I like that he isn't actually hearing her say those things, he can tell in that moment her attention goes somewhere else

You'd think as an audience member that constantly gets the fourth wall broken it wouldn't be shocking, but EVERY TIME the priest looks into the camera too I get cold chills!!

One of the most brilliant and original ways of showing an intimate connection between two characters without verbalizing it. Extremely effective.

The fact that he even joins in on it is hilarious to me

It’s such a beautiful representation for disassociation, her breaking the fourth wall. But him noticing is an even more beautiful way to depict how it feels when your lover sees the hidden truth in you that others have always missed - and how rare, world-bending, wonderful and bizarre that feels to be discovered. Belonging and trust are wild.

Finally a show where the other characters notice the aside.

I like to think that he slowly bonds with her to the point where he will eventually be able to access her 4th wall too and they have these little side conversations while engaging social events 😂

I always read it as him heing so empathetic that he could tell when dhe was disassociating

I swear when the priest looked at us I genuinely freaked out the first time I saw it

I've just realised from watching this video that Fleabag is talking to us and internalising to deal with the grief and guilt of losing her best friend. The Priest and Fleabag may not have been able to make it work. However, Fleabag's time with the Priest allows her to see that her internalising and inner monologues separate her from the moment she is sharing with another. We see that by the end of season 2, she is more present with her family and fewer monologues occur. Until finally, the bus stop scene, where Fleabag realises she cannot be with the priest, nor can she keep talking to us, and hence, no season 3. The morale of the story, in my opinion, be present in the lives of those you care about and do not allow yourself to be distracted by the ever-present hum of the world. For when all is said and done, that is all we really have.

Such a cool way to show their connection.

My head canon is that every time Fleabag turns to the audience, "in real life" her eyes just subtly flinch, become glassy - and then return to the conversation. And nobody cares enough to notice or inquire - except for the priest.

It just goes to show that he is the only person that truly SEES her, that notices her and is focused on her. Like a really true, and good and loyal friend or lover. And he gets nervous when she's zoning out, because he wants her to be present fully at the moment, just like he is. Anyways that's just my interpretation

Headcanon, he has the power of God and God is like “Okay, dont freak out, but theres a fourth wall”.

I genuinely can't say if 1:12 this was Andrew doing a prank on Phoebe and she just rolled with it or this was actually in the script, the reaction is so natural that I can't tell. Good writing or good acting or both of them, anyway it's amazing

1:11 I love how he notices her look at the camera but doesn’t challenge her on it in that moment

the point is she is dissociating, she is using this idea of "an audience" as someone to talk to, a friend she doesnt have to tell everything to, its like a coping mechanism for it to be easier getting through life. Like how when we return in season 2 its as if we have been gone and time has passed where she wasn't talking to us she only starts talking to us, an invisible friend, when she is in these high tense moments of life i guess, these stressful times where she needs someone to confide in, someone to be on her side and to anyone outside of her thats near when she does this, she is prolly seen as just looking away, its too subtle for people to notice how she is looking off so far into space that it seems like she actually went away for a moment, like the priests says, it seems like you went away most people really dont notice how often people do this so, of course, out of everyone in her life only one person can tell, like its a bit obvious when she turns her head but to most people thats all it is, turning her head away looking at something, maybe she saw something in the corner of her eye, but the priest sees that she really is thinking and looking at something specific, going away we are not actually there, there is no real audience, she is imagining speaking to someone who is always there in every moment of her life so she is not alone, she has someone she can be extremely close with, prolly like how she was with boo, its just a regular woman who has this inner dialogue about her life that is presented as being told to someone else, talking to someone even if it isnt actually anyone can be very theraputic, like writing letters, like in perks of being a wallflower he is supposed to be writing letters but its to nobody, to feel like there actually is someone you can talk to and tell everything to is a better feeling than be as alone as fleabag was feeling thats the point of why we even see her life, we are supposed to be that invisible friend she needs, and after season 1 she prolly was scared to face us when it seemed she was keeping it a secret from us what happened to boo- but when season 2 started she was in another high stress moment so she needed a friend to be around, and at the end of season 2 she was moving on and becoming okay with being alone with herself, she didnt need us anymore, and even so she still has her sister, their relationship has gotten closer that even if she is finally okay with being alone she also realizes that is not alone! and thats why there wont be any more seasons, or at least if it ever does come back i bet itd be the same of she is going through something so bad again she needs that very personal and close friend to confide in the priest really sees her, the priest really wants to look at her, wants to know her, nobody else sees her, i feel like her sister should notice these moments! i feel like i only want a season 3 so her sister will eventually notice these moments that she goes away and it means she really sees her now and maybe fleabag will tell her sister about it, idk idk, just my fanfiction i guess

What a genius show

When he screamed and looked at the camera it scared the shit out of me the first time I watched it

His super power is to notice the fourth wall being broken. That's a subtlety the audience isn't used to

“FOR FUCKSAKE STOP THAT” 😭😭😭💀

you know when you have great writing where the characters turn a trope on its head, fleabag is truly one of the greatest shows ever made.

