Same. Just imagining the conviction and will that it took for an aged Mr. Dudley to desperately run through the woods carrying his dying wife, and the will and fight it probably took for Clara to stay in this world just long enough so that she could be with her family forever. It's a horrifying, beautiful, heartbreaking and amazing situation to imagine yourself being in. And, if I'm not mistaken, this is also the first time that Horace had ever seen his first-born. Truly beautiful.
All of the Crane children were suppose to represent the five stages of grief: Steve-denial Shirley-anger Theo-avoidance and Luke and Nell: guilt and acceptance respectively
Great reaction, Guys. You have a great vibe and were observant enough to praise the subtleties that made this show so excellent. More than just a horror show, this had drama, emotion and sensitive psychological story-telling. glad you enjoyed.
Apparently, the actress playing Nell, Victoria Pedretti was fresh out of drama school and this was her first big gig. She's really good and I can't wait to see what else she does and where she goes from here.
One of the most beautiful things I've heard in TV recently and honestly one of the most important life lessons I think everyone needs to gain at some point - as relationship advice, about advice dealing with trauma, about political differences, everything: "Some things can't be told. You either live them, or you don't, but they can't be told"
A wonderful reaction to a wonderful finale of a wonderful show! I cried (again!) Right along with you guys! Thanks for taking me along this journey with you guys! It's always a blast
So I don't know if it's already been said to you in comments but here are 2 interesting facts about the show...First the creator Mike Flanagan wrote the show as an examination of loss. Each child in the Crane family is supposed to represent one of the 5 stages of grief. Steve is Denial, Shirley is Anger, Theo is Bargaining, Luke is Depression and Nell is Acceptance. Once you know that it brings a different understanding to the characters. The 2nd fact is the original ending Flanagan had panned was VERY dark. In the original ending the final scene was going to be all the kids at Lukes party but in the background was the telltale window of the redroom, implying they never actually got out, and were all ghosts living a happy illusion while the red room "digested" them. Flanagan reconsidered and decided to leave the family on a happy hopeful note. From the writer..."We toyed with the idea for a little while that over that ending monologue, over the image of the family together, we would put the Red Room window in the background. For a while, that was the plan. Maybe they never really got out of that room. The night before it came time to shoot it, I sat up in bed, and I felt guilty about it. I felt like it was cruel. That surprised me. I’d come to love the characters so much that I wanted them to be happy. I came into work and said, ‘I don’t want to put the window up. I think it’s mean and unfair.’ Once that gear had kicked in, I wanted to lean as far in that direction as possible. We’ve been on this journey for 10 hours; a few minutes of hope was important to me.”
This episode is stunning, I cry every time and I've watched it three times and a bunch of first reactions to it. Every time. I would love to see you do a reaction video to the hidden ghosts! You should also re watch THOHH to see just how perfectly this show was put together. In the very fist episode when Hugh checks on one of the girls sleeping she says "dancing in the red room" before she mentions the pandas, and so many more things being "casually" said that you will pick up on. When Hugh enters the Red Room Olivia is glaring at Steven, she is not happy that the children get away (IMHO). The producer said he is a big Dr. Who fan and that there are several references to that show in THOHH. Since this is the only reaction of yours that I follow I may sadly be saying good bye to you two. Have you reviewed Russian Doll or A Series of Unfortunate Events?
Best wrap up of a season. I can "Not Hate" you now because you cried exactly on cue. :) I'm stealing the "I was sooo lucky to be your dad" line for my deathbed. I hope that my kids don't realize it. My kids still will not watch this with me, because of their ghost fears. So, I will wait, maybe Halloween season 2025, to enjoy this with loved ones. I can re-watch the 4-time-one-take "twin storm" episode over and over. You guys need to rewatch and try to find the ghosts in the background.
This was one of the best shows I think I've ever seen. I hope Season 2 is just as good. I'm glad to hear you'll be reacting to Dark. It's a great show. Just be sure to watch the German version with subtitles. The English dubbing is really bad.
