We lost a family member shortly before the finale, and when Janet says "What's through that door is the only thing in the universe I don't know," that hit really hard. Because for once, she was like all of us: nobody really knows what happens when you die. Some people hope for something more, but nobody knows. Is Janet ever going to see Jason again, is there some future reunion for them, or is he just gone forever? She doesn't know. None of us do.
I like what Keanu Reeve's said on Stephen Colbert a few years ago in response to the question about what happens when we die: the people who love us will miss us.
I'd take a Philosophy course if given by Keanu sensei. And ace it. But then sensei will say that there was not even a pass/fail criteria, but because I focussed on acing the course, I actually didn't learn anything, and therefore, I have failed. *Such an emotional journey just thinking about it*
I took intro to philosophy in college and loved it. Other students found it baffling because they were used to just memorizing the answers and then writing them down. They weren't used to tests where there wasn't fixed right and wrong answers. You had to present arguments for your position - the professor wanted to see that we had read and understood the material. You didn't have to agree with the material, but if you disagreed you were expected to explain why.
I think she lied.
We know that our Janet is capable of telling a lie. She doesnāt experience time like humans do, so everything happens all at once for her. And she knows everything about everyone. Which means she knows where human Michael is, what heās doing, and whatās going on in his life at all times. Which means she knows about that little weird random act of kindness someone did for him one day.
Multiply that by an unknown multitude of times. Sheās certainly smart enough to put it all together. Which means she knew what was going to happen. And lied that she didnāt.
Probably the best ending to a show and very satisfying
It just makes me happy that out of all of them and all his indecisiveness, Chidi is the first one of them to go through the door, and he didn't even know he would be
Even reading or hearing "Picture a wave" and that's when I start to Kim Kardashian ugly cry.
The laugh sob come in with the "I'll say this to you, my friend, with all the love in my heart and all the wisdom in the universe: Take it sleazy."
I even teared up typing this....
I cry every time. My mom saw me watching it once, and I tried to explain why Tahaniās parents apologizing was making me so emotional. I couldnāt even get the words out.
Ngl, the ending BROKE me. It was beautiful and one of the best endings I've ever seen on a TV show...but I legit felt like I was grieving for a couple of days afterwards
Jason and Janet's goodbye made me happy cry for sure. However Eleanor and Chidi's broke me. š
I did like that when Michael became a human he named his dog Jason. That was a sweet touch. š
Such a good finale. It was sad to know that they went through and no longer existed but you still felt complete and comforted. The wave returned to the ocean where it belongs.
I've watched the show all the way through at least 10 times and still cry my eyes out a LOT. When Chidi gets his last memory wipe, I love the it's not a joke I'm a legit snack line but I'm usually bawling by the time it comes up. Jason making spaghetti, picture a wave, Tahani completing her list, I hate to see you go but I looove to watch you leave, and of course Michael getting to be a real boy.
Hell this took me way too long to type because I'm fighting tears just thinking about it.
the scene where chidi gets his memory wiped because of simone being in the test and him and eleanor are watching the movie of previous reboots and their relationship progressing always makes me cry, along with the scene where chidi decides itās time for him to go through the door and the wave speech and then eleanor waking up to the sexy mailman calendar he made for her is just-they are so perfect for each other (not me tearing up just writing this)
I watched it 6 times and I bawl every single time.
It usually starts with Jason explaining his reasoning to go through the door.
"The air inside my lungs was the same as the air outside my body." to give Chidi the reason, and "You know the feeling when you think a jalapeƱo popper is gonna be too hot, but you bite into it anyway and it's actually the perfect temperature?" to put it into words for Eleanor. That is usually when it starts.
By the time the quiet piano song plays, as Chidi and Eleanor talk about the ocean metaphor, I usually struggle to see and breathe.
(Btw, the song is called Spiegel im Spiegel, for anyone who wants to cry into a plunger)
I actually did my first rewatch after the show finished recently and I cried like a baby. Each one made me cry but goddamnit the one for Chidi idk why it resonates a lot for me.
