“I was holding a door, I held it so hard that I didn’t have arms left for the kids….” - that line hits me, EVERYtime

Hugh either didn’t take or intentionally overdosed on his heart medication. That’s how he died. It was his agreement with Olivia, that he’d stay if she let the kids leave.

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

You can see the empty bottle of pills next to his body.

The subtle line changing from the begiining of the show to the end of: "Those who walk there, walk alone" to "Those who walk there, walk together" is so damn good.

@tastyneck

7 ай бұрын

Not enough people realize that, which granted is subtle and takes place at start and end of the series, so I'm always happy to see people pick that up. Because it's so profound for the show.

@mimimicamica

6 ай бұрын

it makes me cry everytime

Screamiming Meamies is Olivia’s episode so it can’t flash back and forth from the past to the present because she didn’t. It’s linear only because she IS trapped both literally and figuratively in the past.

mike flanagan was originally gonna end the show with a zoom out of the entire family still being in the red room but decided against it because he felt guilty and thought it was too cruel after spending 10 hours falling in love with the characters and I am so grateful for that because it would have destroyed me

@mikepeca18

7 ай бұрын

It was going to end with the red room window being behind the kids when Luke was blowing out his 2 year candle.

@algebraicfeline2188

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, there are some people who think that would have been the better ending, and I totally disagree. I feel like some people think horror has to always have a sad/bad ending for the characters, but that doesn't work for a show like this that invests so heavily in the characters. If they're all just dead and trapped in the house at the end, what would be the point of them improving as people?

@Laketwig

7 ай бұрын

@@algebraicfeline2188 no because this ending ruins the show and characters. so its just so unearned and goes against everything established.

@algebraicfeline2188

7 ай бұрын

@@Laketwig “no because this ending ruins the show and characters” How? “so it’s just unearned and goes against everything established” How? You haven’t made any arguments lol

@EmilyRose4343

7 ай бұрын

Love that he gave alittle nod with keeping the red color of the cake like he does when anyone is in the red room

In the last frame of the series, when they’re all celebrating luke’s 2 years sobriety, if you look closely you can see that trish and theo are now married because they have wedding bands on their finger and steve and his wife are expecting their first child. It’s beautiful and I was crying just like you when I finished this show. It’s an absolute masterpiece.

@giovannacaramaschi3063

7 ай бұрын

And they're all seven again, just like luke as a child used to count the siblings and the parents, like when he taught nell.

@nasckar

7 ай бұрын

And Shirley and her husband are still together!!

This show is a masterpiece because its horror component doesn't come from typical jumpscares, it comes from utterly humane fears... it explores them and their heartbreaking consequences on the human mind. Heart wrenching, thought provoking, heartwarming, wonderful piece of art.

@robkosky8864

6 ай бұрын

And STILL has one of the best jump scares I’ve ever seen in a show/movie

The finale hits so hard, I remember the Abigail twist was just heartbreaking

@juneknowit

4 ай бұрын

literally like we all thought that luke was just seeing a ghost & the show makes you not believe him so thats like damn but then u realize a little girl died that night and its SO FUCKING SAD

@chriswhinery925

3 ай бұрын

The Dudleys' story is one of the most tragic in the whole show. They lose both of their daughters early and then the devout Christians choose to die in the house and sacrifice a heavenly afterlife that they believe in to stay with their children instead. Whether any given person believes in heaven or not, the Dudleys believe in it, and they give that up to voluntarily become ghosts instead.

It chose Liv because she already had some supernatural gifts to see things.. She saw ghosts that others didn't.. So she was easier to get to. With that and her medical issues (migraines) the house "scattered" her, and used Poppy to manipulate her.

@iridescent8296

7 ай бұрын

Its very reminiscent of The Shining

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

The house didn't "use" Poppy to manipulate Liv. This was Poppy manipulating Liv all on her own. The rest of the ghosts in the house weren't trying to hurt Liv or the rest of the family. Poppy was insane in life so she was an insane ghost.

I was clinging on for dear life, but the final scene with the Dudley's BREAKS ME into pieces and I literally can't cope 😢

I really do think this is the best television series ever made. Everything works perfectly. There are no missteps.

35:02 In this moment Hugh’s empty medication bottle can be seen lying next to him. When Hugh is trying to convince Liv to open the door and let the kids out of the red room, he softly says to her “If you open that door, I will make a promise to you that I will keep forever.” I believe his promise was to stay with her forever in the house and be with his beloved Olivia, ultimately after ending his life via medication overdose.

The house chose Olivia first because (in Stephen King lingo) she had a strong “shine” that the house could use as a window and as an energy source. He kids were shiny too but she was a better bet as the mother to serve meals up to the house. I don’t think the dad really saw anything until the last night when the Ghosts all suddenly became visible to him when he was trying to get the kids to the car. I think this was because the house had eaten enough battery power off of Liv that it could finally appear even to a “normie” or non shiny living person.

@cainyourkids

6 ай бұрын

I've also thought that the House didn't need to make Hugh see ghosts to keep them in - the entire House itself was Hugh's Red Door. It kept breaking itself in weird ways (water three floors down in the basement walls?) so that Hugh, the committed fixer-upper that he is, continues to stay and thus his family continues to live in the House and unconsciously allow the House to sink its teeth into them.

for the "why liv?" question i think it was answered simply in her conversation with theo. her and the women in her family had always been "sensitive" as she put it. i think the house just fed on that.

The rest is confetti 💔

Easily one of the best horror series ever. I enjoy all the series made by Mike Flanagan. My second choice is The Fall of The House of Usher. The Haunting of Bly Manor is good also, more like a gothic romance though.

@CoolEnginesChristytrekkie

7 ай бұрын

Midnight mass is also very good.

@mcgfn

6 ай бұрын

The Midnight Club was wonderful, shame it got canned

no matter how many times i watch this show or watch reactions for it, i always end up crying at that final monologue - so freaking good, loved your reaction!

It chose liv because she was easier the 'kite' up in the clouds with a supernatural affinity since the start, he was the one keeping her grounded.. i cry every time i watch these episodes.

The fact this show didn't get any acting or production awards is my villain story

The Haunting of Bly Manor is a superb follow-up... and I suspect it will also be emotional.

I think the juxtaposition of "Fear is the irrational..." and then changing fear to love is one of my favorite lines in any TV show. I was crying right along with you. The house chose Liv because she was "sensitive" and therefore susceptible to do the most damage.

I love everything Mike Flanagan has done so far; Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, Fall of the House of Usher are all great in different ways. Not all of them are very horror oriented, but they're adjacent (Bly especially, being more of a gothic romance). Still 100% recommend them; they're all compact for being miniseries, too.

Mike Flanagan doesnt miss. All his shows have been such emotional journies for me. Hill House is about family, Bly Manor is a love story, Midnight Mass is about faith, all so well written and acted. Looking forward to checking out Fall of the House of Usher

Hi Cass, this is one of the best, most emotional endings I've seen in a series. Your reactions were just as emotional for me as the show ! Thanks for sharing your reaction to this great series !✌

WE NEED NFR!!!!

I’ve watched all of the Haunting of Hill House reactions and yours were easily one of the best. You are great. Can’t wait for Bly Manor.

Professional Paranormal Investigator since 1980s. There are several types of ghosts. In Liv's case in this show. She's what we term as re-play. Livs forever trapped in moments that led up to her physical death. As beautifully puts it. "I feel like I'm in a dream" She's forever trapped in a loop. Such spirits also have moments of lucidity. They are aware time has passed. But only for brief periods. And then they return to the “dream state” replaying forever the traumatic event or events that led up to their physical death. To free such a spirit, a Psychic holds them in that lucid state as long as possible and makes them aware they are passed. At which point that "Tunnel of Light" they become aware of (now that dream state is gone) and move on. In the case of the show, Hueh is playing the role of the psychic and snaps Liv out of it. All three of them pass into "The Light" in the Red Room. The Red Room being a portal. Hueh, Liv, Nell are FRRE of the House, its a happy ending For them. But Abagale, Her mom, and the all the rest are still haunting Hill house. As for Hueh's death.. Heeh was taking heart medication. Nitro tablets, You take those even today if you have a heart condition. My late father took those as well. It's a HIGH dose to instantly lower your blood pressure to prevent another heart attack. In Hueh's case he took the whole thing OD'd to carry out his promise to Liv.

