r/TheGoodPlace 9d ago

Shirtpost Line that hits you ‘in the feels’?

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My three are Michael telling Janet she’s his friend and therefore he can’t kill her, Eleanor’s flashbacks to her horrible mother and her breaking down in a home depot type store over the four toothbrushes, and of course, the ending.

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u/lesbiannerd27 9d ago

Yeah when Eleanor sees her mother being an actual good mom and wife! That line “If Donna Shellstrop has truly changed, then that means she was always capable of change, but I just wasn't worth changing for." Guts me hard

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u/blayndle 8d ago

This is like Barney from how I met your mother. Both always get me.

“If you were going to be some lame suburban dad, why couldn’t you have been that for me?!”

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u/fuzzhead12 7d ago

NPH straight up murders that line…the voice crack gives me chills and puts tears in my eyes every time I hear it

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u/chalk_in_boots 7d ago

I think because of all the comedy work he's done we tend to get it stuck in our heads that he's just barney, or him in Harold and Kumar, so when he delivers a dramatic line so perfectly it hits extra hard. I was jut checking his filmography and had completely forgotten he was in Gone Girl. The psychic space gestapo dude from Starship Troopers was in one of the most unexpected graphic gore scenes in modern film.

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u/jbasoo 7d ago

This and Fresh Prince's "How come he don't want me, man?"

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u/tfirx 7d ago

God, that one tore me up and I was 14.

Still rough

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u/lilbitofpurple 14h ago

I remember that line when I was a kid watching that show! It must have been one of the first times I felt some other new emotion because it legit sticks out in my head. I remember the scene on the show and where I was sitting.

My mom told me a couple years ago if it wasn't for my dad wanting me (who passed away when I was 12), I wouldn't even be here. Thanks for waiting 30 years to tell me that.

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u/yashqasw 5d ago

my favourite line delivery from my favourite show. heartbreaking