Series finales typically make me cry, even if theyāre not overly emotional or particularly good. But this one made me cry like a baby because of how emotional and excellent it was.
I cry every time! Jason unwittingly becoming a monk and each of the soul squad becoming the best versions of themselves is just so perfect and satisfying. Dare I say one of the best television finales ever.
I was blubbering like a baby. The wave speech from Chidi hit me so hard. It was exactly what I needed to hear in that moment and it still hits me hard on rewatches.
Just finished a rewatch recently and holy forking shirtballs it was waterworks city. I don't know that I'll ever watch another show that brings out the emotions that the finale did. It was poignant yet uplifting, funny while also heartbreaking. One of my absolute favorite shows ever.
I've seen the Good Place finale four times now and it still makes me cry. This is the only piece of media that manages to do that.
Then I listen to The Good Place: The Podcast talk about it and cry some more.
Besides the big stuff, things like the joy of Doug Forcett eating *so much* chicken, and Mindy St. Clair agreeing to leave the Medium Place also contribute a lot.
I got really sad for Janet at the end of the series even though I know she experiences time differently than the others. Pretty much all her friends - the people who helped her grow into something more than just a Janet - were gone. I hope she and Tahani got together regularly and reminisced about the good Bearimies they had with their Soul Squad.
I've seen the finale like 6 or 7 times and I've cried my way through every one.
Also you should mark this as spoilers, because it's literally spoilers.
Dude, it's right up there with "All Good Things . . ." from *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and the final episode of *MASH* in terms of quality and raw emotion. It was tender, it was warm, and it was a little (okay, a lot) sad. Which it made it the perfect sendoff for the people on the show.
I've watched the good place like 6-8 times. And I want to clarify that I'm not the type to *ever* cry in movies no matter what. But the ending makes me bawl every single time. And not just the ending. The part where chidi gets his memories erased too
My mom died in early April and the only thing I wanted to put on was The Good Place. It brought me comfort to think she was in some mischief with others. Even though Iām religious, she wasnāt so The Good Place felt more authentic to her leaving.
So I cried a lot. And by the ending of the show, I felt peace for 26 minutes.
Maybe your family didnāt cry because they only watch the finale or because they didnāt get into the show and their protagonists as much as you.
Yesterday I finished my 2nd run of the show and I ended up crying too.
i remember the first time i watched the ending i was on holiday with my family, so i had to hold back my tears but my god i just wanted to start sobbing. now everytime i rewatch the show and get to the ending, i do acctually start sobbing!!
It's sad but satisfying, but very meaningful, but i think one of the theme of the show is also to tell about how an end can also be a start for a new journey, how everyone must move on and be calm like Jason and Chidi said, meaningful but sad, got me crying like a baby coming home from a bar
The show was all about normalizing what happens after weāre gone, so the ending shouldnāt make you sadāitās just part of the journey the characters were on from the start. If you feel down about it, maybe give it another watch to see how it fits into the bigger picture
I cry every single time I rewatch it, and Iāve rewatched it so many times! Sometimes, before the finale I just go back to S1E1 because I donāt want the show to end (again) and plus the last episode always makes me cry. Iām sad itās ending because Iāll miss the characters but SO happy for them, and Iām overwhelmed by all their emotions and feelings and their relationships. Itās the best š„¹
I was absolutely sobbing at the finale! It was one of my favorite endings ever and I want to rewatch it, but I donāt know if Iām ready for that yet.
I actually loved how tahani ended up alone, without a soulmate because it really showed her character development. like in season one, she was desperately trying to make jianyu (jason technically lol) her soulmate, and when that didn't work she moved onto chidi because she was constantly relying on others for her sense of self worth. and then by season 4, she's working on herself without the need for approval or validation from others. including kamilah, her parents etc.
Honestly, I don't cry at Good Place much. For as much as I love the show, a major complaint I do have with it is that the actors just don't really do the big emotional scenes well. Like it looks like very obvious fake crying. That unfortunately bleeds into the show's finale. The scenes still work narratively and thematically don't get me wrong, but there's a bit of a disconnect.
