The Midnight Gospel (end of the series) - "Just be here now"

[@DrMoofK]

What a good send off to a season. I want to hope for a second season but even if we don't get one, this had got to be one of the most eye opening works anyone made in a while. And we can't be mad about not getting more because it's still perfect as it is.

[@vibemaster7173]

If you really enjoyed the show, you should give the podcast a try. I got into it because of the show and I have to say that you'll feel all the things that this show made you feel every single week.

[@AliAhmed-bf1uc]

We had the first season, yes, but what about a second season?

[@gupoll]

We didn’t get one :(

[@onithesamurai3059]

Netflix * chuckles in self-destructing*

[@gomichow]

@@AliAhmed-bf1uc just be here now.

[@MkIoct2007]

this show changed me

[@theranm3389]

Try watching every episode on mushrooms, it really really really gets into your head, there legal in Denver Colorado

[@powpow1080]

Yeah, profoundly.

[@icatomitsah7149]

Me too :)

[@neko_5points_palm510]

@@theranm3389 Happened to watch it high but it's so much more than just a "psychedelic" experience. This show changed me too.

[@komentatorka8639]

True shit

[@crangismcbasketball6062]

In case anyone doesn’t know, the man who said “just be here now” was Ram Dass

[@porkhill6665]

I guessed that was him. I had only heard Terence Mkenna voice before his. Something told me it was him without ever hearing him speak before

[@Matt-Faire]

Our generation needs someone like Ram Dass really badly

[@elcreatesthings]

@@Matt-Faire i agree wholeheartedly

[@shadylonged]

@@Matt-Faire not some "one", more some "all" but we are all one... That's the trick

[@catslino5037]

They made him a really lovely drawing

[@jamesontube]

There will never be something like Midnight Gospel, ever.

[@hermitkryb]

DDWIWDD (song created by Dan Deacon and animated by Adult Swim)

[@K4n01]

"Be here now" is the single most important notion in meditation. Also it's a studio album by OASIS.

[@justanotheraltaccount7821]

Late comment, but "Be Here Now" was also a popular spiritual book written by Ram Dass... who was also the voice of that man.

[@toxic_teaaa7810]

DYOU KNOW WHADDAYE MEAAAAN YEAHHHHHH

[@foghornleghorns3244]

C’mon you know

[@_Chronically_online_]

He is not dead. We know this because Death told him he would die on a rolling chair. We can also guess that he isn't dead because a lot of the characters on the bus didn't really die, like Bob and Jason, or like Trudy Goodman (we see her later in jail in an episode where Clancy interviewed Jason, so we know she didn't die). if there will be a second season, it's likely that he is still alive (and hopefully doing well)

[@koby4115]

Even death can be defied.

[@_Chronically_online_]

​@@koby4115 It is possible, but I don't think that this is the case. what would be death's reason to do that?

[@kevinmedina9234]

if there is a second season I think it'd be nice if it was about someone else and their story, and this show became more like an anthology where it just has a different protagonist every season. I think there's a chance Clancy could be alive too like you said, but functionally I think his journey is over, and he should just get to chill now

[@_Chronically_online_]

@@kevinmedina9234 it's actually a good idea! I think it will make the show a lot more interesting if there wasn't a specific main characte and the main character will change every season! I don't know if they thought about doing it but it can be really cool if they will!

[@icantthinkofaname4265]

I think it should end here. It's beautiful af

[@gossamer999]

Adding Midnight Gospel to the list of shows that have truly changed my life for the better.

[@jebeifinn443]

yeah it was totally one of those shows that suprised me how good it was

[@LedtallicaZombie]

"The blue bus is calling us. Driver, where you taking us?" - The End by The Doors.

[@christiansaravia7865]

This last episode changed my life

[@sapientia23]

Same here. 5 months now and on an amazing path.

[@komentatorka8639]

Same

[@danitablot6097]

I’m going to be completely honest here, this show changed my entire perspective of how I see the world around me. This show is truly life changing. I had to sit and just think for like 10 minutes just in silence to find out what this all means. Just to be here now. This sentence, just this one sentence changed everything. Who knew that it’s such a powerful thing to say. To anyone reading this long comment, I want you to write that down, and just tell people about it. Maybe someone else might need this too. Thank you.

