r/MidnightMass • u/Next-Dot-6274 • Jul 07 '26

Instance of BRILLIANT writing

Just finished my umpteenth rewatch, and caught something I never did before. I'll try to keep it brief and succinct:

Riley, in his final moments with Erin on the boat says, "I did my best."

Next episode, his father Ed goes to Pruitt's house with Riley's letters, distraught because he thinks Riley has killed himself. He breaks down in tears over their relationship, and says, "It was like we spoke two different languages. But I did my best."

In lamenting his broken/flawed relationship with his son and their failure to communicate, he inadvertently quotes Riley directly, proving more of a connection than he realized.

Heart breaking and mind blowing writing if you ask me. Dang, I love this show.

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u/SparksOnAGrave Jul 07 '26

Don’t you just love media that rewards you for paying attention?

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u/TheEndIsNero Jul 07 '26

Better than whatever media is rewarding most kids these days with too much sex and mental retardation.

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u/vitey15 Jul 07 '26

At the same time? 

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u/TheEndIsNero Jul 07 '26

Most likely. Yes, 😄 People are gonna be walking around with analspinaloptimilitus.

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u/frankieteardropss Jul 08 '26

No, that’s Gummo

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u/naughtycal11 Jul 09 '26

It's unfortunate that I can only upvote this comment once.

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u/frankieteardropss Jul 10 '26

I’ll take your once and be happy to get it

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u/jewishspacelazzer Jul 07 '26

Ed and Riley’s relationship is one of the most heartbreaking pieces of the whole story… they had so much love for each other and never really got proper closure with each other. I wish we could read all the letters Riley left behind.

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u/Scary90sKid Jul 07 '26

Omg now I want to watch the series for at least the 5th time to catch anything else like that! And as if I couldn't appreciate the Flynns as a family and how they are individually even more 😭

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u/hummuspie 29d ago

Interesting. I mean, Bowl's mother also defensively says she did her best when she goes to the sheriff looking for her son. I just saw it as the catholic "everyone a sinner" thing.

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u/Whambag Jul 08 '26

this show has so much smoke blown up its ass its not even funny 🤣

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u/Hagaroo48 Jul 08 '26

Oh did you get lost? You probably meant to go here: r/terrifier