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

[sidleypkhermit]

Honestly, I got six minutes into it, realized that I really, truly was going to have to watch at least some of the characters I've followed for these four years go to the magical perma-suicide box with beautiful speeches, and I stopped watching. I realized that, right now at least, it doesn't matter how emotionally moving this individual hour of television was, or how funny, or how great the acting is -- I'm too disturbed and saddened by the conclusion of this story to try to approach the finale on its own terms.

Weirdly enough, I have never felt more okay, philosophically, with the idea of living forever.

[enemyofperfect]

Noping out before it gets to be too much is a highly valuable skill, and it sounds like you put it to good use.

For whatever it's worth, my PMs are always open if you could use targeted spoilers or someone to commiserate with.

[facethestrange]

I agree so much, and in a weird way I'm glad that someone else feels the way I do. I still haven't watched it and I'm not sure if I ever will. My partner watched it first and I asked her for spoilers, and this entire concept actually made me cry, not at all in a good way. I don't want to make myself even more upset on purpose.

[silverusagi]

I haven't watched it and am not going to. I had so many problems with the way the solution was presented in 4.12 that I decided to look up spoilers for 4.13 after it aired, and after reading them, decided not to watch.

[enemyofperfect]

I did watch it, but... yeah, the crying jag I had afterwards was not the good kind, either. I'm glad you had the information you needed to decide to steer clear.

[racheloddment]

Yeah, I did watch the whole episode, but it truly did not sit right with me and I'm glad to see someone else agrees, because all of my friends seem to have loved it and I don't want to harsh their vibes. I think I disliked it mostly because of my personal views of death and the afterlife that sort of fundamentally disagree with their ethos at the end. When I rewatch, I'm gonna stop at 4x11 and pretend that's the end, tbh.

[silverusagi]

When I rewatch, I'm gonna stop at 4x11 and pretend that's the end, tbh

Ditto.

[enemyofperfect]

When I rewatch, I'm gonna stop at 4x11 and pretend that's the end, tbh.

That's a great idea. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, either, but... judging by the last couple of episodes, the show they were making was not the show I had thought I was watching. And it's really only the imaginary show I thought existed that I liked.