# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/41 "2016-09-30T13:13:07Z")
Another funny episode last night. I loved seeing Jason’s flashbacks and his “bud hole.” I should have paused at the restaurant to see what everyone’s favorite meals were, but one guy definitely had a pile of M&Ms. And I loved Michael’s delight about suspenders. For the overarching storyline, there seem to be more indications that this is some kind of purgatory. Last week there was Chidi’s super long thesis that he never finished on earth and decided to get finished now, and this week Michael mentioned at the restaurant something about how everyone in the Good Place will fulfill their true purpose. This doesn’t explain why Eleanor and Jason got sent there, but should be interesting as it goes forward. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/42 "2016-09-30T13:22:52Z")
I’m wondering if each episode is going to focus on a different member of the community, and explain why he or she is there. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/43 "2016-09-30T13:43:46Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > Another funny episode last night. I loved seeing Jason’s flashbacks and his “bud hole.” I should have paused at the restaurant to see what everyone’s favorite meals were, but one guy definitely had a pile of M&Ms. And I loved Michael’s delight about suspenders. I spotted the M&Ms, too. I like that we’re seeing this as a serial comedy; the episodes are chapters in a story (they’re even identified as such). The long-term problem is that eventually they will have to wrap things up, and it may be hard to find a new place to go. In any case, the show had some great laughs. I’m thinking that Chidi’s role is to learn that you have to be flexible about morality. Still loving Tahani. She’s a great supporting character. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/44 "2016-09-30T13:51:24Z")
I don’t mean to thread poop; I watched this last night and couldn’t make heads nor tails of it. I was aware of the premise and really looking forward to Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. The latter was pretty funny but Ms. Bell was . . . not likable. I realize she’s not supposed to be likable but this was unlikable not in a Sarah Marshall way, but in a not funny, very un-Bell like way. Is it necessary to have seen the first episode in order for it to make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/45 "2016-09-30T13:57:48Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t mean to thread poop; I watched this last night and couldn’t make heads nor tails of it. I was aware of the premise and really looking forward to Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. The latter was pretty funny but Ms. Bell was . . . not likable. I realize she’s not supposed to be likable but this was unlikable not in a Sarah Marshall way, but in a not funny, very un-Bell like way. Is it necessary to have seen the first episode in order for it to make sense? I’d say that you would definitely need to see the first episode or two. You might still not like the show, but it would make a lot more sense. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/46 "2016-09-30T14:43:51Z")
Man, Jason was such a douche. This is going to be Chidi’s greatest project - maybe it’ll help him finish his thesis? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/47 "2016-09-30T14:55:57Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t mean to thread poop; I watched this last night and couldn’t make heads nor tails of it. I was aware of the premise and really looking forward to Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. The latter was pretty funny but Ms. Bell was . . . not likable. I realize she’s not supposed to be likable but this was unlikable not in a Sarah Marshall way, but in a not funny, very un-Bell like way. Is it necessary to have seen the first episode in order for it to make sense? NBC is re-running the entire series from the beginning this Saturday. Set your DVR or VCR or whatever. [Or watch them online for free here](http://www.nbc.com/the-good-place?nbc=1). ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/48 "2016-09-30T15:25:01Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > For the overarching storyline, there seem to be more indications that this is some kind of purgatory. Last week there was Chidi’s super long thesis that he never finished on earth and decided to get finished now, and this week Michael mentioned at the restaurant something about how everyone in the Good Place will fulfill their true purpose. This doesn’t explain why Eleanor and Jason got sent there, but should be interesting as it goes forward. Unless Eleanor is there for Chidi to teach ethics to, which could be part of his true purpose…?? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/49 "2016-09-30T18:54:55Z")
Definitely continuing to enjoy this show. Although my DVR keeps cutting out the last few seconds. Did we see anything at the end of this episode other than Tahani seeing the sinkhole getting larger? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/50 "2016-09-30T20:08:31Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Definitely continuing to enjoy this show. Although my DVR keeps cutting out the last few seconds. Did we see anything at the end of this episode other than Tahani seeing the sinkhole getting larger? God, that is annoying for me as well. It seems to happen on a bunch of shows… I just set my recording to +2 mins at the end. I’d like to know about this as well (anything other than Tahani seeing the sinkhole grow) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/51 "2016-09-30T20:55:29Z")
The episode ended as Tahani was running out of the restaurant, and the sinkhole was still growing. Michael assumed that the sinkhole would eventually fix itself, like the other disasters Eleanor caused, but it looks like that might not be happening. Maybe because 2 people are causing the problems now. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/52 "2016-09-30T22:25:50Z")
I went back and looked at the meals. Some of it is tough to make out because Hulu puts a progress bar on the screen when I pause, but I saw: A cheese plate. What looked like frenched lamb chops. A hunk of either chicken or pork. The candy doesn’t appear to be m&ms, they’re big and round. Peanut m&ms are ovoid. This might just be licensing stuff though. A hunk of probably beef. Some sort of soup wth veggies in it. Fried chicken. Meatballs. An awful lot of plates were artfully concealed behind wine glasses. Probably a lot easier than preparing thirty high quality appearing meals. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/53 "2016-10-01T00:20:03Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > The episode ended as Tahani was running out of the restaurant, and the sinkhole was still growing. Michael assumed that the sinkhole would eventually fix itself, like the other disasters Eleanor caused, but it looks like that might not be happening. Maybe because 2 people are causing the problems now. The sinkhole didn’t start growing until she stepped into the restaurant. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but did you see the look on her face? It was sort of “Busted!” I think Tahani felt she had something to do with that sinkhole. But again, I’m just reading this into her expression and could be way off here. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/54 "2016-10-01T01:37:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > The candy doesn’t appear to be m&ms, they’re big and round. Peanut m&ms are ovoid. This might just be licensing stuff though… Gumballs? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/55 "2016-10-01T01:38:17Z")
I’m still wondering if Tahani is a fraud. At one point she seemed to be trying to remember the expression “keep a stiff upper lip” but then said something like “struggle to conceal one’s unhappiness”. She doesn’t otherwise seem to be an awkward speaker, and Eleanor has already voiced her suspicion that Tahani is deliberately over-emphasizing her English accent. These seem like hints that Tahani isn’t really who she claims to be. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/56 "2016-10-01T03:26:52Z")
Some of the notices: Train your cat do to tricks gpby Yogurt Sale 100% OFF Ends: NEVER PUPPY sales -100% [some kind of clothing] Buy 0, Get 2 FREE Everything FITS! Matt’s Crash Course to Cart Racing ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/57 "2016-10-02T07:55:16Z")
I love the show. Eleanor has great comedy timing and can do amazing things with her eyebrows, Chidi is the perfect straight man, Tahani is so beautiful, it nearly hurts, Michael and Janet are appearing in just the right doses and my only problem is with Jianyu, because I can hardly understand a word he’s saying. I’m going with this being purgatory or a place where you learn tolerance and acceptance of others, as somebody’s heaven can be somebody else’s hell. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/58 "2016-10-02T14:16:36Z")
She also said something like “You’ve got a whisper in your snicker chest”, which sounds 100% a made up phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/59 "2016-10-02T16:24:31Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > She also said something like “You’ve got a whisper in your snicker chest”, which sounds 100% a made up phrase. Yeah, “snickerbox”, but you’re right. When first hearing it, I thought it sounded exquisitely British, but seems to be made up. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/60 "2016-10-02T16:40:01Z")
My theory is Ted Danson is just really bad at his job and (almost?) no one is who they seem to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545.md?page=4)