Chidi's Wave Returns to the Ocean - The Good Place
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- Chidi (William Jackson Harper) and Eleanor (Kristen Bell) spend their last moments together in the Good Place.
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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's Wave Returns to the Ocean - The Good Place
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This scene is even more touching when you consider that a few episodes ago, Chidi was worried that Eleanor would eventually grow bored of him after spending an eternity with him. Instead, she spends this episode having trouble letting go of him, while he is content and confident about him leaving.
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Oh this comment hurt in a way I was so not ready for lol
Chidi always said he could never walk through a door without knowing what is on the other side, then he walked through the Last Door without fear of the unknown.
i love the writing on this show, it's just the appropriate amount of touchy-feely. it never goes overboard with it imo. of course others might disagree, but to me it strikes the perfect balance
“None of this is bad,” he says, decisively.
Another example of the brilliant character development they've been through :')
previously, "this is bad, this is all bad"
It’s the fact he said it decisively the this post on so many
😖 that is lost on so many^
Knowing why this is important this in context us why character development is so important
I read Chidi's words at my sister's funeral, she was 29 and the only thing that keeps me going is knowing that water is back where it's supposed to be. Again.
what a beautiful thing to have done for her. hope you're doing okay
Hope you and your family are doing better now 🙏🏻
Your wave will turn to water one day and meet up with her. Until then live your life to the fullest for her and you.
Wow, who’s chopping onions
Stay strong! More power to you and your loved ones :')
This 3 minutes of television had me spiraling in ways only real life funerals can. It was unreal. I could NOT stop crying.
There was a funeral in my dream last night
EXACTLY! I've never felt that emotional about an ending as I did here. I felt the grief and, at the same time, the piece they felt.
I'm fucking crying so bad
Oh my god I was sobbing
Wait he died 🤦🏾♀️
I am reminded of Chidi's line when his memory was restored. Something about "I'll never be able to walk through a door without knowing what's on the other side. Even with eternity to try, I just don't think I can do it." I guess once he overcame that then he became whole.
omg I forgot- this show is just so beautifully written. Everything comes full circle.
omg when did he say this line
Once we learn all our lessons, we are free
@@2f-sheenakayetanato837 in "The Answer" right after his memory about Janet and Jason's wedding
i’ve always had a fear of what happens after we die and stuff like that, as i’m not very religious, and in a weird way this show kind of reassured me that whatever happens, it’ll be okay. take it sleazy.
But technically they died twice because they already are in heaven
@@linkalot7415 lol exactly... and do we really know what happened to Chidi after this? They describe it, but how is it experienced? This show is funny, but the actual death part never landed for me. Seems more like a fantasy show, like I saw this the same way I saw Neverland for Peter Pan, or Narnia... or Wonderland. Just highbrowed ....
R. DaNell Maybe because it is a fantasy show...
@@sneezylasagne8534 yes, I remember that first breath out of my mothers womb as well. Amazing.... 😒
@@RakelDaNell Wait, what?
It only **now** seems like a fantasy show?
I've seen alot of people say they wished the show ended on the episode before this one, and that the show should've ended with everyone happy in the good place, that it was unnecessary to show the characters final deaths. But I completely disagree, this episode rounds off the show with such a healthy and positive message regarding death. If the show ended in the episode before, the final message of the show would've been, "Hope that heaven exists because that is the only way you can achieve happiness and death should be rejected and escaped from" However with this ending, the show teaches us about how death is a natural part of existence and it shows us why death is something that we all need to come to terms with in our own ways. It depicts loss and acceptance in one of the most beautiful ways I've ever seen in any show.
I agree with everyone that thinks it should end on the previous episode
@@aemiliacarolphonetube9749 Why?
Yes, the final episode is absolutely perfect.
@@Alistocrat Except in the show "Death" isn't a natural part of existence. They where not "meant" to walk through that door. Left to their own devices after they are abandoned by higher power that's the best they could come up with to cope. In the end we see most of the main characters commit suicide so they won't get bored.
@@grfrog There is very little in The Good Place to suggest a 'higher power' was ever part of the design, the issue was that the system sucked and wasn't fit for purpose. The point of the show's ending was that humans aren't built to go on forever. To be able to tolerate eternity we'd have to be fundamentally altered in ways that would erase who we are as people and human beings (like what had already happened to the residents of the 'good' place when Team!Cockroach showed up there). The Good Place acknowledged something that many of us struggle or haven't come to terms with yet: Inherent in the nature of human existence is the fact that at some point we must stop existing. The Good Place presented a wonderful scenario where we got to do it on our own terms.
