The Good Place gang gets a real-life philosophy lesson this week after they discover the awful truth about their Earth-bound experiment.
It’s looking pretty grim for Team Cockroach until Eleanor finds a wallet on the floor of the bar. At first, she thinks she’ll just snatch the cash and run, but something stops her. She runs all over town trying to track down the owner, and when she finally finds him, he reveals there was an adorable drawing inside the wallet from his daughter that he considers his good-luck charm, telling Eleanor she’s “a good person” for returning it. She tears up, and goes back to a despondent Chidi — who’s cooking up a pot of chili with marshmallow Peeps and M&Ms in front of his university students, because nothing matters — to tell him she has a new plan.
They find Michael and Janet, along with Tahani and Jason — who got married, by the way, so Tahani could give him half her money! — and Eleanor announces that while the six of them are indeed “doomed,” they do have one option: “We can try. Try to do good.” They can help other people get into the Good Place, she says: “It’s better than not trying.” The others agree to join her “Soul Squad,” even Chidi, who seems to be emerging from his funk. One problem, though: Larry Hemsworth shows up, ready to jet off to London with Tahani to plan their wedding. Oops.
The Good Jokes:
* Michael’s terrible fake FBI names: “My name is Special Agent Rick Justice, and this is Lisa ‘Frenchy’ Fuqua.”
* Michael, on how easy it would be to just kill the humans: “Their bodies are very poorly made. They’re mostly goo and juice. You just take the juice out, and then they’re dead!”
* Eleanor, after telling everyone, “See you in hell!”: “You know what I just realized: I always say that when leaving a room, but right now, it’s accurate. I will literally see all of you in hell!”
* Jason proudly announcing that “in Jacksonville, I got a flu virus named after me because I kissed a bat on a dare.”
* Michael slooooowly hunting and pecking on the computer keyboard until Janet impatiently takes over.
* Eleanor’s new life rules, which include “no more Spider-Man movies! There’s way too many Spider-Man movies! Too many dorky, little twerpy Spider-Men.”
* Eleanor defending America’s inherent selfishness: “If you need surgery, you just beg for money on the Internet! It’s a perfect system!”
* Jason handing out a bundle of Tahani’s cash to a street violinist: “Now you can buy a bigger chin guitar!”
* The banker, reluctant to hand Tahani’s money to Jason: “We’re technically supposed to shut down the bank if anyone from Florida even walks in.”
* Michael planning out what he wants to do on Earth with Janet: “I know it’s touristy, but I’d really like to visit a Lenscrafters.”
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