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Now that the premiere has kicked off, the story arcs and subplots can really get underway. The episode kicks off with Michael and Eleanor briefing each other, with Michael telling Eleanor that Chidi’s study group should be getting underway, only for Chidi to appear, informing them that he is going on a picnic, and that Brent ended up leaving his

The job of a season premiere is to establish a season’s story arcs. This premiere mostly did its job but this is due to the fact that the story arc was established in the season 3 finale. Instead this premiere had this season’s main story arc expand and progress. The episode and the season kicks off with Eleanor giving Chidi

The job of a season finale is to conclude the season’s story arcs and establish new story arcs for the next season. This finale did its job perfectly. The episode picks up from where we were left off. While Eleanor tries to calm Michael down and reassure him, she ends up having to step in by welcoming John and posing

The job of a penultimate episode is to provide a springboard for the season finale, this episode perfectly did its job. The episode kicks off with Michael, Janet and the gang making their way to the IHOP – Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes. Michael explains to them that the IHOP is the crossroads of all dimensions, like Grand Central Station of

In this episode, Michael eventually finds another piece to his puzzle but not before hitting a few roadblocks along the way. The episode picks up from where we were left off, in the Good Place post office where Michael, Janet and the gang arrived. Janet blows up the shoot they came through so no-one can follow them, and Michael tells

In this episode we have Michael and Janet investigate the problem with the points system further, we see a new part of the afterlife, and we have the gang explore Janet’s void. The episode kicks off with Michael, Janet and the gang inside Janet’s void. Everyone quickly discovers that being inside Janet’s void has at least one side effect –

This episode focuses on Michael’s proposed blueprint for humanity and surprises us with an action scene. The episode kicks off with a man waking up, getting out of bed, putting a music tape in a cassette player, getting dressed, making tea, checking his solar panels, pulling radishes out of the ground and putting them in jars to donate to a

This episode still has the Soul Squad split up, however the focus is only on two of its members – Michael and Eleanor. While they await the arrival of the others from Budapest, Michael and Eleanor go to a public library in Arizona because according to Eleanor, they’re always deserted. Eleanor insists that Michael give her, her memories of the

This episode focuses on healing familial relationships. As the gang is split in two groups again, I’ll be reviewing this episode by group. Michael and Eleanor – The episode kicks off with Eleanor and Michael in Nevada, sitting in a car outside Donna’s house. Michael tells her that Donna faked her death to avoid paying $30,000 for a date with

This episode has the Soul Squad on its first mission – helping Donkey Doug and Pillboi become better people. Tahani, Jason and Michael go to Jacksonville to help Donkey Doug and Pillboi, while Chidi, Eleanor and Janet stay behind in Australia. Tahani, Jason and Michael decide to help Donkey Doug, who is revealed to be Jason’s father, by getting him