Midnight Mass 1x3 Reaction!! "Book III: Proverbs"

[@RaggedyPack]

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[@moviegoer727]

The confrontation scene between Joel and Leeza is my favorite this episode. “You stole from me. Not just who I was, but who I could have been” gets me EVERY TIME 😭😭😭

[@sparkle1596]

ooof same 😭wow

[@Arcannabis]

You reached through time, and you stole! I got goosebumps

[@feykabah]

Im loving the fact that Cojo truly seems to be invested in this show. This is my favorite limited series ever.

[@Myaccount923]

I knowwww these are my reaction magnum opus 😂❤

[@Wraiven22]

I love hearing Corey’s thoughts and predictions on shows he’s not seen before; such an insightful person.

[@illgillbates9561]

Real and true

[@RoboSteave]

Yes , "not seen before"... wink, wink.

[@ny6978]

He's very mellow and chill

[@Myaccount923]

@@RoboSteaveyes, I know you’re joking but I’m a reactor too and I take these type of comments personally because I’m damn near psychic 😂😂 I can predict almost every outcome 90% of the time and I don’t want my viewers to think I’m lying about not watching stuff 😅

[@RoboSteave]

@@Myaccount923 Damn near psychic? Ooh, here's a twist you didn't see coming -- I wasn't joking at all. I'm always very suspicious of reactors who are oh so smart and guess so many twists "before" they've seen them. I wasn't born yesterday.

[@KbearMcYumYums]

Cojo's haircut is just absolutely incredible.

[@Wraiven22]

I swear half of the comments on this channel always seem to be people thirsting over Cojo or Blake 😂

[@MariaLoozer]

@@Wraiven22 I don't blame them I spend half the time thinking of how beautiful Corey's and Igli's hair is

[@marklouis1890]

I know. Man is very stylish

[@tenerife_sea]

Cojo marry me :3

[@wewenang5167]

@@Wraiven22 YESSSSS, Cojo is the most sexy guys i ever seen, the more i watch him the more sexy he become!

[@alexr7595]

The “Angel” doesn’t actually have a halo, I think. It’s just Pruitt’s dying scared mind imagining it, reframing the horror he sees in religious context.

[@jhufffamily7920]

i think the boys know that it’s just the lighting that makes it look like a halo :)

[@marklouis1890]

That makes a lot of sense

[@ayaehab]

dementia and loss of blood does a number on your brain

[@jessielallier9483]

lmfao, Helicopter Bev is my new favorite nickname for her.

[@Godivarealness]

“You reached through time and you stole !!” Makes me cry each time. Her delivery of those lines were amazing

[@liamdamon]

I began this series the day it dropped on Netflix during the pandemic. I started around 9 pm thinking that I'd watch an episode per day. I binged the entire series that night. I was enthralled. i finally went to sleep the next morning as the sun came up.

[@sharpeslass5452]

Same. I adore this series. I showed it to my parents and they loved it as well.

[@illgillbates9561]

I'm so happy the show is catching on as strong with you guys as it did for me. I love the pre-episode discussion and I look forward to the reaction! Thank you guys so much. Much love!!

[@AubreyHodgson-qi6jv]

The "shadow" on the stage in the AA meetings (eps 2 and 3) is a mirror. It was in the movie Oculus (also by Flanagan), and it can be spotted in the background of everything he has made since (including Hill House, Bly Manor and House of Usher). You guys should give his movies a try (especially Oculus, Ouiji: Origin of Evil, and Doctor Sleep). Blake will *love* them. 😄

[@DKSean]

Also Hush, I really enjoyed that one long before I knew Flanagan as a director It just got a new release last week too

[@RealBradMiller]

The Lasser Glass!!! Yup!! I always point it outn 🪞

[@mermaidscooter]

Love the praise for Rahul Kohli (Owen/Hassan)! I've been a fan of his since he played Ravi in iZombie. Incredibly talented and versatile actor.

[@onlyfoes]

He really potrayed an regular "normal" (what ever that means) Muslim pretty good, especially while he isn't one in rl.