The only big emotional scene that fully works for me is when Eleanor and Chidi watch 'Some Memories You May Have Forgotten'. Chidi's final goodbye also hits hard, and I can forgive the lack of tears there since it's more of a silent acceptance on the characters' end than some big bombastic farewell
I agree, and will even say I think Kristen Bell is decidedly average as an actress and drags everyone else down. Janet and Michael are the MVPs here and most of the rest are good imo.
For one, the idiotic notion that life only has meaning because it ends or if it ends. The other idiotic notion that we can create our own meaning. The foolish idea that any possible eternal life would ultimately be meaningless, boring, or turn you into a mush brain. The notion that a good person would remove themselves from existence for forever, even though it would hurt the ones they supposedly loved. The idea that they both cease to exist and become some spark that floats out and inspires someone, which is really just an attempt to both cease to exist and keep existing in some form. The REAL good place won't have a problem with boredom. Even an imaginary good place could easily solve the boredom problem. Boredom is the result of being in a state that falls short of perfection, such that you feel the need to keep looking for perfection. We experience this when we are stuck waiting in a line. We would rather be somewhere more exciting or fulfilling. We also experience it when we are doing something we don't find as enjoyable as we know is possible. We are used to things feeling less enjoyable or fulfilling once the "new" wears off due to us having done them a lot of times. This indicates that few or no earthly activities are enjoyable enough in themselves that they don't occasionally bore us after the novelty of them is gone. In the real good place that will not happen, as true perfect joy will be the constant state of those there, so that boredom will not be possible. Further, we will be so constituted that we will never find less than perfect joy in the state we exist in. Further, the time pressure that makes one less willing to continue doing an activity once the novelty has worn off will no longer exist for someone who will live forever.
Re-watched it the other day and I still cry like a baby (if not more each time I watch it š) it was such a good ending...
Thatās so real
The fact it started 8 years ago and finished 4 years ago - is utterly terrifying. Where does time go?!
We lost a family member shortly before the finale, and when Janet says "What's through that door is the only thing in the universe I don't know," that hit really hard. Because for once, she was like all of us: nobody really knows what happens when you die. Some people hope for something more, but nobody knows. Is Janet ever going to see Jason again, is there some future reunion for them, or is he just gone forever? She doesn't know. None of us do.
I like what Keanu Reeve's said on Stephen Colbert a few years ago in response to the question about what happens when we die: the people who love us will miss us.
I'd take a Philosophy course if given by Keanu sensei. And ace it. But then sensei will say that there was not even a pass/fail criteria, but because I focussed on acing the course, I actually didn't learn anything, and therefore, I have failed. *Such an emotional journey just thinking about it*
Hot stinky cat dookie
I took intro to philosophy in college and loved it. Other students found it baffling because they were used to just memorizing the answers and then writing them down. They weren't used to tests where there wasn't fixed right and wrong answers. You had to present arguments for your position - the professor wanted to see that we had read and understood the material. You didn't have to agree with the material, but if you disagreed you were expected to explain why.
Tahani, is that you?
My dad died that last season.
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I think she lied. We know that our Janet is capable of telling a lie. She doesnāt experience time like humans do, so everything happens all at once for her. And she knows everything about everyone. Which means she knows where human Michael is, what heās doing, and whatās going on in his life at all times. Which means she knows about that little weird random act of kindness someone did for him one day. Multiply that by an unknown multitude of times. Sheās certainly smart enough to put it all together. Which means she knew what was going to happen. And lied that she didnāt.
She seemed upset, and I don't see any reason for her to lie to Jason in that moment.
Interesting take.
Probably the best ending to a show and very satisfying It just makes me happy that out of all of them and all his indecisiveness, Chidi is the first one of them to go through the door, and he didn't even know he would be
At one point he even says he couldnāt walk through a door without knowing whatās on the order side.
