The Haunting of Hill House Episode 9 ‘Screaming Meemies’ REACTION!!

[@oneguycory3023]

To be fair, if I walked in on my wife poisoning kids my first instinct wouldn't be putting her in the car too lol

[@libby8090]

Truth.

[@rcm_kem]

Yeah, get the kids to safety first, come back for child murdering wife after

[@oneguycory3023]

@@rcm_kem finally, sensible options

[@alizeeveneret6689]

Hahahahaha 😂😂

[@WarmLittleDiamond90]

Given that she was sick, I'd prob put my kids in the car and then call the police and ambulance. I'd take off if she came out of the house near the car, but only then.

[@itsjustmesam26]

"You guys go on without me." "How could we?" GETS ME EVERYTIME 😭😭😭

[@TheFlowerofSpades]

It’s almost like when Bent Neck Lady said, ”I was always here”

[@celinhabr1]

Well, he left Olivia because, at that point, she was crazy, without control and violent, and had just killed a little girl....and his first thought was to keep their children safe first, as he should, tbh.

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

Olivia: "I'll be in my reading room if you need me." Young Luke: "Which room is the reading room?" Hugh: "I never built you kids a tree house" Young Steve: "I found it in the game room" Mrs. Dudley: "The what room?" Hmmmm. There's a pattern to this somewhere.

[@101MrSenior]

"Where'd you find this tea set?" 🤔

[@TheKelJacob]

And, Steve: "Why don't you check the treehouse?" Olivia: "Very funny, young man."

[@kat5364]

Poppy: "It was a dressing room for me."

[@jroc1176]

The house reminds me of Rose Red, with its ever changing rooms.

[@xxxprincessxxxjay7104]

Theo's dance studio

[@MolezHD]

The whole waking up thing is like, by "waking up" she means dying, she's basically saying that the real world is a horrible nightmare and if the kids were sent out there then they would suffer and the only way to stop it was to kill them (wake them up), that way their spirits are trapped in the house where they wouldn't have to suffer in the real world

[@stephanie-yg6kt]

So much respect for the little actors who played Luke and Nell. They delivered their scenes so well and so believably, especially in this episode. I’ve seen this show three times now and I get goosebumps every time I watch that scene @ 11:08

[@xajaso]

Those two are the most precious little actors! When young Luke puts on the bowler hat it's cuteness factor x 5000

[@shadowboxing7029]

The entire cast is great but the kids are just outstanding.

[@katarzynazlasu1400]

Basically the House was messing with Olivia's mind, her sense of reality, her sense of self... And those visions of Nell and Luke was just that - The House messing with Liv. The saddest part of it all is that by trying to poison her children, Olivia inadvertently made those visions happen later in the future.

[@afifmajid8754]

To be fair, the old lady did try to help her out at the very end. It was poppy who was the bad one

[@TheFlowerofSpades]

Afif Majid Yeah, she’s actually nice.

[@ლ.ლ-ნ7ძ]

Time is nonlinear

[@MrFredstt]

@@afifmajid8754 So the house has good spirits? It's not all bad?

[@afifmajid8754]

@@MrFredstt they are more so neutral like they're just there, they don't try to help Olivia before it's too late and she had killed a child and the writing was on the wall for her. Now in the sequel that's a different case, they have genuinely good spirits

[@AWSVids]

My reading of the first scene where Olivia thinks she's holding Luke when he's actually in Hugh's arms... is that Olivia got lost in time, which is something that happens in the house. It has a strange effect on their perception of time. Luke was in her arm, but at some point, Hugh picked him up to take him to bed. Because Olivia was getting lost in a moment of appreciating her children while they're still young and "safe" in her arms, she didn't notice that Hugh had already picked him up and started carrying him away. When she realizes it, it becomes a moment of her fear coming true, which is her children being taken away from her before she has a chance to even fully appreciate having them in her arms. Before she even realizes they're already gone. The house played a trick on her, playing on her fears of losing her children. This is the first instance of it happening. A small moment, but it's the spark of her psychosis. A fire that the house stokes more and more until it claims her.

[@0103harleyq]

Wonderfully put!

