#and you're telling me Jesse is basically Adam lol

[nelkey]

At least weird enough that I had to go look up if they'd based that on the novel xD

[gaffney]

top 5 tmd scenes/moments

orion's confidence speech in d3. "it's not just about hockey. it's easy to be confident when you have control of the puck. it's very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you gotta take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. don't be careless, but don't be too careful either. you cannot be afraid to lose. that's how you gain the confidence to attack the game when the puck isn't yours. that's how you attack life even when you think you don't have any control." the older i get, the more i appreciate this quote (and orion). he didn't just teach them about hockey, he taught them about life. i try to tell myself "you cannot be afraid to lose" when shit gets tough. COACH ORION BEST COACH

when district 5 first meets bombay. like, you can not tell me there's a kid out there with a better intro than jesse fucking hall. "yo, dude. you're obviously in the wrong hood. this is my dominion. this is a drug-free zone, you understand? we ain't buying nothing. i'm feeling generous today, so i'm gonna let you get your sorry vanilla booty outta here before we be using your eyeballs as hockey pucks." it's iconic. it's the moment. i strive to have the kind of loyalty and confidence he displayed in that scene (even though he was clearly fronting. fake it till you make it amirite).

the entire d1 ending, from adam showing his loyalty to the ducks, to jesse's bigass "alright, cake-eater" grin, to tammy and tommy doing their thing, to fulton trying to murder mcgill, to charlie taking the shot as the team roots for him, and then the end with them sending bombay off. had the franchise ended here, i would've had 0 complaints! (even though i'm happy there's more, of course).

bombay's speech to charlie in d3. "i told him you were the real minnesota miracle man". this scene always gets me. i really appreciate that they acknowledge how much of an impact charlie (and the ducks) had on bombay, and that he only got his shit together because of them. (also, unpopular opinion time, but as bombay's #1 anti, i feel like game changers kind of cheapened this moment when they went back to the whole 'bombay is the minnesota miracle man!!' mindset and basically dedicated an entire episode to how amazing he is. especially considering charlie isn't on good terms with him anymore. i loved seeing the OG ducks but i really didn't like the execution of it lol.)

the campfire scene at the end of d2. i just love how wholesome it is. i wish there was a version without the credits!