Chidi Flies off the Handle - The Good Place (Episode Highlight)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Chidi (William Jackson Harper) just can't take anymore of Brent's (Ben Koldyke) bullshirt after Brent insults everyone.
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From creator Michael Schur (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Master of None”) comes a unique comedy about what makes a good person. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, “House of Lies,” “Veronica Mars”), an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife, and thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place (which is definitely where she belongs). While hiding in plain sight from Good Place Architect Michael (Ted Danson - “Cheers,” “CSI” - in an Emmy Award-nominated performance), she’s determined to shed her old way of living and earn her spot.
Chidi Flies off the Handle - The Good Place (Episode Highlight)
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One thing that Brent lacked that Eleanor didn't was: Self-awareness.
For all her faults, she knew that she was a terrible person and that she had to become better.
Brent legitimately had no conception that he was ever a rotten person....
Like *damn.*
Brent is also like 60 years old, yet acts way less maturly than Eleanor, who I think is in her late 30s.
and that's on fragile masculinity
@@billyhenerson2871 Early 50s and late 30s respectively.
Then later like a thousand Jeremy Bearimys go by without him appearing to learn much. I don't remember exactly what it was, but he was still telling women to smile more and not understanding why that's not OK.
Sounds like my brother.... His lack of self-awareness is matches with the size of his...... ego.
The show always forgets that Chidi is buff
I want that they make the explanation that he is that buff because he couldn't decide what muscle to exercise canon.
Well think of all the times he got half way up a flight of stairs, then changed his mind and went back down....then went back up....then down.
Plus all that time holding two almost identical objects, unable to pick just one.
And all those cramps from stomach aches did wonders for his abs.
And then it gives us a nice little remind once or twice a season - seeing a buff guy is nicer when it's not every five seconds.
The characters forget.
The show _never_ does.
The reason they gave is someone told him exercise can relieve stress, so he just never stopped working out.
Tahani going off at Brent is one of my favourite moments of hers!. I love her so much you guys 😆
I love that she doesn't just call out Brent but she also calls out every story where there's some Gary Stu character that's every amazing thing at once. The Mary Sues of fanfiction have their origin in the Gary Stus of canon fandoms.
It's so great, because, as you might recall, Tahani's written a book. One that just so happens to be about her life, just as Brent's was about his. So when she's calling out his book for its egregious shortcomings, she knows what she's talking about.
@@Landis963They are kinda different though. Tahani wrote a memoir while Brent wrote a novel with a self-insert.
@@animeotaku307 They are, although I could probably make the argument that, like the self-insert novel, a memoir tells a story about oneself that is designed to entertain. The memoir is rather more honest than the self-insert, however, which I think cheapens Brent's work and gives Tahani more ground to stand on.
You can see Chidi's veins starting to throb when Brent insults Simone. It's also credit to Michael and Eleanor, who often fought with Chidi, and never pushed his buttons to make him that angry. Though to Eleanor's credit she always maintained that Chidi was a good person who deserved better.
The fact that Chidi actually punched someone surprised me. I didn’t see that coming and I didn’t think he had it in him to do that. I loved it
He can't lie to actual deamons , but can punch an ashhole. Really shows you how arrogant and ignorant Brent is.
This was the first time I've ever seen him punch somebody. And that really surprised me.
Chidi had his Ben Wyatt moment finally, and it was glorious!
Bro it’s like his body just did that and he didn’t think about it
Brent is the kind of person that refuses to acknowledge his own faults at all costs, so confronting him about how terrible he is and how he needs to step the fork up is probably the only way he’d actually understand he’s a terrible person
Thing is he really doesn't think he has faults.
Not to mention that he already "knows" he might actually be able to get in to the Best Place and away from these folk who are merely at Good Place level.
Joseph Micheal Holland THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE COOL AND I NEED TO SEE A SPIN-OFF SHOW ABOUT THAT
Joseph Micheal Holland, watch that be the series finale
Yeah no, that wouldn’t work.
