41 Moments Between The Good Place's Eleanor and Chidi That Are So Forking Romantic
Since premiering in 2016, The Good Place has done more for ethics and philosophy than a single one of my college professors (no shade, but a little shade). The Michael Shur comedy has garnered a lot of love from viewers for its amazing cast, hilarious catchphrases, and ingenious plot. Like other well-known Shur creations, The Good Place also boasts the iconic pairing that is "Cheleanor," aka Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) and Chidi Anagonye (William Jackson Harper).
Eleanor, self-proclaimed Arizona trash, is the de facto leader of "Team Cockroach" and kind of the worst person in the best way. Chidi is the ethics professor who serves as the morality mentor for "Team Cockroach" and couldn't make a decision if his life depended on it. Somehow the two of them make the most adorable, ridiculous couple. They are literally soulmates (though that was in the Bad Place, so it might not actually be true . . . ). They don't make one another "better," as some would expect them to. Instead, the two bring out the best in each other in surprising ways (She read about moral particularism! He made a decision in less than 30 seconds!) while still being their authentically terrible selves.
So if you're like me and can't wait until the episode where Eleanor and Chidi make it back into each other's arms, I know you'll appreciate this roundup of their greatest moments together. Keep reading and try not to forking cry, you sons of benches.
![When They First Meet](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/sMhJbG7VsvIunOWbe-e7vOZ44q0=/fit-in/540x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/76564c0529e02dc1_tumblr_p3p094q7nr1uat8c0o2_r1_540.gif)
When They First Meet
![When They Hold Hands Through the Hard Times](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/JseAJ8-jta1RudB1w4u0GeV3oq4=/fit-in/245x138/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/d47f0d8af11f0ee3_tumblr_okm4riCPWC1rlpdfuo9_r1_250.gif)
When They Hold Hands Through the Hard Times
![When She Gives Him Obvious Heart Eyes](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/diQJqw9pyEuIH1bu2ej_Ga-D_Tc=/fit-in/500x228/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/b327461bcf55656c_tumblr_p2fhrqyG4i1qdpinno6_500.gif)
When She Gives Him Obvious Heart Eyes
![When She Makes Sure She'll Find Him After They're Rebooted](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/KIvJao5sXIiH1i0Z1pZ9j4VaDWI=/fit-in/500x222/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/b89e04377bbdb653_tumblr_p3p094q7nr1uat8c0o1_500.gif)
When She Makes Sure She'll Find Him After They're Rebooted
![When She Calms Him Down When He Freaks Out](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/WwV8ZkKqSLwZYsjo7TMbbZ9ZS2o=/fit-in/245x138/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/11bb7b1f649b1faf_tumblr_okm4riCPWC1rlpdfuo3_250.gif)
When She Calms Him Down When He Freaks Out
![When They Give Each Other These Faces](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/ga2Ny-Q58SNz6oL13r0vm-GxREw=/fit-in/245x138/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/f429a7d2b636f636_tumblr_okm4riCPWC1rlpdfuo4_r1_250.gif)
When They Give Each Other These Faces
![The First Time She Realises She Is in Love With Him](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/l1e9bki35fux6AeQRWrVXjt-wqM=/fit-in/268x170/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/e0b51bcd41fb4bbd_tumblr_pf0tzg0wRa1qch0kpo10_400.gif)
The First Time She Realises She Is in Love With Him
![When He Encourages Her With This Smile](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/wPG2R3odel2-obelQTF--VZv9pk=/fit-in/245x138/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/f15aa266617a47d1_tumblr_okm4riCPWC1rlpdfuo5_250.gif)
When He Encourages Her With This Smile
![This Brilliant Moment](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/6yObeS-X5YYX2Ncgz-XG91ZSQ0A=/fit-in/245x138/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/ff546d6c1a7ae287_tumblr_okm4riCPWC1rlpdfuo6_250.gif)
This Brilliant Moment
![Who Could Forget This Hug?!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/eb5PbTaDBd3AT39cYmUj6aAtQ50=/fit-in/268x163/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/662db13de3197d05_tumblr_ouo3zz8MD11rqm9loo5_r1_400.gif)
Who Could Forget This Hug?!
