From Prostitute To Golf Course Owner: Edith Downes Full Story - Do Not Seek Absolution Missions RDR2

disclaimer - GTA 5 & Edith Downes golf courses aren't connected. The claim in this video that they are, is purely for humorous purposes
Follow on Twitter @LimbsMgee for more grossly misguided attempts at humour.
Edith Downes has to give up her quiet life when her husband Thomas dies. Arthur Morgan beats him over an unpaid debt, accidentally becoming infected with tuberculosis in the process.
Edith and her son Archie move to St Denis where she becomes a prostitute, encountering Arthur on the street and again after moving further North to Annesburg.
In two easily missable encounters, Arthur tries to help her escape this miserable lifestyle as he works to redeem himself whilst dying from tuberculosis.

[@cohnnYT]

Everytime i see him cough on Arthur i wanna punch my monitor.

[@claudy8857]

oh shit i just realize! Arthur caught TB from Him?!!!!!

[@alinpetrescu2309]

@@claudy8857 Yep.

[@rkmurphy5648]

What annoys me is the entire time i just wanted to let him go and pay the debt myself, if only i could do that Arthur would be peacefully farming with John, Abigail, Jack, and Uncle (hopefully avoiding the first game).

[@FranklinXVI]

@@DinoMan_6 Right before Christmas I was sick and had a horrible cough so I said I had TB

[@FranklinXVI]

@@rkmurphy5648 I didn't even punch him to see if he looked any different but he went from okay to half dead by threats alone.

[@maltzu]

It's kinda depressing to see the workers not be afraid of Arthur when you know that if Arthur was healthy every single one of them would stay quiet

[@codyjohns6525]

Towards the later parts of the game when town people would make remarks about arthur health it hurt my feelings cause everytime i got off my horse arthur was spitting blood lol

[@bloatersnake9787]

If Arthur was healty Micah wouldnt call him black lung and try to boss him around.

[@Kaadeeem]

@@bloatersnake9787 facts healthy Arthur’s like 63 240. Micahs a normal size piss ant of a man. He woulda got tossed clean off that mountain

[@allninelivez7631]

Even that one dude who kidnapped Tilly thought John was Arthur at first but came to the conclusion that Arthur was "Bigger".

[@andrewr.66]

@@codyjohns6525 In my second play ever time I got on or off my horse I made sure to pet and brush her

[@splendidwolf442]

The fact that Arthur tried to apologize to Edith before he got diagnosed with TB shows that he was a good person before then.

[@anthonyfernandez82]

I wouldn't go that far. But he had a conscious. Unleashed his goodness the best he could when he got sick

[@andreashort310]

@@anthonyfernandez82 It all depends on your definitions of good and evil. From my perspective, Arthur was a good man since the start. He was loving and caring. As Hosea said, "Sad thing is, good people do bad things."

[@lucky6961]

personally saying, I think he was genuinely good person that was misguided by the gang methods and when he was facing certain death it showed the truth that he wouldn't let himself die before fixing as much as he could

[@meonkrishnanan5920]

The whole point of Arthur's character and the juxtaposition between Dutch is that Arthur was always a good person, even though his role in the gang was of a ruthless enforcer. While Dutch took the role of benevolent patriarch, he was NEVER a good person. As they came closer to the end, their trues qualities were revealed, and you find out who you actuallly should respect. The people like Micah, and Dutch, the fucking SNAKES, but even a snake has a natural sense of equilibrium with nature... The unnatural scum HATE people like Arthur, because they threaten his very nature. An honest person might stand to be around a liar, but a liar will NEVER stand for an honest person being around

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

Not really. He admitted to Jimmy Brooks and JJ Weathers he isn't good.

[@leonpaelinck]

The fact that Archie still accepted Arthur's help. That kid actually swallowed his pride and anger. Respect

[@Jon14141]

Indeed

[@carlosj.espinoza7542]

The first time they met, Arthur said “Revenge Its a fools game” to him, archie understood good

[@amoresjohnwendell-os5ev]

I mean who wouldn't take the money. Hell, you having $100 back then could consider you a rich person

[@NinjaBray]

​@@amoresjohnwendell-os5ev I wouldn't say rich but you were certainly well off. Now if you had over $10,000 you would've been rich, or god forbid you had enough money to rival Rockefeller

[@ardaybeluday2444]

​@@amoresjohnwendell-os5ev they became rich after. In epilogue you can find proves of it in a newspaper or smth like that. Arthur gave them money and they multiplied it well.

[@devilsorchard1449]

Rival gangs couldn't kill him, The government couldn't kill him, Local "tough guys" couldn't kill him, But one sick/dying rancher was the one to kill Arthur.

[@bordergore7623]

Reality fucking sucks like that.

[@C-Money_Tiers]

Unless you had bad honor in which the rat micha killed you.

[@xxtripleokgaming]

@@C-Money_Tiers still. Arthur would have killed him if not for TB

[@C-Money_Tiers]

@@xxtripleokgaming , so. Micha was the one to finish him off, TB may have been a factor but in the end it was not the one to finish the job.

