This was CRAZY!!! | Nightmare Time ep 2 REACTION

Basically, the Homeless Man now exists on all timelines because Ted went back before the timeline split. So that's why he's in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Black Friday.

In case you missed it, “Tinky” is short for “T’Noy Karaxis”. “Wiggly” and “Blinky” are also shorthand versions of those beings’ full names.

"it wouldn't be the first name she took" THE WAY I ALMOST CLAPPED MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH godDAMN you're not wrong though paul is so frustrating in forever & always lmao and i'm not even sure if the clone twist entirely excuses it 😭 lauren does such an amazing job, i'm always shocked how well it works that she's playing two characters and fighting herself in ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT the "he's barely big enough for one of us" is such a crazy stray for paul to catch lmao poor guy. at least he wasn't there to hear that. this isn't a spoiler because it doesn't get brought up in any future episodes even though at one point they planned to: CCRP has canonically been experimenting on the entire technical department (which isn't even a real tech department; does anyone there seem particularly good with technology?) for years. paul, ted, and everyone else they work with. they planned a story that expanded on that more explicitly that would've starred charlotte but (as of yet) it's never been made. in my mind this whole fake department ruse also explains why the hell ted of all people would have a separate office when the others seem to work in a communal space; i bet they did that to make him feel important so he wouldn't ask questions lmao

Oh man this episode! Watched this reaction on my lunch break and then my commute home and I was not disappointed. The first story is a lot of fun. It has less lore implications, imo, so I have less to say, but it's a really good time to see this weird-ass timeline where Emma is an android and Paul is a clone. It's never explicitly stated, to my memory, but I think most Pauls and Emmas that we see, including the ones in the stage shows, really are the "originals" of their specific timeline, this is just a fun scenario-- that being said, there is that line in "What Do You Want, Paul?" where he says "We hire you Pauls" with an "s" as if Paul is plural, so even though I think the Paul in that is the original, it still seems like CCRP is up to some dubious stuff. Also, it's already been said, but MAJOR props to Lauren Lopez for playing off herself so well! She really kills it this episode, and it would not be nearly as enjoyable if her performance wasn't so stellar. Also do love some of the character details in this ep, like Paul getting drunk after half a beer-- very in-character and weirdly charming-- and Bill getting back out there, dating-wise. Like, genuinely, good for him, he deserves a win! The detail of him finally asserting to his wife that both he and Alice would prefer her spending as much time with him is also very sweet and a good solid W for him. If anyone comes out of these episodes better off, It's Bill, and he really deserves it. Time Bastard though... Time Bastard really cements Ted as my favorite Hatchetfield character. Not because I actually think he's particularly pleasant as a person-- if I even had to ride in an elevator with this guy I think it would ruin my entire week-- but because he's just got so much going on with him-- (with even more details to come in future episodes!)-- and most of those things make me very, very sad. He's Hatchetfield's very own Moe Szyslak, where I wouldn't actually wanna spend any time with the guy and I am on my hands and knees begging him to be normal about women, but I still just feel awful for him and want to see him get a few wins every once in a while because his life is way too miserable and lonely for the relatively benign garden-variety creep he represents. Like, please improve as a person but I also hope someone gives you a hug and a homecooked meal sometime soon. I mentioned some stuff about him caring about Charlotte in the last video, (and I actually have more sad behind the scenes facts about him caring about her if you're at all interested,) but the tiny detail that really breaks my heart in this episode is how he views his relationship to Paul. Like, throughout this episode, he keeps referring to Paul as his best friend, and even the narration itself calls Paul his best friend. Even sadder, at one point he says they're each others' best friends, like he actually, genuinely thinks Paul sees him that way, and even with his brain basically being soup as the Homeless Guy, he still recognizes Paul, sees Paul is seemingly in danger, and breaks into a wedding and risks his life to try and save the guy he sees as his best friend-- and he dies for it, too!-- while Paul... didn't even invite him to his wedding, and has stated on several occasions that his best friend is Bill. He kicked Ted out of his wedding, asked him to do his office work, and made a crack about him not being wanted there. And like, I can't blame Paul! Ted is a deeply, deeply unpleasant guy, I wouldn't want him at my wedding either, and Bill is such a genuinely sweet and likable guy, I would rather call him my best friend too! But it sort of ties into his deal with Charlotte, although this time in a presumably platonic relationship, where he gets so much more emotionally invested in a relationship than the other person does and sort of convinces himself it's something more. ("She's gonna leave her husband for me" about a woman with several affair partners vs. "We were best friends!" about a guy who asked him to do his paperwork instead of inviting him to his wedding.) This even ties back to Jenny, in an opposite way, where Ted just cannot grasp how the people in his life actually feel about him, and ruins any chances at actual connection by failing to read the room and match the vibe the other person is emitting. Everything about Jenny is absolutely devastating in a Greek Tragedy "you did this to yourself" thing, and as horrifying as Tinky's sadistic, cruel obsession with torturing Ted is, so much of the horror is just watching this man make bad choice after bad choice after bad choice and going "I wanna root for you, and you don't deserve what's coming 'round the bend, but you are digging your own grave here." Anyway, I'm just babbling-- it's been so cool seeing someone get into the Hatchetfield lore for the first time, especially someone with such an eye for detail! You are so spot-on with your analyses and your predictions, and it's such a delight to watch, that it just makes me want to infodump all my thoughts about these characters and this world. Next episode will be fun, but is also going to be... a lot. A much different type of "a lot" than this episode, which was also a lot, but I really hope you enjoy it, it's a real wild one!

