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People are talking about Easter eggs between Man on the Inside and TGP, but I think it’s deeper than that - the entire core of the show is Charles being in a similar position to s1 Eleanor, she was the original “man on the inside” who didn’t belong but came away a changed person from his experiment. Now, it makes too much sense that he would be put in the position to grow that he originally used to torture Eleanor, the human most similar to him. But if course the humans can’t be there, yes they’ve gone through the door but beyond that the point of his test is to see if his growth was specific to that group of friends or specific to Michael, whether outside the cockroaches he has the possibility to form deep and meaningful connections. But I think somehow we’ve misunderstood the door, maybe somehow the wave can surface again with enough tidal pull from the people they love. I think Eleanor somehow came back for Michael’s test.

I also think the door can mean different things for different people, I do believe that dog is Jason so reincarnation is one possibility and it seems like Eleanor pretty directly becomes the little voice in your head that tries to tell you to do the right thing, fitting for her character. Would it not also be deeply fitting for Eleanor to be the one to show up for her friends? I think something in the universe pulled her back.

Also, knowing Michael and knowing memory reboots are possible in this universe, it would be very in character for him to ask for a real human life but from the very beginning (and become Charles), what he was given was short and he knew too much about the afterlife (oh please, Shawn was never gonna launch a coup, especially not with Michael gone). After all, he’s still a very thoughtful architect. I think Michael lived a life as Charles and is now in his test. Plus we know that Janet loves to “snowplow” to help her friends, that’s what she’s still doing at the end by giving Charles an opportunity to get closure by giving his lecture to a room full of people who love him. More subtle than in season 3, but still snowplowing.

IT REALLY WAS HER!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Just finished watching and as you guys know about the memory care unit is called the neighborhood but do you think it being the memory care unit is a reference to when Michael would reset people’s memories in the neighborhood

Any quote you feel was sad or had lots of meaning

It's only my second re-watch of The Good Place but I forgot how SAD AND SOBBY the finale makes me. I was already crying at >Janet & Jason's goodbye.<

It was at Chidi's exit (my ugliest cry)< that my cat came over and snuggled up to me while I sobbed a very ugly sob at my TV. He sensed I needed that. Love you Bean, and love you too The Good Place. Maybe another re-watch in 2025 xoxo

And Pillboi (played by Eugene Cordero, who is also in A Man on the Inside) works in an old folks home. Also, Charles is an amateur spy who plays detective, like Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz).

I just love how Mike Schur‘s projects have these little details that wink at each other.

Michael's experiment failed, hundreds of times over. He always did it differently, but there was generally one constant: him. I think it was his constant presence in their afterlives that caused the experiment to ultimately fail each time. His goal was to get them to torture each other, but he really didn't need to be there for then to do it; instead, he always pushed them too far until Eleanor inevitably figures it out. I think it could have been successful if he wasn't there, if he didn't represent an authority figure for Eleanor to project suspicion onto and eventually realize he's their torturer. If he'd allowed them to actually torture each other and use the resident demons to intervene when necessary instead of doing it all himself, I think his experiment could have been successful, or at least last a lot longer; long enough for Shawn to approve the concept and start replicating it, anyway.

I’m on season 3 of my first watch and just confused why they picked Australia as a setting?

Chidi is Nigerian background, grew up in Senegal, and didn’t he say he worked in Paris as a professor when he died??? At what point did that change to Australia?

And why did they change to Australia? 3 of the 4 main characters have American accents and it just makes no sense that if Chidi was never associated with America on Earth he would have an American accent.

In addition, he had related to another character earlier in S1/2 about being in Brisbane, not Sydney.

It also seems like a lot of the Australian things are half-done. Like the drip coffees at the cafes, the peeps at supermarkets, professors’ office hours. I understand they could have kept the American set due to money reasons but could have at least made these little things more authentic!

Just confused why didn’t they keep the setting in the US, or change to Canada if they wanted somewhere further away?

This is probably the point but Isn’t Michael’s idea for a new torture method flawed from the beginning? Since he’s created a narrative for the real people, it’ll have to end at some point. What was his plan when they reached the point of “one person has to go to the Bad Place because they don’t belong here”—a scenario he uses in most of the loops we see? Were the humans supposed to argue for eternity? How did Shawn not see that coming? Even if Michael removed that plot point and continued with the “Good Place going amok” storyline, he would constantly have to escalate the danger. I think he went too hard from the beginning and backed himself into a corner with his narrative.

A type of hell depicted in media that I enjoy is from the show Lucifer, where hell consists of endless loops of the worst times in a person’s life—a mix of both physical and emotional torture.

So, the good place had an insane impact on my life and I wanna get a tattoo dedicated to it. Only issue is I have no idea what to get. My fav character is Chidi (I relate to him more than any other character in existence. I’ve already gotten the words “honey, there is no right way” tattooed on me lmao) so I’d love something related to him, but any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

My boyfriend and I are watching this and have noticed some really cool Good Place Easter eggs. We are only a couple of episodes in so there are probably a lot we haven’t gotten to

1. Charles lives in room 322, which is the number of residents in the Neighborhood on the GP
2. The memory care unit is called the Neighborhood
3. Charles is a retired architectural engineer

Please feel free to add more to this list

Been down on my luck lately and overall annoyed with life, but I started a rewatch from season one and by episode 5 I’m already feeling so much better about it all. I even handed in an assignment I’ve been procrastinating for weeks. On time too! This show is a saving grace. And who doesn’t love a little Ted Danson?

