Absolutely. Would also love a reaction to “The wind that shakes the Barley”. It’s about the Irish war of independence and the civil war starring Cillian Murphy
As someone from NI who grew up in this time period, the show is incredibly accurate. There were infrequent bombings and random sectarian murders and army checkpoints and riots and 'suspicious object' removals and there was also people living their lives in a really similar way to people elsewhere. You're obviously aware of all this going on but you're still a teenager so it becomes white noise after a while so you just got on with it and did normal teenager things.
Me too. I remember the day of the Omagh bomb, I went into the house to get something and saw it on the news. I went back out to my friends and remember telling them there had been a big bomb in Omagh and loads of people were dead, and then we just kept playing. It’s strange when you think about it now but we were just so used to it.
Me three. It was just normal wasn't it? Something adults worried about and I tried my best not to acknowledge. It seemed the more you knew, the more there was to be upset about. I could never work out who the "good guys" or "bad guys" were. It seemed everyone involved, every opinion, every political, religious, paramilitary or government group was part of the problem, everything and everyone was antagonistic. I buried myself in hobbies and left the country the moment I reached 18. It will always be home though. 💚
I know that the troubles were horrible and something specific to Northern Ireland, but the way you describe it reminds me of growing up in the US in this day and age of school shootings. It’s insane how we’ve become desensitized to news of children being slaughtered
For me obviously there are some things that stand out but generally it’s more in hindsight I realise just how bad it was. I did feel like things were calming down in the 90s until Omagh and then I was terrified it was kicking off again but in fact that was the last straw. Like I remember crawling home with two soldiers during a big shootout because I thought my mum would kill me if I was late home, like how dumb was that!?
I love love the juxtaposition of these kids trying to be happy and carefree and the violence and chaos happening around them. It’s such a universal sentiment
As a gay guy I really respect how they played Erin, too many shows are afraid to let their protagonists do or say bad things and especially in period pieces ends up ringing really hollow. This reaction from the last person you'd expect was really relatable and you really feel that betrayal Clare felt
It’s a UK show. They aren’t afraid to let anyone be human. One of the things that really works about the Luther series is that he’s a black British cop who is allowed to have flaws. In every movie like that in the US, he’d be Mr Cool and if he did anything silly or wrong, it would be played for laughs and usually intentional on the character’s part. I’m straight but Erin is a great character. They all are and the performances are so believable.
When Grandpa Joe puts his hand on Gerry's shoulder at the end it's heartbreaking. He picks at him nonstop but that little gesture gives a multitude of emotion.
When people say things are getting worse in the world and they wished things were as they had growing up, don’t realize the world has always been the same. This show is a perfect example of how as we get older we see how terrible our world is, we just have fond memories of our childhood.
I did like the scene with Erin and Clare because a lot of young girls and women have heard this from their friends. When Clare said, "Your arrogance is staggering, Erin", I REALLY felt that and I'm glad she got to express her anger and indignation. Erin's words have been said to me and quite a few of my queer friends in our youth, so I found it realistic for the time and for Erin's personality arc. She was supporting the "wee lesbian" for her own selfish reasons until it was her best friend. I think at the end of the episode Erin did realise she was in the wrong. Clare is so great in that scene. Nicola Coughlan is such a good actor. Can't wait to see her performance in season 3 of Bridgerton.
Yeah, I absolutely love how they portrayed it - we've had Erin established as a very self-centred and ignorant person, but those qualities themselves have been rooted in her stage of maturity, she's poised to grow and change by embarrassing herself repeatedly. So they get to show quite a nuanced, relatable version of a coming out story that lets us understand and forgive. I really admire how "bad" Erin is tbh, the show really doesn't focus on anyone's good qualities but she gets to be quite an impressive anti-hero
Yes. The one friendship I lost for a time after I came out to my high school friends after graduation? Ended because the friend assumed I had a crush on her. That interaction between Erin and Clare felt familiar and real.
That Derry Girls season finale hits hard. You don't even need to know *that much* about the Troubles, these scenes are very emotional. The show as a whole is amazingly hilarious, but so crude and real at times. Which is something I quite needed when I first watched it. And it describes the 90s way better than most 90s shows ever did, I think. At least for Europeans (excluding terrorism, though other countries like Spain also went through similar stuff in that era, though not comparable maybe).
Sister Michael's overwhelmed expression when they dance together is priceless! The end of this episode always makes me emotional! It shows just how innocent & carefree childhood is! And the last scene also shows grand da Joe silently supports Gerry in times of adversity!
