Gunnar and Antonio in this episode reminded me of one of the things I was initially really pleased with: there are queer people and same-sex couples in The Good Place! Then, later, it made the reveal kind of upsetting, and it still bothers me a little bit that at least three of our four humans seem to be straight, and even Eleanor's attraction to Tahani is not taken very seriously--the show seems to be going for Chidi/Eleanor as its real/serious romance. If we ever get to see the real Good Place, there had better be some (non-platonic) same-sex soulmate pairs!
On a happier note, I was struck by how much Tahani is concerned about Michael and tries to help. Admittedly there's a significant measure of name-dropping and vanity mixed in with her help, but she notices his "distress" and she cares. Because apparently some people really dislike Tahani (I've seen her described as "horrible"), so I was glad to see early evidence that she has a fundamentally good heart.
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on Friday, March 16th, 2018 02:06 am (UTC)On a happier note, I was struck by how much Tahani is concerned about Michael and tries to help. Admittedly there's a significant measure of name-dropping and vanity mixed in with her help, but she notices his "distress" and she cares. Because apparently some people really dislike Tahani (I've seen her described as "horrible"), so I was glad to see early evidence that she has a fundamentally good heart.