The Good Place
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Car keys (So I can lose them!
), Band-Aids (For your stupid fragile bodies!
), a stress ball with a dumb corporate logo, anda Dr. Oz diet book.
And Michael loves it all.
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Predictably, the boarding process doesnt go smoothly.
First, Chidi fails, apparently because he doubts that hes learned anything about himself in the afterlife.
But then Eleanor flops due to his doubts infected her.
So she asks Michael to describe what happened there.
And he does, beautifully.
Best Self is far from the flashiestGood Placeepisode.
(Its notforthat!)
But its also significant that his story is so simple and undramatic.
Eleanor gave Chidi a tissue before he sneezed, he realized that he loved her, and they smooched.
Thats a reassuring perspective on humanity from a show that can often be pretty pessimistic.
That attitude affects what the episode turns into, too: a kind of touching valedictory.
What follows is a farewell to the Neighborhood.
Its a poignant and poetic end.
Isnt it amazing, the attachments we create?
He bursts into tears while conceiving of a Hell thats just a Skrillex show with no bass drop.
He greedily gobbles up the last of the frozen yogurt while admitting that the stuff gives him diarrhea.
(Were about to be on aballoon, man!
Theyre just like us!
(No, really, thats kinda the whole premise of this show.)
