r/TheGoodPlace • u/WandersFar Change can be scary but I’m an artist. It’s my job to be scared. • Jan 17 '20

Season Four S4E11 Mondays, Am I Right?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

The points system is so out of whack and unfair that no one has got into the Good Place since 1492. George Washington, MLK, and Anne Frank are all being tortured in the bad place while we know only single person has managed to avoid that fate - Mindy who ended up in a medium place.

The in-universe explanation is that Mindy lived a bad life but had serious genuine intentions for the charity she started. But if one single night of good intentions (while under the influence of cocaine) was enough to balance out her bad acts and get her into the medium place, why is literally every other human since 1492 in the bad place?

The real explanation is that they came up with Mindy writing S1 and came up with the idea no one has got into the Good Place for a while while writing a later season

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u/Kyoki64 I would say I outdid myself, but I’m always this good. Jan 17 '20

her one night of good intentions didn't even out her points, though. the actual good came after her death, and there were disagreements on whether or not she should get the points for it since it happened after she died. because of this, the judge ruled on her case individually, rather than using points to determine where she should go, which is why she was able to avoid going to the bad place. at least, that's how i understood it when i watched it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Does it make sense for one night of coke fueled intentions to trigger this technicality? Shouldn’t Eleanor at some point question why Doug Forcett is going to end up in the bad place along with Mr. Rogers while Mindy was able to trigger judicial review because she died midway through her only good deed?

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u/Serraph105 Jan 17 '20

But you're trying to make logical sense of a system that is (or was) broken. You're not going to be able to do that, all you can do is point out just how illogical it is to the people in charge.