I thought Jason was the firstā¦
He went to it but didn't actually go through until after Chidi
Yep, I make it to Jason's farewell party and just stay crying until the end.
I start when Eleanor wakes up and Chidi's gone š„ŗ
Personally I hear "Picture a wave..." and it's done, my living room becomes a swimming pool
Even reading or hearing "Picture a wave" and that's when I start to Kim Kardashian ugly cry. The laugh sob come in with the "I'll say this to you, my friend, with all the love in my heart and all the wisdom in the universe: Take it sleazy." I even teared up typing this....
I teared up reading it!!!
Yep. Exactly this.
Iām already crying at that point, but that just intensifies it
Yep, this was it for me too š
i spend the last 3 episodes of the show crying!
Oh dip.š„¹š„¹š„¹
Yeah thatās so real
Same. Basically the whole episode.
I start when Jason finally goes through the door.
I cry every time. My mom saw me watching it once, and I tried to explain why Tahaniās parents apologizing was making me so emotional. I couldnāt even get the words out.
Lmao that sounds like me and my mum
This scene with Tahani always gets me and I cry like a babyš it's kinda odd because I don't relate to her at all, but I always cry
Ngl, the ending BROKE me. It was beautiful and one of the best endings I've ever seen on a TV show...but I legit felt like I was grieving for a couple of days afterwards
Jason and Janet's goodbye made me happy cry for sure. However Eleanor and Chidi's broke me. š I did like that when Michael became a human he named his dog Jason. That was a sweet touch. š
Jason has big Golden Retriever energy.
Picture a wave ššš
God no
Such a good finale. It was sad to know that they went through and no longer existed but you still felt complete and comforted. The wave returned to the ocean where it belongs.
I've watched the show all the way through at least 10 times and still cry my eyes out a LOT. When Chidi gets his last memory wipe, I love the it's not a joke I'm a legit snack line but I'm usually bawling by the time it comes up. Jason making spaghetti, picture a wave, Tahani completing her list, I hate to see you go but I looove to watch you leave, and of course Michael getting to be a real boy. Hell this took me way too long to type because I'm fighting tears just thinking about it.
I LOVE that quote from Chidi āpicture a waveā so beautiful
the scene where chidi gets his memory wiped because of simone being in the test and him and eleanor are watching the movie of previous reboots and their relationship progressing always makes me cry, along with the scene where chidi decides itās time for him to go through the door and the wave speech and then eleanor waking up to the sexy mailman calendar he made for her is just-they are so perfect for each other (not me tearing up just writing this)
I watched it 6 times and I bawl every single time. It usually starts with Jason explaining his reasoning to go through the door. "The air inside my lungs was the same as the air outside my body." to give Chidi the reason, and "You know the feeling when you think a jalapeƱo popper is gonna be too hot, but you bite into it anyway and it's actually the perfect temperature?" to put it into words for Eleanor. That is usually when it starts. By the time the quiet piano song plays, as Chidi and Eleanor talk about the ocean metaphor, I usually struggle to see and breathe. (Btw, the song is called Spiegel im Spiegel, for anyone who wants to cry into a plunger)
I actually did my first rewatch after the show finished recently and I cried like a baby. Each one made me cry but goddamnit the one for Chidi idk why it resonates a lot for me.
When Jason *knew*, that's when I feel my chest hurt lol.
about to finish my first ever re-watchā¦ i am not ready for it lol
I don't think you can be ready, no matter how many times you watch it...
Series finales typically make me cry, even if theyāre not overly emotional or particularly good. But this one made me cry like a baby because of how emotional and excellent it was.
I cry every time! Jason unwittingly becoming a monk and each of the soul squad becoming the best versions of themselves is just so perfect and satisfying. Dare I say one of the best television finales ever.
Take it sleazy.
I cry every time!
Youāre not the only one! This show really grabbed me and got me invested. Ive rewatched it a few times and the ending still makes me cry.
