History Tearjerker / TheGoodPlace

-->'''Tahani''': I was never going to be enough for you. Never going to earn your respect. [...] I'm sorry we didn't have a better relationship, and I wish you both the best.

* Chidi's lifelong best friend telling him, "It is literally impossible to be your friend." Made worse by the fact that this is the ''last'' thing he ever said to him. Chidi dies not even thirty seconds later.

* So much of Eleanor's life is this. She left her parents at a young age due to how little they actually cared about her, had very few friends and the few friendships she did have weren't really close, ditched her, or they didn't help her improve upon herself like Chidi does. She dies in a very meaningless way and ends up [[spoiler:in an afterlife where her fears of being looked down upon and hated for who she is are forced upon her as a constant reminder of her life on Earth.]]
* Chidi's life was also pretty sucky. Throughout his whole life, his paranoia and indecisiveness led to him losing so many friends, one of which genuinely considered himself to be his closest friend from childhood. His fears led to his [[spoiler:rather embarrassing death and now he's in a world where he's forced into an intolerable situation where he has to lie and is forced to make difficult choices that sometimes go against his ethics. His hell is literally a world of ParanoiaFuel.]]
* Tahani had to deal with always being in her sister's shadow to the point that her many genuinely impressive achievements were always ignored in favour of Kamilah's, and their parents didn't care about her to the point they misspelled Tahani's name in their will.
* As much of an idiot as he is, [[spoiler:you do have to feel a little bad for Jason. He legitimately had dreams and goals and did want to do something with his life. His stupidity and impulsiveness was just what did him in. Now, he's stuck in a place where he has no friends [[TheFriendNobodyLikes (even the others don't really like him that much)]] and is forced to pretend to be a silent monk to survive.]]

* Chidi's lifelong best friend telling him, "It is literally impossible to be your friend." [[spoiler:Made worse by the fact that this is the ''last'' thing he ever said to him. Chidi dies not even thirty seconds later.]]

* The last shot of [[spoiler:them leaving on the train as the neighbourhood dismantles itself into nothing, meaning everything we've seen from all previous episodes is now just gone.]]

* Tahani's test: Walk through a hallway of doors labeled with various celebrities and others who are all talking of what they really think of her. She nearly makes it... but then has to go through the door with her parents behind it. The talk has Tahani finally realizing that ''nothing'' she did was ''ever'' going to be good enough for her parents to love her as much as her sister. Worse, [[spoiler: she failed the test as she was to let go of what held her back but instead embraced her inner anxieties.]]

-->'''Tahani''': I was never going to be enough for you. Never going to earn your respect. [...] I'm sorry we didn't have a better relationship, and I wish you both, the best.

* "The actual solution...is to sacrifice yourself. Look after the others. They need you."

* Tahani's test: Walk through a hallway of doors labeled with various celebrities and others who are all talking of what they really think of her. She nearly makes it...but then has to go through the door with her parents behind it. The talk has Tahani finally realizing that ''nothing'' she did was ''ever'' going to be good enough for her parents to love her as much as her sister. Worse, [[spoiler: she failed the test as she was to let go of what held her back but instead embraced her inner anxieties.]]

* Michael is a jerk to Chidi throughout the episode making him live in various scenarios. Chidi thinks he's just being evil; but Eleanor acutely pinpoints his behavior -- he's lashing out because he's insecure over his inability to grasp the behavior. He's a demon and as such he knows ''exactly'' what warrants eternal torment, and as an immortal demon he's never had to think about this before.

* Tahani's test: Walk through a hallway of doors labeled with various celebrities and others she is obsessed with. She nearly makes it...but then has to go through the door with her parents behind it. The talk has Tahani finally realizing that ''nothing'' she did was ''ever'' going to be good enough for her parents to love her as much as her sister. Worse, [[spoiler: she failed the test as she was to let go of what held her back but instead embraced her inner anxieties.]]

* "The actual solution...is to sacrifice yourself. Look after the others. They need you."

* The last shot of [[spoiler:them leaving on the train as the neighbourhood dismantles itself into nothing, meaning everything we've seen from all previous episodes is now just gone.]]

* Michael is a jerk to Chidi throughout the episode making him live in various scenarios. Chidi thinks he's just being evil; but Eleanor acutely pinpoints his behavior -- he's lashing out because he's insecure over his inability to grasp the behavior. He's a demon and as such he knows ''exactly'' what warrants eternal torment, and as an immortal demon he's never had to think about this before.

