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* TheReveal in "Janet(s)" that no human has made it to the Good Place in over five centuries is both horrifying and tragic. Millions of otherwise decent people have been sentenced to eternal hellish torture all because of the points system being so flawed by taking into account of the unintended consequences of even the smallest seeming actions that most people wouldn't even consider...

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TheReveal in "Janet(s)" that no human has made it to the Good Place in over five centuries is both horrifying and tragic. Millions of otherwise decent people have been sentenced to eternal hellish torture all because of the points system being so flawed by taking into account of the unintended consequences of even the smallest seeming actions that most people wouldn't even consider...



** Eleanor's identity crisis over the multiple reboots she and Chidi went through and her pain over Chidi's initial rejection of her.



** When Eleanor admits she can no longer be sure if Michael is really himself or Vicky in a Michael-suit, he offers to blow himself up so the experiment doesn't have to be reset. It won't exactly kill him as demons can reform after a few months but it would have been pretty messy and meant Michael was gone for long while.
--> '''Michael:''' I wish I were saying this in a different context but; take it sleazy.

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** When Eleanor admits she can no longer be sure if Michael is really himself or Vicky in a Michael-suit, Michael suit, he offers to blow himself up so the experiment doesn't have to be reset. It won't exactly kill him as demons can reform after a few months but it would have been pretty messy and meant Michael was gone would be put out of commission for long while.
--> '''Michael:''' I wish I were saying this in a different context but; context, but... take it sleazy.



** When Shawn finally reveals the real reason he keeps fighting Michael, and the way he describes how much he used to love his job. You can almost imagine that he was once young and idealistic, and just like Michael and Glen, believed in his work. Like so many well intentioned people, he was so broken as a result of dedicating himself to a broken system that he ended up becoming part of the problem.

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** When Shawn finally reveals the real reason he keeps fighting Michael, and the way he describes how much he used to love his job. You can almost imagine that he was once young and idealistic, and just like Michael and Glen, Glenn, believed in his work. Like so many well intentioned well-meaning people, he was so broken as a result of dedicating himself to a broken system that he ended up becoming part of the problem.



** Chidi reveals that he'd been wanting to leave for quite a long while now but stayed for Eleanor's sake. Eleanor tearfully lets him go because she knows it would be selfish to force him to stay for her, telling him to leave before she wakes up the next morning. She then wakes up alone in bed, with one last parting gift from him.

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** Chidi reveals that he'd been wanting to leave for quite a long while now but stayed for Eleanor's sake. Eleanor tearfully lets him go because she knows it would be selfish to force him to stay for her, telling asking him to leave before she wakes up the next morning. She then wakes up alone in bed, with one last parting gift from him.
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* "Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy"
** When Eleanor admits she can no longer be sure if Michael is really himself or Vicky in a Michael-suit, he offers to blow himself up so the experiment doesn't have to be reset. It won't exactly kill him as demons can reform after a few months but it would have been pretty messy and meant Michael was gone for long while.
--> '''Michael:''' I wish I were saying this in a different context but; take it sleazy.
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* "You've Changed Man"
** When Shawn finally reveals the real reason he keeps fighting Michael, and the way he describes how much he used to love his job. You can almost imagine that he was once young and idealistic, and just like Michael and Glen, believed in his work. Like so many well intentioned people, he was so broken as a result of dedicating himself to a broken system that he ended up becoming part of the problem.

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** The entire episode. But especially Jason, Chidi, and Eleanor doing something that fulfils them in the afterlife and leaving The Good Place.

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** The entire episode. But especially Jason, Chidi, Jason and Janet's goodbyes.
** Chidi reveals that he'd been wanting to leave for quite a long while now but stayed for Eleanor's sake.
Eleanor doing something that fulfils them in tearfully lets him go because she knows it would be selfish to force him to stay for her, telling him to leave before she wakes up the afterlife and leaving The Good Place. next morning. She then wakes up alone in bed, with one last parting gift from him.


