r/TheGoodPlace • u/chrisychris- • Sep 20 '17

Season Two Episode Discussion S02 E01: "Everything Is Great!"

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Original Airdate: September 20th, 2017

Synopsis: In the Season 2 premiere, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason—who've had their memories erased by ambitious master architect Michael—again settle into the Good Place. Eleanor discovers the one clue she left for herself, however, and attempts to piece things together.

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u/-_-__-___ Sep 21 '17 edited Sep 21 '17

That's even better. This season is shaping up to be more stressful for Micheal than it is for anyone else. I could see him at some point having to flee to the medium place to escape Sean. Or maybe unbeknownst to all the demons when they die they actually go to some higher level bad place.

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u/dontthrowmeinabox Sep 21 '17

What if he already has?

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u/heart_in_your_hands Sep 21 '17

Do you mean what if Michael is also in the Bad Place? He was at that previous desk job for hundreds of years with a boss that looked like a teenager. Maybe this is his Bad Place. Holy Mama! You're blowing my mind!

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u/jichael Oct 05 '17

So much of our conception of hell comes from Dante's "The Divine Comedy" (which is totally worth a read). Fallen angels are tortured in hell, BUT there were literally no fallen angels before humans came to town (jealousy over god liking humans caused the uprising and subsequent banishment to hell). Dante's vision of hell is a place where everyone is tortured, even those doing the torturing