In Season 2, Michael (Ted Danson) and Janet (D'Arcy Carden) escapedthe Bad Placeandgave Eleanor (Kristen Bell), Chidi (William Jackson Harper), Tahani (Jameela Jamil), and Jason (Manny Jacinto) a chance to return to their lives on Earthto earn enough good points to get them into the actual Good Place.This playsout in Season 3 where it'sdetermined that living on Earth is truly hell.

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The group reunites anddiscovers that the points system is fundamentally flawed and sets up a simulated Good Place toprove humans can develop morally with proper support.

Eleanor: "At first, I was kinda nervous, but so far I think I'm doing okay. It's like I became such a good person, I almost forgot I'm a world-class liar, baby."

Just as the faux Good Place is getting up and running, Michael suffers debilitating anxiety and agrees to turn his architect duties over to Eleanor who has to convince new recruits that's she's in charge. As usual, she finds her confidence, as misguided as it is.

Eleanor: "Okay. Okay. Focus, team! Michael and I will prep for Simone. Tahani, keep an eye on John. Jason, talk to no one, go nowhere, do nothing."

Jason: "I won't let you down."

When Eleanor and Michael realize that the new Good Placehas been sabotaged by Shawn (Marc Evan Jackson), who has brought to thecommunity people who have a history with the humans,Eleanor and Michael demand a meeting withthe Immortal Being and Judge Gen (SNL's Maya Rudolph). Sherules against them though. While everyone is dejected and feeling lost, Eleanor stepsup to rally the troops.

Tahani: "Oh, my. You were quite mean to me."

John: "Oh, no, I wouldn't call it mean. Okay? My targets were rich and high status, and I was just doing the important work of telling truth to power. So wait, what about you? Huh?You died in Canada. Ah. That's so weird and embarrassing. That's the nip slip of dying."

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Tahani runs into a new member of The Good Place community, John(Brandon Scott Jones) a former gossip columnist who spots her right away:"I used to write about you all the time on my blog, The Gossip Toilet!"

Eleanor: "When is the right time to tell someone you were passionate lovers in an alternate timeline in the afterlife, but he doesn't remember, because technically none of that happened in this strand of the multiverse?"

Tahani: [sigh]

Eleanor: "You know what? I'll just check with Yahoo Answers. I'm sure someone's weighed in."

Eleanor considers whether to share with Chidi what happened between them previously and seeks advice from Tahani who remindsher that through all the reboots they'veremained best friends, to which Kristen Bell's character responds: "Uh-huh. Yeah. Mmm-hmm."

Eleanor: "Hey, guys, having fun? Cool, cool, cool. We need to get out of here immediately because this bar is full of demons."

Tahani: "Just because these people are wearing cheap leather and stonewashed denim. They're still part of the queen's realm. Calling them demons is a bit much."

Eleanor: "No, no, no, actual demons."

The gang goes to a bar to play pool and relax, but Eleanor notices the other patrons are from The Bad Place and warns the other. With the help of Michael and especially Janet and her powers, a bar fight ensues.

Eleanor: "Holy Crap Tahani, You Found This Place On Airbnb?"

Tahani: "Oh No, I See Why You're Confused. I Used Heirbnb. H-E-I-R. It's an app for heirs and heiresses where we swap mansions, private islands, blimp hangars, that sort of thing."

Six months after she runs into an ex-boyfriend, Tahani gets engaged to Larry Hemsworth (Ben Lawson), the brother of Liam andChris Hemsworth, and decides to marry him and move to London. She throws a "little" engagement party at her rental house, "very last minute. Come as you are."

Eleanor: "Hate to say it, but the group probably needs a new member. I don't know how we'll ever replace Tahani. Do you think Margot Robbie's into philosophy?"

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At Tahani's quite fancy aforementioned engagement party, it occurs to Eleanor that since the Brainy Bunch is down one member a replacement will be in order. However, when she broaches the subject with Chidi and Simone (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), their answer throws her for a loop. They think Tahani's departure is time to "take stock," disband the group to analyze data, apply for grants, and bring in some other subjects to compare results.

Eleanor: "You're a brain scientist, can you tell me why I did that in there?"

Simone: "I mostly do clinical research in neuroscience. I don't usually specialize in temper tantrums. Maybe you need a child psychologist or a binky."

Feeling abandoned and vulnerable by the breakup of the Brainy Bunch, Eleanor acts out and says terrible things to hurt the others but ends up embarrassing herself. She asks advice of brilliant and level-headed Simone who always delivers words of wisdom in a straightforward fashion as well as with the most endearing Australian accent.

Judge Gen: "I've Never Been So Angry In My life, Which Is The Age Of The Universe."

As the group continues to study ethical thought, Michael and Janet, now in Australia, intervene in their lives in numerous ways which goes against the ruling of Judge Gen, who gave their plan the go-ahead with the proviso that the humans be left to their devices and make their own choices. When Gen finds out thatTed Danson's character and Janet have broken her rules she is none too pleased.

Val: "Why did you do that?"

Shawn: "I'm A Demon. It's Fun."

Back on Earth with their memories wiped, Eleanor, Jason, Tahani, and Chidi connect after having near-death experiences. Michael bends the rules of the new experiment. And of course, Shawn, an Immortal Being and Michael's superior in The Bad Place and spends his time trying to sabotage Michael and the humans. He's also not very nice to his people. One slip of the tongue or just because Shawn feels like it, a subordinate can end up imprisoned in a pod.

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Lorraine Duffy Merkl is a published author of two novels via The Vineyard Press: Fat Chick (2009) and Back To Work She Goes (2013), with the upcoming The Last Single Women In New York City to be published in 2021 by Heliotrope Books.In her advertising career, she specializes in entertainment marketing.Her essays have appeared in print and online.

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