THE GOOD PLACE Roundtable: Employee of the Bearimy

The Good Place continues its final season with a brand new episode this week. Check out our thoughts below.

Michael and Jason hatch a plan. Eleanor learns firsthand the difficulties of running the neighborhood.

We’re going to divide our thoughts on this episode into three self-explanatory categories – The Good Place, The Medium Place, and The Bad Place, plus a final category for favorite quotes or overall thoughts.

The Good Place

Cay:  Jason once again being Jason and Derrick being Derrick. Plus Vicki as a giant splat of goo!

Roz: Vicki finally gets it! And I love it!

Christie: Vicki gets blown up! That’s it. That’s all you need to know. It’s everything!

THE GOOD PLACE — “Employee of the Bearimy” Episode 405 — Pictured: Tiya Sircar as Vicky — (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC)

Bad Place

Cay:  Tahani – she was more annoying than usual in this episode!

Roz: When did Tahani get so needy and unsure of herself? It seems out of character at this point.

Christie: Tahani suddenly feeling like all she’s good at is throwing parties feels out of left field. Planning and hosting was such a big part of her life, so why is it suddenly an issue?

THE GOOD PLACE — “Employee of the Bearimy” Episode 405 — Pictured: Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil, Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Simone Garnett, William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye — (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC)

The Medium Place

Christie: I’m a little disappointed that the Bad Place rescue plot line lasted only one episode. I feel like they got away too easily. But, again, Vicki gets blown up. And that made me happy.

Cay: Yeah, agreed, it was a fast resolution to a seemingly complicated situation!

Roz: Yes, I wanted more of Jason and Michael in The Bad Place.

THE GOOD PLACE — “Employee of the Bearimy” Episode 405 — Pictured: Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil, Benjamin Koldyke as Brent Norwalk, Brandon Scott Jones as John Wheaton, William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Simone Garnett — (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC)

Final Thoughts & Quotes We Loved

Cay: DemonCon was amusing – I’ve spent almost a trillion hours at conferences watching powerpoints at conferences over the years! It was really lacking a poster session, though!  Why didn’t Michael just blow up Shawn? Seems like that would have solved a number of issues!

Roz: Is this episode mostly filler? I think so.

Christie: Overall this feels like a mediocre episode. After the promise at the end of episode 4 this is was all cleaned up too easily.

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The Good Place airs Thursdays 9/8c on NBC