Some folks are trying to redefine pug breeding standards to make them healthier! They're breeding 'retro pugs' designed to look like the standard before the brachycephalic look came into fashion, and they're generally better proportioned, with longer limbs and snouts that dramatically reduce their health issues. I hope they become the new standard!

As a trans woman, it was the first time I'd ever seen myself and my problems as a trans person on screen. When Barney flat out said he's trans in the second episode and how that affects his decision to move out and resent his parents, I FELT THAT!

I love how the show addressed Norma's feelings about her special interest falling apart, after learning that Pauline is an awful person. I used to have a special interest in Harry Potter and I felt a very similar betrayal when JKR came out as a raging transphobe. It's a very difficult thing to go through and I love that this show actually addresses it.

God, the thing with Barney and his grandmother hits hard. Potentially triggering recounting of life experiences ahead. I’ve had a similar situation, my mom loves me and accepts me, my aunt did, she recently passed, but my grandmother like - no disrespect to sex work, but she has stated several times loud and clear that because I am a trans woman I’ll inevitably turn to prostitution because no one will hire me, and therefore she must fix me before she dies. She also hates the fact that I am a lesbian because... god, her reasoning is also awful. And you know, my mother can’t stand up to her. When I had a mental breakdown because of my grandmother, my mom actually apologized to my grandmother for me having a fairly understandable breakdown due to a barrage of transphobia. She apologized to her. Later on, after many a fight and sobbing discussion, my mom recognized how messed up that had been, and I forgave her because my grandmother is abusive, and also did quite a number on my mom when she was growing. She was actually genuinely afraid my grandmother would physically assault me. My mom and me have been talking strategies, if I ask to leave, we leave, no questions asked. If she missgenders me, correct her. Things like that. And I no longer obliged to see her. God, sorry for the rant it’s been hard.

As an ugly person with fetal alcohol syndrome and several other facial deformities, I totally get the obnoxious “out of your league” rhetoric that comes with wanting to be with conventionally attractive people. I do however think there’s something to be said about not letting us set our expectations too high or give us false feedback about our own appearance.

Norma is one of my favorite canon autistic characters in media, she's intelligent without being a super genius, socially awkward and loves talking about her special interests, also her way of remembering people by occupation was something I loved since I also can't remember names. One thing I'm hoping for in season 2 is seeing more of Norma's home life, in season 1 we saw some of Barney's but not much of Norma's beside her mother being supportive and a little overprotective. If we see her sister in season 2 we might see the more negative side of being autistic and living with neurotypicals.

You were right to distrust Netflix, I'm still so mad they cancelled the show

norma being shown as that obsessed with pauline was great (': it made me feel less ""cringy"" for also being obsessed with this one character. i buy fan made items and official ones of them, i love talking about them, i even just love doodling them, theyve basically become the default thing i draw

This was a really surprising show. For so many progressive concepts, it felt realistic and subtle enough to treat the concepts with respect while still being a genuinely good, spooky, silly show.

"The moment they allowed their son to be verbally abused right in front of them, they rightfully lost his trust" this line was something I couldn't put into words about why I was so angry at family that had technically done nothing to me. Not the same situation as this character, but thank you for putting this into words.

I'm also trans and Autistic, and have been struggling with my weight all my life. Literally when I saw Barney when starting this show with my sibling, I yelledd 'Oh my God he's fat!' Because I was so happy

I'm not trans but I understood Barney's struggle with his parents, I grew up with my mum constantly telling me that I needed to be grateful when she was giving the bare minimum and when I wasn't I would get yelled at and it was all very emotionally damaging, while it wasn't the same situation I could understand some of Barney's feeling and that was nice, also norma having anxiety was so relatable it made me happy

Pauline herself is also voiced by a drag queen so I personally hc her as a trans woman. But even if she isn't canonically so, the fact that they made a woman with a deep voice like her being this big idol that everyone adores is going to be so important for so many women who sound like that. Not to mention how the demon's sister is voice by an actual trans actrees too! This show is full with representation everywhere.

i was thinking that pauline turning out to be evil seemed to be similar to all the stuff with HP just before you said it. those books were my special interest for all of childhood and middleschool, so finding out the creator hated my existence was really hard to reconcile with.