[@larissards]

i love how you guys are so into the series, especially cojo. i was afraid that, because it's different from hill house and bly manor, you wouldn't like it as much.

[@liamkampff1]

Episode 1 and 2 have a slower pace than the rest of the series (expertly so, and they set the entire scope really well) but this episode is the HOOK, so they're definitely fully in it now!

[@BudgetBeauty24]

So without giving too much away- Monsignor Pruitt drank from the vampire (“angel”) and it made him healthier and younger. He truly thinks it is an angel of god and wanted to help his congregation so he brought it back and gave its blood to his town in the wine to help them too. An unforeseen circumstance, because again he really thinks it’s an angel and not a vampire, is that since he’s drank the blood he will come back as one as well if he dies. So when he died that’s why there is the second “miracle” of him resurrecting. Also the vampire looks like that because it has more than likely existed in that cave for centuries, millenniums maybe even. Hope this helps yall! Love this show and yall! ❤

[@Marina-cq2yt]

I never understood why the vampire was "trapped" in the cave before paul found him? Couldn't the vampire just have left at night? Or was it too weak because it hadn't had a feed? Is that why he rewarded paul by giving him his blood?

[@samantharose1144]

Aww thank you guys so much for the birthday shout-out!!! I wasn’t having the best day today and that just totally cheered me up - thank you 🥹❤️🫶🏻

[@ljcool090]

As someone who has seen the show, I’m LOVING all the theorizing and breaking down scenes. It becomes a lost art when you binge a show, but since you guys do it weekly we get to see the breakdown and theorizing process in real time.

[@RBailley]

Love this show - particularly Sarah and her Mothers story. The "Where have I been" line hits me so hard, and I assume it does for anyone who has lived with a family member suffering with dementia.

[@ginster458]

Man that confrontation between Leeza and Joe ALWAYS gets me. That sob when she forgives him, and the whimper? Her anger? You reached through TIME! Damn.

[@screamr2d2]

I love how universal the complete and utter hatred and contempt for Bev is. Also I cannot watch that scene between Liza and Joe without bawling my eyes out.

[@Godivarealness]

38:36 Cojo: why’d you go down here 😱 Igli: Dementia 😐 😂😂😂😂 I love u guys, never change

[@Greg-e2r]

I don't know if I've ever clicked faster on a video. I love hearing your theories and thoughts about everything going on. The acting is so good and I can't wait until next Wednesday. Gives me something to look forward to.

[@sherylsmallwood-valdivia5375]

Appreciate the replay to see all four of the jumpscare reaction!

[@DarthTingleBinks]

Since Corey didn't catch it during the edit, I do want to mention that Bev Keen DID poison Spike. You can see the bottom of a dress and a pair of hands setting down the plate with the hot dog for him before the person walks away, and she was wearing that very same dress.

[@chelscara]

Love Corey's breakdown at the beginning, dude locked in for the edits

[@kimcottingham8043]

RAG PACK , my 80 something old neighbor for whatever reason (im at dead end halfway up mountain)walked by my house and watching this reaction on my big screen she seen yall thru my window, knocked on my door adked who are those handsome four young men on my tv!!!! Belueve she is senile but not blind. Lmao😂😂😂😂

[@ginster458]

Since you praised Hassan/Owens performance: Rahul Koli, the actor, talked on a few podcasts (can be found on yt and worth a private watch AFTER you finished the show!) about how this role almost made him quit acting and how much he was struggling and doubting his abilities on set. A lot of it had to do with shooting starting just as covid hit and the whole uncertainty and different set procedures making this a less social shoot out of safety measures, but he also says that he specifically felt weird playing Hassan since he isn't a father and younger irl than Hassan and also not a muslim, and her was very aware of the responsibility to tell this right. Also, Mike offered him the role specifically after playing Owen, which was a role he is much more comfortable in. He talks about it in detail and it was really fascinating to hear since when the show dropped (and still, as you do here) people were singing his praises for his acting ability and the respectful tact and earnestness with which he portrayed a muslim.