Show is based on the real life experiences of the writer of the show (being a teen during that time in Ireland). We just see throughout the show so many little things that are incredibly not normal but it is to them. World is falling apart for their nation but they don't know any better, and are just trying to survive their teen years during it. Super well made show.
this is honestly such a good show for soo many reasons. it makes sad that there’s only 3 seasons 6 episodes that are short, but it went out on top and told the story it wanted to. it’s so good and ive always loved the irish because i’m palestinian and they’ve always been vocal supporters of palestine because we’ve always supported each other’s resistance and fight for freedom. much love to ireland and their people and stories ❤️
I was 21 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed in '98 so Derry Girls hits a particular bittersweet nostalgia for me. I always find it hard to believe that so few people in the younger generations are aware of the scale of the hostilities, even at the end of the Troubles, but I guess that shows how far Northern Ireland has come.
I love this show. So, I graduated in the 90's I'm on the east coast, people weren't just coming out in high school. Everybody pretty much knew who was LGBT but it still wasn't as accepted as it is today. Really enjoyed this episode. The laundry thing I can totally relate to.
I agree. I graduated in 95, and NONE of my gay friends were out, even to me. It was too dangerous. Most eventually came out after we all went off to college.
It's so funny that so many miss how realistically Erin's arc in this is. There are people in real life who "support" an issue or cause or whatever when it is a concept. But then react poorly or otherwise fail to support someone they know when suddenly discovering that that someone is a member of the group affected by the thing they "support". Erin being supportive of a stranger who is gay, but then reacting poorly to Clare when Clare does the hardest thing she has ever done in her life is very realistic. Again, Scott is bad at words and may not express well what he is saying.. TLDR: People in the real world sometimes react as poorly as Erin did.
Yes, I definitely agree. I wrote a similar comment too. The "I don't fancy you" line has been said to me and other queer friends. I grew up in the south east of Ireland and that was a common thing to hear, especially when coming out to girls we grew up with. It's really hurtful to hear. It's ignorance and a silly thing to say, but very realistic for the time. I came out as bi in the mid 2000's and it was still being said. I loved Clare's response and would've loved to have said that so it was cathartic for me.
you're totally right, Clare is Erin's best friend, she thinks she knows everything about her, so when she learns that she doesn't she kinda feels betrayed. As a lesbian myself it's true that people close to you start seeing you differently when you come out.
The ending showed the absolute oblivion of us youngsters at the time of the atrocities.The lucky ones were shielded as much as possible from this as possible. The news was not put on in our house until we went to bed. As kids growing up we never saw a news bulletin....ever. TV was only on kids channels or we were sent out playing, even in the rain! This series is such a fantastic and historic view of teens going through the troubles.
Just to say- the original broadcast had Orla 'stepping ' to Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' which worked so much better in this scene for some reason...... The juxtaposition of the girls dancing at the centre of their typical teenage world and the Troubles raising their head close by is one of the great things about this series.
I cannot tell you how many times my all-girls Catholic high school had to listen to that song Jenny was singing. I could probably sing that damn song by heart even though it's been 30 years.
As a northern Irish person or any person that comes from an area with conflict and violence or living in the aftermath of violence (as I grew up), I think we understand more than most that life is too be lived, even with the trauma of violence that surrounds you, it’s reverberates in the culture and influences you but life as we know continues, and so we live. Mental health is awful here no doubt but during the pandemic you actually didn’t see a drop in mental health in NI. I think it’s because we had been taught to deal with crisis but just getting on with it and so that’s what most of us did While it’s unfortunate it is something that you should recognize that we as people still can think of our childhoods as normal as it was what all those around us experienced too. While violence and conflict may not be everyone’s youth, it be a lie if even in your own city that a child isn’t living like Normal through violence. But yeah all I wanted to highlight is that while it can be viewed as a pity that life was dampened by tragedy look at how we see it, well we grieve we respect and we move on to live the next day. Because you can’t really appreciate life if your not living it you know
There a lot of very eye opening pictures from the troubles that paint a very bleak image. I loved learning about it and doing my end of year project on it a couple of times. I recommend reacting a video about it. I'm sure most of the viewers would appreciate that!
Honestly life in Northern Ireland today isn’t that far removed from what is depicted in the show. We have come a long way but in certain ways, none at all.
Erin's reaction definitely seems sucky especially in the year 2023. But in the frame of remembering this was 30 years ago in a place steeped in religious/Catholic conservatism her acceptance of Claire is actually remarkably quick. Also man when you look at the first episode beginning with the bomb on the bridge and all adults guffawing about what an inconvenience it was and then by the finale their perspective shifts so abruptly when one actually goes off.
