/r/TheGoldbergs

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For fans of the ABC sitcom "The Goldbergs"

/r/TheGoldbergs

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are we meant to like beverly?

Just started watching the goldbergs i’m on season 1 episode 5 (no spoilers pls!) i was just wondering whether we are meant to like beverly😭 i’m just hoping she has some character development throughout the series sorry if this is a hot take! again i’ve only just started watching<3

11 Comments
2024/12/08
01:19 UTC

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YOU’RE SHCMOOPIE!

I got so excited! Someone loves me! Then I saw I was recommended to this thread. Clearly it was not because someone loves me like Beverly loves Adam. Glad to be introduced to this group all the same

2 Comments
2024/12/04
08:23 UTC

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Favorite Erica looks

Erica's had many looks and outfits throughout the series, are there any that were your favorites?

For me, I think she's looked way better in season 9 and 10 when she had bangs

5 Comments
2024/12/03
03:33 UTC

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I think the goldbergs showed amanda caldwell the girl who was the one that they based dana caldwell off this is the screeshot its in season 1 epi20 at the end when adam says "shes not going to let me kiss her"

3 Comments
2024/12/01
19:10 UTC

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You’re Schmoopie!

4 Comments
2024/12/01
04:32 UTC

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What is the name of the song when at the end of season 10 epi 22 (last official epi) it says "dedicated to a decade of the goldbergs" what is that song called shazam does not know it.

6 Comments
2024/11/30
03:25 UTC

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2024/11/30
01:47 UTC

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Close-up shots. Smug little git.

2 Comments
2024/11/23
08:56 UTC

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So does anyone think the divorce episode is actually about homophobia?

Currently watching the episode right now and it just has that vibe like the way Beverly is just speaking about it feels like an allegory for homophobia but they're using divorce instead then again I wasn't born in the '80s so I don't know how divorce was looked on back then but I definitely know how people thought about gay people back then and it wasn't pretty

25 Comments
2024/11/18
21:44 UTC

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Long shot re a background song in S9 Ep13 - A Peck of Familial Love.

There's a song playing at the Valentine's dance before Adam arrives, when Brea is speaking to Dave Kim by the drinks table.

It's a power ballad and the singer sounds a bit like Martika voicewise, and I think the lyrics start with "You can say that it's over..."

The dialogue muffles the rest of the vocals so I can't do a lyric search.

Open Arms by Journey starts after it when Adam arrives. It's the scene opening song that I'm after please.

Fingers crossed someone can recognise it - thanks! 😁

2 Comments
2024/11/16
14:23 UTC

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Does anyone know this guy season 1 episode 4 "you opened the door"

He's in ericas room I really want to know who he is

1 Comment
2024/11/15
02:19 UTC

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The continuity in the show sucks

Why is Adam turning 16 and season 6 episode 1 when he was 16 for a good majority of season 5

19 Comments
2024/11/11
17:34 UTC

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Adam more selfish than the rest

I’ve been reaching the show from the beginning and even though Barry and Erica can be selfish and immature, I feel like Adam is the most selfish and disrespectful of them all. And to everyone except Pops.

He’s in high school, no one expects him to magically be super mature but even among his friends, it’s clear that he only cares about himself and doesn’t matter who it ends up hurting.

9 Comments
2024/11/09
09:16 UTC

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Smother

Why do the kids let her get away with the shit she does? If she was my mother I would be in prison for murder

10 Comments
2024/11/07
23:14 UTC

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WHO IS IN THE FAMILY PHOTO?!

Season 2 episode 17, “The Adam Bomb” , 7 minutes and 12 seconds in.

THATS NOT BEVERLY!! WHO IS THAT WOMAN.

9 Comments
2024/11/06
03:43 UTC

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Adam's nerdiness

Can you think of some examples when Adam's nerdiness was just too over the top or just too much for anyone to deal with? Being nerdy or geeky is one thing, but with Adam it would sometimes be a flaw.

Like when Barry and Lainey's wedding was coming up and he couldn't do a serious wedding video without something funny being put into it, like fart noises. All because farts "make him happy".

Or the school yearbook being ruined because Adam got distracted by Alf.

And of course there was the dinner with Jackie's parents.

5 Comments
2024/11/06
02:24 UTC

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Are there any extended episodes?

It seems like there are a number of episodes that are cut short because of commercial constraints. Some episodes feel like if they could just have had a few more minutes the plot or the message would have been wrapped up nicer or without feeling rushed.

