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The Good Place Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Everything Is Great!
Wed, Sep 20, 201743 mins
With his first experiment a failure in large part he believing because he paired them up, Michael has rebooted it to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason, erasing their memories of the first go 'round, this time he separating the four but retaining those aspects of the first time which truly did torture them. Michael's plan is still to center the concept on Eleanor and Jason, who will still be mistaken as a Buddhist monk named Jiyanu, knowing they don't belong in the Good Place, while torturing all four initially through some aspect of their new soul mates which are not at all truly what they would consider their soul mate. Eleanor is still to be the catalyst to make it hell for all four of them. Before the formal reboot, Michael convenes the actors to discuss their new personae, some who are confused by their new role and some who just don't like their new role. Michael is also unaware that Eleanor left herself a note implanted into Janet's mouth to "find Chidi" immediately before the reboot. Michael has to ensure this reboot works as he has to answer to Shawn, who will not give him another opportunity, which in the Bad Place has dire consequences.
Episode 2
Dance Dance Resolution
Wed, Sep 20, 201722 mins
Michael reboots and reboots and reboots the experiment, each time tweaking it to learn about what went wrong the previous times, and Eleanor always seems to find out that they are in the bad place. Michael knows he hits an all time low when something a little different ends one of those reboots. But the problem for Eleanor, and by association Chidi, Tahani and Jason, is that they always lose their memory of what happened on every reboot, meaning that they can't learn from any of the previous trials. Eleanor may finally learn a way to keep some of those memories, with the help of someone she occasionally encounters. Meanwhile, Michael has kept from Shawn that they are no longer on experiment #2, Shawn finding out the truth which would be the end of Michael. In addition, Michael faces strikes and threats of blackmail by those in the know. Frustrated, Michael turns to someone just for an ear, but walks away with an idea to get out of his mess.
Episode 3
Team Cockroach
Thu, Oct 5, 201722 mins
One week into the 802nd iteration of the experiment and Eleanor having figured out that they are in the Bad Place yet again, Michael proposes to the four humans that they join forces leading into the next iteration. Michael's stated reason for doing so is that he is being blackmailed by Vicky who wants to run the next iteration, and if Michael will not allow her to do so, she will tell Shawn, which would lead to the four humans and Michael being tortured in the traditional sense for eternity. Michael's offer is only valid if all four agree. The four humans have to decide what to do weighing the pros and the cons, the biggest and most obvious con being that Michael is a demon who cannot be trusted. They can only decide what to do based on the answers Michael has given to some of their fundamental questions. If they don't agree, Michael, for his own survival, has to sweeten the pot to entice them. But their inherent beings - Tahani who only truly learns hers by Michael finally telling her how she died - may ultimately dictate what happens.
Episode 4
Existential Crisis
Thu, Oct 12, 201722 mins
With Eleanor as the only other student this day, Michael is attending his first ethics class taught by Chidi. Michael, as evil incarnate, either just doesn't get or refuses to get what Chidi is trying to teach him. Chidi thinks he knows why and thus takes a slightly different approach with Michael. Chidi and Eleanor have to deal with the aftermath of what happens to Michael using this new approach. The reason that Tahani and Jason aren't in the class is that they have to pretend to endure the latest torture inflicted on them. Tahani is supposed to plan a party - her specialty - for Gunnar, but what will happen is that they are later to be told that there was a mix up and that everyone in the Good Place attended another party thrown for Gunnar, resulting in Tahani being devastated. Tahani, however, thinks she has a way of torturing Vicky, namely by planning the best party ever that everyone will want to attend instead of the fake party organized by the actors. In the process, Tahani learns a little bit about her real self and the support she receives here from a somewhat unexpected source.
Episode 5
The Trolley Problem
Thu, Oct 19, 201722 mins
Chidi is finding that Michael still can't seem to grasp the concepts taught in the human ethics classes. The latest example is in the ethical dilemma of the trolley problem - if you have no other other choice, do you kill one person or five? does it change if you know the people? would you sacrifice one to save five? etc. - where Michael would try to kill all six people if he could, and do it as brutally as possible. In Chidi addressing the issue with Michael, Michael thinks he knows why he just isn't getting it and shows Chidi and Eleanor how he can learn. What Michael shows them has consequences both for Chidi and for Michael, the latter due to the intent. Meanwhile, Jason wants Tahani to talk to someone about why she feels so reluctant to tell the world that the two of them are together as a couple. Who Tahani turns to is the ever knowing Janet. Janet helping Tahani and Jason with this issue has unintended consequences.
Episode 6
Janet and Michael
Thu, Oct 26, 201722 mins
Janet tells Michael that she has been glitching, the latest glitch which is the obvious cause of the earthquake. Janet says the glitches threaten the existence of the neighborhood. Janet being a true Good Place creation (the Bad Janet which could not have pulled off the ruse over Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason), Michael is uncertain what is causing the glitches and has to do his research clandestinely as he knows if Vicky finds out, she would use it to blackmail him further or tell Shawn. After consulting the Janet user guide and speaking to her about the timing of the glitches, Michael believes he has found the cause which does not have an easy fix. Janet comes up with a drastic measure to fix the problem, the drastic nature of it which may be difficult even for Michael to carry out. As the cause is related to human emotions more in line with one of the sins, Michael turns to Eleanor who may greater insight into the situation. Eleanor added to the mix has unintended consequences of its own.