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** Eleanor leaving the Good Place after having found her peace.
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* The pilot episode is quite lighthearted and everything about Eleanor PlayedForLaughs until she quietly asks Chidi this question after getting drunk:
--->'''Eleanor:''' Do you think anyone cared that I died? Maybe someone did... I don't know.
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** The wave speech, which Jameela Jamil admitted in an interview is what broke her heart the most in the entire finale.
--->'''Chidi:''' Picture a wave in the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there, and you can see it, and you know what it is. It's a wave. And then it crashes on the shore... and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. That's one conception of death for a Buddhist. The wave returns to the ocean. Where it came from, and where it's supposed to be.\\
'''Eleanor:''' ''[through a TearfulSmile]'' Not bad, Buddhists.\\
'''Chidi:''' Not bad. ''None'' of this is bad.
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* "Whenever You're Ready"
** The entire episode. But especially Jason, Chidi, and Eleanor doing something that fulfils them in the afterlife and leaving The Good Place.
** Michael and Janet's goodbye to each other.
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* "Patty"
** The heroes have made it to Good Place, for real this time... but it turns out even that's not all that it's cracked up to be. The human residents there have grown bored and miserable from eternal paradise and many of them have lost their minds, to the point that Eleanor describes them as "happiness zombies". The titular character herself, Hypatia, has lost her zest and can no longer wrap her mind around the things that she was passionate about in life until she meets Chidi, who offers her a new challenge.
** The revelations in this episode definitely cast a new light on the Good Place Committee as well. After all, their whole purpose for existing is to make humans happy, but they can see that their methods of giving these people everything they could ever want and then some isn't working anymore. They're just as trapped by the system as Shawn (who admitted to growing bored with the repetition himself).
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* "Chillaxing": Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes ''her'' to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him and, as she previously admitted it in a JerkassRealization moment, secretly enjoying getting to vent at least a little of the hurt, anger and betrayal she felt by Chidi chosing to have his memory wiped (which included any feelings they had for each other).

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* "Chillaxing": Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes ''her'' to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him and, as she previously admitted it in a JerkassRealization moment, secretly enjoying getting to vent at least a little of the hurt, anger and betrayal she felt by Chidi chosing choosing to have his memory wiped (which included any feelings they had for each other).the relationship he'd built with her).
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* "Chillaxing": Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes ''her'' to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.

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* "Chillaxing": Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes ''her'' to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him. him and, as she previously admitted it in a JerkassRealization moment, secretly enjoying getting to vent at least a little of the hurt, anger and betrayal she felt by Chidi chosing to have his memory wiped (which included any feelings they had for each other).

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* Eleanor's flashbacks in "Existential Crisis" highlight how messed up her life was.
** The callous way Eleanor's mother Donna tells her how her pet dog died (which was Donna's fault, due to her leaving the poor animal locked up in the car on a hot day), and then telling Eleanor not to get sad over it because she didn't want to deal with it. Eleanor couldn't have been older than eight years old at that time.
** Eleanor's father's funeral. She's conflicted over how to feel, as Doug ''was'' a terrible father and a lousy person in general, but the fact that he's dead isn't exactly something that brings her any happiness. And then Eleanor's mother drunkenly bursts in. More subtly tragic is the appearance of Eleanor's boyfriend Sam, who cares enough about her to support her at the funeral, and clearly sees [[FreudianExcuse how Eleanor became who she is]]. Unfortunately, despite getting past at least a few levels of her shell, [[DoomedByCanon she will have inevitably driven him away between the funeral and the start of the series]].
** Eleanor's breakdown in the flashback where she's shopping. While it is comical, it shows how much she has longed for a normal home and family. The fact that the scene takes place soon after her dad's death makes it worse.