![Every Time They Casually Have Lunch in the Bad Place](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/BBd04ax5O_ll86kQkb1XE4gEdio=/fit-in/268x163/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/7a5833b2a528d6b8_tumblr_ouo3zz8MD11rqm9loo6_r1_400.gif)
Every Time They Casually Have Lunch in the Bad Place
![That Other Time She Confesses Her Feelings For Him](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/sdnATSDJsvBA1xrnrI2JHe0r4w4=/fit-in/540x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/ee6356480de04089_tumblr_p2kvtqlGui1w7iej4o3_540.gif)
That Other Time She Confesses Her Feelings For Him
![THIS SWEETNESS](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/h3uXg48LSL4Dqe7XOtwmW51jNs4=/fit-in/268x163/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/5242b327e9099439_tumblr_ouo3zz8MD11rqm9loo10_r1_400.gif)
THIS SWEETNESS
![That OTHER Time She Confesses Her Feelings For Him](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/lhJjxBLr-rPIBeEsLbBCj-ALY24=/fit-in/500x222/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/7f543cffef92151a_tumblr_p2kvtqlGui1w7iej4o2_500.gif)
That OTHER Time She Confesses Her Feelings For Him
![When He Won't Let Her Pull Away . . .](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Uw3wbpo-AMVFg0We6W-78a13-44=/fit-in/540x230/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/95b7b6f3137decc6_tumblr_ozl0liNzBk1uat8c0o6_540.gif)
When He Won't Let Her Pull Away . . .
![This Height Difference!!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Jfpv5ICXdrSOP8UKXe90Ktfqbsk=/fit-in/540x246/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/8d1a05b282cc87b3_tumblr_p2fhrqyG4i1qdpinno1_540.gif)
This Height Difference!!
![When He Gives Her This Smile](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/ia16Cv9YZbB_vyY-D4LlFSpQMhk=/fit-in/540x243/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/900/n/1922283/fbea04f9c9a13f00_tumblr_oytkxtykE01rlpdfuo2_540.gif)
When He Gives Her This Smile
![Seriously, Eleanor Tells Chidi She Loves Him A LOT](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/WCQli8yKyWWWXl1MBB_YS0g_nBA=/fit-in/500x222/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/99f37759434fc38a_tumblr_ox1vi1UOQJ1s6elnxo3_500.gif)
Seriously, Eleanor Tells Chidi She Loves Him A LOT
![That Time He Says It Back!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/ZDGbSzADqbKlkOHZbn7pZ47o_iA=/fit-in/540x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/26f3fc00f9a6416c_tumblr_ox1vi1UOQJ1s6elnxo5_540.gif)
That Time He Says It Back!
![When He Gets Her to Laugh](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/3dImyV7kOK2VIe3vwjfUTjiEFQg=/fit-in/540x246/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/60b8bec972bfe1c8_tumblr_p2fhrqyG4i1qdpinno3_540.gif)
When He Gets Her to Laugh
![When They Dance Together](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/LiTtM02CGxfNUUh_zAEW39T9UFs=/fit-in/540x302/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/3fb26245a5aadbc6_tumblr_p2icbepZ8S1qc4t9yo1_540.gif)
When They Dance Together
![LOOK at the Happiness on His Face!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/iMaBQRo_8II-afnoTkxPH1WnkNA=/fit-in/540x302/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/5a8857be53105991_tumblr_p2icbepZ8S1qc4t9yo2_540.gif)
LOOK at the Happiness on His Face!
![Their Hands!!!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/9pn0HQ9xeglQwLheqKfe64HHgkA=/fit-in/540x302/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/926330398a791d4f_tumblr_p2icbepZ8S1qc4t9yo4_540.gif)
Their Hands!!!
![When Eleanor Realises She, Like, Really Loves Him](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/8FqUu83Q5BTof7k3ORp2FhhdceI=/fit-in/540x302/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/b2f5e2b76e79807b_tumblr_p2icbepZ8S1qc4t9yo5_540.gif)
When Eleanor Realises She, Like, Really Loves Him
![When Eleanor Is Totally Unsuspecting . . .](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/H3AfCelp-PL9bKMGHpAkh58FSQ4=/fit-in/500x220/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/cdca5daf40417b01_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso3_500.gif)
When Eleanor Is Totally Unsuspecting . . .