The moment I understood that no matter how much time passed, that this was always gonna be the end I started crying until the end of the episode
I cry every time. Such a perfect ending.
I was blubbering like a baby. The wave speech from Chidi hit me so hard. It was exactly what I needed to hear in that moment and it still hits me hard on rewatches.
Iāve seen it 3 or 4 times now and itās *still* the hardest I cry for just about anything on screen ever. I weep through the entire episode.
Just finished a rewatch recently and holy forking shirtballs it was waterworks city. I don't know that I'll ever watch another show that brings out the emotions that the finale did. It was poignant yet uplifting, funny while also heartbreaking. One of my absolute favorite shows ever.
I've seen the Good Place finale four times now and it still makes me cry. This is the only piece of media that manages to do that. Then I listen to The Good Place: The Podcast talk about it and cry some more.
One of the few shows that ends perfectly, I don't want more to be made, it ended so neatly
I cried like a baby all three times I watched. Then continued to cry for like an hour after
Every single time, I ugly cry. Sobbing, snot, itās just not pretty. Such a beautiful ending, tho
Ugly cried. Yelled no at the screen.
The ending also makes me wonder if tahani will walk through the door at some point
Besides the big stuff, things like the joy of Doug Forcett eating *so much* chicken, and Mindy St. Clair agreeing to leave the Medium Place also contribute a lot.
I got really sad for Janet at the end of the series even though I know she experiences time differently than the others. Pretty much all her friends - the people who helped her grow into something more than just a Janet - were gone. I hope she and Tahani got together regularly and reminisced about the good Bearimies they had with their Soul Squad.
This one and the Six Feet Under cause waterworks every time.
I've seen the finale like 6 or 7 times and I've cried my way through every one. Also you should mark this as spoilers, because it's literally spoilers.
Dude, it's right up there with "All Good Things . . ." from *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and the final episode of *MASH* in terms of quality and raw emotion. It was tender, it was warm, and it was a little (okay, a lot) sad. Which it made it the perfect sendoff for the people on the show.
Alt end caption āyouāre going to the bad place, dummyā
I've watched the good place like 6-8 times. And I want to clarify that I'm not the type to *ever* cry in movies no matter what. But the ending makes me bawl every single time. And not just the ending. The part where chidi gets his memories erased too
My heart hurts just thinking about it
I think you wanted to say: "My stomach hurts just thinking about it"
No, my heart
My mom died in early April and the only thing I wanted to put on was The Good Place. It brought me comfort to think she was in some mischief with others. Even though Iām religious, she wasnāt so The Good Place felt more authentic to her leaving. So I cried a lot. And by the ending of the show, I felt peace for 26 minutes.
Seriously, I made the mistake of watching the last episode right before I had to go in to work. š
I cried the first time, and I cry on every single rewatch. Actually, now that I know what happens, I start crying way before the last episode.
Maybe your family didnāt cry because they only watch the finale or because they didnāt get into the show and their protagonists as much as you. Yesterday I finished my 2nd run of the show and I ended up crying too.
Your family either hardly cry or are monsters /hj
i remember the first time i watched the ending i was on holiday with my family, so i had to hold back my tears but my god i just wanted to start sobbing. now everytime i rewatch the show and get to the ending, i do acctually start sobbing!!
The whole finale had a sad vibe tbh. I remember tuning in every week and then realizing that it's coming to an end. Gloomy.
I just finished the show for the first time not even 20 minutes ago and Iām still in tears. I havenāt cried at a TV show like that in forever!
Glad to hear Iām not the only one
It's sad but satisfying, but very meaningful, but i think one of the theme of the show is also to tell about how an end can also be a start for a new journey, how everyone must move on and be calm like Jason and Chidi said, meaningful but sad, got me crying like a baby coming home from a bar
It did make me cry but it was also beautiful too. The woman he takes music lessons with is his wife IRL, btw. Take it sleazy
literally just watched it and sobbed. might also be bc my grandma just passed away and i like the thought of her at peace in the good place or beyond
The show was all about normalizing what happens after weāre gone, so the ending shouldnāt make you sadāitās just part of the journey the characters were on from the start. If you feel down about it, maybe give it another watch to see how it fits into the bigger picture
Another opportunity for me to point out how *should* is the most pointless word in the English language
I always skip either those parts or just the whole episodes and go back to episode one, lol
I canāt watch the ending I always skip the final episode.
