Did this start tonight? Im in australia and cant seem to find anything to confirm >.>

if it did...discuss!

It was glorious.

I could not have been more pleased.

I thought it was one of the most solid recent episodes. It was hilarious, weird, fast paced and fragmented. I cannot wait to see what the rest of this season has to offer.

Looks like their really shaking up things this season. Took me 3/4 of the episode to realize we were going backwards in a Memento style story. The first time switch or two I thought maybe we were seeing a parallel universe Venture and company.

It looks like the new normal is:

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Sgt. Hatred is the new bodyguard of a slightly more mature set of brothers who are actually growing up now instead of being rebooted every couple of years (or more).

24 really is dead, but 21 is determined to get him back no matter the cost. Also, 21 has quit the Monarch and is now leading his own group of henchmen (or hench larpers anyway)

Brock is back in action as a secret agent in SPHINX along with his mentor and several other disillusioned ex-OSI operatives.


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shoot Brock? I thought they only reason she and Hunter arranged to have him "killed" was because they had full confidence in Brock's ability to beat all three of the assassins.

watched it, loved it.

took me a while to figure out what teh stats were that kept popping up in the corner. heh!

oh, rustys going to hate himself if he ever looks that up online...

What he said. Can NOT wait for next week's, especially with the kinda-sorta-gay superhero voiced by Kevin Conroy.

Yaaaaaay! I thought I'd have to wait until January for more episodes!
and yaaaay! It just went on their website in the hour or so I spent looking at convention videos on their site!

WTF... did they mix backwards time with forwards time? I can't figure out what happened to Brock...
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He... got Helper's head embedded in his chest in the explosion in the last episode? jumped out of OSI... and... came back to the Venture compound to leave his communicator? and... then went and had Helper's head removed and... then was hiding for years and getting out of shape? then join Sphinx and got back into shape.

I'm still confused about Hunter and Sphinx. then again, I don't remember much of the details that were in previous seasons. been a while. Hrm. Wiki says Sphinx is a parody of Cobra, and OSI killed them all. and Holy Diver, that gay religious-themed guy who was in this episode, is part of the group. The wiki says Holy Diver is in OSI, so that suggests that... a group that's supposed to be wiped out by OSI is actually secretly run by former OSI members? and they do good things like killing Hitler?

It makes a lot more sense on the second viewing.

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Brock's story is told going forward, while we get the Venture side of the story from almost the end back to the beginning. The comic grade box that appears at the start of the family scenes is the timing mechanism, showing the progression from the original half-million value down to... well, what is used TP worth nowadays?

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I don't think that more than a few months passed overall. It's probably still the longest stretch of time Hank and Dean have gone without dying, though.

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I did think it was confusing the first time through, up until just about the end and then it all started coming together like they had clearly planned out.

I liked how they did the episode once I understood it, but it's definitely confusing to start out with.

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I think she was trying to kill Havoc, who she knew was the mole, and missed becuase Samson was in the way.

I GOT TROLLED!

Bout 20 minutes into the thing, the episode rebooted. I mean it restarted to the begining. I was like...the hell is going on here?

Ironbite-anyone know where I can catch the last 10 minutes?

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who went through the first half twice

Me too! When it first started again I thought they were going to follow 21 or someone else's story from there. But no, it went to the same part and then Metalocolypse started. While I did get a laugh out of the lamp destruction, I was still miffed and perturbed. So Ironbite, to answer your question, adultswim.com has the whole episode.

Wow, CGC grades... these guys know their audience

The way the episode was put together was sheer genius. I didn't get it until one of the last scenes, and then it all fit, and it was HILARIOUS!

I can't believe this was better than the season finale. They one upped themselves, and I didn't think it possible!

The halfway repeat only seemed to happen for the west coast broadcast. I'll be surprised if the episode doesn't run again at least once before next Sunday, though.

I think I honestly would have enjoyed it a lot more if it had been in chronological order.

Yes, I enjoyed it when Haruhi did it. But that was 30 minute increments, not every three minutes of jumping around. And I could easily go back and watch it in order.

Anyhow, even setting aside the fact that I was kind of lost for large portions of it, I enjoyed many bits and peices. Sgt. Hatred is awesome, and I'm glad he is around. Hitler thing was weird but provided some I love Hitler lines for Dean.

I'm half sure thats the only reason they went with that plot so they could have Dean deliever those lines and make the veiwers all wtf

was wondering when this thread would pop up. (debated making it myself last night) I got out of work at 12 so I missed the 12:00 showing. watched the west coast feed and got the 15 minutes thing..waited to watch the rerun on the east coast feed and went to bed at 4:30 AM. all totally worth it for this episode. (i think watching the first 15 minutes 3 times over helped clairfy what was going on for me.) and the last 15 just drove home the awesome. I think the show is on adultswim.com for the week right now for those that missed the end. anyway definitely looking forward to the rest of what this season has to offer. I was hesitant going in after last seasons finale but now I'm sure it'll be great.

