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Tahani and Michael are foreigners in Florida.Colleen Hayes/NBC
Season 3 of The Good Place seems to have stopped flicking through realities and settled on Earth, taking the opportunity to delve deeper into the character’s home lives, as just about everyone (except Chidi) has a warped family dynamic to fix.
Jason’s going to start by convincing his own father, the infamous “Donkey Doug,” subject of many a moronic anecdote, to live a better life and start accumulating those precious afterlife points.
And Mitch Narito, with his chronically confused grin, plays the part of “Florida Man” perfectly, with Tahani being the ideal fish-out-of-water witness to this descent into the trash pile. The filthy pool water, walls decorated with road signs, and monster truck taxi are all part of Jason’s world, and it’s easy to see why he turned out like … that.
Donkey Doug has an extremely casual approach to fatherhood, referring to Jason as his “boy,” but never in a biological sense. Parental monickers imply responsibility, and Donkey Doug doesn’t want the party to end; changing the man’s childish attitude looks to be an impossible task.
Meanwhile, Chidi finally confronts the unavoidable – he must break up with Simone, not because he wants to, but to ensure she remains blissfully ignorant about the afterlife. It’s an extremely well-intentioned decision, with the problem being that Chidi cannot lie, or even be rude to another human being.
Janet might not have her powers, but she’s still practically omniscient, and quickly builds a sophisticated virtual reality machine to help Chidi cycle through break-up simulations, meaning she pretty much still has her powers. But Janet seems to be becoming a little more human; her own personal use of the simulation was equally hilarious and adorable.
An amusing montage sees Chidi try, and repeatedly fail, to break up with Simone, with no help from Eleanor, who is too busy playing pranks and exploring her bisexual side to take the problem seriously. Eleanor can’t understand why Chidi can’t just “ghost” this girl; it’s been her heartless strategy throughout her entire life, which is wonderfully ironic, because Eleanor doesn’t yet know that her own mother “ghosted” her, quite literally.
Eventually, Chidi does the deed by telling the truth, informing Simone that they must break up and that she can never know why. Luckily, Simone’s starting to think that Chidi is kind of weird anyway. Whether that leaves the door open for Eleanor and Chidi to hook up is open to interpretation; Eleanor could hook up with just about any character on the show at this point.
As for Jason, it turns out deadbeat dad Donkey Doug is way too invested in quick-rich schemes and badly organized robberies to ever truly see the light, but Jason reckons that Pillboi, who works as a more-knowledgable-than-normal pill dispenser at a retirement home, might be a better target for salvation. He’s harmless enough, and just needs a good white lie to set him straight.
But Donkey Doug manages to salvage some of his soul by repeating an old family tradition; he distracts the police long enough for Jason to escape, which might be the most fatherly act the man is capable of.
Thus, Jason has some form of closure, and Pillboi is saved; might be a good idea to get the heck out of Florida and on to some easier targets. But with the end-of-episode reveal that Eleanor’s mother faked her own death means we’re about to see another trashy family reunion, and it’s not going to be nearly as harmonious as Jason and Donkey’s.
As flawed as Jason’s family life is, at least they love each other; Eleanor, on the other hand, looks like she’s carrying some serious mommy issues.
Can we go to Tahani’s house soon? I’m dying to spend some screen time with her insufferable sister.
If you enjoyed reading, check out my recap of episode 5, episode 4, episode 3, and the two-part premiere.
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Tahani and Michael are foreigners in Florida.Colleen Hayes/NBC
Season 3 of The Good Place seems to have stopped flicking through realities and settled on Earth, taking the opportunity to delve deeper into the character’s home lives, as just about everyone (except Chidi) has a warped family dynamic to fix.
Jason’s going to start by convincing his own father, the infamous “Donkey Doug,” subject of many a moronic anecdote, to live a better life and start accumulating those precious afterlife points.
And Mitch Narito, with his chronically confused grin, plays the part of “Florida Man” perfectly, with Tahani being the ideal fish-out-of-water witness to this descent into the trash pile. The filthy pool water, walls decorated with road signs, and monster truck taxi are all part of Jason’s world, and it’s easy to see why he turned out like … that.
Donkey Doug has an extremely casual approach to fatherhood, referring to Jason as his “boy,” but never in a biological sense. Parental monickers imply responsibility, and Donkey Doug doesn’t want the party to end; changing the man’s childish attitude looks to be an impossible task.
Meanwhile, Chidi finally confronts the unavoidable – he must break up with Simone, not because he wants to, but to ensure she remains blissfully ignorant about the afterlife. It’s an extremely well-intentioned decision, with the problem being that Chidi cannot lie, or even be rude to another human being.
Janet might not have her powers, but she’s still practically omniscient, and quickly builds a sophisticated virtual reality machine to help Chidi cycle through break-up simulations, meaning she pretty much still has her powers. But Janet seems to be becoming a little more human; her own personal use of the simulation was equally hilarious and adorable.
An amusing montage sees Chidi try, and repeatedly fail, to break up with Simone, with no help from Eleanor, who is too busy playing pranks and exploring her bisexual side to take the problem seriously. Eleanor can’t understand why Chidi can’t just “ghost” this girl; it’s been her heartless strategy throughout her entire life, which is wonderfully ironic, because Eleanor doesn’t yet know that her own mother “ghosted” her, quite literally.
Eventually, Chidi does the deed by telling the truth, informing Simone that they must break up and that she can never know why. Luckily, Simone’s starting to think that Chidi is kind of weird anyway. Whether that leaves the door open for Eleanor and Chidi to hook up is open to interpretation; Eleanor could hook up with just about any character on the show at this point.
As for Jason, it turns out deadbeat dad Donkey Doug is way too invested in quick-rich schemes and badly organized robberies to ever truly see the light, but Jason reckons that Pillboi, who works as a more-knowledgable-than-normal pill dispenser at a retirement home, might be a better target for salvation. He’s harmless enough, and just needs a good white lie to set him straight.
But Donkey Doug manages to salvage some of his soul by repeating an old family tradition; he distracts the police long enough for Jason to escape, which might be the most fatherly act the man is capable of.
Thus, Jason has some form of closure, and Pillboi is saved; might be a good idea to get the heck out of Florida and on to some easier targets. But with the end-of-episode reveal that Eleanor’s mother faked her own death means we’re about to see another trashy family reunion, and it’s not going to be nearly as harmonious as Jason and Donkey’s.
As flawed as Jason’s family life is, at least they love each other; Eleanor, on the other hand, looks like she’s carrying some serious mommy issues.
Can we go to Tahani’s house soon? I’m dying to spend some screen time with her insufferable sister.
