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raditts posted:I saw this in Old Town Alexandria, VA yesterday and I think there's a convincing argument that it is a Good Place neighborhood It combines Michael's love of food puns with Eleanor's love of Stone Cold Steve Austin!
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So I have caught up with this. If I didn't miss it for some ADHD riddled reason, I'm curious as to why no one addressed whether the lady in the medium place is actually a human or not, and if she is, why no one seems to acknowledge her existence, given she doesn't get memory wiped.
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Oct 1, 2017 22:22
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She doesn't get her memory whiped because Michael has no jurisdiction there. I'm sure if Michael could, he would.
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Oct 1, 2017 22:24
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It was addressed by the fact that it's not reset. Mindy is real.
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Oct 1, 2017 22:37
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Snak posted:She doesn't get her memory whiped because Michael has no jurisdiction there. I'm sure if Michael could, he would. Yeah, but I'm surprised that also wants part of the simulation. Her turning out to be real and Michael's lack of jurisdiction there wasn't clarified until this episode. In which case... how did she get there? If this "Good Place" was created for the simulation then how is she there? Does the train go to heaven, hell and that place too?
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Oct 1, 2017 22:38
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Did you not watch season 1, or just not pay attention? Also... What?
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Oct 1, 2017 23:02
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PriorMarcus posted:Yeah, but I'm surprised that also wants part of the simulation. Her turning out to be real and Michael's lack of jurisdiction there wasn't clarified until this episode. In which case... how did she get there? If this "Good Place" was created for the simulation then how is she there? Does the train go to heaven, hell and that place too? I mean yes? I'm not sure how this is confusing.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:19
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The most surprising thing about the medium place being real is that the one person who qualified for being in it seems like prime bad place material. She's way less ambiguous of a case than Chidi.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:25
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Mindy accomplished something. Chidi didn't, regardless of his reasons or whether they're justifiable.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:27
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Snak posted:The most surprising thing about the medium place being real is that the one person who qualified for being in it seems like prime bad place material. She's way less ambiguous of a case than Chidi. Mindy did something that put an absolutely massive amount of good into the world. That's the whole reason her case was so contentious.
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[quote="“Regy Rusty”" post="“476956046”"] Mindy did something that put an absolutely massive amount of good into the world. That’s the whole reason her case was so contentious. [/quote] They left her all alone with no cocaine! She's totes in a Bad Place!
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Oct 1, 2017 23:31
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Specifically, it was that she was either clearly-in or clearly-out of the Good/Bad place depending on whether she was allowed to accrue points after she died (it wasn't that she came it with a borderline number of points). Since it couldn't be decided, they instead made a new place for her.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:33
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I think when they inevitably take Michael to the Medium Place, they're going to make him come up with some cocaine and Mindy will finally be happy.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:48
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Regy Rusty posted:Mindy did something that put an absolutely massive amount of good into the world. That's the whole reason her case was so contentious. Oh yeah, I forgot.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:54
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Regy Rusty posted:Mindy did something that put an absolutely massive amount of good into the world. That's the whole reason her case was so contentious. So the Canadian kid on mushrooms deduced the Good Place, and Mindy figured out how to solve the world's ills while blasted on coke...the central message of the Good Place is...drugs are good?
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Oct 1, 2017 23:57
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Why doesn't Mindy just ask Janet for cocaine? Did they already establish that she doesn't work the same in the Medium Place?
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Oct 1, 2017 23:58
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I'm not sure that Janet has any powers in the medium place. I feel like Janet's powers are more of an interface. Like, Janet has access to the neighborhood's infrastructure and so she can provide things. But the medium place either doesn't have the same infrastructure, or Janet doesn't have the credentials to access it.
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Escobarbarian posted:Why doesn't Mindy just ask Janet for cocaine? Did they already establish that she doesn't work the same in the Medium Place? They did establish that last season.
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Escobarbarian posted:Why doesn't Mindy just ask Janet for cocaine? Did they already establish that she doesn't work the same in the Medium Place? Regy Rusty posted:They did establish that last season. Literally saw that scene today. I must have been half asleep for the last 4 episodes but they were so much fun to rewatch. Everything about how Jason died is perfect.
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Oct 2, 2017 00:31
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Lemon King posted:I guess he is real more or less. I always LOL when I see Doug’s picture because that’s Noah Garfinkel. He’s been a writer on New Girl the last few seasons. Why he’s there is likely because he’s really good buds w Joe Mande aka Todd the Lava Monster aka Morris. Joe’s got a really funny story about seeing a Huckabee Live taping w Noah while on edibles, and I think a little drunk. Basically, I love the current comedy landscape and how people are connected w one another.
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Oct 2, 2017 00:58
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Cannonball Run 2 is more of a Good Place movie than a Medium Place one. Now, Smokey and the Bandit 2...