[@nikkiesweet7939]

I would just like to point something out, Olivia stopped Luke from burning down the house. One more thing, Poppy is the ONLY ghost actively trying to manipulate the Crain family. The rest of the ghosts are there, but they're not really trying to hurt them. Poppy is actively telling Olivia that the kids are dreaming and need to be woken up. She's actively making Olivia insane, just like her.

[@griffy.videos]

"That was weirdly weird" is officially my favorite observation about this show.

[@mojoriot2293]

Agreed! Lol 😂

[@shannontaylor7236]

Me too! 🤣

[@JavRexgteneg2pIift]

I heard him say that as I was reading it 😂

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Figured out the meaning of that first moment this episode, toward the end of series. (SPOILERS) (SPOILERS) .. ..SPOILERS: Luke is saved, Nellie stayed.

[@thepyrolez]

@@genghisgalahad8465 It also shows that Olivia can’t stop Hugh or the world from taking her children from her

[@eringoblah]

Hugh panicked and had to run with his first instinct, which was to protect his kids.

[@jmwild1]

I love how creepy and insane Poppy is. The way she describes drowning her daughter and suffocating her son is like poetry. No wonder poor William lost it and bricked himself in.

[@rcm_kem]

I always thought her daughter had an asthma attack that they couldn't cure, they way she described her choking on her own body

[@jmwild1]

@@rcm_kem Choking on her own body? Because she was being drowned.

[@rcm_kem]

@@jmwild1 Choking on water would be just that, chocking on your own body would be your airways closing up wouldn't it? And she describes it as going on for days I thought

[@jmwild1]

@@rcm_kemPoppy is being very sly and poetic about what she did to her children. It's not literal.

[@gccurry1]

I think Poppy let her kids die. She watched her daughter drown in her own body because of pneumonia or asthma . She probably let the son die just listening to him bang on the walls

[@TheRealTezzandra]

It has been confirmed that the children all represent the 5 stages of grief (grief over their mother). Steven is denial, Shirley is anger, Theo is bargaining, Luke is depression and Nell is acceptance. When the director and writre confirmed this theory you started to se the kids in a new light.

[@crystalrose_pa]

Hugh tells Luke that the Olivia he sees is made up from his head, so I don't think it's actually Olivia's ghost. I think it's just his coping method to deal with her loss. Kind of goes with the theme of how some ghosts are real, some we create, some are our choices and struggles, etc.

[@turkeymcduckin7909]

That's true, because the way we see her "ghost" hanging over Hugh is how she was in life. When we see her near the children, she looks haunted, as does Nell when she interacts with her siblings. We know multiple people have seen their ghosts in that form (Hugh and Theo both saw the mom in ep 8). So up to this episode, it's fair to assume that's her actual ghost, rather than how we see her with Hugh, following him around.

[@crystalrose_pa]

@@turkeymcduckin7909 Yeah the only time I'm not 100% sure about is when Nell sees her at the wedding. I think that's actually Olivia's ghost because if it was in Hugh's mind, Nell wouldn't be able to see her. Maybe Olivia was watching Nell and her siblings seeing them happy and thinking that maybe Poppy was wrong after all, maybe the world wouldn't destroy them - and that's why she didn't look all haunted because she was at peace seeing them happy. But then Nell's husband died and she tried drawing her back to the house again almost like, "See? I knew it! I knew the world would be cruel to her!"

[@thejack5ons]

Turkey McDuckin p

[@user-se3qm2se2t]

"Why didn't he take her ?" Because she just tried to kill 2 of their children.

[@alizeeveneret6689]

😂👏👏👏👏

[@sTaaRzHD1]

She was unstable and was the love of his life he surely know this isnt a treat of her and she is sick so no he wasn’t supposed to leave her there

[@user-se3qm2se2t]

@@sTaaRzHD1 You have to remember that all of this is happening in a span of just a few days for them, she was not unstable before arriving to the house. If you go somewhere with your usually normal spouse and that by the end of the week he/she is trying to kill one of your children, I don't think that you take the time to rationalize anything or to understand his/her motives :D

[@sTaaRzHD1]

T1 i would do specially if loved and known her for years even if she acted weird in the last couple of weeks or even months .

[@user-se3qm2se2t]

@@sTaaRzHD1 Again I think that it is easy to say with hindsight and / or as a viewer with a larger perspective.

[@tiggytiggsboo]

"Wake them up" is from the reality of their lives. Poppy has her believing they're better off dead, which obviously is just not true.

