The Mother Eleanor Never Had - The Good Place (Episode Highlight)

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Eleanor (Kristen Bell) can’t believe her mother has actually changed.
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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.
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@blythe2872 4 года назад

when she said “i wanted a mom to make me afternoon snacks instead of just telling me to find loose fries in the Mcdonald’s ball pit” it really brings out how much of something was taken from her. she could’ve just said “i wanted a mom to love me and be there for me” but she only wanted to experience what having a good mother was like even if its something so small

@reidsb78 9 месяцев назад

And that's why Chidi's moment of peace was seeing Eleanor with her mom in the Good Place.

@jclyntoledo 7 месяцев назад

I mean they both mean the same thing just her line was more specific over a very minor thing that a good mom would do and that hers neglected to do. Also it's the exact comparison between her childhood and her new siblings childhood.

@Kiba0Shino0Hinata 4 месяца назад

@@jclyntoledo not quite. the mcdonald's line indicates that eleanor just wanted the bare minimum, scraps of a mother's love. she wasn't asking for a loving mother on the whole, something she was owed and deprived of. it's like a child living on the streets asking for a tent instead of a house.

@dionangelsumbad99 5 лет назад

Eleanor: "Because I wanted that mom" Me: * *Cries* * Aaaaahhhhh

@Crochetique424 3 года назад

It's a relief that atleast she got a father like Michael at the end .

@shachelifernando 2 года назад

samee

@timc1116 5 лет назад

This was a real heartbreaker. We can all relate to this, right? No matter what we do, ppl do not change and then they go and change for someone else and we're just target practice. So unfair for eleanor. She received no affection growing up and that can really mess you up.

@ryanstanley1802 5 лет назад

Tim C she received no affection to the level where it made her into such a bad person that she went to hell

@alayabhalla9170 5 лет назад

Tim C oops no .... what are you going through fam

@christodang 5 лет назад

I think that's part of why a lot of people cling so hard to the idea that people can't change because the idea that someone didn't give you their best isn't something we want to face.

@todayisthedayofsalvation 4 года назад

Tim C not exactly, if someone changed after meeting you you’re part of the reason they became better, you’re not target practice, more like the wind beneath their wings

@NeahMinto88 4 года назад

@@todayisthedayofsalvation sure the person who changed can see it that way but on the other side it isn't felt that way by the other person in this case by eleanor you feel not as important to have been brought along as that person changes you get left behind and used as just a stepping stone is what it can feel like if the other individual doesn't even acknowledges you and or what they may have done wrong instead treating you basically there past as if it was nothing

@Traye76 5 лет назад

I don't blame her for being hurt. That realization had to hurt.

@shlomitgardi8982 5 лет назад

Traye76 yeah I'm actually crying cause of it

@genuineinterest 5 лет назад

God, exactly. "I just wasn't worth changing for" hit me so hard.

@Petaurista13 5 лет назад

You can't blame somebody fot his/her feelings no matter what other human would feel

@loributterflying 3 года назад

@Tara S. because it seems like Michael is blaming her at first. Then he understands

@TheKrispyfort 3 года назад

It does

@filippofittipaldi8050 5 лет назад

I think Eleanor speaks for all of us who had distant parents. Most children wonder what they did to not deserve a great mom. As we get older we learn our parents didn't have great parents either. We just hope to break the cycle with our kids.

@helenpatterson3858 4 года назад

Amen! Sometimes it is hard to accept these people are only human beings like us and not someone just abusing a power they don't even know they have. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. It's hard to do when the pain is still fresh.

@Nacho_Boi420 4 года назад

This hits home so hard ...

@emittlame8095 4 года назад

I’ll break the cycle by having no kids

@loributterflying 2 года назад

@@emittlame8095 Same.

@igmoreno3579 2 года назад

Me and my brother have 8 years of difference and my mom is so much better with him than she was for me, she's just, so caring and I'm here watching everything and she barely even asks how I'm doing, was I really that awful of a child?

