The Good Place
Chapter 48 - The Answer
Season 4, Episode 9
November 21, 2019
Well, they definitely went into their final hiatus on a high note.
Getting flashbacks to Chidi's whole life is a great way to explain how he got that way, and presumably what he'll do in the few remaining episodes we have.
I liked the mix of old and new scenes from the past. Think they might have set a series record for callbacks.
"Esmerelda, you don't bring knives to a friendly game night. I mean, who does that?"
"The prepared."
How have they kept Esmerelda from us for four seasons? "These trivialities demean me. I must away and tend to my ravens."
The Chidi/Janet scene in the coda to the movie night from "Pandemonium" is just perfect.
And finally we get a new Chidi, a synthesis of 800+ lives and over 300 years. Only a few hours until we hopefully find out something about what that means, and the significance of the note.
If I hadn't decided to to a series rewatch, I probably would have watched this one at least a dozen times in the seven weeks they took off, instead of deliberately not watching it no matter how often I was tempted, whenever there was a previous scene they referenced in here. It's very tempting to make up for lost time and watch it 8 more times in the three hours until Chapter 49 starts...
Right now it looks to me like the series is pointing towards some sort of reincarnation scenario, with the emphasis on being able to do better tomorrow than you did today. On the other hand, given my track record of predicting where they're going to go, that might be the one possibility you can rule out.
And for the podcast, Marc is obviously joined by William Jackson Harper, plus editor Eric Kissack and co-producer Frank Sackett.
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