Still taken aback that adult swim decided to air this as the first episode. It definitely would've seemed like the stupidest decision imaginable at the time but ironically, after the direction the series would go on to take, I'd say it's retroactively the perfect episode to start with.
I remember being a kid and seeing it first premiere and then was surprised when I learned it was the last episode of the season. It really is a good decision and does flesh out what really is going on.
Wait THIS is the first episode of Moral Orel they aired??? I feel so weird. And this is literally the season finale. But to be honest, this is probably the perfect first episode to air since without the context of previous episodes, it really feels like a small short film than an episode
9:25 The way Orel snapped the head off the figure, held it, then dropped it with his hands wide open just brought some kind of twisted energy in his words that he didn't intend. I easily imagined his eye twitching in the scene as if he was going mad. Was that just me, or did the creators intend to make his body language seem that way?
very relatable moment. you get to that age where it just hits you; your life is gone and wasted. you're stuck with your awful children in a life society told you is normal, with a spouse you rushed to marry because, at the time, you felt behind. and, "why not?" why not fall into a loveless marriage and waste decades. so all you can do is sit awake, stare at the wall, and silently sob. too busy chasing a normal life to tend to your trauma and heal.
@@randomcenturion7264 from his parents' perspective, he is awful. and Shapey is legitimately a nightmare, save for that one moment where actually communicated to Bloberta that when he's thirsty, he feels empty.
Love how Clay and Bloberta sound when they're around people vs when they are alone. Blobertas voice goes from soft cartoon mother to sleek, vicious and sharp. Clay goes from firm father voice to , a little whiny, gutteral when upset, and dark.
This got dark real fast how orel is treated is so terrible and how he acts like everything is ok it's so terrible and how orels parents treat him like he's a terrible person I feel so bad for him
@@jaredgarcia8638 in my opinion, the 2nd season is funnier than the first season and the 3rd season is just depressing as intended to. ( still amazing though! )
Can't believe I'm projecting on a small child made out of play doh, but those scenes with the parents arguing, and the way he prays at the end out of pure innocence, and how his mother completely abandoned him just because he slightly sided with his father after their fight, that hit way too close to home.
Not just because he slightly sided with his father. He sided with him all the rest episodes like when he followed his advice how to make a woman happy instead of asking his mom what would make her happy. Or how he let his father humiliate her. I know she kinda allowed it but still it doesn't feel fight. She just had enough of it
@@karolinakuc4783 you can't blame a child for that she left clay to raise orel you see in every in reactionsee has with his anytime he ask a question or needs to be tuaght a lesson she hands him off to his father a child is a product of their environment and she barely ever there for him she basically neglects both her child for excessive/ obsessive cleaning and cook. He even raising shapey in the end too. All he wanted was to have both his parents on Christmas and she turned on him because she had a bad marriage.
@@karolinakuc4783 he just wanted his family to be there on Christmas. Not to mention he never really had a relationship with his mother, the only person who was there for him was his dad, even if it wasnt in a healthy way.
Fascinating how the first time the camera felt out of strict control was the argument between Orel's parents. Contributes to the unease of seeing a genuinely honest conversation for the first time in the series.
At 4:54 he prays for the second coming of christ to visit, a few episodes later the miracle dog he names Bartholomew barks out he'd like to be called jesus, that episode is a lot darker now when you realize that dog was literally the second coming of christ in an answered prayer
I like the way this episode further demonstrates what kind of a relationship Orel has with religion. I think that the manner in which the emotional tones of Orel's storyline and his parents' are contrasted is not only intended as a source of humor but also a means of conveying the way in which Orel's spirituality has served as an escapist refuge for him from the trauma he has always experienced. From this perspective, Orel's comprehensive knowledge of and obsessive enthusiasm for his faith's mythology and ritual are the result of him being raised in an environment he desperately needed to escape from in which he was permitted no fantastical outlet for those feelings to dissipate in... except for the bible. An exciting, magical place from long ago with flawed heroes, great battles and strange creatures that he could disappear into and forget the nightmare that was his waking life. This is a truly remarkable depiction on how religion can function for a person that I have never really encountered in media, and I wonder how much of a fiction it is.
@@alchemistofsteel8099That's the sad thing, these hateful thumper types truly believe they're somehow following the commandments of God; meanwhile Jesus (the literal Christ in Christianity ) explicitly taught us to love everyone; which always seems to conveniently be forgotten.
What still hurts is the fact that Orel’s mother just… left him out in the snow, all because he just said ‘We can’t spend Christmas without dad’. I personally believe that Orel saying that they can’t spend Christmas without Clay wasn’t the reason that she left him in the snow. I believe it was much deeper, she sees Orel as Clay, since that’s how he was conceived, and Shapy was made by someone she seemed to actually love, so that’s why she hugged him, and not Orel. She sees Orel as Clay, when he’s far from being even close to his father in anyway.
I don't think she loves Daniel. She said that she wishes god should have been the father of Shapey. But I don't know how to defend them kissing in the church though, and it's so funny how Clay couldn't even get a clue after seeing that lol.
