Alan returns to TechTown 

"And that's how they reattach my leg........." ellie seems so nonchalant to hear that as if she expected such a thing ro happen to him

That was big of Alan to come back and apologize despite his “inflated” ego

"He's not coming back, is he?" and a single tear rolled down my cheek.

Wow. This must have been the best acting I've seen from him so far. Keep it up, Alan!

"that's how they reattached my leg" lmao what an intro

"--and he hurt ME the most!" I'm loving the little moments when Rowan's guard slips, and he admits more than he means to. (Even if he goes right back into denial afterwards)

I absolutely love Britt in all her sketches. But Ellie, playing her character as the 'provoker' in this series, is A-MA-ZING !!

Alan being gone forces Adam to be the voice of reason which causes an existential crisis

no pants in working hours, that's a pay cut.

I love how Ellie just wants to watch the world burn and have fun in the process. Really love her Techtown character.

Guys this series of Bored has been SO GOOD! You stepped up your game YET AGAIN! - Better lighting - Acting is (even) better with more details (expressions) - Exciting overarching storyline supported by funny skits - Well defined characters who progress - Well thought-out, unique scenario's - Much improved camera quality AND camera work - Improved special effects - Make-up helps convey emotions stronger And there's a lot more. Keep it up guys! Very impressive stuff.

Every episode that passes without Alan *actually* returning I get more and more excited for what he's gonna do when he does return!

Wow, did VLDL really write off an inflatable doll as company expenses?! 😮

I was half expecting Adam's hug to be too hard, the doll pops, and Rowan goes "that's a pay cut"

THE SUBTITLES GOT ME CACKLING 🤣 2:43 (Ellies enjoying it type of smile) (Britts concerned about it type of frown)

Alan's acting is so on-point. Best impression of a blow-up doll ever!

"He's not coming back is he?" hit weirdly hard.

1:01 Ellie just being so happy over Rowan´s misery like some sort of a chaos gremlin is just too hilarious XD You could tell she must have had an exceptionally great time making this skit. She just revels in it, and I´m all for it.

I'm very relieved that when Rowan took Alan away the doll was popped before he could use Alan in the back office. I half-expected to see Adam standing by with a horrified look on his face reacting to the various Rowan and fake-Alan voices coming from the manager's office. "Oh Rowan, you are such a strong and powerful manager..." (squeak) (squeak) (squeak)

This has got to be Alan's greatest work. I mean to be able to keep a straight face during this whole skit bravo.

"Hug Alan now!" The girls nodding yes in the background. Lol, you're not helping!

I like how Adam is genuinely concerned and Ellie is genuinely interested in it❤😂😂

It really feels so real and dramatic. Really good acting, editing, everything. I can really feel this emotion through my screen. Can't wait for more from this current situation.

Love Ellie’s face all that way thru this. I would be trying so hard not to laugh if I had to be filming this. Comedy genius!!! 😂

Welcome back, Alan! You were missed!

Love the smile on Ellie's face when she says : "their brain can melt". Looks like she would love to see Rowan's brain melt 😀

Alan's chest hair drawn in with a Sharpie is a nice touch.

2:26 alan look so weird without a pant i just can't hold my laugh looking at alan😂😂😂

"Their brains can melt." "Like, out of their ears?" "Out of everywhere."

Has anybody ever noticed how some really great comedic actors can sometimes have the greatest dramatic depths to them? Robin Williams is a perfect example of this. Same with Jim Carrey. Rowen did that so well here. He really changed the tone of the scene once he flipped it.. 👏

I love how Alan kept a straight face the whole time. 😂😂

Was expecting Alan to come back and walk in just in time to see Rowan going into the back room carrying the blow up doll with his face on it.

I love that rowan talk nice to the fake Alan than actual Alan. lmao

I'm glad they put back Adam's stories in the start of the episodes! And I love that they take time to explore all the "Alan's quit" arc with the deteriorating state of Rowan's mind. A+ writing and acting!

3:19 and forward. I started getting emotional, these characters you guys have made is so brilliant. love you forever VLDL

So nice of the VLDL team to keep finding ways to include Alan in video content while he's just out somewhere on vacation and taking a break from filming 🙂

Alan will return. Look to his coming at first light on the 5th day. At dawn, look to the East.

I love it when Rowan shows his real acting chops in emotional scenes. Doesn't really get to do that often in comedy sketches.

I have to say that I'm really impressed by Alan's acting in this sketch.

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression... he's speedrunning the 5 stages of grief

wait a minute!! Rowan is going through the five stages of grief since Alan left! Denial - the video where he waits by the door and doesn't accept the facr that Alan won't come back Anger - the meeting he held where he lashed out on how useless Alan was and how he doesn't need him anymore bargaining - replacing Alan with a doll to fill the void Alan left behind... I guess we will be axpecting Rowan's depression in the next skit and I can't wait to see how Rowan will go through acceptance!! VLDL you did it again! you are geniuses!!!

I love how they’ve stayed consistent with everyone’s different reactions to Rowen. Especially Ellie just loving the whole thing.

Whoever did the captions, and had Rowan's laugh captions actually match the cadence of his laughter? Brilliant. 💯

Rowan and Blow Up Alan is giving me major Rimmer and Mr Flibbles vibes.

Even Inflatable Alan has so many pay cuts, he can't afford pants.

Everyone is giving such great performances. Adam's Bored character is so distinct from everyone else he plays, and I love him. Ellie has really blossomed into her character, and Brit is just so shell-shocked 24/7. Beautiful work!

I love how Ellie just absolutely runs with all the BS.

