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 The Good Place, American comedy series starring Kristen Bell |
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 Jun 8 2019, 09:10 AM
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Season 4 will be the final season of TGP. They confirmed last night that they had elected to end the show after 54 episodes (14 episodes in season 4 apparently) and it will have an hour long finale.
Sad news but it’s going out on a creative high. They’ve storyboarded 4 seasons and about 50 episodes right from the start so it’s nice to see a show live out it’s full vision without being endlessly extended |
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Jun 8 2019, 10:04 AM
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That's my thoughts too, really sad to see it's ending but it's promising that they've got a clear vision and ending planned. Praying it delivers!!
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Jun 8 2019, 05:54 PM
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I’m glad tbh, I don’t see the point in shows running for the sake of it and it kind of spoils the legacy of the show. I love it but this is one that definitely has a limited plot/story and I’m glad they’re following the plan they set out from the start!
It also allows Mike Schurr time to develop new shows 
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Jun 8 2019, 07:05 PM
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I'm very glad to see this, Season 3 whilst still good in the latter half, was clearly showing signs that the concept was wearing thin and they were retreading paths hence why it took me so long to finish it! Plus it should make sure Season 4 feels like the properly emotional ending where everything is wrapped up.
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Nov 16 2019, 02:01 PM
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This got axed due to really really low ratings apparently, losing a million a season. That's what happens when you make scropts based on your college philosophy classes and turn each episode into a mini uni lecture on the subject!!
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Nov 16 2019, 02:36 PM
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I'm extremely late to this - I decided to give this show a go last month and watched all 3 (and a half) seasons within a couple of weeks. I really enjoy it and can't believe I was so late to the party.
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Jan 31 2020, 02:19 PM
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The finale episode was very good every character I was so sad to say goodbye too.
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Feb 1 2020, 03:56 PM
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I felt a bit lost during the last season at times but what a perfect finale! It was obvious that was what was going to happen when the door was mentioned last episode but they did it perfectly for each character. I just demand a Tahani as a Good Place architect spin-off.
Also I can't be the only one who bawled my eyes out at Chidi going through the door and that last Eleanor and Janet scene </3 |
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Feb 1 2020, 07:28 PM
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That really was the perfect finale for the show. I ended up watching it as if it were two episodes because I was already crying about 25 minutes in, then was away by the end of the episode again.
  A Tahani architect spin-off would be iconic *.* |
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Feb 2 2020, 01:28 AM
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Definitely happy with that finale, or as happy as I can be anyway. The season was a little messy at times but it was all to tie up loose ends and the show still ended on such a high note! Each character had their proper final moment and I never would've picked Tahani as the only one to stay!
One nice thing about the show ending now is that it won't take that much time to go back and rewatch it all, I'm sure there's so many little hints that I've missed along the way. |
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Feb 8 2020, 01:16 PM
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That was a great ending for the show. It definitely lost a lot of it's spark for most of Seasons 3 & 4, even if there were lots of highlights still there but it was great in terms of tying up the character's stories and also the themes of the show. It was of course emotional and it all stayed true to their characters (particularly with Chidi & Eleanor, I loved their scenes!). Good to have Jason actually spend time being a monk too
It was certainly special show and sort of turned the mainstream sitcom format on it's head entirely (just like that Season 1 finale!!). I hope has/will inspired new shows to do something as similarly daring and different. I'm also very glad that it told the story it wanted to tell and ended, without truly overstepping it's welcome. As I said, I know Seasons 3 & 4 weren't as special but the narrative together made sense in terms of how it flowed and was able to lead to that finale. It would feel a cheat for them to end up in the actual good place at say the end of Season 2, had it ended there. |
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Feb 8 2020, 08:09 PM
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Perfect finale! I loved the first three seasons. Season 4 was the weakest, but I still liked it. Season 1 is better in retrospect, as I didn't like it till they decided to turn it on its head.
One question: what happened when they walked through the door? I think they were reincarnated, and that man was Elenor right? And M recognised her? |
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Feb 8 2020, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE(A Capella Sally @ Feb 8 2020, 08:09 PM)  One question: what happened when they walked through the door? I think they were reincarnated, and that man was Elenor right? And M recognised her? I just assumed it was them floating around touching into people's souls and making them better/good people, doing good deeds, etc. Didn't think about that. 
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Feb 8 2020, 08:16 PM
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I don’t think that the man was her reincarnated but it’s likely her spirit or whatever that pushed him/it was her influence to give the letter to Michael as he originally wasn’t going to.
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Feb 8 2020, 08:19 PM
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I thought her essence was reincarnated, her consciousness, but her goodness, after becoming the best version of herself that she could be, dissipates out - and it touched a future incarnation of her consciousness, her as that man. She then saw Michael again, and he recognised her, showing the interconnected water and how we come across each other time and time again in different lives. And the reason why the people in the good place decide to go through the door is that they realise that self-gratification is nice and all, but they get bored of it eventually. They have become the best versions of themselves and want to spread goodness. Tahani goes and becomes an architect, whilst the rest dissavow their ego walk through the door and spread out more goodness, and their actual consciousness enters the cycle again.
Well, that's what I thought anyway! |
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Feb 8 2020, 08:36 PM
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I personally don’t think it went as far as reincarnation! I think Michael was just recognising the system was working and hopefully also recognised it was Eleanor in particular that was causing the good deed.
I guess it’s good that it’s open to that interpretation though! |
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Feb 8 2020, 09:19 PM
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ALTHOUGH! Saying that, in Buddhism, existence in itself is suffering, and that even the "gods", i.e those im an elevated plane of existence, i.e the good place, suffer. That's what we saw. What Nirvana is, therefore, is a STATE, and not a place, and it is a state of peace and ... non-being. This could be what the door was, and note they get it after reaching INNER PEACE and in becoming the highest ideals of themselves. In Jason's case, it followed years of LITERALLY sitting under trees and meditating.
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Feb 9 2020, 01:32 PM
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Finally got round to finishing this, a good ending, definitely felt very fitting giving them all closure and though there wasn't a lot happened, there didn't need to be as they achieved their goal, and the concept of the good place not being a permanent thing was good as that was the last quandary they hadn't solved
I am glad it's finished though, this show was great, had some excellent moments and a great reflection on afterlife and morality, but S3 & 4 were a bit of a slog at times, it led up to a good ending, but I do wish it could've been condensed a little bit. |
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Feb 9 2020, 03:39 PM
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Also, LIVING for Jason actually becoming a Buddhist monk and Chidi becoming decisive!
I guess the only way it could end was us following Eleanor's perspective through the door, but I wish she had stayed. She could have become an architect/ Good Place joint head with Michael, and then taking over from him. She could have hung out with Mindy and Tahani. Also, wth at Tahani being the only one NOT to go through?! She got the ending I expected Eleanor to get. But it makes sense. For many Jeremys in the afterlife, and on earth, she thought her hosting skills were meaningless, but they got meaning in the end because she gave them meaning by using them for a higher purpose - helping people by becoming an architect. She also had thousands of failed Michael tries to help! She had a lot of knowledge, and so would easily become one. The ending really does square up with Buddhism, even to the feeling of completeness and emptiness before entering the door. Loved Phoebe from Friends too and the way they just sidestepped a historical/ linguistic debate! Also, the finale ended up more philosophical than the entire show. Tahani and her sister wanted to spend quality time with their parents. They expected them to come as they were on earth, critical and eith drama. But they gor domestic bliss. They then realised they had it best on earth with all the grittiness and realness, and that the heavenly vision was a little false in comparison to what they knew. |
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