u/Apprehensive-Pace902 — reddlx

Thank you guys for interacting with my last post! Since it got a little attention, I thought id give some more of my hot takes on the series! Like before, please let me know your thoughts :)

⁠Van, religion….and Barbara Jean. I understand why they touched on when Van didn’t believe in God, because Reba always was subtly Christian and it was a theme in the show. But why was it never addressed that it was hypocritical for Barbara Jean to be a bible thumping Christian who was openly an adulterer. Barbara Jean was way too quick to judge Van when she broke up a whole family? I think Barbara Jean being religious was irony ofc, but the fact that was never touched on again made no sense. I feel like Barbara Jean should have had an episode where she seeked forgiveness and talked to a pastor the way Reba was going to make Van talk to one.
⁠Elizabeth and Henry are what shaped the series, but are basically ignored for the rest in a way.
⁠Kyra didn’t deserve to be held to the same standards as Cheyenne because it’s always unfair for siblings to treated based on the other, but it’s almost as if she was purposely picking boyfriends that she knew her parents wouldn’t approve of. It would have been nice if at the end, Kyra found a high school love. I feel like it would have softened her character a bit and made her more likable.
⁠Watching Cheyenne and Kyra’s relationship was painful. They rarely connected through the series and I feel like it would have been nice to see them bond as sisters. There was a missed opportunity for Kyra to have her big sister in this big mess of their life.
⁠In the end, Reba made Barbara Jean her bff? I hated that ending for Reba. Realistically, I think it’s less that Reba liked her, but more that at that point, after being made the butt of every joke, she just accepted it.
⁠Speaking of which, Barbara Jean and Brock and everyone else constantly guilt tripping Reba into being Barbara Jean’s friend was evil.
⁠The episode where Reba lets a family from New Orleans camp out at her house would have gotten Barbara Jean cancelled if that came out today. It was unnecessary to make Barbara Jean “black” as a joke.
⁠I feel like Jake slowly turned into Kyra, but worse? He clearly learned from her and lowkey started being manipulative just like her.
⁠Might not be the take I think it is, but I think deep down, Barbara Jean didn’t want Brock, she wanted Reba? Once she actually got Brock, she seemed way less interested in him and more in Reba. Even when Reba humiliated her, she still kept chasing her. She was obsessed with her. Looking like her and copying her. Maybe she wanted to replace Reba but in a weird way, I think she wanted Reba.
⁠Reba needed a real bff. One she could gang up on Barbara Jean with and joke with and have as a support system. She needed someone she could be real with to give us another POV on how everything deeply hurt her.

First of all, I love Reba, it’s such a comfort show for me. But now that I’m rewatching it, I’ve really come up with some hot takes of my own. They may not be, but at least to me they are. I’m interested to see what you guys think!

Barbara Jean needed to be put in her place but on the other hand, she deserved better. She deserved so much worse from Reba and was not shamed enough but Brock definitely took advantage of Barbara Jean and her naivety.
Reba should have let Van and Cheyenne suffer the consequences more. She already did so much by being supportive from the start and giving Van and Cheyenne a place to stay and raise their child. She let them go through college under her roof and paid their way. But they needed to get jobs to support themselves in the household. They were constantly coddled and spoiled and were given too many chances.
I might be hated for this, but I think deep down, Brock and Reba should have rekindled. It was so obvious that Brock still loved Reba because of the way he treated Barbara Jean. Not to say he deserves Reba, because he most definitely doesn’t.
Having a baby was not reason enough for Brock and Barbara Jean to marry. I think Brock only married her out of pure guilt. They shouldn’t have lasted realistically but tv land is another world.
Barbara Jean was selfish asf when it came to kids. She knew damn well that Henry was already the result of an affair and still pushed for more kids when Brock already had 3 other kids. When Brock was at his worst mentally, she still pushed. She was too entitled.
Kyra needed more discipline. Everyone let Kyra walk all over everyone and she had such a bad attitude. Her attitude wasn’t cute or a personality trait but a lack of discipline and respect. However, she had every right to be upset because she was put last out of everyone and deserved to go to England. She needed more love and attention.
Brock should not have bought a house when his kids needed money. Brock should have waited. Kyra should have gotten that money for England. The fact that he, a dentist, couldn’t pull together the money for it is crazy. If Reba had to pay for Cheyenne to go to college, then Brock could have at least forked over $2,000. No hate to Henry, but his 3 kids should have come first!
Van’s parents did not deserve to be in Elizabeth’s life. I know that any parent would freak in the situation they were in, but they were rich and should have at least helped contribute money since Reba was housing and feeding and paying for their son. Me personally, if parents can’t treat their kids and their spouses right, they shouldn’t have access to the grandchildren.
Reba deserved to not have her love life joked about and actually given storylines that were taken seriously when it came to dates. I get that the whole point of the show is to prove that Reba don’t need no man, but she deserved to find love for herself. She ended the series saving Brock and Barbara Jean’s marriage which is basically a slap in the face.
Brock and Barbara Jean were dicks for constantly involving Reba in their marriage. They already did enough to hurt her and they spent the whole series rubbing it in her face.

Let me know your thoughts :)))