I'd like to elaborate on the timelines of the Hatchetfield multiverse. The theory that I and most people believe goes like this. In the beginning there was only one timeline, untill the year 2005. Why that year, well there are two main pieces of evidence. The first one is a spoiler for the next episode so I won't elaborate, the second one is from Black Friday. During the show McNamara said that PEIP scientists opened the portal to The Black and White 13 years ago, and the events of Black Friday take place in 2018, so if you do the math you get 2005. Now some people after watching this have asked "How can Ted be the homeless man in TGWDLM if Ted dies before going back in time?" Well the answer is it's a tiny temporal paradox they happen all the time in this series. But the actual answer is this, because this one Ted from the Forever and Always timeline traveled to before the timeline split he became the seed for all the homeless guys in all the timelines. Now for some other details I want to share: * Nick Lang said that Emma-droid and Paul 23 are only a thing in this timeline so the Emma and Paul in TGWDLM and BF are normal people. *If you wanna make Ted's situation even sadder, the vision Ted had at the wedding couldn't have been a peak into another timeline because Jenny died before the timeline split. It was just an illusion made by Tinky to plant the idea of getting Jenny back in Ted's head. *As for the ages, Ted was 20 in 2004(so he was underage drinking, which doesn't surprise me). He was 35 in 2019 so when he became the Homeless Man in 2004 and had to live until he got back to 2019 he was now 50. * T'noy Karaxis is the true name of Tinky as that's just his nickname, and the other Lords in Black also have true names too. Why have these childish nicknames, the same reason they call The Black and White "Drowsy Town" to sound less scary to people. You'll learn their true names later. Well that's what I wanted to say about this episode. The second part of the next episode has a lot of lore so get ready.

That was a very enjoyable reaction. You were actually really close with most of your guesses. Hype to see the rest!

this episode is one of my absolute favourites and i'm sure i'm not alone in that. the way the stories link together, the twists, the way it affects the way you see the full hatchetfield musicals on future watches, ESPECIALLY ted... man it's soooo good

What I've always found trippy about part one of this episode is the fact that clone Paul took over his life, while he was dating Emma. If not while they were dating then right before. Honestly I thought when he said that to "Emma" I thought that she would then kill him, because he wasn't the Paul she initially fell in love with. Edit: I think I'm running on knowledge from Nick Lang, I realize in the episode he never says when he took over Paul's life. The writer says that he took over Paul's life a month into Paul and Emma's relationship.

Ted is such a tragic character that it becomes kinda funny Like what if you were a mediocre guy, even you say it, it's something you actively tried to make yourself be, and you don't expect your life to amount to anything bigger than screwing people. But then some kind of eldricht horror gos was like "I pick you as my favorite toy" and so now you are doomed to have horrible deaths and be stuck in an unending nightmare once you pass away and also the homeless guy everyone knows and ignores is actually the version of you that fucks up everything in your life and made you the mediocre guy you currently are. There's no escape for you. It's laughable how tragic you are. But yeah this episode is a fan favorite for a very good reason, the way the two stories interact is incredible

Welcome to the Paulkins episode featuring Ted. 🤖⏰ Also meet Tinky, that goat sure is something. Also also imagining the horror of the Bastard’s Box is scary, Ted Spankoffski’s life is truly one that I would never want to ever experience 🟨

Blinky wants you for your eyes. Pokey wants you for your voice. Nibbly wants you for a meal. Tinky wants you for a toy. And Wiggly? :)

You should react to Spies Are Forever! It's a musical by the Tin Can Bros, a Starkid-adjacent company. It's really good!

I love this 2 episodes so much

Why have you worked every job!? You're like the guys on Tiktok who tell 10,000 different stories from different jobs that somehow relate to everything someone says. Not that I don't believe you but just... you've done a lot of things.