I love how Stolas casually opens a portal to a solar system that's about to supernova, just to have the perfect backdrop to sing to his daughter. And the song is perfect as well.

I love Stolas' and Octavia's conversation on the ride. By far my favorite part of the episode is Stolas trying to explain himself, starting and stopping over and over again as he tries to figure out what to say and how to say it... then realizing he just doesn't have the words to express what's going on with him. I love that.

"Why is he such an icon?" Because he's literally just Brandon Rogers playing himself in cartoon form.

I love how this series starts by portraying Stolas as this nonchalant, horny Owl who only cares about getting down and dirty with Blitz, then slowly starts showing his true colors and making him a very relatable character.

I still remember folks were upset Stolas had a new VA from the pilot until this episode. Now I can't picture anyone but Bryce as him

This is the episode that locked me in. This was such a reintroduction to Stolas and his story and relationships, I feel, is the emotional core of the show.

Stolas is a FANTASTIC dad. He may not have listened when he should have, earlier, but he more than made up for it by being so open and honest with Octavia. I love that line "I'm sorry, I don't have the words." That hits hard, admitting that you don't even know how to adequately explain something.

For the record, there are a variety of demon classes in these series. Ars Goetia are demon royalty - such as the Seven Sins and various anthropomorphic birds like Stolas and Octavia, Imps are the lowest class of demon, Hellhounds are even lower than that, etc. It's only Sinners who, specifically, GO to Hell. The majority of the rest were just born there. Blitzø has made it very, very clear that the “o” is silent, which is why Robo-Fizz pronouncing the “o” struck the last nerve before he started blasting.

For the benefit of those who don’t know, Fiz is voiced by the guy who played Beetlejuice like chat said. Also, Moxi was the voice of Billy from “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy” as well as Zim from “Invader Zim”. Vivziepop’s art style was inspired by Invader Zim, so I’m sure having his voice actor in her own series has been a great honor for her.

I love how this series comes off silly, lewd and all kinds of crazy, but it gets super in depth super fast, while STILL being crazy in all the ways we love. You're going to love this, can't wait to see more reactions!

Fun fact: this episode takes place in the greed ring. Hellborn demons ( imps in particular) are allowed to visit the other rings while sinners are confined to stay in the pride ring.

The song that stolas sings is my favorite in this series, "2 minutes notice" was close but this one always sounds amazing. No matter what fuck ups he's made he has never regretted having his daughter and she has always been the most important thing in his life. His little starfire because he adores the stars.

I honest can't believe how much you sounded like Millie when you first said "LOO LOO LAND!?" My favorite small detail in this episode is when Blitz hangs up his cell phone like a landline phone and smashes it, he has a mega phone handy because this might be a common occurrence. My fav Blitz quote is "ooh what a mouth."

Fun fact: Stolas'(the owl guy) voice actor is a Broadway actor, and that's why he has such an amazing singing voice.

I'm assuming the Thumbnails are going to remain one episode behind until you watch the pilot. I kinda like that idea. Can't wait for you to get to it.

Octavia always breaks my heart with how much she suffers from her parents divorce. It makes me constantly worry about how my kids feel about my divorce from their cheating mother.

I do love that at first you think Octavia's jsut a typical cartoon angstry, grumpy teen but the end of the episode recontextualises her behaviour as her simply trying to cover her fear that her dad is going to leave her and no longer cares about her

Forgot this was episode 2. Great series as a whole. Already it’s becoming more about character drama than the assassination business

"Afton-chan, no!" dealt me psychic damage, holy shit

Fun one for you the guy voicing Fizz is the singer who plays bettlejuice in the musical. There is a loooot of awesome muscial talent in this show that will come up as well as a few legendary actors. Like Mox is voiced by the same voice actor as invader Zim and Billy from grim adventures

And here we see the first instance of M&M absolutely killing it in any outfits they're in

Man, Robo-Fizz really hits different now

See stolas is such a fucking COMPLEX character. And like, SO realistic. Well, as far as a royal owl demon can get. He is not one dimensional, neither a 1d horny mf nor a 1d pushover soft guy. He's sassy, he's horny, he's a good dad, he's intelligent, he's trying, he's amazing.

"Listen to your Ho, Mox" is definitely one of his best lines.

The series hires a lot of Broadway Performers. Outside of Stolas's actor, in this episode we have Alex Brightman of Broadway's Beetlejuice fame playing the Robot Clown/Jester. And Octavia the daughter is the same actress who played Veronica in the Heathers musical and Janice in the Mean Girls musical.

