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Quite frankly I'm shocked that not only is there no thread on this, but that it hasn't been discussed on the farms, at all.
The good place is a show about a woman called Eleanor Shellstrop that dies and wakes up in The Good Place™. You see as it turns out, every single act you do when on earth has a point value assigned to it, helping an old woman cross the street gives you 50 points. Taking candy from a baby loses you 100 points.
After you die, your point total is tallied up and if its high enough, you get to go to a Good Place™ neighborhood, a speciallized designed section of heaven filled with anything and everyone you could ever want, alongside 322 other people hand selected for maximum harmonic compability, to enjoy your days for the rest of eternity.
If you don't score enough points, you go to The Bad Place™ where... well no need to bother yourself with that one, after all you're in the good place.
Well as it turns out, there was a mixup. Eleanor was not meant to be in the good place because she is a rude, selfish, trashy basic bitch that steals candy from babies and publishes her best friend's credit card details on reddit when she gets pissy.
She was meant to be in the bad place. She just happened to go to the good place because she died at the same time as another woman named Eleanor that was a human rights lawyer activist working to free children from sweatshops, and this is what everyone, including the Architect of the neighborhood that welcomes her, thinks and expects her to act like.
Realizing she won't last long, she enlists the help of an indescisive moral philosophy prophesor called Chidi Anagonye to teach her how to be a good person, so she can blend in, and by the time her cover is blown, hopefuly prove that she has improved enough as a person to deserve to be in the good place.
Now, I know what you're thinking, "This show sounds really basic, she just learns how to be a good person and that's it no?"
Yes, indeed, it does SOUND really basic, and that's part of what makes it so good. It takes a seemingly basic premise but runs with it to such extremes, both with the characters, and how the story develops that I am confident EVERYONE will find something to like about it. Its genuinely funny, heartwarming, just the right ammount of subversive, it blends personal drama with black comedy hillariously well, and the writers were on an incredibly tight leash to stay on form so as to not rush through things or waste time.
Everyone in the show gives absolutely stellar performances, and have fantastic chemistry with one another. The show has excellent pacing and part of the reason why I believe it is so good is because the entire thing was planned out from the start. It has a start, a middle, and a finish and then its over, no loose ends, no sequel bait or cliffhanger. The creator had a story he wanted to tell and he told it.
"But what about politics? Its a show about ethics, morality and being a good person. How much preaching should I expect?"
Ironically, despite being a show about ethics, morality, redemption and being a good person, it is 99.99% apolitical. The only form of politics it includes are subtle jabs along the lines of "Microagressions bad" that do stick out like sore thumbs specifically because of how apolitical the show is, but in the entire 53 episode run, you can literally count the number of them on one hand. In fact I did. There's 8 total and they are relegated to inconsequential throwaway blink and you miss it lines. Look, I'm a level 9 nooticer, and the show gets the all clear signal from me.
Also, for a show about the afterlife it is not anti religion and not anti christianity, and at least in my opinion handles the subject of religion pretty respectfuly.
So tl;dr no, the show has no politics.
I would love to say more about the show because there's so much to be said, but the plot developments are just as important as the character developments. This is one of the shows where the less you know about it going in, the better it is. Idealy, you shouldn't even know that Eleanor is meant to go to the bad place despite the fact that its revealled in the first 3 minutes of the show.
"Eh whatever, it doesn't sound bad, but its not my cup of tea."
I'm convinced if you watch the first season, it will hook you to watch the rest, which sounds like a big ask until you realize its 12 20 minute episodes. You can literally knock that shit out in 4 hours. But fine if you're still not convinced.
Alright.
TL;DR Basic white bitch goes to heaven by mistake, she has to learn to be a good person to blend in before they find her out or she's gonna burn for all eternity. Very heartwarming, funny and well writen.
On a final note, one of my favourite jokes in the show to give you a taste of what to expect. A character is asked "How do you solve the trolley problem?" their answer?
The good place is a show about a woman called Eleanor Shellstrop that dies and wakes up in The Good Place™. You see as it turns out, every single act you do when on earth has a point value assigned to it, helping an old woman cross the street gives you 50 points. Taking candy from a baby loses you 100 points.