[@amandavanderbilt3949]

I love how invested you guys are, Corey with his notes. Love it!

[@TheCuriousCaseofJace]

Perfect timing!!! Just got off work and was looking for something to do. 😅

[@TomTomson81]

Imagine, no one has ever heard of vampires. What happened to the priest and what he interpreted there actually resembles an angel. He saw something he couldn't explain, and he lost blood. That leads to halocinations, so he saw a halo. He could only compare it to an angel, because that was the only logical explanation for him that comes with his experience. So the Father is not evil, he only succumbs to a monumental error that goes hand in hand with his faith in such a way that he does not question anything. Instead, he searches the Bible for verses that he used to see differently and now automatically reinterprets them. He is truly convinced that God gave him a commission and that he does good things for his town. This is so tragic and unfortunate. Remember, Beth is not the first person to recognize the priest, it was the lady with Alzheimer's. She recognized the young father and later she told her daughter that she saw her father out there. As always, this series is so well thought out and elaborated by Flannigan.

[@PeterDB90]

I think it was brilliant of this show to take the concept of an angel and apply it to a vampire, because... it fits. Obviously, some creative liberties were taken, but in the Bible whenever people meet angels, even those people who are close to God and are good, all of them without fail drop to their knees in TERROR of the angels. Paul sees a creature with wings who is TERRIFYING and was able to perform a miracle and make his body young again... he could be forgiven for using his interpretation of an angel in the Bible and applying it to the creature, because it fits.

[@nickwittednonpareil]

There also doesn't appear to be vampire lore in this universe since the word never gets mentioned. Similar to how the Walking Dead universe has never heard of zombies.

[@PeterDB90]

@@nickwittednonpareil Yes, completely agree, was going to mention the same thing but didn’t want to make my comment any longer 😅

[@drezzoisdead]

THIS was the episode that sold this show for me

[@Wraiven22]

Episode 4 is gonna be wiiild, can’t wait 😫

[@sammygmarie]

1000000% and then each one gets better after. A brilliant series!!

[@MariaLoozer]

I even made some coffee and got snacks to watch this one boys, the most awaited moment of the day

[@marklouis1890]

Y'all were cooking this entire episode boys. You guys were on it way before I was. You boys are perceptive.

[@anonymousgirl4605]

I can't wait to see your reaction to Fall of the House of Usher too!

[@joshuacoldwater]

Cojo you have seen clean cut Joe he was Mr. Dudley in Hill House. I’m actually surprised you guys haven’t recognized more of the cast. Dr. Gunning, Riley’s Dad, and Bev are all repeat cast members as well.

[@jhufffamily7920]

they have recognized all of the repeat characters. i think they recognized everyone in episode one, but def by episode two

[@Emilyxx495]

They have recognised them to be fair they mention it when each of them come on screen in episode 1 , I don’t think they’ve recognised Bev yet unless I missed it…I didn’t even know who it was until I read this comment and googled it😂 she looks so different

[@dwilliams02]

I've watched this show several times and only just recently did I realize that Carla Gugino (mom in "Hill House," older Jamie in "Bly Manor," and quite a prominent player in another Flanagan series I hope these guys get to) has a very small role in "Midnight Mass." Huge props to anyone who noticed it before me.

[@phniedwn]

I love that in this series, every episode is better than the last. And it’s not that any episode is not good, they’re all phenomenal, but each one builds on the previous one get better and better.

[@Adriboom143]

Im obsessed with y'alls reaction to this series and I can not wait to see where it goes from here. The deeper discussions this show can bring from those with a curious mind intrigues me.

[@cateiya95]

The next episode is my favorite 🥰 has my favorite monologue of any show ever.

[@breezylandrx77]

I love Rahul Kohli (Owen/Hassan) as an actor. You should really consider putting iZombie in your rotation of shows at some point. He plays Ravi who’s a medical examiner. He is sooo great and funny in the show.