In all honesty, this song is my favorite bit in the show

For me Stolas struggling with was so sad in a way I wasn’t expecting. Because he so desperately wants to let her know what’s going on but there’s so much that he can’t even vocalize it. Trying to tell the truth while also remembering that Via is his daughter and really doesn’t need to know everything

This song was beautiful to me originally, but after having a son it brings me to tears

Fun Fact: The Lesser Key of Solomon is a real world sorcery grimoire, in it the Ars Goetia is outlined which is 72 demons of varying rank and incredible power. Stolas is one of the Princes of the Ars Goetia and his knowledge and power is centered around Astronomy, Herbology/Botany, and Gemology which is on prominent display in this and last episode.

Please notice that there’s a pilot!! Some of the character voices are different and its not 100% canon, but a reference is made to it slightly later on and its still a good episode

Helluva Boss has official English Subtitles that sometimes provide extra context for the Episode; you can access these Subtitles through the Gear icon in the bottom right of the Video. Love your content and I hope you enjoy the rest of the Series!

Stolas' Character is my favourite. I like his polite, sad and vulnerable demeanor.

You gotta watch the pilot episode! If only for the really catchy theme song!

I just realised when blitz says an overrated sellout jester he doesn’t mean an actual human jester but he means actual fizzarolli AND robo fizz mentions Ozzie’s factory (obviously I won’t elaborate for spoiler reasons but I never really heard what he said and I thought blitz meant a human jester)

By the way stolas actively censors himself which is why when he mentions naughty words he gets the beep. He is literally the only character in the universe this happens to at the time of writing this.

I love Stolas, I really do. This man quickly won over many of us when seeing him with Via and later seeing how he is such a a sad boy. That being said though, he really wasn't thinking in this episode. He knows Via is upset and how his affair hurt his family. Taking her to a theme park she loved as a kid is a cute idea.. but than he invites the guy his sleeping with along... A makes innuendos in front of her... Stolas really wasn't thinking at all here.

You really should check out the Helluva Boss pilot episode too. It sort of is and is not part of the canon and Loona's voice actor pulls double duty as Millie as well, but its fun as Hell - pun intended. It also shows how Blitzo gets his hands on the book that allows him and his company travel into the world of the living.

People say that you should watch the pilot and, although I slightly agree, you should just enjoy the show how you like

The Episode that gave us a hint of the Bigger Plot at large. Anyway, in case you didn’t realize, Helluva Boss takes place in the same Universe as Hazbin Hotel. Also, keep an eye out for the Torch Guy, he will make reappearances. By the way, did she skip over the Helluva Boss Pilot or what?

This is still one of my favourite episodes in the series.

As a child of divorce, it's crazy how this one episode showed me i became a self fulfilling prophecy. Having been on both sides of this melodramatic coin i never thought how rough it would be for the child until i was the adult. Ever since then i put every day ahead for their well being. Thanks Helluva boss!

I love Stella in this episode. She was one of the best characters.

Just waiting till she finally realizes that Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel are in the same world.

You’ll understand what Stolas was attempting to explain to Octavia in Season 2(specifically the first episode)

Am looking forward to the next episode too. First two episodes are good, but I think the show definitely starts finding it's tone better starting on episode 3. oh, and another detail of imps. Generally the female imps have black hair and mostly black horns with thin white stripes. Male imps have more even black and white striped horns and white hair.

"You will be ok" is on spotify, however its the composer singing, however there are more verses.

Right energy… wrong land. So glad you finally got to see all of these btw, i had bet they were totally your speed.

Just to give you a little insight on things not explicitly explained in the Episodes themselves, but Hell is populated by Sinners (like Angel Dust and Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel) and Demons (like the I.M.P. Crew and Charlie from Hazbin Hotel). Only Demons can travel to other rings of Hell (like Greed where Looloo Land is located). Sinners are restricted to the first Ring, Pride, where Charlie’s hotel and I.M.P.’s office are. Also, when you get finished with episode 7 of Season 1, be aware that Episode 8 wasn’t released until after Season 2 Episode 4 due to copyright issues, so if you’re watching the episodes in release order there might be some slight confusion.

Okay a few things to help understand this universe (based on what I've found so far): 1: Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss are in the same universe. 2: All of the characters (except sinners like vaggie, angel, and alastor) are born in hell 3: Pro tip; male imps like blitz and moxxie have larger horns with thick black and white stripes, while females have smaller horns with thin white stripes. 4: The hell hierarchy goes as follows (from most to least powerful/ with character examples): Lucifer, Lilith, Charlie, Sins (like asmodeus, bee-lzebub, and mammon), Ars Goetia (Stolas and Octavia), overlords (like alastor, even tho he's technically a sinner), Sinners (examples being Vaggie, angel dust, husker, and nifty), hellborn ( such as succubi like Verosika), Imps, Hellhounds. 5: Canon sexualities (that i know of so far): Blitzo is pansexual, moxxie is bisexual, stolas is queer, Charlie is bisexual, vaggie is lesbian, angel dust is gay, and alastor is asexual. I'll update as I learn more, but hope this helps. 😊

Fizzaroli is voiced by Alex Brightman, who was Beetlejuice on Broadway. And his next voice appearance will be with James Monroe Iglehart, who did Genie on Broadway. Their appearance will be amazing. not saying when or who they will be exactly to help maintain the surprise.