Another thing about Barney's grandmother, her... attitude is hinted even before the fears episode. In ep 2 "The Tunnel". When chasing down Pugsley, Barney yells out something along the lines of "why cant you be the Pugsly I knew" or "why cant you be my Pugsly", to which he replies by stating Barney "sounds like gam gam". That's a little detail I thought was neat. How sometimes we dont even notice how our hateful family affects us. Also; Norma is a MIRROR AND I LOVE HER. Also word play. Norma =/= normal Edit: HOW COULD I FORGET!? Ep. 1: "The Job" and Barney asking his mother if she told his grand mother "that BARNEY would be there".

As someone who falls somewhere in neurodivergent scale, I adored Norma so much, me and my trans brother would jokingly say Norma and Barney was literally just us, that was the first I ever saw someone struggle the way I did on TV, it made me so happy finnalt seeing someone else who hates touch, hates eye contact, and has social anxiety just like me

As far as I know, conservatives have not complained about this show being 'woke'. That might be because Dead End is not something big like Star Wars or a Marvel movie. But to me that means if we give other, more original media a chance to do be outside the norm instead of relying on a popular franchise, then the sky is the limit as they say. Also, such bigots are cowards when the thing is such good quality and is not their favorite franchise or whatever.

i’m so fucking upset they cancelled this show

I've seen my 5 yo son watch this and it makes me so happy and emotional that he is able to see people like me, his parent, on screen!! Also the fact that I am Autistic and he likely is too, and he is able to see characters he can relate to, such as Norma. I'm really happy with it and I look forward to season 2! Edit: also, I cried when I found out that Norma is canonically Autistic! Like you say, our existence is so often ignored that I thought I could only headcanon her as such.

I have to say, Dead End is basically everything I've been looking for as a Gravity Falls fan, and that's not even including the amazing rep we're getting with it too! I sooo can't wait for the next seasons

As a female aspie one thing I appreciated about Norma’s character is that she has an admirer, Bahdya. Aka Deathslide. The fact that it was Bahdya who went to comfort Norma and not Barney (not that it would’ve been a bad thing if he did) and how Bahdya always sought out Norma’s company time after time destroys the trope of the autistic person clinging to one friend. Which is huge for her character in it if itself since she has trust issues, especially when it comes to making friends I’ve actually been there, and I’m glad to see Norma having multiple friendships and be desirable herself (a friendship which may or may not be blossoming into something more, or maybe that’s the Kahassan shipper in me. And that’s the ship name I went with since I can’t figure out how to put Bahdya and Norma together)

I’m a trans guy and I didn’t know dead end was a thing so when it popped up on Netflix and I saw Barney on the thumbnail, my trans-dar went off immediately. Then I watched the first episode and heard him listening to Cavetown and verbally said “Oh yeah, he’s trans af”

I see that I definitely need to watch this show now. I've had two of my favourite KZfaqrs recommend it. Also, I'm trans and probably autistic, so it'll be cool to see that in the show.

Is great to have well done representation once in a while. I’m really excited for the second season that coming October 13th as well, and I hope you will like it too!

I still can't believe netflix cancelled this show. We had such a good thing going and the representation was unlike anything else i've ever seen (besides the owl house, also cancelled mind you.) As a neurodivergent queer person (Demisexual, Pan and Nonbinary) representation like this means the world to me...

I may or may not have cried when I first watched the part where Barney said that he was trans out loud. Like, I made a joke about it initially when Cavetown music played over a scene of him getting ready in episode 1, and I knew what was up in the conversation with his mom, but like. It just hits different to hear it out loud. The fact that someone in a TV show is openly like I am makes me feel like I'm finally allowed to just _be_ without having to joke about it for once. I just hope that they give Norma a similar "I'm Autistic" moment in season 2. I love her, and I love that she's so blatantly Autistic and that she's based off of Hamish Steele's own experiences, but like... I need to have that feeling about both of the things I am, I think. Or if not having it be part of a similar moment to Barney's "I'm trans" speech, at least have it be mentioned explicitly in passing. This is like, literally the only gripe I have with this show other than the fact that I'm impatient for season 2. It is far from show-ruining for me, but it's also so easy to fix. Also, (spoilers ahead) if I had a nickel for every time a rich body-hopping dead person decided to be a problem for an ND-coded conspiracy-board-haver commonly depicted as brown and their soft-spoken gay friend with family issues who learns to actually stand up for themselves but also has to stay in the place that said body-hopping dead person runs for a while, I'd have two nickels. It's not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. It's especially weird that one of the times was The Magnus Archives, and that the other was Dead End: Paranormal Park.

