The Good Place
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Hes made a similar move with the endings of each subsequent season, though with a somewhat different approach.
For the past two years,The Good Places big reset has happenedbeforethe very end.
This kind of Will they or wont they?
sitcom plot can seem rather run-of-the-mill for a series otherwise grappling with grand philosophical issues.
Personally, though, I find the Eleanor and Chidi love story deeply moving, for two reasons.
Rooting the narrative in aCheers-like on-again-off-again couple fits that motif.
(Having Ted Danson hovering around in the background doesnt hurt.)
Second, Eleanor and Chidi as a concept is about more than just two characters.
To be fair, Shawn and his Bad Place minions do keep throwing obstacles in Eleanors way.
This weeksGood Placeintroduces the two remaining Neighborhood residents in Michael and Judge Gens new experiment.
First up: Linda, a frustratingly stoic Norwegian knitter, unimpressed by the Good Places unlimited bounty.
But all Linda wants is a peppermint.
Unexpectedly, though, Eleanors biggest problem turns out to be Simone.
The neuroscientist is convinced shes in a coma, and that her subconscious is conjuring up this afterlife.
Shes already hurt enough when Chidi cant remember her name (a fact that makes Michael say, Oof!
and then venture to correct it to, Cool … f).
I have been Dereked!
his giant head announces on a screen over the Neighborhood.
Murder has been me!
Eleanors quick fix for all her mounting problems is to offload them onto Janet.
Thatswhat Eleanor and Chidi really does for this show, as a plot driver.
But they also represent the all-too-human insecurities that keep heaven just out of reach.
The first question Linda asks about her afterlife of limitless options is, Is there a fitness center?