Just in case you’re still wondering. Hugh overdosed on his pills 👍

@scoobydooby3991

7 ай бұрын

I also believe that the house is supposed to symbolise a portal of sorts. A kind of in between except the ghosts are stuck there if that makes sense

Flanagan really knows how to get the tears out of you, this show is just beyond amazing. I just spent the last 10 minutes absolutely sobbing with you love 😭 it's actually really interesting how I always try to keep the crying in until seeing the Dudley's, that's when I always break, my gosh. It was so fun to see you watch this show Cassie 💜

That was beautiful seeing cass get so emotional at the ending. 😢❤

Thank you for sharing your reaction to this show with us. I had the same emotional reaction and still do on rewatches. It is one of my favorite shows ever. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Answer: Hugh died by taking too much of his heart medicine. It was laying next to him in the scene with Steve

I was crying my eyes out with you, and I’ve seen this series 6 times and like 5 different reactions🥺 such a special show.

This show will forever be in my heart.

I've enjoyed your reactions to this show so much! Your state during the last ten minutes or so was pretty much exactly like mine, heh - I've rarely cried like this during a television show. Screaming Meemies is an amazing episode, one of those I often wish I could watch again for the first time - getting Olivia's perspective throughout is such an eyeopener. I've watched a LOT of Hill House reactions, and sometimes people figure out that Abigail is the Dudleys' daughter during the tea party, but I didn't realise until mr Dudley said that they were there because their daughter had snuck out, and I LOVE seeing other people get it in that moment, too. It's such a great revelation, and so sneaky storytelling! Because of course we all assumed Abigail was a ghost, and when Nell sees her in the present in episode five the same way Luke did that seems to confirm it. I enjoyed the recent Fall of the House of Usher, but I still think Flanagan peaked with Hill House. One of the greatest television shows ever made, in my opinion. Horror with real heart.

this series is amazing, always gets me emotional specially the last episode... such greatness

I knew (and kinda hoped) that it would make you cry girl I SOBBED first time I watched it lol

"Yes, please!" on whether you should watch other Flanagan stuff. This one was a catching lightning in a bottle sort of thing, but the others are still very intriguing and tend to have very good characters.

Cassieee, there's no words to describe this show. Everything about it holds such a special place in my heart since the very first time I watched it! And every single time I rewatch, it totally gets me. I'm so glad you were finally able to experience it and I can't wait for your reactions to the next shows!!! Not horror/supernatural suggestion, but I'd love to see you reacting to "Anne With an E" if you haven't seen it, that one is pretty special too 🤍

This show became one of my favorites and I don't think I ever cried so much watching fiction. It hit so close to home, the family love, rhe sibling bond, everything. It hits even harder now that I'm a mom, the unconditional love and even the fact that yes, you sort of want to keep them this small forever...but Nell's speech will forever make me think of my grandma, how she saved our family and how her love made us stick together dispite of my father and aunts' feuds. 'I loved you completely...and you loved me the same.' Yep, love is what we remember as we leave, I'm sure of that. But, as a mom, the Dudleys' ending scene is what breaks me now. No greater bond than a mom's and her babies'.

Yes every time Luke saw Nell’s ghost she was saying “Don’t!” or “Go!” because of the non linear timeline, she always wanted to make sure he didn’t fall for it. He left the rehab to chase after Joey because he saw her say “Go!” not knowing that’s not what she meant

Thanks for reacting to this gem!

You had the same reaction i did at the end i was bawling 😭😭

I’m honestly so glad the show hit you in the heart right where and when it was supposed to. I’ve seen a good few reactions of this show where people either don’t have the heartstrings to be pulled or they don’t have the balls to show their emotions genuinely - but if you are a viewer who truly sees and feels the show, god damn it’s a beautiful thing. Thank you for watching and truly taking it in :)

Episode 10 is the perfect ending! Nell's red room monologue is so powerful, I break every time. I love seeing all the closure too, especially Mrs Dudley's reunion with both her children and Luke's 2 years clean,I love the way luke has his family of seven back in that scene. Great work Cass, I loved every reaction for this series 👍

Your reactions to this show were great! can't wait for your next show!

one of my favorite shows of all time, hands down

I cry every single time and I've seen this show so so many times. 😅

Liv had an especially strong "ability", I forget but I think she said she got it from her grandmother? The story of the hail storm was hinting at the storm being caused by Liv herself as she was so struck by grief from her father's passing. That's why the house affected her so much, and in the same vein we see that Liv recognizes that in Theo - but I believe Nell also had some sense and it manifested as a kind clairvoyance with her seeing her own death her whole life.