[@redakted808s7]

Nah because he would’ve beat micahs ass if he didn’t have tb

[@501stcrusade5]

Oh thank God, I thought she stayed as a prostitute. Atleast one person Arthur saved didn't have 20 bullet holes in his body in a ranch.

[@drewgoin8849]

I feel ya. I experienced a glitch of sorts - on account of my perpetual wandering in the game - where, after sending the Downes' off to a better life, I saw Mrs Downes *again* hooking on the corner!

[@litboi7570]

@@drewgoin8849 I had the same experience, it was so funny! It was because you did the side quests during chapter 5, and not 6

[@renardl2240]

@@drewgoin8849 yeah that shit made me laugh so hard

[@c-red4637]

@@drewgoin8849 yeah, had that too. I don't think it was a glitch, just something the developers missed cause they forgot to connect the side missions with the main ones.

[@gecko_w1]

Why you gotta bring it up like that tho :')

[@biggestsmile6235]

I love how Arthur weakly tried to use Dutch's "Man unleashed " talking point and Mrs. Downes immediately recognized just how empty it was.

[@MegaTheftV]

I never even caught that, that's really cool

[@kungfumaster51]

That's a really insightful. I've never thought about it like that during all my playthroughs of the game.

[@Stakbundles18125]

“All I know is how to fight”

[@korbenfitzgerald9513]

“I suffer for it everyday” This line nearly brought me to tears you can sense the sadness in his voice and that he regrets killing Thomas

[@_thebusphotograher_cali]

He didn’t do on purpose but he did made a mistake going to the property and collecting the debt

[@angelwrapper1003]

Yeah while he did beat him Arthur didn’t realize he was sick and sooner or later it passed on to him!

[@yerboi1998]

God I just really loved this side quest in the game, Arthur goes through lengths to look out for them, not for forgiveness or redemption but just to make things right or do the least he could do, he doesn't say sorry in hopes to be forgiven he says sorry because he genuinely is sorry for the thing he's done, Arthur's a good person and I love this aspect of him

[@propain243]

And that last “I said don’t thank me.” Nearly brings a tear to my eye.

[@Im.Smaher]

He didn’t kill him

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

“He’s just a damn boy!!” That really got to me. Arthur Morgan is a good man

[@samgardner4667]

ComicWriter 2020 See, I feel the same way. Even though kills a lot of people, he did have a moral code, even if he says he didn’t.

[@FoxenPiano]

You guys are pretty simple in the head. Arthur kills literally hundreds of people and that's only the half of his crimes. Still a great character though, but not a "good" person you nutters.

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

@@FoxenPiano and you’re pretty damn rude.

[@johnjowari7128]

@@FoxenPiano only if YOU played him like that. How would you know if these people didn't play him as a Pope in a cowboy hat?

[@spoons250]

@@FoxenPiano Stop it, hes absolutely intended to be a good person with shades of grey, just because you didnt play him true to the characters intentions mean nothing. His notebook doesn't change from person to person and in it he makes it clear he doesn't pleasure kill. He also doesn't steal with violence's and refuses to steal from innocent people. Whenever he does shitty things or antagonizes people he knows they have "This isn't like you" dialogue for a reason. He refused to do blackwater because he wanted to do conartist shit with Hosea, who himself refused to kill unless provoked. He absolutely was intended to be a good person, the whole point of the series is to show how outside influence and a bad set of cards can shape a person into having to do bad things to get by. Thus why they end the series on Jack. Jack, Arthur, John they are all the same arc.

[@whitefoxes1594]

This is what the game is all about... A redemption. maybe arthur can’t bring her husband back to life.. but at least he tried to help her and her son to live a better life, and he did... damn i love rockstar

[@immortalslime2908]

Rafi Maulana to think it took a death sentence of a disease to wake Arthur Morgan....had he woken up before he contracted the disease he probably would’ve been a lot like John from RDR1

[@paulghencea9037]

@@immortalslime2908 It was almost as hard to wake John up too. But John wasn't so unlucky as Arthur

[@immortalslime2908]

@@paulghencea9037 yeah that’s true, damn I loved this game going to have to play it again now that it’s out on PC

[@johnjowari7128]

@@immortalslime2908 its kind of Truth in Television so to speak. Most people overlook most aspects of their life , in Arthur's case his health. It took death knockin' on his door to make him realise how valuable life actually is.

[@Soniciscool1214]

What? You love the writers, you mean.

[@dylanyaeger7265]

That “I said don’t thank me” with the slight voice crack was great voice acting. It’s rare you can hear emotion like that in video games, especially in something as small as a side quest.

[@LimbsMgee]

Great point, Roger Clarke's performance couldn't be better. Id just add though, that this quest is the key to Arthur's redemption. It's only unlockable if you play him as a good guy (high honour) and if you play him as a baddie, you'll never see it. I'd say it's integral to the story.

[@FragileBridges123]

Yeah that line really got me the first time I played it. This game is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling, and Arthur is such an incredible character

[@Elcore]

@@LimbsMgee Yes! That's what I love about this - that the main storyline quests are pretty meaningless compared to the little side quests that are possible to miss or skip but tell the story of Arthur's redemption. It's like Sister Calderón (probably the character most similar to Arthur) says: good is something that you see through others; love is something that doesn't exist unless you do something selfless, perhaps meaningless, as a leap of faith, without any hope of personal gain. If you want to be happy, or 'good', or to understand the world, you have to live for others. Unless you got the lumbago, naturally.