This is one of my favorite shows, I’m extremely disappointed that it got cancelled, I hope that Hamish Steele is able to finish their story in their comic like they were planning when it first got cancelled. I was so happy to have a canonical autistic character that was ACTUALLY written by someone with autism, because I rarely see that (not including webcomics, webcomic creators make a lot of great autistic characters). It was also amazing to have a trans lead, I didn’t realize that when I saw the first episode, but as soon as I heard cavedown start playing I KNEW 👏👏👏

It's so cathartic to see characters so similar to yourself reach a happy ending. Even if you dont have the closure, it helps

I am and authistic guy who likes guys and has struggled many years with weight and was told that was "obsessed" mani time and i cannot tell you how much Dead End made me happy. Both Barney and Norma are so relatable for me. This show handles so well their personalities and their problems and I especially loved how Norma overtalked about her special interest, since i too tend to become like that when something is of great interest to me. Loved it. And, by the way Oakwyrm, I love your illustration of yourself, it's beautiful!

The touch thing is incredibly important. I have a lot of trouble asking people not to touch me, and I suspect that part of the reason I was described as "rude" and "arrogant" on an eval a few months ago is that I asked a superior not to clap me on the shoulder because it made me uncomfortable. A girl I had a crush on didn't realize that I was trying to express greater attachment to her once we got closer and I told her it was okay if she wanted to hug me as a greeting, because she assumed that being autistic and touch-averse also meant I was aroace. My friends, most of whom are huggers, make an effort to respect my boundaries and go for lower-touch interations, but they're the first people I've ever been around for whom that's the case.

When I first saw this, I thought it was going to be “stereotypical trans boy with blue hair and pronouns haha” But watching it all they way through makes me feel so included and I loved Barney so much and Norma

5:28 oh I liked it, it’s such a realistic thing that I’m surprised it’s not portrait in media more often, like I’m not out to my parents yet but I know that it would be like that, the “fake acceptance”, of superficially showing that they are supporting to see me happy but deeply wishing that I was straight and not standing up for me in times of discriminating, I had no idea this show existed but now I’m glad to know, thanks man.

I had a gripe with Pugsly too. Having him walk on two legs after he can talk does personify him more as a character but, I was so upset. That would cause irreparable damage to his hips. Especially with him constantly walking only on his back legs for the rest of the show.

I loved this series. I relate to Norma so hard. I was a just a weirdo kid who wasn't causing a problem for anyone else, so I never got any kind of diagnosis except being lazy and disorganized and clumsy and erratic and awkward and also "so cute!" and naïve and hilarious, even after I became a competent adult. Now I have a very loud autistic kid who refuses to let his problems be ignored, and bully for him, and it has changed my view of my entire life. The fear episode was the most accurate description of what social anxiety feels like I've ever seen, I've been in that place. My Frankenstein spoke right to might heart about the refuge of fiction and hyperfixation, how your interests can feel like shelter and sustenance. I just loved her and the way the show respects and legitimizes her feelings and needs. In your words, Norma, "you made me feel so seen."

Oh god, if you replaced "chest small enough to hide in a baggy sweatshirt" with "waist and torso the right size for a depressing percentage of 'feminine' clothes" that sentiment about how being fat makes passing feel impossible would describe some of the issues I'm having with my transition rn perfectly.

I relate with Norma a lot because she's autistic like me and I understand how she feels. Including with the sensory struggles, feeling different, wondering how can people make friends way easier, my special interest in Little Nightmares (by the way that game is a MASTERPIECE to me, I heavily recommend it) and so on. One light hearted event is that when I was with two other girls in a class, I was wearing a Little Nightmares T-shirt and the one of the girls commented that she was a fan of the game, that immediately caught my attention and we talked about how we love it and that its FANTASTIC! (It gave me a massive confidence boost and I was able to be myself completely) And for Barney, I can also relate since Im a demigirl panromantic. I had some similar experiences with my mom having trouble understanding non-binaries and one time she said that people that use they/them just want attention, she did ended up understanding that it affected me a lot because I use she/they pronouns and I don't use it for attention, its because that's how I feel. But just a disclaimer, my mom is NOT transphobic nor homophobic. (She used to have a brother that was gay and she grew up in a supportive family.) My mom is also recently understanding some LGBTQ+ genders like non-binary folks. My friend is non-binary and I told her that its how my friend feels and how they use they/them.

Thank you for mentioning that Barney is jewish!!! It so often gets overlooked, and with the amount of antisemitism in so much popular media nowadays (go look up stranger things and the umbrella academy antisemetism) it’s so important to have this kind of positive representation and to TALK about it.