I went on the Black Cab tour in Belfast, where people who lived through "The Troubles" explained their experience. I can't wait for you to see the second season finale episode as it's my fave of the whole series!
How does it feel to tour through other peoples tragedy for a small fee? Was the disrespect worth it? We’re not a zoo exhibit, we’re people and we are STILL living with the consequences of that war. It’s not an interesting talking point for foreigners to show up with cameras. The pain the people of Northern Ireland have suffered isn’t for your light entertainment. And it doesn’t matter which side of the conflict anyone was on, everyone suffered. Not exactly a “cool” little tourist attraction. By the way? The people driving those black cabs? Very highly likely some of the SAME people who slaughtered a mother of 6 for helping a dying teenage soldier and planted bombs which murdered even babies and little girls. But hey, thanks for lining their pockets and buying into their revision of northern Irish history!
I lived in Derry for about 5 months in 2006 and studied the conflict while there. This show just felt so authentic to me. Definitely encourage you to learn more about The Troubles
The Omagh bombing was 1998 it was by the Real IRA because they didn’t agree with the IRA’s ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement. Hope that helps x but yea that last scene was gut wrenching but so true to life.
This was a great episode, it showed the girls oblivious to what was really going on outside of school and the parents going through the troubles in real time. Derry Girls is one of the best show's to demonstrate this. I was a teenager like these girls in the 90's in Ireland who knew something was going on at the time but never really knew the devastation that was happening. The Omagh bombing brought it into focus for me and a lot of my classmates at the time. Really love your reactions lads, can't wait to watch season 2 and 3 with you!
I'm from Northern Ireland and you know the end of this episode also hits me, I'm actually a Protestant but as always it's only the extreme on each side that were ever fighting. Normal people never wanted it!
The thing about Joe is he is the same with everyone not just Gerry... I grew up in Derry in the 80s/90's and that was how we all went on...roasting each other... me and my mates where thrown out of a few bars abroad because they thought we where going to kill each other... we ended up just standing outside saying "what the hell was that for ?" I think it was just a coping mechanism tbh
I don't believe they directly portrayed a real bombing incident (there wasn't one of that scale that occurred in the time period the show portrays, but it is sort of evocative of the Omagh bombing which was 1998 so 4 years after this is supposed to be) but rather they wanted to acknowledge that it happened and what living during that time was like where you had this threat all the time in the background which occasionally literally blew up
There are more people of Irish decent living in the UK than in Rep of Ireland and there's loads more living in the US and elsewhere , its complicated. There is 5 million people living in Rep of Ireland and almost 2 million in Northern Ireland. It is estimated that as many as six million people living in the UK have at least one Irish grandparent (around 10% of the UK population) and more if you go further back. About 32 million Americans - 9.7% of the total population - identified as being Irish in the 2020 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and other countries have Irish immigrant populations.....So it is complicated and goes back well over a thousand years...
I like that you guys keep more of Sister Michael's parts in your cut reactions than other react channels. Also, I know very little about the Troubles, but I have heard the song "Go On Home British Soldiers, Go On Home". When I heard that at least 12 were confirmed dead, I immediately remembered the lyrics "those 14 men in Derry, are the last that you will bury". It must've been harrowing to be a parent sending your kid to school in a time and place like that. Though, I don't know if schools were targeted the way they are by shooters in the US today, so maybe it's just as harrowing being a parent sending your kid to school in the US.
You have to go back to the beginning the six counties from the province of ulster, which is nine counties were taken to create Northern Ireland, because there was a majority of protestants in those counties. Northern Ireland was specifically made never to have a catholic majority. Once the petition happened, Catholics were relegated to second class citizens through gerrymandering and not having the right to vote . In 1968 the Catholics started the civil rights movement based on the movement that was started by Martin Luther King in the United States. 30 years of sectarian violence, followed. Until the Good Friday agreement in 1998
We were getting bombed in England during this period too. It became so run of the mill to have bomb alerts on the Tube or while you were in the city (London) that you almost didn't register it. The IRA were killing civilians all the time. My Uncle was walking through Regents Park to his job at the college on the other side when the bandstand bomb went off. Thankfully he was not near enough to be hurt but he said there were body parts everywhere and people with missing limbs and life changing injuries everywhere. That's what the song Zombies by The Cranberries is about. Two young boys, out to buy Mother's Day cards were killed by an IRA bomb in a bin on the high street. It was senseless violence across two islands that killed and injured 100,000s and achieved nothing.