@andyg4929 5 лет назад

This scene hit me so hard for some reason. You can just feel her pain when she says "I wanted that mom!"

@dgcatanisiri 4 года назад

It’s the build up to that statement. The moments she’s staring at them as Michael is talking to her, the heavy breathing that are failing to center her... The admission wouldn’t be the same without seeing her emotional windup.

@sillyalert14 3 года назад

Forgot she was acting for a moment goddamn

@synth_dahl4438 5 лет назад

That Michael self appointed himself as her designated father figure just makes me cry harder during this scene

@julienp.3064 5 лет назад

u know its a good show when u feel like crying but 1.5 seconds later they hit u with a bofa...deeznuts

@parasytedax6858 5 лет назад

I actually don't get the joke (it's not my first language), what is Bofa supposed to mean?

@octafluoride3368 5 лет назад

@@parasytedax6858 "Vote for these nuts"

@Chemeleon15 5 лет назад

Donnie Darko “Bofa Deeznuts” = both of these nuts(testicles)

@M1ckTheMan 5 лет назад

Joss Whedon might've been a filthy cheater, but his practice of joke after drama was a smart one.

@willedpower3291 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@Fatima-mz6zu 3 года назад

I think the "why wasn't i worth changing for?" is something a lot of older siblings have when they realize their parents were/are not as good with them as they are with their younger siblings, and it really hurts because it's not like you want them to be bad parents with your siblings too but you can't hope and imagine what would it be like to be treated like them, to be loved like them

@delpicsla65 4 года назад

“She was always capable of change...I just wasn’t worth changing for” 😭😭💔

@tssnmm 5 лет назад

"If she was capable of change, then I wasn't worth that change". *deep end*

@yvaincallipso84 Год назад

That's honestly one of the hardest things about people who hurt you becoming better people. It genuinely hurts to know that they where always capable of being that person for you, but they weren't. That's why you aren't obligated to forgive people, even if thy are better. It doesn't erase the hurt.

@jordanledoux197 10 месяцев назад

Agree you are never obligated to forgive someone. But that's a bad reason to withhold forgiveness. Not because anyone deserves forgiveness, but because withholding it for that reason just gives the pain even more power over you.

@yvaincallipso84 10 месяцев назад

@jordanledoux197 Not forgiving doesn't mean you still resent, hate or even think about them every night, it just means you can say "you hurt me, and I'm still not ready to say it's ok". Obviously it's healthier to do so, but people need to stop forcing themselves to forgive abuse just because it's been years/they have changed, you can move on and heal, but forgiving your abuser is not a necessary step in the process.

@genuineinterest 5 лет назад

"Self-appointed father figure" this show is so self-aware in such a Schur way

@shreya...007 3 года назад

"I was just not worth changing for." 😭 That hit me in the feels 😭

@bwingbwinggwiyomi 4 года назад

I really empathise with Eleanor in this scene every time and I ugly cry every time, even now. Because I have grown up with the exact similar crappy parent treatment, I don't think my upbringing will ever be truly healed, but I'm almost 20 now and if there's one thing I truly wish it's to find peace someday in this department of my life before I pass one day. Kristen did an amazing job at portraying and bringing out these emotions into her character and to the viewers for this scene. *Some parents should really never deserve to have been/be one.*

@daniapfel9673 Год назад

Yeah

@gileenxie 5 лет назад

reminds me of barney's breakdown in HIMYM where he found out his dad ended up becoming a suburban dad just not for him :(((

@valeriaanticona8702 5 лет назад

Sameeeee :(

@Bunnys124578 5 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing

@MadddyDawg50 5 лет назад

Exactly!!!😭😭😭

@Nzie 5 лет назад

This is one of the only shows/movies I've seen that actually gives a voice to the child hurt by adult selfishness. In the end, even though her mom has become a better person, Eleanor still has the hurt. Much more honest than most of the stuff we get... For contrast, watch Ricky and the Flash and Danny Collins, both of which focus primarily on the irresponsible adult's redemption, acknowledging but then sweeping aside with pat endings how the selfishness of adults causes lasting wounds to the parents. They're boomer fantasies that other people picking up the pieces for their abandonment somehow means everyone's fine in the end. The Good Place is a hilarious show, but it's also really touching on some serious things with a deft hand. Eleanor's cri de coeur is one of those deep moments; I hope those of us in a position to affect children with our choices take heed.