Well, they kinda do at the end by telling him he’s actually in the Bad Place.
simone’s smile of triumph and sisterhood while she watches tahani rip brent apart is so goddamn good. i keep replaying it. really captures the joy of having someone on your side idk
I love it sm
I realize I'm a few years too late, but, generally, when people are speaking, you look at the speaker, not the one being spoken to. Simone takes this opportunity not to look at Tahani, but at Brent's reaction to Tahani's comments and revel in them.
They should have used the "better place" thing having Brent "accidentally" find out Chidi or someone else had higher points than him, like Tahani did in season 1 with Eleanor, that way he would have tried to gain more points, only to find out that he's going down instead of up, that way he would have to try and find out "secretly" why it was happening, which would get him to eventually discover/learn that his intentions count, and other stuff.
That would have also worked as a form of torture for him, knowing he's not "the best"
I was thinking that too!
It would have encouraged him to do better things to earn points, but his motivation for them would have been corrupted, which would have defeated the point.
Oh ho ho! I like the way you think!
Yeah, but I think he wouldn't believed it. He's so selfish that he would totaly ignore that those aren't his memories because he thinks he's the best. I think they handled it pretty well.
Yes, you should be an architect.
Brent is the type of guy to complain about Mary Sues; his character that he wrote is a complete Marty Stue.
Stue? I mean, I agree, but I usually see it written as Marty Stu.
There's no Marty Sue. They are called Jack Sues.
I just call 'em Mary Sue regardless of gender instead of overcomplicating matters.
@@MrCompassionate01 or even better, make it gender neutral
@@echothemyth3160 Please elaborate
Remember guys when you all hate Brent this much, know that means the actor is doing an outstanding job!
True! Like the actress who plays Umbridge is outstanding
I do that with characters I absolutely despise. I tell myself that the actor is just doing an amazing job
He plays being a jerk well. Like in HIMYM or Silicon Valley.
that's a great point, you sound like a drama teacher who just showed your students this episode and are teaching them things.
Especially because this actor is one of the nicest guys, so I've heard.
1:57 - Jason be like "My Man!"
Xone9
Lol, probably true...
Alternate title, “Eleanor tries to save humanity while her ex drop kicks a guy after insulting his girlfriend”
Cue "Always Sunny" theme music.
Love how in the end, Brent can't be fixed subtly. They literally have to spell it out to him that he's a bad person. He will not change for the better on his own.
You can kind of see when Brent is tearing up after Tahani lays into him and he says “I accomplished something,” that he is genuinely hurt. It’s possible he knows deep down that he never really accomplished anything on his own on Earth and he was super proud of himself for doing something completely his own. That’s why he lashed out so much
He never had the opportunity to grow from a mistake as money made them go away. He never faced proper adversity or hardship and, as a result, his “accomplishments” feel hollow and unfulfilling. He needs their criticism to create something truly worth accomplishing but instead is too used to being handed things on a platter.
Soulstealer56 I actually don’t even think he’s reached that level of clarity. he see’s all his accomplishments without the filter of how little he actually had to work for them and all the background connections and wealth that did the real heavy lifting, and therefore thinks that he’s genuinely extraordinarily talented and special because why else would life come to easy to him? He’s lashing out because this illusion is being shattered and he’s never had to deal with something he worked on (this time genuinely on his own) not being successful. His whole idea of himself is that “life is good to me , and that must be a sign that I’m above all others. I don’t need to work harder at anything because I already have all this proof that I’m perfect”
No, he sucks.
He was hurt
he was crying because he's a baby
Seriously side-eying anyone who sympathizes with Brent.
What about carry-on luggage like Bad Janet, savoring the display of fragility?
Cause I am 100% all about that flavor.
@@FaeQueenCory Bad Janet isn't a person.