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Eleanor's flashbacks in "Existential Crisis" highlight how messed up her life was.
** *** The callous way Eleanor's mother Donna tells her how her pet dog died (which was Donna's fault, due to her leaving the poor animal locked up in the car on a hot day), and then telling Eleanor not to get sad over it because she didn't want to deal with it. Eleanor couldn't have been older than eight years old at that time.
** *** Eleanor's father's funeral. She's conflicted over how to feel, as Doug ''was'' a terrible father and a lousy person in general, but the fact that he's dead isn't exactly something that brings her any happiness. And then Eleanor's mother drunkenly bursts in. More subtly tragic is the appearance of Eleanor's boyfriend Sam, who cares enough about her to support her at the funeral, and clearly sees [[FreudianExcuse how Eleanor became who she is]]. Unfortunately, despite getting past at least a few levels of her shell, [[DoomedByCanon she will have inevitably driven him away between the funeral and the start of the series]].
** *** Eleanor's breakdown in the flashback where she's shopping. While it is comical, it shows how much she has longed for a normal home and family. The fact that the scene takes place soon after her dad's death makes it worse.


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** The entire plotline with Tahani being tortured by having the party she throws get overshadowed by the one Winston is throwing is largely played for laughs... until the end when Tahani breaks down and cries because even though she ''knew the whole time'' it was a ruse designed to make her feel bad, it still worked, and she doesn't like what this implies about her as a person.
-->'''Tahani:''' I really thought I could throw a better party than a magical, all-powerful being. And moreover, what does that say about me, about the life I lived? The way they're torturing me is through ''event planning mishaps...'' ''(voice breaks)'' ...and it ''works''! Am I really that shallow?

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** To a lesser extent, the fact that the humans are dead again. Kamilah and Tahani buried the hatchet and then shortly after, Tahani dies again, in circumstances Kamilah could never understand. Similarly, Pillboi and Donkey Doug no doubt had to feel hurt at Jason's passing, especially since the latter is [[OutlivingOnesOffspring Jason's father]].



** A short while after Kamilah and Tahani bury the hatchet, Tahani dies again, in cirucmstances Kamilah could never understand. So soon after getting her sister back, Kamilah loses her again.
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** A short while after Kamilah and Tahani bury the hatchet, Tahani dies again, in cirucmstances Kamilah could never understand. So soon after getting her sister back, Kamilah loses her again.
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* "The Brain-y Bunch": Trevor's well-chosen words mean Chidi gets second-guesses about the group socializing and says he shouldn't be with them because it "interferes with the study". Eleanor is clearly hurt, and she says that not only did she prefer the one-on-ones with Chidi, but Chidi was the reason she flew from Arizona, not anyone else. Chidi is still not convinced, but the next day, she skips class and Chidi has to go to her hotel. Eleanor is ready to fly back to Arizona.

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* "The Brain-y Brainy Bunch": Trevor's well-chosen words mean attempts to drive the humans apart almost succeed in getting Chidi gets second-guesses to second-guess about the group socializing and says he shouldn't be with them because it "interferes with the study". Eleanor is clearly hurt, and she says that not only did she prefer the one-on-ones with Chidi, but Chidi was the reason she flew from Arizona, not anyone else. Chidi is still not convinced, but the next day, she skips class and Chidi has to go to her hotel. Eleanor is ready to fly back to Arizona.



** Bad Janet's situation until Michael frees her: she's trapped in a void where there's nothing to do but fart in the face of her visitors. While it's better than being locked in Mindy's house, Michael acknowledges that it's cruel and he doesn't want to keep her locked up forever.

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** Bad Janet's situation until Michael frees her: she's trapped imprisoned in a special holding cell in our Janet's void where there's nothing to do but fart in the face of her visitors. While it's better than being locked in Mindy's house, Michael acknowledges that it's cruel and he doesn't want to keep her locked up forever.
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* "The Brain-y Bunch": Trevor's well-chosen words mean Chidi gets second-guesses about the group socializing and says he shouldn't be with them because it "interferes with the study". Eleanor is clearly hurt, and she says that not only did she prefer the one-on-ones with Chidi, but Chidi was the reason she flew from Arizona, not anyone else. Chidi is still not convinced, but the next day, she skips class and Chidi has to go to her hotel. Eleanor is ready to fly back to Arizona.

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** Brent coming so close to reforming, and failing because he has no humility.

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** Brent coming so close Brent, due to reforming, his utter lack of humility and failing because he has no humility. self-awareness, inadvertently putting the experiment in jeopardy.