There is no season 2 of Hill House, not really anyway. There'll be "The Haunting of Bly Manor" by the same showrunner, based on The Turn of the Screw. Some of the same cast might come back playing different characters, but it won't have anything to do with this story. This story's done.
If you want a mindblowing experience, watch one of the videos that show all the "hidden" ghosts in the background... little spoiler, there are a lot of them :)
@@JKReacts I personally spotted only one of them during my first watch (the one behind Henry when he was breaking through the wall in the basement) and when I learned there were a lot of them, I watched the whole season again, but focussed on the background every time the showed the past... And although I spotted a lot more of them (especially the ones in the dark areas next to the main stairs are quite obvious when you look for them), I still missed most of them when I saw one of the compilations afterwards :)
Well great reactions to that very good show, enjoyed it a lot! And now Dark, another great story, although German but very interesting! And Germans do have feelings, I know that being born in Germany (although maybe not all of them but most). I just happen to have Spanish roots so I teach them a bit. Just kidding, hahaha... Well then keep safe but also keep fighting racism over there, we will too! Tschüss
A beautiful ending. I've enjoyed watching your reactions. If you want another show to watch and react to(if you haven't already seen it of course), I recomend Lucifer 👌🏼❤
Episode 10 was the only one I didn't like. It didn't match up with the rest of the season, especially in regards to the house. The house is bad for 9 episodes and then for the finale it's just a nice home where some ghosts live. I would have preferred a darker ending, like all of them dying in the Red Room.
It was supposed to end that way, they actually had the red room window during the end when everyone is together and the red cake for Luke's sobriety was supposed to be a clue but the director Mike Flanagan couldn't go through with it and decided to cover it up. It would have been an insanely bleak ending that would have conflicted with the theme of grief in the show. It's not the best or most realistic message that you can only find peace from grief through death but it does take away from the house. I've just come to see the house as a neutral party that traps the souls of the dead and what actually makes the house bad are some of the ghost like Poppy and her husband. Same with the old lady warning Olivia about Poppy and Nell saving her siblings, the house itself isn't the entity causing all this trouble.
The house was never presented as bad, the house has always just been a place, it is the people there and the ghosts that act and cause things. It is ghosts like Poppy that manipulates Olivia. The house is a vessel. If anything, everyone dying in the Red Room would have even more contradicted the theme of the story of this entire season, which are the stages of grief to eventual healing. A bleak ending would have been just that, bleak for the sake of bleak, and that would have harm the thematic coherency of the story even more.
Yeah. The house just "feeds," (though they never say what it feeds on, and if you lose anything because of it) it was never good nor bad. Now Poppy, she's bad. But now that Hugh and Nell are there to provide stability to Olivia, they will probably find a way to keep her in check. A sad ending would have counteracted every theme the series had been developing. A "everyone dies" ending would have been more traditionally horror, but that's not a compliment.
The Dudleys get me every time 😭
I’m a man and it got me. I was like when did this show turn into an episode of Parenthood lol
Same. Just imagining the conviction and will that it took for an aged Mr. Dudley to desperately run through the woods carrying his dying wife, and the will and fight it probably took for Clara to stay in this world just long enough so that she could be with her family forever. It's a horrifying, beautiful, heartbreaking and amazing situation to imagine yourself being in. And, if I'm not mistaken, this is also the first time that Horace had ever seen his first-born. Truly beautiful.
How this show was not nominated for Emmys blows my mind, particularly episode 6. Amazing.
"So that was her idea of flirting. Okay." LMAO!
It's a masterpiece... little did I know I would be bawling from episode five onwards.Absolutrly heartbreaking
Such different and refreshing writing you hardly see based on this kind of genre. Flanagan is a special talent.