‘His beautiful neck’

I’ve fallen in love with Andrew Scott

Andrew scott is an incredible actor

This turned the show from a 10 to a 10,000.

I don’t know if it’s been done but this is almost a great idea for a horror movie where maybe the characters randomly talk to you I bet it’d spook people

i feel like Andrew Scott did this once as a joke, thinking it would be an outtake but it played into his character and their relationship so well they kept it going

He also starred in "All of Us Strangers" - All of Us Strangers is a 2023 British romantic fantasy film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, and based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada.

Moriarty is too clever to not notice the 4th wall

Aside from the show’s masterful writing, Andrew Scott’s acting is just chef’s kiss!

Her fourth wall breaks r like the intimate judgy conversations we have with ourselves and he sees when she dissociates n gets lost in her self. n I think we all do that at times .part of the reason we can't not be alone

They were soulmates :(

When he asked where you just go i was like awe he noticed her zone out and speak to us out the second time I was like MF DID YOU LOOK AT ME

Such a cool way to show connection when she basically dissociates to comment on the situation and hes the only one to see shes “going somewhere”

He's noticing her having an inner monologue. I suppose he's used to talking to God so he can see when someone is conversing internally.

She constantly disassociates through the serie but he is the only one who asks her about it.

This concept was apparently the idea that convinced PWB to write a second season.

man i love this show

When you finally meet someone who actually cares about you

I always liked the idea that throughout the show any of the characters could have noticed her breaking the 4th wall but they didn't because they're either pre-occupied, dismissive of her or just not engaged enough to notice. The reason the hot priest is the only one to see her do it is because he's the only one who's really truly seeing her and not just looking at her when she does it.

Thank you

I get shivers down my spine and I've watched this clip a few times, is this show a spooky show or a sitcom? I can't tell

He really sees her. And when he notices her side comments to us - it breaks the spell and it forces her to be present in her feelings.

she is a very likable actress.

If She-Hulk has some of these similar fourth wall breaks I feel, like it would've been slightly better

Thank u

She’s secretly going into the Velvet Room.

This genuinely freaked me out when it happened

probably the most horror thing in a non horror movie.

She expected Moriarty not to notice ...

I like to imagine that when she breaks the fourth wall she flickers out of existence for the duration of the break and then reenters the reality of the story and he happens to be the only character that notices her “disappearing.”

God I wish someone would see me like that. To actually see the little things that everyone else just glosses over.

I mean it makes sense. The reader is the god's eye view, and he talks to god

Looks like he's teasing her for looking at the camera in the middle of shooting 😂 makes me think of the FRIENDS bloopers where Matthew Perry teased Courteney Fox and wouldn't stop looking at the camera because she did

i remembered watching this for the first time with my friend, the fact we were so surprised when the priest noticed fleabag breaking the fourth wall was fucking genius

It freaks me out so much and i don't know why.

He doesn't notice us, he notices her attention shifting to her introspective self

WHEN HE LOOKS AT US LMAOOOO

I wonder if the priest has his own audience he talks to as well

This show is just genius

Her smile freaks me out

Havent had the time to watch this. Anything special that i need to see?

He catches the dissociation ...

He sees her 🥰

Jack Spedicey should be accustomed to people talking into a camera

I have no idea what Fleabag is about, but just from this alone I'd think it was a dark psychological thriller. There's something unsettling when the safety of the fourth wall is broken.

This is the visual explanation of that monologue in Frances Ha

I thought he asked her if she Skidooed lmaooo

That's what you expect from Moriarty

And she is the only one who sees the fox

Of course Moriarty would notice...

Brit humor is so self-satisfied

To me it was that he could actually, really see her.

She escapes. One foot out of the door. Sharing her time. Never truly commiting. Siding with the audience. It would drive me mad.

HE KNOWS!😳

and she sees his fox

He is the one

rich women

To be seen....🥺

Moriarty is ingrained in my brain that I got scared at 1:01

AHHHHHHHH yep

We all wanted him to notice us, let's be honest! 🥵🤣

Obviously he has the ability to see someone break 4th Wall. How do you think he put up a competition to Sherlock? He is freaking Moriarty 😂

What movie is this

mm i also like how it plays with the fact hes a priest, just this aspect alone. is he actually aware of the disconnection because he is *actually* sensing something papal? something *other?* (in a religious sense)

the guilt

I have no clue what this series/movie is about and I am utterly confused

Moriaty's backstory

Any one notice that in normal person scene , when the picture falls he notice us !!

Is it just me or this guy could totally be Ruffalo’s brother?

Moriarty

LOL Why does this sometimes feel like a horror?

@1:01. Wow.

Damn she's scary

So did they boink? 😂

Why in God's name is Phoebe my exact type?

Never seen the show, does this ever go anywhere?

What about “His beautiful neck”?

Wait a minute... Fleabag would talk to the audience right in front of the priest before, but he didn't notice until several episodes in?