![. . . and Chidi Goes In For the Kill](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/U8fJ_mHgFpEO6hhZ66YDiQC_uLA=/fit-in/500x220/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/574f4f987dd5f3cb_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso4_500.gif)
. . . and Chidi Goes In For the Kill
![When You Knew Eleanor's Knees Are Unsteady Because So Were Yours](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/5OMP5bkCB253wsrnfup57_jwrrY=/fit-in/500x221/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/130843513a50e9cb_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso5_500.gif)
When You Knew Eleanor's Knees Are Unsteady Because So Were Yours
![When Eleanor Is Noticeably Shooketh](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/QOSKLg6WcfEnftBxJNLiLia21kM=/fit-in/500x220/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/a0db7c53a9203df7_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso6_500.gif)
When Eleanor Is Noticeably Shooketh
![And We All Agree With This Sentiment](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/9R6qOCdYTuD-AD9iqWhmKlPdUw0=/fit-in/500x220/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/89c654f1b90fad2b_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso8_500.gif)
And We All Agree With This Sentiment
![When Chidi Is Adorably Pleased](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Tl-ohoyeXO7K8Dy2AHBCauDhDXI=/fit-in/500x220/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/e537a44d29355954_tumblr_p3i4is0fa91u959rso9_500.gif)
When Chidi Is Adorably Pleased
![When Eleanor Is So Hopeful He Feels the Same Way (We Won't Discuss His Response)](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/G00CBT_MtKMn8t71MMlQkHyCUxQ=/fit-in/268x170/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/30831e4406140324_tumblr_p7aio5Ptm51vk0iovo5_400.gif)
When Eleanor Is So Hopeful He Feels the Same Way (We Won't Discuss His Response)
![Can We Go Back to Their First Hug? So Cute!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/iqCZIdPSMsZpTGCjrlUnuXWuoQ0=/fit-in/268x160/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/4cdcc4028e2c5f6c_tumblr_pcnu1bzaKZ1rsc3z0o1_400.gif)
Can We Go Back to Their First Hug? So Cute!
![When She Makes Him Laugh](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/OQP9V4Dotz8g7EElGf-CJqOeu2s=/fit-in/268x160/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/bb03dc3e833dd0eb_tumblr_pcnu1bzaKZ1rsc3z0o5_400.gif)
When She Makes Him Laugh
![When She Is Obviously Worried About Him](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/tnkuRrpFOENXiO-PEd3Gu4XcBfY=/fit-in/268x160/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/887/n/1922283/4673b2138d17168b_tumblr_pcnu1bzaKZ1rsc3z0o7_400.gif)
When She Is Obviously Worried About Him
![When She Finds Him Again in the Real World](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/rahrBAQhEcsIEU3Ck3IdwhzEgqo=/fit-in/540x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/580a08709d325056_tumblr_p3p094q7nr1uat8c0o5_r1_540.gif)
When She Finds Him Again in the Real World
![And Flies All the Way to His Office in Australia](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/irJPFYEiMgPBjEfcNVxdUhi7O4A=/fit-in/540x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/6f339b9171f1e5e6_tumblr_p3p094q7nr1uat8c0o6_r1_540.gif)
And Flies All the Way to His Office in Australia
![When Neither of Them Care About Personal Space](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/rSvBMTFrZrkI1O2X1-y8GgY8QRI=/fit-in/540x324/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/c37b49956d6e15b0_tumblr_pfrnzrLe6L1qg1qo0o2_540.gif)
When Neither of Them Care About Personal Space
![Can You Believe!?](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/-90-tPQa2mjxhybN8gHdLihfAGw=/fit-in/540x245/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/399a79845cec6b5b_tumblr_pg3ubh7uuk1qch0kpo1_540.gif)
Can You Believe!?
![When the Subtext Is the Whole Context](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/DV7CNuZgsH-yEDpBgjbuJQEkYz4=/fit-in/540x245/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/851/n/1922283/70c1b69fe4cf9de4_tumblr_pg3ubh7uuk1qch0kpo2_540.gif)
When the Subtext Is the Whole Context
![She Is Always Making Him Laugh!](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/OmrO3GnXmToIBPwRjz36QcPwrUU=/fit-in/500x240/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2018/11/06/888/n/1922283/cd2b25c31b25f516_tumblr_pg3rn6Gi1i1u959rso9_500.gif)