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Hey all. I just finished the first season and a pretty major thing is bugging me, can anyone let me know if this is ever addressed; Chidi was sent to the bad place for the consequences of his actions but Tahani was sent there due to the intentions behind her actions For this show, this seems like an especially weird issue. It seems like something that might be addressed later, and I reall hope it is, because I can equally see it as something fans just have to kind of explain away. That said, apparently the showrunner has a seven season plan or whatever, so who knows what will and won't come back.
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If you think about it, every person has a self, so how can they make a selfless good deed 
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Oct 15, 2018 11:32
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So I don't mean to poo poo on this show (which I do enjoy), but it seems like every single time they approach an interesting concept it's sort of hand-waved away or solved quickly and easily. For example; the points system being inherently flawed and bad is an interesting concept that makes the world of the show and potentially it's God figure much darker, more sinister and depressing. Maybe the bureaucratic nature of the Afterlife necessitates the guidelines becoming stricter over time to the point where a system designed to be fair becomes untenable and unfair? Maybe putting sentient creatures in charge of the fates of others in the first place is a an idea doomed to failure? Oh, no, the Bad Guys just made the Numbers Wrong. Giving the show the benefit of the doubt here, but it's kind of walked-back interesting ideas before. Eleanor, Chidi and the rest of the cast more-or-less always become the same group of characters with the same relationships with one another no matter how many times their minds are reset or how different their experiences are. The argument the previous episode they just sort of stopped arguing about Determinism and reached a "happy" conclusion arbitrarily rather than have Eleanor accept and change understanding that fate is out of her control. Even this episode it would have been cooler to see Eleanor/Chidi accept that the people who fell in love weren't them, but knowing that they have the potential to influences them to in the future and hey - that could lead Eleanor to wonder about determinism again! Or they just kiss and love each other. I know it's a comedy and they only have 20 minutes to work with, but so many times this show with a cool premise and a lot of ideas takes the easy way out. We're already however maybe alternate timelines in, with the rules of the universe being established and re-written = I don't mind if things get messier or confusing.
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Dec 13, 2018 11:34
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