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Created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill, who also created “Eastbound & Down,” comes VICE PRINCIPALS, an HBO dark comedy series that tells the story of a high school and the two people who almost run it, the vice principals. McBride and Walton Goggins star as the V.P.s who are an in epic power struggle, vying for the top spot: to be school principal.

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Season 1

Season 2

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quote from stanley cubicle (please repond)

stanley cubicle is a famous director and he once said if u like a movie u agree with the message n what it says about the world

this quote bothered me because while i dont kno if it is true show girls has always been a guilty pleasure

in relation to vice principals what do u think this show was tryin to say about the world? r u shocked or r u fine with the idea that you must endorse or agree with that viewpoint?

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2024/04/25
01:05 UTC

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Quick deal…

I’m re-watching the show. I’ve notice Lee doesn’t seem to get much payback what he did during the show. Do you think he’d get karma/payback later on in life?

2 Comments
2024/04/21
15:06 UTC

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question 4 u (possible spoilers)

R u a cat boy or a dog boy

U can't be both

1 Comment
2024/04/19
00:34 UTC

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What’s the broader message and satire in the show?

I feel like I don’t get show as much as I got Gemstones and Eastbound. What’s y’all’s reading of it??

2 Comments
2024/04/10
19:27 UTC

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NYC Assistant Principal moving to Florida

I'm a nyc board of education assistant principal, what are my career options in Florida?

5 Comments
2024/03/28
20:56 UTC

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What would season 3 Vice Principals look like ?

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2024/03/19
22:20 UTC

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I got the first season on dvd today

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2024/03/19
16:02 UTC

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The ending - Neil /Russell and life discussion.

Hey all, to whomever is still roaming the depths of Reddit, specifically the vice principals subreddit .. the depths of online discussions only a few can likely appreciate.

So first I’ll start and say, this show is probably the show I’ve rewatched the most. It’s simple, and easy to watch, hilarious and deep and thought provoking all at the same time.

Now on to the show… and life.

The ending scene when Neil and Russell run into each other which I imagine is after not seeing each other regularly anymore is so surreal,

Neil has moved on in life and has success in work and his relationship. Russell is scarred in some regards with his wife leaving and his arm/hand but has found his own peace and leadership role and presumably some success and happiness. They are both comfortable… and both settled.

Yet they had a year when they felt alive, more alive by their own accord then they ever felt and it was their favorite year. When they see each other it’s an acknowledgement of that secret year and the life they used to have, while dark and stressful was the most fun they had and ultimately led them both to growth,

Now about life, the stare and look they give each other just before Russell vanished when Neil looks over again is so wild… because it’s true to life that every phase we live is a phase and we will lose people either to death or to people just moving on to other things… with that and with reflecting on my own life where I’ve now seen this happen through loss of friends through people either moving, or changing circumstance etc… or even dying.. nothing is forever and that is Neil’s last look, he’s got this acceptance of that fact that there’s no going back in life.. he’s happy, but he knows he can’t relive that experience again.

Anyways this is just me riffing but couldn’t help but post this thought. Be well all.

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2024/02/29
10:39 UTC

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Would that all shows be created with such depth and intention…

Watching the field trip episode (S1 E3) and just saw the scene where Neal flexes on Amanda by “knowing” her surname origin- she asks what Gamby means since he’s so interested in “words and their meanings” and he has no idea. Wanted to look it up because I was sure it actually mattered and found this^^^^ so fuckin’ fitting.

I also couldn’t help but think of Neal’s comment about loving “full bush” not “landing strips” when telling Amanda why it would’ve never worked between them in season 2. Snodgrass- “smooth grass”! Lol

Such good stuff!

Get it, y’all!

1 Comment
2024/02/10
04:49 UTC

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So here's a what-if scenario....

I love this show and love to what-if. Suppose Lee and Neal just bid their time and put up with Dr. Belinda Brown. I think Dr. Brown was one of those looking to constantly move up in administration, all the way to a Superintendent job. I think she would have gotten an offer in Central Office (maybe not in that district) and would job-hop until she got her ultimate prize. That's just my thinking. Do you all think she would have pushed to move up?

And if she got a higher job, who would have gotten Principal? Neal or Lee? I think Neal.

1 Comment
2024/02/07
17:49 UTC

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Just finished another "binge" of this too short of a series...

I loved this show, but I would have loved another season to see Neal as a middle school principal. Agree or disagree?

2 Comments
2024/02/03
22:11 UTC

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Is the tiger a metaphor for being a leader? Russell comes at it with insincere kindness and gets eaten alive, but Gamby confronts it with confidence and directness and comes out unscathed.

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2024/02/03
02:46 UTC

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Did they ever explain why Dr. Brown spent so much time at the hotel?

I understand her house burned down, but they mention in “Gin” that she’d been living there months with her sons. Surely even if the insurance check hadn’t cleared, she was at least making enough for a small apartment, right? You’d think getting out of that shitty motel would be a priority for her and her kids.

