The Stanley Parable Episode 5

Episode Summary
Matt concludes his adventures in the Stanley Parable with two of the more unsettling endings the game has to offer.

Commentators

 * TheTanakaHalf
 * TheNarratorHalf

Highlights

 * Both of the creepy-ass endings in this episode are brilliant.
 * GAME: "Tell your wife you love her". MATT: "YOU TERRIFY THE SHIT OUT OF MEEE!"

Running Jokes Introduced

 * N/A

Characters Played As

 * TheStanleyHalf

Trivia

 * The first reference this time is to A Christmas Story. Fitting, given the episode was uploaded two days before Christmas.
 * Matt never got the straight "Obedience" ending to the game.
 * "What's in the fridge?" is a reference to our Persona 4 LP. As we discussed previously, this means nothing in regards to the Jiroverse; Stanley is simply too far below the divinity of Tanjiro Tanaka. Anyway, adding Stanley to the Jiroverse just adds a whole new layer of complication to the plot that really doesn't need to be there. I mean, which of his storylines would even be canon? (Obvious answer: The Adventure Line.)
 * The "Tell the kids a story" prompt would have been perfect for finishing the aforementioned story about a dragon that he tried to get off the ground in the Adventure Line episode. Guess you'll never get to know the thrilling conclusion, where Captain Planet rides his seahorses to save some Titanic survivors from a rapping shark and kidnaps them to Atlantis, where they are unwittingly given the Elixir of Life and have to stop mice from taking over the world. (Ok real talk, what the fuck Italy?)
 * The path Matt gets on about halfway through the episode is not from the first episode; it's from the third.
 * Despite ending the episode saying that he'll be "back next week" with another episode of this series, Matt never did return to the Stanley Parable. He probably won't, for that matter.