[@thomasbaker2067]

Whenever Bev talks I just wanna jump through my lab top screen and go all Evil Dead(2013) on her.

[@ny6978]

I just realized, did he pick the name Paul Hill as a play on the word "Apostle"? And I think Bev was trying to poison him, not as a test, but because she wanted him out, and wanted the power and influence to herself. The vampire blood made him strong, so the poison doesn't kill him the first time. He already drank it before testing Leeza, and immediately after she walks, he runs away and spits out blood. Bev follows because she wants to make sure he's dead and that there are no witnesses, and due to her role she can play it off as being an overbearingly caring attendant.

[@RealBradMiller]

I think he hit the tolerance for the living to have the blood in him. Just as everyone would eventually hit. I don't think Bev would poison him.

[@ny6978]

@@RealBradMiller Interesting idea, spoiler alert though: By the end of the show, most of the town already ingested a ton of vampire blood starting from the first episode, and they don't vomit blood. Bev is also seen carrying the rat poison again in this episode. The poison didn't kill him the first time, so she does it again, and this time it kills him in the same way Pike dies. EDIT: I just saw the interview with Mike Flanagan, and he confirms you were right, Bev didn't poison him. However I think it just makes too much sense for her to do it, and if Flanagan said that she did it, it would be believable. Bev is a sociopath and a great liar so her "legitimate surprise" at him dying felt like a performance to me. But yes, you were right and I learned something today.

[@Myaccount923]

@@ny6978I love your explanation! It would’ve made sense because I was confused on what they were trying to portray with that. Did she poison him or not 😅😂😂 I just let it go and figured it was supposed to be open ended.

[@wahidnazari96]

Midnight Mass is a mini masterpiece

[@sparkle1596]

ooooooh love the conversation at the beginning. also UGH BEV

[@michaelolivero1626]

My take on the "angel's" eyes glowing is just eyeshine. It's a nocturnal creature so it has the tapetum lucidum which reflects light, helping animals like cats and dogs and deer and racoons and such see in the night.

[@tetamale4280]

this show makes me think, cry, scream, laugh… is so human it hurts

[@itsjezzer]

"Bev is the hero of this tale, pookie brothers," absolutely sent me

[@jadejewel6586]

I loved the catch about the Vampire's reflection in his eyes. Ive seen this series multiple times and I have watched several reactions, but you guys are the first to show the eyes. Awesome. A lot harder to notice without pausing and zooming in to see than Dani's eye color change in Bly.

[@MonkWithoutACause]

32:12 Good on you wondering if Bev poisons the father. I think it's implied by the old picture on the wall and a few other things, never put anything past her. Not like it's going to make anything better, just another power grab.

[@GunBlasts]

I clicked on y’all’s previous reactions to see what this show was and couldn’t wait for another reaction ep so I watched the third episode and couldn’t stop myself from finishing it. Excited to see the rest of y’all’s reactions to this series 💯

[@pennygray9688]

i remember back then in an interview Mike flanagan explained that Paul/Pruitt died cause he drank too much of the "angel"blood so its just happened cause he had too much "angel" blood in his body

[@jdenfranco3918]

It's the chupacabra 😨

[@gunmetal2890]

I was looking forward to you all watching this series and it's good to see you trying to work it out... I was clueless, you're doing better than I did... I'm looking forward to the end now, it gets even better. Cheers

[@bug5317]

I am watching this PRE watch discussion of lines etc and your thoughts. Lots of fun! HUGS!

[@michaelchaplin1600]

Not giving any spoilers, however I will say that after episode 4, I will answer questions involving particular lore... Truly enjoying you guys seeing this.

[@kyloren1014]

I binged this series and then re-started it and I’ve only done that for this series and The Umbrella Academy love 🤍🖤 this series

[@MariaLoozer]

It's a truly great coincidence to be re-watching this rn, cause a month ago I read The Book/Gospel (don't know what it's called in English) of St. Michael and Dante's Divine Comedy back to back at university. So it's amazing to revisit this show after reading two canonic books for Christianity with two different views of what it is. I wish we had an episode every day 😅 cause it's been amazing guys

[@Avaaa108]

Yayy I’m loving these reactions🫶

[@bogglqueen]

Love this Flanagan project. I also love Midnight Club which btw has LOTS of the same actors in it from this show. I really hope you guys watch it sometime too!

