Season 4 Episode 13: Whenever You're Ready

[enemyofperfect]

I can hardly believe it, but the final episode of The Good Place airs tonight, and I have a feeling it's going to be an emotional one, folks.

Here's one last episode reaction post for the road.

Comments

[thatwasjustadream]

So this episode ended up being both hard to watch and better than I'd hoped. I could have done w/o a few things, like Tahani's sense of well-being only being complete when her parents made it through their own growth and turned loving and supportive. Nope to that. I enjoyed other tidbits more than expected- like:
- Eleanor's friends showing up at that dinner, that was fun.
- The Frog Guy! I was so happy for the Frog Guy.
- Eleanor going back for Mindy.
- Derek being the final, BIG special effect was amaaaaaing! A nod to that first disembodied look we get at the wizard in the Wizard of Oz, with a touch of 'digital sphinx/Face of Boe' kind of thing going on. Something about that whole scene and Mindy hitting the reset button was my favorite part.

I could have done with a whole lot less sad in this show. I can imagine them having gone in a more fun, lighthearted, less (sorry) preachy way, but.... that's where they went. And the Chidi wave speech was gorgeous.

I'm glad we had it to love. I'm read to move on - from it. :}

[erinptah]

I feel like Tahani's sense of fulfillment was coming from all the other stuff she did. "Finally get the love of my parents" wasn't anywhere on her checklist -- it's just an event that happened to occur at the same time.

The conclusion of her arc was 100% my favorite, too.

+1 to all those tidbits. I was really glad about all the other reappearing characters, too. (John is fine! Simone is fine! Brent is...still going through the process!)

[thatwasjustadream]

Haha - yes, Brent... he will keep an architect or two busy for many Bearamies.

[enemyofperfect]

Oh ouch, I hadn't even thought about Tahani not being able to move on from what her parents did to her, but that really is uncomfortable. But yeah, it was so sweet that Eleanor offered Mindy a chance to grow, and I was so happy for the frog-loving doorman too!

I would have liked a more lighthearted grand finale too, but if nothing else, there were a lot of moments I could appreciate.