I prefer their scenario to the religious idea of heaven tbh, which seems both torturous and irrational. Boredom is a fundamental aspect of being human, and incompatible with the concept of eternity. Also, suicide is a culturally loaded word that would require distress to be a trigger for your point to be valid. They didn't commit suicide, they made a choice, in a similar way that someone who decides to stop medical treatment for a condition might do. They surrendered to the inevitable, as we all must at some point. I hope you can see the difference.
"I'm never going to be a person who can just walk through a door without knowing what's on the other side" - Chidi Anagonye
I forking love the character development in this show
Ashley Meijer Geat memory
Omg u remembered it
yeah, same bro, this hit hard.
Mind blown... I remember him sagging it but not when..
This is probably the most beautiful/bittersweet show i've ever watched.
I don’t know how else to explain this, but this whole episode gave me that empty calm soul feeling…
Are you ready to leave?
Same here
Same....... same, all I can say is “take it sleazy”
I feel like that was the intention. This show was so deep, damn
I know exactly what you mean cause I felt that too.
This was so painfully beautiful. You feel like Eleanor’s losing him but really, they had their eternity. They both deserve peace now. Its just so scary to think of having to let someone go if theyre ready before you but knowing that one day you will move on too and be at peace, if not together but somehow the same way
Expect eter ity is forever and the door means there is an end to forever if u choose
I had the exact same thought and was left pondering about it overnight... What you mentioned is perfect though. Being at peace, if not together but somehow the same way. Thank you =).
CaptainCrimsonCC Thats wistful thinking. We do not where they went. We hope they are at peace, but all we have is faith. I hated the ending. I guess I’m less evolved than the rest of you.
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@@LIL1111100 I'm pretty sure you watched a different show. It was clearly stated that once you walk through the final door, you don't go somewhere else. You just cease to exist.
Honestly as someone who has been terrified of death for a long time, the idea I might somehow feel complete and at peace with myself actually made me feel a lot better.
Tbh I find comport in the idea of dying now the idea that finally I can have some peace.
It's a nice thought, but I'm still going to be dragged into the light kicking and screaming :)
@@timothythomad5529 death isn't bad
@@alexgaggio2957 Death itself may not be - if time and really have ceased to exist for you, 'bad' doesn't exist any more. The process of dying, however, can be pretty bad ...
@@AGH331 also matters what happens to you after life
I guess what’s really bittersweet about this is that while they’re gone, really and truly gone, I took the ending to mean that they have finally returned to the universe, their energy and essence and everything that comprised them has been broken down and returned in all of its parts to the energy that made them in the first place. All of them are one and the same with the universe so, in a way, Eleanor and Chidi really are chilling out in the dot of the i forever.
That's what I thought too! Glad to see I'm not the only one.
This broke me. The-ahhd the dot over the i.
To live again as part of everything in the world: the best of all possible afterlives.
"you've come from nothing and now you're coming back to nothing, what have you lost? Nothing"
-monty python: life of brian
@@RajOnACloud same it really did
Anyone notice Chidi, racked by doubt and indecision his whole life and afterlife, is the only one who doesn't pause, sit on the bench or require a final conversation - he just strides through happy and content with his decision
I've watched this episode at least 7 times. And not sure I fully understood that. Thank you.
I HAVE NEVER CRIED THIS MUCH BEFORE TO A TV SHOW. JUST THE MUSIC AND THE SCENERY AND HOW SHE WAKES UP AND ISNT SAD SHE JUST SMILES AT THE CALENDER. Keep in mind I’m a 22 year old male
same but i'm a 14 year old male. i literally never have cried this much.
Crying is good for you
you are probably right.
Nintendo Switch Clips I mean, yeah. That’s why I said it. It’s medically proven that crying is good for you. Men (and sometimes even other genders) are taught not to cry or that it’s shameful but it’s healthy and natural.
I hope the second comment didn’t come off ruder than intended btw 😅
This finale was genius. In most stories, the finale would be the happily ever after from the previous episode, but this show knew better.
It made you almost upset that the characters ended their story getting everything they wanted. You wanted them to stay around and be happy forever, but the whole point of the previous episode is to tell us that an eternity of happiness can grow dull and lifeless.
These characters saved millions of souls, worked so hard and against all odds but still succeeded. A part of you wants them to remain in paradise, but another part knows that they deserve peace, they deserve to be let go. They deserve to finally rest.
