what if clay didnt give him the gun bc he didnt want the cycle to continue

Well, pretty much Clay after his dad says "you're not even worth it" he understands been beaten up as being "worth it". That's why he smiles after being slapped by his dad, and that's why he beats so much Orel, that's the way Clay show ho much he "love" Orel

And as we see, Clay was going to be messed up as an adult, no matter what. He was coddled by his mother to unhealthy degrees. And his father shaped his understanding of how “love” shown. I also recommend watching Before Orel after you finish season 3.

This episode shows clay is also the cause and effect because of his parents bad parenting. Clay suffers from the sins of the mother as well, the drinking and smoking habits. Of course later on without bloberta in his life he was fine but they somehow managed to get to you one way or another. Clay knows he’s responsible for his mothers death. His father just didn’t know how to be a good father. Cause he didn’t get the chance to be one over and over. It also explains his oedipus complex. Clay is the most broken man in moralton. 30% of it is not even his fault, but it was enough to plant the seeds of chaos into his life.

This episode shows that since he sees physical punishment as affection (due to his father hitting him) , in a way whenever Clay was punishing Orel, it was in his own messed up way to say that he does care about Orel, and that he is worth it. ( From his father’s words )

You can very obviously blame Clays father. But Clays mother technically did it to herself. The miscarriages, and babying Clay. She made Clay into that, and his father abused him instead of helping him grow up.

And here we have it. The foundation that helped turn Clay into what he is: 1. It really shows how incredibly isolated and ignorant the people of Morelton are that Clay's mother literally didn't know that you shouldn't smoke, drink and be *minimally* phisically active while pregnant. Her subsequent babying of Clay basically stunted him emotionally. 2. His need to have the attention of a parental figure, which is what caused him to antagonise his father, turned him into a mess once his father realised that hitting Clay was having the opposite effect. 3. "Clay did this to himself" is the perfect way to sum up his character and its why this backstory is so important. Clay knows that it was his dumb decision that resulted in his mother's death and his father despising him. Its basically the crux of his self-hate

6:34 notice how the mom said “there are no mistakes” like how clay said it during the forest episode

Imagine being the reason your mother had a heart attack and died and your dad resenting you for it, to the point where the only physical touch you get from him is when he hits you.

This episode makes me upset they canceled the show because the 2nd half of season 3 was supposed to be Clay's dad coming to moralton to make up with Clay in his dying moments.

This episode absolutely killed me, seeing clay so innocent makes me so sad to see orel suffer from bad parenting

This episode always gets me because it really recontextualizes turn the other cheek. After getting beaten half to death by Orel is the only time he doesn’t hit him as a punishment, and Orels response of assuming it’s because clay is giving up on him is so heartbreaking and the closest we get to see clay actually be a good parent. The way you can clearly see the moment it clicks for Clays father too, that he picks up “oh he wants this” and then leaves. And Orel disappointing clay on purpose by denying him violence in claiming he didn’t shoot the bear. Clay never hitting shapey for his behavior the way he does Orel because Orel is actually his. I’m insane about it.

Also after finishing Morel Orel, there’s actually 3 more episodes that you can watch too, 2 of them being unreleased from adult swim, while one is, it’s called “Before Orel”, and it features Clay’s Dad ( Orel’s grandpa) with Orel and what they were planning for season 3.

6:51 Attention of course , is what makes a mother treat her son the way Clay's mother treated her son. The first time I saw that part I remember feeling bad for Clay, for the fact that his own mother had made him so dependent that he would do those things for attention alone

Hey cee , if u ever do that tier list for the best moral orel episode , u should stream it on either twitch or yt , so we can add our input on certain episodes

This would also explain clay’s addiction problems, since it has been proved that addictive tendencies have a hereditary factor

0:58 my inner gun collector is shaking his head and thinking how can you confuse a Glock with an M1911

And the fact that Clay saw his dad hitting him as affection, and that's how he treats Orel.

This episode is kind of relatable. I had a sister who didn't make it, and my mom always had trouble talking about it because of how depressed it made her.