I felt the same watching it. Its not rare for a woman to neglect thd child of a previous lover to concentrate on the child of her current lover. Poor Orel.
Bro the ending made me so sad, with Orel still having so much faith in God still hoping that it'd be the best Christmas only for it to slowly zoom out and end with him just standing there alone in the snow while his family falls apart😭😭
The episode that made me almost cry was when Clay shot Orel in the leg by accident and left him to bleed for hours after he passed out drunk then blamed Orel for everything
growing up I had to sacrifice my entire childhood to raise my sister because my mother was too busy, so it makes the scenes where orel has to tend to shapey so much harder hitting.
As sad as this episode is, and as exaggerated Orel’s conclusions were…I can’t help but find his going around with Shapey and trying to indulge him really cute. It felt like two siblings having fun in a very difficult situation, even if it was just because they weren’t aware of the situation they were in. It felt wholesome, it’s like Orel still has some family, if that makes sense.
Can you imagine watching this for the first time the way Adult Swim intended? I was around 9 to 10 years old when I first watched it and had no idea what to think of it. This episode, and show in particular, changed how I view media and narratives in adult shows. This series was one of the first adult cartoons to tackle this kind of serious tone and be taken seriously, and it could seriously only be done in animation because you could not subject a real child to these kinds of situations. I absolutely love this show and I respect Adult Swim for giving this show a chance, despite it biting them in the ass by season 3.
Honestly the sheer difference between Shapey and Orel is pretty confusing. Like even though Orel is treated terribly by his family, it's obvious given by Clay abusing him every episode that to some extent, his parents care enough to actually discipline him and make sure he's a functioning member of society. Meanwhile they just let Shapey do whatever he wants. Hell, they don't even care enough to teach the kid how to talk properly since he has the vocabulary of a toddler. I mean it's obvious that both Bloberta and Clay don't actually care about their kids, so I wonder why they still make an effort with Orel but don't with Shapey.
Bloberta doesn't care about their education, it's Clay who does all the talking and disciplines Orel. Bloberta doesn't talk with her children, when she is worried or upset she just asks Clay to do something about Orel (maybe she thinks that it's a man's responsibility, and a wife should only clean and feed the children. But I think she just doesn't care anymore). Most of the time Clay pretends that Shapey doesn't even exist, no wonder the poor child can't talk and is probably mentally retarded. .
I’m pretty sure Orel is supposed to rise the question of nature vs nurture. Are people born good right from the get-go? Or are people more influenced by their environment? Is it a combination? Is one more important than the other or is it different from person to person? This gets brought up more than once during the show, especially in regards to Clay, who also suffered from emotional neglect and physical abuse, but he turned out to be a worst person than Orel.
Clay doesn't care about Shapey because he's not his biological father, so he thinks Shapey is not his responsability. That's also why he makes Bloberta "take care" of Shapey, because she is his biological mother. Bloberta, on the other hand, is because her lover (Shapey's dad) abandoned her. So she sees Shapey as the personification of her mistake and ignores him because she wants to forget her secret romance in the first place, act like nothing happened.
Can we all give Carolyn Lawrence some credit for how well she voices Orel? The last minute of the episode is, imo, some of the best acting in the show.
I like to think he was more aware of things than people give him credit for, notice how Orel instantly knew to find Clay at Forghetti’s, this also goes for the rest of Moralton too, people knowing that Shapey is an illegitimate child, or Putty/Stopframe knowing Bloberta doesn’t like Clay and Orel knew too by judging the way he reacted to them saying that
So sorry u have to go through this... I hops things get better for u & I wish u all the best... Hope u enjoying u day 🌞 I send my best to u I truly do!!
Even tho orel thought shapey was the new jesus and thats the reason he was nice to him, it was still nice to see how he was bonding with him regardless and being a good brother.
considering how raw the ending to this episode is, i think it's really beautiful that the show ultimately ends on a christmas that IS good, with a genuine loving family. it takes a while to get there, but he does get his prayer answered by learning from his parents mistakes and making the conscious effort to do things differently. it's subtle, but incredibly heartwarming. i love this show so much
It started on Christmas and ended on Christmas. One Orel was so cheerful and full of hope. But the other felt despondent and emotionless. But he made his own life and didn't repeat his family's cycle of abuse and hate.
The scariest part about this episode is the little details. When Bloberta admits that Clay isn’t Shapey’s father, the music has a strangely different vibe to it. The camera panning around instead of jumping from person to person(like in a usual episode) give the impression of a child watching their parents fight.
I knew this classmate who was cheating on her boyfriend with her bestfriend, because it was "exciting" ,some people are just pathetic,so I won't be surprised, if people found having an affair more sensible than actually having a healthy relationship
shapey’s empty/messy/undecorated room almost made me tear up. like i know they don’t love him, but bloberta is obsessive about cleaning, and she doesn’t even tend to it. they really just block him out.
