Loveday Writing

When Tahani proposes that she, Jason and Chidi leave and the balloon picks up Eleanor later, the scale determines that she is no longer allowed on board. Janet states that she’s the best version of herself as she’s constantly updating. However Eleanor counters that she may not be as she hasn’t dealt with her romantic baggage. Janet steps on the scale, but as she’s not human, she breaks it. When the gang question their options now that the scale is broken, Michael admits that he actually doesn’t know how to get into the Good Place and the balloon is fake, despite exploring over a billion options. He also admits his previous plans and ideas were lies, thinking that coming up with them and trying them would buy him time to figure out how to get into the Good Place. As they are now out of options, Eleanor suggests that they accept their fate and drink heavily.

Later, we see the gang taking Eleanor’s suggestion, throwing themselves a party. During the party, Shawn informs Michael that he will be sending a train for him. The gang also name Michael an honorary human, as he made more of an effort to help them than the majority of humans would. While Eleanor is making fun of Tahani for always demanding to “speak to a manager”, Tahani has an epiphany and asks Michael if there is a “manager” of some kind they can speak to, perhaps The Judge. Michael tells Tahani he thought about that but ultimately decided it was impossible due to having to go through the Bad Place, in plain sight, without getting caught, to get to The Judge’s chambers. Eleanor tells Michael that they should do this anyway, as they have nothing else to lose.

The next morning, Michael incapacitates the Bad Janet driving the train that Shawn has sent, and the gang leave just as the neighbourhood starts disintegrating.

Overall I felt that this wasn’t the strongest episode as the hot air balloon reveal was dragged out and Tahani’s epiphany could have happened sooner. However as the Team Cockroach story arc came to a close, Tahani’s epiphany was the perfect springboard for the next story arc – going to The Judge to have their case heard.

Stray Observations:

-Eleanor stole a necklace from Tahani.

-Eleanor’s yearbook quote was “you’re not better than me”.

-The version of Eleanor on the tape at Mindy’s house was Reboot #119. According to Michael this reboot had kebab restaurants and Eleanor had a pet lizard which Michael made poop on her all the time. Chidi fell for Eleanor after she gave him a tissue as he was about to sneeze – she was able to anticipate his needs.

-Michael finds kissing gross.

-Michael had a childhood pet – a ten-headed, dog-spider named Korzoff.

-According to Jason, the frozen yoghurt in the neighbourhood gave him diarrhoea every time he ate it, yet he hopes there is more of it in the real Good Place.

-According to Janet, love is a five-dimensional blob.

-Michael says humans only really need two emotions – anger and confusion.

-Michael’s human starter kit includes: car keys for him to lose, band-aids to symbolise the fragility of human bodies, a stress ball with a dumb corporate logo, and a Dr. Oz diet book.

Best one liners and interactions:

• “To Janet, the best robot..” “Not a robot.” “…Girl…” “Not a girl.” “And straight up hottie!” “I am attractive, yes.” (Jason-Janet going back-and-forth as Jason makes a toast to Janet)