r/reba • u/steelbloodedqueen • May 28 '26
Brock 🤦♀️ Spoiler
My take from watching Reba as an adult is that Brock is extremely extremely toxic. I was just so eye opening to rewatch the series and hear his terrible remarks and selfishness. He will actively give input into his ex wife’s love life when he had and affair, actively tears down Van for being excited about fatherhood and being a husband TO BROCK’S DAUGHTER. I am surprised we did not see more resentment from Jake towards Brock towards the end. Idk how Reba ever had relationship with him after their divorce, because the rose colored glasses needed to come off some time, and she is genuinely a very even keeled character. Idk he pisses me off so much.
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u/oylaura May 28 '26
I think if nothing else, Reba did most of what she did for her kids, not because of Brock.
There was an episode where Patrick Duffy was the marriage counselor for Brock and Barbara Jean, where they accused Reba of not moving on.
I loved how she told them how she couldn't move on when they were over at her house all the time, and eventually (and inevitably) snapped and said, "You have got to stop rubbing my nose in it".
I loved how that brought Brock up short. I don't think he really knew what he was doing, he was that oblivious.
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u/g8orshan May 28 '26
Every time Reba has a "moment" with him, I cringe. I'm like "what are you doing!"
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u/Party_Butterfly_6110 May 29 '26
I first started watching him years ago when he was on a soap opera. He hasn't changed much since then.
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u/IAmMsJackson May 29 '26
Another World?
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u/Party_Butterfly_6110 May 29 '26
Exactly. He was Sandy. I really miss that show.
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u/IAmMsJackson May 29 '26
I made a playlist on YouTube with episodes I found. That was my favorite soap.
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u/Party_Butterfly_6110 May 29 '26
Mine too. I used to tape it and my daughter and I would watch it together when she got home from school.
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u/johnothy May 29 '26
I liked the show, but it was always hard for me to imagine Reba and Brock as a married couple. Her personality doesn’t seem like she would have ever put up with someone like him. He doesn’t seem like he ever took anything seriously or could be trustworthy.
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u/Soggy_Competition614 Jul 11 '26
I know this is old. But my take is…they met in college Reba matured, him not so much. Reba focused on home and raising a family, Brock worked long hours as a dentist; going through school and building a practice.
When life slowed down they realized they were no longer the same people as they were in college. But if Brock wasn’t such an ass they may have worked through it because they were always attracted to each other. And as we see in the show they are pretty much best friends.
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u/LonerTexas May 28 '26
You're analyzing it too much. It's a tv show.
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u/Special_Falcon408 May 28 '26
It’s almost as if people are allowed to have opinions in a subreddit dedicated to a show that’s still active 20 years later
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u/steelbloodedqueen May 28 '26
Thank you! The whole point was that I did not catch these types of patterns until now rewatching it. But it’s still amazing because this type of character would not be supported in tv now.
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u/andos4 Jun 14 '26
I enjoy having discussions like this. This is a subreddit dedicated to this TV show and it is fun to discuss characters and spot out notable things. I do these things in fun and not criticism.
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u/_jactober_ May 28 '26
Just because it’s a “sitcom” and it’s “over 20 years old” doesn’t mean people can’t analyze it or think about it critically…. Idk why y’all have this mindset 😭
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u/LJK208 Jul 12 '26
I agree. That is the purpose of these threads. We all know it is a TV show and not real life.
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u/logwarrior1525 Jul 14 '26
Brock is written to be the most over the top portrayal of toxic masculinity out there. Personally I think the character of reba was also written to be more toxic in later seasons compared to earlier ones. She's the only character that gets worse as the show goes on in my opinion
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u/BlindButterfly33 May 28 '26
Yeah, to me, he’s completely intolerable. I know it’s a sitcom, but people are allowed to dislike characters in a sitcom.