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Old 09-20-2016, 06:43 AM
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TGP - S01E01: 'Pilot' & S01E02: 'Flying' - Monday, September 23

TGP - S01E01: 'Pilot' & S01E02: 'Flying' - Monday, September 23


S01E01: Pilot.
A woman named Elanor Shellshrop wakes up in a afterlife utopia called "The Good Place," where she is given a introduction from its facilitator Michael. It turns out she was chosen based a series of percentages via doing good deeds, as she was a lawyer who helped get people off death row. Eleanor is also given a soulmate, Chidi, an ethics professor from Senegal. Unfortunately for Eleanor, she suddenly comes clean to Chidi that she isn't the "Eleanor Shellshrop" (she was a fraudulent saleswoman who was foul-mouthed and uncaring towards others) and tells this to Chidi in order to keep her secret. She is then invited to meet her next door neighbor Tahani and her silent soulmate at a gathering, which is making Eleanor jealous of her. As the day ends, chaos ensues when Eleanor's "problems" terrorize the place, and Chidi blames Eleanor.

S01E02: Flying.
A day after the chaos caused by Eleanor, but everyone can't figure it out, Michael begins to suspect he is to blame and with the help of Tahani, organize a clean up day, which takes place around the same time as the daily flying event. For Eleanor, she enlists Chidi into becoming a good person, and Chidi puts her to the test by volunteering to clean up, only to make it worse by allowing the trash she hid to cause a trash storm. Eleanor later makes things right by cleaning up the place by herself. Finally, it appears that someone left a letter for Eleanor that they know the truth about her, warning that she doesn't belong here. In Eleanor's true past, a ladies night out has her friends feeling uncomfortable around her and her constant drinking.



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Old 09-20-2016, 06:45 AM
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oh my gosh guys. i had the giggles the whole way through.
and this whole non swearing thing is never going to get old.
"mother forker"

that scene when she met tahani in the pilot. "You Booped me"

im a little bit in love with this show.

ps. i love that list of the good things and bad things that earned and deducted points. "helped a hermit crab find a new shell" <- amazing.

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"sponsored by otters holding hands when they sleep"

ok ok ya got meee

love the points system "fail to disclose camel illness when selling camel"

love her 'icelandic primitive style' home

"the bear has two mouths!"

"you booped me"

"pick it up, if you're so horny for the environment"

"ohh helloo i'm just a big beautiful, utterly perfect cartoon giraffe"
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What is not to about this show? I the whole time! Loved the whole thing but I think my fave was the whole place going wacky-that was a trip!
I Janet! Also love the cussing thing-that is just so every single time!
And the end of ep 2 when she gets that note...
Great stuff! Hope they can keep up with the great writing! Great cast! Kristen should get an Emmy nod next year. She's phenominal!!!
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Loved the whole thing but I think my fave was the whole place going wacky-that was a trip!
when ariana grande started playing.. i was just
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I loved this show, it was just fun! And I love how Eleanor Shellshrop is viewed as such a bad person. So, right now she has to do everything right to not be sent to the bad place. lol

Chidi is trying to help her through the process as well. lol Hopefully it's an successful mission.

Overall, it was a fun two episode!
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when ariana grande started playing.. i was just
THIS.
but her line delivery thoughout. oh man... shes so great.

okay, and who here thinks there is either something off about either the cartoon giraffe or her soul mate? as in, one of them is actually throwing this world off kilter a bit more than eleanor and her ariana grande?
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THIS.
but her line delivery thoughout. oh man... shes so great.

okay, and who here thinks there is either something off about either the cartoon giraffe or her soul mate? as in, one of them is actually throwing this world off kilter a bit more than eleanor and her ariana grande?
YES! i think her delivery is what made me laugh the whole time, on top of great writing. hers and i think everyone else nailed it too. what a great cast.

aaand i was going to say i love how everyone is seemingly perfect, but they're really not, in their own ways, or that's what it looks like anyway. i don't know if it has anything to do with tahani or jianyu, but she definitely seems to be struggling with something herself, like her subtle but obvious frustration with jianyu's unwillingness to break his vow of silence in the good place and how she puts on a happy face in spite of it. so i hope i'm not just reading too much between the lines! because it'd be an even better show than it seems like if the other characters aside from michael and eleanor faced difficulties of their own

OH, i also have a hunch that the note eleanor receives at the end of the second episode is actually from herself because she knows she doesn't belong and maybe it's really her subconscious reminding her of that detail, if in fact, the chaos that happens is because she's the glitch in the system

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Old 09-21-2016, 05:47 PM
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THIS.
but her line delivery thoughout. oh man... shes so great.

okay, and who here thinks there is either something off about either the cartoon giraffe or her soul mate? as in, one of them is actually throwing this world off kilter a bit more than eleanor and her ariana grande?
oh for sure!

jian yu's 'vow of silence' seems a bit off.. but the whole idea of the good place is a broken system itself in a way.. just like eleanor said..




be cool, soda pop.


^ interesting theory on the note, was wondering who it could've been...
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THIS.
but her line delivery thoughout. oh man... shes so great.

okay, and who here thinks there is either something off about either the cartoon giraffe or her soul mate? as in, one of them is actually throwing this world off kilter a bit more than eleanor and her ariana grande?
YES INDEED! Kristen is brilliant!!!
And I agree that something is definitely off about that couple. She sounds fake to me-like she's faking her happiness and you can also tell she's annoyed by her soul mate's vow of silence.
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i think tahani's interesting in that her character does make you think/question that doing good things doesn't necessarily mean you're a good person.. just like eleanor is going to try to do good things but will it actually help her become a better person

tahani def could also be the problem.. she seems to be overcompensating?
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a medium place, like Cincinnati! the positive points for remaining loyal to the cleveland browns made me laugh too. go ohio
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list of the good and bad deeds
https://medium.com/@howard__24/a-loo...9dc#.1eq4tkcju

some of my faves

Self-monitored potentially nauseating mouth sounds while chewing (x2.6m): +1982.05

Began to compose social media post about David Bowie dying then thought “the world doesn’t need to hear my thoughts on David Bowie dying”: +224.19

Remain loyal to the Cleveland Browns: +53.83

Scratch elbow: +1.06

Blow nose by pressing down on one nostril and exhaling: -1.44

Fail to disclose camel-illness when selling camel: -22.22

Fixed broken tricycle for child that loves tricycles: +6.60 but only +0.04 for a child who is indifferent to tricycles
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ooooo thats an interesting thought re. her sending the note to herself. i like that.

and yeah, im wondering if there is the possibility that someone is pretending to be good... to cover the fact that they are actually the devil that has infiltrated the neighborhood... or else maybe even some sort of 'angel' character that has been sent to test Michael and his design? i dunno... spitballing here. but considering Schur... i wouldnt be surprised to find out that there is some interesting twist going down.
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def a lot of twists

also loving ted as michael

when he drop kicked teacup

also "im not a mountain of strength.. im a canyon of poo poo"
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