Despite all the talk about "the house did this" and "the house is evil", it's really Poppy that is the only evil ghost here. The rest of the ghosts are friendly or just living their "best ghost life". - The tall ghost just wanted his hat back. - The "monster" in the basement wasn't attacking Luke - he crawled across the room to press the button to send the dumbwaiter back up to the kitchen (since the buttons in the kitchen weren't bringing it back up). Luke's shirt got ripped because the "monster" was pushing him back into the dumbwaiter for when it went back up. - The Bent-Neck Lady was either trying to warn Nell about her fate or just sad about it - the close captioning when she first appears has her saying "No" over and over again. - Hazel tries to warn Liv that Poppy is lying to her. Poppy was insane when she was alive, so she was insane when she was a ghost. She is the one that tormented Liv and drove her insane. The house isn't evil - it's Poppy that's evil.

i can't get enough of this show! to me personally it's one of the best-written tv series i've watched. the story, the acting, the characters..it's perfect. i also love how emotional it makes me! and what a great reaction! definetely recommend the bly manor and the midnight mass.

Hugh died of an overdoes of his pills. You see him taking some pills in this episode - he drops them and they land at Poppy's feet. Then when Liv shows up and asks him about them he says "they're for my heart". And when you see his dead body the open/empty bottle of pills is next to him - he took all the remaining pills to kill himself so he could stay here with Liv in exchange for her letting the children go.

Great job with the reactions. When the reactor is invested in the show, it makes it more entertaining for the viewer.

I loved your reaction videos to the Hill House episodes, thanks so much! Very happy that you'll also react to Bly Manor! I'm pretty sure you will like it too, it has a lot of things I think are right up your alley.

And this is why we love watching reaction videos....thanks.

The house "chose" Liv because she had some form of psychic powers. Liv talks about this in previous episodes, mentioning that her mother had some form of it, and that Theo can sense things by touching them.

Really enjoyed your reactions to this series. It's my favorite show of all time and I really liked your comments and thoughts. House of Usher has taken the number 2 spot in my ranking of Flanagan's series; if you react to that one I'll definitely be here to watch! It's also very family-drama heavy but less emotional imo. Great work on this series!

This show is a masterpiece. That’s not hyperbole

39:30 Hugh died by taking the rest of the heart pills in his pill bottle The house chose Liv because she was incredibly psychically active and the house feeds on whoever moves in. Liv being so psychically active powered up and awaked the house. In the book, there's a similar theme where the characters all exhibit psychic abilities and their presence awakens the haunting. In Bly Manor it's further explained that places like Hill House are gravity wells for whoever dies on the property and that a tragic or horrific event can create these gravity wells. From the speech that Trish gives during Theo's hallucination in episode 9, it's implied that Poppy and Hazel are sisters and that they're both in love with William ("Guilt and Shame are sisters Theodora"). Poppy, who is disguised as Trish, is giving the story of how their gravity well was created. William Hill was driven mad by guilt and shame from two-timing Poppy and Hazel, so he bricked himself behind the basement wall. Mike Flanagan also had talked about how there was going to be a glashback episode that focused solely on Poppy and Hazel, but they scrapped it for pacing and ended up using the storyline in the penultimate episode of Bly Manor instead. The Violet and Perdita storyline is actually the story of Hazel and Poppy Hill.

This show hit so many points on trauma and mental health.