@daniapfel9673 Год назад

It's true

@pplesandoranges 5 лет назад

1:35 that lip wobble at the precise moment Michael said "mom" is an Emmy winner.

@GunNNife 27 дней назад

I think it perfect how that was shot with Eleanor facing the camera but away from Michael, so we can see her face change from the anger and suspicion she had been exhibiting to her deeper turmoil, but Michael does not until she turns around.

@redphilip 5 лет назад

I love the music that happens in all these sad scenes, it's the same one from when Michael gave Eleanor his pin to go through the portal.

@SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer 3 года назад

have you ever found it? i will KILL to listen to it on its own even if it's like 10 seconds long

@Ridge310 3 года назад

For some reason Eleanors problems with her mom always made me tear up. Most things I see on tv don’t effect me at all, (unless I relate to them or really like the characters) but every time Eleanor talks about her parents I feel really sad. I guess the writers did a really good job on her character

@jessvision8817 5 лет назад

This killed me, poor Eleanor deserves love

@rachelfinney8222 5 лет назад

Out of all of the emotional rollercoaster sciences I’ve experienced in this show, this is the only one that makes me cry. And then cry laughing at the end.

@suis1822 4 года назад

I can appreciate that the show is smart enough not to let Michael dish out some sympathy and comforting words for Eleanor (in extension, us, as the audience), he basically admits he's stumped and just doesn't say anything. Just really drives the point on how tragic the realization is for her without some sugar coated words sprinkled all over it. Also the "bofa deez nuts" joke was a good palette cleanser after a heavy scene.

@marikonig5874 Год назад

As a child of divorce who my dad left with two older siblings. They got to experience what having a father was, they knew him before. I knew the guy who yelled at me for spilling a bit of water on the one weekend he actually remembered to pick us up, when he didn't shove me into some corner and forgot about me. I didnt get the "playing in the backyard, helping me with my homework" dad they had, and they never understood that. I was too young for anyone to want to be around me and no one wanted to take care of me either, not even at home. Hell, I remember having to learn basic hygene at scholl after getting shamed for not knowing to put on deodorant or brushing my hair. I deserved more, I deserved the people my parents are now, but when I actually needed it. Sorry for the rent, just hit close to me

@samsaraslight8377 7 месяцев назад

Something people don't realize, when you lose someone that you didn't value properly in life, it shocks you, it changes you completely. It makes you want a second chance to do it better all over again and it's something you see time and time again in relationships and breakups.

@tenielbrandon9329 5 лет назад

Bofa deez nuts😂😂😂 Also this scene is so good and sad Kristen’s performance in this episode was so good I mean I always love her in this show but this episode really stuck out to me in terms of her performance because her character is always more light and funny it was good to see a more vulnerable Eleanor and I think Kristen did a great job at portraying that and I also love Eleanor and Micheals dynamic I love their whole father daughter/friendship thing they have.

@Jaz-tk5vx 2 года назад

Many parents never actually grew up, and are just big kids who have no idea what they’re doing. And with most kids, their default setting is ignorance and selfishness. They hurt people around them and often have no inclination about any of it. One of life’s greatest tragedies.

@melantaly Год назад

I love this scene, I relate alot to her issues and it makes me feel better someone was able to put it into words.