I recommend you to watch the episode where little Oral interacts with his grampa. It gives a lot of back story and Oral it's flipping cute 🥺❤😊

Don’t worry Cee, not only will we see how Moral acts after the camping trip, but we’ll also get to know what Clay does for a living. I don’t want to spoil anything but it explains a lot. Just keep waiting. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and closer

Now you realize in his very disturbing way clay beating oral is his way to care anything is better than being ignored Also the father is also responsible for the death of his wife by giving him the gun Clay love Orel but his love is pure toxicity Also to bring back to last episode clay may have messed up as a kid but before bloberta he was descent so he did passed pass this in some way it’s just that having to live with someone you hate broke him again

It's not more traumatizing than Christmas dinner with my family (political debate)

I believe it was the emotional toll of Clay's mom's miscarriages that pushed her farther into bad habits (drinking and smoking) and this also put stress on Clay's dad, who had to have been aware of what was happening, and it slowly pushed them further and further apart, and when Clay was born his mom spoiled and coddled him, and Clay's dad's disapproval of this led to the straining his relationship with Clay (and it was sealed with his mother's death) and further kicked the dead horse of Clay's parents' relationship.

Clay only did what he did because his mother coddled him to a point where either he was loved or he wasn't. If the focus wasn't on him or if she showed love to someone else, then he isn't loved. Once they started going back over pictures of previous siblings, he realized his Mom loved those kids as well. And as I just mentioned, if she shows love to someone else, Clay takes that as him not being loved so he goes to the extreme to get that love back. However, after that many miscarriages, I believe any mother would coddle their only living child to that degree. Then again, she caused the miscarriages herself by smoking and drinking. This is one of the episodes that show life is just fucked up in Moralton, every action, no matter how small or long ago, has effects on the town and its people to the present

Clay is responsible for his actions but his narcissistic behavior from childhood itself is because his mother coddled him and his dad never bothered to intervene. He was made this way and then made the choice to double down.

My father's parents didn't really had a miscarriage but when my dad's brother was born there were immediate troubles. He had sadly died shortly after but gave me his brother's would've been name. He gave it as a middle name

This show is a masterpiece. It’s like in EVERY episode you can FEEL the trauma and the hurt and all the pain that the characters are going through. It’s like you can SEE them break.

As someone who miscarried my first baby at a quite young thank you I felt so worthless because of it I have been enjoying your shorts and videos❤😊

You might as well buckle up and/or strap in and/or mentally brace for the before/during hunting trip flashbacks. They aren't stopping. Even through the last episode, there will be wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

Episode 9 is my personal favorite. Can't wait to see your reaction. Also, we finally get to see more of the aftermath of the hunting trip.

If a child is denied attention from their parents they will do anything to receive it even if the attention they receive isn't positive.

One of the things that I love about this season is that it was starting to pick up on cycles of abuse and trauma. I suspect that the show was leading to us seeing how Oral would help break the cycle of abuse and trauma on his own journey of growth.

0:57 G- G.. Glock? That is, sinful.. that is clearly a Browning M1911A1 (I have the curse of knowledge)

this might be me being messed up but clay is by far my favorite character in moral orel so seeing a child clay episode is so fuckin cool to me because i somehow relate with clays actions sometimes so seeing where he came from is really interesting

Thats a Golden M1911, Not a Glock.

I don’t talk about it often because it was a very traumatizing event, but 2 years back, my mom had a miscarriage, and it’s been one of those topics that hurts to think of.

Once you finish moral orel and then watch before orel it makes you feel so much better because how wholesome it is

I showed this show to my family and they thought I was crazy. But clay did have a rough child hood dealing with his mother

Cee your videos are always a treat, thanks for being you

clay's mother taught him to be inmature; bloberta to be an alcoholic; his father to perceive abuse as affection; and religion to justify himself because "im an an autorithy figure, the head of the house and a good cristian". Clay is a great example on how society can create a monster.

“Another day, another Moral Orel.” Words to stand by

Lowkey when I first saw this. I cried badly. The scene where clay fakes his death resulting in his mother dying. Hit home. I miss my mom everyday but I thank god for my adoptive family which I call my family now. Honestly i really just felt the fathers anger of “not being able to see her again”

Clay is probs one of my fav characters, unironicaly, I just love tragic characters

That ending part really hits in the feels. The dad just gives up on him, hes not even get the "physical affection" he craves. And for the dad to switch the guns bc the pain is still there. It would hit deeper if Clay was a good father though

And THIS, is where you see his actual formation. Clay formed his narcissism, intense sense of entitlement, and association of physical violence with parental affection. Here we also see his religious upbringing, including his it was used to excuse things he didn't want to do. And we see the addictive personality passed down, from mother to son.

I know it sounds weird but when clay realised he had 10 siblings it gave me flashback of my life. I currently have 11 siblings but i only found out about 8 of them recently, i didnt even realise i had multiple because of my father being a bad parent

I find it chilling how clay was a lot like Orel before he met Blobertta

There's also a theory i heared that Clay punishes only Orel by spanking him, because it's his way of showing affection.