Netflix, much like Cartoon Network does with its own content, really did this show dirty

I love this show. I HAD to binge it after the 1st episode, and how they handled barney being trans still makes me cry.

being an autistic adult i really wish i had a show like this as a kid. the face your fears episode norma's depiction accurately describes my entire experience in group activities as a child, from touch aversion to sensory overload to social anxiety. good autistic representation is slim and especially for female characters. this show handles a lot of big issues in a way still easily digestible and fun for children to watch

I seriously thought Dead End would just be a show that I liked but would be mid or garbage to everyone else's eyes, but with good representation. I'm so glad I'm wrong and many others genuinely love it. I love the characters for more than what they are, but who they are as people, I love all of the things it does to normalize people outside of the straight/gay, white people that are fit to society's beauty standards. I love how these characters face their problems in a way that feels like them as a person, not a story being pushed along, so they have to get over this or that this episode. I think the show is great and wow, what a wonderful change in animation media without making it a romance focus thing.

Cute story. I've been out as trans since I was 15 and didn't transition until I was 18. My mom took some time but she finally accepted it and has been very supportive. Unlike she has been when I first came out. What's funny was one day my mom literally picked out this show and we watched it together. I can relate to Barney and his grandmother not being respectful to him and after my mom watched all that I think she internalized that and now when my grandma is rude or misgenders me my mom learned to stand up for me as to not put me in that isolating experience of no one standing up for me. This show can affect anyone besides people who are neurodivergent or LGBTQ+. It literally taught my mom how to treat me better and stand up for me when I am being disrespected. I highly recommend watching this with other people!

I'm chubby, gay, Jewish and ftm. barney makes me feel so seen.

Thank you for introduing me to this wonderful show! And, for what's it worth, there are breeders out there trying to undo some of the hideous harm inflicted on pugs and re-breed the healthier pugs of days past, when the poor buggers were allowed to have, you know, working noses and such.

I am so glad you talked about this show!!! It quickly became one of my favorites!! As an autistic person who also recently had to grapple with a certain She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Norma’s reaction and song were SO relatable and there is not way that was a coincidence! And I really loved Barney’s story line as well! God, when he told his parents that accepting your child is the bare minimum and that they need to stand up for him, that was amazing! And I loved that they showed that nuisance. Because yes, to a point they are good parents, but that goodness ends when they allowed their son to be verbal attacked BY HIS OWN GRANDMOTHER!!! YEESH!!! Anyway, this show is awesome and I’m glad more people are talking about it!

This show was soo good that it didn't even bother me that one of the characters had my deadname. Also the dog is adorable and I relate to Barney soo much. Though I am surprised that when Barney dressing up as a dinosaur they didn't make a Barney the dinosaur reference.

I really wish they hadn't called Barney Barney. But that's an extremely small nitpick, he's a great character otherwise. This is a really personal thing, since I grew up on Barney the Dinosaur and the themesong keeps getting stuck in my head.

Someone pointed out how Touya Todoroki’s quirk from bnha could be considered a disability. (Spoilers) he inherited his father's fire quirk but his mother's resistance to cold, not his father's resistance to heat. So he got badly burned any time he used his quirk and because of that his father rejected him. Because he believed his son wouldn't be able to be a hero. He became so desperate for his father's attention/approval that it lead to tragedy.

Unless Dead End gets picked up by another streaming platform, then we won't get another season :(

i fucking loved this show but the comics are another level barney cannonically has scars that are possibly cannonically sh scars and he changes his hair colour almost every chapter!!! iconic

I thought you uploaded this today because of the announcement of season 2 lol. We're getting more seasons.

The transmed side of tumblr that views skinny white no-hair-dye-allowed normal-clothes-only as the only acceptable way to be trans is already spreading a ton of rumors about this show in an attempt to get it to bomb, so I'm happy to see it be reviewed honestly and with an emphasis on the positives rather than fabricating negatives.

Dead End was so niceeee

Kinda late to the party but here u go :)) As a neurodivergent myself it was so refreshing to see someone like Norma be portrayed in such a way that feels so familiar. Also as a hijabi I nearly cried when I saw badyah as one of the characters in the show . Like not only was she portarayed as an actually character and not some insert to attract people to the show but she actually had a purpose in the show and served a role throughout the seasons. As well as that she isn't some boring tasteless character like some other shows netflix has put out with hijabi characters but she's funny ,has personality and is so SO relatable ! I love this show so much still mad at Netflix for cancelling it :(

I listen to Norma's song several times a week. I hope a follow up video on season 2 is coming

I’m bi with a similar family situation as Barney (they supposedly accept it and like my current girlfriend; but they also don’t seem to have my back and when my brothers gf got invited to his birthday dinner and mine didn’t get invited to mine). I’m also autistic. This series speaks to me in a way I didn’t think I needed until now and I adore it. I didn’t know Steelish Ham is autistic but it explains why Norma is handled so beautifully!