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

Remember, she DID say she saw bodies swinging from the staircase if Hugh didn't get those rope down, too. And poppys son whose legs stopped working, pounding on the walls? Saw him during the storm

[@MOVISUALS]

You guys are going to bawl your eyes out next episode.

[@creaturecore13]

Disagree, next episode just about ruins the entire series with its nonsensical ending.

[@MOVISUALS]

creaturecore13 that’s your opinion buddy

[@ohdarling95]

@@creaturecore13 STRONG disagree

[@maciedixon3983]

I agree it could have been stronger. Did you read the original plan for The ending before the direct got soft thought. Terrifying.

[@Groganee]

@@maciedixon3983 Before the director got "soft"? how is compassion being soft? the before ending was brutal and cruel, the whole season was enough pain, they deserved to be able to heal and move on.

[@jasondemagio4449]

“Why didn’t he take her?” Because she was trying to kill the kids... “Doesn’t he know she’s sick?” Yeah, that’s why he sent her away to try and get better. But just because she is sick, it doesn’t mean he should endanger his kids by letting her stay near them at that moment

[@kingaegonii]

I'm very late but I wanna add on. Hugh's main character trait is his need to "fix" things and this is shown in all the characters. Olivia included. They all at some point wanna to fix something they did or a relationship they were involved in (familial or romantical) but back to Hugh. He didn't properly acknowledge Olivia needed help (in his defense neither did she, they didn't have very good communication) so he tried lowering Liv's problems to something "easy" that he can fix. The problem is she was mentally ill and it was made worse over time until obviously it was too late. He never realized how ill she was until she was gone. It's obvious that as an elder the now understood that she did need help and how the house made her mental state worse due to the paranormal activity within it. Only as stated in his episode it was too late. Even as he was holding her dead body he unrealistically claimed he can "fix this" [fix her] this is clearly a sign of shock but he said it for a reason.

[@melissadavis18]

Yeah I was like 🤨 with that as well! Was he suppose to just let her hang out in the car with them after killing a kid already and being convinced that she needed to wake them up

[@SolidSnake8295]

Hugh just witnessed Olivia trying to murder the children. Nikki: “Why didn’t he take her?” 🤣

[@LindsnDarth]

When I first watched this episode I thought it was very clear that Abigail was in fact a real kid, not an imaginary friend, and the fact that she killed a child AND was about to do the same to her own two children was heart breaking. I was surprised you guys didn't react to that more than you did and assume you didn't realize that? Besides seeing a dead child on the ground and his own kids about to drink rat poison, he also saw all the ghosts when he was running down the hallway with the twins. So yeah, it was time to kick rocks and get the heck out of there. I know as parents you both agree that kids safety come first above all.

[@srae1971]

It took me FOREVER to realize that Abigail was real. I don't think it really sunk in until Mrs Dudley saw her. I'm not usually that slow, but I just thought it was one more thing the house was doing to mess with Olivia.

[@LindsnDarth]

Yeah for some reason when I watched this episode I knew right when Olivia walked in and saw Luke sleeping on the floor. I said to my wife, "oh, that's actually a real little girl". Didn't occur to me who her parents were until it was revealed in the next episode. Hugh's entire storyline falls into place at that point.@@srae1971

[@vvthetalentlessduo6976]

Thought they would care more about the kid tbh

[@dancingdragonfly1667]

This was the episode I realised that Abigail was a real girl, and not imaginary. Abigail was the other body in house. Olivia killed her!IMAO, Hugh did the only thing he could. He saved his children lives. I feel like this isn't just a ghost story, but touches on mental illness as well.

[@CarolineForest]

No she was not... The other body was the man in the walls SPOILER!! - - Abigail's parents are the housekeeper and the old man, they arrived just hours later when hugh was there, they found Abigail's body and they took her with them to bury her, asking Hugh to keep the house so they could meet her ghost and reunite with her later.

[@dancingdragonfly1667]

@@CarolineForest no she was not real or no she was not the second body found in the house, because I'm pretty certain she was on both accounts. The body in the walls was discovered when Olivia was still alive.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

we are all caught up on this so don't worry about spoilers but we got the impression that Abigail was the other body the cop was talking about... when they found that body in the wall I think they wanted us to assume that was the body they were talking about. Also thought it was pretty clear that Abigail was real and she was really killed by Olivia.