The people in charge could have easily racked out another season just for money, but they let the show go when there was nothing left for it, just like the characters. This finale was so bittersweet and felt so complete. Everyone involved deserves an Emmy
Primira interesting that you equates stepping through the gateway to no longer being in paradise. There is a book entitled conversations with God. One of the things that God says in the conversation is that when we leave this earthly plane and go to the next one, it isn’t the end. He says that at some point of our choosing we can decide to reabsorbed into his light and his energy and unify with him completely. So when I saw the ending my interpretation was that they had been in the place of bliss but their soul was completely healed and was ready to re-join God again. And as much as I will miss those characters could anything be more blissful than being one with a God.
SWilkes Comment My entire comment is saying how they deserve to finally be at rest after enjoying their life and after life to the fullest.
I even mentioned how the point of the prior episode was to tell us that the good place is like a vacation and not meant be forever.
I never once even tried equating the door as a bad option. I was just saying that as a viewer, you view a happy ending for the heroes as saving the day, getting all the material items and wishes they want, etc. etc. etc. you view it as the prior episode.
So when you see the characters not wanted to exist anymore and to finally be at peace, it’s bittersweet since you have this presumption of a perfect ending and what’s best for the characters and situation flooding your head.
The door is just another part of the good place. But instead of material happiness, you get spiritual peace.
SWilkes Comment That is literally what the original comment was saying. You just repeated it but instead threw God in it.
you know its funny i predicteda happy ending if it ended on 12 it would of been when i saw elanor and chidi in the final shot i was like something's gonna seperate them aswell as the others and sure enough i was right i like to believe in a reboot or revival that they will meet again
This comment helps me understand my own thoughts about it. Thank you!
best ending for this show, just a reminder that in the end everything is fine
No, in the end, it was sleazy
I’m not fine
Amos Cheng that’s right. It’s better than alright. It’s sleazy.
@@charmingcookie No, no, no.
You **take** it sleazy, but in the end everything is bearimy.
The end is the end. It can’t be fine.
_Picture a wave, in the ocean._
_You can see it, measure it, its height, and the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through._
_And it’s there, and you can see it, you know what it is._
_It’s a wave._
_And then it crashes on the shore, and it’s gone._
_But the water is still there._
*The wave was just a different way for the water to be for a little while.*
*The wave returns to the ocean where it came from, and where it’s supposed to be.*
Marci Oh i cried just reading this
Marci Oh 😭❤️😭
♾🌊♾
This concept is achingly beautiful
I was like, man how did you put WordArt in a comment, then I was like oh I'm crying
Everybody laughs at the people who dedicate their lives to philosophy or art, joke about them having to be baristas, this is why we need to invest in these things for our children. Chidi's speech took two minutes but it summed up thousands of years of people trying to make sense of life. Those two minutes had artists, and writers, and painters all working to express one beautiful idea. I have never had a banker or a brokerage firm give my soul what this two minutes gave me.
If only I could frame this comment and hang it on my wall... You are very right Eric Williams, and The Good Place really is amazing. Take it sleazy.
Absolutely, and not just arts, music, literature, beauty. Also science, math, computer literacy. Accurate history. It's not a coincidence that (all of our social issues notwithstanding - and they should never been overlooked) the post WWII America was at a peak because of GI Bill college. Americans need to be better educated - we should be the best educated in the world. It needs to be accessible to everyone, not just those can afford it. Education is good for America, and for Americans.
I agree, but I have to say, this speech is actually from the Buddhists (as Chidi made clear), so in fact the ones who deserve the recognition are the Buddhists and the Eastern philosophers, the show only showed the speech to us (which in itself is already awesome)
@@deeprpg1589 but you have show writers who are channeling the thousands of years of; performative art, acting, stage decorating, writing, western philosophers who basically set the whole premise of the show, lighting, sound design, etc... the idea was bhuddist but the idea is pointless without context. This conversation is the tip of a needle with all of human expression behind it.
i needed to read this, thank you
The last decision Chidi ever had to make, and he chose without hesitation, knowing it was the right one.
That is character development right there.
The kind of character arc that makes you think they came up with the ending first and worked their way back. Incredible writing.
@@Mopark25 you know what? that's exactly it feels like. It was just that perfect.
I will never look at a wave the same way again.
I was straight up crying from watching this scene again and your comment made me laugh, you've made my day tbh.
i went to the beach recently and just sat and watched the waves crashing on the shore, playing this scene in my mind over and over
Even Mindy St.Clair would cry at this.
