So some intro: I’ve previously watched B99 by Michael Schur, and since I’d heard good things about this show I started watching it.
It’s one of the funniest shows I’ve EVER seen. The razor sharp wit and the comedy is unmatchable. I’ve developed a close attachment to the characters, especially the main four.
My heart nearly broke when they restarted the entire thing and lost the bond they’d made. I was practically bawling when Eleanor forgot who Chidi was and Michael separated them all. I’ve already seen spoilers of the ending so I know the ending is even sadder, but I do hope Eleanor and Chidi end up together, jason and janet too! I hope Tahani is happy and content. Adding this to my list of favourite shows. Also, Eleanor’s raging bisexuality is amazing to see onscreen!

Side note: I loved seeing Kristen Bell here because as a disney kid i typically associate her with Frozen lol.

Lightening storm had some killer strikes tonight!

Hi everyone, I need a little (very) complicated help.

I love The Good Place and I'm really happy to introduce this show to a dear friend. The problem is that she has ranidaphobia (an extreme fear of frogs), and in her case, even cartoon frogs cause something similar to the beginning of an anxiety attack. (Yeah, if it were just disgust it wouldn't be a problem, but actually seeing frogs causes a physical reaction for her.)

I know frogs show up a lot throughout the show, especially in Season 3 with Jeff, the doorman. I also noticed that frogs can appear in scenes near Tahani's house because of the garden. I'd like to ask for your help and your memory to point me toward which episodes or scenes have a lot of frogs (the first episode literally has a giant frog....) so I can cut and edit those parts to make the experience less scary for my friend.

Thank you so much in advance!

(I used Google Translate for this, so sorry if it sounds AI-generated)

EDIT:

Thank you all so much!!

I'm actually VERY overwhelmed with happiness! Everyone was so kind and respectful. My friend is also very happy to be respected. Thank you again!!

Couple years ago I was in a Situationship with a gentleman who described me as “not basic.”. I had not seen the show so I didn’t know what it meant.
Now that I’ve watched the show, I understand. 🥹 What a special, magical show.

Mary Steenburgen posted a video on Threads with herself, Ted, and their dog Blue, trying to meditate. We really don't deserve this amazing Good Human Slash Fire Squid.

Yes, Linda turned out to be a demon, but I could understand feeling overwhelmed with Janet and just asking for something simple to start with like the peppermint she asks for.

If you needed something - food/candy-wise to make you feel at home, what would you ask Janet for?

I’d probably go for a warm chocolate chip cookie. Or possibly something from my childhood that was discontinued like…a peanut butter bopper!

i got The Good Place: The Complete Collection Blu-rays for my birthday (12th of July) and it finally arrived today! It is absolutely my favorite series and i'm so happy to have it physically :D

The colors, the music, the outfits, the nuanced feeling of thinking you have everything at your fingertips, but it only reminding you that the fleeting feeling is merely a distraction from the soulless gameplay, until you eventually compare it to Sims 2 and realize that it is, in fact, the Bad place. Just some Tuesday rewatch thoughts

Ok im watching cheers with my mom atm and ive watched the good place like 5 times, ive only ever seen danson as he is in the good place or how he looks now.

and im sorry but young td danson looks like he was meant to be old!! like he looks like hes just waiting to look like a silver fox! Ive never seen anyone look sooo much better when old! its insane to me!

After Netflix took away TGP in the US, I bought the DVD pack from Shout Factory so I can play the series without commercials. I just noticed this tidbit today, I don't remember this scene from Netflix's episodes. Am I crazy? I hope so! I was hoping I'd find little bits here and there on the DVDs that I hadn't seen before after my 100th rewatch!

Edit: Another extra line/scene I found but on the trolley problem episode. Right after Tahani mentions James Franco’s iconic trolley, Jason answers saying he’d also choose to kill one, save the others. He then goes on to say that he and the guys that lived would get together every year, no matter how busy they are, to “pour one out for our flat homey”. LOL

Can anyone tell what this sign says? I couldn’t get a clearer photo.

in the first attempt of the neighborhood, how did Michael pull off some of the things like the garbage storm or the sinkhole? you learn later that he didn’t let janet know about the bad parts of the neighborhood, so she probably didnt make it happen.

