Loveday Writing

The job of a season finale is to bring the season’s story arcs and subplots to a close and set up a new story arc for the following season. This finale did its job perfectly. We pick up from where we were left off with Michael telling The Judge that the gang got better after they died, which shouldn’t be

This episode has us meet a new afterlife being and see how much progress the gang have truly made. The episode opens in The Judge’s empty chambers, with a burrito on her desk, and the gang flying out of the portal. Eleanor informs them that Michael sacrificed himself to save her and they are now on their own. When they

The episode picks up from where we were left off, with the gang on the train on their way to the Bad Place. Michael informs the gang that The Judge’s chambers are in a neutral zone between the Good Place and the Bad Place, and that the portal to the chambers is in the main office of the Bad Place

The episode picks up from where we were left off with the gang alone in the neighbourhood. Michael informs them that getting to the Good Place is tricky as there is no train to catch, but he does tell them that a gold hot air balloon will get them there. The balloon has a scale in front of it that

The episode picks up from where we were left off, with Michael arriving at his office to find Shawn waiting for him. Shawn praises Michael for pulling off his plan, completely unaware of the other 802 reboots, promotes him, and informs him that a new torture plan will be widely implemented, while the gang is waiting in the hallway. When

This episode is all about relationships. We pick up where we were left off with Janet informing Michael that she made a rebound guy as she couldn’t find one, as Eleanor suggested. Due to Derek being the first person she’s ever created, his behaviour is erratic, which Michael fears will expose his plan to Vicky. Michael sends Tahani and Jason

As the episode title would suggest, this episode is all about Janet and Michael. The episode kicks off with a flashback to the start of Janet and Michael’s relationship. Michael steals Janet from a ‘Janet Warehouse’ and brings her to Shawn and Val. Val asks Michael how he managed to steal her and he informs her that as she is

This episode is all about the Trolley Problem and change. The episode kicks off with Chidi teaching the gang the Trolley Problem thought experiment – you are driving a trolley when the brakes fail, on the track ahead of you there are five workmen that you will run over. You can steer to another track but on that track there

This episode focuses on the inevitability of death, even with immortal beings. The episode kicks off with Michael in a meeting with Vicky, providing her with a lengthy memo of torture ideas at her request, only for her to reject them because the memo was too long. The episode then cuts to Michael divulging Vicky’s plan to torture Tahani by

The previous episode ended with Michael asking the gang to join forces with him, this episode focuses on the gang debating whether or not to trust and join forces with him. The episode picks up exactly where we were left off where Michael reveals that Vicky is blackmailing him and that she plans on operating her version of the neighbourhood