I absolutely love this show! I'm so incredibly happy with the story, the representation, the characters, everything! I started watching since it fits into that Addams Family/Gravity Falls family friendly spooky niche. So getting hit with amazing canonical representation was such a pleasant surprise for me! I'm bi, Chicana, and autistic. Norma just hits so incredibly close to home.

I never knew this show existed, thank you so much for bring it to my attention! I’m so excited to start watching!!!

Pugsly could of still been a pug, just make him a retro pug or a pugXrussel😔

Can I just say real quick Barney’s little brother Patrick is so supportive of him and his transition and I don’t really see that a lot in media however I do have experience with this as the younger sibling when my sister came out as trans I was very happy although I didn’t know what that meant I supported her I used the right pronouns I respected her she was one of my guardians after all when I came out as trans she respected me just as much as I did to her.

yes! i struggled so much as a teenager because my parents were "accepting" on the surface (and were much more surface level accepting than parents of other queer teens around me who were being physically abused), but were like barney's parents in dead end. i felt so guilty all the time that i wasnt grateful that they were letting me wear the clothes i wanted and letting me keep my hair short, and was never able to understand the fact that i wasnt being treated well. it really is a slow poison like you said.

Do you have any thoughts on season 2? I don’t think it did quite as much with Barney being trans, but there is some more LGBTQ stuff with Norma and badja, which I won’t spoil just in case you haven’t seen it yet. Also, the bowling shoes man is an amputee, so even more representation I guess, even though he is a random background character who appears in one episode.

I'm scared very easily (although I'm an young adult) so after watching one episode I didn't wanna continue at first. But at the same time I was already that hooked on the story, that I had to watch it anyway. And I love it soooo much. I'm transmasc, my family says they accept me, but don't even use my pronouns and I might be autistic. So this representation means the absolute world to me. /gen

Your introduction of the 2 main characters hit me like a sack of bricks. And suddenly you're now a way more reliable KZfaqr. Thank you. And then you're description of chubby you're getting more relatible by the minute.

Thank you for doing a video on this show! I was so happy to see a show like this as I’m also trans and autistic, Norma and Barney make me feel so comfy 😊

holy shit i thought the plot sounded familar. turns out i read this back in 2018 on tapas when i was just starting to realise i was trans.

I love this show so much I can’t wait for the next season!! The scene of Norma’s anxiety attack made me incredibly anxious too - but at the same time I was like THIS IS IT!! this is exactly what it feels like! it’s so well illustrated

My trans friend sent this to me saying “this is the most well done trans male character ever.” And I’m in love. And I can attest to the pug thing. My sister owns a pug. Pugs are unhealthy. We own one. Their smushed faces make it hard for them to breathe and they are prone to allergies more often. Dirt and grime gets under the folds and can make them sick. Their hearing is bad because they don’t have a way to really cover or clean their ears. They can’t smell because of that smushed in face like mentioned before. I understand why pugsly should be a different breed, but again. One gripe in mostly positive things.

Hey Oakwyrm, have you seen the second season yet, and are you going to make a follow-up video about it? In that season we learn some stuff about Courtney that might potentially point to a disability of some sort, but I can't be sure? I was wondering if you had some thoughts about that.

The only big reason i checked the show out was because of Alex Brightman which i am a big fan of. My 3 favorite shows he’s been in, the first he was the main “antagonist”, the second a robot demon, and then this one he’s a possessed pug

thank you for doing this. I was hoping to see you make a video on the show the second I finish watching it. Can't wait for season 2, and here's hoping it is as good as the last one.

Ahh so excited to hear you talking about Dead End! I don’t know if you know, but season 2 actually comes out next month! I also have high hopes for Norma being called Autistic in canon because small spoiler, but it happens in book 2 of the graphic novel which I think is what season two will be based on so… fingers crossed?

This was timed so well! The creator announced the next season was coming out next month (oct 13! really surprisingly fast)

You MUST watch season 2! It's amazing!!

Super excited for season 2 this October!! This was one of my favorite shows and I binged it so fast XD can’t wait for more of it!