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Oct 2, 2017 01:18
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Gobbeldygook posted:Well you see, the idea came into my head so it must have been put there by God and since God would never lie everything I conceive of must be true. Head cannon isn't a source. Also...brains aren't networked.
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Oct 2, 2017 01:22
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I think Mindy's really earned that cocaine
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PriorMarcus posted:Yeah, but I'm surprised that also wants part of the simulation. Her turning out to be real and Michael's lack of jurisdiction there wasn't clarified until this episode. In which case... how did she get there? If this "Good Place" was created for the simulation then how is she there? Does the train go to heaven, hell and that place too? Mindy has nothing to do with Michael's Good Place. The train can go anywhere. Accretionist posted:I think Mindy's really earned that cocaine Mindy can get cocaine after Adam Scott cuts it.
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Oct 2, 2017 01:33
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Also, Michael's architecting flashbacks revealed that he stole a Good Place Janet to use.
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Oct 2, 2017 01:36
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I wonder how many episodes until they go to The Bad Place. I can't think of a good reason for them to do so, but it feels inevitable. Though I halfway expect them to show up and have it turn out that all the screams are fake and everyone scrambles to act like they're in hell.
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We need an answer to the Doug Forcett question. Is Doug Forcett real??? Edit: Oh poo poo, interview: quote:Q: Does Doug Forcett — the Canadian kid who got high on mushrooms and guessed 92 percent of the Good Place — actually exist? Accretionist fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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precision posted:I wonder how many episodes until they go to The Bad Place. I can't think of a good reason for them to do so, but it feels inevitable. They could always retcon it, but the demons or whatever have been talking a lot when no humans are around about their old jobs doing horrible things to people.
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PostNouveau posted:They could always retcon it, but the demons or whatever have been talking a lot when no humans are around about their old jobs doing horrible things to people. Yeah but maybe they weren't torturing real people, but other demons
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Oct 2, 2017 02:30
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Nevvy Z posted:Literally saw that scene today. I must have been half asleep for the last 4 episodes but they were so much fun to rewatch. Everything about how Jason died is perfect. I appreciate that it was a Swanson brand safe.
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Oct 2, 2017 03:34
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Accretionist posted:We need an answer to the Doug Forcett question. A lot of people glommed on to the 'Make Michael think HE's in The Bad Place' plan, but I genuinely think the 'Find Doug' one is the more important one, plot-wise.
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Gaz-L posted:I want them to get Austin to do a cameo. Hell, they could have had him be Eleanor's soulmate in one cycle and she, like, faints. The great thing about the Steve Austin gag is that it works on a couple of different levels. Firstly, it's just a funny line, delivered well. But Stone Cold Steve Austin is also a perfect ideal man for Eleanor as we've come to know her. A foul-mouthed, beer drinking muscle-bound redneck is basically a walking series of checkboxes for boozy, sweary, trashy Eleanor. And that's what I think makes The Good Place so, well, good. It never once takes its eyes off the ball that it's a purely character-driven show. So even little jokes are character-centric. It's another example of the impressive kind of continuity that's been built up, which makes it very refreshing when compared to other sitcoms.
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Fart City posted:The great thing about the Steve Austin gag is that it works on a couple of different levels. Firstly, it's just a funny line, delivered well. But Stone Cold Steve Austin is also a perfect ideal man for Eleanor as we've come to know her. A foul-mouthed, beer drinking muscle-bound redneck is basically a walking series of checkboxes for boozy, sweary, trashy Eleanor. And that's what I think makes The Good Place so, well, good. It never once takes its eyes off the ball that it's a purely character-driven show. So even little jokes are character-centric. It's another example of the impressive kind of continuity that's been built up, which makes it very refreshing when compared to other sitcoms. If only he was a mailman.
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Lycus posted:If only he was a mailman. *rriiip* I gotta go to the gym!
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Oct 2, 2017 06:13
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How soon until we learn Donkey Doug and Doug Forcett are the same person?
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Zypher posted:How soon until we learn Donkey Doug and Doug Forcett are the same person? Doug was 'a stoner in Calgary in the 70s' and looks to be in his 20s in the picture in Michael's office so I think it's pretty unlikely he was Donkey Doug in Florida as a 50 something year old man. Then again, snowbirds do like Florida. uranium grass fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Oct 2, 2017 17:44
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It would be pretty funny if one member of Jason's crew was like 50
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Oct 2, 2017 17:49
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Escobarbarian posted:It would be pretty funny if one member of Jason's crew was like 50 Hey, when you're filling 60 slots, you take what you can get
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Oct 2, 2017 18:14
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Why oh why couldn't this show have episode previews? I'm hungering for the next episode like Mindy is jonesing for Cocaine.
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I just found out that Bambadjan is the name of the actor who plays that character and for some reason it made it all the more hilarious.
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