@@FaeQueenCory bad Janet is aware of all there is in the universe so she knows how stupid it would be to be as narcissistic as Brent
@@kevinmay9151 You misunderstood. Bad Janet (and myself) take pleasure from the suffering created by the fragility of such..... People......... No one should sympathize with them.
How can you not if you are a decent human being, you should sympathise with all of them. Brent does show the room to grow and its even proven in the show, He's shown that he was raised in an environment where nothing he ever did was wrong and never had to pay for his mistakes, you dont really stand a chance.
1:45 Chidis face of just knowing he's in an unwinnable argument but still wanting to continue it is hilarious.
"It's difficult to win an argument against a genius, but it's virtually impossoble to win against an idiot."
-I don't know who originally said that.
“I’m sorry you think you deserve an apology” -Rick Sanchez
Is it bad that I enjoyed that punch a little too much ?
Clarice Chau not at all. Brent’s a real ash-hole
We all enjoyed that, I don’t feel bad about that lol
“I’m in the good place, ever heard of it?”
Chidi: *karma, you ever heard of it?*
Sometimes I forget that Chidi is muscular. At least it was put to good use finally.
That’s actually a step up for Chidi. Wow. 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
I feel like Eleanor and everyone hasn’t made it torture-y enough like it was the first time around to be honest; at least Brent being a forking ash-hole might make them realise they need to be better people, all of them. Idk just a thought
They should have used the "better place" thing having Brent "accidentally" find out Chidi or someone else had higher points than him, like Tahani did in season 1 with Eleanor, that way he would have tried to gain more points, only to find out that he's going down instead of up, that way he would have to try and find out "secretly" why it was happening, which would get him to eventually discover/learn that his intentions count, and other stuff
It's not supposed to be torture: it's supposed to be an experiment to see if humans who kinda sucked (or, in Brent's case, were literally the worst) can get better in the afterlife
Lea G.M. Yeah but it really was the torture that lead to the og humans becoming better people as it kind of forced them to be, as they came to self realisations that maybe they could be better morally speaking idk
You can stop the censoring the earth is just a one giant ball of bad place
To her credit, Eleanor tried. But she realized she couldn't torture Chidi in good conscience because it would be out of envy that he forgot her. I think Brent and the others are torturting each other nicely now.
a rightful right hook by the man himself
You think that asking him 'why' all the time would work? Like asking 'Why do you think that was ok?' and then when he gives you a bad answer you just keep asking 'why' until he finally starts to think about it and realises he doesn't have an answer.
That's a good way to deal with any prejudiced person, but most of the time they'll eventually blow you off.
Ever since this dude claimed that he wasn't racist for having a black dentist, I immediately lost all hope for him.
Tahani should have also gotten a few punches in.
Brent is a terrible person, but gods he is a great character to throw into this story
At least they knew we wouldn't like him, which is why they never really humanize him or make his actions redeemable. They didn't try to make us like him.
@@billyhenerson2871 I'df say they humanized him just enough to make him feel real and to let us know he isn't entirely evil. He's just... terrible. He could possibly be redeemed by why waste the energy? People like him hardly ever change.
@@ObaREXExcept that we see, under the right circumstances, even he’s capable of changing. It would take a lot of work just to first get him to realize that he needs to be better, but it’s possible.
The show’s entire thesis is that Rosseau was right about humans being inherently good.
Yes!!! I love how Chidi doesn't hesitate at all
1:51, in case anyone else is playing that part on repeat
Sadly, there was no contact
YES CHIDI!!!!
@@davidsanchez9817 yea but I dont like the guy who played the actor
More 1:32 sorry it's so funny
No kidding I was wathcing the episode and 1:50 and I YELLED "FORK YEAH CATHARSIS"
The problem is that it’s so easy to hate Brent that the other three, Chidi included, don’t seem as bad. Simone cares more about being right than being good.
Thats the point. You must hate brent for the sjw wins. I never see Simone the perfect try to respect the ideas of brend. Only they ideas are correct. Brent have his point of view.
