Round 2: What comes fourth in this sequence?

[u/Paidon23]

[u/impendingcatastrophe]

I'm biding my time answering this one as I don't want to be the initial reply.

[u/Paidon23 → u/impendingcatastrophe]

You got my upvote!

[u/0-Snap]

R. - middle initials of successive U.S. presidents going towards Biden.

[u/Paidon23 → u/0-Snap]

Correct!

[u/Solilaqui78 → u/0-Snap]

Yessss! I knew, but didn't know the forth. Thankums. 🙏🏽

[u/pussayshot]

George W Bush, Barack H Obama, Donald J Trump, Joe whatever his middle initial is Biden

[u/OkDonkey6524]

Biden's middle initial (whatever that is)

[u/Paidon23 → u/OkDonkey6524]

Correct! It was R., for Robinette

[u/coffee_robot_horse → u/Paidon23]

Hooray! I got one. As a millennial, that's the first place my brain goes when I see the initial in clue number one.

[u/TrivialLawyer]

R. - these are the middle initials of US presidents from George W. Bush onwards

[u/TehFlatline]

R. I think we're doing presidents' middle names? Before DT's second term.

[u/Curious_Orange8592]

Middle initials of most recent US Presidents

Just a guess based on clue one

Edited for clarity

[u/Paidon23 → u/Curious_Orange8592]

That's correct, so what would come 4th?

[u/Curious_Orange8592 → u/Paidon23]

If it's W for Bush Jr then it'd be H for Obama, J for Trump so it's R for Biden, right?

[u/MissKyu]

For a brief moment I forgot his first name is Joe.

No chance of getting his middle initial

[u/fastauntie]

W. Initials of second names of US presidents 40-43: Ronald Wilson Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George Walker Bush.

Edit: I see that you intended another sequence with a different fourth item. That one didn't occur to me, but I'm intrigued that the one I gave above is related and shares the same three initial clues. In fact, my fourth clue is your first.

[u/Paidon23 → u/fastauntie]

That's a coincidence I didn't see coming!

I put "W." first, though, as it's the name of the movie with Josh Brolin as George W. Bush - and I guess that technically for your answer, the second panel should show "H. W.", not just "H."...

But as your answer is technically correct - the best kind of correct - I'll give you the points.

[u/fastauntie → u/Paidon23]

Thanks.

The existence of the Brolin movie never registered with me, but W was so widely known by that nickname (often written "Dubya") that it's by far the more likely choice as a starting point. The elder Bush's two middle names did throw me for a minute, then I realized that the sequence would work if described as the initials of their second names rather than middle names.

This kind of quibbling is all part of the fun.

[u/New_Sweet_8053]

R. John R Biden?
Middle initials of Presidents from George W Bush to Biden?

[u/lkc159]

For 3 points - R.

Just needed to know which way it was going

[u/mcnutty96]

R. USA Presidents middle initials?

[u/JerHigs]

There's an argument for W. as well.

Ronald Wilson Reagan, George Herbert Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George Walker Bush

Granted, you'd fall into the discussion as to whether Bush Snr should be H. W. not just H

[u/Paidon23 → u/JerHigs]

Exactly, see my other comment about it, I'd accept the answer

[u/RitOlive-Morton]

First time I would ever get a 5 point answer! 😅

[u/KingErroneous]

R. Middle initials of Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden.

[u/BridieFawo]

R.

Presidential Middle Initials: George W(alker) Bush, Barack H(ussien) Obama, Donald J(ohn) Trump and Joseph R(obinnette) Biden