All of the Crane children were suppose to represent the five stages of grief:
Steve-denial
Shirley-anger
Theo-avoidance and
Luke and Nell: guilt and acceptance respectively
Great reaction, Guys. You have a great vibe and were observant enough to praise the subtleties that made this show so excellent. More than just a horror show, this had drama, emotion and sensitive psychological story-telling. glad you enjoyed.
Nell's monologue is beautiful.
Apparently, the actress playing Nell, Victoria Pedretti was fresh out of drama school and this was her first big gig. She's really good and I can't wait to see what else she does and where she goes from here.
The Dudleys 😭😭😭👨👩👧👧
One of the most beautiful things I've heard in TV recently and honestly one of the most important life lessons I think everyone needs to gain at some point - as relationship advice, about advice dealing with trauma, about political differences, everything:
"Some things can't be told. You either live them, or you don't, but they can't be told"
Such a great series! And that finale gets me in the feels every single time I watch it, even just watching these reaction highlight clips! Love it!!
A wonderful reaction to a wonderful finale of a wonderful show! I cried (again!) Right along with you guys! Thanks for taking me along this journey with you guys! It's always a blast
What a damn PERFECT show. I hope season 2 can live up to this.
Best thing ever put into film. Best show ever. Thank you for watching.
Can't wait for Bly Manor!
Such an amazing show. It definitely entered my top 20 ever
Such a beautiful ending and that last song is so perfect if you look up the lyrics. The storytelling for this show was just so great.
So I don't know if it's already been said to you in comments but here are 2 interesting facts about the show...First the creator Mike Flanagan wrote the show as an examination of loss. Each child in the Crane family is supposed to represent one of the 5 stages of grief. Steve is Denial, Shirley is Anger, Theo is Bargaining, Luke is Depression and Nell is Acceptance. Once you know that it brings a different understanding to the characters. The 2nd fact is the original ending Flanagan had panned was VERY dark. In the original ending the final scene was going to be all the kids at Lukes party but in the background was the telltale window of the redroom, implying they never actually got out, and were all ghosts living a happy illusion while the red room "digested" them. Flanagan reconsidered and decided to leave the family on a happy hopeful note. From the writer..."We toyed with the idea for a little while that over that ending monologue, over the image of the family together, we would put the Red Room window in the background. For a while, that was the plan. Maybe they never really got out of that room. The night before it came time to shoot it, I sat up in bed, and I felt guilty about it. I felt like it was cruel. That surprised me. I’d come to love the characters so much that I wanted them to be happy. I came into work and said, ‘I don’t want to put the window up. I think it’s mean and unfair.’ Once that gear had kicked in, I wanted to lean as far in that direction as possible. We’ve been on this journey for 10 hours; a few minutes of hope was important to me.”
Tears all the time 💜😭
Great reaction
This episode is stunning, I cry every time and I've watched it three times and a bunch of first reactions to it. Every time.
I would love to see you do a reaction video to the hidden ghosts! You should also re watch THOHH to see just how perfectly this show was put together. In the very fist episode when Hugh checks on one of the girls sleeping she says "dancing in the red room" before she mentions the pandas, and so many more things being "casually" said that you will pick up on.
When Hugh enters the Red Room Olivia is glaring at Steven, she is not happy that the children get away (IMHO).
The producer said he is a big Dr. Who fan and that there are several references to that show in THOHH.
Since this is the only reaction of yours that I follow I may sadly be saying good bye to you two. Have you reviewed Russian Doll or A Series of Unfortunate Events?
Russian Doll is definitely on our list! I always put the weekly schedule up on Sunday so keep an eye on us 😁
Best wrap up of a season. I can "Not Hate" you now because you cried exactly on cue. :) I'm stealing the "I was sooo lucky to be your dad" line for my deathbed. I hope that my kids don't realize it. My kids still will not watch this with me, because of their ghost fears. So, I will wait, maybe Halloween season 2025, to enjoy this with loved ones. I can re-watch the 4-time-one-take "twin storm" episode over and over. You guys need to rewatch and try to find the ghosts in the background.
