I'm still a couple episodes behind, but the show is growing on me. I haven't gotten to the episode focusing on the neighbor lady yet.
I believe that's my hey. Hey!
Xander ,'Storyteller'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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sj - Oct 16, 2016 3:09:56 am PDT #7493 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
erin_obscure - Oct 21, 2016 11:02:15 pm PDT #7494 of 8624
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I just finished the entire season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and I'm so torn. I've been mainlining it and craving it, in spite of finding the entire premise (and especially the title) very problematic. I kinda wish it were called anything but "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and yet also kinda appreciate the normalizing of a very emotionally distressed person without the show really being about that...even though it's kinda the title of the show. But seriously, I'm really conflicted about how much I've been enjoying this show.
DXMachina - Oct 22, 2016 3:45:03 am PDT #7495 of 8624
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Still loving The Good Place, and am really intersted in what happens now that Eleanor has come clean. The whole murdering Janet thing was hilarious.
sj - Oct 22, 2016 12:08:07 pm PDT #7496 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I understand that is problematic, but I really adore Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
askye - Oct 26, 2016 9:27:48 am PDT #7497 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
I'm catching up on The Good Place! NBS has it streaming for free.., I don't even have to jump through hoops about a cable company (on a few websites mine hasn't been recognized).
On Episode 5 now and still like it and just learning about Tahani.., I wanted to smack her parents.
DXMachina - Oct 28, 2016 6:07:23 am PDT #7498 of 8624
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Watched The Great Indoors, and I liked it more than I expected. It's probably because it's basically Newsradio in modern costume, with Joel McHale as Dave and Stephen Fry as Jimmy James.
The Good Place continues to delight.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2016 4:23:30 pm PDT #7499 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
That sounds pretty awesome, DX. Newsradio used to be one of my faves.
DXMachina - Oct 28, 2016 7:52:59 pm PDT #7500 of 8624
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mine, too. The one big difference here is that there doesn't seem to be any character equivalent to Phil Hartman (who could be?), but the others map amazingly well to NR. Only one episode so far, but it was fun.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2016 7:37:37 pm PDT #7501 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
He's one of those people that, despite his being a stranger, I miss a lot.
DavidS - Nov 05, 2016 10:50:58 am PDT #7502 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I feel like I haven't given enough love to The Good Place.
It's the other show besides WestWorld I've been invested in this fall.
Curiously, they're both philosophical shows at their core.
But The Good Place is working purely as comedy. It's very funny, very sharp. Schur has taken what were merely slightly surreal jokes from Parks and Rec and blown them up for maximum loopiness, but at the same time kept everything very human and focused.
That said, two of the best characters on the show aren't human at all. Ted Danson's "architect" - Michael, and the AI Janet (D'arcy Carden) have been consistently hilarious.
Kristen Bell is fantastic, but the entire cast has been strong.
The show is delightful but also substantive in interesting ways.