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Hello everyone. Happy Pride.
Cheers to you. Kaitlyn.
And I don't know what this is actually gonna get released, but
hopefully you had a good Pride. By the time you are seeing this.
We are a back to do a reaction. And what are we reacting to
today, Caitlin? Heart-stopper hard stuff for
yes. So Heart Stopper is a it was a
book. It's a book series by Alison old
swimmin and was adopted or not adopted adapted into a TV show
on Netflix in 2020 8223. And was like very successful and
renewed for a multiple more seasons.
So we are here to go through season one and also season 2
when it releases soon. Do you know when it releases 22?
August, August 3rd. August third this year.
So if you've never seen her supper before, it's super cute.
It's adorable. Olivia Colman isn't it?
So like come on and it's amazing.
So So let's get into it, Caitlin.
Have you seen heart-stopper before?
Hold on. Who's Olivia?
Colman. Oh my God Caitlin we've had this
conversation before Coleman is Olivia Colman I don't remember
in the show. She plays Charlie's mom in a
fleabag, she's the Godmother. She's been in so many things.
I keep calling the show Heartbreaker Caitlin, that is
now addition. I know, okay, I tried naming our
recording room, Heartbreaker, reaction videos, and it just
gave me an error code. This is Even Caster do I have no
idea what this is when it's I mean I know it's about two guys.
Yeah and it's worth it. Yeah, I've seen it.
I've seen it Caitlin hasn't so come along in this journey with
us as we go through all the heart-stopping and heartbreaking
stealing cost it I feel like it's it's more entertaining when
at least one person hasn't seen something.
I agree. So our plan for this is if
you're listening at home or watching on YouTube we're going
to release a few episodes on those platforms and then do the
entire series and release that to our patreon.
So if you love the series and like our reaction videos and
want to watch more, they will all be all of them will be
available on patreon. So for those listening at home,
who'd like to watch along with us, here's the I want to press
play. So we're going to get started in
three, two, one play. I didn't we don't have a history
of doing this world, just don't worry.
Don't worry free at the hydration scale today.
Hydration so long. The Jody Commerce.
Super gay because I may be very happy.
Is it loud for you at all? That was a good spell.
You Can you panic?
You don't need a happy face. Now I'm assuming that they're
not in America. No, this is written.
By the way, did not listen to your summary of the show at all.
It was too busy to figure out what year it was.
There was no suffering. It was a books.
It's a book series that got adapted you each other
basically. Yes.
Nicholas. Not Charlie.
My bad Omen is Nicholas. Remember, it's been so long,
man. I don't remember.
So I'm assuming it's the two of them, obviously who gets that
cuz he's got rainbow light. Come on, Caitlin, and little
cute animations. First time I saw that I liked
this is weird but that it's like it's actually kind of cute how
they insert the little animations.
They just get right to the point.
Yeah, he's like a puppet for these like a little golden
retriever. Yeah, it is weird when you first
watching it. Yeah, it's weird but it's
actually kind of cute actually. It's as far as it goes.
So everybody. Yeah, it's fine.
So there are already together job.
That's a different boy. That's a different guy.
Oh my God. Why?
I understand that white men. All look the same.
I do get that. It was good.
The douchebag. Uh-huh.
What gave it away, was it the bracelet on his wrist and you
see the bracelet? It's okay.
Like the weird one that like all the preppy dudes up,
yo, Seems a lot nicer. He is.
He's a Golden Retriever and all of them.
I'm going to see a script for this of just like one whole page
of hi. Hi.
They're very cute.
They're so cute. Maybe.
Hey, so that's a douchebag. That is The Newsroom, that's the
douchebag. Okay.
Yeah. your friends are just like, closeted, we hang out,
sometimes This one is really cool.
Again. Again, then you do that
yesterday as well. Yes, Isaac.
Yes, I did and on Monday. I was out here.
I know it's not been here all week.
I know. I just keep forgetting how
you're allowed to miss her. Okay, baby.
She's fine obviously. It's better that she's at an
all-girls school now, you know. Mr. Reed was still refusing to
call her. Well as being a trans character
weird though that they used to be 4 of us and others are like
for is a group. Oh, I get it.
Boys school girl, school. Got it.
Thank you. I was about to make a comment.
That is it just boys? Because I don't didn't pay
attention to anything. Yeah, promised everyone I'll get
it. So do you get it?
Nick is popular and a rugby star.
Gloves. You can make it the new school
fashion open. Isn't a to be careful.
What? Why?
Look at them? Look at us, we are a group no, a
trio of borderline outcasts. He is the star player on the
road, be team and his friends with a bunch of loud grocery 11
through exactly like the guys who bullied you.
Okay. Wait like what Nick he's
different. Okay so Nick is the guy Why?
That's Charlie? Awesome?
Yes, Row dude, friends. I am paying attention.
Nick is hanging out with all the Bro, dudes.
Nick is the star. Nick is rugby player Nick.
But Charlie Sees all the goofy side of him Truman is the school
there at. This is the girls school.
