{"id":7,"date":"2019-04-29T17:06:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/wmst240-19\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2019-05-03T21:59:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T01:59:20","slug":"the-good-place-clips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/wmst240-19\/the-good-place-clips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Place Episode Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queer Spotting Episode Guide<\/h1>\n

Listed below is every queer moment in\u00a0The Good Place<\/em> through season 2. \u00a0Unfortunately, due to limited access, season 3 could not be included at this time. \u00a0While all the examples listed below might now be as directly linked to LGBTQ+ representation, each example\u00a0can be evaluated using the theory section of this website and provides a “queer experience or way of being.”<\/p>\n

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Lesbian soulmates in welcome video<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor attracted to Tahani during welcome party<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesbian soulmates seated in front of Eleanor for flying video<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gay soulmates gunner and Antonio \u2013 garbage pick-up<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor articulates her attraction to Tahani while complaining and accusing her of blackmail<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet comes on to Chidi as part of her new programming<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor and Chidi host a couple who wants to swing<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chidi becomes the third member of the Tahani and Jason couple<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet\u2019s use of children to get Eleanor to not \u201ckill\u201d her as an example of queer time<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason and Janet start to get close as they are ostracized from the group for being different mentally<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason tells Janet he loves her<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor is interested in hooking up with the real Eleanor<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constant switching around of soul mates<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The medium place as an example of queer time and space<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mention about it being impossible to have kids<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason and Pillboi plan to get married during a robbery they are performing so that they cannot testify against each other<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor figures out they are in the bad place<\/td>\nSeason 1, Episode 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael explains that “Some pairings are platonic, some are romantic.”<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chidi is tortured by having two soul mates and being required to pick between them<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason thinks his soul mate is his friend Pillboi<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor and Tahani are soul mates in “Attempt #218” and in “Attempt #333” Eleanor’s soul mate is a dog<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet repeatedly dying and coming back to life and evolving each time<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everyone being erased and brought back to “day 1” over and over<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tahani experiences estrangement from her family<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The group bonds together out of necessity<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chidi talks with Michael about the concept of mortality<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet wants to be killed<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet creates Derek, saying “I couldn’t find one [rebound], so I made one!”<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet: “I could make you a boyfriend. \u00a0Based on your last 10,000 comments it would be Stone cold Steve Austen’s head on Tahani’s body.” \u00a0Eleanor: “Or the other way around!”<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek and Mindy are brought together as a sexual couple<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In the real bad place, everyone (Michael, Janet, Eleanor, Tahani, Jason, and Chidi) has to hid who they are in order to survive<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor picks the greater good over the self when offered utopia, instead seeking a way for all of her “family” (friends) to be there. \u00a0She felt it couldn’t be the good place without them there as well<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor refers to Tahani as “hot stuff.”<\/td>\nSeason 2, Episode 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor and Simone share an intimate moment and confess their attraction for each other<\/td>\nSeason 3, Episode 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In case you missed it, here is a recap of season’s 1-3.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RfBgT5djaQw<\/a><\/p>\n