After you die, your point total is tallied up and if its high enough, you get to go to a Good Place™ neighborhood, a speciallized designed section of heaven filled with anything and everyone you could ever want, alongside 322 other people hand selected for maximum harmonic compability, to enjoy your days for the rest of eternity.
If you don't score enough points, you go to The Bad Place™ where... well no need to bother yourself with that one, after all you're in the good place.
Well as it turns out, there was a mixup. Eleanor was not meant to be in the good place because she is a rude, selfish, trashy basic bitch that steals candy from babies and publishes her best friend's credit card details on reddit when she gets pissy.
She was meant to be in the bad place. She just happened to go to the good place because she died at the same time as another woman named Eleanor that was a human rights lawyer activist working to free children from sweatshops, and this is what everyone, including the Architect of the neighborhood that welcomes her, thinks and expects her to act like.
Realizing she won't last long, she enlists the help of an indescisive moral philosophy prophesor called Chidi Anagonye to teach her how to be a good person, so she can blend in, and by the time her cover is blown, hopefuly prove that she has improved enough as a person to deserve to be in the good place.
Now, I know what you're thinking, "This show sounds really basic, she just learns how to be a good person and that's it no?"
Yes, indeed, it does SOUND really basic, and that's part of what makes it so good. It takes a seemingly basic premise but runs with it to such extremes, both with the characters, and how the story develops that I am confident EVERYONE will find something to like about it. Its genuinely funny, heartwarming, just the right ammount of subversive, it blends personal drama with black comedy hillariously well, and the writers were on an incredibly tight leash to stay on form so as to not rush through things or waste time.
Everyone in the show gives absolutely stellar performances, and have fantastic chemistry with one another. The show has excellent pacing and part of the reason why I believe it is so good is because the entire thing was planned out from the start. It has a start, a middle, and a finish and then its over, no loose ends, no sequel bait or cliffhanger. The creator had a story he wanted to tell and he told it.
"But what about politics? Its a show about ethics, morality and being a good person. How much preaching should I expect?"
Ironically, despite being a show about ethics, morality, redemption and being a good person, it is 99.99% apolitical. The only form of politics it includes are subtle jabs along the lines of "Microagressions bad" that do stick out like sore thumbs specifically because of how apolitical the show is, but in the entire 53 episode run, you can literally count the number of them on one hand. In fact I did. There's 8 total and they are relegated to inconsequential throwaway blink and you miss it lines. Look, I'm a level 9 nooticer, and the show gets the all clear signal from me.
Also, for a show about the afterlife it is not anti religion and not anti christianity, and at least in my opinion handles the subject of religion pretty respectfuly.
So tl;dr no, the show has no politics.
I would love to say more about the show because there's so much to be said, but the plot developments are just as important as the character developments. This is one of the shows where the less you know about it going in, the better it is. Idealy, you shouldn't even know that Eleanor is meant to go to the bad place despite the fact that its revealled in the first 3 minutes of the show.
"Eh whatever, it doesn't sound bad, but its not my cup of tea."
I'm convinced if you watch the first season, it will hook you to watch the rest, which sounds like a big ask until you realize its 12 20 minute episodes. You can literally knock that shit out in 4 hours. But fine if you're still not convinced.
Alright.
At the end of season one, it turns out that none of the characters are in the good place, or ever were in the good place. They've been in the bad place all along where demons have been fucking with them by making them think they're in the good place and screwing with them in various ways the entire time. And there's 3 more seasons to go after this reveal that get crazier every time.
TL;DR Basic white bitch goes to heaven by mistake, she has to learn to be a good person to blend in before they find her out or she's gonna burn for all eternity. Very heartwarming, funny and well writen.
On a final note, one of my favourite jokes in the show to give you a taste of what to expect. A character is asked "How do you solve the trolley problem?" their answer?
"I extend a pike through the window, and let the wagon plow into the group. That way I can get everyone in a single go.", accompanied by this lovely drawing.
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