[@CommanderSuberox]

Well it’s performance capture not voice acting.

[@lucky6961]

@@LimbsMgee I think they made it this way to feel more relatable seing Arthur going from "cruel" to a man genuinely wanting to fix as much as he can, and the game gives a lot of chances to get high honor as you get to the last chapters

[@mrkemrk]

The Downes family is everything to the story. They haunt Arthur. They're his conscience. And the catalyst for becoming a better man.

[@dylanwatt7461]

perhaps the most intriguing and thought provoking and enlightening youtube comment i've read in years.

[@fabrb26]

And the splash back of his bad behavior, consequences Mr Morgan , consequences !

[@TheMightyGoldenWest]

I always steal Thomas downes horse in Valentine in chapter 2😂

[@gcm22490]

@@TheMightyGoldenWesti didn’t know you could do that. 😱 What’s his horse, and where is it located?

[@TheMightyGoldenWest]

@@gcm22490 when you first enter the town and he's at his stand trying to raise funds. It'll be behind him. You can see which one by scaring him so he jumps on it to ride off. Pretty sure it's a Tennessee walker or Morgan or something of the like, it's brown and multicolored splotched.

[@Everik-ct6pg]

Thomas really was the good guy in a way, giving Arthur tuberculosis made him realize that his life was horrible.

[@alfredomartin-cubasbueno4884]

Vastra shit man funny creepy coment

[@LookingTheBest]

Hosea gave Arthur TB :O

[@danielpareded2288]

Well you can say that your sanra

[@Killzoneguy117]

@Jaegar Ultima Its exactly why I absolutely HATED the mission where you had to beat the money out of him. Most of the debt collect missions are questionable as it is but that mission. That made me hate Strauss and it made me hate myself.

[@HBKCommish]

It's also heavily implied that the reason Thomas took the loan in the first place was in order to help the less fortunate. Not smart. But definitely an admirable act.

[@martinvr12]

What I love on this side mission is that shows how Arthur went from a jerk to a guy who now is trying to be better by trying to fix his mistakes and helping these family that he ruined... R* made such a great character build right there...

[@cavemanO11]

Could sum all that up with one word... Redemption. ;)

[@pyramid6782]

But I still have low honor

[@cavemanO11]

@@pyramid6782 Redemption... Shawshank Redemption. Another great title about redemption. Coincidence?

[@ahmedsoori3611]

Martin VR I hated Arthur at the begging but the oh boi

[@devilsorchard1449]

How to truly play RDR2 (in my opinion) From chapters 1-4 play with gray to low honour, but after getting off Guarma, start to get that honour up, as I personally feel this is when Arthur started to become a realist.

[@Anonymous-ux8ku]

4:21 Arthur looks healthy there...

[@Uknown76]

You're right how odd

[@Phoebe457]

Arthur’s genuinely aggressive side shines through in these missions, and I love it to pieces. He’s really pissed off at himself for ruining the life of the family, and he’s pissed at the actions by others towards the family (like the miners towards her son) but he still uses this aggression for good, beating down the miners or scaring off anyone he needs to in order to help the family

[@danielerumiz]

MUNEH

[@LimbsMgee]

@Arthur Morgan Get well soon!

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

PLAN

[@abecharles7652]

LENNNAAAAAAYYYYYY

[@benarram4348]

LimbsMgee TAHITI

[@heathery1]

Oh, Arthur.

[@logon900]

I love how Arthur died of something more natural compared to John who died from being shot like a thousand times.

[@LoyalDeathEater]

Not a thousand. Only 376

[@Kj-eb6bq]

@@LoyalDeathEater"only"

[@asylumskp4391]

@@Kj-eb6bq well compared to everything John has been through, 300 is a bit small of a number

[@Kj-eb6bq]

@@asylumskp4391 Dababy? No fuckin way!

[@alexisvarte6822]

@MyNameIsMak the fuck you mean ?

[@doctorsquatch7665]

I ugly cry every time I play these scenes. Arthur trying so hard to right his wrongs and help them even if he doesn’t really think he knows how is so heart-warming but also sad.

[@kentcuritao8260]

This feels way more emotional when you realised at this point arthur already know mr downes was the one that passed him the TB but he still choosed to help his family ...what a man

[@ultraviolet119]

it’s not like any of it was the family’s fault at all, Arthur’s the one that chose to beat on a man with TB. He knows this which is why he feels so guilty for what he did

[@willumpboy5126]

Arthur is a dog burning in Hell for eternity lol, he beat a family man to death over a few dollars and some people think he deserver pity XD

[@mirtgiggle1407]

Although it was downes that passed him tb, he also knew that it was the consequences of his actions that made him recieve it. had he not beaten the man to death over a debt, he would still be alive.

[@malicexvii7905]

​@@ultraviolet119 exactly. Way too many rdr fans low-key downes even tho it wasn't his fault.