[@tonymin1555]

@@NikkiStevenReact Yes it was a clever way to obfuscate the imaginary friend/real girl situation. I think it made her death hit home even more. It is also why Luke is so screwed up and putting "poison" in his body. He watched his mom kill his friend and almost kill him. I feel that is why Nell and him are the most "damaged".

[@dancingdragonfly1667]

@@NikkiStevenReact, lol, I thought she was imaginary through the entire series until I saw her interacting with Hugh and the other kids after Olivia left. I was instantly gutted and horrified when I watched her drink the tea. I couldn't believe my own eyes that Olivia had killed her, and was left wondering who her poor parents were.😯

[@melbeckles5575]

Yes it's awful that Olivia got left behind in that evil house full of ghosts playing with her mind. But I feel for Hugh because he has witnessed his wife gradually going out her mind, he doesn't know why because up to that point he's not seen any ghosts just her odd behaviour and some strange occurrences in the house not enough to convince him, so he doesn't know that she has seen them or that they are speaking to her. He just sees his wife trying to murder their youngest kids with poison and is successful in killing one child who he doesn't even know and so saves the others, he pushed her into the wall but I don't think he meant to hurt her he was just trying to stop her and escape with the kids to safety, he had no idea that she was that far gone enough to commit suicide he went back to the house for her most likely to find out what's going on with her and get her help because now he knows she's not right in the head but doesn't know it's the house causing it.

[@shadowboxing7029]

You gotta remember that the audience is granted a perspective that the characters aren't always privy to. We can see what's going on with her but he doesn't have that information. He undoubtedly loves her immensely but she is a threat to their children, she tried to kill them and earlier looked like she was going to kill him too. He doesn't know why, he doesn't stop to think why, only that he needs to protect them. As a mum myself my duty is to my kid, to keep her safe, I would do the same in his position as much as it pained me.

[@SandyYoung1]

That “go on without me” line tho ....😢

[@inkeriananas]

How could we 😭

[@RachaelTheFirboldDruid]

The scariest part of this episode for me was knowing that Olivia's actions happen in real life. Mom's and Dad's with unchecked mental health issues have often killed there kid's then themselves because they're delusions told them they were "waking up from a bad dream".

[@neonoires]

If my spouse was trying to poison my children and there was a little girl who already died because my spouse killed them, I would take my children and get them to safety too. The kids were his number one priority and I would hope people do that even if their spouse is sick because that's a horrifying sight to walk in on. Also, Olivia has been losing it for a while, she held a screwdriver to Hugh's throat so he rightfully panicked and got them out of there ASAP. Poor Nell and Luke though, their mother tried to kill them and they watched Abigail die so no wonder why they're the most screwed up of the kids. I really feel for Olivia though, the house and Poppy made her think she had to kill her kids to keep them there forever.

[@Francis-Kanja]

6:09 The Director explains this scene by saying .. "To steal from Stephen King, we talked about how the characters 'shine' and that Olivia, being sensitive, as she puts it, kind of having a type of emotionality that is supernatural in the way she processes it, that she would have passed that down to her daughters, and that each of them would have gotten a splinter of that from her, if she was the prism of it. Theo gets the touch and Shirley has the dream sleep and the intuition and Nell is able to look across time." Olivia has the power to see across time - which she passed to Nell.

[@aaronburton9511]

It broke my heart so bad when little Nell and Luke described their dreams. Having dealt with depression and battling falling back into it, Nells story of heartbreak and emptyness really rings to me, but to hear that cute adorable little Nell say that broke myheart so much! T.T

[@Ninchennase]

Hugh did the most sensible thing: Get the kids out of danger. Top priority. Then go back and see if he can help his wife. Anything else would have been insane. She already almost killed him in his sleep, she killed Abigail and it was sheer luck Luke and Nell were still alive. Hugh had to get the kids out first, he couldn't possibly know what was going on in Olivias's head. To him she was a murderess who was after his kids.

