Season 1 (NFC/AFC East Saga)

The American youtube sports drama series, the East Saga, is the first divisional saga of the GCU, covering the 2020-2021 NFL Season. The series began on June 24, 2020, and consists of 22 episodes, each running between 3 and 30 minutes in length. The story follows two sets of brothers, who discover that their families are more connected to each other than anyone first thought.

## History

In the summer of 2020, Tom created the characters of Bruce, Springsteen, and Frederick to appear in "A Jets Fan Reaction to the 2019-2020 NFL Season" and "A Giants Fan Reaction to the 2019-2020 NFL Season". After several more videos were made, introducing more family members and backstory, Tom decided to make the series continue into the season, having the story and characters react to the performance of the NFC East and AFC East teams during the 2020-2021 season.

For the first 7 weeks of the season, Tom alternated between the NFC East and AFC East characters, not featuring all the characters every week. From Week 8 onward, the two divisions appeared together in every episode. There is no episode for Week 3, as that week Tom was making a skit unrelated to the East Saga.

While the East Saga has connections to Coach and the wider GCU, the 22 episodes are able to stand alone as a self-contained story.

## Characters

Bruce

Springsteen

Frederick

Carl

Joe

Rocky

Gus

Wildflower

Danny

Chomas

Tohm

## Episodes

A Giants Fan Reaction to the 2019-2020 NFL Season
A Jets Fan Reaction to the 2020 NFL Offseason
How Patriots Fans Treat the AFC East
How to Get Rid of a Patriots Fan
An AFC East Family Reunion
The NFC East's Reaction to Week 1
The AFC East's Reaction to Week 2
The NFC East's Reaction to Week 4
The NFC East's Reaction to Week 5
The AFC East's Reaction to Week 6
The NFC East's Reaction to Week 7
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 8
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 9
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 10
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 11
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 12
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 13
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 14
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 15
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 16
The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 17

## Story

On June 24th, 2020, Tom Grossi introduced us to Bruce and Springsteen, two brothers that were named after Bruce Springsteen (obviously). They open with what would become a classic line: “Hello I am Bruce, and I am Springsteen.” We also meet their brother, a Bills fan, who is the punching bag of the family, and the third in a set of triplets. Springsteen goes and recaps his season, which isn’t that important to the overall story, but near the end, we learn that the brothers’ dad left them.

The next time we see the brothers, they are recording the Giants’ Fan Reaction. The Bills fan (whose name has not been revealed to us yet), reveals that he is the Bills fan in the Bills Reaction video from the same year. (Long story short, he gets his stomach pumped and the Mafia paid for it.) This episode gave another iconic line: “You didn’t get no stickas.” The idea of the “anger monkeys” was also introduced here. Near the end of the video, the Bills fan joked that he was going to win the AFC East, which becomes ironic after what happened this NFL season. After he said that, Springsteen said he was taking an online jujitsu class, which becomes important later. At the very end, Bruce threatened to break into the Bills’ fan’s diary, which is, again, pretty ironic for what happens later.

After a month’s hiatus, the brothers’ story continues. After the power goes out, Bruce and Springsteen recap the Jets’ offseason, while pushing their Bills brother around and knocking Adam Gase’s mailbox over several times. Things get interesting near the end of the episode, when Bruce comes and tells Springsteen, “Their brother from Boston is coming to visit.” \*cue cliffhanger\*

In the next episode, Springsteen reveals to us that the brother from Boston is named Carl, the Patriots fan. The set of triplets are straight-up terrified of him. After Bruce and Springsteen pinned a piece of paper that has the word ‘moron’ on it to the Bills’ fan’s shirt, they monologue about how cruel Carl is to his own family, just in time for him to show up on a motorcycle. Carl reveals to the brothers and us that someone named Tom (most likely Tom Brady) left him to go to another team, and he probably still isn’t over it. Bruce then jokes about the Giants beating the Patriots in Super Bowl 42 and 46, Carl threatens him and shuts him up for the remainder of the episode. After that, Carl calls the Bills fan by his actual name for the first time, Frederick (Which is Bruce Springsteen’s middle name). A dispute then broke out between them all, arguing who was the reason their Dad left. Carl says it was because of Springsteen, Springsteen says it was because of Frederick, you get the idea.

The next episode opens with Springsteen telling Frederick that he hasn’t seen Bruce in three days. However, we get to see Bruce, who got tied up in a closet by Carl. After Springsteen and Frederick (mostly Frederick) try to get Carl to tell them where Bruce is while trying to kick him out of the house, Bruce breaks out of the closet and slowly gets himself to the living room. Frederick then goes off about how badly he’s been treated, removing the ‘moron’ paper from his shirt. However, all the brothers freeze when a man in a Dolphins colored shirt walks in, and the episode ends on a cliffhanger.

In the finale for the summer episodes of Bruce and Springsteen, we open on an incredibly tense family meeting, where Carl reveals to us the name of the Dolphins Dad, Joe. After some arguing, Carl drops a bombshell, asking Joe to tell Bruce and Springsteen that they aren’t related. Confusion ensues, and Frederick calls for the brother’s Mom. The Mom sees Joe, and immediately leaves the house, and she isn’t seen again. Springsteen thinks that his Mom is out to get pizza bagels for dinner, but he was shown to be wrong. They then figure out that Bruce is the one who is not related to the family. Bruce asks why he was taken away from his real family, and Joe replies saying that his family is a mess. He goes on to say, one was a loudmouth that didn’t turn out to be anything, one was an underground fighter, and the last one… needs no words. Springsteen then promises to Bruce that he will always be in the family, blood or no blood. In the after-credits scene, we see Bruce and Springsteen talking about how they are family. Bruce asks Springsteen if his real family is seeking revenge on the people who took him, and Springsteen waives the question off, thus ending the summer episodes.

## Trivia

* The playlist for the East Saga was previously called "Bruce & Springsteen AFC/NFC East Vids", before the playlist name was changed to "The East Saga".

## References

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/kyb2lz/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/l33uox/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/l89b2n/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_3/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/ldo2b8/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_4/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/ligjr8/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_5/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/lnxc7x/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_6/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grossiposse/comments/ltfew8/recap\_of\_the\_nfcafc\_east\_saga\_part\_7\_finale/

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201209235603/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpfKWYL55S9Ed1xtnWWJwMRoepjUo9UsM