The Gentleman Tells Jester the Truth 

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."

"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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

My heart is breaking for a little blue tiefling.

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

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.

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

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

Matt such a great dungeon master.

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!

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

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

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.

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!

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

You think it's cool making me cry?

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.

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

"It's a nice dream, isn't it?" Bruh 😭

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

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

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.

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

now pay your child support, Bob

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

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

So the gentleman is Gatsby

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.

Thanks for shattering my emotions into teeny tiny pieces.

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

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

I'm not crying, you're crying

This scene broke me live istg the whole chat was crying

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.

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

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

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

Top notch

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

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

"Did you hear that? We found him!"

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

Who is cutting onions?

I love absolutely every-fucking-thing in this scene

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

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 is the most likable character. Change my mind.

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

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.

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

The judgmental father face is real from Travis Sam and Liam

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.

OH MY GOD

I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING!

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!

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

Laura Bailey everyone!!! -crowd applauds-

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

Damn is Taliesin okay?

They -HAVE- a ship...

This is either some of the best acting ever, or Master Mercer et al are so far past acting that they have collectively become the characters to an extent. Incredible either way.

Omg Caleb's spell to fix nott is the perfect spell for living your best second life.

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

matts ending face was *im so happy for you*