What comes next phase 1 is Heaven, but could it stay Heaven for eternity, or would it pall, as everything does? We see that explicitly, as the trip Eleanor plans to keep Chidi enthusiastic about Heaven didn't work, because it was all things they'd done before. (The original idea of Heaven would have palled even faster: eternity in one place, among a few dozen people?)
What comes after that is left to our imaginations, which is smart.
The very last scene shows what remains of Eleanor (somehow) causing a nice thing to happen for Michael. So the Door isn't annihilation; it's some sort of transformation.
I wonder why Jared Kushner's name doesn't come up. When he was working in the White House, he communicated with foreign leaders and government officials over WhatsApp, which not only skirts FOIA, but is far more open to hacking than a well-managed private email server.
Conservatives are people who strain at "He looks and acts like someone who's colluding, we'd better investigate" while swallowing "He looks and acts like someone with WMDs, we'd better invade."
Surely you remember when Biden gave his daughter and son-in-law White House jobs and gave his son-in-law an unarmed security clearance. Honestly, everything with Republicans is projection.
This is the kind of thing Mark Twain made fun of in Huck Finn.
Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a child died, she would be on hand with her “tribute” before he was cold. She called them tributes. The neighbors said it was the doctor first, then Emmeline, then the undertaker—the undertaker never got in ahead of Emmeline but once, and then she hung fire on a rhyme for the dead person’s name, which was Whistler. .
The example we see being
And did young Stephen sicken,
And did young Stephen die?
And did the sad hearts thicken,
And did the mourners cry?
No; such was not the fate of
Young Stephen Dowling Bots;
Though sad hearts round him thickened,
’Twas not from sickness’ shots.
No whooping-cough did rack his frame,
Nor measles drear with spots;
Not these impaired the sacred name
Of Stephen Dowling Bots.
Despised love struck not with woe
That head of curly knots,
Nor stomach troubles laid him low,
Young Stephen Dowling Bots.
O no. Then list with tearful eye,
Whilst I his fate do tell.
His soul did from this cold world fly
By falling down a well.
They got him out and emptied him;
Alas it was too late;
His spirit was gone for to sport aloft
In the realms of the good and great.
On “The Good Place, Ethics 101, and Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers”
If you rewatch the first season, you can see clues that they were in the Bad Place. Schur and the writing staff were quite fair about that.
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What comes next phase 1 is Heaven, but could it stay Heaven for eternity, or would it pall, as everything does? We see that explicitly, as the trip Eleanor plans to keep Chidi enthusiastic about Heaven didn't work, because it was all things they'd done before. (The original idea of Heaven would have palled even faster: eternity in one place, among a few dozen people?)
What comes after that is left to our imaginations, which is smart.
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It's not at all explicit about What Comes Next. Which is probably appropriate.
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The very last scene shows what remains of Eleanor (somehow) causing a nice thing to happen for Michael. So the Door isn't annihilation; it's some sort of transformation.
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Since Deshaun Watson, the Browns have become a negative.
On “Republicans Tout Biden Recordings, But Do They Exist?”
Likewise, if Hillary should be prosecuted for using a private email server for government business, Kushner should be prosecuted for using WhatsApp.
On “Trump Learns the Hard Way: Free Advice is Worth What You Paid For It”
There are a lot of ways to describe Donald Trump, but few of them are truer than "dipshit".
On “Debunking Trump’s Defenders”
I wonder why Jared Kushner's name doesn't come up. When he was working in the White House, he communicated with foreign leaders and government officials over WhatsApp, which not only skirts FOIA, but is far more open to hacking than a well-managed private email server.
On “Sunday Morning! “Never Come Morning” by Nelson Algren”
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
On “Mike Pence RetCons Mike Pence”
After all, Beelzebub means "Lord of the flies."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVRqKhM9Gg
On “Where Is DeSantis’s Polling Bump?”
He's been obviously running for months. I'm not sure why making it official would change the polling much.
On “The Durham Investigation Ends with a Thud”
It was very likely true. The leaks out of the NY FBI office (that is, from Rudy's buddies) were constant.
On “Montana’s TikTok Ban In Three Minutes or Less”
The punishment for providing TikTok is being body-slammed by the governor.
On “The Durham Investigation Ends with a Thud”
Conservatives are people who strain at "He looks and acts like someone who's colluding, we'd better investigate" while swallowing "He looks and acts like someone with WMDs, we'd better invade."
On “About Those ‘Biden Family’ Allegations”
Surely you remember when Biden gave his daughter and son-in-law White House jobs and gave his son-in-law an unarmed security clearance. Honestly, everything with Republicans is projection.
On “From Georgia.gov: Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Creating Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission”
Prosecutorial discretion is Communism.
On “TSN Open Mic for the week of 5/1/2023”
I've said this a million times.
On “POETS Day! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”
This is the kind of thing Mark Twain made fun of in Huck Finn.
Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a child died, she would be on hand with her “tribute” before he was cold. She called them tributes. The neighbors said it was the doctor first, then Emmeline, then the undertaker—the undertaker never got in ahead of Emmeline but once, and then she hung fire on a rhyme for the dead person’s name, which was Whistler. .
The example we see being
And did young Stephen sicken,
And did young Stephen die?
And did the sad hearts thicken,
And did the mourners cry?
No; such was not the fate of
Young Stephen Dowling Bots;
Though sad hearts round him thickened,
’Twas not from sickness’ shots.
No whooping-cough did rack his frame,
Nor measles drear with spots;
Not these impaired the sacred name
Of Stephen Dowling Bots.
Despised love struck not with woe
That head of curly knots,
Nor stomach troubles laid him low,
Young Stephen Dowling Bots.
O no. Then list with tearful eye,
Whilst I his fate do tell.
His soul did from this cold world fly
By falling down a well.
They got him out and emptied him;
Alas it was too late;
His spirit was gone for to sport aloft
In the realms of the good and great.
On “TSN Open Mic for the week of 5/1/2023”
He will lie and his supporters will hail him as a good main unfairly accused. That's been going on since 1991.
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Done
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Is Bob's Burgers legal in Florida? Two of the main female characters are voiced by men.
On “VIDEOS: Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)”
I just found him on YouTube, talking about the evolution of Steely Dan. Good stuff, in between his pushing merch.
On “TSN Open Mic for the week of 5/1/2023”
I think we can agree that authentic performances of Shakespeare should be felonies. And much of Monty Python should be banned.
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Yeah, that's even worse.
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The incessant use of "N times more" to mean "N times as much" is irritating as hell.