The traveller speaking to Jester, “He was you’re father, but he ain’t your daddy”

Liam, Travis, and Sam: *judgemental father face*

Such an emotional scene. The part that really breaks me though is at the end when Jester looks up at The Traveler and says "did you hear that? We found him."

The Gentlemen: ... Jester: (rapping) “you’re my dad”

And somehow The Gentleman is more of a dad than Beau’s father is

the fact that you can tell that the Gentleman loves Marion still, and in turn loves Jester, because of the sadness and heartbreak Matt puts into his voice. it doesn't matter he didn't raise her, he wanted to, once he found her

"It's a nice dream, isn't it?" The 'isn't it?' is so provocative, his subtle familiarity with the idea as if they're sharing the view of a favourite painting.

I do love that The Gentleman doesnt believe Jester when she said she had been to Darktow, Matt truely is the best GM/DM there has ever been

God, this scene... one of the most emotional scenes in this campaign so far. Their acting skills are just so fucking amazing. Thank you for this clip!

As someone who doesnt know his father, this scene hit so hard for me. Seriously. Matts words gave me such a weird perspective and soldered up some kind of made up world I made. Thank you Critical Role, this is why I love this show so much.

Jester: "Did you hear that? We found him!" Gosh dang it, Laura is so pure! 😭

"You understand that that kills me, right?" instantly began the tears. Wow.

This gives a lot of context on how jester only knows romance from porn...

The worst thing is: The Gentleman wanted to prove to Marion that he was worthy of her live, but she loved him before he was The Gentleman. If he was not insecure, if he never keft, he would be able to make her happy. She probably made more than enough money for both of them. He was stupid. He should have stayed.

The Gentleman tells his story. Me: "That's rough, buddy"

Liams face at 6:20 when Matt delivers that father line breaks my heart.

When Jester comes back, The Gentleman treats her like his daughter. It was touching...

it always KILLS me how petrified and small laura looks when the gentleman first speaks to her

Next to Fjord challenging his Patron and getting rid of his hexblade, this has to be the most powerful moment in all of Critical Role for me.

I have always love how into the moments Travis is. He reacts the most to what happens in the game (and not just to scary stuff, which we all know he his prone to doing). When something great happens he cheers the loudest, when something shocking happens, his eyes go the widest. So it was so sweet to see him react to his wife's character Arc development with utter glee, right at the end.

Funny thing I notice : when Matt said that line about “not being your father” Liam, Sam and Travis (all fathers) has they’re hands and expressions in similar ways Maybe it’s nothing, or maybe that scene hit them like the wholesome dads that they all are

"I wish I could have known her before you" THAT always hits me hard!

God, 6:12 the three fathers of the group (Liam, Sam and Travis), felt that to their core. Just their reaction to what Matt said let's me know they are all wonderful Fathers and men. Bet they hugged all their children extra tight after this session.

This level of storytelling and acting is a thousand times better than most of the things on TV and Movies these days

Watching Liam react to all this makes me wonder how much is in character and how much is truly him taking it in. There’s faces he makes when The Gentleman talks that look like they punch him in the gut

How is Jester so wholesome in such a sad situation???

and to think this all happened because of mail fraud.... if Beau wasnt rebellious and a thief Jester may have never met her dad

I totally want them to disguise the gentleman and snuggle him into nicodronus to marriane, then get aboard their ship and take the happy couple to the island with vandren. Because apparently that man found a safe haven along the coast

They're going to find The Gentleman dead one time as his game catches up with him.

Does anyone else remember Ophelia Mardun? A tiefling woman of impeccable beauty and stature? It seems like Ol' Bobby has a type, eh?

I can't shake the feeling that the familiarity of The Gentleman and The Traveler's voice is intentional. The tonality and the nuance overlap so well and I can't help but wonder if Matt does so on purpose. Perhaps The Traveler took on the voice of Bobanon to help leverage familiarity with the young Jester. or Maybe The Gentleman is secretly aligned with The Traveler and along with his prayers for wealth, he too prayed for the protection of the Lavore's in which it manifests as Jester becoming a cleric.

Apart from what everyone has already said, this is the first time for me watching specifically Marisha during this exchange and hell, she was SO in character the entire time, you can see how much it's eating her to see the kind of dad The Gentleman is compared to her own, but at the time nobody knew...

laura bailey's ability to kick into emotional mode on a fucking dime is legendary

being a couple episodes behind, this is the one plot I had to spoil for myself

Anyone can be a mother or father. It takes a special kind of person to be a mom or a dad. To be a real parent. 6:05

Jester: did you love her? Matt: Once... My brain: upon a dream~

The Gentleman and the Ruby of the Sea, one of the greatest love stories

"you want to protect me?" That's Fatherly too.

My heart is breaking for a little blue tiefling.

SPOILERS - - - - - - - - HA! I just realized, with the Plank King being the biggest reason he couldn't return to Nicodranas, and since Kingsley kills and usurps the Plank King, then Jester can ultimately thank Kingsley for her parent's getting back together fully.

...So Babenon was essentially a huge simp for Marion, actually managed to _get with_ his queen, and unknowingly got her pregnant.