I laugh-cried at this.
Not Mindy snorting nose candy with leaked eyes I'm crying at this image haijcjdjsk.
I know a lot of people didn't like this ending, but the entire series was about teaching us, the viewer, how to be a better person. The last episode was teaching us one last lesson: all things are finite. Treasure it all.
Who didn't like the ending?!
Yeah who didn't like the ending!!??
Nandita Menon a lot of people saw the door as a metaphor that glorified suicide which is completely incorrect in my opinion
@@benleitch6087 What? That's so far off from the actual meaning of the scene?
Nandita Menon I know right but that’s the only criticism I’ve heard
Otherwise known as the episode where I sobbed for 45 minutes straight - what a genius, beautiful ending to a genius, beautiful show.
i started crying as soon as jason won madden bc i knew that he was gonna be ready to go. he was always the simplest one with the simplest desires, and yet he still got to hear his father tell him “i’m proud of you, son,” which isn’t really all that simple at the end of the day. it wasn’t the video game, it was doing it with his dad...as soon as that happened i started crying and i never stopped until the finale was over. UGLY crying.
It's interesting that Chidi was the only one not hesitating or sitting at the bench in front of the door whereas Eleanor, Jason and Tahani all having to sit down to ponder or having a realization that something must be done before they head into the door. Chidi said goodbye to Janet and went straight into the door without a second doubt.
Such a character arc by the director and writer of the show, very well done. The Good Place has such a perfect ending that is most faithful to its show.
“I need you to do me one last favor. Say goodbye to me now, and leave before I wake up?”
And that’s what got me. 💔❤️
I couldn't hold my tears at this.😢 True that we would not be able to watch someone we love leaving before us.
The waves speech destroyed me, I couldn't stop crying man
i was a wreck the entire time, but for some reason i completely broke down crying once jason said "yo chidi, wait up" and rushed through the door with a smile on his face.
Same! And then once I started to recover from that, I get hit with "say goodbye to me now, and leave before I wake up"
for anyone wondering: the music behind this monologue is 'Spiegel im spiegel' by Arvo Pärt
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this.
Thanks man 🤗 appreciate it
Thanks!
everyone say thank you olly murphy
" Hey Chidi...wait up! "
Forking brilliant.
Wait when does it say that ?
@@julianvillegas5431 Jason says that as he follows him into the last door
Jason being Jason until the end.
Matt and we wouldn’t want it any other way
Still being the lovably aloof Jason just as he's about to end his existence. Amazing.
Micheal Schur has outdone himself. Can't wait for his next tour de force.
Kristen's acting shines throughout this series, as she is a totally different character than in her previous work.
Kudos to all the actors, even if Kristen can't remember Will's name and Ted can't remember D'Arcy's name (funny, that) (you had to have seen the live interview with seth meyers after the finale airing...).
Just wanted to point out they didn't really forget their names lol. Kristen was joking and Ted was just trying to prepare what to say.
What I've noticed about Kristen's acting over the years is that she just absolutely disappears into any role she plays and all I see is the character. Take arguable the three most famous roles of her career: Veronica Mars, Princess Anna, Eleanor Shellstrop. When I watch each of these forms of media, I don't see a person acting or any of their other characters. I see Veronica. I see Anna. I see Eleanor. I watch these characters as if Kristen Bell as an actress doesn't exist and each them are real people who live in some sort of alternative reality. I'm invested in their stories and who they are - their flaws, their goals, their weaknesses, everything.
That's the sign of an excellent actor. Everyone seems to love Kristen for how sweet, funny, wholesome, relatable, and kind she is as a person. Believe me, I do too. I just want to express just how freaking amazing she is at her job.
I honestly cannot imagine that he will manage to top this series and the characters and ideas he got to express over the past 4 years.
I know right. Like when I watch Kristen in interviews I forgot that in real life shes all nice and down to earth completely opposite to Eleanor. And it’s also wierd to hear her voice coming from the sweet Anna in frozen
@@philly_sports1558 if I could kiss a comment, it would be yours bc as an aspiring actor myself, Kristen is a beautiful role model for this. Everything you just said is perfectly described to her multitalent as an actor and other roles she's done in the industry. It would be a true honour to meet her one day tbh.
Nothing has ever given me as much peace as “the wave was just a different way for the water to be for a little while”
my dog passed hours before I saw the series finale. I knew I would cry like a child but also, at the same time, I knew the series ending would comfort me somehow. I wasn't wrong. THANK YOU for all those years, learning on love and happiness, both you and my precious Meg.
