a tribute to The Good Place

Yes, it's March. Yes, this show ended in January. I've had this draft sitting for months because I truly don't know how to sum up my feelings about it, but here's an attempt.


   2017. I had just finished Parks and Recreation for the first time and absolutely fell in love with it. As all sitcom stans do, I decided to move on to the next 'schurcom', which happened to be The Good Place. What happened? Well, I fell in love with that too. I binged it all in time to see the end of season 2 live. I got fro-yo with a friend on the day of the finale. It became a part of me.

January 30th, 2020. I watched the finale. It felt like I was closing a chapter of my own life. 

  I grew up with this show. I was in 7th grade the first time I watched it. I’m a freshman now. this show defined a part of me. I grew with the soul squad as they rebooted. I learned how to be a good person with them. I learned so much about moral philosophy, probably more than I would ever need, but you know. I watched Chidi learn to make decisions, something I could never do. because of him, I’m learning. I’m learning to be more confident in my abilities. learning to trust myself. 

   The Good Place also acted as a comfort to me. Last year, I struggled through a class. It severely damaged my self-esteem, and I was so anxious all the time. but I knew that The Good Place would be on that Thursday. I got through Thursday tests knowing I got to come home and watch.  I got to ignore everything else and focus on whatever happens with them. It meant the world to me to have that kind of release. It probably kept me from having a heart attack, to be honest. 
   
My love for this show helped me connect with many people. I discovered that some of my friends watched it (I'm sorry I didn't believe you at first, Makayla!!!!). We got fro-yo together and obsessed over the ending- they even got to see me have a full-on sob session, so that's fun. I related and cried with people on Twitter. We shared our love for the show. We made memes (looking at you, pkms), we made group chats. I even got my mom to watch it-  and she loved it. It brought us closer, and I'm so grateful that she was willing to watch it with me every Thursday. I'm so lucky that she was okay with going to various panels and events for it as well. I wouldn't exchange that time for anything, even though I know she was judging me for sobbing during the finale...

    I’m so grateful for The Good Place and all it’s done for me. It was one of the shows that made me realize that I want to pursue a career in television. I want to make a show that makes someone as happy as The Good Place made me. So. Thank you, The Good Place. Thank you, Michael Schur. Thank you, Soul Squad. Team Cockroach. Thank you, Kristen, Ted, D'arcy, Will, Manny, and Jameela. Thank you for letting me learn and grow and flourish with Eleanor, Chidi, Jason, Tahani, Michael, and Janet (never thought I'd be so emotionally to an all-knowing being, but here we are). Thank you for helping me through so many tough weeks. Thank you for connecting me with my peers. Thank you. I wish we could hang out in the dot of the i forever but for now, 

take it sleazy. 






 here are some of my best tgp memories. 

the first shirt show, 2018!
also the first shirt show
my halloween costume last year! painted the blouse myself.

manny and d'arcy at vulture fest 2019

my mom and I at the december 2019 shirt show!
the cast at the end of the shirt show

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