Saying it "achieved nothing" is absolutely incorrect. It forced the British government to the table to make the good Friday agreement that ended the treatment of Catholics as 2nd class citizens in NI. Yes the troubles were shit all round, but it definitely forced political and social change
My mom first told me I should watch this show. When I started it, I was amused that the main character was named Erin, since that’s my first name, and that her best friend’s name is Clare, which is the name of my mom’s cat. I had to accuse her of only liking it because of those characters’ names.
Great reaction guys. We can only imagine how it must've been growing up like that and like you mentioned, even if it's mostly comedy the political tension is always in the background n every now n then it pops up. Another reason why this show was awesome, how 'real' it was, many of us can't relate to that but we all have our own battles to fight in our day to day
I think its easy to think that Erin does not accept Claire being lesbian, but i think she is just at that time occupied with her own worries, selfish yeah, but yet a teenager is.
A fatastic show its set in the 80's i grew up in the England from the age of 15,. Guildford had been bombedyears befor. I worked ib London and bomb scares were a weakly event. I remember a crazy train journey the huge station was paked. There had been bomb scare i was stamding in the main station, sudenlt aftrer a anouncmet suddenly my hand was grabed and i was running we barged passed people while runnong. I got on to the train, we had great journeys home. The trubbles were so normal you knew what to do. A Canadian boyfrind came over and a bomb went off. I told hom to phon hpme right away because the lines would be cut, they were. We went for a walk and he was amazed everything waa closed, i explaind trains etc will be stopped and peopl will have long walks. We saw SAS types going up the rive. It suprised him how calm people were i explaind we are used to this he was shocked.
The "troubles" go back hundreds of years and as with every problem on this planet derive from a group of elitist leaders wanting to enhance their position with what i assume is with a vision in their mind where everything they see in their vision becomes real. Today Putin had a vision of the old Russian empire within his mind it would appear but as in many dreams and visions reality crushes dreams. They marched with banners depicting battles over 400 years ago and the minority within N.Ireland felt the police and officials were bias against the minority Catholic people and religion was a tribal division seen in many places in the world today where the seeds of troubles go back many years. Politicians survive on passionate political division where so called democracy rules voting is required which justifies the actions of the elite,even Putin has a form of elections and the comrades in China vote for their leader and the result is always 100%. The problem is that a small elite can take their country to war and the people are used as gun fodder and as no more logical system has been adopted[why should the turkey vote for Christmas] we are heading for nuclear destruction because the only brake on the ultimate insanity is something called M.A.D. which has worked so far but there is no guarantee .Interesting perhaps in that those elitist leaders have deep well stocked bunkers and will likely be the only secure survivors ...you cant make this stuff up because its true.
Would you guys be interested in a movie reaction to In the Name of the Father?
Absolutely. Would also love a reaction to “The wind that shakes the Barley”. It’s about the Irish war of independence and the civil war starring Cillian Murphy
Yes. If your brother Greg were reacting, I know he would cry at the end.
Great movie with Daniel Day Lewis Emma Thompson and Pete Postlewaite etc .
Class !!!
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The show references it in the robbery episode ;)
As someone from NI who grew up in this time period, the show is incredibly accurate. There were infrequent bombings and random sectarian murders and army checkpoints and riots and 'suspicious object' removals and there was also people living their lives in a really similar way to people elsewhere. You're obviously aware of all this going on but you're still a teenager so it becomes white noise after a while so you just got on with it and did normal teenager things.
Me too. I remember the day of the Omagh bomb, I went into the house to get something and saw it on the news. I went back out to my friends and remember telling them there had been a big bomb in Omagh and loads of people were dead, and then we just kept playing. It’s strange when you think about it now but we were just so used to it.
Me three.
It was just normal wasn't it? Something adults worried about and I tried my best not to acknowledge. It seemed the more you knew, the more there was to be upset about. I could never work out who the "good guys" or "bad guys" were. It seemed everyone involved, every opinion, every political, religious, paramilitary or government group was part of the problem, everything and everyone was antagonistic. I buried myself in hobbies and left the country the moment I reached 18.
It will always be home though. 💚
I know that the troubles were horrible and something specific to Northern Ireland, but the way you describe it reminds me of growing up in the US in this day and age of school shootings. It’s insane how we’ve become desensitized to news of children being slaughtered
For me obviously there are some things that stand out but generally it’s more in hindsight I realise just how bad it was. I did feel like things were calming down in the 90s until Omagh and then I was terrified it was kicking off again but in fact that was the last straw. Like I remember crawling home with two soldiers during a big shootout because I thought my mum would kill me if I was late home, like how dumb was that!?
Life goes on
The end of this episode kicks me in the gut every time. Particularly Joe holding Gerry's shoulder. Beautiful scene.
same
also mary taking that small moment to smile at her baby when she grabs for her, that always hits me too
It is really beautiful! With just one gesture Jo assured he will support Gerry when things get serious!