@@alexf225I love that this show doesn’t forcefully make you think what it wants you to think, you make your own conclusions, reminds me of Watchmen’s “leave it entirely in your hands”
@@alexf225 Well in one sense, he was. It was because of her that he started drinking in the first place. But overall the two of them really victimized each other.
The Christmas tree is a great representation of Clay and Bloberta’s marriage. Adorned with so much stuff and even sprayed with tree scent to cover up the fact that it’s entirely fake and dead. Not to mention Shapey destroys it, a force that unravels and exposes Clay and Bloberta’s true relations. Bare and cold.
Nah, I get it, having seen the rest of the show, it weridly never gets as eerie and creepy as this episode. It definitely gets more intense however. Its just this one is so... quiet and atmospheric
Without the intro and without clay it turns orel's life on its head. People underestimate parental influence- even if it's punctured by pretense, discipline, drunk possession, school, and their humiliation, theyre the basis of aspiration and learning.
That’s honestly true, the ending where Orel prays out of pure innocence surrounded by his cold unforgiving world. Don’t forget Orel and Shapey actually acting like kids. Another thing is I don’t remember Clay or Bloberta actually arguing with each other before or after this episode, it’s always talking behind the other’s back or them being spiteful. The topic of Shapey being an illegitimate child tackled full on here more so than any other episode. There’s a couple of hints that there is tension between Bloberta and Clay in season one but this finale is the first time we see it and it shows much more than just tension. Orel prays a lot in this episode but yet this one of the few episodes where God isn’t in the intro. And also the overall lack of music really makes this episode feel creepy.. or organic. It doesn’t have the sitcom feel that majority of the season 1 episodes had and honesty the episodes that don’t have the sitcom vibe are the best. Wish there was more like this episode.
This ep always make me tear up whenever I see it. During my family’s first divorce Christmas in middle school, my abusive dad didn’t show any interest in me and kept asking me about my mom or looked uninterested in anything I tried to talking to him about anything else unless he wanted to talk about it. I finally broke down and answered a couple of questions which my sister found out then yelled at me and told our mom who pretty much told me she had no trust in me. Ironically my trust in her was just coming back after several mistakes she made regarding me and I was left alone for the rest of the day just like Morel. Pretty much long story short I spent almost an hour praying with no one checking up on me. I was hoping god would do something that would make Christmas better until this ep played and it got to the very last scene. I was always comfortable with my faith even though my parents never bothered bringing me to church but it was we like salt being rubbed into the wound. It was where it finally hit me how alone I was and how I would needed to do my best to keep my self cheerful and happy since my dysfunctional family couldn’t be trusted.
@@Marbles471 Yeah I had a deep seated hatred for this show until the last season came or right around after it went off. 😂🤣 I gave it a chance and found out I really love it. Just had to get past all the emotional trauma.
The way bloberta and clay just want Shapey to shut up, it hits way to close to home because it's how my parent's dealt with my brother, which enabled him to be selfish and knows he's able to get anything he wants with no issue
I wish I had someone like Orel to have around when I was younger because I went through similar things. I just want to give the poor kid a hug. He deserves to be happy.
@@r3n0wn1 I do too, just the kid needs help, and the parents don't do shit for him, I mean God, clay and bloberta didn't even know shapey was switched until bloberta took a few seconds to compare pictures
@@r3n0wn1 No, if I remember right, he didn't realize it, either. Only Orel did. All through season 2 he keeps trying to tell them but keeps getting cut off. 😆
9:15 something about him watching through the window(+them joyously destroying the setup) and calmly calling her followed by her immediately getting there is stupidly funny to me
My parents got "divorced" (they weren't even married, but my mum wanted to), but before that they had often quarreled. As a child I often prayed to god to help them make up. As little kid I didn't know what do to and I started calling Mary and Jesus my family - the true one. When I noticed after the time that my pray prayers have not been answered I was really dissapointed. My only escape and help didn't helped much. And now, watching camera distancing leaving Orel alone made me cry and remeber that hard time.
I know everyone rips on Clay pretty hard, and I understand where they are coming from when you watch this show and see Clay's actions, but him saying "at least you know he is yours" breaks my heart.
digamos que los otros los veiamos con la perspectiva de Orel en donde el veia todo lo "oscuro" de una manera infantil y no tan mala, pero este episodio vemos como se desiluciona con la navidad, dejando de ver desde esa perspectiva infantil todo lo que lo rodea
Whew 😥 I’m embarrassed cuz why am I crying. It started with the silence of the mom , and then when orel was praying to emotion was. I’m sorry. I broke down. I didn’t know I had so much feelings inside of me about this topic
Alcohol. In the first episode of the first season, there we see Clay without drinking and he also kind of mentions being sober (i dont remember exactly how, it's been a while since i watched it) and his eyes were not puffy there. From there on whenever we see his eyes puffy he always drinks.
i grew up catholic and the way they blame everything on orel and get mad at him for making his little brother cry instead of being the parents. my parents always wanted me to be the adult and parent my younger siblings… hits way too close to home
I imagine oral thinking back on this as "Christmas is a time of giving and love enjoy, a time to spend with friends and family...(sigh) at least that's what people say anyway."
