The job of a penultimate episode of a season is to provide a springboard for the impending finale. I felt that this episode only really did its job in its final moments. Before I get to that, let’s start with the recap of the episode. The episode kicks off with two women, Pat and Naomi, going to Naomi’s brother, Aaron’s,
Read moreThis episode explores a historical society, duels and greed. The episode kicks off with a bang or rather shots, with two men in historical costume dueling, killing each other, with the seconds and referee running away from the scene. After the opening credits, we are brought back to Harrow’s boat with Tanya informing him that her cancer is in remission
Read moreThis episode explored stillbirth, grief and love lives. The episode kicks off with Grace trying to bond with Eady, against Sophia’s wishes due to the impending adoption, when they hear a knock at the door. A teenage boy, Jeremy, is standing there and is revealed to be Eady’s father. Sophia invited Jeremy to meet Eady but he has arrived early.
Read moreThis episode was all about choices. We kick off with Kirk, Grace and Sophia going to another adoption counselling session, only for Sophia to kick them out as she intended on completing the session alone. When the counsellor tells Kirk they’ll discuss “that other matter” later, Grace asks him about it and Kirk tells her that he is looking into
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and subplots, and establish new story arcs and subplots for the next season. This finale did its job perfectly by completing turning the whole season on its head with a plot twist that will completely affect how the next season is written. The episode kicks off
Read moreThis episode was honestly my favourite one of the season. The episode kicks off with a flashback to Eleanor’s final moments and death – shopping in the supermarket, being rude to a cashier, then being rude to an environmental charity worker outside of the store who calls her out on her behaviour, then picking up the bottle of margarita mix
Read moreThis episode provides more insight into the points system. The episode kicks off with Both Eleanors, Chidi and Tahani in Michael’s office. Tahani explains that her idea to help Eleanor stay, which she came up with in the previous episode, is to apply the points system formula to Eleanor’s actions in the Good Place to raise her points total, if
Read moreThe episode picks up from where we were left off, with Jason and Tahani in Jason’s “meditation room”. Jason tells Tahani who he is and not tell Michael about his real identity. We then cut to Chidi, both Eleanors and Bambadjan (a human rights advocate) in Michael’s office preparing to argue Eleanor’s case for staying in the Good Place whilst
Read moreThis episode kicks off moments after Real Eleanor steps off the train, with everyone in Michael’s office. Michael reveals that both Eleanors died in the same 10,000th of a second in the same traffic accident, as the Real Eleanor tried to save “Fake Eleanor’s” life. When Chidi asks Michael how he didn’t realise he had the wrong Eleanor, Michael tells
Read moreNow that Eleanor has revealed her secret to Michael, where does the show go from here? This episode starts to explore the consequences of Eleanor’s secret. The episode kicks off with Eleanor waiting outside of Michael’s office, much like she did in the pilot. Michael calls her in and asks her who she is. Eleanor tells him that some of
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