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Finished The Good Place yesterday. What a good show. (sopuli.xyz)

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Top quality show for me.

relatable and interesting characters
original setting
good humor
4 seasons with a satisfying ending

Definitely recommend

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you thoroughly enjoyed the show, you will be tickled by The Good Place: The Podcast. Mark Evan Jackson (Shawn) hosts it, and it's truly excellent. Lots of behind-the-scenes info from people who are truly dedicated to their craft. If you thought the characters were great, the people and writers behind them are even cooler, and you get to hear so much neat stuff about the show from them.

Michael Schur also wrote (an often hilarious) book called How to Be Perfect, about what he learned about philosophy from the research he did in order to write the show. If you get the audiobook version, parts are narrated by some of the actors from the show, and it's just a delight as a fan. I don't think anyone would become a philosophy expert from the book, but it's an introduction to it, and amusing to boot. A good book IMO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I've always enjoyed philosophy (and taken a few courses) so The Good Place was something I really enjoyed. I think it's got just enough philosophy in it to not scare casual viewers but trick then into learning some of the basics without realizing it. I honestly think we should be teaching a basic introduction to philosophy to high-schoolers. It's such an important basis for understanding the world and yourself. It makes you consider why and what you think that you may have taken for granted before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

oh the podcast looks interesting. I really do enjoy the podcast form where they go over each episode like an unofficial-official commentary bonus, Always Sunny had a good one but I eventually fizzled out from it and need to check back into that. At first I saw the guests and thought it was just a talk show but the descriptions have the episodes they're going over.