@@jmorzan I'm not defending Brent in any way, he is an obvious jackass, But now everyone is so focused on taking him down a peg that the other three aren't being worked on. Especially Simone, considering all the terrible crap she was doing when she thought there were no consequences.
@@Luster21 Dont be afray of defending Brent. The only person who try to crack the brent shell was Michaell. The other only complain and didnt had real tolerance.
@@jmorzan Jesus, buddy, Brent's character is not a positive one and, no, his attitudes and behavior are not worth defending.
**Try** to evolve your thinking beyond "they're all a bunch of sjw's"
Luster21 thank you I notice that to
Something I am suspicious about, is that we never see The Point-System in Action.
We've seen after maths of it, ages ago, with 1 guy from a few centuries ago buying Rose's and getting +145 Points, and another guy from 2009 losing -4 Points, for the same task.
I know it's part of the rules that they can't see the Points of John, Brent, Simone, or Chidi, until the Test is Over (Though, I still can't see Why), but how do we Know that they are even getting Points?
The Point-System might be even more screwed up than we thought.
Actually, something just dawned on me, while writing this;
The Point-System takes 2 Main-Things, into account; The Consequences of the Action, and the Motivation Behind it.
We have already seen the Point-System having gone overboard with the analysis of the Consequences, appearing to take literally every single Event that occurs after and because of the Event, into account, this why every single human is destined to The Bad Place.
However, we still haven't seen if the Motivations for People are also screwed up.
Similar to how Michael said he couldn't just wipe Simone from Chidi's memories, as memories were much more complex than that.
Memories are not Pictures, that you can just cut out the 1s with a certain person in it out, and you're good.
Memories are all blended together, like a milkshake; You can try and just take the banana out, but then you're going to find out you're taking a lot of raspberry too, and before you know it, it's all gone.
Every single milisecond that Chidi ever thought about Simone would have to be removed, otherwise Chidi would he wondering why he was thinking about her.
And, even if Michael managed to do it, and only remove Simone from Chidi's memories, there's still going to be a lot of gaps in his memories, that he's going to wonder about.
What if Motivations are much more complex than we originally thought, as well?
That was a really well thought out analysis.
@@princessangel821 Thank-You! :)
You're welcome ☺
I'm really glad they are giving Simone more to do on screen. Wasn't sure how they were going to sell the whole 'she has improved' if we never got to see her.
I didn't really see her improve much, aside from stopping being all solipsistic.
People like Brent must have been the toughest projects for the Bad Place Architects after the finale.
"I'm being attacked again!" That's one of my favorite lines.
When Chidi was like 🤜 I was like 🤰
😂
I have a theory that this new 6 month experiment is not about the 4 new humans but actually about the original 4 to see if they remain and stay good ...
Just a theory it would be a good plot twist by the judge in the finale
Ooh, that's deep! 👍
Kinda wish they went with this idea instead but the original ending is still really good
"I accomplished something!"
This line made me feel really bad for Brent. I feel like for him to have lashed out at the others in the way that he did, he must've had a very messed up past. I hope the show explores more of his back story!
Those simple words ‘I accomplished something’ made me feel bad for the guy. It wasn’t until that I finally saw past his jackassy exterior to see a man with virtually no self esteem. Nothing to proud of that he truly did on his own. (I can’t believe that I just wrote that down. Ugh).
@@AndWhatIsThisNow That's true! He almost looked like a frightened animal that had been cornered, and so he lashed out as a way of defending himself. I 💯 support chidi's move to knock him out, it had been coming for a while, but I hope the show and it's characters take the time to look at his story and empathize with him as well.
Fork Brent! He has at least one other accomplishment. We know he went to Princeton...
No sympathy for Brent here.
You don't know Jacq. Knowing his character, his dad probably bribed his way into Princeton lol
This episode actually made me feel bad for Brent. I mean, he sucks ash, but when Michael was out golfing with him, I felt like Brent must have had a messed up life to be that scared to make any kind of a mistake. I would love to know more about his life!
