The Good Place on NBC

but he's explicitly making the argument that globalism implicates even well meaning consumers into such a web of exploitation and avarice that even nice acts are net negatives to humanity. how could that be inadvertent?

inadvertent only in the sense that the show diagnoses this as simply "modern life" and not the product of a specific set of historical processes at work. which makes sense because it's a sitcom and not an undergraduate lecture series

likely linked upthread but all mentioned points are fairly intentional if perhaps not completely thought through
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/04/magazine/good-place-michael-schur-philosophy.html

torturing Shakespeare, lol

yeah that was my favorite throwaway gag, besides maybe Eleanor high-fiving Jason after his iHop burn

Also, can't stop laughing at Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes, especially since the "of pancakes" part was completely unexplained

i laughed for two solid minutes at how harboring a non-fried vegetable is a felony in jacksonville

counterpoint, humans are garbage. limp bizkit, slavery.

Oh man, Michael flossing

Chidi’s voice when he yelps about having seen the time knife

Every Derek/martini moment killed. Jason Mantzoukas is consistently hilarious in every show he's on. He should be on more shows.

^^ love that guy

He's even great playing the straight man in The Dictator

he is a great guest judge on nailed it

if u like zouks search every comedy bang bang ep he's been on; consistently hilarious dude

the chris gethard episode with mantzoukas and paul scheer is still the funniest thing i’ve ever seen

See also, the How Did This Get Made? podcast.

One of the things I love about the show so much is how it's becoming this complete epic journey. I started rewatching Lost last week (haven't seen it since it came out) and I am getting apprehensive about where I will give it up, knowing already the ending and how it completely fizzles out in storytelling. I hope this doesn't happen to The Good Place , but since they are already dead...

The ways they've chosen to completely reframe/reboot the plot over and over again somehow always works. Presumably introducing 4 completely new characters to recreate S1 is bold as hell.

They did such a great job casting as well.

Alison Jones also cast Freaks & Geeks, The Office: An American Workplace, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad, Knocked Up, I Love You Man, Bridesmaids, Parks & Rec, Veep, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Arrested Development, Lady Bird and Eighth Grade.

Well I'm fucked up now

that was terribly sweet

what a lovely finale

that destroyed me

Great show, good finale but I'm not looking forward to every nerd wedding speech from now till eternity including the phrase "Jeremy Bearimy, baby"

Teared up at the end there.

Didn't realise it was the finale.

Me either. It does seem like a season that was getting ready for stuff to happen.

pacing of this season was all over the place but that was a really strong finale, they successfully made me care about a couple i don’t care about

it’s not a joke, i’m a legit snack

cork blork

“the time knife” is going to be permanently locked into my vocabulary

Chidi's delivery of that was spectacular.

Every Derek/martini moment killed. Jason Mantzoukas is consistently hilarious in every show he's on. He should be on more shows.

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I laughed so hard at the martini gags.

the only reason i watched the league was the potential of mantzoukas popping up at any given moment

strangely i don't like his movie podcast -- there's another guy on it who always shouts over everyone. (also their movie tastes don't line up with my own, but whatever.)

I've stopped listening to Comedy Bang Bang except for episodes with Mantzoukas. I miss him on Brooklyn Nine-Nine too.

there's another guy on it who always shouts over everyone

Paul Scheer! I find him and Rob Corddry indistinguishably annoying. Was disappointing to see him turn up on Good Place a couple of weeks ago. But then he disappeared again. Good.

Generally any podcast that involves a group of two or three men laughing at their own in-jokes is a hard NO for me, even if I like all the people involved

lol they just look v similar

they're both horrible overactors too

any podcast that involves a group of two or three men laughing at their own in-jokes is a hard NO for me, even if I like all the people involved

how did this get made has june diane tho

stopped listening to Comedy Bang Bang except for episodes with Mantzoukas.

this week’s Hodgman / PFT ep felt very early years imo

this week’s Hodgman / PFT ep felt very early years imo

I might have to check that one out, I do like PFT a lot but it depends on who the other guests are.

I like this show, but I could do without the use of HOLY MOTHERFORKING SHIRTBALLS by self-satisfied drama-club nerds.

I’ve heard no one use that irl :)

nah, me neither -- I just mean like AV Club commenter types

never read the comments

http://www.splitscreensfestival.com/event/the-good-place-a-conversation-with-william-jackson-harper/

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-good-place-ending-season-4-1203236561/

Schur is capping it at four. I trust his instincts.

I bet a hard season limit was among Lindelof's pieces of advice, lol

If it can pull a Justified (subpar penultimate season followed by return-to-form-and-then-some) then good. Lots of incidental pleasures last season but was generally disappointing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uolHo5M9eZs