Has anyone else watched The Good Place?

[owlmoose]

We finished Season One last night, and holy forking shirt. I am so eager to see what comes next.

Anyone want to talk about it? Spoilers in the comments, yes please.

Comments

[brownbetty]

One of the things that I found interesting was that the things cited as reasons we should have known this was 'the bad place' were, a lot of them, invisible because we, the viewers, knew we were watching TV! Like, misfit who doesn't fit in, forced to pretend? Classic! Odd couple? Classic! Saved by a wacky coincidence? Classic!

[brownbetty]

And then we're lead to the conclusion that, yes, the TV comedy does work by 'torturing' their characters! And we participate, as viewers!

[owlmoose]

Yes! I came across an article that made that point in my thirst to read everything about this series I could get my hands on, and I thought it was really telling. Because we expect conflict and wacky shenanigans and uncomfortable situations from television, especially from sitcoms -- I don't think the trick would have worked nearly as well in any other genre. So, are all the sitcom characters living in hell? It's a fascinating way of looking at the question, anyway.