Heh… chyron humor.
So if they had shown Tehani as a centaur, would that have been Chiron humor?
Because the Medium Place is weird. It’s not where Medium People go. According to the Good Place wiki, Mindy was sent there not because she was morally “neutral,” but because the Good and Bad Place folks couldn’t reach a consensus for whether she deserved credit for INTENDING to do something that would have gotten her into the Good Place but dying before she personally achieved it.
I think Mindy’s case also plays into what I think is the growing story of the show: the Bad Place isn’t “hacking the system.” The system is fundamentally broken, and judging point totals for actions is the wrong approach.
It really didn’t take much analysis. Maybe a minute or so.
Not sure how I feel about the point revelation in this episode.
But I did enjoy Nicole Byer’s turn as the mailwoman.
Four Oreos From Heaven. Band name.
It’s an interesting idea… but would it really have started 500 years ago? Presumably there were plenty of indigenous people 500 years ago whose lives had not yet been massively overcomplicated by the intricacies of modern industrialized society.
Definitely a fun episode, however. Tahani’s favorite smell is the smell of the curtain closing between first class and coach 
Episode: “The Book of Dougs”
Discussion started in #964
I’ve given up Netflix temporarily in favour of Amazon Prime and will probably not see any of the rest of the season until it’s over, so could I request that the first person to start talking about a new episode* makes it clear* this is where the new episode discussion starts? Or at least one of the next couple of posters make a post like this one?
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Brian
Not in the UK
Tahani had me rolling with laughter last night - she got the best lines.
I don’t think the show is trying to say the change in how points are allocated is fair or right. Rather, that is that is how the Bad Place gamed the system.
I get that. I think I’m just hoping for a resolution that is “The point system is fundamentally flawed” and not “We’ve re-weighted the point system and everything is fine (maybe).”
My suspicion is that that’s the conversation that Michael is hoping to have with the Judge in the next episode.
Of course, it being Michael, everything will go pear-shaped almost instantly. 
It’s Good to be back, but it wasn’t one of the better episodes. Heaven as a cheerful, banal and naïve legalistic collective doesn’t really seem that great. Maybe it’s better for the actual humans in it, but the Council really didn’t seem very concerned about humans. Eleanor seemed to ricochet from one emotional outburst to another. But, there were good parts. I liked Michael’s realization that the point system was broken, not hacked. Loved D’Arcy Carden / Janet as usual. (“I’m worried that my emotions will start leaking out. (whisper) What if they come out my butt?” Chidi in the mail outfit was sweet and I loved that Michael wouldn’t give him a minute to change before heading out to IHOP.
“Is everything all right in there?”
“Um, yes, we’re fine…”
“Okay! No follow-up questions!”
I definitely agree with that, and I hope we’ll learn that there’s something more going on. “Good people can’t get stuff done because they spend all their time forming well-meaning committees” is an INCREDIBLY trite and banal bit of social commentary, which The Good Place is usually better than.
I viewed it more as, “the scoring system is a mess, and most of the actual ‘good people’ can’t actually get into the place, as a result. So, the God Place winds up being filled with painfully nice, well-meaning people, who never actually do anything.”
Is the committee good people or the angelic counterpart to the accountants and the demons?
The current system seems to discount intent when it determines points primarily based on unintended consequences.
I know there is a name for the debate over which matters more from an ethical culpability and responsibility perspective, intent or consequences, but I can’t remember what the argument is called. Anyone?
Yep; committee members being higher ranking than the mailwoman.
I can’t wait to see that.
There are still isolated tribes living more or less the same way their ancestors did 500 years ago; presumably it shouldn’t be any harder for them to get into the Good Place. Also there’s still the matter of intellectually disabled people or people who die in childhood or infancy that the show hasn’t addressed (not that I think they ever will).
The mailwoman was a wonderful character.
“Michael, have you all been lying to me this whole time? That upsets me! I’m gonna try to shake my fist at you!”
lifts hand, begins waving cheerily, looks at hand
“Oh, gosh darn it!”