Queer Spotting Episode Guide
Listed below is every queer moment in The Good Place through season 2. Unfortunately, due to limited access, season 3 could not be included at this time. While all the examples listed below might now be as directly linked to LGBTQ+ representation, each example can be evaluated using the theory section of this website and provides a “queer experience or way of being.”
| Lesbian soulmates in welcome video | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| Eleanor attracted to Tahani during welcome party | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| Lesbian soulmates seated in front of Eleanor for flying video | Season 1, Episode 2 |
| Gay soulmates gunner and Antonio – garbage pick-up | Season 1, Episode 2 |
| Eleanor articulates her attraction to Tahani while complaining and accusing her of blackmail | Season 1, Episode 3 |
| Janet comes on to Chidi as part of her new programming | Season 1, Episode 3 |
| Eleanor and Chidi host a couple who wants to swing | Season 1, Episode 5 |
| Chidi becomes the third member of the Tahani and Jason couple | Season 1, Episode 6 |
| Janet’s use of children to get Eleanor to not “kill” her as an example of queer time | Season 1, Episode 7 |
| Jason and Janet start to get close as they are ostracized from the group for being different mentally | Season 1, Episode 9 |
| Jason tells Janet he loves her | Season 1, Episode 10 |
| Eleanor is interested in hooking up with the real Eleanor | Season 1, Episode 10 |
| Constant switching around of soul mates | Season 1, Episode 10 |
| The medium place as an example of queer time and space | Season 1, Episode 11 |
| Mention about it being impossible to have kids | Season 1, Episode 11 |
| Jason and Pillboi plan to get married during a robbery they are performing so that they cannot testify against each other | Season 1, Episode 11 |
| Eleanor figures out they are in the bad place | Season 1, Episode 13 |
| Michael explains that “Some pairings are platonic, some are romantic.” | Season 2, Episode 1 |
| Chidi is tortured by having two soul mates and being required to pick between them | Season 2, Episode 1 |
| Jason thinks his soul mate is his friend Pillboi | Season 2, Episode 1 |
| Eleanor and Tahani are soul mates in “Attempt #218” and in “Attempt #333” Eleanor’s soul mate is a dog | Season 2, Episode 2 |
| Janet repeatedly dying and coming back to life and evolving each time | Season 2, Episode 2 |
| Everyone being erased and brought back to “day 1” over and over | Season 2, Episode 2 |
| Tahani experiences estrangement from her family | Season 2, Episode 3 |
| The group bonds together out of necessity | Season 2, Episode 3 |
| Chidi talks with Michael about the concept of mortality | Season 2, Episode 4 |
| Janet wants to be killed | Season 2, Episode 6 |
| Janet creates Derek, saying “I couldn’t find one [rebound], so I made one!” | Season 2, Episode 6 |
| Janet: “I could make you a boyfriend. Based on your last 10,000 comments it would be Stone cold Steve Austen’s head on Tahani’s body.” Eleanor: “Or the other way around!” | Season 2, Episode 7 |
| Derek and Mindy are brought together as a sexual couple | Season 2, Episode 8 |
| In the real bad place, everyone (Michael, Janet, Eleanor, Tahani, Jason, and Chidi) has to hid who they are in order to survive | Season 2, Episode 10 |
| Eleanor picks the greater good over the self when offered utopia, instead seeking a way for all of her “family” (friends) to be there. She felt it couldn’t be the good place without them there as well | Season 2, Episode 11 |
| Eleanor refers to Tahani as “hot stuff.” | Season 2, Episode 12 |
| Eleanor and Simone share an intimate moment and confess their attraction for each other | Season 3, Episode 5 |
In case you missed it, here is a recap of season’s 1-3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfBgT5djaQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaynKNZAKkc