So obviously, I’m obsessed with The Good Place and have watched it dozens of times. I finally decided to take the plunge, and I’m in the middle of watching Parks and Rec, as well as Brooklyn 99. It’s almost impossible for me to see Trevor has Ben Wyatt. Did anyone have that problem in the other order on the first watch of The Good Place? Any other hard to believe transitions? (Ps this is not an attack on anyone’s acting. Adam Scott is phenomenal. I’ve just watched the Good Place too many times.)

Currently I am watching the Good place for like a millionth time.... And I just noticed. When Michael is interrogation Eleanor, Tahani, Chdi and Jason, about who "murdered" Janet, he has a cube that brights blue when a truth is said, and red when a lie it's said..... He pulls it out for Eleanor and has it ready for Tahani, however, when he is interrogatiolng Jianyu (Jason), the cube is hidden away. Probably, cause he knows Jianyu is a fake, and whatever he says, like he is a monk, like he is wise or whatever, the cube will immediately turn red, cause it's gonna be a lie. It's just when Michael "finds out" about Jianyu (Jason) that he pulls it out.... I feel that's a nice detail I did not notice before.

In The Last Episode of Season 3 (and the rest of season 4) Chidi asks Michael to erase all his memories so he doesn’t ruin the experiment with Simone. But that would mean forgetting Eleanor and Co.

But, why not just give him all his afterlife memories back and erase the ones of him in the ALTERNATE TIMELINE of Earth.

This way he never meets Simone but still has 812 YEARS worth of memories with the rest of the gang. The last thing he would remember would be being in the Judge’s chamber so just catch him up to speed real quick with a few white lies (or omissions of truth) and you’re all good.

I'm curious... did The Good Place inspire anyone to dive deeper into philosophy? Between the trolley problem, Aristotle, and all the ethical dilemmas, it felt like a crash course in moral philosophy wrapped in comedy. Did the show spark anyone’s interest to read actual philosophy books or explore ethical theories outside the show? Or was it just a fun ride without much impact?

My parents and I love the show, and we were discussing what our Good-Bad place would be.

My dads would be the beach and it’s always spring break (he loves the mountains and solitude)

Mine is living in a huge modern house with multiple roommates (I love small 70s houses and being alone)

What would be yours?

I only this year watched the good place for the first time this year, and after losing my mom in January, this show has hit me hard - in a good way - and has become my new repeat watch. I have a handful of “comfort shows” that are almost like white noise - the office, friends, broad city - but I have never in my life had a show on repeat in the background the way I do this one, and I’m starting to feel like a total forking weirdo.

I am so curious - watch # rewatch are you on?

I don’t know if I missed this detail, but on my rewatch I started wondering about Michael’s house/living situation in The Neighborhood, the Bad Place or the Good Place.

-Do we only see his office? -If you had to guess, what is his house like in the original neighborhood? -What do you think the demon neighborhoods are like in the Bad Place? Would Michael’s be all fire squids?

Any details I missed to hint at this?

You can see the fear in his eyes, but he still chooses to save his friends. This is the moment he becomes truly human—putting others first, despite knowing the cost. He just knows that's the thing to do; that's the solution to the trolley problem.

I always cry so much on this scene.

Hey there, I know it’s been discussed before, but I would really like it to talk about Chidi’s undiscussed or under discussed relationship with his family. (Or maybe I forgot it and it has been done before). I say this because I deeply identify with Chidi and I’ve been in therapy. I see that a lot of my problems are because of extremely conflicting messages I received from my parents. I’m not just talking about things being inscrutable or no-win but about having both parents being incomplete opposition to each other and in front of a kid. Is it possible that that’s what he went through?

TGP is a great metaphor for overcoming intergenerational trauma

I have just recently started EMDR therapy and investigation into my share of intergenerational trauma. I felt a pull to rewatch TGP after the 2nd session. Here are some of my insights so far:

• When Eleanor is “born” in the afterlife at the beginning of season 1, you can read on the wall of Micheal’s waiting room “Welcome! Everything is fine.” To me, that mirrors the lies and pretending in dysfunctional families trying to “hide” intergenerational trauma related issues.

• When she meets Micheal for the first time, he recalls all the great things she’s done in her [previous] life and tries to “convince” her that she was so great and she has nothing to worry about.

• Eleanor, convinced that she is the only problem in there, feels like an imposteur. She feels the need to pretend to be someone she’s not to avoid being unmasked for the monster she is.

• She is presented with a “soulmate” that turns out to be exactly the right match to blow all of her triggers, and vice versa. Classic cycle repetition when marrying into a trauma bond. He even “swears to never say anything bad against her and to protect her” or whatever, mimicking marriage vows.

• While her intuition is telling her that something’s off and those people aren’t “really better than her”, her self-esteem takes a hit during the first party with the other “good people”.

• Triggered, she rebels: gets drunk, steals some stuff and behaves like a narcissist towards her caring soulmate. She even starts to see some of the stuff she said become true overnight, as she had “predicted” or “dictated”. She fears being ostracized for that; classic scapegoat pattern.

• By caring for herself, healing her nervous system, learning about morals and ethics, she grows in character enough to finally “unmask” her own personal hell and metaphorically “break the cycle”.

That’s what I’ve gotten from S1 x 01 so far! If you’re interested in these types of topics too, I’d love to have your input🌞

When micheal tells the guy I'll do you one better take it sleezy and then he closes the door. He's telling the audience take it sleezy and then closing the door on the show. It's just so beautiful and one of the reasons I love this show (or I'm looking to much into it)

In season 3, Michael suggests simply killing the four humans and hoping that their progress over the course of the psych study was enough to get them into the Good Place. Of course, we know that in the past 500 years, no human’s point total has been sufficient, but do we ever find out the humans’ point totals in the rebooted timeline? Did they make any progress toward being better people in the eyes of the point system?

I just finished watching the good place and I loved it so much. I’m not ready for it to be over but it is.

I watched the good Place based on a recommendation I found on Reddit. Hoping maybe you guys have some tips for other shows that I might enjoy.

During the chaos sequence for Brent, why does the song 25 Or 6 To 4 by Chicago play? I got the other references, but can't figure this one out.