The Good Place Recap: Everything Is Bonzer!

The Good Place: Everything Is Bonzer! Season 3 / Episodes 1 & 2 / NBC Writer: Dean Holland Director: Jen Statsky & Michael Schur Spoilers marathoning NCIS with The Judge. Holy shirt, The Good Place is byke! If you’re just tuning in now, stop. Turn around and go binge seasons 1 & 2. THEN come back. I promise you won’t regret it and I’ll be here when you get done. When we last left our intrepid quartet, everyone was back on earth enjoying their second chance at life. Eleanor had gone good then bad then, after meeting a suspiciously Michael-shaped bartender, decided she needed to go good again with Chidi’s help. Cue our girl in Australia busting in on Chidi’s office hours and once again white-girling her way through his last name. Oh, Eleanor. And Now for Now Which Is Actually Then Michael’s strutting his way down an otherworldly catwalk to hand over his Earth pass to The Doorman. Because life may be temporary but bureaucracy is eternal. Michael’s heading down to stop Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason from kicking the bucket to see if they can earn their way into the real Good Place this time around. He mentions it may cause a few hiccups to the timeline…which sets the stage for a later joke at the expense of us living in this dark ass timeline. When it happens mid-season, remember I called it here first. The Doorman, in true “government” drudge fashion, is here for none of Michael’s shit and sends the reformed demon off. Before he leaves though, they talk about t…