Ok so since you're confused I'll clarify. Not all beings in hell are sinners who died. There are many creatures native to hell like imps and hell hounds. But there also greater demons born in hell like Stolas who are gifted with unbelievable power. Sinners are only found in the pride ring where they are trapped. Natural born demons however are found everywhere and can travel to other rings which is why we mastly see imps in the other rings. Hope this explains some stuff

If Afton ended up in this hell, my god he'd be unstoppable

An interesting (though not TOO important) thing you might notice (for the new audience) is that male born imps have horns that are equally white and black striped, where as female born imps have almost entirely black horns with thin white stripes segmenting them. Imps are the second-lowest rank of hell-born natives, with only hellhounds having a lower position. Humans who die are turned into demons but they can't leave the circle of hell they live on versus native-born demons (like imps, hellhounds and the other devils like Stolas and Octavia who are of a MUCH higher class than the imps. I believe second or third highest rank of nobility) who can travel inbetween the different Rings of Hell, each one apropriately named. For Stella, Stolas' wife, it is probably worse that Stolas slept with an imp (Blitzo) than that he cheated on her. For an arranged mariage like theirs a semi-discreet dalliance with a lover or mistress is possibly expected considering there isn't necesairily any love between them, but while Stolas can ignore some of the differences in class, Stella is VERY much a high society woman.

5:05 literally foreshadowing to Millie’s reaction to hearing it too lol

As someone who has suffered from panic attacks and questioning my very existence, it brings me comfort to know that Alicia exists and is thriving

The double reaction of Blitz and Octavia is the funniest scene, but at the same time... knowing what they are doing and saying to each other every day, why was Blitz's reaction to say "WHAT THE FUCK?" to being called "big dicked" by Stolas? XD

This is technically the actual first episode for the season. The Pilot is just that, a pilot.

Blitz always steals the show in one way or another. Also a fact for the series the white spots on imp's that aren't on their horns are scar marks.

10:56 that's exactly why Blitzo is my favorite character because he's hilarious and chaotic af

God Stolas' song always brings me to tears. The extended version even more so

Fun fact: The animatronics were designed by Gooseworx, who did "Digital Circus." She does creepy real, real, well.

Fun Fact: Loo Loo the Apple Mascot was voiced by Maxwell Atoms. The creator of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. 😁

First time a noticed this. When the dad blames the kid for ruining the photo, the thing on his head sprouts a tear.

20:38 I just realized moxxie’s line can also apply to the relationship between via and stolas 😭 like I know that wasn’t the context but that’s ironic dialogue considering we now know blitzo came onto stolas after not seeing him for 20 years

Would love to see you react to the rest of the series!

"LuLuLand!?" 5:05 Sounded EXACTLY like how Millie says it in the episode

Fun Fact: The name Goetia is likely a reference to an ancient book of sorcery "Ars Goetia" AKA "The Lesser Key of Solomon" that was basically a complete idiot's guide to summoning demons. It's likely this very grimoire that Stolas loans to Blitz in exchange for his "services".

Just in case you haven't watched it yet, Helluva Boss also has a pilot episode that isn't listed on the official playlist

This Stolas song is definitely one of the lullaby I'll sing to my kid

There's two kinds of demons in this setting. The first are Sinners, who are the souls of dead humans consigned to Hell, as well as Lucifer and any fallen angels that came down to Hell with him during his fall, although to my knowledge Lucifer is the only fallen angel ever shown. The second are Hellborn, which are creatures native to Hell like Hellhounds, Imps, Succubi and Incubi, and the other assorted creatures of Hell. At the top of the Hellborn hierarchy is the Goetia Family, the ruling class of nobles tasked with actually running Hell. While Stella and Octavia are OCs, Stolas and the other Goetias we've seen and heard about are lifted from the _Ars Goetia_ or _The Lesser Key of Solomon,_ an old book on demonolgy that outlines 72 named demons that rule Hell and meddle in the affairs of mortals by offering them boons and pacts. Stolas is, according to the Ars Goetia, 'a Great Prince of Hell, commands twenty-six legions of demons. He teaches astronomy and is knowledgeable about herbs, plants, and precious stones. He is often depicted as a raven or a crowned owl with long legs.' So yeah. Very on the nose design.