[@kirby4667]

Be here now

[@MC-115]

Perhaps you are already aware, but that quote and the soundbite itself is from Ram Das. He wrote a book titled "Be Here Now" which is absolutely worth a read. Check it out!

[@danitablot6097]

@@MC-115 will do! thanks

[@murielyllanes]

For the people saying that he's dead or that he's not, you missed the point of this ending

[@AmI-mi3fn]

Explain it pls

[@Girthtacious]

@@AmI-mi3fn “just be here now”. Boom explained.

[@vandread]

@@AmI-mi3fn Does it matter if he is dead or not? Ram Dass avoids the question, telling him that there is no need to worry about that, Just be here now. Ia life a computer simulation? Is there life after death? If the only thing I know is that I don't know, then how can I be certian of anything? Is this all just a lie, is anything real? Just be here now.

[@shadylonged]

Be present, don't worry about the past or the future as you can't do anything about either, just be here now, simple...

[@catslino5037]

The spoons on his feet seem the key to me. Those spoons are music, beauty found in a common item and he is wearing them. What does it matter if he is alive? The beauty of his work (being meta the whole show) has trascended the earth plain and has united it with the heavenly one. So he is neither alive or dead, or he never was and now forever will be

[@mantheman4364]

I used to believe in nothing before watching the midnight gospel. Something changed after watching it. I don’t know what I believe in but i now know I believe in something. Whatever that something is.

[@PeacefulNotes93]

Lots of deep messages that can't help but speak to the heart in this show. Makes me very happy others have had experiences from it. Follow the path ✌🏻

[@rydenjenkins5]

Believe in you. ❤

[@White_Ivy_]

Be here now, because the memories of now we look back on will never be the same as these moments

[@braindunkin]

I feel my heart crack every time a good show has to end but all good things have to end

[@jebeifinn443]

Luckily we can rewatch this time to time :)

[@angelopo12345]

The fact that i Saw the last episode a few months after My moms death really helped me get through the pain, i felt like she was talking to me through the show

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

I hope you stay strong and that everything is working out for you that you treasure the memories but can live in the now

[@TheMasterTelevision]

"A Spanish lady came to me, she laid on me this rose. It rainbow spiraled around and round, then it trembles and explodes. It left a smoking crater of light, that I'd like to blow away But the heat came round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day Tripping through the lily fields, I came across an endless space It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in its place The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to never ever land" "The Other One", by The Grateful Dead

[@NLT-pm4sq]

Dude I immediately thought of this song the first time seeing this show

[@blipboop5594]

Neal is Neal Cassidy, and the bus is Further.

[@ericachisolm8672]

This show make me crying for real…😢😭

[@spockbetter]

this hit hard last year when i binged the whole show and this hits hard right now with no background needed.

[@sofiaachoukhi1004]

I don‘t think he‘s dead because remember when death said he‘s going to die in a rolly chair

[@ShaDHP23]

Even death can be defied.

[@murielyllanes]

He's just here now

[@savelives3763]

If I were death spirit I would have lied to him because I would know the guy is never gonna sit on a rolly chair to lead to his death after hearing about it.

[@razorsharp1371]

well, he's sitting on a chair on a train, and the train is rolling. you can't rule it out

[@JESUSCHARLESHERNANDEZ]

@@razorsharp1371 yes

[@jsonkody]

Its so perfect as it is I am not sure I need another season 🙌😅☺️👍❤️❤️❤️

[@EquiNoxM]

This show came out fhortly after my dad passed and i was going thru it all trying to reassamble myself. It really helped thanks duncan

[@gloomy9100]

I really need to rewatch this show again

[@Real_DaviT]

All those who say "why did Netflix cancel it?" I can't believe they actually want a new season. The series is excellent as a limited series and the ending is spectacular, the "JUST BE HERE NOW" is beautiful, we don't need more

[@mattsa9540]

I feel like its the idea that netflix cancelled it implying there was more to tell from the show possibly what the creators wanted

[@hrhr3300]

Yeah but the creators wanted to show more about this world, even them wanted to make more

[@xdistantxdreamerx]

I agree, what we got was beautiful and life changing

[@AltoBurrito9506]

"Just be here now" Ok I will

[@thesleepingbuddhist]

Ok I am* 😉

[@TheTygre]

Watching this show was the first genuine spiritual experience I’ve had since High School.

