Best erstwhile Gary.

I just noticed Fares Fares is on the show (he’s the tech guy on Hale’s team), and he’s credited as main cast in the opening. He’s an amazing actor, but hasn’t done *anything*. What’s up with that?

Tahani drinking a PBR while a Bad Place demon asks: “I’m gonna go take a dump. Want me to grab you one?”

One idea I had is that they’ll get to The Good Place, where the “Good” version of Michael will tell them it’s all been a test, and they’ve passed, etc... and just when it looks like a really contrived ending, you’ll get a background shot of all the angels (or whatever) sharing a “I don’t know what just happened,…

One thing I’ve always found a bit off about the way this series handles morality is that the characters don’t really focus on trying to figure out the official moral system of this universe, which is, for their purposes, the only one that actually matters for their chosen goal of getting to the real Good Place.

What, no Harry Belafonte?

Re: The Shining.

Gretchen standalones are my favorites. The writers can really delve into some emotionally wrought territory, but they never take the easy way out. The cat food scene was the lowest that we’ve seen Gretchen. One note that I liked was that they summoned up Gretchen’s depression and its impact on her adolescence without…

I rewatched it last night and agree with all your observations. The other thing I noticed in the rewatch was all of the screen flares/reflections throughout the episode. It seems they were forewarning Gordon’s death pretty much from the beginning of the episode. Still, that sequence with him following the illusion of…

I disagree that it was shocking. In fact I called it last year after the final episode: https://disqus.com/home/discussion/avclub/an_excellent_finale_points_ltigthalt_and_catch_fire_ltigttoward_a_promising_future/#comment-2946461792

Also, 7 8 9, as in "Sarah ate neck."

"…And last night I had another Monica Bellucci dream!"