The Good Place on NBC

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— no context the good place (@nocontexttgp) March 1, 2019

fatuous salad (symsymsym), Sunday, 14 June 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

Just started watching this show, incredibly relieved when at the end of episode 3 that the Buddhist monk actually got to speak. Was totally afraid that character would just be a running joke.

Nhex, Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link

it gets even better!

Communist Hockey Goblin (sleeve), Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link

that character becomes, shall we say, somewhat integral to the story

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 October 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link

honestly one of the all-time great performances

poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Sunday, 17 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link

K i'm just starting the third season and am just completely amazed by this show
that it exists at all (I imagine pitched as Lost: The Sitcom!) and on was on network television, that it gets rebooted effectively every year, and that it's so awesome and the cast is so so good

Nhex, Sunday, 24 October 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link

it's a very good show!
without being a killjoy, allow me to forewarn that i don't think it sticks the landing and gets mired down in its own sentimentality too much for its own good. that said, i watched it weekly and didn't binge so i'm curious what your take is.

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 24 October 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link

Loved this show massively!

I can easily understand how you felt though - if i had to watch this show week to week ala... well, Lost, it could've driven me crazy, especially the last two seasons having the Batman '66-esque cliffhangers for several episodes in a row to end them all. The last season I really kept wondering how the show wasn't ending from like, episode 8 of 13 onward. But it's perfect as a binging show and provided some desperately needed positive vibes for me in this time. (Next up: Ted Lasso.)

Yes the show gets REALLY sentimental, but I was totally okay with it honestly. I wholeheartedly bought into the show's concept - as lampshaded clearly in one of the final episodes - that for all this thought about philosophy and what good and bad people deserve in the afterlife, without that emotional underpinning it would've rung much more hollow. (And just as importantly, as a sitcom, it hit on a pretty much every level - the characters, cast, absurdism, etc. all worked and the show didn't go on past its welcome.) Ultimately, I bought in.

Still feeling a little wistful sadness from the finale, but ultimately very happy to go through all those Jeremy Berimys. Gonna skim through this thread to see how people felt in real time...

Nhex, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link

JORTLES

Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 1 November 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link

all seems fair on that assessment

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link

eleven months pass...

should've announced it by throwing a molotov cocktail at a boat

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link


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