So, I'm watching The Goldbergs and have seen a lot of bad on the show, but no one seems to talk about the Fact that Erica is just a bad girlfriend to her sweet Geoff. Like, she wanted him so badly, then once she has him, she doesn't appreciate him at all. It's sad to watch.

say... okay so during the day we have the t.v on while chores are getting down etc.. we don't have cable t.v but a select few channels local and PBS and whatever else- cool. one channel has this show on ALWAYS.. and- it never seems to go past a certain season either, I've noticed.. one day Adam is all old again and the next day they are back to the first 2 seasons somewhere.. i however can't put aside something about Bev

she is such a narcissistic, abusive, life-meddling-with-disastorous-consequences, extremely manipulative and controlling person. at first the whole "mommy schmoooschmooo" thing was something, but several rewatches have me really seeing her true shades, even though as told through the eyes of television executives and producers and actors and writers. they all toned this Adam guys life, wayy way down. something about that family is not in the light, and this sugar coated version I think is a pipe dream for anyone in that family who seem to see the show in a good light.
Beverly, is toxic and creepy..

instance .

Adam wants to dance... or learn to .. Barry tries.. but.. being Barry, failed to teach Adam. he then ends up with Bev who teaches all these stupid dance moves until finally it's a slow dance part. Adam wants to dip like- right then.. she however, insisted he stays and she teach him. he had said "NO".. at least 3 times. she couldn't take no for an answer.. whatsoever. and something tells me the real story to that is not dance moves and very much incest territory. creepy bitch.

I’m currently watching it with my parents and I can’t fucking take this anymore. For one everyone is a caricature Murray shouts Barry also shouts Beverly is overprotecting, Adam is a nerd, Erica is depressed when it serves the plott, pops is old. It just gets so tiring watching these one dimensional characters. Secondly, the episodes all follow the same monotonous structure “ hey remember the 80s? What about this thing that happened in the 80s?” Adam wants to do something that relates to this 80s thing but bevy overly protects him, which intern ruins Adams experience with this 80s thing. Adam then says some wildly disproportionate and hurtful thing for no conceivable reason sad music plays commercials role Beverly claims to have changed then fuck all happens. Oh and I almost forgot about the pointless B plot that’s thrown in for good measure but in my defence so did the fucking episode.

Nothing changes at the end of every episode the characters claim to have learnt some big moral lesson, but it doesn’t show ever Because otherwise they’d have to do actual character work instead of harping on the same caricatures over and over

Also, I hate some of the messages. Keep creepily pursuing the girl that you like because she’ll eventually love you It’s okay to trample peoples boundaries if you love them. Having a toxic and draining relationship with someone is better than no relationship at all. I could go on.

The only time we see anything close to character work is the season finale when they realise that they haven’t done anything meaningful for the entirety of the lead up and now must throw in some big change that they revert in two episodes anyway

I just can’t stand it

He’s always the same person but they keep falling for it I’m pretty sure Barry’s been scammed by him more than once

Watching the series for the first time and am currently on season 7's Thanksgiving episode. Am I the only one who thinks the Thanksgiving episodes are always trash? (Excluding the first and second)?

I wanna rewatch the episode where Beverly comes into the movie theatre with a tomato that needs to be eaten. I really wanna rewatch it, one of my favourite episodes. Thanks

I'm at home tonight comforting my recently neutered cat and decided to give this show a try. I watched "Deadheads" because I love "Smosh" and Shayne in particular cracks me up. It was so good lol! 😂 It's weird but funny to see him acting in this. Also loved the b-plot with the swear jar(s)! I think I'll keep watching. It's comfortingly funny, like a comedy chicken soup.

What are some of the best episodes? How about ones that are particularly good if smoking?

Also, the line "Is the weapon an ice knife?" sounds right out of a great TNTL bit lmao 😂

Had their moments when they were cute. Like how it was a flip of usual stereotypical relationships.

I think Murray is the funniest, Erica being the least funny.

I know she was just there for Barry to crush over before Lainey kissed him, but story wise, what do you think happened to her after season 1? Because she was one of the most popular girls in that school and appeared to also be friends with Erica.

