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.

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

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

THATS NOT BEVERLY!! WHO IS THAT WOMAN.

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.

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?

“Oh balls, Popeyes chicken is fuckin awesome!”

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.

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

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

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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.

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.

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

Ok so this show sorry to say has endless scene prop's that are clearly not 80's style plus clear modern clothing looks despite their effort to not look that way.. it also changes almost every camera angle change, not just the scenes.

The acting is pretencious at best with predictably lame punchlines.

The main narrating character comes across as an overly eager know-it-all geek on meth who never stops talking.. maybe it's more the fact he never removes his eye specs every scene which causes him to be over stimulated.. It evidently reminds me of steve smith on the american dad animation, either one would ever evolve enough to have their balls drop & be taken serious by opposite gender.

The 80's was a unique time but all this proves one big superficial version overall & I actually sympathise for real intellectual people that have to endure watching it.

Jaws.