** Chidi says he hopes that Eleanor didn't lie about Simone being his soulmate. Simone logically points out there's no rational reason for that to be a truth. You can see him crushed on the inside.
** Simone breaking up with Chidi because they don't agree on saving Brent. You understand their viewpoints, but neither of them deserved having broken hearts.

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** Chidi says he hopes that Eleanor didn't lie about Simone being his soulmate. Simone logically points out there's no rational reason for that to be a truth. true. You can see him looking crushed on the inside.
** Simone breaking up with Chidi because they don't agree on saving Brent. You understand their viewpoints, Sure, BothSidesHaveAPoint, but neither of them deserved having broken hearts.



** Eleanor is so stressed about not knowing how the experiment went that when Janet brings margaritas, Eleanor forgoes the glass and chugs the entire pitcher.

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** Eleanor is so stressed about not knowing how the experiment went that when Janet brings margaritas, Eleanor forgoes the glass and [[INeedAFreakingDrink chugs the entire pitcher.]]
** As much of an asshole as he is, it's kinda hard not to feel sorta bad for Brent at the end of this episode after going through a HumiliationConga, being made to believe he's actually in Hell, and finally [[JerkassRealization realizing that he is indeed a terrible person and that's why no one likes him]].
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*** Tahani wrestles with herself to go in or not, knowing that it's a trap. She gives a little groan before going in and forfeiting her win.
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* "Employee of the Bearimy"
** Michael finally confirms that demons aren't fundamentally evil. On the contrary, Shawn reinforces they are providing balance in the universe and every demon who tortures is valuable. Now he knows Shawn is a ConsummateLiar who just wanted to torture. Michael is regretful that he bought into such bull-shirt and enjoyed torturing people who didn't deserve it.
** Janet's situation: she's trapped in the Bad Place and regularly taunted by Vicky in a Michael suit. While it's a NoSell on Janet because she knows Michael, when the real Michael and Jason show up she's just irritated and hurt on seeing a new form of torture. The way her face lights up when Jason confirms that he's the real Jason shows how much the situation was emotionally draining.
* "A Chip Driver Mystery"
** Bad Janet's situation until Michael frees her: she's trapped in a void where there's nothing to do but fart in the face of her visitors. While it's better than being locked in Mindy's house, Michael acknowledges that it's cruel and he doesn't want to keep her locked up forever.
** Brent coming so close to reforming, and failing because he has no humility.
* "Help Is Other People"
** Chidi says he hopes that Eleanor didn't lie about Simone being his soulmate. Simone logically points out there's no rational reason for that to be a truth. You can see him crushed on the inside.
** Simone breaking up with Chidi because they don't agree on saving Brent. You understand their viewpoints, but neither of them deserved having broken hearts.
** Chidi's situation at the end of the episode: his girlfriend broke up with him and bailed with his other friend, and he's stuck in what he thinks is the Bad Place with the one person he hates. Though it makes his DefiantToTheEnd attitude towards Eleanor, Michael and Brent so awesome because he has grown so much.
** Eleanor is so stressed about not knowing how the experiment went that when Janet brings margaritas, Eleanor forgoes the glass and chugs the entire pitcher.
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** While it's mostly PlayedForLaughs, Matt the accountant's situation is just awful. The poor guy has the job of having to review all of humanity's [[{{Squick}} weird new sex acts]] and its driven him to utter misery, to the point that he regularly asks his boss for permission to kill himself because he just can't take it anymore.

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** While it's mostly PlayedForLaughs, Matt the accountant's situation is just awful. The poor guy has the job of having to review all of humanity's [[{{Squick}} weird new sex acts]] and its it's driven him to utter misery, to the point that he regularly asks his boss for permission to kill himself because he just can't take it anymore.

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* "Chillaxing"
** Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes her to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.

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"Chillaxing": Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like the universe is punishing him, which causes her ''her'' to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.

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* "A Girl From Arizona"
** In the opening scene, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name.

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Arizona, Part 1": In the opening scene, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. name.
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** Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.