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Still taken aback that adult swim decided to air this as the first episode. It definitely would've seemed like the stupidest decision imaginable at the time but ironically, after the direction the series would go on to take, I'd say it's retroactively the perfect episode to start with.
So I'm not the only one who thinks that-
I still disagree. I think this was a perfect season finale.
@@QuiteSimplyInsane 02:48.
I remember being a kid and seeing it first premiere and then was surprised when I learned it was the last episode of the season.
It really is a good decision and does flesh out what really is going on.
Wait THIS is the first episode of Moral Orel they aired??? I feel so weird. And this is literally the season finale. But to be honest, this is probably the perfect first episode to air since without the context of previous episodes, it really feels like a small short film than an episode
"mom guess what? dad isn't shapey's father!"
"I know that Orel." LMFAO
It’s more dark than a LMFAO…
wow
9:25 The way Orel snapped the head off the figure, held it, then dropped it with his hands wide open just brought some kind of twisted energy in his words that he didn't intend. I easily imagined his eye twitching in the scene as if he was going mad. Was that just me, or did the creators intend to make his body language seem that way?
she ate him up 💔
@@Gooseknoxthe head dropping was so smooth thoughhh
That part of just Bloberta with that dead-eyed stare and no music, combined with the changing angles; very eerie, on top of being depressing.
Imagine, turning on the TV to that scene at 9pm
Thats freaky as all hell-
That 1 tear was because of so many feelings and regrets.
very relatable moment. you get to that age where it just hits you; your life is gone and wasted. you're stuck with your awful children in a life society told you is normal, with a spouse you rushed to
marry because, at the time, you felt behind. and, "why not?" why not fall into a loveless marriage and waste decades.
so all you can do is sit awake, stare at the wall, and silently sob. too busy chasing a normal life to tend to your trauma and heal.
@@abbydabby9112 One problem is that Orel isn't and awful child. He'd probably be any other parent's dream.
@@randomcenturion7264 from his parents' perspective, he is awful. and Shapey is legitimately a nightmare, save for that one moment where actually communicated to Bloberta that when he's thirsty, he feels empty.
Love how Clay and Bloberta sound when they're around people vs when they are alone.
Blobertas voice goes from soft cartoon mother to sleek, vicious and sharp.
Clay goes from firm father voice to , a little whiny, gutteral when upset, and dark.
the one episode that doesn't end with him getting a beating
But he gets an emotional beating
Whenever he does get a beating he most likely deserves it but Clay always does it for the wrong reason💀
The movie premiere episode is another episode where Orel isn't beaten physically.... Funny asf though lol
We all got the beating instead 😭🤧
@@orrixion8062 No kid deserves a beating, ever.
This got dark real fast how orel is treated is so terrible and how he acts like everything is ok it's so terrible and how orels parents treat him like he's a terrible person I feel so bad for him
He turned out really good, I'm surprised growing up as fucked up as he did
Plot twist: none of its real 🤫
nice nana pfp :)
This was the show's turning point
@Cillian empathy for what? A claymation character?
“Jesus was an unplanned pregnancy…”
*they all turn to Shapey*
I mean, he wasn't unplanned on Stopframe's part.
Not gonna lie, this one got pretty real
This was the turning point for Moral Orel into the dark show it would become
@@jaredgarcia8638
And it's only season 1
@@maxb5201 gotta respect the storytelling the writers brought
@@jaredgarcia8638 in my opinion, the 2nd season is funnier than the first season and the 3rd season is just depressing as intended to. ( still amazing though! )
Can't believe I'm projecting on a small child made out of play doh, but those scenes with the parents arguing, and the way he prays at the end out of pure innocence, and how his mother completely abandoned him just because he slightly sided with his father after their fight, that hit way too close to home.
Not just because he slightly sided with his father. He sided with him all the rest episodes like when he followed his advice how to make a woman happy instead of asking his mom what would make her happy. Or how he let his father humiliate her. I know she kinda allowed it but still it doesn't feel fight. She just had enough of it
@@karolinakuc4783 based
@@karolinakuc4783 you can't blame a child for that she left clay to raise orel you see in every in reactionsee has with his anytime he ask a question or needs to be tuaght a lesson she hands him off to his father a child is a product of their environment and she barely ever there for him she basically neglects both her child for excessive/ obsessive cleaning and cook. He even raising shapey in the end too. All he wanted was to have both his parents on Christmas and she turned on him because she had a bad marriage.
@@karolinakuc4783 he just wanted his family to be there on Christmas. Not to mention he never really had a relationship with his mother, the only person who was there for him was his dad, even if it wasnt in a healthy way.
@@karolinakuc4783 He's 12.... I believe this show would mock people like you.
Fascinating how the first time the camera felt out of strict control was the argument between Orel's parents. Contributes to the unease of seeing a genuinely honest conversation for the first time in the series.
It's stunning to watch. It's like the behavior of the camera changes genre.
The music also stops when it transitions to just them, I believe.