[@jessielallier9483]

Paul's the GOAT, until he turns into one lmao

[@zepols1]

You guys are in for a treat with Midnight Mass

[@screamr2d2]

Just a thought. Do you guys boys remember what day the gold robe was for? 😂 That fool knew where the green one was the whole time 😂 This show is so good I swear to God. I honestly cannot wait for you to see the ending

[@sammygmarie]

I cannot wait for episode 4!! This is such an amazing series and I love y’all’s discussions on it!

[@TheKelJacob]

Good catch, Blake! That WAS Henry Thomas (the Dad) made up as an old man for Monseniour (sp) Pruitt!

[@MariaLoozer]

@TheKelJacob really? Wow I did not catch that

[@Myaccount923]

Oh wow!

[@adzonwebb4562]

love this. you guys can never be so wrong 😂

[@tiffanyphillips6086]

Great episode!! Love all the guessing about the show

[@frt.mnk.9535]

I'm watching it along with you guys...and my predictions turned out to be true 💪💃

[@jacobphyo5078]

This show beautifully portraits the good and bad side of Christian.

[@anonymousgirl4605]

Unfortunately in horror movies and shows, the animals typically die first. Pets (dogs, cats, etc.) are usually the first to know something is awry, and are often killed to prevent the humans from being warned. It's a common horror trope. ☹️

[@jorrit_trickz]

Finally back at it!

[@IllaLuna17]

I’m here! ❤ Also I have a confession after the last episode I did go to watch the rest of the episodes, usually I say I will watch it along with you guys but my curiosity won hahaha. I was right on track on what was going on.

[@Mutazili]

Being a Muslim, it was incredible to see our beliefs well explained in the classroom scene!

[@Tamayo.Sama2023]

I like their conversation about the bible it's the first time i see a scene in an American movie discussing between christian and islam 😁

[@jessielallier9483]

When Father Paul first arrived on the island it was day time, the "Angel" can't go out in daytime, so don't be so sure that Father Paul had already been a completed vampire yet.

[@Myaccount923]

31:29 😂😂😂😂 36:42 😂😂

[@josesantanaisaicmoralescas8889]

36:41 Moses to Pharaoh after the other 9 plagues didn't work.

[@pictureperfect3211]

Daddy Blake being scared 😍😩

[@heavymetalbanshee]

I watched this show through my fingers like Blake haha

[@paulekylou]

Religion is poison. I struggled with this show. Some scary moments, but overall it just made me sad. Glad you’re enjoying much more than I did.

[@rodgill9376]

People like Bev will always be that one Karen that never learns to stay in their lanes.

[@samuelblack1687]

Was hoping you guys would catch or comment on Mike Flanagan's cameo in this episode.

[@Myaccount923]

Timestamps

[@jamespepito7804]

Leeza's monologue was incredible. I don't know why people keep saying to skip midnight club, as you guys are more invested in characters and story and midnight club has many of similar scenes/ monologues I hope you dont skip it.

[@wilhelm-z4t]

