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There will be SPOILERS AHEAD in this review. You have been warned.

Jeremy Bearimy is a well thought episode that puts the brainy bunch back into their previous characters without sacrificing anything. I mean sure, Michael and Janet don't get to snowplow anymore but what everyone is going to do now seems like it's going to be... well, as the good place would say, everything is fine.

Today's standout performer is undoubtedly William Jackson Harper! He takes collapsing into moral misery and basically (as he says) breaking to absurd new heights as his world is shattered. He plays it so well. Plus we finally get to see what Eleanor was describing when she said he was ripped in Season 1. Speaking of which, the rest of the cast was fine, obviously. I just can't understate how much Chidi made me laugh this episode.

The writing introduces a few ideas which, if my theories are correct, might prove to be very important later on. Other than that, it provides as reasonable an explanation as possible as to how Michael changes the timeline. Jeremy Bearimy is perfect for the Good Place. The story was good. The characters got to panic a bit and find themselves, which was entertaining. And seeing their moral improvements since they were just at phase 0 of being truly good is fascinating.

I laughed, thought a bit, then laughed some more at Jeremy Bearimy. (9/10)

Jason: "In Jacksonville I got a flu-virus named after me 'cause I kissed a bat on a dare!"

And separately...

Eleanor: "Yeah. In America everyone does whatever they want. Society DID break down. It's terrible and it's great!"

I love the reference of covid-19 that Jason says, in Jacksonville he got a flu virus named after him 'cause he kissed a bat on a dare. That happened in 2018 lol.

I loved Eleanor's line, "There's way too many Spider-Man movies!"

According to Rotten Tomatoes, the third season of The Good Place has a rating of 98%, based on 47 reviews. I was quite excited about the third season. I'm really wanting this to be so, but I'm really trying hard and that there will be some sort of Sixth Sense M Night twist to restore things like "We're in the Bad Place!" or something like that.

Anyway, here the group seek to make people good on Earth.

Wow. This episode was... rough. This show has always been a comedy show, with some heavier elements brought in to give the show its unique feel. But this went straight into drama and it was just way too depressing.

As someone who fears death and that type of thought process, you'd think I'd have a hard time watching a show who's base premise is about the afterlife, but having a separation from reality with all the strange humour definitely helps through the first 2 seasons. The breakdown of the characters in this episode was far too serious and too real for me.

It reminded me a lot of the ending of AMC's Preacher's first season. After everyone in Anneville found out that God was missing and everything went downhill for the town's people. A very depressing ending but it fit that show bc while Preacher features some humour (it is a comedy in a way). That show is mainly a bizarre comedy drama... whatever. That kind of sequence works for a more serious show. But for a show that's supposed to be a comedy. Oh boy does it bum you out and completely kill whatever mood you're feeling.

I thought it could be amusing to see the characters breaking and grasping the insane concept of all the afterlife stuff. But the way the show handled Michael and Janet explaining everything was the single most painfully convoluted and unenjoyable way. The whole "Jeremy Bearimy" thing. It felt like it wanted to be funny, but came off as just too much to take in. Sure, some of the nihilistic stuff that came afterward was kind of interesting and featured a decent parallel to Eleanore in the first season, this time with Chidi-

But it's that overall nihilistic tone that really made this episode very rough to get through. I'm glad they all reunited at the end to hopefully send the show in a more positive direction. But like I said, as someone who fears death and tries to avoid thinking nihilistically due to it giving me anxiety. This episode was not fun.

I could also say, it's super brave for a weekly comedy show to tackle these heavy themes, because drama wise the episode did alright. Just... the start of this season is giving me whiplash and I'm starting to lose hope for S4 if this type of "uncertainty of where it's actually wanting to go" continues.

I know the "Donkey Doug" episode is next and I remember hating it the first time I saw it, that episode has to happen before the more interesting stuff starts. This season is so desperately trying to fix itself but at this point... it's almost entirety lost me. An full rewatch of the series is blatantly reminding me of this now, why I actually lost interest in this.

I just have a headache at this point.