2 Comments
2024/01/27
22:05 UTC

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When did you realize who the shooter was?

I never thought Lee was the shooter. That was too obvious. I thought that it was either Belinda or Ray for the longest time, but at the end of the Spring Break episode, I realized it had to have been Abbott. She shows up and Jenelle stumbles upon the mask that was planted there. Didn’t really buy it was Lee. I was convinced it was her at the end of the next episode when Abbott looked devastated while watching Neil with Snodgras.

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2024/01/02
02:39 UTC

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what would principal gimbys name had been on the and1 circuit

there is already some1 named the professor so he couldnt go with the obvious name of the principal so im gonna say the next most obvious thing n he would be called meat

what do u think he would be called

3 Comments
2023/12/31
02:13 UTC

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Why didn’t Belinda Brown say anything about Lee and Gamby burning the house down

Just because there was tape of her drunk? Other than pissing on a police car, what do they have over her? They burnt down her house. She could have destroyed them and still gotten a principal job.

There was also no reason for Lee to reveal they burnt the house down.

11 Comments
2023/12/28
20:00 UTC

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Year 2- Seasons 3 & 4

I know it was never in the cards or stars, but dammit if I don’t find myself daydreaming of a 3rd and 4th season featuring Gamby as the Pacer Principal and Steve Little as his VP… there would be so much to explore and can you imagine all the shit that could/would go down in a Middle School?!!! Lol

Plus Nash is still at NJHS as the Principal, you could get cameos from Goggins/Lee Russell, Amanda would go on her book tour and there’s endless Jenelle, Gale and Ray bits that could be implemented.

No matter- it’ll live on my mind canon.

“The door sir- open or closed?”

“… Open!”

Pacer Pride!

9 Comments
2023/12/18
16:10 UTC

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Seychelle - Beastie Boys reference?

Now we know our boy Danny McBride played MCA of the Beastie Boys in "Make Some Noise."

I thought Seychelle was a pretty weird name for a character, and at the end of season 2 you see his printed name and it clicked.

"Our evening began in Peter Seychelle's comfortable study . . . "

2 Comments
2023/12/14
22:39 UTC

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Just Watched The Annotated 1st EP of Season 1

SOOOOO FUNNY! I'm generally not a fan of commentaries but the way it was all just edited to work with the EP. Very creative and funny. Love how they describe the show "A Drama with the jokes added in on top" Second time watching it and boy do I love the Danny McBride and Walter Goggins combo. ...

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2023/12/14
14:51 UTC

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Stevie as vice principal

So no one is gonna talk about how they just blue balled us all with the Stevie cameo in season 2 finale 😂 man I wish they would have had him in more episodes so we can see that eastbound and down connection they made such a tear wrenching team 🤣🤣

1 Comment
2023/12/07
02:22 UTC

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Vice Principals was a documentary lol

1 Comment
2023/11/15
20:11 UTC

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Me after knowing there wont be more Vice Principals...;-;

9 Comments
2023/11/12
05:51 UTC

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DVD question

Does anyone know if the complete series dvd redeems digitally as SD or HD? I noticed the Blu-ray for season 1 says “Digital HD” whereas the complete dvd set says “Digital” so I wanted to get some clarification.

Thanks!

5 Comments
2023/10/26
14:28 UTC

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I had a hard time getting over...

I just finished the two seasons of the show and it was hilarious. I loved it. But something I had a hard time getting over was how they burned down Belinda's house. Even for a dark comedy as I watched it I was like WHOA! That is twisted and fuuuucked up! Even in the fiction world, it kinda made me ill. It gave me a pit in my stomach lowkey all season long because you know when terrible characters do horrible things but the writers put in small bits of redeeming behaviors here and there to kinda make you feel some type of way or have sympathy for them somewhat? Lee and Neal never really did all that much to counter burning down an innocent person's house with all her and her family's cherished belongings in it. It's one thing to burn a building structure but with all the personal lifetime shit in it, also? DARK. I know Neal wasn't "as bad" as Lee and he had glimpses of remorse but he still was a terrible dude. But I still loved the show and laughed my ass off, I just had to voice my shock at the blatant house burn.

Another thing that shocked me was that even AFTER Neal told Amanda he burned down the house with Lee and blackmailed Belinda, she got back with him! No way. I don't think I would touch someone who told me they did that as a full-grown adult in spite of someone. That's sociopathy and what I would call a big red flag. But, I get it is fiction and the dudes somehow always get away with the hot girls even though they have shit behaviors.

9 Comments
2023/10/08
16:36 UTC

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What episode or scene is the fire drill? Everyone lines up outside and a kid is on the phone with their mom

2 Comments
2023/10/04
20:27 UTC

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Just finished vice principals: Snodgrass is hot

Just finished vice principals: Snodgrass is hot

Also that show was fucking awesome. Eastbound gets all the love and it’s deserved, but the characters and twists in vice principals are insane.

Better than gemstones for sure.

Also snodgrass is hot.

9 Comments
2023/09/08
06:07 UTC

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