I put one of mine down a day before watching the finale. I feel your pain and wish you the best.
Same emotion here. I feel a little better thinking that my dog and I are part of something bigger and like the waves someday we're all going back to the sea.
I'm so sorry.im still grieving after 6 months.theres just something reassuring to me that she was and still is a part of me.and she still is here just in a different form.like that wave
this show was a love-letter to our species and this scene in particular was so goddamn beautiful i can hardly take it.
Once this scene came it really hit me, this is really the end. What the Fork haven't cried this much since 11 regenerating. Perfect Ending.
Same. Had tears streaming down my face :'(
damn you just had to bring up 11 regenerating, also i dare you to watch any episode of futurama with fry wanting to have one last conversation with his mom and not cry
I compleatly understand
why did i think u said renegading (the tik tok dance) 💀😬
Omg same!
Jason gained accomplishement.
Tahani found a higher purpose in helping others.
Chidi needed to have satisfaction.
Eleanor went out of her way to right the wrongs.
Michael finds a new adventure.
Janet evolves into an incredible not a girl not a robot being who actually has a heart full of love for her friends.
AND SHAWN FOUND RAYMOND HOLT AND GOT MARRIED
@@avalovesmemes731 on point
Ok but I wanna know what happened to Mindy ultimately
Yknow, in a way jason and eleanor become what micheal believed they were in s1.
When jason was waiting for janet he was quiet, at peace, and not so impulsive. And eleanor technically did save lives
@Kaleela Edwards YESSS
I didn't cry at the ending. Not because I'm some heartless monster who wasn't moved by the show. I absolutely loved everything about it and this finale took me on such a emotional roller coaster. It was more of a feeling of catharis and relief than it was sadness.
At the end, I just felt proud and happy for everyone in the show. Eleanor breaking down about her fear of being alone hit me really hard as well as this scene. But by the end of this emotional roller coaster, it truly warmed my heart that all of these people that we got to know over the years finally achieved inner peace and allowed themselves to end their existence in such a wonderful manner while at the same time inspiring the good in people of Earth.
Eleanor and Chidi, in particular, had lived an eternity together in hundreds of different lives and had always loved one another and allowed each other to improve themselves every single time. After so much time of them being together, each of them deserved to go out peacefully and to leave a positive imprint on the rest of the universe.
It's hard to believe that a single network comedy TV show can pack such of an intellectual and emotional punch. I loved everything about this show.
The Good Place (2016-2020)
Take it sleazy, motherforkers.
This show was not only great because it showed that characters can grow, it was great because the whole premise was "can human beings improve over time and get better," and those *were* the characters and they *did* improve. Eleanor began as a selfish person who really did not care about other people, and at the end she was warm and open and loving. It's astonishing that this was all so meta and that it worked. These were not just characters but metaphors for real people, for us as a species. Their growth as characters, their ability to change in a positive direction, was the answer to the philosophical problem that is very real every day of our lives. So, fiction, but not just fiction.
"I need you to do me one last favor."
lol it's gonna be the edible valedictorian robe isn't it
"Say goodbye to me now, and leave before I wake up."
MY FORKING HEART
I tried to make it to the end of the episode but that exact line was when I cried and didn’t stop until the credits rolled
I thought about the robe then, too! And then... 😭
@terminalcarrion my tears started right after jason said the frozen spaghetti tasted pretty bad... 😂😭❤️
Tamara Christie I know! They could do anything amazingly with good place magic, so when I knew h wanted to make it personal and do it himself...I knew it was important
@@vexxama OMG DON'T WORD IT LIKE THAT, MY HEART T A T considering who he was at first, the character development urghhh
"I was never good at being sad. Partly because my mom straight up told me not to be. But this is sad, man."
*This quote is made for me*
My sweet wife passed earlier this year. We both LOVED this show. But the finale, before and after her passing were two very different experiences. It is extremely sad, but at the same time comforting and beautiful. The writing and acting of this show and the finale, was just a masterpiece!
I'm so sorry for your loss and I know she is at peace :)
*chidi voice* this broke me
The calendar on the pillow.
I'm...I am *done*.
This broke me! Indeed
Take is sleazy my friends. Take it Sleazy. (cries internally)
Chidi shed his ego and became one with the universe, he did not go anywhere , he was everywhere.