"is that a gold glock?" Wait, so a 1911 is now a glock?

Finally I really wanted him to watch this episode

And then Clay beat Orel, because on some level he thought his son was "worth it."

the fact that clay has ten dead siblings and i have ten dead siblings is just insane, its also insane how both me and clay where just the "magic babys" thats insane. also god damn this whole lore is just insane how we get to look on how clays past reflects his future

Every gun owner is about to overreact to him. Calling a 1911 a glock

I love your content and I think you’re way better than spilling the milk, you don’t interrupt almost every 30 seconds and also understand what’s going on in the episode especially with the disturbing episodes of moral Orel

On the camping trip, when Clay's alcohol got shoot, clay said "there is no mistakes", the same thing that clays mother said when clay "shot himself"

The two golden pistols from what I can see is A USA 1911 looks like a 45 ACP and A WW2 Germany Po8 LUGER chambered in 9×19mm

0:55 that AINT NO GLOCK 😭 💀

All the puppingnton problems are because of bluberta and clay's mother

0:58 that looks like a golden 1911 that he might of gotten in a promotion pack for one of the CoDs

YAYYY IVE BEEN WAITING!!🎉

Finally, another CeeAyeJay upload, you are my favorite Series Watching KZfaq by far!

Me and my partner had a miscarriage and it was heartbreaking. We did everything we could. We have a beautiful daughter on the way now and I hope and pray for the best with her continued growth. She’s my world already.

I didn’t realize this until after I finished the segment, but the part where Clay’s mother says she “couldn’t even find time to have a highball” is a call back to Clay’s (assuming) first alcoholic beverage with Bloblerta. Bloberta asked for two highballs. The fact that was Clay’s first drink and the fact it was probably his mothers drink of choice is an amazing detail.

Funny how a seemingly harmless prank can set up a chain reaction that will forever change the outcome.

Cant wait for the next one dude

Boy, I saw a summary of the show, and I'll just say that you will have your mind blown by the next episodes.

bro i love your content keep up the good work my man

0:30 “so now we’ve gone back to the normal happy intro…this episode might be more lighthearted since the last one was sad” Last famous words 😂

“He has a golden glock?!?” Proceeds to zoom into a 1911

I honestly love watching this series where he reacts to moral orel episodes in the morning

A GOLDEN GLOCKKKK?!?!?!?! THAT'S A 1911 MY GUY

As a gun enthusiast ceejay calling a m1911a1 a “Glock “ physically hurt me

i was waiting for this guy to react to this episode just to see his reaction

The minecraft clay crafting was 10/10, well done

"I wonder if this episode's going to be lighthearted, because the last was pretty damn sad. " *His last words.*

This was my favorite episode of Moral Orel.

“Golden 1911”

another day another amazing video

It's bad because I want to sympathise with clay but everything's he's done is just so bad that I can't. He's got trauma and was just like morel, everybody ruined him so that how he sees life

Just got done watching the Bloberta one about an hour ago! Commented talking about this one, kickass!

"does this guy have a golden glock" *internal screaming* its a 1911 if you didnt know

No way bro called a 1911 a glock

"Wisconsin?...Nobody lives in Wisconsin, that's a flat out lie" - Jason Alexander

"Dad made me hold a gun! :D" Clay...😂

Weird that I have watched this man since day one Hope you'll be a big shot soon enough

Gotta love that negative to 10 degree weather

Dude, hearing Clay’s mom talk about her previous children that didn’t make it and then we hear about all the activities she used to engage in.. It was like a slow, sinking realization that she had unknowingly caused the deaths of all of her unborn children.. Jesus Christ, someone should’ve told this women the “do’s and don’ts” of being pregnant.. would’ve saved her so much pain

My man knows what a scythe is, but not the difference between a 1911 and a glock

Glock? That is a 1911.

This is the only only episode that made me cry.

Something the notice that’s a small detail that fans put together over the years was clay legs getting hit it shows from his dad cares about him so when he hits moral or even when moral hits him, he enjoys it in the way that his son loves him. (I saw this on Reddit)

Moral orel just hits different

gold glock bro that is a 1911

Bro called the golden M1911 a golden Glock...

This is the eps that started it all

oh im so excited for you to get to beforel orel

I hear u on the Wisconsin weather lmao 🤣 and Morel Orel is one of the shows I wish was brought back

“Golden glock” but shows a m1911

Why did it piss me off so bad when he called the 1911 a good glock