Saying Goodbye to “The Good Place”
I’m going to miss The Good Place. I loved escaping to where people are basically good, cruelty is bad, and fairness and justice are worthwhile pursuits.
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Making Peace and Rooting for Love: the End of “The Good Place”
There’s a certain “cool girl” factor in watching “The Good Place” for the Big Ideas and not the relationships. But now that it’s almost over, I’m rooting for Eleanor and Chidi.
Finding Love and Pandemonium on “The Good Place”
In “Pandemonium,” the season three finale of The Good Place, the show makes explicit its most radical idea yet: love. Specifically, love as what gives life meaning. As Janet, the all-knowing robot says, “If there were an answer I could give you to how the universe works, it wouldn’t be special. It would just be […]
Judging Humanity with “The Good Place”
NBC’s The Good Place set up its next premise last night with “Chidi Sees The Time-Knife,” the 11th episode in its third season. Read our recap below (warning, spoilers ahead). It’s always a good episode of The Good Place when Maya Rudolph is on, and “Chidi Sees The Time-Knife” did not disappoint. This episode, we […]
A Whiff of the Good Place on “The Good Place”
NBC’s The Good Place made its midseason return last night with “The Book of Dougs,” the 10th episode in its third season. Read our recap below (warning, spoilers ahead). “What kind of messed up place would turn away refugees?” This line came out of the mouth of Manny Jacinto’s Jason in the opening scene of […]