Tears! “It’ll Pass” Fleabag Scene Is Actually More Heartbreaking Than You Believe
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In an era where various OTT platforms try to grab your attention by the jugular by releasing an overwhelming amount of content, Fleabag, despite originally being a television drama, immortalized itself with just two words. While it was Phoebe Waller’s Bridge street smart humor and the quagmire that she often finds herself in with men, that took the awards, one scene, in particular, starring Fleabag and hot Priest took the hearts.
Rewatching fleabag and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a fucking genius 🥺 pic.twitter.com/UlftVyqnOi
— the original clown (@Killingeveandme) February 4, 2022
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Season 2 of the series steered away from the fiasco of her eccentric love life to take us into a painful ditch of one-sided love. Or so we thought. The Internet is currently having a meltdown as they discover that the saddest scene from Fleabag gets sadder.
The iconic “It’ll Pass” scene is once again causing a mass meltdown
In season 2 of Fleabag, the protagonist finally becomes sure of something: Her love for the hot Priest. This realization, after much coercing, leads her to finally confess in the most 21st-century way possible. “You know, the worst thing is that I fu**ing love you. I love you,”. Only for the Hot Priest to say “It’ll pass“. And considering how we are still discussing the scene, he was catastrophically wrong. However, it gets progressively sadder.
With his “It’ll pass” statement, the Hot Priest took our breaths away enough to not notice that he actually says “I love you too” seconds later.
the fleabag “I love you” “it’ll pass” is so ingrained in my brain that I tend to forget he does indeed say “I love you too” pic.twitter.com/dTXs1TRNCl
— Shannon (@becomingcry) March 4, 2023
"is so ingrained in my brain"
Honey, it's bc THAT'S the part it hurts, we know he loves her, he saying that is just the last nail in the coffin. But when he says "it'll pass" she doesn't even move out of SHOCK, she has to process that… After that she was broken…and so do we.— DLP360 (@360DLP) March 5, 2023
the "i love you too" hurts me even more
— mel (@melany_mirell) March 5, 2023
i was screaming for him to come back when he said that like pic.twitter.com/S8tTxSQwZ1
— xim 🇵🇸👽 (@IthInkImOk99) March 5, 2023
It took me god knows how long to get over it but thanks to you now that scene is gonna live rent free in my brain FOREVER AND IM GONNA REWATCH FLEABAG A MILLION TIMES NOW!!!!!
— hell_(n)o (@darkpalace5) March 5, 2023
let this be a lesson that even though all you remember is the departure, never forget to remember that you were in fact loved in return pic.twitter.com/8UZPtWSXPx
— Shannon (@becomingcry) March 4, 2023
Fans who understandably rewatched the series enlightened others about this fact, which ultimately caused everyone to lose their marbles over it again for the nth time. Saying that it was cathartic would be an understatement. The feelings that it has managed to arouse and the impact that it still has is very similar to the devastating nod that Sebastian Wilder gave in La La Land.
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Do Fleabag and the Priest end up together?
The mastermind behind the series, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, deserves a standing ovation for pairing together the most unlikely couple. While we give her an A+ for creativity and execution, fans really have a bone to pick with her for taking it all away from them with three simple words: “It will pass”.
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While the hot Priest does say “I love you too,” he chooses his relationship with God over the one with Fleabag. And Fleabag and the hot Priest do not end up together.
Did this scene wreck you as much as it did other fans? Let us know in the comments below.
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