@aqsireyrey 8 месяцев назад

having someone not change with their time with you then seeing them change for another person really does something to you and your idea of self-worth

@100d2h 5 лет назад

Oof Eleanor's break in her voice damn

@c-carmelachan2589 4 года назад

reminds me of barney stinson when he said "if you were gonna be a lame suburban dad, why couldn't you have been that for me?" 😢

@VickyLeeGeekLester 5 лет назад

My heart breaks for her :(

@vailstales3639 4 месяца назад

I cry everytime I see this scene. Growing up my mom suffered heavily with addiction and I had a horrible childhood. Now she’s an addiction counselor and volunteers at my younger siblings schools. This perfectly explains my resentment for her; even tho I am proud of her now it still hurts so bad.

@Topdoggie7 2 года назад

As a child of a narcissistic parent who tried to abuse me my entire life and did abuse me in multiple situations, this literary gutted me to see. The idea that my dad could have changed for someone else but I could have not been good enough is such a brutal idea. The idea of your abuser becoming good because somebody else not because of his own child is just so painful. I'm sorry to everybody this has happened to you are good enough, they are not.

@aramehpatrikyan1119 3 года назад

Like... the way she says WraT tho 0:50

@rhiethreal Год назад

This is what mother's day is to many, many people.

@andrewkling9530 4 года назад

"Who am I, Avrile Lavigne?" Gets me every time

@shely_D7vil Год назад

I could never forgive her mom as a character after this ngl. Maybe I'm a bitter person, but I think people who neglect their kids always deserve punishment. It's not fair, even in fiction, seeing them walk away clean and simply "become better people"

@greenleek1434 3 года назад

that scene is the soft version of my life. And the first time foreign series make me cry. İ really realize my family is bad to only me, not other siblings ,even granddoughters. Unlike eleneor, i really tried for Being loved since little, i did all housework while other siblings didn't, i never asked money, even cloth, i wore mom's or brother' s, even though they always swere me, spat me, but never gave up for love, they said we are not gonna send you school, but only me ,not other siblings. İ did noy gave up, they deannounce and i went university and i did not ask money, even tough my siblings at home spent more than me, evenmore i brought clothes all family with my scholorship money, i did not use it for myself. After i had job, i gave my all salary to them for years while other siblings took money from them. And now , my family said to me u are useless, a burden, and my mom counts even my bites but she gave money other siblings even they make more than me. And call granddaughter "my daughter". While she said to to me" die". And to this age,31, i tried for love and i failed, ruined my life. So i am more messed up than her.

@FireSonata 5 лет назад

Loved Michael as the the Father figure For Eleanor, Hope he does so for the rest of the group as well, if and when they need it

@micanikko 9 месяцев назад

i didnt have a neglectful mom like this, but, I never felt emotionally safe around her. I'm in my mid-20s and I'm still picky on what I tell her. I understand that my mom is just a broken kid too. But it doesn't hurt any less when you can't find a source of comfort and safety from parents that say they love you.

@eurielrabano5732 4 года назад

this show makes me think of point of views that I never even thought of

@soph_theloaf 3 года назад

This part was really hard to watch 💔 It reminds me a lot of Kristen’s role as Veronica and her relationship with her mom there too

@akashace9333 4 года назад

this line broke my heart,,,

@chanyblejer7841 Год назад

😭

@DecafInvidia 5 лет назад

Ah the old shop, rat and run. Classic Shellstrop move. And the old ball pit scavenge classic parenting move.