"Midnight Mass" seems to be a loose retelling of the "Faust" legend. The Faust legend was of some significance in Northern European thought during the Renaissance. Faust was made into a symbol of free thought, anti-clericalism, and opposition to Church dogma. A key concept in the Faust legend is the "Faustian Bargain." A "Faustian Bargain" is a lop-sided bargain between two unequal parties. One party is in a superior (stronger) position, the other inferior (weaker). Such a bargain entails the person in the weaker position trading something of long-term supreme moral or spiritual importance, like his personal values or his soul, for some short-term worldly or material benefit. Typically, the person pays too high a price and either gets cheated or finds that what they received in exchange was less valuable than they first thought. The result is tragedy. "Faustian Bargain" has its origin in the quasi-mythical figure of John Faust, a 15th-16th century German who supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in order to procure supernatural powers. Interestingly, Msgr. Pruitt's Christian name is John. Two important literary works, both plays, are based on the Faust legend. They are Christopher Marlowe's "Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1588)" and Johann von Goethe's "Faust" (1808/1832). Nathanial Hawthorne's short-story "Young Goodman Brown (1835)" is also based on the Faust legend. In this episode of "Midnight Mass," we learn that Msgr. Pruitt has apparently concluded a "Faustian Bargain" with his "angel." It's also worth noting that in both plays, Faust has a servant/assistant, Wagner, who also dabbles in the black-arts. Bev Keane seems to fulfill that role in "Midnight Mass." Both plays also feature a woman whom Faust loves, apropos, perhaps, of Mildred in "Midnight Mass." The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

[@eddietucker7005]

Y’all do know that Oklahoma passed a law that every classroom in the state has to have a Bible in it, and they are to pray at the beginning of class, right? There are a couple more states that have done this and Texas is trying to get that law past and Governor hot wheels is trying to push it through. There goes separation of church and state as the founding fathers wrote. It is a part of project 2025 and they are trying to get things started… and here we are! OK was the first to do it.

[@nope19568]

i know you guys still have a bit to go here but im so excited to see your reactions to the fall of the house of usher!

[@RoboSteave]

I don't get all the Bev hate. She's such a lovely woman, so nice...

[@RealBradMiller]

For real, props to the actress. Saw her in another show, and hated her character at first, just out of habit. 😂

[@checkmattee222]

aye ep3 less gooo!🙏

[@Bchristian2406]

“I watch breaking bad” 😂

[@johndvarian]

I hate to say this but I genuinely feel like you guys should go into each episode blind without trying to guess what’s going to happen next. Feel like over discussing it beforehand is just going to spoil the episodes for ye..I don’t think being the first to guess what happens is a great idea lol

[@jhufffamily7920]

i kinda agree cause someone could have “figured it out” and then the mystery is kinda gone for else. i prefer everyone to keep to theories to themselves when watching something together, but that’s just my viewing preference, and if the raggedy pack prefer it different, then so be it! :)

[@steve6valdez]

It's hilarious watching you guys, so excited about the show, that you talk over some great dialogue. 😂 Then say "What?" as if they didn't just explain it. Y'all have thrown out some interesting theories and predictions though.

[@Emilyxx495]

I can’t wait for you guys to see episode 4

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

You guys may have mentioned it some time throughout the series & Ive simply missed it, but you guys do know/realize that Joe, is Mr. Dudley (the grounds keeper) from The Haunting of Hill House, right?! 🙂

[@jhufffamily7920]

i’m pretty sure they mentioned it sometime in the previous episodes

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

@@jhufffamily7920 ah ok was a bit unsure :)

[@ailuj08]

You will hate Beth as you haven't hated any other character before. Samantha Sloyan plays her perfectly in all her self-righteous hatefullness.

[@MonkWithoutACause]

Series does not disappoint. Um, tragic?

[@hollyrose2418]

I hope you guys react to the midnight club

[@tetamale4280]

Cojo, u had soooooooo good taste 🫶🏻

[@darksektor1971]

Dudes hahahaha... I like the reactions hahaha...I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE USHERS!!!

[@Myaccount923]

16:43 a little too late for that 😫 17:42 oooh interesting take ! Lol and definitely demonic 😅

[@angelestrada9552]

Love this series because it is about religion, but have a dark turn. That's why people are dumb enough to believe in things that they believe although nobody knows the real truth about the world. Some people in this series are believing that the vampire is a angel but it a f**king vampire, a bunch of amateurs. The rest of the people who didn't believe that the vampire is an angel are the heroes of this series.

[@divsunhinged]

Blood of Christ ✨😭

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

I hated Bev from her first scene. I know people just like her. And all the flowers to the actor for creating that character.