And I absolutely love your reactions.....style and commentary.

Man they really did foreshadow Fizzaroli's entire backstory with this episode

10:00, you can thank Mammon, the Archdemon of Greed for that. You can even see his face on the bills later.

The music in this show is incredible you will love it Alicia 😊

So something the show isn't going to tell you but is really good to know because it allows you to pick up on some stuff you'd otherwise miss. And that is Imps horns are distinctly different from one another based on if they're male or female. Male horns have thick white lines and are usually curved while female horns have thin white lines and are usually straight.

Being caught up with the show thus far it's nice to see someone experiencing the ride for the first time

Yes! Love this episode! Stolas is such a good dad! 🤗

So glad you're reacting to Helluva boss

You really should do the rest of this series..... It's soul southing..... My wife and kids will continue to watch this with you!

To clarify all demons outside the pride ring are native demons of hell, which there are a verity of spices. The ones in pride are sinners, whom are trapped in said ring. (note: native demons can travel between rings as they pleas)

The little bit in the clowns act where he sings "I have a dream, i'm here to tell" is just wonderful when combined with the copyright infringement line. It is stolen from the song in Hazbin Hotel.

Stolas and many other VAs on the show are Broadway actors so the songs are always bangers

I dont know if it's said outright but imps and hellhounds are original residents of hell, so that baby was an imp born there. Hell also has a pecking order where imps are lower in rank to humans fallen to hell, hellhounds are lower than imps, then there's demon royalty that Stolas is a part of and for which there are various families.

Fun Fact: Fizzarolli is voiced by the Broadway Actor Alex Brightman from Beetlejuice the Musical. He plays Beetlejuice.

5:10 Looloo as in Lucifer, it is why their mascot is an apple.

20:00, Stolas is an ACTUAL demon in recorded histories, typically associated with Astrology, Geology and Horticulture. THUS, the stars hes almost always seen with, hes large plant collection, and, THAT.

Remember, they're demons, not monsters. They love each other.

I always forget how good that first song is with Stolas

Notice how Stella (stolas's """""""""wife"""""") ONLY brought up the fact Stolas slept with an IMP and not that he cheated she only cares that Stolas would DARE sleep with the lowest class of demon in hell.

This was my fav episode for the longest time

Okay, I feel like I should get this out of the way before there are any further misunderstandings. I'll give you a quick rundown on how Hell works in this show. First off, there are 2 kinds of demons: the Sinners, and the Hellborn. Sinners are the damned souls of dead humans that wound up in hell, and can take on almost any form, and are also immortal unless killed by a holy weapon. Hellborn are a collection of demon species that were born in Hell, including imps, hellhounds, succubi, baphomets, and more. Most Hellborn demons are mortal, with the exception of the highborn demon nobility, like the Goetia family, or the Seven Sins. Hell is made up of 7 distinct rings, each one representing a different sin, and each having a different colored sky. This show started off in the Pride ring, which has a red sky, but Loo Loo Land is in the Greed ring, which has a green sky. All Hellborn demons can traverse the Rings at will, but Sinner demons are all confined to the Pride ring.

Having watched the latest episodes of season 2 then coming back to this episode, it kinda puts it in a different light, but this is still an amazing episode.

That number with Stolas at the beginning is so beautiful ❤ also did you react to the pilot for hellva boss? It's awesome and gives an introduction to all the characters 👌🏻

I always tell everyone that my favorite part of this show is that Richard Horvitz voices moxxie.

It’s kind of funny how episode 1 kicks off with infidelity being the first key in to our episode’s villain’s depravity… then we kick off episode 2 with the fallout of Stolas’ infidelity. Only it becomes less clear cut the more you dig into it since Stolas is one of our protagonist characters and is portrayed much more sympathetically. But I’ll stop before I veer into spoiler territory.

19:13 this particular moment, shifts and changes in meaning, especially with Stolas, being unable to say anything once you see the first episode of season 2.

17:37 You know, Alexia would fit in rather well!🤣

Why is he such an icon!? Because he's voiced by Brandon Rogers.

Stolas's singing always gets me misty-eyed. If he tells me that I'll be okay, with that voice... I believe him

No Spoiler 8:55 same hell ,hazbin focus is on the princes trying to find a way to get the sinners who died and went to hell to heaven. Helluva boss's focus is on an imp born man and mostly his interactions in his day to day business, which deals with sinners who want revenge on someone alive ,other interactions are with hellborn inhabitants mostly.