Because Brock was going to kill them. And they sicked the assassins against Brock so they would get killed and make Molotov's gang the greatest assassins left alive in the world.

I knew the dog was Hitler from the start when HELPER attacked the dog when ordered to attack Hitler.

You think? I guess its possible, but I'm still waiting for 21 to find a way to bring back an actually dead 24.

Man, until you posted that image, I hadn't realized that the surgeon was in Sphinx. I'm wondering what their deal is. They seem to be on the wrong side of the law for sure, but I can't imagine all of those ex-OSI guys joining up unless they were on the side of "good" as it relates to the whole shadow superwar thing in the Ventureverse. It'll be an interesting season, to be sure.

EDIT: The more I look at it, you might be right. The helmet cleverly covers the existence or non-existence of the 24 unibrow, and the hands are just small enough that I can't make out whether or not he's missing a finger on the left hand. The right one seems to be intact, but can't be sure of lefty.

If it is him, he gets around. He's henched for the Phantom Limb and the Monarch already, and now for Sphinx.

It's not him. In the preseason interviews and panels both writers were adamant that 24 is dead and will stay dead.

They also stressed that H.E.L.P.eR. would stay dead.

So as long as he isn't "24-th" in Sphinx then they'll have kept their word.

Also, didn't Helper get fried at the "end" of this story anyway?

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Though he did still die, in a manner of speaking. Rusty hard rebooted him, after all.

...what's with the adult swim format? 1-2 minute chunks? It's a pain in the ass because it's not going to the next chunk automatically for some reason.

You must be stuck in the clip-sea. You have to go to the full episodes bar.

that...didn't work. Says full episodes, venture bros right below it, click venture bros, still getting the 1-2 minute chunk version. doesn't seem to matter how I get there, it looks like this is how they're doing it...

The chunks aren't all 1-2 minutes. They're commercial-break-to-commercial-break chunks. The first segment of the episode is short, but it's only divided into 4 chunks total.

I can't seem to find that version then, there are no fewer than 8 chunks no matter how I go into it.

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=...1246d2e25210004

If that doesn't work for you, then it doesn't work for you.

Thank you. I still can't figure out why i couldn't get it to go there, it just kept showing me the show in clips...I'm quite happy to see a 9 minute clip after the intro over the 1-2 minute clips i kept getting after the intro.

Wow... That was hugged up.


WONDER BOOOOOOYYYYY!!!!!

S^&%! It's Chuck Scarsdale!

He's gonna put us on the news!

Fantastic episode. Every minute was pure gold.

The part with Hatred and Billy had me rolling.

WONDER BOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!!

God, I was crying through some of this. I swear.

I would like to see someone stop me from yelling, "Oh jive! It's Chuck Scarsdale!" over and over.

Pedophilia sure is a recurring theme in this show. A hilarious recurring theme! Though Captain Sunshine's status on the matter was left ambiguous, which just made him funnier.

when the butler told him to lube his inner thighs and back side i nearly lost it XD

That joke is what makes me think Sunshine was merely naive.

When you do something that on the nose it's satire.

Wow...I finally caught up last night and...wow. Man, they are really pushing things, and I am loving it!

I especially love how 24 has gone all Rambo, but is still himself at the same time.

hehe hitler. Ow! hot melting face on my shoulder OW! Priceless

I did dig the Memento-like disjointedness of the first episode. It really does make a ton more sense on the 2nd viewing.

As for Hunter and such...
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Strikes me that OSI wiped out SPHINX ages ago, and now the ex OSI members have appropriated the name and equipment to take down OSI and other unsavory organizations like Cocktease's assassins. Still, the twist with Hunter still being a dude was...beyond disturbing, but oh so hillarious

I'm thinking now that 24 is dead, 21 (you had them switched) has decided to embrace his "lone wolf" status and remold himself in that image. Which, of course, when combined with his natural personal weakness creates a hilariously spineless pseudoWolverine.

Both episodes so far have been stronger than season 3's start.

Got my hope back

Kevin Conroy was pure gold in that last episode.

"Hey, do you think you could put in a good word with Batman for me?"

man, after 3 seasons, I'm almost shocked at how natural Mrs The Monarch's voice sounds to me now.

Ok, Wonderboy and Chuck epsisode was grand. This is the stuff I'm here for.

Poor Sgt Hatred, things just keep getting worse for him. And Dean. Dean....poor guy. No one asks how Dean is doing. He was pure background this episode.

Episodes with Monarch are always my favorites, and this one did not dissapoint. Though I could have done without seeing the wedgie.

I can't help but notice a thing out of place about this episode...Last episode, we saw 21 hanging out with Dr Venture, still looking like his old self, and this week he actually looked like he had some muscle and was back with the Monarch...is it possible this episode might have aired out of sync to the original idea?