Film Theory: The BAD Truth about The Good Place Ending (ft. Pitch Meeting)

season 3, Eleanor flatly predicts this: "Maybe there's a mega demon who built a torture chamber for demons, and this is all just him torturing you." When I first watched this episode, I thought, "Oh wow, they wouldn't really call attention to a major plot twist like this." Except they totally would. Long before anyone knew what was going on, in the show's first episode, Eleanor practically guesses what's really going on. "My parents divorced when I was a kid. They're probably in a bad situation." "Maybe they're using them to torture each other. It would work." And not only do they do that trick once, they do it twice. "I think we might be in an alien zoo or a prank show." "No, Jian, you are dead." They even call him back after the big reveal to show how smart they were. "Oh, buddy, I told you that first night we were at a prank show." "Oh yeah, you did!

Good job, man!" So it seems like The Good Place (the show) had a habit of giving up before we even knew what was going on. But this time we have enough information to draw our own conclusions. If you fool me once, it's your fault. If you fool me twice, well, I'll probably end up doing another episode on the topic. Admittedly, the final episode of the show is a little difficult to explain according to this

theory

. Michael fulfills his greatest wish and lives his life as a human being, and our hearts are touched when he learns to play the guitar without Janet's help, and is finally able to say that iconic phrase to someone: "Take it sleazy." But let's put aside the cheesy music for a second, and let's be clear, Michael is now a human being and, as this show has made abundantly clear, being on Earth sucks. "That was tough!" "God!

The Earth is a mess!" And being human is a life full of sadness. "You're learning what it is to be human." "All humans are aware of death, that's why we are all a little sad all the time." "Sounds like a bad deal." "Yes it is." Not only that, but he loses all of his friends. At the end of the show, he sees all of his friends leave and turn into space dust. He is separated from Janet. He's sure he'll meet new friends now, but when he returns to the afterlife, all of his new friends will eventually dust themselves off too and he'll perpetually see the people he cares about go and go and go, but he'll never. will be able to do it.

It's only a matter of time before he breaks through. In short, Michael's existence is one of relentless torment, insecurity, and constant disappointment. He is constantly forced into positions where he is the only one who can solve a problem, and even when he does, someone steps in and does it better than him. Even heaven itself tricks him and abandons him to solve an eternity of unresolved problems, which in itself is pretty suspicious, since you know, it's heaven, he probably shouldn't be doing things like that there. Whichever way you look at it, it seems like Michael is the one here in the Bad Place, if The Bad Place really is a

place

of relentless misery and torment.

Well, that's Michael's experience throughout this show. But everything ends happily ever after, right? He becomes human, a creature who is always uncomfortable, always sad, and always one daisy mix away from being run over by a train of shopping carts. The

ending

of the show pretends to be happy, but in reality it simply shows that humanity is the pinnacle of torture. But hey! That's just a

theory

! A cinematographic theory! And... Forknuggets! I forgot to send a special thanks to Ryan from Screen Rant for his little cameo in the

pitch

meeting

at the beginning of this episode. If you liked that theory or this theory, be sure to check out him and his Pitch Meeting series on that channel; the link is on the screen right now.

They have over a hundred introductory

meeting

s for you to enjoy and enjoy as I have done several times. And hey, if you liked this episode, let me know. Honestly, I have another really

good

idea for another "Good Place" theory. but I wasn't sure if you guys would really care about this show. So let me know if it was fun for you. And with that, my friends, I'm leaving. Keep up the

good

work you sleazy guys! "I wanted to eat a cracker." "Pretty dry." "And too salty." "Going out on a really low note here."