# The Good Place \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545 "2016-09-21T23:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/462 "2017-11-04T21:20:18Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > I wonder how much Shawn knows. The stack of file folders he was holding seemed to imply a lot of problems for Michael. On the other hand, there didn’t seem to be 800 (plus) file folders, so maybe the problems are something other than ‘too many reboots.’ Anyway: yes, it won’t be fun to wait ten weeks (or thereabouts) for the next new episode. But that’s the price we pay for good writing, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/463 "2017-11-04T22:25:10Z")
I think it’s the price we pay for the popularity of football. This show still surprises me in good ways. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/464 "2017-11-07T03:37:42Z")
Well it sure sucks that we have to wait until forking January for the next episode. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > The stack of file folders he was holding seemed to imply a lot of problems for Michael. On the other hand, there didn’t seem to be 800 (plus) file folders, so maybe the problems are something other than ‘too many reboots.’… What if the actual Good Place finally realized Michael stole on of their Janets, and it turns out that’s a bigger deal than he or Shawn thought it’d be? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/465 "2017-11-07T13:19:54Z")
I’m hoping we find out a lot more about the Good Place, but I figure it would be hard to reveal that much without ruining a lot of the mystique. But I’ve been consistently unable to make good predictions about this show. The writers have got to be perpetually teetering on the edge of a shark-jump when it comes to reveals. At what point will the audience know too much? At what point do they widen the scope so broadly that it becomes difficult to make us care about individual characters? How far ahead have they even written? I could see them doing a thing where every season has a completely different focus and maybe even slides into a different set of genre expectations. Season 1 was a kind of mystery. Season 2 is more farcical. And so on. I was flabbergasted that they were able to keep the show good (damn good) after the big Season 1 reveal. Here’s hoping they keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/466 "2017-11-07T21:07:02Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > What if the actual Good Place finally realized Michael stole on of their Janets, and it turns out that’s a bigger deal than he or Shawn thought it’d be? That seems like a reasonable plot development. (I do think that there’s more to Janet than we now know.) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/467 "2017-11-26T22:05:27Z")
[Season 3 greenlit.](http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/the-good-place-is-returning-for-season-3.html) > [@](#): > > NBC has renewed critical darling The Good Place for a third season, with the network ordering 13 more episodes of the Mike Schur comedy for even more silly afterlife shenanigans. Not sure what I think. Great show but part of me wants there to be an arc that they complete rather than just more silly afterlife shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/468 "2017-11-26T22:22:28Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > [Season 3 greenlit.](http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/the-good-place-is-returning-for-season-3.html) > Not sure what I think. Great show but part of me wants there to be an arc that they complete rather than just more silly afterlife shenanigans. At this point I fully trust that Schur knows what he’s doing. Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn 99 were/are both handled very smartly. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/469 "2017-12-26T21:22:06Z")
The Good Place returns on January 4th. GaryM ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/470 "2018-01-05T00:37:39Z")
The Good Place returns tonight! StG ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/471 "2018-01-05T02:48:47Z")
I just loved how they confounded our expectations from the very first scene. Not a great episode, though, but the plotting was brilliant, if a bit far-fetched. Still, they used the elements they had set up over the past few episodes to make it all fit together. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/472 "2018-01-05T11:58:37Z")
Arrg, missed it and I even looked at the TV schedule (I wasn’t going to be home and looked to see if I should record anything) Looks like I can watch online (some networks you have to wait a week) Brian ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/473 "2018-01-05T13:47:53Z")
I am continually amazed at how this show disguises where it’s going. Great writing. And once again, (drunk) Janet steals the show. (Can I braid your hair?) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/474 "2018-01-05T16:21:57Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > I am continually amazed at how this show disguises where it’s going. Great writing. > And once again, (drunk) Janet steals the show. (Can I braid your hair?) Best Janet is Bad Janet. Although I did live “Something something something Vicky something”. So obvious in retrospect, yet so clever. So… what happens now? Can Janet and Michael working together block Sean and the other demons from just waltzing right back into town? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/475 "2018-01-06T00:30:59Z")
Good episode. I thought that Michael had switched the two Janets and had Bad Janet in the drunken handcuffs to keep her from blowing everyone’s cover. Michael’s crying “you guys, I was so scared!” was unbelievably perfect. There is a season one [gag reel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=886A2ErYpQk) that’s pretty entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/476 "2018-01-06T01:11:53Z")
“I consider you one of my closest friends…” “Not _now_, dude” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/477 "2018-01-06T01:12:54Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > …So… what happens now? Can Janet and Michael working together block Sean and the other demons from just waltzing right back into town? Well Sean did swear everyone to secrecy and order Michael to erase evidence of it. On the other hand Sean will probably be expecting Michael to come back to the “office” and eventually there going to realize the gang isn’t in the Medium Place. Granted it could take centuries for the extradition paperwork to work it’s way through the celestial bureaucracy. In the meantime it’ll be fun watching them all trying to turn the neighborhood into their own version of the Good Place. BTW didn’t Sean emerge from a pod exactly like the one he sealed Vicki in? What’s up with that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/478 "2018-01-06T01:54:03Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Although I did live “Something something something Vicky something”. So obvious in retrospect, yet so clever. I saw that one coming (prospect? spect?) but enjoyed the reveal anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/479 "2018-01-06T02:25:45Z")
I love that whatshername got Derek and a bag of cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/480 "2018-01-06T03:28:03Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I love that whatshername got Derek and a bag of cocaine. Mindy says she can work with the wind chimes. GaryM ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/481 "2018-01-06T03:32:16Z")
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