[@kylefields2830]

she literally tried to kill his children why would you take her with you? not to mention the fact the night before she held a screwdriver to his neck lmao

[@NikkiStevenReact]

you wouldn't have a split second though to take her with you to get her the possible help she might need? because that's what this is, an immediate reaction to something which is why we talk after and pretty sure we came to the conclusion, at least I did, that's why he left. -S

[@kylefields2830]

Nikki & Steven React Nikki & Steven React no i understand that, im just confused because if i saw my wife doing that, not only killing one child but trying to kill my youngest at least in that moment i wouldnt think oh i need to help her id do what he did and get all the kids out and away from her because who knows if he had taken her with them she could have just killed them at the hotel when he wasnt around. the warping of her mind doesnt go away as soon as she leaves the house as obvious from the fact that she never even made it to janets house. and sorry if it came off rude i typed that in the moment right after nikki said that i didnt intend that at all

[@rubyrosefani5206]

Look up a KZbin video someone made called “if the haunting of hill house was a comedy”....lmbo

[@istr1102]

@@rubyrosefani5206 hi i can't find the video. It's been 2 years but still 😭

[@system0fadowner251]

Um he left because she went pyscho. He didnt realise yet just how bad the house was messing her up so he was scared. First priority was getting the kids FAR away from her.

[@kristagemini]

I don't believe that Hugh intentionally tried to hurt his wife. He adored her and they had a very good relationship until the house. However, she was trying to kill the kids so his first reaction was to get her away from them, and he just pushed her away, and in a time like that I'm sure your adrenaline is pumping so hard that you might do things with more strength then you realize.

[@aubryellaotero1064]

That Lady who walked away with Abigail… it’s not obvious but it’s Mr. Dudley’s mother who died on the grounds.

[@strawberryfox8819]

I'm a little late but Hugh really couldn't take Olivia with him because she quite literally tried to kill 2 of their children, succeeded in killing another child and tried to kill him. Where would he have put her? In the car with the kids she just tried to kill? His priority was taking the kids to safety, as he should, and then he immediatly went back for her, knowing she was dangerous. He really did all he could in that situation.

[@WeludaChan]

The ultimate mindfuck for me was that abigail was actually real and that Olivia killed her. God that was... horrifying. LOVE MONDAYS

[@hidden1436]

Remember just before nell died, liv said “its time to wake up hunny”

[@C0LDWiR3]

Best kid actors in a show especially Luke and Nell

[@Ninchennase]

True, though Abigail did a creepily convincing act of choking to death on poison. Shudder.

[@TimdeVisser86]

I love how Poppy frames life as the nightmare and death as the waking. This series is about suicide and trauma and it has such good messages through the metaphor of ghosts.

[@samantharamos276]

She's crazy, tried to poison the kids, killed one who had nothing to do with her, how the hell would he take her too? I would totally leave her ass behind just like he did, kids come first.

[@Francis-Kanja]

3:52 Olivia has time lapses like those Nell used to have....like the one Nell had in the Motel.

[@Tayter144]

So great! I’ve been lurking and watching all of you guys reaction to this show. I think I’ve watched everyone’s reaction to this show just because I love it so freaking much. Am I the only one that bawled like a baby at the last scene where Olivia says “You guys go on without me” and Hugh responds “How could we?” 😭😭 Just look at this family now. They’re so broken without her. It literally tore them apart. They’re missing a very important piece of their family. Like the kite and the line story. Poor Liv floated away and the family crashed to the ground. 😭😭 Great great reaction! Thank you for sharing!

[@mathewjohnson9917]

Your expressions in the intro about sum up your expressions this entire show. Nikki: guarded, yet fearful with hand over mouth, Steven: stoic, tense and ready to say wtf at any moment. XD

[@MOVISUALS]

You guys are my favorite reactors!!!

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Thank you!!! We really appreciate that.

[@mikurunrunrun]

I don't understand why you were so confused about why the dad didn't take Olivia with them when they left the house. It may not be her fault that she's sick, but she is still a danger to them, it's not weird to keep them separate

[@LoveGemma]

Gosh I was just bawling this episode. As a mother I put myself in Olivia’s shoes and fear the worst sending my child out into the “dark”. Thanks so much for the reactions, you two 💜

[@maloneaqua]

Kids first! Spouse, is #2 - once kids are safe, if there is time.

[@cindycrewsbeach72]

Glad you went straight to the next one. I loved the way it ended. No questions left unanswered. Thank goodness because this one was off the chart weird. Those kid actors were spectacular. Such a sad and bone chilling scene.