@happyface9645 3 месяца назад

Every few months i think of this scene, i cry every time

@bmoore4016 Год назад

My parents aren't abusive or anything, but I do have a younger sibling. They have their own issues and stuff but it really hurts watching my parents do all the things didn't do for me. I love being an older sibling, but I miss the time when my issues weren't shoved aside to deal with someone else's. One of my parents is always more sympathetic to my sibling than me. It hurts knowing that if my sibling ever nears tears, they'd rush to comfort them, even if they promised to be with me. But if I cry like that or scream and shout like my sibling, I get told to suck it up. Heaven forbid I have an anxiety attack and my sibling throws a tantrum cause I can't handle them touching me or talking to me at the moment, it's suddenly all my fault. It's not my fault for having a breakdown, but I should have handled it better or prioritized my sibling's feelings. I nearly had a panic attack on a trip and my parents were too busy babysitting my sibling who wasn't even upset. My best friend ended up calming me down, and it was humiliating. The aforementioned parent has even gone so far as to tell me to just stop feeling upset as that will make it magically go away. I have been diagnosed with anxiety damn it! They might as well have just said stop having anxiety! Why does my sibling get the empathetic parent who cares about their feelings and caters to their need, why I am not important enough for that? This turned into a bit of a rant, but it was nice to vent my feelings.

@joel0joel0 8 месяцев назад

Sorry to break it for you, but neglecting the emotional needs of children is abusive. Also i don't think, it helps very much shaming you for having "bad" emotions, that probably makes your anxiety even worse. You have every right to feel what ever emotion you feel, there is nothing wrong with feeling what you feel and there are no such tings as bad emotions. That said, I am super sorry, that you have to go through all of that and hope that you can find the help you need, from people that care about your emotional well being.

@archenforever7264 5 лет назад

this is emotional for me, i feel so much for Eleanor

@thecraftykingdomking7029 3 года назад

She ate that performance up, and we all know it 👏

@IsSarcasmIronic 3 года назад

This moment is honestly so heartbreaking and what makes this show so damn good

@zaniahsims 4 года назад

this show is amazing. this scene had me crying and laughing at the same time.

@malingpalsu 4 года назад

I literally cry everytime i see this scene. I relate

@sandwitches4078 5 лет назад

Kristen bell one of the prettiest women on television

@TheHazwan93 5 лет назад

Ikr, love her pretty eyes 😍

@naughtyskywalker9292 3 года назад

*Damn you Mose. You made me almost tear.*

@Liatin1 4 года назад

I can’t relate to how she feels or how anyone who has gone through a similar situation but that must hurt and it really pisses me off that this kind of thing actually happens

@wannadhirah4595 4 года назад

1:38 I need this soundtrack!

@ahmadhafiz2245 3 года назад

everytime i watch this scene and read the comments, i always end up with tear

@Feelkkari Месяц назад

The way her voice wavered…heartbreaking

@radogen7845 2 года назад

This scene got me the same vibes from "You're just some lame suburban dad!" "WHY DOES THAT MAKE YOU SO MAD?!" "BECAUSE IF YOU COULD BE JUST SOME LAME SUBURBAN DAD THEN WHY COULDN'T YOU BE THAT FOR ME!!!?"

@angelikajoy5673 3 года назад

i went into this show thinking of it as a comedy and when this scene happened i started balling

@ellefantine 15 дней назад

"If you could be that [parent] for him, why couldn't you for me?" - Barney Stinson

@CherryAngel95 5 лет назад

Lmao the whole line “I wanted that mom.... that means I wasn’t worth changing for” could literally have also been said by Kristen Bells other character, Veronica Mars

@nombreno.1325 5 месяцев назад

Jaaaaaaa, this happened to me, even my sister's name is Patricia, when a saw this scene for the first time I cry A LOT

@KarishmaChanglani 5 лет назад

I was crying this whole episode so much.

@nameesamin7914 3 года назад

one of the only two scenes that made me cry..

@arionbriyel4324 5 лет назад

It's worse when you're in this situation.... because you know exactly how she feels

@samiai8905 5 лет назад

1:37 Who else teared up

@1redrider100 5 лет назад

#IWantedTheMomWhoMadeMeAfternoonSnacksInsteadOfJustTellingMeToLookForLooseFriesInTheMcDonaldsBallPit

@Scimitars-in-sandstone 2 года назад

Always makes my eyes tear up.