[@saintgtx]

He's trying to right his wrongs. He knows that Mr Downes passed the TB onto him because he was in his face, beating up a sick man over some debt. Arthur beat him so bad that he ended up killing him, now he feels guilty & tries to help his family to ease his conscious. He knows his actions were the ones that put him in the situation he's in, and he's trying to fix his bad decisions, but it's too late. Pretty much the whole moral of the game

[@rubyyxx3746]

*HES JUST A GAWD DAMN BOAH*

[@donnyallard9635]

your profile pic is sexy af

[@greuss2105]

@@donnyallard9635 ur horny BOAH

[@ajgarciaii8218]

@@donnyallard9635 ayo?-

[@donnyallard9635]

@@ajgarciaii8218 if your a woman then yes

[@hilarywraith3879]

@@greuss2105 bruh

[@manuelb5466]

Arthur: Don't thank me Archie: Thank you Mr. Morgan Arthur: Am I a joke to you?

[@AhaTheNegotiator]

Manuel Benitez dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-ns5yp2bq3r]

hahahhahahahha

[@bowenlavalley3297]

loads revolver with evil intent

[@CurlyFry.]

@@bowenlavalley3297 😅

[@Utubeuser000]

"Well, boah, guess it's 'bout time your momma goes back in black..." *Gun loading sounds*

[@shaggydudegaming]

Arthur saying “Don’t thank me, Just GO!” Brings tears to my eyes. Hands down the best video game character ever

[@RealCasperMan]

I always loved John's take on non-morality but with Arthur we all saw the duality of man come to light. Yes, Arthur did bad things by choice. Only when his own doomed mortality came to light, did he hit reverse. It's a sad paradox - and highly relatable. You only start to realize the damage you've done once it catches up to you. And even then it's never enough.

[@KirkTacticz]

Damn bro deep

[@RealCasperMan]

@@KirkTacticz Thanks man I tried really hard

[@junrungsritrakulchang188]

If money lending and other sins wasn’t canon.Arthur wouldn’t have to suffer from TB....

[@_hmm_3587]

Yeah but then all that character development would go down the drain

[@CatCatCat19]

he would continuosly be the asshole he is if it werent for TB

[@travisghilonijr475]

@@CatCatCat19 he was changing before he knew that he got TB. He was calling Dutch's bs way before he got tb

[@qualityinspector920]

I blame Straus for everything.

[@youraveragegamer8832]

@@travisghilonijr475 Yeah, but he wouldn't have gone nearly as far as he did without TB. I don't think that he would have disobeyed Dutch as much as he did if he didn't get TB

[@GavinSeim]

I knew Arthur never should have done these seedy missionss. And I'm Gavin, so trust me, I know.

[@glazermafiaGamingTV]

Gavin Seim lol

[@glazermafiaGamingTV]

Either ways that's his fate in the game

[@jeancule4251]

Your friend still roams between rhodes and annesburg

[@puuddoktr8243]

I found u!

[@offlinemedia1784]

Yo there’s someone looking for you

[@sightfield1132]

6:41 and that's it, that's the best scene for me, seeing Mrs. Downes crying feels so personal to me. It's like seeing my mom single parenting me while getting yelled at her boss right in front of me. I can feel that she's ashamed for what she's done, she feels miserable, I see those eyes every time and I hate every single time of it. I just can't see a mother, especially a single parent mother crying.

[@Polomance862]

I like the idea that it was TB that opened up Arthur's heart most. When his mortality was on the line; he recognized he can't live with himself with the pain he's caused. He ain't out for redemption but doesn't want people to suffer more for his actions. Edith Downes is one example where he reocgnizes where he got it; and sees Edith's pain from his actions. He can't fix what happened, but he can get her somewhere better than the slum she was in. He'd rather see people not suffer by his hand beyond those who deserved it at that stage. If Arthur could get her and her son out of the ditch, he could understand his own suffering wasn't just in vain.

[@BelieveInUrself93]

The way Arthur says "Don't thank me" at the end kills me every time. You can hear the guilt he has for what he's done and the frustration of only figuring out now another way to live, just from the sound of his voice. I don't think we've ever seen the man cry, but you can hear him choking the tears back. The delivery of that line, and how you could boil down his entire character arc into it, it just deserves all the awards for Roger Clark and for the writing staff.

[@xweert711]

According to interviews with the cast, every line like this where Arthur tears up/gets emotional is actually Rodger Clark crying and getting emotional over it. The writing is just that good, and the actors were that immersed with the story even in the mocap booth

[@MariusBoss11458]

@@xweert711 Goddammit man. Both RDR2 and God of War got similar things. Christopher Judge cried a lot in some scenes too. Like the Blades scene.

[@st_raziel2283]

The one line that always makes me teary eyed is when he is talking to the Sister and tells her that he is honestly afraid. I can't get over it.

[@jallen1425]

It doesn't matter how many times I come back, when I get near the end there's so many scenes that make me cry. It's a beautiful game truly a masterpiece.

