The Good Place
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Did I do something to deserve this, karmically speaking?
If I did, does this punishment really fit the crime?
Those kinds of questions have been at the core ofThe Good Placesince early in season one.
But an eternity of torture?
Just for being selfish, vain, indecisive, and … Jason?
The same universe that spawned humankind in all our frustrating ugliness and baffling inconsistency is itself inelegant and unsatisfying.
(Chewing it was deafening, and it was the happiest Ive ever been!)
What would Plato say?
What would Superman do?
This feeling of powerlessness drives us all batty in real life.
Stay tuned next week to see if Eleanor finally boils over, as anyone would.
She claims to a grumbling Chidi (the fake one, anyway) that this trick helps her think.
But really its just a great visual: movie-worthy cine-magic, repeated just enough to stay cool.
An exasperated Jen responds to this by snapping, There is no right one … theyrehats!
Yes,The New Yorker.