* Chidi's life was also pretty sucky. Throughout his whole life, his paranoia and indecisiveness led to him losing so many friends, one of which genuinely considered himself to be his closest friend from childhood. His fears led to his [[spoiler:rather embarassing death and now he's in a world where he's forced into an intolerable situation where he has to lie and is forced to make difficult choices that sometimes go against his ethics. His hell is literally a world of ParanoiaFuel.]]

* The main characters have undergone over ''800'' different attempts by Michael trying to keep them from realizing they're actually in the Bad Place so they can continue to torture one another. Each time, their memories are erased, so the friendships (and in Elanor and Chidi's case, romance) they forged are forgotten. It's especially hammered hard when Eleanor sees the recording Mindy took of her and Chidi confessing their love for one another, but since this was in a previous reboot, she is utterly shocked at what she sees.

* The callous way Eleanor's mother tells her five-year-old daughter about how her pet dog died.
* Eleanor's father's funeral. She's conflicted over how to feel, as her dad ''was'' a terrible father and person in general, but the fact that he's dead isn't exactly something that brings her any happiness. And then Eleanor's mother drunkenly bursts in...

* Michael is jerk to Chidi throughout the episode making him live in various scenarios. Chidi thinks he's just being evil; but Eleanor acutely pinpoints his behavior -- he's lashing out because he's insecure over his inability to grasp the behavior. He's a demon and as such he knows ''exactly'' what warrants eternal torment, and as an immortal demon he's never had to think about this before.

** The callous way Eleanor's mother tells her five-year-old daughter about how her pet dog died.
** Eleanor's father's funeral. She's conflicted over how to feel, as her dad ''was'' a terrible father and person in general, but the fact that he's dead isn't exactly something that brings her any happiness. And then Eleanor's mother drunkenly bursts in...
** Eleanor's breakdown in the flashback where she's shopping. While it is comical, it shows how much she has longed for a normal home and family. The fact that the scene takes place soon after her dad's death makes it worse.

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* "Mindy St. Clair": The flashback to the day Eleanor emancipated herself from her parents when she was only 14. They don't even care that she's doing this, and the fact that Eleanor is so nonchalant about it drives in how awful they were. The ending scene to the flashback of her eating her birthday cake by herself is practically the icing here.

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* "Team Cockroach": We finally see how Tahani died. The worst is her last exchange with Kamilah, yelling about Kamilah always hogging the spotlight and Kamilah fires off that Tahani is just embarrassing herself, as she always does.

* "Existential Crisis"

-->'''Eleanor:''' ''(increasingly tearful)'' So, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the parent toothbrushes]] can be close to the kid toothbrushes, and watch over them, and they can talk about their toothbrush feelings? And hold their little toothbrush hands when they're sad, and make sure no harm ever comes to their little bristles?

* Tahani had to deal with always being in her sister's shadow to the point that her many genuinely impressive achievements were always ignored in favour of Kamilah's, and their parents didn't care about her to point they misspelled Tahani's name in their will.

* Eleanor's breakdown in the flashback in "Existential Crisis", while comical, shows how much she has longed for a normal home and family. The fact that the scene takes place soon after her dad's death makes it worse.
-->'''Eleanor:''' ''(increasingly tearful)'' So, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the parent toothbrushes]] can be close to the kid toothbrushes, and watch over them, and they can talk about their toothbrush feelings? And hold their little toothbrush hands when they're sad, and make sure no harm ever comes to their little bristles?
** And before that, the callous way Eleanor's mother tells her about how her pet dog died.

* "Dance Dance Resolution": We finally see how Tahani died. The worst is her last exchange with Kamilah, yelling about Kamilah always hogging the spotlight and Kamilah fires off that Tahani is just embarrassing herself, as she always does.

* Tahani had to deal with always being in her sister's shadow to the point that her many genuinely impressive achievements were always ignored in favour of Kamilah, and their parents didn't care about her to point they misspelt Tahani's name right in their will.
* As much as an idiot as he is, [[spoiler:you do have to feel a little bad for Jason. He legitimately had dreams and goals and did want to be someone with his life. His stupidity and impulsiveness was just what did him in. Now, he's in a place where he has no friends (even the others don't really like him that much)and is forced to pretend to be a silent monk to survive.]]

* Tahani had to deal with always being in her sister's shadow to the point their parents didn't even get Tahani's name right in their will.

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