[@nectar50685]

@@st_raziel2283 i ALWAYS cry! i can’t help it

[@abdulazizahmed1997]

Damn Arthur was a hell of tank Even when he’s sick and about to die No one can beat him

[@santojay3858]

He probably has very good mental toughness

[@McHuman-dt5xb]

Except Micah

[@DrikTrajado]

@@McHuman-dt5xb not even Micah, he got his ass saved by Dutch stepping on Arthur's hand

[@n4mel3ssw0lf8]

@@McHuman-dt5xb *Except Tommy

[@McHuman-dt5xb]

@@DrikTrajado true

[@filmfreak1994]

Mrs. Downes was mo-capped and voiced by a distant cousin of mine. She posted on her facebook when the game came out she had a bit part in it and my Dad told me and I was like "Oh shit, I ruined my cousin's life!"

[@Mentelgen-1337]

Why what’s the story? You killed her husband too?

[@filmfreak1994]

@@Mentelgen-1337 He owed us moneh!

[@flibsshostar1394]

It's beautiful and scary how quickly Arthur realizes how he ruined the Downes and does everything to help them because he knows for a fact death is just behing his back. His mindless brute state stab him in the back by destroing his body but lilluminated him like no other human, and he used that to better or at least save some dammned souls Sadly Athur thought he was just a tool for people, thus, becoming one. Not a single person ended up remembering him in 1911 even tho he saved like 60% of the gang.

[@vixx-kun7686]

*you attacked Edith Downes* by coughing at her

[@marpinn508]

Cornoa

[@seffyseffy]

@@marpinn508 hahahaha cornoa

[@yeboighost]

@@seffyseffy the cornoavirus also known as CORNOVID-19

[@mizore098]

Hy Punpun

[@paul75609]

@@yeboighost lol

[@unclebuns5286]

"Why are you doing this" "I dunno" - Mr. Morgan 1899

[@sheikhalneri9883]

-Eren Yeager, chapter 139

[@m.k.1640]

The rdr1 dutch "sports i guess" dialogue climbed into my head when i read this

[@alonnie1919]

"Why are you doing this?" "I don't know." It's a beautifully written dialogue. True goodness is doing the right thing for no other reason than because it's the right thing.

[@cb-9938]

Arthur saying "Don't thank me" is so heartbreaking. Sure he helped them but he was the reason they ended up like this and he regrets it

[@splashnskillz37]

That they ended up rich ?

[@portland9880]

​@@splashnskillz37all the money in the world is not worth even one extra minute with your loving father/husband

[@splashnskillz37]

@@portland9880 ik, but at a macro level the lineage ascended to better condition in life at the very least

[@MisterSleepers]

He knows it. Won't cure him, and he knows it's not going to be a solution to get him into heaven. But you've still got to live with yourself til you die. Thats the hardest thing for us all

[@sayxxdx]

This game is so beautiful. I've never teared up this much since the first season of The Walking Dead Telltale series when Lee died.

[@LimbsMgee]

@Kevin My Dude the use of music gets me in this game. 'Fire in your eyes' and the 'way it is' are just fantastic

[@movieclipsintheater3841]

I'm Not Here lees death got me it was so sad

[@barry6402]

Lee was the best. ✌️

[@cel5207]

I remember switching turns with my brother on the 360 to play the first season and man Lee's death really was super tragic, but it had to be done otherwise Clementine would have had to shoot him as a walker.

[@sayxxdx]

@@cel5207 I know having her kill Lee would've taught her that this world will be harsh, but in my heart of hearts, I couldn't let her do it. Not for my mercy, so I told her to leave me.

[@jackblaze69]

can we just appreciate how amazing the voice actor for arthur is? He conveys so much emotion

[@mrducky179]

It's not voice acting

[@monobiteme6014]

@@mrducky179 then what is it?

[@anonymousstill9276]

​@@monobiteme6014 I think what the comment was trying to say. It's not JUST voice acting, but acting as well due to motion capture.

[@clawzx1195]

3:52 whew...just the perfect delivery

[@kimbaldun]

"You attacked Edith Downes" killed me

[@MrSwitchblade327]

I said whatchu lookin at woman lolo

[@vozman7625]

first repku

[@chrisgould101]

An angry feminist appears from the bush

[@KronoriumKid2210]

@@chrisgould101 the feminist from St Denis or the Rhodes protest group

[@chrisgould101]

@@KronoriumKid2210 gona look that up

[@chrisgould101]

@@KronoriumKid2210 dam I remembered her now my ex gf had to stop me from blowing her away and being arrested

[@dehu3010]

4:43 "I'm sorry son, sorry about all of this" That line hit me hard. You can tell how genuinely sorry he felt.

[@m.k.1640]

You can see there how he didn't wanted to kill thomas

[@Nightm4re987]

Yeah, he knows he ruined it up, what he did wasn't right, with large ammount of other sins that outweight his good actions, but he didn't just ignored them, he tried to fix it, help them, he didn't looked for forgiveness, he just couldn't stand still and watch their lives go down, Arthur wasn't a really good man, but he wasn't a bad one, he was a good man in the bottom, who, as the Blind Man Cassidy says, followed the wrong star his whole life.