I love love the juxtaposition of these kids trying to be happy and carefree and the violence and chaos happening around them. It’s such a universal sentiment
As a gay guy I really respect how they played Erin, too many shows are afraid to let their protagonists do or say bad things and especially in period pieces ends up ringing really hollow. This reaction from the last person you'd expect was really relatable and you really feel that betrayal Clare felt
It’s a UK show. They aren’t afraid to let anyone be human. One of the things that really works about the Luther series is that he’s a black British cop who is allowed to have flaws. In every movie like that in the US, he’d be Mr Cool and if he did anything silly or wrong, it would be played for laughs and usually intentional on the character’s part. I’m straight but Erin is a great character. They all are and the performances are so believable.
When Grandpa Joe puts his hand on Gerry's shoulder at the end it's heartbreaking. He picks at him nonstop but that little gesture gives a multitude of emotion.
When people say things are getting worse in the world and they wished things were as they had growing up, don’t realize the world has always been the same. This show is a perfect example of how as we get older we see how terrible our world is, we just have fond memories of our childhood.
I did like the scene with Erin and Clare because a lot of young girls and women have heard this from their friends. When Clare said, "Your arrogance is staggering, Erin", I REALLY felt that and I'm glad she got to express her anger and indignation. Erin's words have been said to me and quite a few of my queer friends in our youth, so I found it realistic for the time and for Erin's personality arc. She was supporting the "wee lesbian" for her own selfish reasons until it was her best friend. I think at the end of the episode Erin did realise she was in the wrong. Clare is so great in that scene. Nicola Coughlan is such a good actor. Can't wait to see her performance in season 3 of Bridgerton.
Yeah, I absolutely love how they portrayed it - we've had Erin established as a very self-centred and ignorant person, but those qualities themselves have been rooted in her stage of maturity, she's poised to grow and change by embarrassing herself repeatedly. So they get to show quite a nuanced, relatable version of a coming out story that lets us understand and forgive. I really admire how "bad" Erin is tbh, the show really doesn't focus on anyone's good qualities but she gets to be quite an impressive anti-hero
@@storageheater I LOVE Sister Michael's response to Erin's mildly callous ambition: "You terrify me".
Yes. The one friendship I lost for a time after I came out to my high school friends after graduation? Ended because the friend assumed I had a crush on her. That interaction between Erin and Clare felt familiar and real.
That Derry Girls season finale hits hard. You don't even need to know *that much* about the Troubles, these scenes are very emotional. The show as a whole is amazingly hilarious, but so crude and real at times. Which is something I quite needed when I first watched it. And it describes the 90s way better than most 90s shows ever did, I think. At least for Europeans (excluding terrorism, though other countries like Spain also went through similar stuff in that era, though not comparable maybe).
Sister Michael's overwhelmed expression when they dance together is priceless!
The end of this episode always makes me emotional!
It shows just how innocent & carefree childhood is!
And the last scene also shows grand da Joe silently supports Gerry in times of adversity!
it’s a shame netflix couldn’t get the original song (madonna’s like a prayer) for orla’s step routine at the end as it was perfect
Joe putting his hand on Jerry's shoulder at the end always gets me
If you keep an eye out from now on you’ll notice that all of the group wear rainbow pins for Claire 🥺 🌈
Show is based on the real life experiences of the writer of the show (being a teen during that time in Ireland). We just see throughout the show so many little things that are incredibly not normal but it is to them. World is falling apart for their nation but they don't know any better, and are just trying to survive their teen years during it. Super well made show.
this is honestly such a good show for soo many reasons. it makes sad that there’s only 3 seasons 6 episodes that are short, but it went out on top and told the story it wanted to. it’s so good and ive always loved the irish because i’m palestinian and they’ve always been vocal supporters of palestine because we’ve always supported each other’s resistance and fight for freedom. much love to ireland and their people and stories ❤️
I hope freedom comes soon for the Palestinian people. Love from Ireland, grá mór 🇵🇸🇮🇪
Derry Girls is the rare comedy that is hilarious but can sometimes just hit you very hard in the feels.
I was 21 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed in '98 so Derry Girls hits a particular bittersweet nostalgia for me. I always find it hard to believe that so few people in the younger generations are aware of the scale of the hostilities, even at the end of the Troubles, but I guess that shows how far Northern Ireland has come.
I love this show. So, I graduated in the 90's I'm on the east coast, people weren't just coming out in high school. Everybody pretty much knew who was LGBT but it still wasn't as accepted as it is today. Really enjoyed this episode. The laundry thing I can totally relate to.
