# 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:** 6
**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:** [October 23, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/102 "2016-10-23T00:05:59Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Did the episode say where the flashback was set? I assumed it was in a French-speaking country and that we were hearing a translated version of Chidi speaking really good _French_ while his boot-wearing colleague spoke French with an obvious accent. Australia. But hey, they don’t speak English there. Ketchup is “tomato sauce”? Really? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/103 "2016-10-24T21:07:49Z")
Just watched the last ep! WOW! As with others, I didn’t think that would happen so soon. I thought we were in for long drawn out attempts for Eleanor to hide herself with Chidi feeling really bad about doing so. For her to do to save others is just… I wonder if her numbers vault so high with that confession that she ends up ‘belonging’ in the Good Place (whatever it actually is) after all. ---
**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 24, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/104 "2016-10-24T21:34:41Z")
Kristen Bell, even when she is being evil, is as cute as a puppy dog’s nose. But I’m really enjoying watching Ted Danson. Is he having a good time playing Michael, or what? mmm ---
**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:** [October 25, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/105 "2016-10-25T00:12:39Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Just watched the last ep! WOW! As with others, I didn’t think that would happen so soon. I thought we were in for long drawn out attempts for Eleanor to hide herself with Chidi feeling really bad about doing so. For her to do to save others is just… I wonder if her numbers vault so high with that confession that she ends up ‘belonging’ in the Good Place (whatever it actually is) after all. According to what Michael said to Tahani the points calculation stops once you die; so nothing you do in the afterlife can effect your ranking. Then again if they never had an Eleanor situation before then all bets are off as to how it’ll be resolved. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/106 "2016-10-28T16:41:09Z")
Yup. All bets are off. This Eleanor who actually “belongs” there? Not sure how good someone who like clown art could be. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/107 "2016-10-28T17:15:03Z")
If there’s a real Eleanor, then there’s a real Jihani as well. (That poor, poor monk). ((Fake Jihani playing with the cactus in the background in Michael’s office was awesome)) ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/108 "2016-10-28T23:28:11Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Yup. All bets are off. > > This Eleanor who actually “belongs” there? Not sure how good someone who like clown art could be. Agreed. And Tahani’s passive aggressive neediness/condescending benchiness/insecurity/vanity, humblebrags about pop culture friends has to be on about the same level as having vanity license plates, doesn’t it? I’m surprised that J-dog hasn’t slipped up noticeably yet. And that Chidi’s confession of murdering Janet had no repercussions. I still want to believe that it already is the medium place, but that people have to come to the realization themselves. This show surprises me every time, and that is good. ---
**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 29, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/109 "2016-10-29T00:42:27Z")
I was a little surprised the train to the Bad Place was leaving with the “good” Eleanor, until I thought about it and realized a dick move like that is just the kind of thing Bad Place people would do. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/110 "2016-10-29T00:51:31Z")
For a comedy, this show has surprising depth (in some ways, it’s demonstrating what Chidi had been writing). The conflict set up at the end of this episode is brilliant, and really the stuff of drama. The theme of moral choices and what’s good and what’s bad really makes the show stand out. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/111 "2016-10-29T01:08:15Z")
Do we really trust that The Bad Place’s Eleanor is really her? The Bed Place could be substituting anyone for Kristen Bell. StG ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/112 "2016-10-29T03:39:40Z")
Michael, finishing up interview with Tahani: _“Thank you, Tahani, you’ve been a big help…”_ …truth cube buzzes and turns red. Ha!😃 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/113 "2016-10-29T05:15:57Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Do we really trust that The Bad Place’s Eleanor is really her? The Bed Place could be substituting anyone for Kristen Bell. > > StG Good point, but I think it really is the Eleanor who was supposed to go to the Good Place. The fact that she exists in the first place sure makes the decision of what to our Eleanor a lot more complicated. ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/114 "2016-10-29T05:53:03Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > The Bed Place Sounds relaxing. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/115 "2016-10-29T14:59:59Z")
Did anyone else want the other Eleanor to also be played by Kristen Bell? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/116 "2016-10-29T17:35:02Z")
Yes. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [November 4, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/117 "2016-11-04T04:46:48Z")
I have to admit, fake Eleanor’s version of the Bad Place does sound pretty bad, but I also am not big on being a team player. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/118 "2016-11-04T05:07:19Z")
So what’s going on with the Buddhist monk? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/119 "2016-11-04T05:47:53Z")
How perfect was tonight’s episode? So funny. Sean? Bad Janet? “Who are they going to trust, me or a woman?” A Unicorn Bib? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/120 "2016-11-04T08:22:29Z")
If Windows ME had a Bad Janet interface, it would still be around. ---
**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 5, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545/121 "2016-11-05T00:15:31Z")
So if Trevor is an architect like Michael what are the beings in his entourage? It doesn’t look they’re damned humans, so they’re what sub-architect? Do Bad Place architects get assistants? That would make sense if 99.9999% of humanity goes to the bad place they’d have a much higher work load; especially if they usually stay in their neighborhoods to make sure everything stays terrible. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So what’s going on with the Buddhist monk? Speaking of them; how did _Jianyu Li_ get mixed up with _Jason Mendoza_? Their names are different and I doubt Jianyu just happened to be visiting Florida (or Jason Taiwan) when they died. And does anyone else think it’d be funny if Jason’s personal Bad Place involved silent meditation in a Buddhist monastery? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-edited-title/766545.md?page=7)