@sooodumnnim4257 3 года назад

I don’t watch this show and it literally made me cry

@wiggl3s_821 3 года назад

I felt this. My mum never even tried with me but gives my little sister everything. Like why wasn't i enough for you to want to try with me?

@LazyPillowCase 2 года назад

This just made me cry Its so relatable and I hate myself now ,_ ,

@sandyaameria4243 3 года назад

Seriously when she said I want that Mom I have tears in my eyes that seen was so impact ful hats off for that

@wickywoo1635 3 года назад

This scene got me in the feels....... :_C

@shirinchatterjee303 5 лет назад

This part always makes me cry

@MP-vy7ot Год назад

So poetic in her afterlife she finds a father in Mike 🥰

@Helbinor 3 месяца назад

Oof, this hit hard. We've all heard of "starter marriages," but "starter kids" are a thing too.

@loislovescheese4776 4 года назад

I know when im clicking into this video that id ball my eyes out

@zackcrowe1151 5 лет назад

Bofa deeznuts lol love this show

@sanayalove9194 3 месяца назад

My mother has always favoured my brother over me,I will always get everything after. What makes me mad with anger that she accepts it and thinks she hasn't done anything wrong to me. This scene breaks my hearr 😢😢😢

@BLaiaiprincess 8 месяцев назад

can relate to this, not with a mom but another family member. the way i saw some others grieve, why couldn't he have been that person with his family? weird feels, venting on youtube. iykyk

@givemetimeandacrayon 3 года назад

Eleanor makes me soooo emotional ;__;

@cacapoopoo489 3 года назад

Damn that hit me hard every time I see this scene it keeps hitting me harder and harder…..

@eirlyseverett9095 4 года назад

this was especially hard hitting for me and this is such a good episode

@VanNessy97 3 года назад

Eleanor didn't just want that mom, she *needed* that mom.

@sweeety969 4 месяца назад

Sobbing

@rampalepu9231 3 года назад

This was just like "every kid deserves a hoop" scene from HIMYM

@xHaniffax 5 лет назад

Ngl this made me cry. Weirdly relatable.

@sarahlewis7859 4 года назад

Eleanor seeing Michael as a father figure is so adorable

@sirirayu8213 3 года назад

This hits so hard

@antiMatterDynamit 2 года назад

never realized barney stinson and eleanor shellstrop had an almost identical emotional moment with their parents

@zie26 3 года назад

This hits hard

@ハロー-d8r 5 лет назад

i wouldn’t think it was the worthy or not issue tho sometimes it’s just timing. don take urself too important or too hard. it helps

@ashieebae4120 5 лет назад

This hurts soo much

@HeyItsPockii 4 года назад

I watched this with my mom (my she adopted me) and I started tearing up in front of her during this scene

@azimnazlen8564 3 года назад

It is easier to think something is not possible than to think, it is possible, just not for you. It makes you feel somewhat responsible for it.

@ianstephenson9721 3 года назад

1:48 Is the single saddest line I've ever heard in a sitcom

@Crochetique424 4 года назад

I like that although Eleanor's parents were not good and she did not deserve such parents but in the afterlife Michael was always like her father figure . Whenever she gave up or got sad Michael always helped her . They even did fun father daughter things also . Infact in one of the episodes she said that Michael was pretty much like her . She got the father she deserved after her death .

@shiori124 3 года назад

This hit hard

@AnntheTheatreFan 4 месяца назад

Always was the most infuriating plot line! You don't forgive, certainly don't forget years of neglect just because they say "I changed". "OH, OK, you are a different person now, that's cool, go live your life, I am happy for you. I'll just sit and cry in the corner while somebody else is having my childhood". Hell no, real life doesn't work this way. Mother did nothing to earn forgiveness. Of course, it's all part of Eleanor's emotional growth, but I always roll my eyes on such plot lines.