I think you missed that when Steve was writing, it was supposed to make us, and Steve, think that it was happening *after* they went to the house to find Luke. There are lots of ghosts in the house, but Poppy seems to be the only malevolent ghost in the house before Liv. Poppy was crazy before Hill House, then her kids each got sick and died, then her husband cheated on her and disappeared (bricked himself in the wall), and I think it twisted her. I think that the house feeds on the energy of those in the house, but I don't think that it's actively evil. I think it's like a pitcher plant, or a venus fly trap, and maybe the feeding makes people who are sensitive, like Liv, unstable, and makes people who are already unstable, like William and Poppy, go over the edge. The mom was the one who gave Nell the visions, because she wanted to "wake" her up. Hugh had a heart condition. He started to take a pill, before Poppy interrupted him. When he and Steve are standing over his body, you can see his pill bottle laying next to him. The cap is off and the bottle is empty. He took his life, so that he could stay in the house with Nell and Liv, in exchange for Liv letting the rest of the kids leave. That ending makes me cry every single time I see it.

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

Poppy is the only evil ghost in the house. The rest of them aren't attacking the family, they're just living their ghost lives.

Thank you for sharing your viewing of this with us.

Hi beautiful Cass, just a friendly reminder: we’re waiting for the NFR reaction 😭

Mrs. Dudley getting her babies back at her death... That parts tears me up so much.

I'm glad to see someone else was also a sobbing mess like me lol

Hugh had the bottle of pills seen at 32:02. He likely took all of those at once.

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

You can see the empty bottle next to Hugh's body.

Thank you for this reaction! ❤️

Steve’s vision wasn’t meant to be flash back or alternate reality of him writing the hill house book, it was kind of a red herring meant to make you think it was the future, Steve got back together with his wife and were expecting and he was writing the sequel to hill house of what happened at the house when they were adults

Fall of the House of Usher is really good. You should definitely watch it after Bly Manor.

I really loved your reaction. I sincerely hope you do decide to watch Bly Manor. Ppl like to hold it to Hill House and thats not right. The story stands on its own. Its different but is beautifully written and done in its own right. This story was about family and Bly isnt but it doesnt make it any less special..and i will say its like American horror story in the way that its an anthology series. One has nothing to do with the other, and in fact a few of the actors in this will play a character in the next ( i won't spoil it for you. You can discover which ones if you decide to watch!) I will say this one Flannegan based around Shirley Jackson's novel Named " The haunting of Hill House" (funfact: several adaptations have used the hill house story in the past, including the 1999 movie version Called "The Haunting" ) whereas he tells us that Bly manor got his inspiration from the book " Turn of the Screw"

Plsss, it's over 😭 thanks for the series! It's as close to the first time watching hill house! Amazing show 10/10

found you though buffy and currently binging your lana vids, i love your channel ❤️ idk if you’re interested in new shows, but since you’re a horror fan and a big reader i think, you might love the show Penny Dreadful. it’s a beautiful series in every way. atmosphere, visuals, writing, music, it’s full of poetry. and if it sounds interesting to you it would be awesome to see you react and hear your thoughts!

Nellie died, and Shirley wakes up saying "Nellie is in the red room"... so, no much more to tell what is it. Except, maybe, mom saying she heard Luke knocking on the red door sooo many times across the years.... Cos the adiction. Same thing... Every sibling has a ghost. Steven said once to dad "you are the ghost".. thats why he doesnt believe any other ghost, he was a kid who wanted to be like his father always helpingh, and so on, and then saw the father fail misereable in the mom case. After that, the father figure becomes a ghost, and he even vasectomy himself. Shirl always motherly, wanted to take care of the cvats, but her mom said "the kittens needs a mom"... when mom died, she tried to take care of siblings, and makes mistakes by herself.. cos the pressure, and she puts pressure on everyone around her too. Her real ghost is her mistakes, specially the cheating night... I think I talked about Theo on other comment, on Bent Neck lady episode. Nellie is haunted by her own fear of death (she sees herself dead), what, in part, leads her to suicide.. looks ironic, but suicide people, mostly, dont want to die, they just want the pain or the fear to stop (also, they keep remembering they were happy in past, and start to dream about the past more and more looking for that happiness who never returns, and wont have any other happy cos they live on past and not in present). Not by chance, she is twin to one adict. There are way tooo many layers on this show, but you remove the ghosts and think "what does this mean?" (like in the abused girl case, she had a ghost, and the ghost wasnt real, it was something she created to be able to keep on living), then you start to see the "things" that are going on... like, after a funeral, everyone is so depressed who ends up having a night on the red room... things like that. I loved your reactions, I will follow the bly manors too. Wish you a happy new year (today is 2 ajnuary ;-) ) and lots of sucess..

ah I do hope you do the other Flanagan shows! 🙌🏻

Your reactions to this show are one of the best on youtube. Thank you! I'm VERY excited for you to watch Bly Manor. Might even subscribe to your patreon for that one. I'm one of the few people who prefers Bly over Hill House. Both are exceptional show.