It's like the POV of a kid watching their parents argue
Goes back and forth and puts the focus on whoever is speaking, back and forth like an argument
The "Are you decent" part always makes me laugh
He must have incredibly sexy feet?? 😶 The coach probably thinks so in any case.
@@Nunya_Bidness_53 huh
@@MEOWMIX3DS He puts the slippers on the way most people put pants on...and the coach wants to drink champagne out of his shoe 😝🤢
😂 💀
@@Nunya_Bidness_53🤨
I love how Shapy is suggested to be the second coming of Jesus which some refer too as the anti-Christ 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
not the same thing, anti-christ is a false prophet from hell in Christianity
"the apocalypse begins" 🤣🤣🤣
I definitely believe that Shapey grew up to be an Atheist or something along that level.
you stupid
The way Orel's mom just sits in silence, like no sad music or anything is just crazy
Honestly they don't deserve Orel, all they do is put ideas into his head and hurt him physically and emotionally.
leave clay out of this
@@sspxcedHe is the one who usually teaches him awful lessons and beats him up.
At 4:54 he prays for the second coming of christ to visit, a few episodes later the miracle dog he names Bartholomew barks out he'd like to be called jesus, that episode is a lot darker now when you realize that dog was literally the second coming of christ in an answered prayer
😭😭😭😭
I never thought about that tbh
and they killed him...some place 'moral'ton is
I like the way this episode further demonstrates what kind of a relationship Orel has with religion. I think that the manner in which the emotional tones of Orel's storyline and his parents' are contrasted is not only intended as a source of humor but also a means of conveying the way in which Orel's spirituality has served as an escapist refuge for him from the trauma he has always experienced. From this perspective, Orel's comprehensive knowledge of and obsessive enthusiasm for his faith's mythology and ritual are the result of him being raised in an environment he desperately needed to escape from in which he was permitted no fantastical outlet for those feelings to dissipate in... except for the bible. An exciting, magical place from long ago with flawed heroes, great battles and strange creatures that he could disappear into and forget the nightmare that was his waking life.
This is a truly remarkable depiction on how religion can function for a person that I have never really encountered in media, and I wonder how much of a fiction it is.
The way I see is that Orel is the only one in the town who truly believes in god
@@alchemistofsteel8099 oh, people in Moralton believe in God alright. They just don’t like or truly adhere to him
@@alchemistofsteel8099That's the sad thing, these hateful thumper types truly believe they're somehow following the commandments of God; meanwhile Jesus (the literal Christ in Christianity ) explicitly taught us to love everyone; which always seems to conveniently be forgotten.
The binding of Isaac is a game based on a similar premise.
What still hurts is the fact that Orel’s mother just… left him out in the snow, all because he just said ‘We can’t spend Christmas without dad’.
I personally believe that Orel saying that they can’t spend Christmas without Clay wasn’t the reason that she left him in the snow. I believe it was much deeper, she sees Orel as Clay, since that’s how he was conceived, and Shapy was made by someone she seemed to actually love, so that’s why she hugged him, and not Orel.
She sees Orel as Clay, when he’s far from being even close to his father in anyway.
Shapeys dad is the coach of the track team 💀💀
@@flying_cyter8986 the only blondes in the show
I don't think she loves Daniel. She said that she wishes god should have been the father of Shapey. But I don't know how to defend them kissing in the church though, and it's so funny how Clay couldn't even get a clue after seeing that lol.
I think you’re looking too deep into it. Shapey went to hug her first. She neglects both her children. She doesn’t love Shapey more
I felt the same watching it. Its not rare for a woman to neglect thd child of a previous lover to concentrate on the child of her current lover. Poor Orel.
2:03 The fact that they both look at Shapey is KILLING ME
That ending is such a punch in the gut
2:36 I find it very disconcerting how his tears form in his pupils.
he's built different ig
Lmao
Bro the ending made me so sad, with Orel still having so much faith in God still hoping that it'd be the best Christmas only for it to slowly zoom out and end with him just standing there alone in the snow while his family falls apart😭😭
fr the first time this show made me cry
The episode that made me almost cry was when Clay shot Orel in the leg by accident and left him to bleed for hours after he passed out drunk then blamed Orel for everything
the voice actor for clay is amazing
“WHO’S BEEN INSIDE YOU?!”
“Live it out baby!”
“Hold on . . . okay.”
growing up I had to sacrifice my entire childhood to raise my sister because my mother was too busy, so it makes the scenes where orel has to tend to shapey so much harder hitting.
The scenes where they blame the oldest for the youngest’s stupidity hits even harder for me tbh
As sad as this episode is, and as exaggerated Orel’s conclusions were…I can’t help but find his going around with Shapey and trying to indulge him really cute. It felt like two siblings having fun in a very difficult situation, even if it was just because they weren’t aware of the situation they were in. It felt wholesome, it’s like Orel still has some family, if that makes sense.
Luckily Orel and Shapey still seem close in the finale.
Shapey: “SHUUDDDUUUUPPPPP!!!”
