#simone garnett

[hamsterdads]

looking for a good place

[andremichaux]

What, do you need me to break up with her for you like we're in middle school or something? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, please. Do that for me. Please. Fine.

THE GOOD PLACE | 3.06

[chasoc]

There's nothing here. The Good Place S4E7: Help Is Other People

[atlasrainerot]

doodled a bunch of good place characters traditionally (from memory, with a few of my own personal touches thrown in, to challenge myself—) after watching the show with my family :]]

((+ bonus Eleanor/Tahani yuri, I couldn’t help myself- 🏳️‍🌈😔))

[clarkgriffon]

REWATCHING SITCOMS TO REGAIN MY SANITY → 13/∞

[southasianpercy]

i like the good place and it’s one of my fav shows, but it definitely did not treat two of the brown women well and that shit pisses me off to this day

[creatingblackcharacters]

Character: Simone Garnett

Source: The Good Place

Did the writers treat Simone's narrative with respect?

Peak (Black)

Mid (Black)

Nah (Black)

Peak (NB POC)

Mid (NB POC)

Nah (NB POC)

Peak (White)

Mid (White)

Nah (White)

I haven't seen this.

Voting ended onApr 29, 2025

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[whineandcheese24]

I am a sucker for puns and I will make them whenever I can, but I have never seen a better pun than the title of the Good Place Season 4 Episode 7 “Help is Other People”. For those who may not understand, this a play on the quote “Hell is other people” from the play No Exit by Sartre. the idea in No Exit was that 3 people were sent to Hell and as punishment, they had to live with each other for eternity. at first they thought they got off easily, but they soon realized that their specific personalities, flaws, and idiosyncrasies played off each other in such away that they would never be able to live together peacefully. because as soon as 2 of them reached an agreement, the other one would ruin it, and so on, and so on.

and that idea, of a group of people playing off each others flaws in order to create the worst situation for everyone involved, was the exact idea behind Michael’s first experiment. he gathered Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason specifically because their specific traits created the worst possible outcome for all of them. but it backfired, because instead of hurting and ruining each other, they consistently helped each other to grow and mature time after time, even on earth, essentially turning “Hell is other people” into “Help is other people”

but that’s not it, because remember, that’s all seasons 1-3 and this title is in season 4. you see, in season 4 they tried to recreate the experiment with new people to see if it work the same (despite being a fundamentally different experiment, but that’s another post). the participants-Simone, Chidi, John, and Brent-were supposed to help each other grow the way the original participants had. and in this episode, the new experiment is coming to a close, and the Soul Squad is desperately trying to rack up a few last points and get these people to help each other. to put aside their problems with each other and just help each other to grow and mature and change. and it almost works. if there had just been a few more seconds, it might have.

anyway to recap the reason I love this so much is because the phrase “Help is other people” is essentially the show’s entire thesis and statement on human interactions, and it is a play on the phrase “Hell is other people” which was the thought behind Michael’s original experiment, and the episode for which it’s the title, is the episode in which the Eleanor, Michael, and the others are most desperate for it to be true.