[@icun2212]

That line killed me too... his voice highlighted his regret of killing the boy's father Kudos to the voice actor

[@LimbsMgee]

Roger Clark 👍

[@allahinkuluolmayantekadam]

yeah, that line made me hard too

[@gamer-san8923]

Archie is such a chad. He takes care of his mother and never once wanted revenge on Arthur.

[@uzacki]

8:20 basically the two options for the end lol "Help someone who still can be helped" (Help John escape) "Or Help yourself" (go after the money)

[@cb-9938]

It's crazy how well this game was written

[@Falgren]

Strange, when I returned to Annesberg after giving them money for the last time like in this video, I got a small cutscene where Arthur spots Edith going into a house with yet another customer..

[@LimbsMgee]

@Falgren A few people have said that now. It's the first I'd heard of it. Will keep an eye out for it 👍

[@NeedForMead]

I thought I imagined that, guess not

[@user-gd5dj2nj6c]

Same

[@shaquille.oatmeal8195]

Same. I thought it was just how the quest ended with the realization that she couldn’t change or something

[@anthonytrevino9520]

I'm pretty sure that's how the original quest was supposed to start but it would also give you the quest if you just happen to spot her in Annesburg

[@theamaranthineman574]

The Assassination of Arthur Morgan by the Coward Thomas Downes.

[@whitefoxes1594]

Pisqué Dune Lol 😂

[@skate3enjoyer418]

Pisqué Dune I like that

[@longblack666]

Thomas wasn't a coward.

[@theamaranthineman574]

@@longblack666 ........ *sigh*

[@samuelpaul3861]

Slow and Painful death

[@keandregreen5628]

I love how he sounded like Dutch with the “this country is man unleashed” when he tried to apologize at first

[@Gray-om1bj]

You could always tell after he did those recovery missions that he truly hated it...but Arthur is definitely capable of turning off some emotion to get the job done. He got less capable of that as the game went on

[@trainergrim]

I stayed far away from him when I replayed that mission but the game made me go up to him

[@LimbsMgee]

@Trainer Grim same! 😂

[@eligames55yt23]

Ikr i didnt wanted to hit the guy and kept interrogating him..

[@jordanturner7917]

Same bro! I was like yo fuck this guy I already know he's about to get Arthur sick. Wasn't trying to fuck around with the Downes at all. Not once. But he still died lol

[@akn9723]

I Just go here and talk with Thomas wife and she have me the money and arthur Just leave so i musnt Got a tb would i?

[@mrsts95]

I came back to camp at 3 am and Mr Strauss went to me in his Pajamas and went "Herr Morgan, Herr Morgan, go and catch fucking TB because Money!"

[@goodshow5528]

I think the horse stepped on her foot so it counted as you attacked her LMAO

[@LimbsMgee]

@goodshow man my horse is more devious than others...😑😂

[@movieclipsintheater3841]

LimbsMgee ur horse knew Thomas gave u it so it hurt him

[@LimbsMgee]

He's a good boy 😂

[@nightwish4312]

@@LimbsMgee what horse breed do you have

[@LimbsMgee]

I'm replaying that mission from the menu , so you get given default Arthur and a default horse. Not sure what breed it is, but it won't be anything special 👍

[@Skinned_fried_n_cut_up_potato]

Someone else who waits for every piece of dialogue to go through? A man of culture I see.

[@LimbsMgee]

It's only polite

[@lilbu223]

but if you wait it could get characters killed

[@madmikey0410]

Arthur makes it to the afterlife and meets with Thomas Downes, wanting to give a serious apology but not before hearing Downes not only forgive him but also thank him for helping his wife and son even when it was hard. Arthur jokingly forgives Downes for spitting on him, then the two have a laugh, befriend one another, and walk into the light.

[@heliax9924]

i doubt it be to that extent but maybe a small thank you could be possible

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Downes: "Just one last thing." Arthur: "What's that?" Downes: **kicks him in the dick** "Now we're even." Arthur: "Okay...that's...fair enough..."

[@Zanoladab]

I love Arthur too..but.. i don't think he's in heaven

[@hazim9529]

​@@ZanoladabLmao that's YOUR Arthur that goes to hell. Not OUR Arthur and definitely sure as fuck not MINE.

[@quensoueu1]

​@@Zanoladab Yeah, Arthur himself said he would feel fooled if he went to heaven

[@Ivbo]

Lennayyyyyy ...... LeNnAYyYYyyY !!! Ey feLlAr YoU sEEn LeNny ?

[@tiegideon9816]

Select Obvi shut the fuck up

[@Ivbo]

gideonBR SaY HaVe YoU sEeN LenNY FeLLaR ?

[@officertenpenny9792]

ynneL

[@CripTikStorm]

Hahah FoUnD y0u LeNNaYy!!!

[@jimmyvalmer9245]

How many have you had pal?

[@bigman6424]

''No, it's not I just made that up.'' Awwww damn it, I tought you seriously meant it.

[@LimbsMgee]

@kuddraCube HD I did check before putting it in. Then put it in anyway 😂

[@bigman6424]

@@LimbsMgee 😂

[@GemGames3]

Karma came for him but we spent a whole game getting to know Arthur as he redeems himself and then feel sad when he dies, such a great story.

