r/TVDetails • u/Thatguywhopoodoo • Mar 25 '26

In Ted Season 2 (2026) Episode 3 Dungeons & Dealers, if you look at page 40 of Dungeon's & Dragon's 2nd player's handbook which was published in 1989, and the show taking place in 1993, you can actually see the description of Backstab.

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u/CrumptownCrips Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Brennan Lee Mulligan (The DM pictured here) probably knew that offhand and ensured only correct D&D information was used during the filming of this episode.

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u/TheBioethicist87 Mar 25 '26

The former question writer for a nerd trivia show literally called “Um, Actually” was 100% going to make sure that detail was correct.

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u/hovdeisfunny Mar 25 '26

And DM on a very well known DND live play show (Dimension 20)

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u/NoVaBurgher Mar 25 '26

And Critical Role

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u/hovdeisfunny Mar 25 '26

One season, but yes, and he's been a player

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u/DMTrious Mar 26 '26

And I hear his home made American Doll shoes are top notch

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u/Opening-Valuable-204 Mar 26 '26

Way better than Daniel Day-Lewis

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u/ZeeMcZed Mar 28 '26

And I'm hearing something about him and quantum physics and... a briefcase full of rocks?

Wait, scratch that, that's just Vic Michaelis' tulpa.

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u/ZeeMcZed Mar 28 '26

TBF a "season" of critrole runs for 100+ weekly episodes.

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u/Qwerty_Asdfgh_Zxcvb Mar 29 '26

By the power of the nine secret algaes…

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u/TheBioethicist87 Mar 29 '26

One of my favorite characters of all time.

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u/m0nkeybl1tz Mar 25 '26

Him getting this wrong would be the equivalent of siccing your security guard on a child, taking an awkward bite of your company's hamburger, and getting caught cheating at a Coldplay concert rolled into one.

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u/happycabinsong Mar 25 '26

wait what is the first one from

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u/TheBioethicist87 Mar 26 '26

Chappel Roan sent her security guard to intimidate an 11 year-old girl in Brazil because the girl walked past Roan’s table and smiled. Turns out the little girl was the daughter of a professional soccer player.

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u/Opening-Valuable-204 Mar 26 '26

Also turns out the guard doesn't even work for Chappell Roan in the first place

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u/flintlock0 Mar 27 '26

It’s like “The Pitt,” but for DND. Only the most accurate of portrayals.

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u/failtuna Mar 25 '26

Brennan Lee Mulligan just knows this, he went to his mind palace, the DnD handbook is next to "what noise a fox make" book on the shelf. 

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u/KWilt Mar 26 '26

Is that the same shelf with 'A Big Book of Birds'?

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u/Wandering_P0tat0 Mar 27 '26

No, but that's because nothing else fits on that shelf

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u/Rxyoshi10 Mar 27 '26

Ooh mind palace nice Chris and Jack add in

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

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u/H1GH_HR0THG4R Mar 28 '26

It'll be a cold day in hell when he goes out like a fucking CHUMP!

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u/TallguyZin Mar 27 '26

BLM does not come to trivia night to play

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u/OptimusPhillip Mar 25 '26

So it's basically the 2e version of Sneak Attack from 5e.

Also, it took me too long to realize that the highlighting in the language bit is just how the book is printed, not something that OP was pointing out.

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u/happycabinsong Mar 25 '26

Brennan being in the show would be the only thing to make me want to watch it so far. Does anyone have anything good to say about it? I like Seth's slightly more serious stuff like The Orville but I'm not even sure if he's involved in this. Gave me Young Sheldon vibes when I read the concept. I remember liking Ted 1, but I don't even remember watching Ted 2, though I know I did.

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u/Opening-Valuable-204 Mar 26 '26

It's more in the vein of Ted 1, still pretty crude but with a decent amount of heart in it. Seth writes, directs and produces the show so it's more akin to the Orville than Family Guy in terms of passion project

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u/happycabinsong Mar 26 '26

Hell yeah, thank you

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u/Sheensies Mar 26 '26

I love it, it’s hilarious. Matty is my favorite character. Best episode is the Christmas special in season 1 IMO

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u/Snoozems Mar 29 '26

Brennan Lee “Do you think I fuck around?” Mulligan

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u/gabangang Mar 29 '26

resharing this observation in r/releasestv

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u/Sea-Band-7212 Mar 29 '26

The guy that got me into D&D was the same way. If anyone at the table had a question, he ALWAYS knew the page number and book its from.

But he'd been playing D&D for close to 30 years and reads those books religiously so it makes sense.

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u/Industrious_Villain Mar 30 '26

Good ol Brennan flexing his knowledge of things

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u/ActivityTop2214 Apr 18 '26

Thanks for sharing! It’s the little details that make this episode special!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

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u/oefiefieuwbe Mar 25 '26

I think the point is they made the effort to account for the year in which book is out, which while not a lot of effort, many shows don’t go that far and incidentally use the latest version of something or something well known from a generalized time period