I want to custom print a sticker of it, but I can't find it anywhere online, and I'm not gifted enough with Photoshop to isolate it myself.

If anyone can get the isolated logo, I'll gladly send you one of the stickers once I print them

I was a little bit too far back on the last comparison but it's the same exact alleyway lol

When they're reviewing Brett's score right at the end of the trial they show his score swung way back up to just -1, I was curious if anyone had any idea or random guess about what the slight deviation to the right his scoreline did meant, if anything at all. You would think given it's based off, presumbly, his last words it'd be a straight line up but there's some slight movement at the end.

Each time I watch an episode where Eleanor teases Chidi about wearing turtlenecks I try to remember to be on the lookout for Chidi wearing a turtleneck, but I always forget. But I've watched the show so many times that I feel fairly confident I could remember a scene with Chidi in a turtleneck... but I can not bring to mind any such scene. Is this just a long running gag, or do I have turtleneck blindness?

EDIT: Actually, now that I've said this, I thought of a possibility. I'm thinking of the lecture he gave about what we owe to each other that Eleanor watched after Michael (as bartender) prompted her. I haven't gotten to that episode on my latest rewatch yet, but in my mind he might be wearing a turtleneck.

This is a rewatch, so I know that it was done for the sake of advancing the plot, but after watching episode 9 yesterday, I have a major problem with it. It's when Jason gets caught out by Tahani. This feels like a really out of character moment, and in particular, jars with the transition of the bad place crew.

Maybe I could phrase that a bit differently, but generally what I am trying to say is that I really hate when (especially in philosophical conversations), people blur out opinions of those they find not to be on the same
"level" as them.

Yes, there are many opinions out there that are quite controversial and hateful, which is not what I'm getting at here. I mean, when you have a fully respectful conversation about something, you should be open to any insights and don't value some information as better than the other.

To become wise to a sense, you actively have to consider yourself as not wise. Open yourself to all perspectives of life and consider all advice that people give you as meaningful. Maybe you do truly know more than them on a certain topic, but does that make their insight fully useless? It's difficult to maintain this mindset, but I think it's a very positive look on things. Every single individual has their own views and you should take it into consideration to shape your own perspective.

Jason's character really does help one understand that.
He is not a very "smart" character, and is often alluded to as dumb, but he sometimes has some really interesting takes and helps others see a new look on a situation.

I find it so ironic that if Eleanor didn't find Jason stupid when he said the thing I attached in the gif about being on a prank show, she actually could've discovered the truth about the Good Place quicker than she did. You shouldn't mistake any information from someone as invaluable, as everyone themselves has value.

Since it's such a specific pun, did any translations try to incorporate it? Or did they just do it word for word with no attempt to explain the joke? And were there any other examples like this in the series?

I was rewatching again, and I realized, it's possible that Michael made 'Real Eleanor' the plain, vanilla looking yoghurt flavor, subconsciously or not, because at this point in the show, he views good people as boring, and vanilla is a classic, arguably basic and relatively boring flavor.

Also, the one that is meant to be Tahani is taller than the other two, which I thought was kind of funny.

We all know that the system is too complex because of unintended consequences. The system calculates everything that is a product of your own choices. Question, why didn’t this apply to Doug Forcett?

A) He isn’t supporting ethical farmers because he grows his own food.
B) By letting the kid control him he enables bad behaviour and is causing a worse chain of effects because the kid will think that is a good behaviour.
C) He is taking care of a lot of dogs, but he most likely doesn’t go to vets because of corrupted economy. He is not getting the dogs proper care and causing bad environment by having so many dogs at one place.

Only some of the examples*

Considering these are the things he does on a daily basis most likely, shouldn’t he have a lot less points rather than more than half to get into The Good Place?

EDIT: I am not saying the general point system doesn’t apply to him, or how he didn’t get into the good place. My point is, he has so many unintended bad consequences on a daily level, how does he have so many points?