[@justinadrian2543]

For the first time in my life, I felt really connected with the Arthur’s character. The best, ever !

[@chriseklund6452]

Just when I thought RD2 couldn't bring more tears to my eyes, goddamnit Arthur was such a good man!

[@LimbsMgee]

I always smile when he's kind to animals. It's like they don't give him any trouble. Apart from the cougars, alligators, bears and wolves of course.

[@supercomputer0448]

Chris Eklund not in my game he wasn't

[@chriseklund6452]

@@supercomputer0448 Sure of course, but we all know the game was meant for a good karma Arthur.

[@0042090]

He wasn't a good man, but he became aware and tried to change. He's very human :)

[@studiocigsplain8588]

@@0042090 great way of putting it.

[@Sandmann1193]

I actually played a really nice Arthur Morgan, and I was really happy that the game gives you many opportunities to actually have a impact (for good or bad) on npcs. Just such a beautiful game, perhaps the best ive ever played. Arthur Morgan is such a well written character, and that's rare. Sadly.

[@coreyysmithh]

I don’t think any other video game can ever beat RDR2’s story, a story that actually makes you cry, shows actual character progression, and all of the small details that mean so much!

[@AnubhavKnight]

Witcher 3 game

[@rosebud10123]

As sad as it is, I love how true this stays to the ripple effect of how it only takes one thoughtless, terrible, selfish act. To fuck up not just one person’s life but two even and can leave them in a bad way. Strauss knew when he loaned to those families they’d have no way to pay it back and he sent Arthur to do the dirty work after. How many other people suffered like Mrs. Downes did that Arthur didn’t get to? I’m certain this type of thing happens in real life too but the sad thing is, majority of the people that inflict that pain don’t end up turning it around. I’m glad Arthur at least got to do right by them. This game is simply fantastic.

[@GabrielAugustomisterkakuna]

Where's our MONEH?

[@freedom8753]

Gabriel Augusto BOAH

[@eniggaracer]

if im skinning anyone im skinning you BOAH

[@mrmudmigsgaming7668]

HAVE.SOME.GOD.DAMN. *FAITH* Awlll I nead is soume munehy

[@jiojiovana3741]

Where's my lunch moneh?

[@duckygaming5324]

Boah!

[@rogueraccoon1840]

7:30 slightly bumps Edith with horse Game: and I took that personally

[@darrenngyh]

3:12 “Stop bullying the boy.” The developers really did magic there.

[@generalmolotovv]

He’s just a goddamn *BOAH*

[@thegoldensea_]

In GTA 5, The Golf Course was called "The Edith Downes Old Course" . . . No it's not. I just made that up This killed me.

[@LimbsMgee]

@TheGoldenSea not everyone saw it 😂

[@daddyspacebear]

bruh I just spent 10 mins looking for this, I couldn't find it on the wikia so I launched the game xD

[@tiastez]

i dont understand why you become wanted "dead or alive" when mrs downes says that u are bothering her lol

[@realmitsumeru]

cops are simps

[@goni9991]

low honor maybe

[@The_guy_who_asked]

Depends when yo do it, you get Wanstead dead or alive in Saint Denis after completing the heist

[@iridocyclitislol4010]

@@Jumbo_J shut up

[@alphacentauri3069]

Modern day police

[@kennethaucoin3664]

I have to give it to rockstar for making me fall in love with this character, a no good stealing outlaw turned to a good man who is willing to put himself on the line for the people he cares for. Rest in piece Arthur🦌

[@johnf.kennedy6129]

It’s sad when your playing as Arthur and you get attach to him and then miss Grimshaw died Sean died poor poor Lenny died it’s also sad when Hosea died..

[@lemonsqueeza8248]

“You couldn’t kill no one” ..... Ma’m I literally shot 10 people on the way here.

[@littleplant_]

The way Arthur dips when she tries to snitch

[@connoriquada5429]

Bro this quest is the definition of the name of the game baby. Redemption.

[@ryxga6392]

Your joke at the end with the GTA 5 course really wasn't appreciated enough, you made me chuckle

[@LimbsMgee]

Finally! A connoisseur 👍

[@ytn675]

See how Arthur morgan turned good in the end?

[@samnbandana6346]

He found redemption

[@mofo1188]

@Watinki you shouda made him good

[@Ok-eg8dg]

@Watinki u evil bastard. By staying evil honour, u get killed by Micah. I'm lucky I changed in the last chapter after being evil the first 5

[@Bensonu3o3uq]

Is that a JoJo reference ?

[@spookyquinnie3293]

Good boah

[@akarui1014]

“now don’t get yourself killed because of your pride” is one of my favorite quotes

[@lumiya4596]

This is why I love this game so much. This storyline alone is pretty heavy and impactful, yet it isnt the main story and is even a 50% chance encounter. Man literally changed this family's life twice.

[@carbodude5414]

"Man unleashed? Then unleash goodness, not just hell's feeble brother, sir", "Help someone who can still be helped" All said with complete honesty in a Rockstar game... _a Rockstar game_

[@freakjob0]

You actually missed a part where Arthur goes back again to collect the debt and learns that the man has died. She is dressed in black and after the son tries to stand up for her, Arthur delivers one of coldest lines in game to the son. About how he would keep her dressed in black...on his account.