This scene wrecked me. My dad never said half as much to any of his children and actually mean it. The acting here was incredible. Season 2 has been absolutely loaded with brilliant moments like this and I'm constantly amazed how good everyone in the cast is

i’m surprised at how decent a dad the gentleman is

Man, I remember the tension in the chat as this was airing. The use of his phrases "until I take a knife in the gut" and "this kills me" was making everyone real worried that this scene would end like a Game of Thrones episode.

learning their story and knowing how Jester/Fjord end up it’s heartbreaking to think how close Jester was to also losing a man she loved like her mom if Fjord went too deep with Uka’toa. Like the parallels between him and the gentleman wanting to be “worthy” in the eyes of the world is crazy!

You think it's cool making me cry?

If the Gentleman wants to hide forever then he needs to get Caleb to use the transformation spell that turned Veth back into herself, he could turn into a Tiefling

now pay your child support, Bob

"It's a nice dream, isn't it?" Bruh 😭

Matt such a great dungeon master.

that "we finally found him" gets me everytime and idk why

I couldn’t understand why people were crying until 6:04 and I started balling my eyes out!!

Season 1 for me Grog and Scanlan were the best characters and definitely my favorites, this time around definitely Jester and Caleb are my two favorites, but i really like Beau and Duce as well

I am man enough to admit that I cried during this scene

ugh LAURA BAILEY I've cried TOO MUCH during the last few episodes. TOO MUCH

GUYS HOLD UP! Wasn't Uno canonically invented by "The Meat Man" in Marquette in campaign 1? If so the "Marquesian... interesting" line by Matt in this scene was a total throwback that I missed the first time through, OMG!

I am still a little bit behind but I just had to know so I have decided to spoil it for myself by watching this.

So the gentleman is Gatsby

Damn. As someone who meet his father after 18 years and getting dropped a second time, this scene made me tear up...

I'm still waiting for Jester to realise that if they did the same for The Gentleman as they did for Veth (assuming he's being honest about wanting to go back) he could leave it all behind. Even just to be able to offer him that choice I think would be really nice for her to be able to do.

Jester : you should run away with mama, also I sort of own a tropical island with the best fucking Beaurebar

Spent the whole video like "not Gunna cry. Not Gunna cry" I never stood a chance.

It's so interesting to me that her father is a water genasi and she fell in love with a man who choses the water.

I'm new to Critical Role, but I have to say that this scene is fantastic. Bravo to Laura and Matt!

Wait so the Gentleman's backstory is literally the Dread Pirate Roberts?

I'm not crying, you're crying

Thanks for shattering my emotions into teeny tiny pieces.

Top notch

This scene broke me live istg the whole chat was crying

My heart strings!!! I’m going to cry now

Who is cutting onions?

I'm Crying in the (Quarantine) Club Right Now

Why couldn't The Gentleman (Matt) just say "Jester, I am your father, but I'm not your daddy."? That would of hurt a lot less.

hes seriously pulling a Dread Pirate Roberts, Westley Buttercup type shit right here

I have been waiting for this upload since the scene aired.

"Did you hear that? We found him!"

I mean, they could slip away to Dalen's Closet, make their way to Tal'Dorei and begin a new life, they probably both have enough coin to do so, and with his connections, he could make arrangements

I somehow missed this episode and was so confused this recent ep! I'll have to go rewatch.

My Bard's father was also reunited after not knowing Every time I watch this I think of that session and every time I think of that session I think of this

Damn is Taliesin okay?

As a woman who was abandoned by her father (mind you, in very different circumstances) this scene made me cry harder than I thought it was possible.

I’m not crying you’re crying.

Jester: we found him... Everybody: ;3;

I love absolutely every-fucking-thing in this scene

Jester is the most likable character. Change my mind.

I wish someone would call me a "vibrant creature"...

Laura Bailey everyone!!! -crowd applauds-

OH MY GOD

Everyone loves Jester... now we know where she gets it

i like the background music

This hits home as somebody whose own "father" is nothing but a narcissistic deadbeat. But despite that, what the Gentleman says is true: That any man can have a child. But a man that never sticks around isn't a father. It is because of knowing this, that despite my own "father" never being in my life, let alone never having met him, my sister gave me the best compliment, I think, I could ever have gotten, because of how I try and treat my niece and my nephews, as though they were my own kids. Her compliment was: "Yeah, I think you would make a really good dad." So seeing this conversation between Jester and the Gentleman, Babenan, is one that is emotional for me, even after seeing it more than once. I'm just glad Jester got the chance to get to know her father, unlike a lot of kids who never get that chance. It's part of the reason why I love this show so much, and why this cast, and this DM, are such amazing actors.

Oh man. Just watching in the guys in this scene. How they all took up the same pose, their expressions, man this was a rough episode for the dads.

I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING!

I was terrified that the base was about to be raided while they were talking.

matts ending face was *im so happy for you*

The judgmental father face is real from Travis Sam and Liam

What an incredible actress.

I think the Gentleman is bisexual: He said women and men

I'm just crying the whole while 😭

I refuse this reality, Jester and the Nein have ruined a perfectly fine NE Warcriminal, they can ruin this Kingpin and maybe not redeem him but get him out of there. Then Bring himand Marion somewhere nice where they can spend their happy ever after. I WANT A GENTELMAN REDEMTION ARC, I NEED IT!