[@12chapin]

Hello guys. So Abigail was real? And Olivia who was trick by the ghost of Poppy try to kill the twins, but only managed to poison Abigail. We finally find out why Hugh took the kids and left Olivia behind. And how she died.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Abigail was real... how crazy!!!! This was a heavy episode for sure. Poppy was a monster.

[@tonymin1555]

@@NikkiStevenReact Yes "spoiler alert" but the final episode fleshes that out more. Pay close attention (not that you tow don't always) it is a great part of the finale I feel. Love re-watching this with you two. What a great show and YT channel.

[@12chapin]

Nikki & Steven React I also like that the episode ends when they first arrive at the house.

[@acesonfire]

Well honestly it wasn't really Poppy manipulating Olivia, rather it was the house working through Poppy. Poppy met her husband in an asylum. She was already unstable. So, we could probably assume that the house distorted her view of reality the same way. She lost her daughter to pneumonia, and her son to polio(Wheelchair ghost that was banging on Theo and Shirley's walls). This probably sent Poppy over the edge and also why she is drawn to the twins. The house convinced Poppy that life is just a dream, and so Poppy truly believes she is helping Olivia. (in ep.10 it kind of hints that life really is a dream and that we can't understand it because we are existing within that dream until we "wake up", although it never outright says it).

[@AdamHoy2006]

You can also appreciate why Luke turned to drugs now. Having his childhood friend killed by his mom while everyone else dismisses her as imaginary... big boys know what's real and what's make-believe...

[@acheron1104]

There's actually a huge clue in the beginning of the episode, when Olivia is in the couch with Nellie and Luke. The dad picks up Luke but leaves Nellie with the mom...

[@MissVezzarina]

remember we get to see things from olivias perspective in the run up to all this. i'm guessing his first instinct was to protect his kids from the imediate danger (aka olivia trying to kill his children after having already killed one) so its not about leaving her and more about removing and protecting the kids.

[@BlackDerek]

In the Hugh's defense; you don't put your kids in the car with someone who is actively trying to kill them.

[@JennSCHWA]

Little Luke saying “what if I’m so sad that I put poison in me?” Breaks me every time. Makes me cry so hard.

[@khfan4life365]

The house messed with all of them. The game room, the reading room, the treehouse, the dance room, and the living room were all in one location. The Red Room. The house is a living entity. My guess is the home’s builder, Mr. Hill, is the entity that’s making the house live. He went mad and walled himself into the house. Along with his psycho wife, Poppy, and the only good ghost, Hazel, the house is a nesting ground for ghosts.

[@cntrlshiftcrosebud132]

I CACKLED WHEN HE SAID HOLD THE DOOR I CAN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pvilches06]

Seeing this episode, well this whole series again, still fills me with emotion. Such a powerful one and a great reaction. Get ready for the final episode. One of my top shows of 2018!!

[@daijiahs]

I love how emotionally invested you guys are 😂😭 literally me when I watched!

[@StormBorn1611]

P.s. - the actor who plays Steven Crain is the same guy playing Daario Nahaaris in GoT

[@moocow212]

First time comment-er here! I started watching you guys about a month or so ago after I watched Hill House and checked out your reactions to it. This was my favorite show of 2018 and you two have great reactions (and great editing!) and seem like awesome people. I've since binged all of your GoT, Westworld, and Breaking Bad videos since those are some of my favorite shows too. Watching your GoT videos was the closest thing that I've come to that feeling of experiencing it again for the first time. Now I'll have to check out some of the other shows that you react to since you seem to have great taste!

[@luisortiz5880]

Two sane parents should agree that kids are priority. Maybe if he was alone he would've stayed and help her but unfortunately the kids were there and Hugh seeing her try to poison their children and then seeing ghosts he just probably thought that whatever he could do he would do it after their kids were safe not before. He could live with that more that losing his kids because of it.

[@valentinogal781]

Yay!! You guys are back!!! I am gonna miss you guys reacting to this show. Yes it was so tragic to see olivia fall a part. Seems like she was just another victim. 😢

[@roryhillsbury100]

21:10 Yeah, it's true they did leave her behind. But when you think about it, Olivia saying "You guys go on without me" and the husband replies "How could we?", none of them fully recovered from her death so, in a way, they couldn't go on without her.