[@iabproductionsofficial]

Where is the scene ?

[@officiallydrae]

​​@Hydraulic Press (spoilers ahead) When you settle into a new camp near Rhodes and do a few missions, you'll rob a bank in valentine with lenny bill and karen. And after you escape it you go to their house to collect the debt.

[@expert_fretwork]

@Hydraulic Press no, it's in there regardless of honor.

[@qwasbae5854]

damn

[@Philipp3022]

Arthur: "Either you got a lazy eye or a lack of respect. Which is it, boy?" Archie Downes : "I ain't got no lazy eye, nor respect for the likes of you." Arthur: "Well, maybe when your mother's finished mourning your father, I'll keep her in black on your behalf. You think on that, boy." Archie Downes : "Well, maybe you shall, sir, and maybe other events will transpire." Arthur: [chuckles] "You'd best stick to them book, 'cause mark my words on this: vengeance is an idiot's game."

[@chancebouvier7492]

that “leave the boy alone..” gave me chills i was like “😳”

[@missmagpii3416]

I never once hit Mr Downes. Just threats hoping maybe it would save me from TB, and it literally forces you to get coughed on regardless if you touch him or not. There's also a couple occasions you can run into her besides this.

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

1:04 When I approach a beautiful woman I see

[@nolanjames2271]

"you did everything for him. You loved him....let's get you home" the tone in which Arthur spoke low-key had a Rick Grimes feel to it.

[@loseeraleeert2444]

Something about the way Arthur said, “leave the boy alone” made me think he wanted to protect his own son like that

[@Kenjjoo]

The side missions in this game are so good, it's a shame there's so few of them. :(

[@miguellovos]

I’m late to this but the captions on the top at the end made me laugh. good one.

[@LimbsMgee]

😂 thanks for that

[@tpakzone]

“Help someone who could still be helped, or help yourself” - Edith Downes

[@metalgorilla7865]

Arthur towards the end trying to repay all the bad things he done really makes me emotional, I'd love to go out the same way trying to repay for past mistakes

[@red2977]

Poor Mr. Downes prior to arthur beating him he was out there raising money for charity and giving it to the poor. After he died they didn't even spell his last name right on the marker.

[@xusiouscantaim3872]

7:40 its because the horse trampled her

[@burniejarvis9298]

They were good people who made a very stupid mistake. I'm glad Arthur helped her and her son. It doesn't change what he did. But it showed that Arthur is a good man who committed terrible sins.

[@hedgehogSte]

I especially liked the part where you ruthlessly attacked mrs downes 😱 just shocking honestly, come to think of it was it you that really wiped out the athletics club in tall trees and blamed the skinners 🤔😂

[@LimbsMgee]

Haha there was a second out take I was gonna leave in where I grappled her son Archie by the face when we returned 😂

[@hedgehogSte]

Lmao you should have and instead of saving him from the miners you should have coughed on him because ya know the sins of the father 😬😂😂

[@LimbsMgee]

I'd be all over that option if possible. I delayed playing the Thomas Downes mission for ages. Literally doing everything but that. Can't delay the inevitable though. F*** Herr Strauss.

[@petertoth3477]

@@LimbsMgee same here. He came to me to remind me of (and force me to) visiting Downes after I received and read Mary Linton's first letter. And that adds another sad little thing to it: as Arthur gets to see her again, he's already infected, so even if it turned out best for the both of them, Mary would sooner or later have to mourn yet another lover/husband. This way at least she got her "pretty dream".

[@ejosjek52.87]

@@LimbsMgee lol

[@leighmcpherson461]

Love Arthur. Such a great character and no matter how many times I play the game I still get sad each time he dies.

[@LimbsMgee]

Play, get him drunk, ride a horse and listen to him sing. That's how I remember him

[@Juno.415]

I don’t care what people say but Arthur was a good man

[@kunai6893]

“Mission Failed we’ll get it next ti-“ “AYO WHAT DID I DO MOTHERFU-“

[@anndavis295]

FRRRR

[@glasgowblackchigowski6117]

This story is so well written I've fallen in love with its characters immediately

[@akamechan9130]

Started playing this seems excited,suprised how amazing the graphics,AI,attention to details. After finishing it it gave me depression,void,regret of playing along with the group,betrayed,most importantly it was the best night with lenny that time

[@TheTransporter1461]

Great to see all this combined, I remember the last missions but forgot the first ones, so I had no idea who that women was, now I understand the whole sidequest thanks

[@LimbsMgee]

I forgot who she was on my first playthrough ☹️

[@sombra1412]

0:13 death sentence enters the chat

[@Evil_Teddy]

I said what chu LOOKIN AT WOMUN!!??

[@MohammedMahdi8005]

Arthur had enough money to give the downes family to have a fresh start which was literally small portion of fortune in his satchel but didn't have enough money to go to Tahiti

[@craveztv4457]

Jesus Arthur no man has made me cry so much. What a character.