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The Good Place, Season 3, Episode 2 (Patreon)

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Weird Magic

The Hugh Jackman movie was The Greatest Showman - MUCH better than I expected it to be!

DelGuy03

The Jacksonville Jaguars had, of course, been a running gag and punching bag on this series since it began in 2016. But they had a very strong 2018, right around the time this season was written and filmed. The musical film The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman as PT Barnum, was rather unexpectedly a giant commercial success, one of the highest-grossing movie musicals ever. I couldn't tell if you knew who Byron Allen is. Around 1980 he became familiar as one of the hosts on the reality show Real People. A decade later he transitioned into business, and eventually his company made a number of impressive acquisitions, including The Weather Channel. Three of the weird consequences of Michael meddling on earth! :)

DelGuy03

I feel like I have to offer some praise for William Jackson Harper as Chidi. All the actors on the show are good, but (often as I've watched this episode) I found myself admiring the subtlety of his interactions with other actors, nuances in both comedic and emotional moments. I'm so glad that this series allowed him to build his career to the point that this year he won an Obie (off-Broadway acting award, for the play that just won the Pulitzer) and is nominated for a Tony award.

DelGuy03
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As he's said in many interviews, he was on the verge of stepping back from acting when he was auditioning for this show. He'd had some decent credits (especially one episode of Unforgettable where he gets to shine), but he was in his mid 30s still constantly wondering if he had enough for next month's rent. The Good Place changed that. ... Partly because he was smart and proactive enough to build on it. He was always busy during the between-seasons hiatuses; that's when he shot Midsommar, the legal thriller Dark Waters (in which he was billed 7th, but the others were all major names), and the anti-romcom We Broke Up. After the series ended he starred in the two limited series Love Life (season 2) and The Resort (which I highly recommend, even if on your own time). And because of all this, he's now considered a big name as he returns to NYC theater.

Jeff

"It's funny that they have pretty mundane names ... like Jeff." Whatever, JOE.

tom

I always remember this episode for the hilarity of having Janet be limited by her powers. You've mentioned how the show has developed Janet with this idea of what it means to be human, and from a philosophical/narrative perspective that serious stuff is great, but I also love how they make use of that concept for comedy. She used to be able to teleport and create matter and was omniscient, but it suddenly just stopped yet her way of thinking remains strange. I love how annoyed she is by her limitations in killing Trevor and going "I guess I could kick him?". It's an absurdist element of this show that's underappreciated, the way the non-human characters have such alien perspectives when it comes to mortality, and I love that the writers make use of the show's premise to do so. Missed it in the beginning, but a funny line: "It's so nice to hear someone say, "Eleanor, you're the reason this is all happening" who isn't a judge in small claims court". Reminds me of the "Crazy high Eleanor" and "I'm your only option?" jokes from S1 & 2, some of my favorites. Trevor is so good this episode. I was waiting for him to come back (which is technically the end of the previous episode) since you guys had been hoping for his return last season. He's so diabolical and as he says good at what he does, exploiting Chidi's anxiety, Eleanor's people-aversion and for good measure setting up Jason and Tahani. The Hemsworth magazine page in the end is a callback to when Tahani says in S2 that she "once dated a non-famous Hemsworth brother". In regards to your discussion in the beginning, I like how they do the Chidi-Simone thing in the first episode. They have Michael representing what I suspect was many of the viewers, going "No, no, no, Chidi and Eleanor are supposed to be together!!" and Janet has to reassure him that it's good lol. Finally, this episode is technically the halfway point of the entire show! On the one hand, it feels like we don't even know where the show is going yet to be halfway done with it. On the other hand, so much has happened with so many changes and it's only been half of the full story. Can't wait for you to see the rest play out.

Kristi Govertsen

A big, “YES!” to you watching Severance. It’s phenomenal. Also, I’ve rewatched this episode multiple times, and I catch something new each time during the restaurant scene. There SO many hilarious little details. Also, that Manifest Destiny line is laugh-out-loud funny no matter how many times you see it.

Rachel Thomas

"Go get'em frog man" always makes me emotional every time I rewatch. I think part of it is watching Ted Danson's reaction when The Doorman says it. Michael lights up when he gets the keys, like he realizes a small moment of kindness he learned from his friends is paying off in a huge way like they said it would, and all of that is communicated in Ted's brilliant acting. And the genius of the writing is that after that happens, that's when we get revealed the doorman's name is Jeff, almost like him doing some human gets him some more humanity as a character like having a name. Always chef's kiss writing and acting over here 🤌🏼

Jamie Morgan

As a Brit, I much prefer the idea that Brexit happened because Michael is trying to fix the universe - it makes so much more sense than reality!