[@Yuntzbeats]

I watched this in 2021 when I was going through alot of tough and rough times, I lost friends due to suicide but this show helped me get through the heartbroken times.. made me realize that the sayings of "just be here now" is just a word to keep you moving and live in the current time set meaning present time,. I don't know I'm an overthinker who needs to stop saying things..

[@xholoxc014]

No, you dont pal. Just be here now...

[@zuvuyu]

Watching this was like being given a big cool glass of pure water after wandering a parched desert, semi conscious from dehydration, It filled me up to the brim and when Clancy turns to the soul bird in ep 5 and whispers the truth .. “it’s hopeless”.I felt the tears well and for the first time in many years I cried like a baby. A happy cry. 🥺 We all choke on the truth, or the saying we all gag on true doctrine is a real thing. Midnight Gospel succeeds where most fail. That success is the ability to filter and condense complex ancient and universal truths, and convert them into simple, inclusive, humorous and intimate

[@TarotVylan]

This show makes me feel alive and makes me love how it feels to cry 10000000/10, would become enlightened again

[@jamesborlan2850]

As much as I would love a second season of this show I personally think the ending of season one is perfect Even if the show quietly got cancelled I’m fine with what we got not every cartoon needs to last long in order for it to work (I don’t mind long runners) sometimes one season is all you need (over the garden wall is another example of this)

[@leighamlemire8804]

I want more of this show but I also feel like that’s an amazing place to end it.

[@Mmass859]

Just be here now.. probably the most impactful statement ive heard in my 24 years of life

[@garybrown2039]

0:34 pause here . After almost a year after I watched it for the first time, I finally saw the top half of the tree of life (also known as Metatron’s cube) . I think that’s a very big hint from the shows creators on what this ending is supposed to mean.

[@joshk.9158]

What do you mean

[@garybrown2039]

@@joshk.9158 basically the top 6-7 points (depending on what version you follow) of the Hebrew Tree of life represents the spiritual/higher forms of reality. In earlier episodes it was just the bottom and top parts , possibly symbolizing that Clancy had physical, mental, and emotional stuff to deal with before he could let go and move on like we see here. At least that’s my interpretation.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

@@garybrown2039 beautiful

[@Noah1377]

wow thank you

[@okimightcomeback]

Where

[@brianbread7698]

Life could possibly not end when the body is gone.

[@Ranzord95]

yesterday I learned that guy is voiced by Ram Dass, one of his generation's most relevant spiritual guru among western culture that wrote the book Be here now, and he passed away the year before this show aired, which is probably why he's sitting on the bus

[@tallerwarrior1256]

That guy is supposed to be Ram Dass, the character is modeled after him

[@cesaralvarado8016]

This ending is just beautiful

[@thomascampbell2278]

This show on mushrooms changed my life forever.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

Well I hope you achieved something else than taking mushrooms the whole time

[@thomascampbell2278]

@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 yea I achieved seeing through society and its sheep ass people like you. I hope you achieve more in life than going to comments and putting ur retard opinion in. Fuck off smart ass 😃

[@evilsayian2114]

I miss mom so much

[@MCLMisty]

I always cry when I say "am I dead" with Clancy. Ive died so many times and life was never done with me. To say it on a infinity bus next to a old friends makes me want to. Ever since my first enlightenment it's been really hard to cry but I wish I could.

[@chillwithwill2236]

You've died before?

[@PuertoRicanRattlesnake]

Please don’t give us a second season, it doesn’t need it

[@NLT-pm4sq]

"The Bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began, there was cowboy neal at the wheel on the bus to never-ever land"☮

[@lucramichiamo]

Honestly... this show changed a lot of my perspective. There's no true essence of me, my emotions are important, listen to your thoughts, give up to hope... many many stuff. Life itself doesn't have a true meaning... the only thing to do is to be present. ...yes. This show made me face myself, I opened my heart more, shared my opinions... I am not closed anymore. I am not afraid anymore. Thank you Duncan. Thank you Pendleton. My regards for changing people's lives, with mine, too.

