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‘The Good Place’ To End With Upcoming Season 4 On NBC’

NBC’s The Good Place is ending after its upcoming fourth season, creator/executive producer Michael Schur announced Friday night at the Television Academy in North Hollywood during a panel discussion dedicated to the critically-acclaimed comedy series

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Something about S3 was off to me, but I still enjoyed the show. I think this is a good thing, especially with it ending on Schur's terms. It was not a show that could potentially go on forever (unlike B99) without repeating too much or simply getting boring. Four seasons is a solid number.

I like your idea for the ending! I thought they might all end up in the real Good Place (which is then a lot like the fake Good Place) after proving that the point system isn't working properly/the Bad Place is tampering with it.

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Yeah it feels like more of a drama than a comedy in some ways with all of the plot twists being introduced, so I think it’s sensible of the creators to consider it to be a show with a certain lifespan.

I think that season 3 felt a bit off just because they were all back on earth lol, I liked season 3 more after they all died again and were travelling around the real good good place and whoever else, but to me it felt completely unrealistic for them all to meet up in Australia and devote their life’s to Chidi’s philosophy class simply because they wanted to become better people. Maybe at a stretch Eleanor might do that, but Jason and Tahani as well??! I don’t think that concept worked on earth the same way that it did when they knew that they were in the real afterlife and were trying to figure out where they stood as people

Probably the finale (which is apparently going to be an hour long!) will see them all get into the real good place I agree

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Thinking back, I also liked the season a lot more after they left earth. Even though I like Eleanor/Chidi, the season spent too much time on their relationship. And you're right, that felt a lot more like a drama than a comedy show!

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I think that I rooted for Eleanor/Chidi in the first season the most, once they actually got together it felt kind of anticlimactic with how much the show clearly wanted to push them as this epic love story, and I just don’t really feel the chemistry there. They are cute together and they have their moments, but I feel like the writing sets them up to be a more passionate relationship than actually comes across onscreen, if anything I think that they work better as supportive friends who always one another’s back idk

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Exactly! I like them, but I don't love them. And you're completely right, they did not feel as epic as the show wanted them to be. There was not enough build-up for that or at least it didn't really fit the show's own canon, especially in S3. They really should have stayed friends during the last season, but I am glad that Simone was never turned into the bad guy and Eleanor got along with her.