For questions about The Good Place, a heaven-based sitcom created by Michael Schur and starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson.
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Why is "Use the term 'bro-code'" accounted for a negative score in The Good Place?
In season 1 of The Good Place, during the welcoming session for the newcomers to the Good Place which is hosted by Michael, a set of actions during their lives on Earth and their scores are displayed on a virtual screen.
The ones with a total…
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What is the "time-knife" referenced in "The Good Place" episode "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife"?
Chidi reports having seen something which Michael declares to be the "time-knife", to which Chidi exclaims "I saw the time-knife" as if it was some non-visualized abstract concept he was already acquainted with. This leads me to ask: what is the…
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Why does one get points eating a sandwich?
I’m on the first episode of The Good Place and I am just wondering if they've given any sort of reason for this at any time in-world/series so far.
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How long was the main quartet in the "Good Place?"
In the heaven-based comedy The Good Place, we find out that
the main quartet of Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason were in the Bad Place the whole time.
After this realization, the world is reset. However, this secret is found out again. And again.…
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In The Good Place, how long in Earth years is one Jeremy Bearimy?
In The Good Place, we are told that time in the afterlife works along the Jeremy Bearimy pattern. At the end of the final season, repeated references are made to the passage of time in terms of numbers of Bearimies.
But a Bearimy nonetheless…
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Was Trevor a real person?
In The Good Place, we meet the character of Trevor, played by Adam Scott, supposedly coming to the Good Place as a representative of the Bad Place. However,
it is revealed that the main characters of the show were actually in the Bad Place the…
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Why was Chidi writing a thesis?
According to what he said in the first season, Chidi is a professor of moral philosophy. Indeed, we see in the third season that he has an office, a plaque, and so forth. Naturally, that makes one think that his 18-year-long life's work is a…
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Why did Doug Forcett get points?
The show has multiple references that if you do good deeds while having a self-interest in mind, you won't get points.
The two biggest examples were:
Eleanor was trying to do good things in the fake Bad Place, but wasn't getting any points. And at…
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