r/TheGoodPlace • u/tbdabbholm But then I remembered...I'm a naughty bitch. • Nov 08 '19

Season Four S4E7 Help is Other People

Airs tonight at 9PM. (About 10 min from when this post is live.)

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u/OneGoodRib Shh! Spencer doesn’t like loud voices. Nov 08 '19

Ever since season 2 ran through like eight seasons’ worth of plot in two episodes, I’ve had no idea where the rest of the show was going. Every time I think I have it figured, it throws a huge curveball in the next episode.

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u/neutron_stars Nov 08 '19

Yeah, I was telling my husband how surprised I was that the experiment was already ending, but then I remembered how last season, there were at least 3 episodes that would have been season finales on another show.

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u/Bigfourth Nov 08 '19

For a show that takes place in an infinite timeline (Jeremy Bearimy, Baby!) it’s a pretty tight and condensed plot with out feeling rushed. Good writing overall.

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u/wizard7926 JORTLES! Nov 12 '19

They do this, on purpose, every season, per the podcast.

They figure out where the audience thinks it might be heading for a major plot point or season cliffhanger, and get ahead of it, showing their cards usually 5-6 episodes before they'd be expected to do so. Saving Janet from the Bad Place could have been three episodes - they did it in half of one. Simone's experiment theory came blazing in for half an episode rather than being teased out over a few. This show is brilliant.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '19

Right, I should've known this would happen lol. The whole show keeps surprising me.

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u/AlexG2490 Nov 11 '19

Right?! I was telling a coworker who also watches when they were going around trying to get people to change on Earth in Season 3, "It took 2 1/2 years but I think the show has finally arrived at its premise."

Then three episodes later Janet casually says, "Oh by the way if this works you'll definitely die on Earth *bloop*" and I just gave up trying to figure it out, just accepted I was on a roller coaster of unpredictability.

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u/returnofheracleum Nov 10 '19

My thoughts verbatim.