Really could have solved all their problems just by staying away from that damn house. Great reactions. The red room is definitely not heaven, more like hell on earth if anything. What was left of their mother was mostly just a shell that was taken over by the evil in the house.

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

Liv was driven insane by Poppy so she was an insane ghost. Poppy was insane when she was alive so she was an insane ghost. Poppy was the one that drove Liv insane - it wasn't the house or any of the other ghosts. The other ghosts were just trying to live their best ghost lives. They weren't trying to hurt the family.

You asked was it super- (or preda-, to use Steve's word) natural in the end? I have been thinking about this series and watching reactions for years, and I absolutely think that in the end, Steve chose to write the, "... and those who walk there, walk together," line as literally "rewriting the story" (we're all stories in the end, as Olivia says to Shirl). He first wrote the "... worst of it, worse than the tabloids," (Shirl) version, and in the end, he chooses a "walk together" story. But something I read from someone else in other comments pointed out that the dad was "holding the door closed" (and had no arms left for the kids), and that he is STILL holding that door closed. Olivia didn't/doesn't want to let them go. If you watch the scene where the door to the Red Room shuts on the dad hugging Olivia and Nell, you can see that Nell looks happy/relieved with her eyes closed, but Olivia is looking straight at Steve/the camera like, 'I don't want to let you go.' It is this paradox that I wonder about.

I think you're misunderstanding something here. At no point does the mother decide to kill her children. Her goal is to wake them up because the house suggests to her that they are all asleep and have nightmares. And in nightmares, it's usually always the case that when you die in a dream, you wake up at that moment. The mother would never intentionally kill a child. That's why she kills herself, because she thinks it must be a nightmare that she just killed Abigal. So she also just tried to wake up and hanged herself. And you cut out the confetti part of Nell's monologue. Probably the most beautiful line of the whole series. It's a pity, but your reaction over the whole series was great. By the way, two possible endings here. The first one that you see and have accepted for yourself as your end, and the second is that the house wins, and everything you saw in the end, that was shown to you in terms of happy family (like Nell before she died), was just a suggestion, because the whole family never left the house and died in it. By the way, the father made a deal with the mother. He died of a pill overdose. I believe, the pill box was still in his hand. And of course, the house chose Liv and not the father, because she is more vulnerable, she is more willing to believe than the father. The father was too rational. He's a tough nut to crack. The mother also had a gift, and with it the house could confuse her more easily. The mother, like Nell, could see into the future. That's why she found her two children lying dead as adults in the morgue. As with Nell, the house also took advantage of this gift and played with it. That would never have worked with the father. Heaven and hell do not exist in the series. Everyone is stuck in the house. The house suggests a beautiful life in it and they are happy as ghosts according to their ideas. The house fulfills their wishes and feeds on them in return. That's the deal. If there is heaven and hell, then they are forever in between. The soul can't travel any further. Whoever dies in this house stays in this house. It's also a real shame that you've already seen midnight mass. That was great too. Bly Manor, The Fall of the House Usher, The Midnight Club. These are also Mike Flanagan series that we can watch together.

I hope you go back or watch a compilation of all the hidden ghosts through the series

Every hallucination Liv had and everyone had was Poppy manipulating the house to screw with them. She wants the home to be full. Liv’s migraines were poppy in her head. When Nelly went back in ep5 and saw the house differently then it actually was in reality, it was poppy in her head. Making her see what she wanted her to see. I wish it were more obvious after Abigail died who it is that takes her hand. Most people think it’s poppy. But it’s Mr Dudley’s mom

@jhornacek

11 күн бұрын

Poppy was an insane person when she was alive so she was an insane ghost. All the other ghosts in the house weren't trying to scare/attack anyone. They were just living their "best ghost lives".