One thing I loved was how the show makes it clear how Barney’s grandmother treated him without ever actually showing her berating him. It allowed the show to explore important themes without subjecting the audience to any transphobic rhetoric. It really meant a lot to me that we never hear Barney get misgendered and we never hear his deadname.

Lol I was literally gonna request you cover this show today. I love it so much and can't wait for season 2!

If I had a nickel for every scene of an animated show's newest season premiering in October, where a neuro-divergent, bisexual girl of color comes out to their mom: I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice, and so close together.

I only started the series. But I still love Alex Brightman playing Pugsly and demon. We had a song he basically duetted himself lol. Also if he sounds familiar he does Beetlejuice on Broadway and Fizzaroli in Helluva Boss

This is probably my favorite cartoon for 2022. The characters feel extremely real, and you can tell they aren't there just for representation. They are relatable and their own people. It's a conclusive story about them and their conflicts, while still having a supernatural plot involved. Also as an autistic woman, I connected so well to Norma and her character, as well as her struggles in the episodes.

This was such a good show. I watched the musical episode while I was going through a faith transition, and Norma’s Frankenstein song really hit different.

I really appreciate how effective and straightforward your intros are; I am working on simplifying how I write and speak to better convey complex points and your videos often serve as an useful example of what I'm working towards

As a fat trans man myself Barney was a GODSEND. AND HIS INTRODUCTION SCENE HAS A CAVETOWN SONG???? I had to pause it I was so shocked and happy to see representation I never thought I get. Not to mention the nuance with the casual transphobia of his family.

Ive rewatched dead end alot of times by now and I am very excited for s2, which is about to come out this october!!

👀 whose gonna tell him they canned it?? I hope I’m wrong but I’ve not heard good news. If I’m wrong just. Politely correct me. I would LOVE to be wrong. I love these guys. And want more.

I really loved this show so much, I can't wait to see more adventures

TL;Dr I liked the way they portrayed both of our two main leads in a way that made them easy to understand, likeable and even relatable. This show made me smile so hard my face started hurting. I binged this show a couple of months back and I loved it every second of it. I loved Norma way more than I thought I would, I liked the way they portrayed her special interest, it felt so realistic and relatable to me and I loved that she was smart without being a Super Genius™ (as I've seen other people put it.) And I loved the way they portrayed her struggles with Social Anxiety in a way that made it easy to understand for people who don't have it. (Sub category, I loved how when Barney got her something she actually liked, rather than the joke being that she didn't. It made me smile.) I also loved Barney, they made him an actual person (and not one who's stupid) and he was so sweet, too. They, again, made the struggle with his home life compelling, and still easy to understand even if you're not trans. I also found his song number about him and Loggs funny and kinda relatable and was so happy for them when they got together. I'm very excited to see where these characters go in season 2.

We have a confirmation for season two I was worried because karens were complaining about it and you know companies have a habit of siding with those guys and canceling a show on season one

Damn..as a trans man who hasn't transitioned yet due to family issues and such this really hit home..

Close norma is Bi or so she herself says but pan and bi can often be interchangable between eachother depending on which of them you prefer. Norma prefers Bi

Can I just say I love how you annunciate? The way you talk has me in a trance. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

As a trans autistic person with family problems myself, this is my comfort show and I'm so glad to hear someone talk about it. :)

never heard of Dead End before stumbling across this, I paused six minutes in and here I am hours later having watched it all so far. thank you for the video and the introduction to the show!

This video is how I learned of this awesome show, a show I’ve been hyper fixated with for months it’s has been and probably will keep being great. Thank you 👍

Very excited for season 2 on Thursday!

I'm pretty sure I read at least one of the original comic books this show was based on or something. I enjoyed it.

About Pugsley, I get that there's a terrible history of breeding them to be unhealthy, but Barney taking care of one can't be a bad thing, can it?

I really appreciated how Barney being trans was only a single aspect of his 3-dimensional character. It defined a great deal of his struggles, but it did not define who he was as a person. THAT is how you do representation!

I felt connected to the show- it felt real and I don’t know why… all the characters just felt like they were me but in their own way- I loved this show so much!❤

I can relate about the curves. I am a trans teen and one of the things I hate the most is having big curves and fat, it makes me feel so dyphoric. I love that there are finally characters like Barney that are fat, trans, gay and jewish but their whole character isn't about that. Alot of shows mess up by making characters who are disabled, poc, trans, etc. their whole personality. Dead End is normalization at its finest and I'm here for it.