Hello! I thought I'd make a video compiling my favorite Essek moments, since not too many videos like this exist! I've been hoarding critical role timestamps in my notes app for too long and I figured it's time to use them for something haha.
Anyway, here's the timestamps and what episode each clip is from!
00:00 “Haha, I’d like to see you try” (57)
00:18 Jester hugs Essek (61)
01:20 Caleb impresses Essek (62)
03:44: ball bearings prank (71)
05:25: Jester’s very important message (74)
06:37: Jester gifts Essek a cupcake (74)
07:15: Essek hates the cold (75)
07:33: “I like that…’friends’….” (77)
08:06: “there would be nothing I would love more than to not be around you all for the remainder of the day” (79)
08:35: Caleb’s failed attempt at affection towards Essek (79)
08:45: Essek has no idea + “are you mad at us?” (80)
09:56: Fjord offends Essek by calling him a ‘floaty fuck’ (90)
10:36: Asking Essek about himself (90)
12:15: Essek asks to stay for dinner (91)
13:14: Essek takes off his mantle and stops floating (91)
13:35: why Essek floats (91)
14:36: Frumpkin sits in Essek’s lap (91)
14:50: “are you saying you want to date Fjord?” (91)
15:25: Essek is lonely (91)
17:00: Essek didn’t think he got lonely, until recently (91)
17:20: “you’re going to be so sad if we leave because you like us so much now!” (91)
17:35: Mighty Nein: the dating sim (91)
18:55: hot tub time (91)
20:00: “how’s his feet look?” (91)
20:39: insight check (91)
21:41: “I’ve seen those far older than you with half the pain I see in your eyes” (91)
22:43: teaching Essek swagger (91)
24:00: Essek attempts a joke (91)
24:24: “you talk so closely when you speak to one another” (92)
25:11: Jester gives Essek a parasol (94)
25:36: Essek awkwardly leaves (94)
26:01: Essek and Ludinus (97)
28:50: “maybe you should try friends sometime” (97)
29:00: ‘Dezran Thane’ avoids the Nein (97)
29:45: Jester makes ‘Dezran’’s life miserable (and Essek is the most anxious I’ve ever seen him) (97)
31:10: Introvert (97)
31:37: Veth paralyzes Essek (97)
33:00: he just kinda glides (97)
33:15: “you were not born with venom in your veins” (97)
35:40: Forehead kiss (97)
36:12: “it can be disorienting having friends get under your skin” (97)
37:04: “you’re gonna have to make a lot of babies….” (97)
37:35: “we’ve done nothing but show you kindness” (97)
38:00: 2nd Jester hug (124)
38:11: Counterspelling a cantrip (124)
38:31: the M9’s trust and love shook Essek to his core (124)
39:48: can’t look Caleb in the eye (124)
40:30: “Caleb, you should get naked!” (124)
41:12: telling Essek about Vess Derogna (124)
41:57: whisky cocoa (124)
42:54: “time. not weeks, not years. it takes time” *little cheek caress or something* (124)
43:40: stripper outfit Essek (131)
44:51: Trust (131)
45:55: Essek cowers and holds up his fists at an ice giant (132)
46:36: Capeleb picks up Essek and swings him around (133)
47:36: Essek accepts his fate (133)
47:55: Essek sees the tower (133)
49:00: Essek’s favorite food (133)
49:55: “do you fuck with that?” (133)
50:30: “you don’t have to say ‘up’” “it is fun to say though” (133)
50:55: Caleb and Essek at the top of the tower (133)
53:50: “don’t be so sure” “I’m pretty sure, young man” (133)
54:00: “you know what a bunch of wizards in one place is? fucking trouble” (133)
54:48: “Caleb are you alright?” “No” “Me neither” (134)
55:00: the wizards showboat and fly around each other (135)
55:52: guidance 👍 (136)
56:17: the time wizards discover a time machine (136)
57:13: “is he coming onto you?” “it’s complicated” (136)
57:48: “don’t offer me any solace” (138)
58:24: nat 20 to let his friends sleep (138)
58:41: Essek attempts another joke (139)
1:00:30: Essek is thankful for the Nein (139)
1:01:36: epic dunamancy moment, then hiding (139)
1:02:12: “Aww” (139)
1:03:03: Evil Essek moment (139)
1:03:26: Caleb frees Essek (139)
1:04:11: Essek feels grief (140)
1:04:37: epic dunamancy moment part 2 + he’s never done one squat (140)
1:05:00: Lucien chucks the tower that Caleb is on at Essek (140)
1:06:00 Essek pulls Caleb free “let’s finish this” (140)
1:06:42 Essek is distraught over Molly, despite never having met him (140)
1:09:15 “Caleb Widogast, have you ever accepted defeat?” (140)
1:10:24 Caleb hugs Essek and Veth (140)
1:10:52 Essek and Caduceus (140)
1:11:58 “Caleb, I’m scared!” (141)
1:12:43 “Stay down” (141)
1:13:25 Essek takes up gardening (141)
1:14:21 Essek thanks the Mighty Nein for showing him compassion + goodbyes (141)
1:18:00 group hug (141)
1:19:30 “don’t take too long beating yourself up over your sins” (141)
1:19:51 Caleb kisses Essek on the cheek and gives him the most empathetic hug he can make him feel (141)
1:21:00: Caleb and Essek in Aeor together (141)
1:22:40: Caleb and Essek in the T-Doc room (141)
1:25:30 “as much as they hurt me, I don’t want to change a thing” (141)
1:25:58 “Good. Good.” (141)
1:27:00 Caleb and Essek’s future (141)
1:27:50 Post campaign Essek (141)
1:29:00 Shadowgast kiss! (Mighty Nein Reunited pt 2)