If you could rewrite any season of the goldbergs which one would it be and why?

My and my girlfriend are watching the goldbergs and she states that she’s seen all the episodes but had never seen the actual real original footage of Ericka, she was wonder if she even actually exists?

Which characters would you say were the funniest and unfunniest to you?

For me: Funniest - Johnny Atkins, Coach Mellor Unfunniest - Adam, Geoff, Beverly

I’m literally Erica and Geoff like for real!!

Yes I can say really mean things at the heat of the moment but when I realize I messed up I try to find forgiveness and I actually do mean well. Just like her. It may seem like I don’t care but in reality it worries me a lot and I love the person to whoever I just fought with. As for Geoff I am that kinda of person to have an urge to just clean things and teach people a lesson when they don’t listen and it always works surprisingly. Also I tend to be a little shy but very outgoing to people close to me and tend to tolerate certain things other people wouldn’t.

What Goldberg are you??

For this to be the series finale what the heck smh. I absolutely love seasons 1-6 and I do enjoy some episodes in each season but wow it went down hill. Only the last 30 seconds of the last episode seemed like an actual "series finale " it should have been epic but was so flat.

I am nearing the end of The Goldbergs and I like to ask this question about Schooled.

The two seasons of Schooled came on at the same time of The Goldbergs seasons 6 and 7 respectively but with The Goldbergs being set in the 1980s and Schooled in the 90s has anyone rewatched (as a bit of fun) or watched Schooled after finishing off The Goldbergs.

Edit: The question is not whether you have seen Schooled at the time it aired but whether you have gone back to it or even watched it for the first time after finishing The Goldbergs.

I appreciate if you answer the question the way that I have stated it.

Literally every episode since she graduated highschool one of the plotlines is Erica just being a terrinle nightmare of a human being and then magically being forgiven at the end of the episode. At least Barry is funny when he is being a terrible person. Erica is just completely unlikeable. With every opportunity she’s given she ruins. I’m on the accapella episode right now and it really irks me thay Geoff can see her be so rude and disrespectful to people she just met and not wanna dump her. He even refers to her as a maniac. I mean it makes sense she inherited the name-calling from her parents but it seems so excessive when talking to strangers 😭 idk just gives me such an ick. I had fo rant bc it’s all I’ve been thinking about with every episode as I continue to watch I just hate her so much. They’re all pretty terrible people tho… something about her just feels worse.

Does anyone know season and episode where Barry and Murray try to make Geoff into a no pleaser, but then regret it when he starts going a tad ott. Ta

Beverly or Lois from Malcolm in the Middle?

Both were control freaks who would constantly thrust themselves in the lives of other when it really wasn't necessary, but they both had their differences.

With Beverly, it was more about wanting attention, specially attention from her family, from Murray but moreso from her kids, and even moreso from Adam. She also had a very weird and delusional way of seeing the world; thinking that she could fix anything (sometimes with food) and not seeing that her family wasn't perfect, even her father and Murray knew this which is why he would always call them "morons". And that was why a lot of people never wanted her around, especially the staff at William Penn. These days she would be considered "the ultimate Karen".

Lois, on the other hand, saw things in a more realistic (if not bleak) light. Her thing was all about being in control of everything and forcing her will upon everyone else even people that didn't know her. Because of this she was more stubborn to the point where, in her words, "being right is everything!" Even though she loved her family, she knew her kids weren't shit. Her control freak nature was the main reason she had no friends and no one wanted to deal with her; in fact out of everyone in the family, people liked Hal the most.

In fact, both were so bad that at some point the focus for both The Goldbergs and Malcolm in the Middle went from "a kid dealing with his crazy family" to "a crazy family dealing with the crazier mother".

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I just can’t remember?!?!? It’s from an earlier season, but Barry randomly calls Adam by a longer name. Adamanthony? No, that’s not it. Help please!

While the two shows are not exactly in the same genre, the one thing I suddenly realised what The Goldbergs and Call The Midwife have in common is that both started off with a basis in fact but eventually told completely fictionalised stories.