There's also the fact that (we're told) Good Place inhabitants average about 1.5 million points (IIRC). I really don't think raising $60 billion for charity at little expense to yourself is really worth 1.5 million points. I suspect there were also points deducted for condescension and selfishness.

I rewatched too and thought exactly the same thing. However, that could have just been a put-on; Michael really seemed to enjoy paperclips too and he had other emotional reactions that were obviously fake. So maybe he just pretended to enjoy his time with Eleanor.

I don't think they could have passed the role to a Bad Janet, because she would not have convinced anyone they were in the Good Place. And, based on what we know of Good Janet, I don't think the Janets are capable of pretending, so I don't think a Bad Janet could have pretended to be a Good Janet.

I did that on Friday/Saturday. (It was better than watching our new president. Ugh.) And it was interesting to watch from a new perspective. There was nothing that really jumped out to me as, "OMG! How did I not see that?" but there were a few Michael looks, where his concerned expressions could be pretty easily read…

When the show first started, I sort of thought they were in the bad place, because (1) neither Tahani nor Chidi seemed like they belonged in the rarefied company of the good place, and (2) the place didn't seem as if it would actually make people happy. But then it kept going, and I decided I was wrong, because surely…

That seems too complicated - why would he lie about being diabetic? (I know pop culture shames diabetics, but that's only type 2 diabetics; considering his age, he'd have to be type 1.) The diet he described is similar to one recommended to diabetics who want to go extreme, but I just read it as him being really…

I doubt anyone else will care about this, but it absolutely delighted me, so I have to mention it. At one point, while he's denigrating fries, Nathaniel pulled up his shirt to show off a sensor he uses to monitor his carb intake. I've been diabetic since I was a little kid, and I have that exact same sensor in my…

Ugh. This view irritates me so much. I see it repeated in a lot of comments on this show. A lot of people think Paul is a nice guy who just has the misfortune to be married to a horrible woman. I completely disagree with this point of view. (I think this difference of opinion is mostly gendered, because a lot of guys…

Um, but she didn't. She got pregnant when they slept together and didn't use a condom. (I know she tried the whole frozen sperm thing, but, contrary to what a shockingly large number of viewers seem to think, you can't get pregnant that way.) Also, I don't think she's a sociopath; I think she's a moron but not a…

I come from a family of cowards who have managed to stay out of every single war this country has fought. My dad married his college girlfriend to get out of Vietnam; one grandfather successfully pretended to be blind and the other pretended to be lame to get out of WWII; two great-grandfathers bought their way out of…

She definitely isn't borderline. My sister has borderline personality disorder, so I have experience with it. It can be summarized fairly accurately as, "I hate you, don't leave me," where the person will love you and need you to pay tons of attention to them and then something upsets them and they will start to…

Thank you! I wanted to write a comment like this, but you did, so I don't have to.

See, I completely disagree that she's earned her redemption. She just seems so freaking fake to me. After she got bottom two, she tells Alaska how amazing Alaska is; last week, she helped out a top two queen so she wouldn't be booted; she just always seems so smarmy with everyone, and I absolutely hate her. I always…

I thought the Charlotte/Penny moment was overhyped. (This is possibly, because I'm female and don't have a lot of sympathy for teenage girls who climb in the beds of middle-aged men. And because I misunderstandings to be massively overplayed. Seriously, you don't listen to your daughter or friend in that moment?) I…

I need other people's opinions on Anna Camp's performance. The reviewer says she does a "bang-up job," but I thought she just didn't work. (Nothing against Anna Camp, I just thought she didn't seem like a mean girl. Or a smart girl hiding her intelligence and hating her life. Instead, she seemed like a perky, bubbly…

I've watched the whole season; I thought it got better around episode 4 and stayed that way through the whole season, though I was somewhat disappointed by the finale.

After I saw the reviews of the pilot last week, I decided to watch the first episode. Then I streamed the entire show (thank you, streaming service based in Togo!) for 8 hours straight.

Seriously. And why was the woman pretending to be a man in the first place? I mean, it makes sense if you happen to want to kill someone and need to hide your identity. But otherwise? What, would no one accept her as a female magician?

My favorite line was the one about giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch, but that's because I hate the Patriots and am still angry about that Superbowl. (Also, Blaine and Ravi need to have pathetic, nonviolent fights every week.)

Which two?