That is exactly the kind of thing they talk about in one of the episodes of their podcast. It’s really great the way that the show makes you think about these things and helps people become better, even a little
Peaslepuff people just been telling him he’s right all his life.
Fork Brent! He doesn't have a racist or sexist bone in his body? ...Said every racist misogynist ever!
@@truesttome the point of the season is to try changing Brent. But a year is certainly not enough for him to change
@@Pingijno Why would he change? He doesn't see anything wrong with his behavior. A lifetime wasn't enough to change him.
I don't know how they can possibly get Brent to improve, because his entire worldview crumbles if he admits he's made a mistake. What a miserable, pathetic way to live. Still, I'm rooting for the Soul Squad to find a way.
I appreciate that in the end, in order for him to change, he had to be told he DID belong in the Bad Place. Every time Brent is confronted with his flaws in the story, he always says that he can't have those flaws, because he's in the Good Place, and that justifies him acting the same way he did on Earth. When he's finally told he's in the Bad Place, and realizes he can't use the excuse of "being a good person" because it's been proven that he's NOT, he's finally forced to confront that he was awful, and in his last moments he calls Chidi is friend and tries to give a genuine apology for his actions.
Sending Brent was a genius move by Shawn, because he takes his presence in the ostensible "good place" as validation of his behaviour, whereas Eleanor knew there had been a mistake and she wasn't supposed to be there.
0:24 *processing*
“I accomplished something”
OK BOOMER
Except of course, he's generation X, but you people can't be bothered to do the most basic of Google searches.
chidi: ok boomer
Except that Brent's generation x
Thank you, Chidi.
Anyone else seeing Brett Cavanaugh in the Brent character?
Oh yeah
Apparently that’s where some of the inspiration came from. Actor even watched the Kavanaugh hearings to get an idea of how to play Brent.
Tahani's smol rant was so cathartic
Chidi is actually very strong, as shown during Season 3. So that punch probably hurt Brent a lot
I never knew chidi was capable of such violence!😯😳😳😳
Let's face it. Everyone watching this video wanted to punch him. And that's why everyone is going to the bad place (pretty sure punching is bad, no matter how much he deserved it) and that's why the point system is forked up.
He may look like a nerd, but he Punches like a BEAST!
Philosophy with a punch
Chidi ana...kendrick? (Had to reference one of my favourite lines lmao)
I think to solve the problem the squad needs to make them believe they are in the actual bad place like in the first season with the original 4, because if you believe you are in the good place then you believe you are a good person and see no reason to change your morals/actions, that's why it helped the og 4 (Elenor specifically). They realised what they were doing to others had an eternity of bad karma and decided to change, whereas these new characters believe that the way they acted on earth was morally and ethically correct and got them to the good place in the first place. Does this make sense? It would also show growth in Elenor, Jason, Tahani and Micheal (chidi if he remembers). It shows them as mentors to other people who need improvement in a way that could empathise with the new characters as they have been in their shoes
Can't wait for Friday's episode💕
We all know who would sympathize with Brent.
Mia Shawn?
@@kreekreeaqua Nah, Shawn will enjoy Brent's misery.
Imagine if Simone figured out they weren't in the Good Place right then and there
Bro literally sent him into a different reality.
I’ll give you one guess who the one
dislike is from.
Oh idk, Maybe Vicky?
@@kevinmay9151 brent
@@kevinmay9151 Vicky, but only because Tahani stopped roasting him. She hadn't even got her popcorn yet!
He went off
Honestly, I’m impressed, I didn’t think Chidi had it in him
Chidi is so badass for such a nervous wreck
“And you’re a condescending bench” for fake cursing, that shirt was forked up
sis fuckin SNAPPED
My best friend and I’s jaws DROPPED
YAY, CHIDI!