I agree. I graduated in 95, and NONE of my gay friends were out, even to me. It was too dangerous. Most eventually came out after we all went off to college.
It's so funny that so many miss how realistically Erin's arc in this is. There are people in real life who "support" an issue or cause or whatever when it is a concept. But then react poorly or otherwise fail to support someone they know when suddenly discovering that that someone is a member of the group affected by the thing they "support". Erin being supportive of a stranger who is gay, but then reacting poorly to Clare when Clare does the hardest thing she has ever done in her life is very realistic.
Again, Scott is bad at words and may not express well what he is saying..
TLDR: People in the real world sometimes react as poorly as Erin did.
Yes, I definitely agree. I wrote a similar comment too. The "I don't fancy you" line has been said to me and other queer friends. I grew up in the south east of Ireland and that was a common thing to hear, especially when coming out to girls we grew up with. It's really hurtful to hear. It's ignorance and a silly thing to say, but very realistic for the time. I came out as bi in the mid 2000's and it was still being said. I loved Clare's response and would've loved to have said that so it was cathartic for me.
you're totally right, Clare is Erin's best friend, she thinks she knows everything about her, so when she learns that she doesn't she kinda feels betrayed. As a lesbian myself it's true that people close to you start seeing you differently when you come out.
The ending showed the absolute oblivion of us youngsters at the time of the atrocities.The lucky ones were shielded as much as possible from this as possible. The news was not put on in our house until we went to bed. As kids growing up we never saw a news bulletin....ever. TV was only on kids channels or we were sent out playing, even in the rain! This series is such a fantastic and historic view of teens going through the troubles.
My favourite phrase come out in this episode 😌 "Look at the estate of you!", I love this show 🤣.
Look at the state of you :)
Just to say- the original broadcast had Orla 'stepping ' to Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' which worked so much better in this scene for some reason......
The juxtaposition of the girls dancing at the centre of their typical teenage world and the Troubles raising their head close by is one of the great things about this series.
The ending in this episode is so good. It reminds us that even when terrible things are happening kids are still kids trying to live their lives.
Thanks fellas - yes mid 90s, there was still bombings etc but the juxtaposition to young peoples lives is very shocking
The last scene is a gut punch to be sure. Love this show, wish there were more shows set in Northern Ireland.
Trivia: The origina songl that Orla was dancing to was Like a Prayer by Madonna. They altered the song on Netlfix.
Yeah the song change doesn’t really work
The end of this episode is stunning. Hits me every time
I cry a LOT with this ending
Because of you I've binged whole series on Netflix. It was so funny.
Only last episode got me teary eyed at the end. Absolutely awesome show.
Sister Michael is happy that they disobeyed her ;)
I really love the episodes of Derry Girls that bring the Troubles into the storyline.
Sister Micheal just doesn't care, lol she's only here for the free room and board lol
I cannot tell you how many times my all-girls Catholic high school had to listen to that song Jenny was singing. I could probably sing that damn song by heart even though it's been 30 years.
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@@Rash23215 wow relax! people always tell some facts in the comments. it's not spoiler so there is no harm
Can't wait for season 2 reaction! It is my favourite season of the series
As a northern Irish person or any person that comes from an area with conflict and violence or living in the aftermath of violence (as I grew up), I think we understand more than most that life is too be lived, even with the trauma of violence that surrounds you, it’s reverberates in the culture and influences you but life as we know continues, and so we live.
Mental health is awful here no doubt but during the pandemic you actually didn’t see a drop in mental health in NI. I think it’s because we had been taught to deal with crisis but just getting on with it and so that’s what most of us did
While it’s unfortunate it is something that you should recognize that we as people still can think of our childhoods as normal as it was what all those around us experienced too. While violence and conflict may not be everyone’s youth, it be a lie if even in your own city that a child isn’t living like Normal through violence.
But yeah all I wanted to highlight is that while it can be viewed as a pity that life was dampened by tragedy look at how we see it, well we grieve we respect and we move on to live the next day. Because you can’t really appreciate life if your not living it you know
There a lot of very eye opening pictures from the troubles that paint a very bleak image. I loved learning about it and doing my end of year project on it a couple of times. I recommend reacting a video about it. I'm sure most of the viewers would appreciate that!
Honestly life in Northern Ireland today isn’t that far removed from what is depicted in the show. We have come a long way but in certain ways, none at all.