[@ThisIsYourGodNow]

I distinctly hope that anyone saying 'this show changed me' doesn't fall into the sticky trap of becoming a new age liberal who thinks all the world's problems can be solved with meditation and forgiveness. You can't live like that. You can't. You'll go nuts. You'll hurt people either through passive aggression or by contributing to systemic injustice. Keep learning and keep growing and keep your mind open. Really open. Don't just call yourself a free thinker. Be curious and be moral and don't be afraid to fight.

[@jordanloux3883]

It's not a 'goodbye'. It's a 'see you again someday'.

[@williamparr8356]

Spiritually Rich!!! Im a more complete human being thanks to you all

[@rumblingprune1525]

What a trip this show was (no pun intended). Even though we’re not getting another season I’m just glad the show existed.

[@OfficialNo44]

ive come full circle i watched clips of the show then watched it then forgot about the show, about year ago i starting doing mediation over the past few months ive become mindful in my everyday not all of the time but some if not most of the time past month or so ive been listening to stuff from Ram Dass and some other guru's and some times i hear that Just Be here now quote in the start of some of the videos n just watching this and then hearing that at the end just feels like ive come full circle but elevated myself since the 1st time.

[@aaroncade1136]

I watched this while tripping on acid and ugly cried at this scene. Wish I could experience it for the first time again

[@PeacefulNotes93]

What id do for a season 2......

[@sgtsurgeon.]

The only other show that touched my soul like this one was Adventure Time. Shit had me sobbing

[@jonahanthony266]

Peddleton Ward is a genius. Pure and simple.

[@elonhusk6345]

I miss this show 😢 I wanted more seasons 😢

[@jacobbren7464]

"Just be here now"

[@ShaDHP23]

0:41 two words. Why do they make me want to cry? Every time I watch this episode and see Coco tell him to get in, it just puts a Spike right through me.

[@muzungchimr3527]

I really enjoyed it. And I want to re-watch one episode that talks about Jesus, Buddha.. But I forgot that episode

[@jeremygoodman3001]

Perfect ending to a perfect show.

[@JESUSCHARLESHERNANDEZ]

death tells clancy that he will die in a rolling chair, a bus can be interpreted as a rolling chair there is this key, death never tells him that it is a desk chair and also that we will never really know if we are dead because the phrase from end just stay here and now

[@brissadlr9939]

I’m so glad he’s still alive

[@firdevskaya8603]

how?

[@benswiecicki6264]

@@firdevskaya8603 remember death tells him he dies in a rolling chair 😉

[@firdevskaya8603]

@@benswiecicki6264 OMG RIGHT I'M SO HAPPY RN XHDVJKVJKB THANK YOUUU

[@JESUSCHARLESHERNANDEZ]

@@benswiecicki6264 a train can be interpreted as a rolling chair

[@JESUSCHARLESHERNANDEZ]

@@firdevskaya8603 a train can be interpreted as a rolling chair

[@jerrickplaine2605]

Such a incredible ending just be here now...

[@rsalinaszambrano]

I cried a lot with this

[@UnkleSanik]

Even if it wasn't meant to be the series finale, it did an amazing job wrapping things up, it's still sad that Netflix canceled the show (possibly as a tax write off), but... It's a nice send off, to just be here now.

[@biggerme5810]

Chills literal chills

[@genevilla552]

He is not dead, he went to continue his podcast throughout the universe

[@lupin22wien]

It is amazing how many people have never heard of Ram Dass.

[@yeticito3333]

I love this Show.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

I get chills everytime what a incredible ending to an incredible show And that beautiful beautiful end credit song a part of me wishes that it ends here cause it is perfect

[@Tunade5]

I’m still salty that Netflix said they weren’t renewing this. It’s a good send off for the series but dammit I’m curious to see what would happen next for Clancy. Let’s hope that one day, someone else picks this up. Until then, I’ll be listening to the podcast.

[@deszalt4492]

Ah dang, I've been wondering for months if we were getting another season of this. Netflix is just sucky now.

