I feel like the first clear sign that something is off here is when Michael airily tells everyone not to worry what happens to the people who don't make it to the Good Place -- right after saying that's most of humanity, no less!
So I'm really proud of Eleanor for figuring out, in the very first episode, that something is royally forked up about this system. Sure, her reasons were selfish -- she'd much rather go to a Medium Place than the land of endless screaming and two-mouthed bears -- but she isn't wrong. And sometimes I wonder if in a way, her deep commitment to herself is actually part of what lets her grow as much as she does later on.
Meanwhile, poor Chidi is so relieved at finally having the answers that I guess it's not surprising that he doesn't find it in himself to question much. For the first time in his existence, he doesn't have to worry about getting it wrong! But it makes me wonder how complacent he would have been if he'd made it to the real Good Place and never met Eleanor.
Unrelatedly, it's interesting to me that Michael says he's spent "over 200 years" as an apprentice. Obviously that's a long time for a human, but for an architect, I'd think that would be just a blink of an eye. Is he downplaying how long it really was? Or what else was he doing before that?
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interrogating heaven + time frames
on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 08:19 pm (UTC)So I'm really proud of Eleanor for figuring out, in the very first episode, that something is royally forked up about this system. Sure, her reasons were selfish -- she'd much rather go to a Medium Place than the land of endless screaming and two-mouthed bears -- but she isn't wrong. And sometimes I wonder if in a way, her deep commitment to herself is actually part of what lets her grow as much as she does later on.
Meanwhile, poor Chidi is so relieved at finally having the answers that I guess it's not surprising that he doesn't find it in himself to question much. For the first time in his existence, he doesn't have to worry about getting it wrong! But it makes me wonder how complacent he would have been if he'd made it to the real Good Place and never met Eleanor.
Unrelatedly, it's interesting to me that Michael says he's spent "over 200 years" as an apprentice. Obviously that's a long time for a human, but for an architect, I'd think that would be just a blink of an eye. Is he downplaying how long it really was? Or what else was he doing before that?