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This 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

Now 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

This episode picks up from where we were left off. Michael explains to the residents that he believes he is the design flaw in the neighbourhood as the incidents that Eleanor caused also happened moments after he did something wrong. Michael asks Janet to call a train for him to leave the neighbourhood so he can retire, which she also

The episode kicks off with Eleanor freaking out over her impending meeting with Michael to investigate the cause of the sinkhole. Before she leaves, Chidi introduces her to the concept of contractualism and that she if made a commitment to help Michael she should stick to it. When Eleanor goes to her meeting, Michael tells her he has theorised that

This episode explores Utilitarianism and the sinkhole. The episode kicks off with Eleanor in line for frozen yoghurt, where Janet informs her that Michael has added a large amount of new flavours for the residents to try, to make up for the sinkhole not being fixed yet. When Eleanor lets someone in line go before her without a second thought,

Now that we had an episode partially focusing on Tahani, we move on to an episode focused on Jianyu. Unlike the previous episode, in this one we find out a lot about him. The episode picks up from where we left off with Eleanor asking Jianyu whether he really was sent to the Good Place by mistake like her. He

With this episode’s title, I initially expected it to be all about Tahani and getting to know a lot about her. While this episode did explore Tahani’s character a little bit, it was more about Eleanor’s perception and suspicion of her. The episode kicks off with Chidi giving Eleanor an ethics lesson to be interrupted by Tahani dropping by to

Now that the pilot has established the premise and characters of the show, the real fun can begin. The episode picks up from where we left off with Chidi panicking over the ethical mess of helping Eleanor, and Eleanor requesting the blue and yellow striped clothes from Janet to avoid suspicion from others. When Chidi and Eleanor go to the

The job of a pilot is to establish the show’s premise and characters. This pilot did its job perfectly. Full disclosure, I have seen the entire series of The Good Place. So I’m reviewing this show with the season 1 finale, and plots and story arcs of its three other seasons in mind. I’ll try my best not to reveal