Fleabag 2x04 | First Time Reaction

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Join Arianna and Maple as they continue their journey through "Fleabag" with Season 2, Episode 4. In this episode, Fleabag faces new challenges and emotional revelations as she navigates complex relationships and personal growth. Watch as Phoebe Waller-Bridge's sharp wit and brilliant storytelling bring this episode to life. Don’t miss Arianna and Maple's insights and reactions to the hilarious, touching, and thought-provoking moments that define this episode.
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[@Serenity113]

I'm sorry how are you guys not freaking over the fact that the Priest has looked at us TWICE in this ep?? lol

[@thejoeyjason]

ikr

[@derikk3215]

They really don't seem to care too much about it

[@doctaflo]

they were very preoccupied with a discussion about how they asses look in various jeans atm

[@johnny-vu6rl]

the girl on the left doesn’t seem to react to anything

[@getdavemoore]

​​@@johnny-vu6rlyep, just tries to steer it back to talk about herself...🙄

[@markotasic196]

Oh, actually we are now her friends, the audience. Remember when she was in a therapy session and she asked her "So you do have someone to talk to?" and Fleabag looked at us and winked and said yes.

[@mariannejtv2730]

I know it's probably meant that way but I've always thought in my head that she's talking to Boo and this is the first time I've heard someone else say that too! Of course things are open for different interpretations and I feel like both options make sense within the whole story.

[@thejoeyjason]

the way you're not startled when the priest just screamed at the audience

[@nuzaarfatima1326]

I was jumpscared and felt so exposed😭

[@jayfrancelf]

That’s one of my favorite moments of the whole series and they just didn’t even react. Weird

[@beesfoot]

Probably too busy still thinking about jeans. PLEASE if you have to talk about things nothing to do with the reaction video, at least press pause, you miss so much nuance when you talk

[@thejoeyjason]

@@beesfoot at least my comment has something to do with the reaction. and i have so much nuance thank you much! smile!

[@NawiXXI]

I think they were more interested in the expressions and reaction on her face. I think, because I'm watching with their commentary in mind(so watching from their pov), for the first time I was concentrating more on reading her face then the entire scene.

[@jaijais]

i know the kneel bit is iconic but the thing from this episode that i always think about (besides hot priest perceiving us) is her telling boo that she doesn’t know what to do with all her love for her mother now that she’s gone. just a wonderfully written episode all in all.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Yeah such a gut punch, really brings home yet another reason why Fleabag is so deeply deeply troubled when we meet her. Not bad enough that she lost her mom and shortly after her best friend (which she also feels immense guilt for), but the fact that she "gave that love" to Boo only to then lose her TOO - just so so heartbreaking.

[@LiamtheMudokon]

@@singenstattatmen5096 Loved her so much she slept with the guy Boo wanted 😏

[@bigpictureguys8415]

It makes the “grief is just love with nowhere to go” line hit harder.

[@arnain_]

​yeah because she loved that guy so much, she betrayed her best friend, right? I don't think you understand the show, fleabag was drunk when that happened and I'm not excusing her behavior but if she was sober, she never would've done it ​@@LiamtheMudokon

[@LiamtheMudokon]

@@arnain_ You are excusing her behaviour by saying she was drunk so she did it. You know to keep a person your bestest friend likes off limits

[@amandasaunders2503]

He definitely has a dominance kink. Remember when he asked her if she wanted a drink and then said “Don’t move” and the look he gives her when he turns around with the glasses and she didn’t, in fact, move? He was having a massive crisis of faith because of his feelings for her.

[@kczkmmne]

**spoilers, spoilers if you haven't finished the season don't read this** this is such an interesting comment, because someone on the fleabag reddit did a "scholarly kink analysis" of the hot priest-fleabag dynamic, and presented the theory that although they have a ton of chemistry and clearly love each other, they wouldn't have worked as a couple because they're both brats (hot priest being a "brat trying to be dominant"). she points to fleabag's date with the douche lawyer guy who is more of a dominant person (he says something like "don't drink that" and she goes "i'm going to anyway") and ends up having the most orgasms of her life with him. hot priest is putting on a dominant front, but he's actually a brat and playing out that dynamic with God - "it's the kind of relationship where one person tells the other how to dress." he drinks and swears and does other things as part of that dynamic, but eventually always goes back to God. link to reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/Fleabag/comments/1d7ktrj/nonexpert_kink_analysis_of_why_fleabag_hot_priest/?