Probably the biggest tip that that was the bad place was the fact that people could feel pain. Like Eleanor feels pain a few times during the first season and I always thought it was weird that she didn’t realize that that was because it was the bad place
So I am thinking bagel bites? Lol
I feel like the issue with this last season is that its abit rushed. Brent was so bad that it feels like hes supposed to be on par with the old eleanor? Simone exists mostly for Brent's arc and her involvement in the experiment doesnt make sense because shes not really a "bad" person. I never even knew her bad trait was supposed to be being judgemental until they mentioned it because when she was alive, she was very decent as a person. Its also difficult to see Simone's bad trait when you have a character who proves her right everytime so I cant tell if shes "improving" or not.
Tahani literally read that entire book. XD
Man that show made want to wish for a shrimp downpour 😋
Empowering how they let Tahani and Simone shine to shut down a racist, sexist fragile white man, and take the spotlight from Eleanor for a while. This show is forking dope. 💯
Hard to take the first step. Great scene.
1:32 Seriously? all the messed things he has said up to this point and that gets a gasp
Chidi's books are like Thor's Hammer
The actor for Brent does such a good job at being annoying that he annoys me
i hated brent with all my heart
Where can they even GET bagel bites!?
Janet? Or the restaurants, maybe?
I wonder what Jason was thinking
Blake Bortles!
“Nice right hook, Chidi!”
Brent is like Trump and I bet the Trumpers don't even realize it.
They realise it... But they don't see how Brent is wrong. Ive seen so many posts defending Brent and demonising Simone.
@@idontevenhaveapla7224 if they can't see probs with Trump then they truly are blind already
1:51, cause I get the feeling people want to replay that...
After this video who else wants bagel bites I want bagel bites
Did they based Brent off Trump?
ONE PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!
But in l seriousness, how is the soul squad gonna fix brent!? Any ideas?
What if they don't?
J. Verdikto then the fail the whole thing and then everyone’s soul is doomed to the bad place for all of eternity! Didn’t you see the end of season 3? *Everything* is in the line here, so I *know* they figure out something.
Of course I've seen season 3 but this show is not like any other sitcom. What if they don't fix Brent, but they do fix the other three? I mean the fact that humans can improve doesn't imply that all humans are good and that the Bad Place would cease to exist. What if they prove that some people are capable of change and some just aren't? What if they are able to prove that the point system is forked up, they fix it, but some people (aka Brent) still don't make it into the Good Place? I know it sounds grim, but this show has always been thought-provoking and frankly I don't expect a happy ending, nor a neatly closed ending to be honest.
J. Verdikto oh dear 😰, you make some valid points. I now still have faith that they will fix him, but will be less surprised if they don’t…
Hit him with a bat until he understands that being a shirtheel has consequences. Fork Brent and every uppity, pathetic man-baby like him.
+2456739.863 points to Chidi and Tahani, and it automatically earns them their places in the Good Place.
I miss the show
Brett was just unwilling to even try to improve himself or apologise for anything ever. 🙄
good for him
Can someone please tell me where to watch season 4? I can watch some later episodes on Hulu but ep 1-8 isn’t there. 😔
September 26th, Netflix air date. I'm exited as hell.
*exhales*
Sooooooo he's basically Donald Trump?
He is really really Trump.
what a piece of shirt
Was this a deleted scene?
No. It's an actual scene from season 4, episode 6
We all know a Brent
1:50
Brent is the US in a nutshell, but without the carpet bombing
Only the privileged ones
I’m kinda annoyed that Eleanor didn’t really try with this situation. She should’ve stuck up for Tahani foremost and I feel like there was a better way to go about with Brent. For one thing they really inflated his ego even more by telling him he belong in the “best place”I’m disappointed that the rest of them besides Simone and Tahani weren’t as mad. Brent was flat out racist and sexist
Brent is like a little Donald Trump
Jordan Petersen is that you?
Who are they, guys?
Watch the show
Is he not the epetome of trunp and his supporters or what