The finale made me cryyyyy!!😭
This was one of the best shows I think I've ever seen. I hope Season 2 is just as good. I'm glad to hear you'll be reacting to Dark. It's a great show. Just be sure to watch the German version with subtitles. The English dubbing is really bad.
There is no season 2 of Hill House, not really anyway. There'll be "The Haunting of Bly Manor" by the same showrunner, based on The Turn of the Screw. Some of the same cast might come back playing different characters, but it won't have anything to do with this story. This story's done.
12:17 LOL. Ain't that gonna be a surprise...
Fantastic series, never tire of watching it. There is going to be a season 2 called 'Blyth Manor' (think that's how it's spelt)
Bly manor
If you want a mindblowing experience, watch one of the videos that show all the "hidden" ghosts in the background... little spoiler, there are a lot of them :)
We watched all those videos after we finished 😁
@@JKReacts I personally spotted only one of them during my first watch (the one behind Henry when he was breaking through the wall in the basement) and when I learned there were a lot of them, I watched the whole season again, but focussed on the background every time the showed the past... And although I spotted a lot more of them (especially the ones in the dark areas next to the main stairs are quite obvious when you look for them), I still missed most of them when I saw one of the compilations afterwards :)
Well great reactions to that very good show, enjoyed it a lot! And now Dark, another great story, although German but very interesting! And Germans do have feelings, I know that being born in Germany (although maybe not all of them but most). I just happen to have Spanish roots so I teach them a bit. Just kidding, hahaha... Well then keep safe but also keep fighting racism over there, we will too! Tschüss
Thank you, of the Best reaction. Welcome from Ukranian ❤️🙏
A beautiful ending. I've enjoyed watching your reactions.
If you want another show to watch and react to(if you haven't already seen it of course), I recomend Lucifer 👌🏼❤
Salon is currently watching that with her best friend on nights I work lol
@@JKReacts Aww man ☹😄
Please check out Dark, it's the best thing on Netflix! And season 3 (final season) comes out on the 26th of this month.
@@artemis2569 we're starting Dark this Friday on Patreon 😋
@@JKReacts That's great! 👍👍👍 will you post it on RUclips also?
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Episode 10 was the only one I didn't like. It didn't match up with the rest of the season, especially in regards to the house. The house is bad for 9 episodes and then for the finale it's just a nice home where some ghosts live. I would have preferred a darker ending, like all of them dying in the Red Room.
It was supposed to end that way, they actually had the red room window during the end when everyone is together and the red cake for Luke's sobriety was supposed to be a clue but the director Mike Flanagan couldn't go through with it and decided to cover it up. It would have been an insanely bleak ending that would have conflicted with the theme of grief in the show. It's not the best or most realistic message that you can only find peace from grief through death but it does take away from the house. I've just come to see the house as a neutral party that traps the souls of the dead and what actually makes the house bad are some of the ghost like Poppy and her husband. Same with the old lady warning Olivia about Poppy and Nell saving her siblings, the house itself isn't the entity causing all this trouble.
The house was never presented as bad, the house has always just been a place, it is the people there and the ghosts that act and cause things. It is ghosts like Poppy that manipulates Olivia. The house is a vessel. If anything, everyone dying in the Red Room would have even more contradicted the theme of the story of this entire season, which are the stages of grief to eventual healing. A bleak ending would have been just that, bleak for the sake of bleak, and that would have harm the thematic coherency of the story even more.
Yeah. The house just "feeds," (though they never say what it feeds on, and if you lose anything because of it) it was never good nor bad. Now Poppy, she's bad. But now that Hugh and Nell are there to provide stability to Olivia, they will probably find a way to keep her in check. A sad ending would have counteracted every theme the series had been developing. A "everyone dies" ending would have been more traditionally horror, but that's not a compliment.