Orel: “Yes my lord.. 🧎”
LITERALLY 💀
SHADUPP
yes Lord 🧎
Man I feel so bad for Orel… he deserves so much better 😭
To be honest with you I'm sorry I have to say this too orel.
He was a criminal breaking things drugs crimes suicide.
The Puppingtons Have The Saddest Looking Christmas Tree I’ve Ever Seen.
looks more like a Christmas twig
It Looks Like An Improved Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.
Charlie brown's was worse 🤣
it's like my aunt's
It feels wrong watching a Moral Orel episode and not hearing the pleasant xylophone music with the earth on screen
That ending though... Orel's innocence still trying to hold onto the hope that everything will be okay and looking up at a snow night sky.
Can you imagine watching this for the first time the way Adult Swim intended? I was around 9 to 10 years old when I first watched it and had no idea what to think of it. This episode, and show in particular, changed how I view media and narratives in adult shows. This series was one of the first adult cartoons to tackle this kind of serious tone and be taken seriously, and it could seriously only be done in animation because you could not subject a real child to these kinds of situations.
I absolutely love this show and I respect Adult Swim for giving this show a chance, despite it biting them in the ass by season 3.
Bojack Horseman followed in it's footsteps
@@spacesoarer3627 Yeah
You don't should respect Adult Swim anymore. It's full of hypocrites
Watching this on a lonely Christmas and crying is oddly comforting for me
That's how I feel at night
Honestly the sheer difference between Shapey and Orel is pretty confusing.
Like even though Orel is treated terribly by his family, it's obvious given by Clay abusing him every episode that to some extent, his parents care enough to actually discipline him and make sure he's a functioning member of society.
Meanwhile they just let Shapey do whatever he wants. Hell, they don't even care enough to teach the kid how to talk properly since he has the vocabulary of a toddler.
I mean it's obvious that both Bloberta and Clay don't actually care about their kids, so I wonder why they still make an effort with Orel but don't with Shapey.
Bloberta doesn't care about their education, it's Clay who does all the talking and disciplines Orel. Bloberta doesn't talk with her children, when she is worried or upset she just asks Clay to do something about Orel (maybe she thinks that it's a man's responsibility, and a wife should only clean and feed the children. But I think she just doesn't care anymore).
Most of the time Clay pretends that Shapey doesn't even exist, no wonder the poor child can't talk and is probably mentally retarded.
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I’m pretty sure Orel is supposed to rise the question of nature vs nurture. Are people born good right from the get-go? Or are people more influenced by their environment? Is it a combination? Is one more important than the other or is it different from person to person? This gets brought up more than once during the show, especially in regards to Clay, who also suffered from emotional neglect and physical abuse, but he turned out to be a worst person than Orel.
Clay doesn't care about Shapey because he's not his biological father, so he thinks Shapey is not his responsability. That's also why he makes Bloberta "take care" of Shapey, because she is his biological mother.
Bloberta, on the other hand, is because her lover (Shapey's dad) abandoned her. So she sees Shapey as the personification of her mistake and ignores him because she wants to forget her secret romance in the first place, act like nothing happened.
To be fair he is nerudivergent coded
@@nerdsam4825 my initial thought on that kid was some spoiled ADHD kid
"stupid people."
*- Shapey, the legend.*
"at least you know he's yours"
OUCH MAN THAT HURT MY SOUL
Can we all give Carolyn Lawrence some credit for how well she voices Orel? The last minute of the episode is, imo, some of the best acting in the show.
Yeah
Notice the more Orel loses his innocence the less music plays within the series
I like to think he was more aware of things than people give him credit for, notice how Orel instantly knew to find Clay at Forghetti’s, this also goes for the rest of Moralton too, people knowing that Shapey is an illegitimate child, or Putty/Stopframe knowing Bloberta doesn’t like Clay and Orel knew too by judging the way he reacted to them saying that
Oof… this one hits extra hard given that my parents split up a day before my birthday in december
So sorry u have to go through this... I hops things get better for u & I wish u all the best... Hope u enjoying u day 🌞 I send my best to u I truly do!!
lolrip
Im so sorry
Even tho orel thought shapey was the new jesus and thats the reason he was nice to him, it was still nice to see how he was bonding with him regardless and being a good brother.
"Hmm... I wish god was his father..."
That episode hit me so damn hard...
"...the apocalypse begins...
...YAY!"
I almost laughed so hard I pissed myself.
considering how raw the ending to this episode is, i think it's really beautiful that the show ultimately ends on a christmas that IS good, with a genuine loving family. it takes a while to get there, but he does get his prayer answered by learning from his parents mistakes and making the conscious effort to do things differently. it's subtle, but incredibly heartwarming. i love this show so much
I'm guessing this is the turning point in the series.
nature part 1&2 definitely were
The first, smaller turn anyways
@@aniicake Both episodes were definitely but I guess when you're a season finale, you got to end big even for a show like this at the time.
It started on Christmas and ended on Christmas. One Orel was so cheerful and full of hope. But the other felt despondent and emotionless.
But he made his own life and didn't repeat his family's cycle of abuse and hate.
