The Good Place
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Eleanors repeated eureka moment Thisis the Bad Place!
Just ask Gen the Judge.
Great Britain left the European Union.
Hugh Jackman starred in a hit movie musical about P.T.
Blake Bortles led the Jacksonville Jaguars to the AFC Championship Game.
The Brainy Bunch is a fine example of a season three sitcom episode.
Theres nothing unusual or experimental about The Brainy Bunch.
Its just very, very funny a joy to watch from start to finish.
What makes it especially delightful is that its fully staffed.
Every main character appears, often in the same space, pinging off each other.
Theyre drawn together by Trevor, that diabolical, sadistic agent of evil.
Ive been in every situation, he insists.
Because Im a librarian.
Like Michael, Janet has no powers in our mortal sphere.
And shes not handling this as well as her former boss.
(I guess I could kick him with my soft feet?
Thats when Gen launches into her diatribe, and angrily flings Trevor into an eternal void.
All of this business withThe Good Places immortal characters is pretty hilarious.
The eaterys a bottomless source of visual gags for this episode.
Its also, tellingly, an extension of the restaurant jokes from seasons one and two.
In other words: Who needs the Bad Place to push mediocre frozen yogurt and bug-infested chowder-fountains on us?
Even on Earth, that kind of Bad is ever-present.
When were able to recognize it, and call it what it is?
Down Under
Ah, the Cowboy Skyscraper Buffet.
Gen yells back, I dont know, but itsweird, man!
Thats how messed-up everything is.
Sometimes things feel askew and were not even sure why.
Good to see Eleanor and Tahani bonding again in their special way, by comparing brassieres.
Tahanis is spun from a thin, pure gold.
Eleanors sports bra, meanwhile, has rust-colored stains around the armpits.
Its not a bad theory.
(Plus … its a sweatshirt!
The most stifling of novelty shirts.Thisis the Bad Place!)