[@billstephens396]

- gets popcorn ready - Lets Go!

[@SJRoe]

Great show guys. Can't wait til the next episode. Gonna be a long week.

[@AstaraBrightwing]

If you are questioning, for even one second, why Hugh didn't bring the woman who just killed a small child and tried to kill his (and her) own two children, your judgment is seriously impaired.

[@jaredhawkley]

I'm surprised that you held it together during the scene where Nellie and Luke describe their horrible fates, and then ask their mother "but are we safe with you?" I was a wreck and I don't even have kids!

[@giltterface]

I didn't think about it till now, but this series is crazy identical to Stephen king's Rose red. I did some research and they influenced each other alot, but I didn't get the reference till the mom said something about "raining rocks". The girl in rose red caused rocks to rain down multiple times in the miniseries. Plus the room and items being red in hill house did it for me too. The oldest brother reminded me of Steven from rose red too. They were both skeptical of the supernatural until situations caused them to remember repressed memories of supernatural events. They even share the same first name. Just a thought

[@puckbryn3583]

I’m coming here a year later after getting people into it with the bly manor hype, and your vibe is just melting my heart. love how most of the time it just boils down to Nikki half crying or spooked with her hand over her mouth and Steven with the quiet concern look that might look like confusion on some people but on him entirely doesn’t your discussions are awesome too, you really get into some interesting stuff. definitely subbing, hope you do bly manor if I haven’t found out that you have already haha

[@xMr2PaCx]

Now u know whats happened to Liv. The house messed with her plus her sickness do the rest. You almost there last ep to go.... be ready for last impact. :)

[@troublesomebirdsong]

Hugh admitted to Steve in previous episode that he shouldn't have left Olivia alone in the house. But he had just seen a bunch of ghosts and his wife seemingly possessed trying to murder the twins, so it's understandable why his priority was to get the kids to safety first, then go back for her.

[@RinaMeyers]

Yay another Hill House reaction!!! This show was AWE-SOME!!!

[@n.ami1505]

Hugh had the kids safety in mind before anything else and rightfully so. I would hope any parent would do the same after witnessing their partner kill one kid and try poisoning their other two. Putting Olivia in the same car with the kids right after what just happened would've been a very foolish move.

[@pdub88372]

So here’s an experience of mine. Years ago, I was working security in Carmel, Indiana. I was in training, and the officer who was training me took me to one of the buildings assigned to our route. This was in the middle of the day mind you. So my training officer and I went through the empty building and did our required door pulls. (You try to open each door, in order to make sure that it’s secure). The building is two stories. Once we had completed our task, we went down to the main lobby. At this point my supervisor/training officer stopped me and advised me to wait and shut the fuck up. So we did. And not a minute later I heard the door handles checking themselves. In the perfect sequence of someone doing routine door pulls. I looked at him and he kinda shrugged and said, “Take from that what you will.”

[@athenarose9411]

I am very late but, I have been watching u guys since forever and I really think your ideas and reactions are so accurate I love that in reactors 👌🥰

[@valentinogal781]

The reaction on your faces is so cute.. love watching you both.

[@Francis-Kanja]

The “House” uses a concept like a “vision” for the characters, feeding on their terror until it brings about the events it predicted for them. America is built on a lot of cursed land full of pain and terror and violence - and spirits easily embody that past and bring it about as hauntings. My personal opinion of the show😁😁

[@nEthing4Her]

That ghost standing in the background when Hugh's standing there holding sleeping Luke after asking Liv if her arm's asleep. Yeeeeeeeeks!

[@Bigbadmadafklt]

You wouldnt want to put unstable suicidal mother with the children in the same car too ;) he came back for her when kids are safe. Also waking up, when Nel hangs, mother says "time to wake up".. uh, powerful stuff.. Abygail takes the hand of her grandma probably, guessing from the story Abygails dad told to the dad that his mother died in the house . Such a crazy good ride

[@josualyrivera1683]

This is the only reason I like Monday’s now. Haunting of hill house reactions lol

[@yfnwale6929]

Hi, I love your reactions. I really hope we won't wait a week for the last episode. I would be really nice if you release them back to back.. Love from England

[@jhuniemarieilarde]

If only Hugh listened to Olivia when she was talking about her visions instead of telling her it’s all a bad dream then they wouldn’t have a problem. Also Mr.Dudley tried to warn him about getting Olivia out of the house but he did not listen until it’s too late. She tried telling him that there’s something wrong with her and he told her she was just exhausted because of the flip. Olivia was basically calling for help and he was just like “it’s all a bad dream”.

