TheGoodPlace series finale answers life’s biggest question as only it can. Read Alan Sepinwall’s recap
Because the last few episodes of the series solved the afterlife’s many problems, “Whenever You’re Ready” mostly plays as an epilogue to the series rather than “The Final Chapter,” as the last title card dubs it. This was the mode for‘s “One Last Ride,” too, and both episodes offer extended glimpses of what the characters get up to once the main story has concluded.
This sets up a later role reversal, where Michael opts to become a human even as Tahani is mastering his old job. This is a happier ending for him than simply running the afterlife would be, since his envy of humanity was a deeply ingrained character trait even when he was a Bad Place demon trying to torture our heroes. The rules are bent for him in the same way they were for the four humans, because saving the entire universe earns you special privileges.
And in continuing on for a while after Chidi goes through the arch, “Whenever You’re Ready” continues to affirm the idea that selflessness was the series’ endgame, rather than true love. We jump ahead 3.22 Bearimys, by which point Eleanor seems to be doing OK with only her Chidi beefcake calendar to keep her warm at night.
And this, ultimately, is the only conception of the afterlife that I feel truly makes sense for a show like this.has long argued that eternal torture is fundamentally unfair, and in these last two episodes has made a passionate case for the idea that eternal paradise ultimately proves more trouble than it’s worth.
Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson, and D’Arcy Carden in the finale of ‘The Good Place.’ Photo credit: Colleen Hayes/NBCSome other thoughts on the finale:
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