I hope the creators of the good place understand how much this scene helps people who are either anxious about what happens after death or are grieving a loss. It's meant to give comfort to the characters, but it also gives comfort to the audience.
This scene brought me to tears. As a cancer survivor these words have given me a peace for whatever the future might bring good or bad.
I wish you light and love :) ❤️
@@lyannaschwimmer869 i appreciate your comment.
My mom just finished cancer and radiation for her breast cancer, and I still constantly have nightmares about her dying or the cancer coming back. I felt like Eleanor in this scene and this made me feel peace even if my mom does end up passing.
@@darcikilpatrick1485 I'm sure that your mom feels the same. When I was first diagnosed my fear was the heartbeat that my death would cause to my loved ones but seeing them gather around me in love like a shield made me realize that as long as I left my love for them behind knowing that they truly loved me as well lessened the fear.
It was there sometimes but not near as strong as it once was.
I'm happy that your mother is doing well. A good journey to the both of you.
I can't stop crying when I see Chidi comforting Eleanor. Many times, and Everytime.
Tears.
I love Eleanor and Chidi so much.
My brother passed away two month ago due to cancer at the age of 21 . He was a huge fan of the good place . Now I only imagine him in the good place . He was a wave now he's coming back to the ocean . Where he came from .
RIP Hadi 🖤
RIP Hadi
RIP Hadi🙏🏼
Rip Hadi 🕊
little fact: the background song was Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Part. You may be familiar with it since many movies used it for their sad scenes since 1996.
And it's. always. working.
This series really surprised me. It started out so light hearted and comical, and then over the course of the show you become invested in their development that when their arcs are complete, they feel like more than characters to you. And then they go and drop one of the most beautiful, yet heartbreaking scenes I’ve ever seen. Bravo
This hurts my heart and hugs my heart at the same time.
I could listen to chide talk forever. His voice is really peaceful. He should do audiobooks
I enjoy the fact that when chidi is told he can go through the door whenever he is ready he immediately said he was ready. That was the growth he needed. He was no longer indecisive in his mind he knew he was ready
There aren't many shows that end in such a strong way. The Good Place absolutely knocked it out of the park. And this scene was full of so much emotion that it comes absolutely crashing over you. *Superb* writing, direction, and acting.
This scene makes me feel like .. you know when you think a jalapeño popper is gonna be too hot, but you bite into it anyway and it's actually the perfect temperature? That feeling rules!
What a foreshadowing of a dialogue coming from Jake himself! It's something like that for me at the finale. I was expecting to feel sad, maybe even frustrated that it ended.... but instead I felt at ease with a tinge of bittersweet, like a "perfect temperature".
I'm grieving a friend's passing. He lived an amazing life, full of talent. His life was a massive wave that receded into a quiet ocean .
I've never been more attached to a fictional couple. They had an eternity of time together, and we only got to see a little bit. That's what makes it so genius. Leave us wanting more
Watching this finale left me at an existential daze for the rest of the day. I don't think I've recovered. But it was calming. That's what I can be sure of.
I had to haved watched this 20 times now.
Something about it just makes me feel so whole and complete. Its one of the best moments in T.V history in my opinion
The calm surreal music really drives it home. One of the best finales ever.
Spiegel im spiegel by Arvo Pärt
Years later and this scene still gets me. It Broke me then and breaks over me like a wave now even more. I've watched this series several times and I never get tired of it. The best show!
When Arvo Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel" started playing I knew the scene was set out to be something special... As this show's legacy is. After the ending I was just left so thankful that I got to experience all of this.
One of the best scenes of any show I have ever seen so damn good
this is arguably the best show ever made. It makes you laugh cry and come to terms with your own mortality
This scene and whole episode remind me of my great Grandmother. She lived till her 90s. She watched her kids, grandkids and great grandkids grow up. Her husband passed away nearly a decade earlier, most of her friends were gone. She told my mom about how she felt ready for what was next. It made me realize how beautiful of a thing it must be to look at the end not with fear, but acceptance.
I still tear up every time I see this. People that say this didn't need to happen in the series... it's GOING to happen, in ALL your series, and it's not a bad thing. That's the whole point.
This made me cry so much, I did exactly what he said while he was talking about the wave I was picturing it. I’ve never cried as much as I have for a tv show. This episode alone had me crying every minute. I thought the prev ep is where you should have left it but boy was I was wrong. This was perfect and sad at the same time
My wife loved this show and would rewatch it often. This quote stuck with her saying it was the most beautiful summary of life ever. When she passed I knew this was the quote I had to put on her prayer card.