I got it. Okay.
How do you say that true?
I think true. Mmm.
True ham. That would be the American way.
True him, the school. By now.
And agriculture school. Yeah.
We don't make exceptions even for new students.
You can have this back from reception at the end of the day.
She ends up making friends that are super cool.
Spoilers. Fiora.
Why are they spoiler? Not a glass bottle for apple
juice. They glass bottle of apple
juice. Fancy.
I mean schools are schools suck in America.
I swear if that dude stands him up again, So just keep watching
Caitlin. Oh, look, the library with
books. You definitely know this isn't
America. You know, I'm sorry about
yesterday, I had a library of books is that not anymore?
Well, the book bands He's Just Not That Into You.
Oh no, he is. It's just a closet clearly and
toxic. So everything's okay, there's no
bullies. I need to sort out again.
No, everything's fine. Actually, there is kindness
there. Really common back actually
congratulations. No.
Okay, I don't even know if I don't think he even thinks we're
boyfriends. Anyway, he ignores me sometimes.
She doesn't even like people seeing was talk to each other in
the corridors. She pretends that it doesn't
know who I am. Then when it's just us two, he's
fine. Well, have you talked to him
about how that makes you feel? Communication is key?
Maybe you should talk to? How is that?
An art teacher a therapist? What would you say?
Break up with him? What do you want to break?
I don't know but I can't solve your problems for you Charlie.
What about your friends? If you talk to them about it,
they wouldn't get it. Why not look?
It's not gay. Just talk to him.
It's better. To be honest about your feelings
in the long run. I hate being on this.
I know three months to tell me you were being bullied.
That's an interesting shot. I know.
It's like, yeah, like their hand maybe because it shows his
uneasiness and then the other guy is doing well.
Yes, it's definitely his uneasiness.
Yeah. Ben hope what a shitty name.
There's no hope here. It sucks when it's like you
don't know any other gay people and you're just like stuck in
this pattern of like this is shit and I being treated like
trash. Okay.
Sorry. Yeah.
Wait, so who is it out yet? Ben, the other guy, he John
Locke. I mean, that's what I figured.
Charlie's out, hence, why he was getting bullied.
That's what the art teacher was talking about.
But then this guy Ben showed interest in him and Ben's like a
popular man's man and obviously can't be seen as gay because
Society. Nope.
So he's like, yes, closeted hooking up with Charlie Cool.
Hypothetically, what sort of boy do you want to go out with?
When he doesn't mind people seeing us talk to each other
would be nice. Somebody's also yeah.
Opposites Attract. I don't think I can afford to be
that specific to be honest. I don't know.
Just Just someone, I can have a laugh with and he's nice and
kind, and nice being with me. For me to set up with someone
tall, like Nick, maybe Nick living in the, he was right
there. It's convenient, isn't it?
But you're really pretty fast. Showing off.
The drums. Yeah, that's so cool.
Thanks. So I had something I wanted to
ask you. Charlie.
I wanted to tell you I'm gay too and I'm in love with you.
Yeah, that's definitely not what he says.
Well, you couldn't tell by the cartoons Do you want to join the
rugby team? We have enough players for the
team Pirellis. So much weirder.
I thought you might be interested.
I don't really know how to play. That's fine.
I can teach you would be funnier if he said that's fine.
None of us knew how to play. So, do you want to join?
Literally anything for you. It's your funeral.
Sports, everyone knows that. Hi.
Hey, I was trying to say something that I had no words
and it was joking about being weak but I'm definitely too weak
for this. Oh, where is your can-do?
Attitude. Looks like one of the most
dangerous words. It's basically American football
without the pads. And there's more movement and
it's less boring than American footballers.
They pause every five seconds. Yeah, that was for commercial so
perfect, it's so boring. This is way more agile athletic
in my opinion. I saw a rugby professional rugby
in Australia. I just took pictures of the
whole time. The show really likes lens
flares. How do you kind of looks like a
competitive Easter egg hunt potato, you're saying that
because there's pastel colors. Don't let him get past you
by gender. I don't understand that less
distractions. No believes me love so cute.
I didn't notice that the first time but I'm really angry that.
That's his last name. What?
Oh, the help hope the guy that's this asshole.
Yeah, his name is hopeless. Maybe then misery it, sir.
That was good. You should definitely follow
him. The pre-modern looking school,
it looks like an office building.
It does actually like a co-working space with a bunch,
right offices, right corner cut. It's like, I'm cold.
It's February what you want. People can we're totes whenever
they want foundries, dude. Boundaries projection from
school. Already knows I'm gay.
Me scared of getting caught. You can't even look me.
And other people are around not to mention the fact that you
have a girlfriend. Yeah, I've seen you, whether at
the school gate, thanks for telling me she going to become a
good guy at the end. You didn't don't be angry at me
for not wanting to know that you can't actually don't remember
him. But, you know, you're figuring
stuff out, fine. Take your time, I would have
been there for you. Don't you think?
I of all people would understand.