Episode 7
Derek
Thu, Nov 2, 201722 mins
On Eleanor's advice in trying to get over Jason, Janet creates a rebound guy, Derek. Derek's presence in the bad place may cause some problems in and of itself, especially if Vicky or worse Shawn finds out and thus uncovers the ruse, but Derek as a being is even worse for them all as Janet admits that he is not perfect as he is her first attempt at creating a being. Since Jason is the reason Janet has been glitching, Michael sends Jason and Tahani away while he deals with the Janet/Derek issue, not realizing that Jason and Tahani being alone may make things worse as they become closer. Michael turns to Eleanor and Chidi in trying to resolve the problem, Chidi who stands steadfast that the wanted ends of getting rid of Derek does not justify the means, namely in Michael wanting to kill Derek. But the alternative of Vicky and thus Shawn finding out what's going on would send them all to the bad bad place for eternity. What happens between Janet and Derek may factor into what they decide to do. Through it all, Eleanor is trying to decide if she should tell Chidi about the fact that they professed their love for each other in one of the more recent iterations of the experiment.
Episode 8
Leap to Faith
Thu, Jan 4, 201822 mins
Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason learn straight from the horse's mouth that Michael has been lying to them all the time he has pretended to be working in an alliance with them. Based on the work, Shawn has promoted Michael to his dream job, Shawn still believing that they are on iteration number two. The one potential problem for Michael is Vicky, who is still working on her own self interest and would willingly tell Shawn that there have been several hundred iterations if it would serve her purpose. With these turn of events, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason have to decide what to do to prevent Shawn from sending them into traditional physical torture now that the experiment i.e. the neighborhood will be shut down. Whatever they decide, they will be without Janet's help, she who Shawn has temporarily neutralized. One option is to throw Michael under the bus in the hope that Shawn will be lenient with them in return. However, Eleanor believes, based largely on a previous conversation she had with Michael, that he is still on their side. They have to try and find clues to support or refute Eleanor's assumption in deciding what to do.
Episode 9
Best Self
Thu, Jan 11, 201822 mins
Having eluded Shawn, the four humans, Michael, and Janet are still in the neighborhood with their next stop being the Good Place. Michael tells them that he has to build a special transport vehicle to get them all to the Good Place. Because of where they're going, they have to be the best version of themselves before boarding, or else they will be denied entry onto the vehicle. That caveat may be an issue. As a collective, they have to decide either how to figure out how each will be the best version of him or herself all at the same time or else decide to leave those denied boarding behind, all under the time constraint of getting away before Shawn figures out where they are and that it was Michael who betrayed him. They may be facing a larger issue beyond boarding the vehicle which they are as of yet unaware.
Episode 10
Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent
Thu, Jan 18, 201822 mins
Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason, Michael and Janet are on their way to Bad Place headquarters, there, according to Michael, which has the only portal to the judge, to who they want to plead their case to spend eternity in the Good Place. With the exception of Janet who gets a free pass, Michael, once at the Bad Place, needs to obtain four more pendants for the humans as the only means to get through the portal, he already having one for himself as one of the senior managers at the Bad Place. Beyond Michael having to find somewhere to keep the humans safe at headquarters while he goes on his mission, he, via Janet, provides them all with disguises just in case anyone from the old neighborhood runs into them and recognizes them. This plan works for Eleanor, Tahani and Jason who have lied, cheated and/or schemed their entire lives, but it is difficult for Chidi who believes it is morally wrong to tell a lie, and for Janet who is programmed to assist and be good. Things get more complicated when Michael's chosen hiding place isn't as secluded as he thought, and as his plan to obtain the extra four pendants doesn't work out quite as he had mapped out.
Episode 11
The Burrito
Thu, Jan 25, 201822 mins
Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason all make it through the portal to the judge's chambers, there where Eleanor tells the saddened others that Michael sacrificed himself for her. Regardless, they, once actually finding the judge, proceed to tell her their story. Despite not following protocol, the judge does allow them to plead their individual cases. Despite not being allowed to be tried as a collective, the four humans decide to be judged as a collective, meaning that even one failure among the four will result in them all being sentenced to the fate of the failed one. The individual tests the judge issues are customized to deal with the specific problem items associated with each. Beyond completing what seem to be the relatively simple tasks, each person tries to see if there is a trick they are missing that will seal their eternal fate and that of the other three. Meanwhile, Michael is being interrogated by Shawn regarding the treason. While Bad Janet is by Shawn's side, Good Janet is not by Michael's, she who was discovered and neutralized. So Michael awaits his fate as sentenced by Shawn, that is unless he can figure a way to escape Shawn's clutches.
Episode 12
Somewhere Else
Thu, Feb 1, 201822 mins
Just before the Judge is about to send Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason back to the Bad Place for eternity for collectively failing the tests she gave them, Michael, with Janet by his side, makes his way through the portal to the Judge's chamber, he who pleads their case by poking holes in the process which determines who goes where in the afterlife. The Judge is at least willing to listen to Michael. If Michael is able to come up with a solution, the four humans, led by Eleanor, want to go through whatever process and be sent to whatever place as a group. What Michael is eventually able to convince the Judge to do in the interim, unheard of within her tenure, still does not answer the question of where the four will eventually land in their eternity, Michael who places his faith in the four and what they have gone through since they first arrived in the neighborhood.