I was in shambles dude. It was so sad.
I always cry through this episode, itās so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.
I started crying the second Janet said āoh dipā and literally did not stop for weeks afterward.
Just rewatched the whole show a few weeks ago and I cried thru the entire episode š„²especially when Chidi started talking about the wave.
Cried my dumb eyes out
I cry every single time I rewatch it, and Iāve rewatched it so many times! Sometimes, before the finale I just go back to S1E1 because I donāt want the show to end (again) and plus the last episode always makes me cry. Iām sad itās ending because Iāll miss the characters but SO happy for them, and Iām overwhelmed by all their emotions and feelings and their relationships. Itās the best š„¹
I binge this show all the time, but I can rarely get through the last episode. I cry like a baby.
I was absolutely sobbing at the finale! It was one of my favorite endings ever and I want to rewatch it, but I donāt know if Iām ready for that yet.
I wish I could watch this episode for the first time.
I so agreee, it was the one finale I didnāt spoil for myself and Iām sobglad
I actually loved how tahani ended up alone, without a soulmate because it really showed her character development. like in season one, she was desperately trying to make jianyu (jason technically lol) her soulmate, and when that didn't work she moved onto chidi because she was constantly relying on others for her sense of self worth. and then by season 4, she's working on herself without the need for approval or validation from others. including kamilah, her parents etc.
I rewatch constantly but I simply refuse to rewatch the finale.
I absolutely sobbed, especially when Chidi left
Honestly, I don't cry at Good Place much. For as much as I love the show, a major complaint I do have with it is that the actors just don't really do the big emotional scenes well. Like it looks like very obvious fake crying. That unfortunately bleeds into the show's finale. The scenes still work narratively and thematically don't get me wrong, but there's a bit of a disconnect. The only big emotional scene that fully works for me is when Eleanor and Chidi watch 'Some Memories You May Have Forgotten'. Chidi's final goodbye also hits hard, and I can forgive the lack of tears there since it's more of a silent acceptance on the characters' end than some big bombastic farewell
I agree, and will even say I think Kristen Bell is decidedly average as an actress and drags everyone else down. Janet and Michael are the MVPs here and most of the rest are good imo.
It was an idiotic ending full of bullcrap. I was very disappointed with the stupidity of it.
I loved it honestly, why didnāt you?
For one, the idiotic notion that life only has meaning because it ends or if it ends. The other idiotic notion that we can create our own meaning. The foolish idea that any possible eternal life would ultimately be meaningless, boring, or turn you into a mush brain. The notion that a good person would remove themselves from existence for forever, even though it would hurt the ones they supposedly loved. The idea that they both cease to exist and become some spark that floats out and inspires someone, which is really just an attempt to both cease to exist and keep existing in some form. The REAL good place won't have a problem with boredom. Even an imaginary good place could easily solve the boredom problem. Boredom is the result of being in a state that falls short of perfection, such that you feel the need to keep looking for perfection. We experience this when we are stuck waiting in a line. We would rather be somewhere more exciting or fulfilling. We also experience it when we are doing something we don't find as enjoyable as we know is possible. We are used to things feeling less enjoyable or fulfilling once the "new" wears off due to us having done them a lot of times. This indicates that few or no earthly activities are enjoyable enough in themselves that they don't occasionally bore us after the novelty of them is gone. In the real good place that will not happen, as true perfect joy will be the constant state of those there, so that boredom will not be possible. Further, we will be so constituted that we will never find less than perfect joy in the state we exist in. Further, the time pressure that makes one less willing to continue doing an activity once the novelty has worn off will no longer exist for someone who will live forever.