The big difference being that Lost had literally nothing going for it besides the mystery after the first season. While this show has me feeling the same way as Gravity Falls: even if it turns out there isn’t a satisfying ending coming, I enjoy the characters so much that it doesn’t feel like a waste at all.

The mention of Simone makes me wonder if Shawn’s going to pick her as one of the new four to mess with Chidi.

Isn’t the premise of the experiment that given freedom from all their Earthly concerns (rent, Limp Bizkit) and guiding role models (as Chidi, and, arguably, all the “good” people of the original neighbourhood, provided for Eleanor), marginally bad people can become good people?

Dennis is currently consigned to the Medium Place, where the good news is that he gets to be a TV Critic dormir ABC, but he now must shoulder most of the burden himself and he must do it in the Kinjaverse.

Yes, and it’s gradually bumming me out even more with each review.

Is anyone else getting a bit worried about Dennis Perkins as, week by week, he minutely dissects The Good Place for schemes it doesn’t seem to be scheming? Yes, The Good Place is endlessly inventive - but it really only did the ‘surprise twist’ thing once, at the end of the first season. It really hasn’t gone back to…

I’ll just quote TV Tropes here:

I knew they were going back to Medium Place the moment they started wondering where to put that new Neighborhood. It was great to see Mindy again even if it was just for a moment. And we got Derek - James Bond version (the suit and the martinis).

I loved the “Niednagel” Easter egg that felt like it was especially for Good Place Podcast listeners.

Also, Chidi screaming, “As I was saying before I saw the TIME KNIFE!” is great. WJH’s timing, inflection and surprisingly jacked body are secret MVP’s on a show full of MVP’s.

I loved that Jason was the one who managed to accurately explain the problem. It has shown that he has grown too. He understood the problem and knew how to explain it. I was so proud. People have no time or resources do fully understand consequences of all their actions. Not if we want to actually do anything. It…

OK, Hot Take! I’m probably the only one thinking this (given I can’t see this mentioned in any other comment on here) but ... out of nowhere I think I now ship Daryl and Bert! At the end, each time they’d take a break from hugging to say something, I kept expecting a declaration of love from one to the other.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is always great, but this week it was really spectacular!”

Because getting the fuck out of West Covina is a massive step for her personal and professional development.

I loved how the boom operator visibly gave up and left the shoot when she uttered that line.

Also odd that their dynamic allowed them to overshare graphic bodily functions, but he drew the line at seeing the three exes outside. To quote Valencia, ‘We are very, very different people.”

Agreed. That was perfect, especially Jason delivering the line with a resigned shrug. And did you notice how the judge in the feminist porn clip asked for the three men’s consent before ordering them to her chambers?

I’m surprised that neither the review nor anyone in the comments mentioned the recurring joke about the adages. I loved it. It was the perfect amount of meta for me, especially coupled with the bit about the feminist porn (which of course Rebecca watches).

“Women... Can’t... say adages about them anymore.”
“Women are...…

There was a whole “let’s not even pretend there’s a fourth wall” bit of both her and Greg being there for “the rest of the series.”

She’s back for the rest of the series... of holidays

In fact, the refugee line was also used in the director’s cut version of (I think it was) “Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent.” So it’s been almost a year that that line has been relevant.