karamel

The Good Place - S01E3: "Tahani Al-Jamil" - Thursday, September 22

inalandslide

the twist at the end of this one!! i wouldn't have guessed that, and now i'm scratching my head wondering what else could go wrong

karamel

i was thinking it could be him.. his vow of silence def seemed off
but yay cant wait for what this twist brings

HemsyFanatic811

Only got to see half of this one-but the twist at the end was just
Very interesting! it!
The guy playing Chindi is awesome! I know I've seen him in other things-need to look him up on imdb. this guy!

Mason30

oh my gosh. THAT was fantastic "im freaking out homey"
that vow of silence of his was pretty inspired
im glad they intro'd the twist as quickly as they did... and didnt leave it hanging for 3/4s of the season. i think they are going to be able to play with this so nicely.

some classic one liners in this ep, but "responds to long pauses" is one of my favs.

inalandslide

janet had me laughing so hard at her different "modes" throughout the episode too. i'm curious to find out how jianyu found out about eleanor in the first place and i wonder how many more people slipped through the cracks. but i agree about introducing plot twists early! which is good because it's a shorter season

karamel

glad they got it out of the way quickly too..
her reactions to tahini gave her away.. hes thinking, yup totally how a normal average person's impression of her would be

even her name "congratulations, beautiful"

inalandslide

true, i kind of overlooked that! he lucked out with his vow of silence, then

karamel

yea.. he probably got to tgp and michael was like "i know you took a vow of silence during your time on earth.." and he just went along with it?










thank god for gravity

nerdy123

I felt this episode was a bit of a letdown coming off "Pilot/Flying." It seems like the focus was to further the plot, and I love the idea of Eleanor not being the only one who doesn't belong. I just didn't laugh as much at this episode, and overall it felt a bit clunkier.

In general, I felt like Michael Schur's other hits didn't start off great: The Office and Parks and Rec, but then they hit their stride in their second seasons. I'm hoping "The Good Place" is no different. Much like his other shows, I am enjoying this season so far, but I'm not sure it has quite found it's identity yet. However, I am hopeful for where things might go.

karamel

poor chidi






http://mspennyface.tumblr.com/post/150818341194

HemsyFanatic811

The weird thing is Michael isn't all that nice nor is he handling his job too well.
So another interesting twist there too.
I'm a dog lover so that scene in the last ep, didn't go over too well with me.

Mason30

I think that's an excellent point.
Michael actually isn't nice a lot of the time... and when u factor in that he's essentially supposed to be perfect, that's odd. Things like destroying chidis life work... kicking dogs etc. it's a very interesting place that shur has created.

And yes, I agree, parks found it's perfect tone and balance come season 2... and I think something similar will happen here with good place, or sooner

Does anyone know what the ratings were like for Thursday's ep?

karamel

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Mason30

Hmmm, that seems okay at this point.
Hopefully it can hold,or grow.

I think it's worth mentioning that parks as great as it was, had a pretty niche audience at the end... and it stayed on air as long as it did because it was a critical darling that found its place and stride. So, at this point I think the good place is doing just fine.