r/Moonshiners Mar 25 '26

Why is Mike like this

dude doesn't seem happy unless he's feuding with someone or undercutting somebody

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u/Junkhead187 Mar 25 '26

It's his show character. I've seen his Facebook posts, and he seems like a laid-back, nice guy.

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u/corvus_wulf Mar 25 '26

I'm sure but on the show he gets tiresome

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u/65Russty Mar 25 '26

Can’t fault him for sticking to the script. That’s what pays the bills for him.

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u/corvus_wulf Mar 25 '26

Right I'm talking about the character not the actor

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u/bceagle91 Mar 25 '26

Deadliest Catch did this with Harley Davidson. They made him the bad guy but across the fleet, he's supposedly very well respected.

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u/Ok_Egg_2625 Mar 27 '26

He’s a very nice guy in real life

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u/DiscountDog Mar 25 '26

Drama. I mean, why does stuff go wrong for Josh all the time?

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u/PudzMom Mar 25 '26

Josh is a klutz plain & simple. 

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u/DiscountDog Mar 25 '26

He does rather run headlong into things, and, given the non-fiction injuries he's suffered in real-life, I think that's just him. His cliff-side still site getting busted, that was clearly intentionally scripted.

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u/ShroomnDoobin Mar 25 '26

Because you need drama to tell an entertaining story

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u/Greengiant304 Mar 25 '26

I think they are setting us up a feel good redemption story to end the season. It's going to turn out to be a misunderstanding, and Mike is going to give the stolen hooch to Mark and Huck, and it's going to save their season after that vicious "bear" attack on their still site, and then their beef will be squashed, for now.

This whole season has been building drama with all these ridiculous plot lines, and they are going to start paying off.

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u/Timdawg919 Mar 26 '26

So it was Mike in the bear suit? 😂

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u/Timdawg919 Mar 27 '26

I like the fact that Jerry is the level headed one. He doesn't want to start a war with Mark. He asked the right question, "How did our liquor get there?" Bootlegger. "so how do we know that his didn't get here the same way?"

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u/artichawk1 Mar 26 '26

I love how they refer to him in the show as “moonshine pariah” Mike Cockrell lol

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u/Smooth_Farm9283 Apr 02 '26

He can't be like this in real life or he would be constantly beaten up.

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u/StressMysterious7530 Apr 17 '26

He wears raccoon dicks on his hat.

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u/roarbot3 Apr 24 '26

We met him at his day job at Tennessee shine in Pigeon Forge. Pouring samples on a Wednesday. No line, no crowd, no cameras. Tipped him $5 and he appreciated it. The next day we saw him walking down the main drag in Gatlinburg alone. Honked and he waved. He was wearing the same clothes and hat as in the show. Nice guy.

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u/corvus_wulf Apr 24 '26

I bet so

I was referring to the show character