You're figuring out your sexuality and why are you angry
at him angry? Because you never even slightly
cared about my feelings will never meet up?
Wouldn't you want to where you want to be when you feel like
kissing a boy? You don't care about me at all.
Well it's not like anyone else is going to want to go out with
you as a but how bad she should slap him.
But that is what it feels like sometimes.
Yeah, that's exactly what I thought it was gonna be like me.
I like you but I'm figuring stuff out.
Literally, what more do you want from me?
No means no, dude. Yeah, bitch.
Whoo. Yeah.
Nick Gordon, piss off. You got caught, you got caught
in the worst possible way being a jackass.
Okay. Did you hear what the fuck I
must have it. I just you seemed kind of like
something was up. Well, you're getting changed.
Sorry, I wanted to check your business.
Okay. Sorry, he's so cute.
You have nothing to be sorry about.
Sorry, I'm gonna fight with my dog right now.
Sorry, sounds great. That was very awkward.
Good luck to ya, Brooklyn. The in a cock block, Brooklyn
with the hell. I'm going this way.
I had to be at least one joke. There's, there's a lot of
cuteness in the show and the gays don't get cute as ever.
So, yeah, that's true. It's very sweet.
How long till like the really big drum kicks in?
Let's see. Good practice Nikki.
That's Olivia Colman Caitlin. I don't know who that is.
Oh my God. 864 a followers.
Get out of my house. And dog.
I know about the dock and I do like dogs.
Believes. I'm assuming the leaves are in
every episode. No, I don't think so.
They have a little animations in every episode.
So it's not the main character. What the leaves?
No, the leaves are not a character Caitlin.
They're there to show you of motion because this was adapted
from a graphic novel. That's what it was.
I had a feeling because with the transitions, it looks like that.
Yeah, I think it's cute. I love the format.
I like the adaptation from I didn't read the graphic novel
that's on my list of things to read, but like it does, like,
visually they did a good job of like incorporating elements from
like the original text, which I really it's fun.
I like the way they did it. I'm assuming when we talk about
the show, need to read the graphic novel.
I mean, the can I'm down. I did it for pay for girls.
I can do it for this. Yeah.
Well, we can go through the graphic novels.
I'm pretty sure they will spoil the shit out of like season 2
and all the other issues. So like, I don't know if I want
to read that true too. We can redo the first ones.
I don't know if it goes season-by-season, to be honest
with you, but that's true because paper girls like gave
away the in literally, everything, quite literally
everything. Yeah, so Caitlin.
That was your first time watching heart-stopper.
What do you think so far? I feel like it's like a typical.
Just like cute show. Yes.
Nothing to inventive. Right now, very typical Yeah.
I like the I mean I guess it's typical for now which is good.
But like that back in my day I like shows.
Like this would be, it would be much more toxic towards Charlie
who's out in? I think they're it's like
they're in the equipment of ice. I don't remember how old they
are to how to say it but I think they're like, high schoolish
young High, School age or grade. 10 is where your tan is, what
they said. I think that's high school.
Yeah. In the UK.
They look like they're in high school.
I but like with actors you are always older than they're
supposed to be. I mean usually if it's like
Middle School age they have at least right Majors playing it.
So yeah, so I think high school, high school is just a dozen.
But anyway, like usually would be much more, like, toxic torch
torch Charlie but like, It's on a more like very it's more
modern and like he has friends that are accepted for who he is
and stuff like that. So I like that, we're starting
from somebody who's out and like not getting bullied constantly
by everyone in his life. He's not like ostracised by his
everybody in his life. He's already has like a support
system, which I like me. That's more modern than like
what this would have been like a decade ago where everybody being
a closet. What a decade ago was like.
Says, I didn't start watching. queer representation until
basically I came out so yeah, that long All right, so we're
off to a good start. So let's see do the lesbian
Jesus, hydration scale. So how much would you hydrate
for the first episode of heart-stopper Caitlin?
Um, I think a seven I'ma give it a 9 because I've seen it and I
love it. And I think it's really sweet
and cute and like honestly we don't get enough of that and
also like Olivia's: gets five stars or five cups on her own
Olivia Colman. So honestly, I just want to know
what the budget was like to get her to be on the show.
So like you had to like about the budget, they had little
graphics and then they had to pay a Livia Coleman.
So, like, much money. What's the budget?
It's a half-hour show though. So She's in a few episodes
though. So like, but I know half hour,
huh? Oh yeah, I'm just I'm just
saying Oscar winner. Oh my God, Caitlin.
All right, I'm gonna educate Caitlin on Olivia Colman so we
don't have this for the rest of the hard stuff represents going
over. Thank you all for joining.
Jodi final words, before we sign off Caitlin.
Well, I just wanted to I know you gave it a night.
I just want to say look, I'm very stingy with my numbers 7.
It has. Maybe eight has been like, the
highest I've given. Like, I really have to like,
this is my favorite thing ever. I don't even know what a time
would be. I mean.
Yeah, tens are hard to come by. That's it for me.
Cool. All right.
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