[@0l._.l0895]

To me, this also has to do with the lack of control that Fleabag was talking about as well. He has that same thing, but he wants to do something different with it. Whereas she would love for someone to control the narrative for her, so she doesn't have to recognize the actions, he wants to control the situation. But both of them in reality need the opposite. Fleabag needs to take more control of her own life without avoiding all of the hard interactions that do happen in her life, and he needs to surrender some control of his life to realize not only what is important but not to spiral down the fact that he can't control everything. They both would have been a horrible couple because of this because they enable the worst parts of each other in that way. Fleabag did many things she didn't want to do just to hang out with him, and not only was he questioning everything because he felt so comfortable about his life but now there was her. But she gave him everything he didn't need which was control over the situation and dynamic. This is what makes the ending harder, if they were for a second different people who weren't damaged in the way that they clearly were they may have loved eachother. Or maybe they would've never loved eachother at all.

[@amandasaunders2503]

@@kczkmmne I always read it as he gets peace following God because, like Fleabag, all of his instincts led him in the wrong direction. He puts himself in a servile position as a Priest because his natural inclinations got him hurt or hurt other people. This show has so many layers and is open to so many interpretations, that’s why it’s so brilliant I think.

[@Mark.mp3]

Gosh that confessional scene is so beautiful. The way fleabag wrote it and then acted it out so perfectly, ughhh

[@sena167]

we calling her fleabag irl lmao

[@fawng8017]

I really appreciate how you're recognizing the Hot Priest's own struggles with alcoholism, not everybody sees past his charming banter to catch how concerning it is

[@doctaflo]

5:25 - THE GUINEA PIG IS HER HEART

[@NawiXXI]

Don't you DARE make me watch this episode all over again!!! (Does)

[@cybercerulean5128]

omg you just blew my mind with that

[@karinseregni221]

That KNEEL sequence serves every time omg

[@rainey1987]

My favorite part about this episode is when the stepmother tells flea back she looks gorgeous. It's probably the only time thé stepmother paid fleabag a genuine compliment, but of course it's probably the worst thing she could have said at the moment

[@NawiXXI]

That was low key a read like "oh wow, it's your mother's funeral and you look flawless and not grief stricken? Ok"

[@dreambrother82]

Hot Priest sensing Fleabag talking to her ‘friends’/us is one of my favorite moments of the series. Kinda bummed it wasn’t really acknowledged. 😕🤷🏾‍♂️

[@valks_11]

10:52 this is the saddest scene for me, I always cry because boo was just so lovely and we don’t get to see her much, and this part where she says she’ll have the love she had for her mother and now fleabag doesn’t have either of them just breaks me

[@pmbbmp]

"My toxic trait is thinking I can wear jeans like that" - I literally can't stop laughing, hilarious

[@jurinaissance]

the priest gave in to her when she finally opened up about her fears and whatnot. before he was doing so good at resisting and that was when she won't open up to him about her fears and had her walls up to him, and we were the only people who knew her inner thoughts. also she didn't even look at us when she was confessing to the priest.

[@NawiXXI]

9:57 The absolute insanity in Her FACE! I fuking LOVE Olivia Coleman!😂😂😂

[@Silberns]

ABSOLUTELYYYYYYYYYYY

[@joeblankenship377]

The 4th-wall breaking in this show is amazing. Lots of shows do it, but with this one, I feel like I'm really going along with my friend Fleabag. She's there on the TV and she's talking directly to me. And its weird that this priest can sense our little connection.

[@terenzo50]

To kneel or not to kneel; that is the question.

[@amandasaunders2503]

@@terenzo50 And the answer is always yes when it’s Andrew 😄

[@jurinaissance]

we are her bestfriend, like boo. remember when she went to the therapist and she was asked if she has friends, she said she has lots of them and she looked at us and winked. and i believe we came after boo had gone... she never looks at us in the flashbacks with boo.

[@neilbiggs1353]

I love that they cast PWB as the voice of his daemon in His Dark Materials. Just a nice bit of stunt casting

[@Frensis26]

When the priest looked at us i freaked out

[@Danstraightedge]

This is one of the most perfect episodes of TV ever made.

[@noerangel1318]

Realest Moment: Maple and Arianna discussing jeans and how they fit, or don't fit them.

[@everausten]

Thanks for the rewatch, it's been a while since I revisted the incredible Fleabag ✨

[@jsuperboy]

17:15 maple lit up like a Christmas tree lol "its my birthday" lol

[@adhistylarasati1016]

The jeans thing is so relatable 😂

[@Intellectual-Warrior9]

Every show has an amazing similar message. Find someone to enjoy the good times with and to weather through the hard times with.