For those who have purchased the dvd/br/streaming seasons, are there any extended episodes? Do they play better than the edited for TV versions?

2 Comments
2024/11/06
01:57 UTC

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Adams voice reminds me of Little Nicky.

“Oh balls, Popeyes chicken is fuckin awesome!”

0 Comments
2024/11/06
00:42 UTC

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Phone app game

Anyone here play the Goldbergs Back To The 80s phone app game? I'm asking is there any plot after the 100th game? I've done several rounds past that point and each episode is described as we are on break and there's no plot. Is this the end? I kind of doubt they've been adding more because the show has been off the air for a while now.

0 Comments
2024/11/05
15:52 UTC

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Is there an episode where like the kids just say f you to Beverly?

Currently on early season 5 and I want to know if there's like an episode where maybe particularly Adam just gets so fed up with her he says the f bomb to her and yes I'm totally I know there's a American Dad episode like this I just want to know if there's a Goldberg episode of it seems like it would make sense

15 Comments
2024/10/28
19:13 UTC

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Is there an episode where like the kids just say f you to Beverly?

Currently on early season 5 and I want to know if there's like an episode where maybe particularly Adam just gets so fed up with her he says the f bomb to her and yes I'm totally I know there's a American Dad episode like this I just want to know if there's a Goldberg episode of it seems like it would make sense

2 Comments
2024/10/28
19:13 UTC

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Is there an episode where like the kids just say f you to Beverly?

Currently on early season 5 and I want to know if there's like an episode where maybe particularly Adam just gets so fed up with her he says the f bomb to her and yes I'm totally I know there's a American Dad episode like this I just want to know if there's a Goldberg episode of it seems like it would make sense

8 Comments
2024/10/28
19:13 UTC

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Has Adam or anyone on the show ever had an original idea?

It occurred to me last night that pretty much every episode has been about Adam trying to copy something 80s. When it’s not Adam then it’s someone else. So yeah… has anyone on that show ever had one?

6 Comments
2024/10/28
14:59 UTC

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Was schooled retcon?

I’m on a first watch of the Goldbergs and schooled. I just finished both. I have notice that schooled was basically retcon with season 9 & 10. For example in schooled there’s never a mention of baby Muriel. Barry is never mentioned as being divorced. Even Adam was said to have recently graduated in the back door pilot but is still the 80’s when he takes his year off. Was this done because they were out of ideas or because they went past their planned ending?

1 Comment
2024/10/22
02:58 UTC

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Beverly selling her stuff episode

Can someone tell me what episode it is where Beverly is giving away her things but prices them at higher prices than what anyone would buy them for?

3 Comments
2024/10/22
02:04 UTC

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Beverly Goldberg’s skin!

Let’s talk about Wendi McLendon-Covey’s skin on the show. It’s so smooth it’s AI-level unsettling. It’s smoother than her kids’ skin. Her skin wasn’t like that in Bridesmaids and if you look at stills of her there is texture, but on the show she looks like a silken pillowcase. Has anyone else noticed this? Anyone else bothered by it?

13 Comments
2024/10/15
12:08 UTC

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anyone else think that Beverly and Barry are written to be autistic / neurodivergent?

they both struggle with social interaction and reading the social and emotional cues of others, until its very explicitly and directly stated to them. they’re both loud and unapologetically themselves, whereas others around them are more self-conscious / concerned with how they’re perceived. they both have very unique, strong-willed, creative personalities, which makes them change-makers, leaders, and initiative-takers in their respective circles; however they also tend to have blind spots for when they are coming off too strong and abrasive to those around them.

i know a lot of viewers (especially in this sub apparently lol) find them to be too obnoxious / self-centered / irritating, but i really like how it’s shown that they genuinely learn and grow from their mistakes, and i feel like they usually always have good intentions overall - unlike characters in lots of other shows/sitcoms, who behave selfishly and harmfully in a much more -intentionally malicious- way.

3 Comments
2024/10/13
03:49 UTC

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The Goldbergs: A Formula that Fails

The family sitcom format has always worked for me. Whether it was multi-cam or animated. I’ve always been a fan of the dynamic. Until now.

I watched every single episode of this show, as well as the spin off series Schooled. And all I saw was a mostly unlikable cast. Made up of narcissistic, over privileged personalities. As well as 10 seasons of characters who made mistakes, learned lessons. Then forgot those lessons as soon as the episode was over. Because in the next episode they were making the same mistakes again, and again and again.