Hugh killed himself. Poppy dropped the pills in front of him and he ended up taking them and overdosing so he could stay with Olivia and she wouldn’t be alone in the house. I think there was a short scene where the kids leave the red room carrying Luke and Steve looks down and sees Hugh’s dead body next to a bottle of pills

Hugh explained it himself, kind of: Liv was the kite, and he was the line. Liv already was psychic in a way and also as a person way more open to the metaphysical- remember how she made sure Steve read all philosophy, and told Shirley we all become stories when we die, whereas Hugh was way more grounded and always dismissed what his kids saw and experienced? If Poppy came to him the most that would happen is that he would evacuate his family, but Liv is predisposed to listen. Liv already has the fears that are excellent fodder, just as Nell‘s abandonment from her family made her a perfect victim.

Mike Flanagan did an amazing job with this and recommend his other Netflix series as well.

Hill House is probably the closest thing to a master piece in TV series for me personally. Bly Manor is very close to just as good to me. I love both series and the writing and actors in them. I love the monologues in both but there is one that hits really really close to home in Bly. P.S. There is a theory that is exactly what you originally expected and mentioned at 38:20 that in fact they did all die in the red room. When we are in the red room there is always some red ( Stevens sweater, Trishs underwear) and in the final shot of them all gathered around Luke the icing on his cake is red. The room shows you exactly what you want to see it wants you docile and calm while it "digests you".

Wonderful reaction to a masterpiece of a show. I’m a middle-aged father of two kids and I bawl every time at Hugh’s goodbye speech to Steve. It’s so damn good. I feel so sad for people who watch the first episode and say “Nah, it’s just a spooky ghost show”. They never expect how this show latches on to your heart. Bly Manor is very good, although not nearly at this level. Still worth watching, though. Cheers!

every time you post i get so excited thinking its the nfr video 😢😭

if u cried this much for hill house im pretty sure ur gonna fold in half for bly manor

Do Bly Manor now. It's a different vibe than this one, but it's just as brilliant in its twists and emotion.

Where’s your sweater from?

Great reaction .. cant wait for Bly and Usher.. both are rly good

Its not a portal or heaven or hell they are just stuck there in the house forever The mom will always be in that manic state the house drover her to and thats one of the saddest parts to me. The remaining Crane kids will never be with their mom dad or sister in some type of afterlife unless they chose to end theif lives in the house too

Please do The Fall of the House of Usher. It's such a great series

I posted a comment in one of your super old vids like years ago asking you to watch this and im so glad you eventually did it! 1-Hugh took the pills .. that was his promise to Olivia so they would open the door to the red room. 2- yes you did hear Nell say "go!' to luke when he was in the rehab center because time is all messed up for her and she didnt mean "go! leave the rehab center" she meant " go! wake up from this mind trap Poppy has put you in" . 3- i dont think the 'red room' was like a portal or anything. its just that hill house itself was a fuked up place supernatural things happen, time is not linear, and people who die there turns in to ghosts.. poppy was obv evil and she also manipulated ghost olivia to do bad things but there are good ones like Nell tooo. It just feeds on people and fears and this poor family ( some members with gifts and abilities) happened to be its victim since the day they moved in till the end of the show.I hope you can talk about the show in another video after you had time to let it sit and after watching youtube vids on easter eggs and deeper analysis etc on it . The soundtrack is amazing too .

The 1st time I watched it I didn't like the ending. But after the 2nd I changed my mind. Very emotional stuff. For me, the saddest moment in the series was at the end of episode 6. When they just finished putting Nell back in the casket and they walk away, and Nell's ghost stqnds there, with little Nell's voice "none of you could see me." I didn't cry, I swear

oh i am so glad you finally finished this show but i am so not emotionally ready for what's about to happen in these episodes

Hey, Cass, do you think you could reupload some of your old reactions? Specifically, Casablanca and The Godfather?🙂

great seeason and great reaction. I recomand the second season also

EP1 "Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and those who walked there, walked alone.” EP10 "Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and those who walked there, walk together.”

You NEED to watch bly manor next

Top 5 show for me