[@JayStephanoHaveANiceDay]

This show is something else and I wish we expounded on this genre or whatever the hell this was

[@yositah8538]

At this point I don't know if I'm grateful that the series simply exists or hurt for not having another season I'm suffering a lot

[@enzogorlami9651]

I recently watched all the episodes while on shrooms and it was a beautiful experience.

[@plr.5036]

R.I.P Clancy :')

[@chosnoglez1396]

I don't think he's dead, he's neighbour said "We will live in the electric live kids", so i think he still alive

[@plr.5036]

@@chosnoglez1396 I think he is, because the entire series talks about it, the acceptance of death...but, well, its just my theory.

[@zaidmontes8651]

@@plr.5036 it would make sense. The president got his guts eaten and Cat Captain died when he transformed. Ram Dass himself died in 2019. So right now, I will say Clancy is dead, but he's too worried about it.

[@murielyllanes]

He's just there now.

[@jonathanbaileyartanimation2992]

1:53 I was one of the digital compositor for this episode!

[@j_animates]

That is so cool! It’s my dream to work on an animated show like this

[@jonathanbaileyartanimation2992]

@@j_animates it was an absolute honor working on it! I sure would love to work in the Animation Studios again soon

[@j_animates]

@@jonathanbaileyartanimation2992 it is honestly one of my favorites episodes of tv ever, I just finished the show recently and it really stuck with me, fantastic job!

[@Afrogirlvibes]

Might get that tattooed, “just be here, now”

[@robotcandy8674]

Just be here now.

[@saulramirez6117]

Love how the ending has The Doors this is the end reference... Da blue bus is calling us...

[@officerspider7996]

Where is that from? “Just be here now”, the audio quality is very different from everything else

[@li-lan5776]

Ram Das

[@SyncThird]

This guys is Ram Dass if anyone is wondering.

[@karenoz2231]

His soul just did the full circle as you can see the ouroboros symbol of a snake eating its own tail, which signifies Infinity and the cycle of birth and death.. that’s why we have his mom saying that at the end!

[@thisoneladykaty]

The fact that he ended with Ram Dass.

[@wyffio]

One of the best series I've seen, the final episode was the best one :')

[@I_do.not_fearyou]

Wise words of RAM DASS!

[@MTBJJ2001]

Wow…this still sends chills up my body, and makes my eyes water up, this show really changed my life

[@Gr00merSylvia]

Oh shit that's Ram Dass

[@cesarbarcenarojas6553]

So he died 🤔

[@guiltyconstants]

Apprehensively waiting for a second season

[@Neasyorc]

Honestly with the way this ends I’m okay if this doesn’t get a second season.

[@cherylpatterson9027]

i think Clancy is now apart of the simulation like the others hence why he isn't dead or alive because just like all the other character's he interviewed they all died but are still alive. Clancy whole body goes inside of the simulation and that never happened before so maybe doing that caused him to actually be apart of the simulation now? hopefully that makes sense.

[@BuzzTx902]

Baba Ram Dass❤

[@kevincasinobluestain]

Who is the voice actor saying "Just be here now?"

[@tea-zv6hm]

Not a voice actor. That’s ram das.

[@chefmangojones2053]

Instant Tears

[@sjm4646]

he said “just be here “ So everyone is Okay

[@hikkiko9050]

This hits hard after knowing the context

[@ensoreveur7173]

It sounds like a recording when he says be here now know who it might be?

[@batabids]

ram dass

[@cabbageroles329]

I don't know why everytime soul says after dying, "Am I dead" I mean as long as he has consciousness he's not dead, he's just overthinking lol..

[@qwertyuiop-pj3dw]

I want this all to happen after I die

[@riley3493]

Is the monks voice a recording from something else? I’ve been looking for the source

[@jordanloux3883]

That's Duncan's actual master who taught him. He died years before the show or the podcast.

[@Cinemaphile7783]

Exist in the present

[@MichaelOfRohan]

Well, Netflix has officially killed The Midnight Gospel permanently. Because death is a part of life, it is important to take this with grace, and appreciate the season we do have.

[@collier6794]

We need season 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

[@ShellyJelly323]

Is this Ram Dass?

[@slimeballsake]

ram ram ram ram ram