This show is one of my favorites, some high level giggles and memorable moments.
The guy who played Pillboi is in everything. And he'll always be Pillboi to me.
Anytime I had a problem, I threw a molotov cocktail, and BOOM! Now I have a different problem. 😀
How did you make that so fast?
Sith art of Bortling.
That show ended at the perfect time. Didn't drag it out, and left you wanting more. The opposite of the walking dead.
The show was the real zombie all along.
I felt like it dragged a lot in seasons 3/4 but the ending was fantastic.
Fun fact; Hitler is in the good place.
... It was a technicality.
Flashback:
Architect: "man this Hitler dude is so awful, whoever kills him goes to the good place, no questions asked."
Sounds like a rule that would end up landing Hitler in the Medium Place with Mindy and Derek.
I'm in! Let's hear some wind chimes!
Was this an actual scene in the show?
In my head this scene was my own idea so unless I completely forgot about it (which would not surprise me) it wasn't
I like to think of Chidi's wave line when I'm feeling down. We're all just riding that wave until we're back to being part of the ocean.
Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.
And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be.
Thanks for that! I need more of the good lines distilled. People miss that there's a ton of legit philosophy in the show (I mean beyond the scenes where Chidi is directly teaching of course). It's not just a side bit to use here and there where it helps the jokes or the narrative or whatever. I really fell in love with that, like not only was the show hilarious and FULL of interesting and likeable characters, they really made it kind of a class in (or "love letter" about?) the strengths/weaknesses/clashes to different approaches to existential philosophy.
And they did it in a way that wasn't ham-fisted, ya know? If you already knew some, you'd pick up on it, if not, maybe you'd pick up a few tidbits here and there but otherwise, just a great show without any of that! That's so hard to do well, idk, I'm just so impressed lol.
This is why The Good Place is my comfort show. Chidi’s monologue both brakes me and puts me back together. Every moment in the finale is a work of art but that scene on the couch, there just aren’t words.
Every time someone I know passes I watch that whole episode and it helps me find peace.
I was introduced to Advaita Vedanta through the wave metaphor. Nondualism is a helluva drug, man
It's been a very difficult year for me mentally and I'm really glad I finally started watching this show. It's had an impact I wasn't expecting.
When AI images took off like a year or two ago, someone made this image of our favorite architect. I stole it, and when I had the lady watch the show, I showed it to her.
People who haven't seen the show can be confused how TF this relates to architecture. Get rekt lmao go watch the good place it's like second to Breaking Bad on shows I don't regret spending time watching.
that's funny because while the good place is one of the best shows I've watched, breaking bad was one dragging slog full of abandoned plot points, inconsistent characters, and dei ex machina, only carried by amazing actors who acted the shit out of a script that didn't deserve half their effort. 4 seasons too long.
I understand the problem of it being slow for a lot of people, but I was working long hours where the days ran together so it was like one episode a day and then bed, so it all kind of made the months go by faster and bearably.
If all these Christian nuts are lining up for heaven, I think I'll follow the lead of Chief Hatuey and go to hell to avoid all these idiots ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatuey
The chief then said without further thought that he did not want to go there but to hell so as not to be where they were and where he would not see such cruel people.
Sort of the opposite of Moctezuma II, who converted to Christianity at the last minute in order to save his life.
It didn't work.
Spoiler below: (I cannot get spoiler text to work for me for the life of me)
I mean as true as that is, saying he’s in the bad place doesn’t really matter much considering everyone goes to the bad place in the show
Whoa spoilers!
If Janet didn't specifically mention the rape, genocide, and slavery to mention specifically the rape, genocide, and slavery that'd be a solid point.
The lead singer of Spinal Tap would totally go to the Good Place, though.
You need to mark your comment as a spoiler!
Who is Chidi? Why are there multiple Christopher Columbus memes today, is it a holiday for him or something?
is it a holiday for him or something
Technically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
It shouldn't be though.
Can confirm, I have spent a lot of time in Columbus Ohio.
I missed the word “in” when I first read it and was wondering is the city was much worse than it’s reputation in ways I wasn’t aware of.