[@turtlepope7802]

0:20 IHS, it's the greek letters Iota, Heta and Sigma, or in Latin, J, E and S, for Jesus (they weren't lazy, these were secret codes to show you were a christian during roman persecution). Later the now catholic descendants of romans were like "it stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator! (Jesus savior of mankind) like they weren't the reason they had to call the dude Jes in the first place.

[@NawiXXI]

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!

[@deadeyes4626]

12:00 didn’t that scene have the song Jenny from the block or did it change

[@zoex3316]

I don’t really feel the kneel part anymore because she was so vulnerable in that moment

[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

He honestly overstepped majorly in that scene and I feel like no one mentions that. Yeah, it's hot or whatnot, but she's not Fleabag in that moment. She's a parishioner in a moment of crisis, and he is her priest. It is such a breach of trust, and that's so important in the story, and the only reenactors who I've seen actually realise that and mention it were priests themselves. Fleabag herself doesn't realise it, because to her he's the person, but in the situation they're in he should be a priest first and foremost. His own character arc is not just about breaching celibacy, it's also about this scene, and him breaking such an important boundary.

[@ColombianThunder]

They both were, he was drunk and in conflict between his feelings for her and his duty as a priest.( SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN THE REST) I definitely think he was in the wrong for it though, which is a big reason why I think he ultimately decides to end it. They were both two broken people that weren't ready and were making toxic, borderline abusive mistakes.

[@LiamtheMudokon]

Same. I always felt the majority (or maybe the very vocal minority that is the internet) missed your point on that scene entirely 😒

[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

@@LiamtheMudokon The scene in the garden at night is linked to this one, it's where we learn about his calling. He says he believes he's meant to "love people, and guide them as a father". It's not only that it's his duty and part of the package, it's that it's *the* thing that led him to priesthood, so there's layers to it that most people miss, and imo they're the important things to talk about !

[@LiamtheMudokon]

@@Loweene_Ancalimon Defo agree with that. I also feel the mistake he made at the cafe with Flea saying he's trying to help her, he should've instead opened up about his relationship with his family that he sort of brushes off in that moment. It can come across patronizing and force people to shut down sometimes, even though his intentions were good I'm sure

[@valeriecherish449]

Another reaction where you guys are blank faced at the most iconic moments and then proceed to talk over all the dialogue. Lovely.

[@BrightStick14]

Tbf, I’ve watched this show twice and both times, I didn’t care that the priest was looking/screaming at the audience. I mostly just did not like the Priest. I still don’t like him lol.

[@beneficent2557]

I am Catholic...so😅

[@BrightStick14]

@@beneficent2557 I was raised Catholic but I’m a lesbian.. Gonna take more than being conventionally attractive to make me like a male character 😂

[@beneficent2557]

@@BrightStick14 clergy fetish thing doesn't do it for me.

[@Ian-lx1iz]

Hahaha (11:33) - It's _Jenny from da block, y'all!_

[@Chibbykins]

Blondie is super tuned into this show's humour 😂 Dark Hair looks blank half the time lmao

[@alexlannister950]

I have a controversial opinion on the kneel scene. Don't get me wrong, I really like the hot priest but it is so fucked up that he took advantage of Fleabag emotional vulnerability at the end. She was finally open up with him and he sexualized her like everyone else in her life does

[@Juliana.v23]

I know, this scene is so divisive for this reason. I genuinely don't think he meant to take advantage of her or that didn't care about what she said, I think it's the contrary. We see him struggling, drinking, almost having a crisis of faith, and trying hard to resist his feelings for Fleabag because if he acts on it, he could lose the peace he has found in God, hence the “here’s to peace, and to those who get in the way of it”. When Fleabag finally opens up to him, it's almost like he could not resist anymore, he had to kiss her. But I agree, it was not the right time, this was the first time she expressed how she felt and explicitly asked for help, she needed a friend... but at the end of the day, I don't think he is a bad person, just like Fleabag, just a flawed human being.

[@BrodRien-li5uu]

Why didn’t you ever finish wandavision? Or can I find your reaction somewhere else

[@Diegesis]

the full thing is on patreon and we stopped due to lack of interest by the community.

[@BrodRien-li5uu]

@@Diegesis that’s so hard to believe smh I just found your channel and I’m in love I’ll be sure to get the patreon. Appreciate your content a ton

[@CJ77777]

You should watch BBC's Sherlock. Andrew Scott is great in it opposite Benedict Cumberbatch.

[@beneficent2557]

Just get your jeans tailored sillies