So I just binged the entirety of AMOTI and noticed several little - and not so little - references to the good place.

Charles lives in apartment 322 during his stay in pacific view - the same apartment number (and number of residents) from TGP.

‘The neighbourhood’ in AMOTI is the memory care wing of the retirement home. It seems fitting to me because it feels like a safe haven in between when people are going or gone mentally but not quite physically. Loved the symbolism on that one.

Charles gives a nickname to his employer/fake daughter of Froggy which harkens back to the doorman.

Not a specific reference but the theme of parents and kids plays a heavy role in this story, but from a flipped perspective to TGP. It focuses more on the parental view of strained relationships with adult children.

A smaller thing, but the actor who played Pillboy in TGP has a role as Charles son in law and him and his wife Emily have three grandchildren. They say “bro” a lot and it leads to a heartwarming moment where the couple speaking on the phone says “I love you bro” and it just reminded me of Jason from TGP.

I’m sure there were so many more and I can’t wait to re-watch both series and find more Easter eggs. I love all of Micheal Schur’s work and the way he leaves pieces of things to hint without overpowering or influencing the show was a masterclass in storytelling. Yes, there are a few similar themes like trying to do the right thing and the importance of forming bonds with other people, but they are such different stories and told from such different perspectives that they feel completely independent. I cried and I laughed and I somehow grew to love the characters in the four hours it took to watch this show. I will be praying to the TV gods and the Netflix producers for a season 2. I can’t wait to see where this, and any future Micheal Schur creation will go.

I just finished episode 3 and it has such a similar vibe to season 1 of TGP, except it’s Michael who “doesn’t belong” and is trying not to be found out. I can already tell it’s going to be a new favorite and it’s going to make me cry a lot.

Watching the first episode of “the man in the inside” and they have their own neighborhood! of course it’s very different than the neighborhood in the good place, but i thought it was very cute that the writers of the show added one in this show!

Hey, everyone!

I just finished watching The Good Place for the first time and wanted to share some thoughts.

First of all, what an enjoyable show! Very easy to watch and to follow. While it certainly has its change in direction, I found it carried its own each season.

I actually was gagged at times - like finding out they weren’t actually in The Good Place, etc. I’m sure with a rewatch, I’d be like, “oh, yeah, that tracks.” The only tell for me was Tahani. I was like man idk that she deserves to be in The Good Place either LOL.

Character development was pretty excellent, but particularly between Janet, Eleanor, Michael, and Tahani. It was cool to compare them from beginning to end and see how much they changed… while also still feeling like themselves. It was very subtle and well done.

One thing to harp on, and sorry to the stans, was the relationship between Eleanor and Chidi. I just…… didn’t believe it ??? I can see in theory how they are a good match. Opposites attract, etc. Chidi helped Eleanor to learn a lot about herself, the world, ethics and she helped him to maybe loosen up and stop feeling so anxious. And while I accepted that they were a couple, I just never felt the chemistry in a romantic sense. Whenever they kissed I didn’t believe it. I think their relationship would have been completely fine as a strong friendship. It kinda seemed to me like the writers thought “well every protagonist needs a romantic partner” so they forced Chidi to be that guy. It felt unnecessary IMO. Although, I can understand that it was big for Eleanor’s character bc she never really loved someone, etc. So fine, I ACCEPT IT. With all that said, I still cried when he was “ready” in the final episode.

I do feel season 1 was the best of all the seasons. It had me laughing constantly and that wasn’t the case in later seasons. I think it was really only Janet who had me laughing out loud while the others were usually a chuckle. I did thoroughly enjoy the path the show took, though. Great storylines each season.

I love, love, LOVED Janet. Absolutely, 1,000% the best part of the entire show. She had me laughing more than any other character, and consistently. It felt like whenever given the opportunity, she stole the show. In that same sense, I felt they did her character a little bogus at times. Like they would constantly allude to the group as “the four of us,” and yeah, sure, they’re the humans but Janet was absolutely part of the group, as was Michael. I couldn’t believe Tahani and Chidi hardly even said goodbye to Janet. However, the goodbyes between Janet and Jason had me crying for sure. So well done. But I’m really, really glad that Eleanor asked Janet to sit with her at the end. That was perfect. And their final lines together ending on a happy note was just great.

There were a lot of little fan services throughout the show that I just loved. Like with Eleanor bringing the duffel bag of Coke, etc. Stuff like that was just so good and fulfilling as a viewer.

Oh, and I definitely wasn’t expecting Michael to end up as a human at the end but after watching… it makes so much sense.

I also wasn’t expecting how poignant and beautiful the final episode would be. The last three episodes were just… excellent. But the final one. Man. For such a light, goofy show, I couldn’t believe I was nearly in tears the entire time with the goodbyes. So well done and so beautiful. And so… human?

I put off watching the show forever because I thought it was just about “a bad person who goes to heaven” - lame! But thanks to reddit, I decided to give it a go and I’m so glad I did. Thanks for the reco, peeps!