The scariest part about this episode is the little details. When Bloberta admits that Clay isn’t Shapey’s father, the music has a strangely different vibe to it. The camera panning around instead of jumping from person to person(like in a usual episode) give the impression of a child watching their parents fight.
the blonde guy def. Shapeys dad
The wife and husband had a lust guard up hahah omg
It confuses me how Daniel is encouraging him to go back to his wife. I thought he wanted clay. I guess he likes the idea of having an affair
I knew this classmate who was cheating on her boyfriend with her bestfriend, because it was "exciting" ,some people are just pathetic,so I won't be surprised, if people found having an affair more sensible than actually having a healthy relationship
The fact that this is the turning point for the show is insane.
shapey’s empty/messy/undecorated room almost made me tear up. like i know they don’t love him, but bloberta is obsessive about cleaning, and she doesn’t even tend to it. they really just block him out.
That short montage of Bloberta staring off in silence is so depressing
deserved
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Are you one of those who think that Clay was the victim of Bloberta?
@@WhyTho525Sometimes I wonder if we watched the same show as the people who think that.
@@alexf225I love that this show doesn’t forcefully make you think what it wants you to think, you make your own conclusions, reminds me of Watchmen’s “leave it entirely in your hands”
@@alexf225 Well in one sense, he was. It was because of her that he started drinking in the first place.
But overall the two of them really victimized each other.
The stop motion really helps the Christmas special vibe.
The Christmas tree is a great representation of Clay and Bloberta’s marriage. Adorned with so much stuff and even sprayed with tree scent to cover up the fact that it’s entirely fake and dead. Not to mention Shapey destroys it, a force that unravels and exposes Clay and Bloberta’s true relations. Bare and cold.
and later on, Orel and Christina’s future family has a real one!
why does this episode feel so different from the rest of the show... its creepy
Haven't watched the rest of it yet I guess? Things get bleak.
Buckle up, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Nah, I get it, having seen the rest of the show, it weridly never gets as eerie and creepy as this episode. It definitely gets more intense however. Its just this one is so... quiet and atmospheric
Without the intro and without clay it turns orel's life on its head. People underestimate parental influence- even if it's punctured by pretense, discipline, drunk possession, school, and their humiliation, theyre the basis of aspiration and learning.
That’s honestly true, the ending where Orel prays out of pure innocence surrounded by his cold unforgiving world. Don’t forget Orel and Shapey actually acting like kids.
Another thing is I don’t remember Clay or Bloberta actually arguing with each other before or after this episode, it’s always talking behind the other’s back or them being spiteful. The topic of Shapey being an illegitimate child tackled full on here more so than any other episode.
There’s a couple of hints that there is tension between Bloberta and Clay in season one but this finale is the first time we see it and it shows much more than just tension.
Orel prays a lot in this episode but yet this one of the few episodes where God isn’t in the intro. And also the overall lack of music really makes this episode feel creepy.. or organic. It doesn’t have the sitcom feel that majority of the season 1 episodes had and honesty the episodes that don’t have the sitcom vibe are the best. Wish there was more like this episode.
I dont know why I relate to Orel so much, especially with how Shapey reminds me alot of my sister, and the mom and dad too. I want to cry
7:12 she just like me
same
Fr
I don't even have any idea why I felt her pain.
both cold and completely alone.
and guilty!
Man, when Orel was so excited for Christmas, his world just falls apart as usual. It’s so sad 😭
Clay is such a painfully created character. Fuck is he something else
This ep always make me tear up whenever I see it. During my family’s first divorce Christmas in middle school, my abusive dad didn’t show any interest in me and kept asking me about my mom or looked uninterested in anything I tried to talking to him about anything else unless he wanted to talk about it. I finally broke down and answered a couple of questions which my sister found out then yelled at me and told our mom who pretty much told me she had no trust in me. Ironically my trust in her was just coming back after several mistakes she made regarding me and I was left alone for the rest of the day just like Morel.
Pretty much long story short I spent almost an hour praying with no one checking up on me. I was hoping god would do something that would make Christmas better until this ep played and it got to the very last scene. I was always comfortable with my faith even though my parents never bothered bringing me to church but it was we like salt being rubbed into the wound. It was where it finally hit me how alone I was and how I would needed to do my best to keep my self cheerful and happy since my dysfunctional family couldn’t be trusted.
Jesus. 😥
@@Marbles471 Yeah I had a deep seated hatred for this show until the last season came or right around after it went off. 😂🤣 I gave it a chance and found out I really love it. Just had to get past all the emotional trauma.
@@Gunfighter150 Well, I sure hope you're in a better situation and emotional place now. Best to you.
Perhaps this episode is suggesting Orel is the second coming.
He always does as he is told in church and is super obedient.
POV: it’s Christmas Eve and your trying to make a new tradition of watching this every year
The way bloberta and clay just want Shapey to shut up, it hits way to close to home because it's how my parent's dealt with my brother, which enabled him to be selfish and knows he's able to get anything he wants with no issue
Shapey being cut out in some shots is a perfect way of presenting how disabled children are seen as non-existent to their families.
