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[The Good Place] Like a Wave Returning to the Ocean
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I've seen on TV in a long long time.
Looking forward to the possibility of more
...if it gets renewed. Come on, NBC, don't leave us hanging here...
For a moment, I thought it was a CGI effect.
I actually thought for a bit that
Great bit of foreshadowing that I almost thought was a mistake originally:
Do you retroactively feel better about this?
Changed the whole show in an instant.
But I know why I didn't call it, and that makes me feel better. Well, aside from the fact basically nobody called it.
My mistake was the postman's hoax. I assumed that, because all the envelopes I got had letters, that everyone was getting letters. We saw that Chidi and Eleanor and Jason and Tahini were Actual People, so I assumed all the people we just glanced at were people too, that any theory had to keep all these nice, self-sacrificing people as part of the math.
But no! The envelopes just had scorpions! I was making judgements based on envelope scorpions!
They got me good. And it felt fair! Which is unusually when you pull out this much rug!
Holy shit. This show was already brilliant. But... fuck me! Yes, show. You know your stuff.
Why I fear the ocean.
I think that I disagree.
Also, shirt, Elaenor really has a thing for people who are jacked and taller than she is, and it's funny to see it come out.
I'm guessing that it's going to be a rehash of the opening scene of "Trainwreck."
I need a forkin' Season Two, like, right now.
Real thing.
To be fair, something like 99% of adult humanity is taller than Kristen Bell.
Ha, Eleanor mentions cyber-stalking a hot mailman from her work computer back in episode 2.
BTW: Kudos.
Now, she could have been tapping a real Good Place network, but that's a risky move at best. You could have someone ask a question you didn't think of, and suddenly Jason knows the true name of God that brings joy beyond all comprehension for eternity, or Chidi gets a nice simple answer to his current ethical quandary, or Eleanor asks if she's in the bad place, and suddenly the game is rumbled. Not a smart play.
Also, notice how they could still track her, and all the claims of them being off the grid were in front of Chidi? Yeah. I'm not convinced the Medium Place is any realer than the rest of the setup. It'd be pretty odd that Hell would let people pull a runner that casually, especially when they're depending on everyone being there to keep things hellish.
Why I fear the ocean.
I wonder how long they make it take for them to figure it out in season 2
And it actually sets things up for more interesting stuff in season two! Holy fork.
All I can really say though is that this is a refreshing fucking TV show. I haven't liked a sit com in a good long while, but this one is awesome. It's a new idea, dealing with some pretty complex themes, bit it's also just wacky as fuck sometimes.
I eagerly await season 2
And it is fun to rewatch the show and pick up on all the things that sets up the finale. Like how
1) Did we really not have any scenes with Michael interacting with anyone outside the chosen 4? I feel like we did. At the very least some of his interactions with Janet don't make sense.
2) Erasing a whole season's worth of character growth is a risky play
3) I hope they have a very clear endgame in sight, and not more than a couple of seasons away. This is going to get exhausting really quick, especially since I don't believe for a minute this is the final iteration of this twist. The last moment of the first ep of season 2 is going to rewrite Michael's motivations again in some way. I don't want to sit through six seasons of "it's the good place, no it's the medium place, no it's the bad place, no it's something else, no it's the good place again."
4) This isn't a concern I guess, but I don't wanna make two spoiler tags. I *think* the Medium Place was part of the act. It fits into Eleanor's expectations and aids the plot too much. Which of course makes Janet's role and knowledge even more confusing. They really need to expand on that more.
All that said though, I still really liked it. Mostly it's the cast that shines. Ted Danson is a treasure.
In regards to 1
Tahani:
http://deadline.com/2017/01/the-good-place-renewed-season-2-by-nbc-1201897567/
13 episodes is perfect for this show IMO. Although, it'd be nice if it wasn't cut in half, or if it is cut in half that it be cut more cleanly. Whatever the case, run it from September through December. You have about sixteen weeks to work with, and if you have an hour long premiere and finale you're looking at needing just 11 of those weeks.
I really, really hope that this show has a definite end some day, a worthwhile series finale.
if she and eleanor arent otp im a frog