[@marmichaud]

He definetely fled from his wife, but, thinking to come back for her.. talking or whatever he could do to help her... but came back to see her dead...

[@jacquelinelaface136]

That quiet "hold the door" steve said...oh game of thrones carries over into so many shows lol

[@kylefields2830]

PLEASE IF POSSIBLE DO A TWO PART FOR THE FINALE ITS SO GOOD AND THERES SO MUCH THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CUT OUT THAT IT DESERVES MORE

[@NoCallerId.7]

Great Reaction Guys I love you both 😭strong relationships right there✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾💯💯💯💯 God Bless you two

[@sebastyann123]

Nelly already said that she thought time was a point after another, a succession of moments but when she died she realized that it isn't, that's how she was thebent neck lady since the begining and herself as a child at the same time. That's how olivia could see the "future" because time it's not a line or at least not in that house. Sorry for my english tho

[@bridgetgarrett9639]

remember when olivia saw the little boy in the wheel chair that was poppy’s son and when the banging on the walls happened in like the first episode that was the son again

[@CatalinaLinal7710]

Kinda glad the comment section is pointing out why Hugh very obviously did the right thing by leaving Olivia behind. At that point she was a danger to everyone, tried killing 2 of their own children and DID kill another child. Why on EARTH would he take her with in the same car as he put the children? Sick or not, that's so obviously the right thing to do here, and frankly, I think Olivia herself when she was still sane would have agreed with her husband's decision.

[@tracyleesmith781]

I was very confused about that episode too! It was hard for me to understand what was the hell happened after she poisoned Gabrielle. I was confused about Gabrielle being an "imaginary friend" of Luke's. I didn't understand if she was a ghost or a real person!. Tbh, I would do exact same when the father grabbed the kids out of the house immediately after the wife tried to "wake them up". Oh hell no, the kids' safety come first!

[@Fightingforthelost]

There are at least 33 ghosts besides the "big" ones, that are hidden, interspersed throughout the series. It's like a creepy easter egg hunt.

[@ganthc]

The correct answer would have been for all of them to go to Aunt Janet’s. The kids are having screaming meemies, the wife is “scattered”, the house is not getting fixed anytime soon. They all could have used a break from there. That scene with Poppy and then the kids foretelling their futures was one of my favorite scenes in how chilling this show was. No jump scares, just pure tension with words.

[@annie7855]

its always so interesting to hear your thoughts on the episodes,, cant wait for next week🤪💕

[@ADI-su8em]

U guys missed a "ghost" at the starting behind the glass cupboard 😋

[@Francis-Kanja]

The writers of the show release snippets of the backstory on Reddit .. they revealed the banging kid who was in the wheelchair is called Eugene. What gets me was Hazel tried to warn Olivia that Poppy was a liar.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

18:52 His wife is trying to kill their children. 21:34 Time doesn't work "right" in that damned house. I don't quite remember what I felt or thought going into the finale. But I remember feeling the Craines had one vital advantage--they had each other, no longer as children. And they were going into the house having had some breakthroughs with each other, which made them stronger.

[@madinatuleshova6292]

The whole concept of a mom trying to "wake" her family up from a dream, but killing herself unaware is the same as in Inception lol :D

[@lucypogson700]

do you guys think that maybe Poppy put it in her head that she's "just dreaming" and has to "wake up"? like maybe her first interaction we see with her in this episode wasn't the Actual first time which is maybe why she's not as freaked out by poppy standing over Hugh in the bedroom? just a thought because of how many times poppy mentions that it's all a dream?

[@reck1224]

The dad was completely in the right on leaving her there. She was 100% crazy at that point. The question of taking her along with the kids is really dumb. You dont take a murderer and put them together with the would be victims.

[@landonfise8321]

4:12 life literally the faces I made throughout the 9 episodes... and then I loosened up on the last episode

[@CptApplestrudl]

Come, wayward souls, who wander through the darkness. there is a light for the lost and the meek. Sorrow and fear are easily forgotten if you submit to the soil of the earth.