I actually shed a tear when poor Rowan asked if he really isn't coming back

Whoever called the Alan-Cutout/Blow-up-doll in the comments a week ago, you are the prophet!

"NO WE'RE GONNA STOCK THE SHELVES ELLIE!!!" Made me laugh out loud. Love you so much, Adam.

Rowen's descent into madness as a consequence of his own actions is amusingly cathartic.

VLDL for the first 11ish years: lots of short funnies, more or less relatable. VLDL recently: deep-reaching, essential, psychological horrors

Now adam knows how he felt when alan want them to backed him up

We need to see alan happy living the good life and having a blast not even thinking about tech town

making alan leave was the best idea for new content and fun i love that, like every one i want him to be back now

Ellie is great in this. Her facial expressions, and obvious enjoyment in watching Rowan's mental break down are just hilarious.

I think they're doing a great job keeping us in the dark, and taking this story arc in unexpected yet familiar directions

Adam is the kid who always wanna help. Brit is one to doesn't wanna disrupt the balance of the force. And Ellie....she just wanna see the world burns.

Seriously, bring alan back its killed be since day one, alan has been my favorite since day one (i love every cast member, but something about alan man, he just works). This has been an emotional roller-coaster for me and im ready for the ride to be over.

We once made a cardboard cutout of our supervisor sitting at his desk on the phone. We would put it in his office when he went to lunch, and so many people would fall for it and start talking to him, before realizing it was not real. So much fun! :D

Man this better end with Rowan making a romcom speech in the rain to get Alan back.

Alan can't contain himself to get reacquainted to how the store runs that he burst at the seams.

I sooo wanted to see Rowan’s reaction if say, Adam, when going for a hug, brushed “Alan’s” arm against a pen knocking it to the floor. But, when that didn’t happen, I can’t be the only one who thought it would’ve ended with Rowan yelling at “Alan” to stop laying around & that he’d get a pay cut for dropping the PC.

2:43 *Ellies enjoying it type of smile* *Britts concerned about it type of frown*

five stages of grief: denial - check anger - check bargaining - depression - acceptance -

Please continue this sketch! It's so cool to see another long running sketch and this has been hilarious

Really like what you're doing with the whole Alan situation. Great work!

Plot Twist: Rowan has the real Alan locked up in a basement. This is just a way to divert attention!

Legit props to Rowan for his acting in this and the script writers as well. It was really well done in how this skit went from a "haha look at silly Rowan" bit to something much more profound and emotional in just a few minutes and Rowan's acting is perfectly portraying someone going through the stages of grief and regret.

Rowan didn't even give that doll-Alan pants, so I'm right up there with Adam in being wigged out hugging it.

Looks like Rowan's guilt is getting to him. Must have remembered that Alan totally saved him from a robber one time.

1:13 I love when they put details even in the subtitles

Here's another layer of Rowan's pettiness. During Favorites video, he had framed pictures of everyone's faces that he put up as his current favorite, including customers. The fact that he has a picture of Alan's face glued to the doll means that he could've put Alan's picture up but he chose not to. That's another layer of pettiness.

I can't believe Alan was just left on the floor

"hes not coming back is he" hit me so hard, just the raw emotional admitance to it. Dang

Seriously. Rowan is a phenomenal actor. The switch from comedy to crazy is flawless.

I like how Ellie quickly filled Alan's role of being the person so done with Rowan's bs that you just roll with it

An alan inflatable doll would go crazy in the merch store

I absolutely love how much ellie feeds into rowans insanity lol

When rowan took "Alan" to the back. I was so concerned he was going to... Express his appreciation. The Death By Falling Stock was a much more wholesome outcome.

Ellie's willingness to go down the rabbit hole is what makes this all so great.

I am starting to see the 5 stages of grief: Denial and Anger. Next is bargaining, depression and acceptance

Honestly, cutting in on the end of Adam's weird stories is my favorite running gag.

I love how ellie has made so much money with the crazy pay rate she used to have that she just doesnt need to give a shit anymore and can stoke the fire at all opportunities

imagine if a customer walked in during this

that deafening, maddening silence, courtesy of , yours truly, of Alan's abscence.

I am impressed. Alan's acting skills improved dramatically over his absence. Welcome back, Alan.

Allie: " Oh no, I want to catch up with Allan" was hilarious.

Stages of grief are hitting Rowan in the face harder than Alan ever did honestly. Literally can't wait for the next episodes. I NEED to know how this plays out

0:37 oh I have seen those smiles

The captions just add a whole new level.

Rowan and Adam are fantastic actors. The emotions they portray in this one are just so raw. And Ellie has been great with the dark comedy bit lately

Omg the rubbery sounds during the hug😂😂

I love how Ellie's all like " I want to see the world burn" 🤣

I'm starting to think Alan's just basically on summer vacation in both reality and VLDL plotwise ~

Too good, you guys. Such a range of emotions, from Adam's exasperated concern, to Britt's walking on eggshells, to Ellie's schadenfreude, to Rowan's denial. Just wonderful. Excellent sketch.

Ellie’s enjoying it type of smile Britt’s concerned about it type of frown Once again the subtitles are perfect

Alan deserves an Oscar for that role. Some of the best acting I've seen him do!

Ellie was absolutely on fuckin form in this one, and Rowan my little boy heart can't take that

Ellie's and Brit's faces plus captions are priceless, I'm kinda glad the doll got popped as at the end there I thought this was going to take a turn for the weird......er weirder? Rowan just needs his buddy back and admit that he was wr...w...w..wrong (not a word that Rowan's used to using) next will be him stalking outside Alan's home a-la The Breakfast Club with a boombox held over his head trying to say sorry.....but maybe it's Toulait to 'pologise.