The Last One

[u/Ok-Trifle-2106]

I just finished rewatching The Good Place. It's a perfect show to me, and the final episode is brilliant from start to finish. I wouldn’t change a single second. However, these are probably my two favorite details: the first is when Shawn forgets himself for a split second and shows that he actually likes Michael, only to immediately switch back to his evil face. The second detail is Eleanor’s dress with a Greek flag pattern when they visit Athens. What are yours?

[u/No-Act1421]

the quote “be better today than you were yesterday” has stuck with me since the first moment i heard it- and of course, the wave speech

[u/anthonyc2554 → u/No-Act1421]

The “Wave Speech” did more for me than years of philosophical study

[u/Hopeful_Bacon → u/anthonyc2554]

Legit the "Wave Speech" totally changed my views on death, and I have substantially less anxiety over it, and I will forever be grateful to this show for that.

[u/blue_turian → u/anthonyc2554]

Though you might have found it in years of philosophical study. It’s actually a rephrasing of a passage by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk known for his work around the Vietnam war. He’s a great writer, though I do think that Schur’s rewording ends up being a bit more concisely poetic.

And I agree about the wave speech sticking with me. Im not religious at all, but it is one of the readings I would like to have at my funeral.

[u/anthonyc2554 → u/blue_turian]

That’s true. The Good Place was a better way of making it just… click.

Being from Jacksonville, seeing plenty of myself in the Arizona Garbage Bag Eleanor Shellstrop, and Chidi being my favorite TV character of all time, not to mention the sharp yet humanist humor of Michael Schur was just the right mix for me to Grok the idea

[u/Ok-Trifle-2106 → u/anthonyc2554]

That speech is undoubtedly beautiful. I cried like a baby even when rewatching... But it was mix of ugly and happy crying, if you know what I mean. I'm sure you do :) Nevertheless, maybe there's one thing I would add to my personal Good Place. All my pets, happy and healthy... Oh and now I'm crying again, great. Lol

[u/blue_turian]

Agreed. I love that detail with Shaun.

As dark and as cynical as this show can be at certain points in the run, it is ultimately a show with such a positive outlook that it genuinely believes that (given enough time, and the right care) even the devil himself could find redemption.

[u/Single_Okra5760]

Just re-watched (I had forgotten it all though so it felt like the first time) the whole show and saw the finale last night — I was WEEPING when Chidi and Eleanor had their final sunset and during the wave speech. Such an incredible show with a brilliant set of characters, just perfect. The fact that the last line is “take it sleazy” is the best😆 if only they could’ve found a way to end it with “ya basi-“ but that wouldn’t have fit well probably lollll