night's sleep.

Speaker 1 (01:16:21):
Yeah, and you've needed sleep for a while now. We've
been telling you need sleep. So I'm gonna wake you
up in the morning after you've slept.

Speaker 3 (01:16:28):
He's gonna miss school. I don't know it's college.

Speaker 2 (01:16:31):
Hey, you've been sleeping all night. Time to get up? What?

Speaker 3 (01:16:35):
She gives Cory a kiss and says goodbye to Seawan.
As she leaves the room. Now alone, Sean asks Corey,
you're not okay, are you? Corey sits up. Do you
think I'm rushing into marriage? Sean laughs, You've been rushing
into marriage since you were two years old. Corey wants
to know. I mean, nothing's gonna change between you and me,
is it? Sean wonders, is that what you've been dreaming about.

(01:16:56):
Corey tells him, no, I'm just I guess I'm afraid
that after I get married, everything's going to change. Sean
breaks it to him, Well, yeah, it will, it has to.
Corey shakes his head. I don't want it to. The
two best friends stare at each other, both worried about
what will come next. Then we're in the tag back

(01:17:17):
in Eric and Adam's expensive apartment. Eric is holding the
dead parrot in his hand. Now okay, Nelly, okay, big okay,
now rollover. Eric flips the parrot around, spinning the stiket's
attached to hey blaye, dead blade dead. He flips the
parrot back up and feeds him a cracker. Good bird,
Good bird. Then the phone rings and he reaches over
to answer it. Hello, Hello, it's Adam sitting on the

(01:17:41):
couch next to him. Eric, it's me, Adam, Eric Lass,
Hey man, what's up?

Speaker 2 (01:17:47):
This is Eric? Right.

Speaker 3 (01:17:54):
Adam talks into the phone. I just think it's great.
How you and Nelly have been getting along so well?
Eric explains, Yeah, well I love poultry. Adam stands up
and grabs his keys. Anyway, I mean you and I
have been getting along so well that Adam pauses so
that Eric can move his legs out of the way.
Excuse me, now clear, Adam continues, I think it's time
you finally met my mom. Eric laughs and puts the

(01:18:16):
bird down. Your mom, look, dude, I thought that your
mother was. Adam unlocks his bedroom Dora and yells out, mom,
I want you to meet my new roommate. As he
closes it behind him, Adam, now obviously talking in a
woman's voice, responds, is he a good boy? Eric jumps
over the couch and.

Speaker 2 (01:18:37):
Right then.

Speaker 3 (01:18:39):
Adam, back in his real voice, assures his mom he's
a very good boy. Adam's mom is happy. I'm glad
because your last roommate was a very very bad boy.
Eric grabs his suitcase and runs out of the apartment,
just as Adam explains to his mom, that's why I
took care of him for you. And now, with the
apartment empty, we hear Adam switch to an old man's voice.

Speaker 2 (01:19:01):
What you don't say hello to your grandpa?

Speaker 3 (01:19:06):
And that's the end of our episode.

Speaker 1 (01:19:08):
I think they cut something because I distinctly remember a
button where I run back in and grab the bird.

Speaker 2 (01:19:14):
And leave the yin.

Speaker 3 (01:19:15):
Oh that's funny.

Speaker 1 (01:19:17):
Yeah, so I was like, oh, I think, why do
I remember doing that? So yeah, they must you might
have just improved it.

Speaker 2 (01:19:21):
Yea. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:19:23):
Well that's our episode. Thank you all for joining us.
Join us for our next episode, recap season six episode
twenty two, State of the Unions. It's our season six finale,
which originally aired May fourteenth, nineteen ninety nine. Thank you
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