I cried....so hard during this scene. So...hard...
me too
"None of this is bad."
Alex Trebek spent his last day sitting with his wife, watching the horizon. I didn't know this scene could make me cry any harder than it already did.
Absolutely love the entire analogy but I don't think Chidi's gentle "None of this is bad" gets enough attention
Sincerely one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen over a lifetime of watching television. Heart-wrenching, uplifting, deep, and simple... all at once.
Schur should make the soul squad a private unit in Brooklyn 99 and they all have the same personas and When jake peralta meets them he goes "man, idk what it is about this place, but i got a good feeling about it!"
Or just make ANY show with the 6 of them again. I don't care. They did AMAZING.
yes!
Ethan Chun what about Jean-Ralphio? Lol
@Ishan In the credits it says that Nick Offerman was playing himself, Nick Offerman. But since he and Ron are very similar in many ways, it was basically the same thing. :P
Nova If you wanna get analytical, I’ve heard that Nick Offerman makes mostly canoes and while Ron crafts pretty much anything he usually talks about/is shown making chairs so it’s a pretty strong case for Ron
Something I realized, before the new system, no one got into the good place for many years because people were not nice enough, they didn't listen to their consciences, and I think that's because the good souls of the universe were traped in the good place in infinite delight. But now, as we saw in the last minutes, the good people of the universe become something like good energy, particules of conscience, and then they travel to the earth and affect the people, in a good way, giving them the ideas of being nice again, and now, a lot of people can get into the good place, and at the end they just become part of the good side of the universe.
OH FORK ME
nice idea bu same goes for the bad ones so I don't think it works that way
Yes! I believe it’s like a cycle, at some point, the universe wants to experience itself and so it will create new souls which is where people come from in the beginning. It’s all a circle. The circle, of liiiiifeeee...
Well no, it's bc the point system was too simplex and life on Earth has gotten too complex for it, remember? That's why it had been 500 years.
Basically the afterlife in the show went from Abrahamic religion system to Buddhism.
Abrahamic religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) : after dies, either go to Heaven (Good Place) or Hell (Bad Place). End of story.
Buddhism : after dies on earth, everyone go to bad place (Hell) to be tested. It's cycle of death and reincarnation (reboot, Samsara), until they become good and worthy to go to Good Place (paradise), and after they feel enough, they can go to universe (Nirvana = peace, emptiness). So, Good Place and Nirvana become the goal.
“Say goodbye to me now” made me SOB
As a Laker fan I've cried a lot this week as it is. Death was already on my mind before watching this...this ending could not have been more perfect
Dude.....this was such a heavy week emotionally. I'd like to hope this episode brought us all a little peace.
Oh dip
Months later and I'm still coming back to this speech. It's just gorgeous.
This has to be the most bitter sweet ending I’ve ever watched. I mean yes they are at peace, they made it to the Good Place, they spent what is probably hundreds of thousands of years together. But they’re all gone, even Tahini will eventually. She will literally have done everything. After all that, they enter all joy is now eternal peace, but it feels like they are truly dead. They can’t come back, they have no memories and so on. If this is how the afterlife actually worked, I quite literally don’t know if I can go through the door. But it feels so sad and heartwarming that after everything they are just... back in the sea.
The way I see it.. the way I think what happens when you pass through the door. Is. Your essence or being, is returned back to the universe. That small bits and chunks of you, is reincarnated in the next generation. As you spend thousands of years, earning your way into the good place. Growing as a person while you are there, your existence and desires sated. You move on. You become, a much better version of yourself.. And you pass those tiny bits of yourself onto the next generation. Making the world a better place. While sure, those bits and pieces will never come together and form them again. their existence is now over. But that is okay, its the start of a new cycle.
The wave is temporary, the ocean goes on. Walking through the door is not an ending, it's going home, back to where you came from.
@@shanelawrence7438 I really wish what you described was real life.
It's a very short sighted ending. There's literally an infinite amount of things one can do if not bound by logic. The humans in this TV Show, even in the afterlife, are bound by their humanity. Hence why they feel emotions such as Boredom, Sexual arousal, etc. A true "heaven" would optimize humans so they no longer feel those biological constraints. The Good Place is more akin to purgatory, than Heaven.
Did you misspell Tahani on purpose? Because that was the same mistake Tahani's parents made the same mistake in their will, so maybe an easter egg or just a coincidence?
I love how in a sense each character kind of ended up becoming what they were pretending to be when they first ended up the in the bad place.
