The Untold Truth Of Teddy Perkins

The FX series Atlanta has been full of bizarre and otherworldly moments from the very beginning, but the episode titled Teddy Perkins took things to a whole new level. The episode saw Darius, played by Lakeith Stanfield, trapped in the home of the mysterious title character, who was inspired by Michael Jackson and other reclusive celebrities.

Fans were shocked to see the character outside of the context of the show when he popped up at the 2018 Emmys, especially because he wasn’t even played by the same actor, which only added to the mystery. Let’s take a look at the untold truth of Teddy Perkins.

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Consistently surreal | 0:00
References aplenty | 0:58
The Jackson connection | 2:42
So who is Teddy Perkins? | 3:31
Teddy's night out | 4:10

[Looper]

Is the Teddy Perkins episode your favorite from Atlanta?

[cmbuelow]

The genius of the episode is that you simultaneously feel put off by Teddy and feel deep sympathy for him. Genius writing and directing.

[torquetheprisoner]

he is a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

[rsl]

Note on the photo flash is a reference to Darius's belief that taking photos steals a piece of your soul while also easter egging Get Out

[TheKtwStudios]

You say "Alleged skin condition" like his autopsy report didn't publicly confirm his vitiligo ages ago.

[ExtremelyHandsomeOpulentKing]

BRUH THE INVISIBLE CAR MOMENT AT 0:28 is my favorite Atlanta episode😂😂😂😂😂

[AbwonUno]

I literally just watched this episode and it’s creepy and brilliant at the same time and it really makes sense that it would happen to Darius bc he’s an eccentric dude himself

[jayels]

This episode was about breaking cycles of abuse.

[Kevinduzit]

What if at the awards show Teddy Perkins was Michael Jackson in disguise.

[danielstudart]

Donald Glover plays Teddy Perkins, if you think about it as you watch the episode, it's so incredible how good an actor he is. And he's the creator of the series and most of the times is the director of the episodes. This dude's a genius! Not to mention his music, which is great.

[snowflake]

Title: the untold truth
Dude in the video: literally just talks about what we already knew

[fredcrewneck]

"Teddy Perkins" could of been a hit movie if you add some dope filler

[awesomenesschannel]

Anybody else realize that benny is also apart of Michael because MJ wrote “Ben”

[AWlpsSHOW]

Teddy Perkins looks so weird. He looks like a puppet!
This whole thing is pretty interesting. I don't watch Atlanta but this is so cool! It's cool when characters are treated like they're real and they make it a big mystery.
And they got crazy fans believing that it's actually Michael Jackson!

[doctordeath]

This season was actually good and I actually thought Teddy was a real person

[debbiem]

This scene is messed up on so many levels I don’t know where to begin.

[Dunderdawg]

Hybrid of Michael Jackson + Smokey Robinson = Teddy Perkins

[Thashining]

Teddy was really Benny, and "Benny" was really the father.

[agnessofiacastrocarvalho]

I love every single aspect of that ep but the fact that Darius doesn't even make the pose we see in the picture is just a special touch

[Dilkingtnne]

The episode is also like psycho not just in the reveal of the relative but in how you think it's going to be one type of story but it just completely derails you into another genre and story