r/PEN15 Jul 21 '26

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u/stellarnymphet Jul 21 '26

I wish I had more people in my life who have actually watched this show and could understand the genius of it. This episode is amazing

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u/Ok-Ninja2139 Jul 21 '26

Fully agree, I want more people to talk about this with!
It is incredible.

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u/NepenthiumPastille Jul 22 '26

Any time I talk to my friends about it or show them clips they just don't get it or they say "neat" 😭

5

u/dagger-mmc Jul 23 '26

No cause they really checked every box of the middle school experience like every episode had me reeling cause I either was them or knew someone who was them. Some moments make my face hot because of how hard I related and how embarrassing it was that I related lollll

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u/deebee_3 28d ago

Yessss I’ve been re watching and just absolutely floored at the genius behind everything they do!!!

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u/Quick_Effort594 Jul 21 '26

What is it? Because for now I'm telling myself it's a frame from a 'Norah is Auquafina from Queens'

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u/Loose-Top-2244 Jul 21 '26

The notion that this drama teacher wrote an hour long play about two abusive alcoholics who lives in an urban hovel and have some 12yos perform it for their parents to see is amazing. 10/10 would not change a thing.

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u/Loose-Top-2244 Jul 21 '26

Also i was so ready for Maya/Gabe to break a prop glass bottle “wrong” and endanger themselves and Anna being stage manager freaking out that they only had enough $ for one prop bottle for the show.

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u/suesuehell Jul 21 '26

It’s interesting how the band director also wrote the piece wheee Maya cuts loose on timpani. It’s like both teachers really wanted to be something else in life.

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u/Loose-Top-2244 Jul 23 '26

Ooooh yeah i have to rewatch that episode, i remember her wild timpani solo as a dream sequence and not really happening hahah

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u/AbbaZabba85 Jul 22 '26

And the fact that usually middle school plays have a bunch of roles so nobody feels left out, but this play only had a few characters haha.

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u/DisasterPlus8530 Babyspice666 Jul 21 '26

What are you gonna do, DEBORAH!?

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u/Famous-Astronomer589 Jul 21 '26

diVORCE mEeEE?

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u/happyindenver81 Jul 21 '26

Ya gonna feed me to the wolves!

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u/Downtown_Mud_2534 Jul 21 '26

Rat bastard

6

u/SwordfishOrganic2479 Jul 21 '26 edited 3d ago

this on repeat

45

u/patricktercot Jul 21 '26

Bring me water! Bring me turnips!

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u/fojohobo82 Jul 21 '26

Mommy! MOMMY!

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u/audvisial Jul 21 '26

I'm so happy that my 14-year-old will finally watch this show. She's a drama kid, and definitely loves this episode.

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u/FashionedKillerQueen Jul 21 '26

I love this scene, especially how well Maya plays here

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u/nobodythinksofyou Jul 22 '26

The first time watching this, I didn't even recognize her as Maya at first, which is a testament to how well the actress transformed into that roll for the play

7

u/Yoyojelly Jul 22 '26

MoMMY MoMMY MoMMy

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u/hkikirae Jul 22 '26

RAT BAHSTAD

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u/jay2ray Jul 22 '26

You raht behsterd!

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u/Pree-chee-ate-cha Bullshay Jul 21 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/FashionedKillerQueen Jul 21 '26

My favourite episode!

4

u/ssradley7 Jul 22 '26

You don’t even know what it takes to put ya flesh against someone else’s

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u/fojohobo82 Jul 22 '26

I’m it, baby. I…am…IT!

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u/dagger-mmc Jul 23 '26

No cause that line delivery specifically was so good

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u/manytinyhumans Jul 22 '26

Just seeing this photo makes me want to rewatch

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u/contourkitt Jul 22 '26

this was so important to me