Erin's reaction definitely seems sucky especially in the year 2023. But in the frame of remembering this was 30 years ago in a place steeped in religious/Catholic conservatism her acceptance of Claire is actually remarkably quick. Also man when you look at the first episode beginning with the bomb on the bridge and all adults guffawing about what an inconvenience it was and then by the finale their perspective shifts so abruptly when one actually goes off.
That whole episode made me cry as much as laugh, serious stuff, beautifully done
I went on the Black Cab tour in Belfast, where people who lived through "The Troubles" explained their experience. I can't wait for you to see the second season finale episode as it's my fave of the whole series!
How does it feel to tour through other peoples tragedy for a small fee? Was the disrespect worth it? We’re not a zoo exhibit, we’re people and we are STILL living with the consequences of that war. It’s not an interesting talking point for foreigners to show up with cameras. The pain the people of Northern Ireland have suffered isn’t for your light entertainment. And it doesn’t matter which side of the conflict anyone was on, everyone suffered. Not exactly a “cool” little tourist attraction.
By the way? The people driving those black cabs? Very highly likely some of the SAME people who slaughtered a mother of 6 for helping a dying teenage soldier and planted bombs which murdered even babies and little girls. But hey, thanks for lining their pockets and buying into their revision of northern Irish history!
The girls fighting but things looking positive ;)
I lived in Derry for about 5 months in 2006 and studied the conflict while there. This show just felt so authentic to me. Definitely encourage you to learn more about The Troubles
Season 2 is next!!!!! It's soooo good! The ending made me emotional!
The Omagh bombing was 1998 it was by the Real IRA because they didn’t agree with the IRA’s ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement. Hope that helps x but yea that last scene was gut wrenching but so true to life.
This was a great episode, it showed the girls oblivious to what was really going on outside of school and the parents going through the troubles in real time. Derry Girls is one of the best show's to demonstrate this. I was a teenager like these girls in the 90's in Ireland who knew something was going on at the time but never really knew the devastation that was happening. The Omagh bombing brought it into focus for me and a lot of my classmates at the time. Really love your reactions lads, can't wait to watch season 2 and 3 with you!
I'm from Northern Ireland and you know the end of this episode also hits me, I'm actually a Protestant but as always it's only the extreme on each side that were ever fighting. Normal people never wanted it!
Love all your reactions! Cheers from Philippines
The thing about Joe is he is the same with everyone not just Gerry... I grew up in Derry in the 80s/90's and that was how we all went on...roasting each other... me and my mates where thrown out of a few bars abroad because they thought we where going to kill each other... we ended up just standing outside saying "what the hell was that for ?"
I think it was just a coping mechanism tbh
The final scene always makes me tear up.
Keep em coming baby and the stash.
I don't believe they directly portrayed a real bombing incident (there wasn't one of that scale that occurred in the time period the show portrays, but it is sort of evocative of the Omagh bombing which was 1998 so 4 years after this is supposed to be) but rather they wanted to acknowledge that it happened and what living during that time was like where you had this threat all the time in the background which occasionally literally blew up
I love this show and I'm glad you guys are enjoying. Watching from Brazil by the way 🙂
Such a shame that Netflix changed this episode. In the original, Orla was stepping to Madonna's Like A Prayer and it had much more impact.
There are more people of Irish decent living in the UK than in Rep of Ireland and there's loads more
living in the US and elsewhere , its complicated. There is 5 million people living in Rep of Ireland
and almost 2 million in Northern Ireland. It is estimated that as many as six million people living
in the UK have at least one Irish grandparent (around 10% of the UK population) and more if you
go further back.
About 32 million Americans - 9.7% of the total population - identified as being Irish in the 2020
American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and other countries have
Irish immigrant populations.....So it is complicated and goes back well over a thousand years...
I like that you guys keep more of Sister Michael's parts in your cut reactions than other react channels.
Also, I know very little about the Troubles, but I have heard the song "Go On Home British Soldiers, Go On Home". When I heard that at least 12 were confirmed dead, I immediately remembered the lyrics "those 14 men in Derry, are the last that you will bury". It must've been harrowing to be a parent sending your kid to school in a time and place like that. Though, I don't know if schools were targeted the way they are by shooters in the US today, so maybe it's just as harrowing being a parent sending your kid to school in the US.
The 14 men in Derry is about Bloody Sunday in 1972, the show ends with footage of David Cameron in modern day apologising for it
You have to go back to the beginning the six counties from the province of ulster, which is nine counties were taken to create Northern Ireland, because there was a majority of protestants in those counties. Northern Ireland was specifically made never to have a catholic majority. Once the petition happened, Catholics were relegated to second class citizens through gerrymandering and not having the right to vote . In 1968 the Catholics started the civil rights movement based on the movement that was started by Martin Luther King in the United States. 30 years of sectarian violence, followed. Until the Good Friday agreement in 1998
SEASON 2 NOWW
The original soundtrack was sooo good. The one in Ch4, im loving this reactions btw.