I Mean I’m use to familiar plot lines happening in these sitcoms. But every episode is “character takes other character for granted. Person feels hurt. Guilty party feels shame. Apologies, forgiveness, Closing narrative, end.” I swear to God the rinse and repeat nature of this show was downright tedious.

The only members of this family I can stand is the father, Murray. Played brilliantly by Jeff Garlin, Albert “pops”, played by the always fantastic George Seagal, and the adult Adam narrator, Patton Oswalt.

Those two characters were, I believe the anchors of the show. And once those characters died, this show followed quickly behind them. Let’s face it. It’s hard to be on the side of any of these characters. The kids are selfish, stupid and arrogant. And The Beverly Goldberg character is a Karen. Her attitude in real life could only work against the people in her community. Because if she tried her shtick with any other person she would be heading to the morgue. Especially in the 80s. And in Philadelphia no less.

These characters were garbage people inside and out. Not a redeeming quality amongst them. I can deal with one character being self-involved and narcissistic. It’s usually a teenage daughter. But four is over the line. Each one of them was a broken mirror of the mother.

I mean these characters are so bad that whenever they bring in a new character or friend, it’s not long until that friend is pulled down to their level and making their mistakes as well. Think about the Erica character, the mistake she made in quitting school to pursue music and then she was making the boyfriend who is a straight A student into a slacker too. But I’m supposed to root for this character?

And then the boyfriend’s father saying that she is a bad influence. Just a few episodes later suddenly agree with her that the son should just drop everything and follow the Grateful Dead. Does that even sound believable? And her pep-talk to Geoff’s sister about quitting in season 10 was pathetic. A loser giving permission to a former loser to be a loser again. So, was any one surprised when Erica drop the ball as a lawyer too?

But then again, why shouldn’t she be OK with failure? The mother sure shit was. How many times did she say I could’ve been this? Or I could’ve been that? Or I was almost this? So, it’s no wonder that her children were failures, all throughout the show and were OK with it.

And here’s another question, this show happens deep in the 80s. So why do these kids act like children from Generation Z and not Generation X?

For the first three seasons, I really dug this show. I love that it took place in the 80s. The family was loud, they were Jewish, working class, they cursed. They went to war within the family and for their family. They were like the Bundys from Married with children. Only their mother did something.

But how many times can you watch these children? Berate their mother for being too involved in their lives and then run to her for help as soon as they’re in trouble. And it happens in almost every single episode.

Plus, I know that this is based on a true family. And the actual Barry really becomes a doctor. But the character Barry they made way too stupid to be a medical student and go on to become a doctor. I understand that he was supposed to be the explosive element in the show, but that kind of dissonance doesn’t work. He can’t be stupid and part of his life in a genius in the next, it’s too unbelievable.

Not to mention, his success only highlights the failure of the other two siblings. Think about this, Barry who is portrayed as the dumb one in this family dynamic. No intelligence, no talent, no nothing. Passes high school, passes med school, passes all his tests and exams no problem. Yet he is the only one of these three siblings who isn’t a college dropout. This is pathetic.

When they started to make him a straight A student out of nowhere. Just because he started studying with his friends that’s when I realized this show was getting too stupid for its own good.

I can’t believe that this show went on for as long as it did. Plus, these characters have an inflated, undeserved sense of skill. One thinks he’s a prize athlete. The other thinks she’s a world-class singer and the third thinks he is a top notch, Director. Though it’s plain to see how they got this inflated self-worth, from the mother. They never truly pay for their own arrogance. And I hate characters like this. The Molly character on Mike and Molly was a character like this. The Lilly character on how I Met your mother was a character like this.

I can deal with characters being arrogant. But if they don’t pay for their arrogance, it takes me right out of the experience.

But This show celebrates mediocrity. Every young person in this show is a flake. And what’s worse is that they’re proud of it.

And Jewish mothers may be overbearing yentas. But Jewish children are far more disciplined than what was portrayed on this show. This is part of the reason why their people have endured so long.

As far as I can tell out of the two shows Goldbergs and Schooled the Laney Lewis character is the only character with the true arch. And at least has some kind of range. She was a Geek. Who lost herself when she Became Beautiful and Popular. She fell for somebody who was beneath her. Left to chase her dream. And she failed spectacularly. She came back in the ashes of that failure and became a teacher. Under ridiculous circumstances, though. Then evolved as a character. None of the other young people who grew from child into adult in this show did the same thing.

25 Comments
2024/10/12
11:28 UTC

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Need to find an episode

What's the episode where Adam wants to win the shopping marathon from I think toys r us

2 Comments
2024/10/10
23:59 UTC

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