I’m not sure if this was supposed to look like or be the Redwoods but as a person who isn’t religious, stepping into the Redwood is the most peaceful and spiritual experiences I’ve ever had. Like natures cathedral. There’s a lot of beauty in the world but the silence and grace amongst those trees would be the perfect place for my door to be.
it was filmed in the redwoods actually. well spotted
This makes me cry
Every time I watch it. Without fail. A beautiful ending.
This scene absolutely broke me. I always thought they would leave together. But in hindsight, their decisions in the final episode showed how much Chidi and Eleanor had grown. I will miss these characters for always ❤️
Well said, 100%!
This show was so utterly brilliant, it deserves all the love.
*ugly crying*
"Say goodbye to me now, and leave before I wake up?” Every time I hear that line, I get choked up. It is legitimately one of the most bittersweet moments in TV history.
Chidi finally learned to stop hesitating, and made the ultimate choice, with no regret.
This show was such a beautiful journey. It's hilarious, touching, and deep all at once. There will never be another show quite like this.
Chidi's words always stick with me, because they are true. We are all just waves, one day returning to the ocean we came from.
I'm not crying you're crying
1:48 and that’s the part that broke me. I actually cried. I liked these people, but this final episode made me love them just as they all said goodbye
This show was so impossibly brilliant. A true gem of a decade of terrible television
Tears. More tears. Small smile. Tears again. I absolutely adored this scene. So incredibly profound.
This entire episode really made me cry. The writing for this show was beautiful. All of the characters had so much development and growth. We were able to enjoy so much laughter and comedy from the show, as well as a beautifully written plot and storyline. The deeper meaning behind it all is so beautiful beyond words. I just loved it.
Its been two years and im still crying af.
“Say goodbye to me now and leave before I wake up.” That kills me. I don’t know, if I was Chidi, if I could ever do that. Leaving the room while she still slept. Hurts to think about.
In “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching,” Thay writes about the Five Remembrances:
When we look at the ocean, we see that each wave has a beginning and an end. A wave can be compared with other waves, and we can call it more or less beautiful, higher or lower, longer lasting, or less long lasting. But if we look more deeply, we see that a wave is made of water. While living the life of a wave, it also lives the life of water. It would be sad if the wave did not know that it is water. It would think, “Someday I will have to die. This period of time is my lifespan, and when I arrive at the shore, I will return to nonbeing.” These notions will cause the wave fear and anguish….
We become arrogant when things go well, and we become afraid of falling, of being low or inadequate. But these are relative ideas, and when they end, a feeling of completeness or satisfaction arises. Liberation is the ability to go from the world of signs to the world of true nature. We need the relative world of the wave, but we also need to touch the water, the ground of our being, to have real peace and joy.
This is one of the best shows in a long while. Made me care about the characters and was genuinely happy for all of them.
It should be broadcasted in schools so students learn how to be better people
This wrecked me. I have genuinely never cried as hard as I did for this scene over a show or even a movie for that matter in my life. what the fork
I just finished the episode an hour ago and when I tell you I cried like a baby... God. What a perfect show!
Just the line, “picture a wave…” still gives me instant chills and I immediately tear up. Ughn… just feels like I’m entering finality and my heart wants to seize up. Such an amazing show.
Got asked to do my uncles service next week and this was the first thing I thought of ❤️ will be using the analogy as he wasn’t necessarily a ‘religious’. Thank you Buddhists
This ending was so hurtful, yet so perfect. Started watching this series as a joke, thought it wasn't that good, and eventually it became one of my all time favorites, one I will never forget for watching it at once during the covid pandemic. Incredible.
Does anyone know if that landscape in their balcony is real?
Please never delete this. So many of us would like our friends to hear Chidi's words at our funeral.
It’s the way I sobbed the entire time I watched this episode. That’s the first time a TV show has made me cry
if i ever feel like crying i always know i can come to this video 😭
w-wait i thought chidi said they were going to chill in the dot of the i forever oh god i'm so sad now
In a way they are
That’s the thing Jessica. I think they did spend forever together. Even forever eventually passes and we need to move on which is what the ending of this show is about.
I mean, yeah they did kinda. But like they discussed last episode, a literal forever is mind-numbing. They still spent thousands of Jeremy-Beremy’s together
Well, if you consider they transformed into beautiful lights and they are in the same place again (an eternal bliss) they do get to chill in the dot of the i forever.
They did and they are, but they’re not. Jeremy Bearimy, baby.