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A review of this week's work The right place"Do not let the good life escape," as soon as I walk to Edmonton to donate $ 85 to a charity snail …
And so, Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil and Jason Mendoza are dead.
Again.
And that's fine.
Season three has certainly resumed in the last episodes, but we have always had an idea of the series marking time here on planet Earth. The show has tried to bring magic when it can, whether it's Janet build a virtual reality simulator or last week's flashbacks on how Eleanor and Chidi fell in love with Reboot 119. But most of the time, it was difficult. The right place work with a hand behind his back. The culmination of "Do not let the good life pass you" is even to concretize the problem by making clear to Janet that even if part of her is inside Shawn"Pirate portal of the afterlife, it recovers all its range of powers, which it uses to give a good kick to the great demon. In this sequence, one has the impression that the series itself acknowledges that it must keep at least a few fingers in the world beyond this one to live up to its potential. So, when Janet announces that the four dum-dums will have to hide in her void – and that she will die again – I could appreciate the horror of Chidi, although I felt relieved to know that this particular stretch of the story had ended. end.
And "Do not let the good life escape you" was a fantastic conclusion for this phase of things. In the most elaborate story of the series, Damon Lindelof – and more particularly the iconic beginning of Lost Season two – we start with a mysterious man doing chores while we hear Cass Elliot sing the title song. The man will be revealed as Doug Forcett, first discussed in the pilot episode as the only human to have ever correctly guessed the operation of the afterlife. Most importantly, it will be revealed as being played by You better call Saul alum Michael McKean. It is McKean who puts his hand on his own portal to the beyond, tapping into everything we know he is able to do. The performance is a marvel of comical sincerity, while being painfully dramatic, as we discover the disadvantages of living your life with only the point system in mind. He made himself totally unhappy in order to maximize the universal good, but he accepts his agony with a smile. When Doug explains that the cosmetic tests give him the impression of "wearing a mask of fire," he says, surprisingly, in a tone of both agony and celebration. He does not support that kind of thing, but he does it for the poor animals that would otherwise be test subjects.
The show has long suggested that the point system was extremely unfair. Here it turned out that it was downright cruel – and, oddly enough, perhaps outside the subject. Shawn seems certain that Doug will be in Bad Place with Eleanor and his friends. It also means that Good Place is even more inaccessible than previously thought, or maybe it can not be entered, and Michael is too naive to realize it. What is going on should provide a lot of fodder to our group that is going into a post-mortal existence plan. McKean is so charming at the beginning of the episode that it makes me almost wish the series could linger on Earth for one or two more episodes, just to have more Doug. But, judging by what's going on, poor Doug may well become the Good Place test case before too long. And that would be fun for us, even if it's another cross to bear.
Some other thoughts:
* If the rhythms of Eleanor's speech about Michael seemed familiar to Shawn, it's because it was all a loving tribute to a gag order. Indiana Jones and the last crusade where Indy makes a similar speech about Marcus Brody. Michael is as good at hiding as poor Marcus. (Declare side: it's a fun joke, and Denholm Elliott plays Marcus very well the unconscious twit, but this scene and Last crusade as a whole sell Marcus, who seemed quite proficient in The adventurers of the lost arch.)
* After dominating the two previous episodes, Eleanor this week takes a decisive step back from what Michael and Janet (or Scoops' siblings) are preparing. But it suited him to announce the news to Chidi because they were about to be dragged into hell by Vicky or one of the other demons. Dealing with certain death is the best kind of truth serum. I'll be curious to see if the time spent in Janet's void will restore to everyone the memory of the many reboots or if Eleanor will still be ahead of the others.
* Molotov Cocktails by Jason "BORTLES!" Had become a bit too effective lately. It's sad that he could not finish the battle cry, but it was logical that the demons know how to stop him this time.
* NBC has already broken every Good place season into two completely unbroken pieces. This approach would have made the last episode of 2018 before the end of the season early next year. Instead, the show will be interrupted for a few weeks because of Thanksgiving and other things, then airing a single episode (titled, intriguing, "Janet (s)") on December 6, and then will perform a brief break until the end begins on January 10th. The programming is weird, but the good thing is that when the show comes back, it will be part of a brief but wonderful dual function with Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
What does everyone think?
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