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** Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties duties, which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.all.
** Eleanor making the tough call to tell Chidi that Simone is his soulmate to get her to stop acting like the afterlife isn't real.

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** Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.



** Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.
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** Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like he's being punished, which causes her to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.

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** Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties. anxieties by "revealing" Jason. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like he's being punished, the universe is punishing him, which causes her to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.him.

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* "Chillaxing": Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.

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* "Chillaxing": "Chillaxing"
** Eleanor and Michael decide that Chidi isn't helping the other test subjects enough because he's ''too'' happy, so they come up with ways to trigger his anxieties. Chidi eventually comes to Eleanor's office and confesses that he's unhappy in the Good Place because it feels like he's being punished, which causes her to break down in tears from the guilt of torturing him.
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Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.

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* The opening scene of "A Girl From Arizona", you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months and is the ''only'' one who can save humanity.
* Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.

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you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she name.
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has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment experiment, crying about the general hopelessness of the situation and being capping it off about how she's only [[TitleDrop a girl from Arizona, Arizona]], and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months repeatedly and is the ''only'' one who can save humanity.
* "Chillaxing": Janet tells Jason that she thinks it's best they "take a break" so she can concentrate on her new duties which clearly affects him. She then has to break it to Jason that Blake Bortles was cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The combination of bad news makes it look like Jason has lost all hope in going on at all.
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Michael's breakdown as well. Eleanor has to take over as the architect after he becomes crippled by his anxieties, which were caused in part by Shawn sadistically promising to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason with demons dressed as Michael himself.

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** Michael's breakdown as well. Eleanor has to take over as the architect after he becomes crippled by his anxieties, which were caused in part by Shawn sadistically promising to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason with demons dressed as Michael himself.

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* The majority of Season 3's finale, "Pandemonium," is achingly sad. The Bad Place picks Simone as one of the residents of the new fake Good Place. Chidi insists he won't be able to keep his cool around her, and the only solution is to [[MindWipe wipe his memory back to right after he died,]] which would erase his relationship with Eleanor in the process. Michael gives them a sweet send-off with a clip show of their moments together, and both members of the pairing are crushed to the point of tears. Eleanor then suffers a HeroicBSOD and asks Janet what the answer is, and why life and love hurt so much. Only after Janet's support can she go welcome the mind-wiped Chidi.
* Season 4 premiere, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months and is the ''only'' one who can save humanity.

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** While it's mostly PlayedForLaughs, Matt the accountant's situation is just awful. The poor guy has the job of having to review all of humanity's [[{{Squick}} weird new sex acts]] and its driven him to utter misery, to the point that he regularly asks his boss for permission to kill himself because he just can't take it anymore.
* The majority of Season 3's finale, "Pandemonium," "Pandemonium" is achingly sad. The Bad Place picks Simone as one of the residents of human test subjects for the new fake Good Place.Place experiment. Chidi insists he won't be able to keep his cool around her, and the only solution is to [[MindWipe wipe his memory back to right after he died,]] which would erase his relationship with Eleanor in the process. Michael gives them a sweet send-off with a clip show of their moments together, and both members of the pairing are crushed to the point of tears. Eleanor then suffers a HeroicBSOD and asks Janet what the answer is, and why life and love hurt so much. Only after Janet's support can she go welcome the mind-wiped Chidi.
Michael's breakdown as well. Eleanor has to take over as the architect after he becomes crippled by his anxieties, which were caused in part by Shawn sadistically promising to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason with demons dressed as Michael himself.
* Season 4 premiere, The opening scene of "A Girl From Arizona", you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months and is the ''only'' one who can save humanity.
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* Season 4 premiere, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months.

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* Season 4 premiere, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months.months and is the ''only'' one who can save humanity.
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* Season 4 premiere, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name.

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* Season 4 premiere, you can almost hear Eleanor's heart breaking when Chidi says he forgot her name. Then she has a breakdown with the high stakes of the experiment and being only a girl from Arizona, and Michael gives her a pep talk about how she beat him in three months.

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