We were getting bombed in England during this period too. It became so run of the mill to have bomb alerts on the Tube or while you were in the city (London) that you almost didn't register it.
The IRA were killing civilians all the time. My Uncle was walking through Regents Park to his job at the college on the other side when the bandstand bomb went off. Thankfully he was not near enough to be hurt but he said there were body parts everywhere and people with missing limbs and life changing injuries everywhere.
That's what the song Zombies by The Cranberries is about. Two young boys, out to buy Mother's Day cards were killed by an IRA bomb in a bin on the high street.
It was senseless violence across two islands that killed and injured 100,000s and achieved nothing.
Saying it "achieved nothing" is absolutely incorrect. It forced the British government to the table to make the good Friday agreement that ended the treatment of Catholics as 2nd class citizens in NI. Yes the troubles were shit all round, but it definitely forced political and social change
This ends with a very emotional scenes especially if tounare xatholic who lived in Derry during ghe 80s before the good Friday agreement
My mom first told me I should watch this show. When I started it, I was amused that the main character was named Erin, since that’s my first name, and that her best friend’s name is Clare, which is the name of my mom’s cat. I had to accuse her of only liking it because of those characters’ names.
Jenny doesn’t get enough praise for her portrayal of the “villain”. She is SO unlikeable and we’ve all met her at some point.
Yeah the actress mentioned in an interview about everyone knowing a “Jenny Joyce” ;)
Great reaction guys. We can only imagine how it must've been growing up like that and like you mentioned, even if it's mostly comedy the political tension is always in the background n every now n then it pops up. Another reason why this show was awesome, how 'real' it was, many of us can't relate to that but we all have our own battles to fight in our day to day
It really shouldn't take a tragedy for grand da joe to act like a human n treat Gerry like he's not subhuman
Yeah that ending hits different.
Photo hut guy is lord burbrook from brigerton!
“Big fan of the fandango”. Best line. 😂
Season 2 asap please ❤
lol yeah Louise wasn’t on her deathbed, she probably just had the flu before the end of term or something ;)
This show I tell you guys top tier
I think its easy to think that Erin does not accept Claire being lesbian, but i think she is just at that time occupied with her own worries, selfish yeah, but yet a teenager is.
Derry girls 🥳
Keep them coming !!
Love these!!!
love this one
Does anyone know if they’re ahead with Season 2 on Patreon?
You should watch the Truman show
Erin can be hypocritical ;)
It's Northern Ireland. you really need to know what you are talking about over 3500. we're killed in the troubles
A fatastic show its set in the 80's i grew up in the England from the age of 15,. Guildford had been bombedyears befor.
I worked ib London and bomb scares were a weakly event. I remember a crazy train journey the huge station was paked. There had been bomb scare i was stamding in the main station, sudenlt aftrer a anouncmet suddenly my hand was grabed and i was running we barged passed people while runnong. I got on to the train, we had great journeys home. The trubbles were so normal you knew what to do.
A Canadian boyfrind came over and a bomb went off. I told hom to phon hpme right away because the lines would be cut, they were. We went for a walk and he was amazed everything waa closed, i explaind trains etc will be stopped and peopl will have long walks. We saw SAS types going up the rive. It suprised him how calm people were i explaind we are used to this he was shocked.
90s not 80s
@@sousamina 90's
The "troubles" go back hundreds of years and as with every problem on this planet derive from a group of elitist leaders wanting to enhance their position with what i assume is with a vision in their mind where everything they see in their vision becomes real. Today Putin had a vision of the old Russian empire within his mind it would appear but as in many dreams and visions reality crushes dreams. They marched with banners depicting battles over 400 years ago and the minority within N.Ireland felt the police and officials were bias against the minority Catholic people and religion was a tribal division seen in many places in the world today where the seeds of troubles go back many years. Politicians survive on passionate political division where so called democracy rules voting is required which justifies the actions of the elite,even Putin has a form of elections and the comrades in China vote for their leader and the result is always 100%. The problem is that a small elite can take their country to war and the people are used as gun fodder and as no more logical system has been adopted[why should the turkey vote for Christmas] we are heading for nuclear destruction because the only brake on the ultimate insanity is something called M.A.D. which has worked so far but there is no guarantee .Interesting perhaps in that those elitist leaders have deep well stocked bunkers and will likely be the only secure survivors ...you cant make this stuff up because its true.
Guys please upload the videos on time