I wish I had someone like Orel to have around when I was younger because I went through similar things. I just want to give the poor kid a hug. He deserves to be happy.
S2 and onwards gets rough,
and S1 Xmas really set a bar scarily high
not to be too real but that final scene almost perfectly encapsulates what it felt like the very last time i earnestly prayed
"theres 2 minutes left and i have faith in you" sigh
I about cried. Poor Orel. 💔
God this episode hits close to home. I’m gonna cry
Nice Oliver pfp :D
I hope I'm not the only one who feels so bad for shapey, he may be a pain, but the kid needs help, love and attention, God the parents are the worst
I love Shapey
@@r3n0wn1 I do too, just the kid needs help, and the parents don't do shit for him, I mean God, clay and bloberta didn't even know shapey was switched until bloberta took a few seconds to compare pictures
@@patrickzalatoris3206 Clay knew, he just didn't care because Shapey already wasn't his son
@@r3n0wn1 No, if I remember right, he didn't realize it, either. Only Orel did. All through season 2 he keeps trying to tell them but keeps getting cut off. 😆
Not sure if emotionally prepared to rewatch this
im backkk
and again
and again
This episode made me cry uncontrollably. I genuinely can’t remember the last time I cried like that.
9:15 something about him watching through the window(+them joyously destroying the setup) and calmly calling her followed by her immediately getting there is stupidly funny to me
Didnt watch this show when it aired but I gotta say it's pretty damn good!
Merry Christmas and thanks for all the uploads!
I can't express how much I can relate to these 11 minutes of television.
My parents got "divorced" (they weren't even married, but my mum wanted to), but before that they had often quarreled. As a child I often prayed to god to help them make up. As little kid I didn't know what do to and I started calling Mary and Jesus my family - the true one. When I noticed after the time that my pray prayers have not been answered I was really dissapointed. My only escape and help didn't helped much. And now, watching camera distancing leaving Orel alone made me cry and remeber that hard time.
That's sad dude, I hope you are doing better or you will in future, really ❤️
this stings. Orel will recall this as the first time god truly let him down
orel deserves better
He needs a Stephanie
@@Insomniac_tv someone who changes your personal paradigm on things is an amazing thing.
As a kid i never understood this show and hated when it came on man but now as an adult its…. Damn! Shits tough 😂
Yea same. Maybe that's why it's called adult swim 😅
the last scene always makes me super sad and gives me goosebumps. i feel so bad for orel he's my fav thing ever:(
I know everyone rips on Clay pretty hard, and I understand where they are coming from when you watch this show and see Clay's actions, but him saying "at least you know he is yours" breaks my heart.
1:05 the first time shapey spoke coherently
Bloberta and clay side eyeing shapey when putty talks about unplanned birth
The scene where oral was just staring into the sky(God) , expecting for everything to be back to normal, or even better, or….anything.
Este episodio es más oscuro que los otros ya que los otros son oscuros de una manera absurda
digamos que los otros los veiamos con la perspectiva de Orel en donde el veia todo lo "oscuro" de una manera infantil y no tan mala, pero este episodio vemos como se desiluciona con la navidad, dejando de ver desde esa perspectiva infantil todo lo que lo rodea
@@xxm0rf1n4xx tenés mucha razón, no había puesto a pensar en eso
“Yes, lord”
I fucking lost it
i still remember when this first aired, blew my mind
This is one of the best shows ever
The end made my heart go in my throat
このお父さんがパブにいることを彼が知っていたのは悲しいことです•́ ‿ ,•̀
Wow Bloberta has a lot of nerve telling off Clay like that.
They’re both terrible.
leave clay out of this it's all bloberta's fault
Reverend Putty actually had a decent sermon this week!
Whew 😥 I’m embarrassed cuz why am I crying. It started with the silence of the mom , and then when orel was praying to emotion was. I’m sorry. I broke down. I didn’t know I had so much feelings inside of me about this topic
Don’t be embarrassed. Crying is something we all should do more
Are clays eyes puffy from the alcohol or crying? Or both?
Alcohol. In the first episode of the first season, there we see Clay without drinking and he also kind of mentions being sober (i dont remember exactly how, it's been a while since i watched it) and his eyes were not puffy there. From there on whenever we see his eyes puffy he always drinks.
Binged watched all S1
Didn't expect that somber bittersweet ending.
Me: *cries over a mf cartoon*
it's not even a cartoooooooon ToT (it's claymation but i get your point)
Dang I'm crying 😭
i grew up catholic and the way they blame everything on orel and get mad at him for making his little brother cry instead of being the parents. my parents always wanted me to be the adult and parent my younger siblings… hits way too close to home
Whoever is watching this for Christmas, merry Christmas and I hope you spend a good holiday with your family or friends or with yourself. ❤
I imagine oral thinking back on this as "Christmas is a time of giving and love enjoy, a time to spend with friends and family...(sigh) at least that's what people say anyway."
and so The Descent has begun
I'm watching this every day of December from now on