621 The Good Place Retrospective
Welcome, everything is fine on this look back at The Good Place, and perhaps more importantly, everything is weepy on the meta side with Team Cockroach reminiscing about the group’s origin, journey, and inevitable crossing of the door. Whenever you’re ready.
Previous Episodes
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February 8, 2020617 The Good Place S4E13 review: “Whenever You’re Ready”
Team Cockroach rides into the sunset with this last episode of the flashcast, as we all recall our memories and say goodbye to our friends.
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January 25, 2020
612 The Good Place S4E12 Review: Patty
The gang finally arrives on The Good Place, and are pleased with the sound of chimes and the beautiful landscaping, but things aren’t what they seem.
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January 18, 2020
609 The Good Place S4E11 review: “Mondays, Am I Right?”
The Bad Place attempts to anticipate the afterlife by way of hilarious experiments. Chidi struggles with his own adequacy after reading Eleanor’s file. Vanity is its own torture. And Pikachu has a beeline to the powers that be.
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January 11, 2020
607 The Good Place S4E10 review: “You’ve Changed, Man”
Team cockroach assembles again to ride the final wave of episodes, and there’s a lot to talk about, when Chidi has to come up with an alternative to the current afterlife in less than 10 minutes while the gang supports him and stalls Maya Rudolph’s delight of a judge.
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November 23, 2019
596 The Good Place S4E9 Review: “The Answer”
In an attempt to plan a better future, Chidi considers his past.
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November 16, 2019
592 The Good Place S4E8 Review: “The Funeral to End All Funerals”
The group awaits the judge’s final decision on the fate of human existence.
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November 9, 2019
588 The Good Place S4E6-E7 Review: “A Chip Driver Mystery” and “Help Is Other People”
After recapping last week’s filler episode, Team Cockroach drives right off the first cliffhanger of the final season. Secrets come tumbling out as the experiment reaches its official end.
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October 26, 2019
585 The Good Place S4E5 Review: “Employee of the Bearimy”
Jason and Michael cart to the Bad Place to defy Shawn and rescue Janet. Eleanor and Tahani babysit Chidi and the New Crew with fake puzzles and lake houses, and demons and tunnels and Dereks and clavicles don’t survive!
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October 18, 2019
583 The Good Place S4E4 Review: “Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy”
Team Cockroach assembles once again to discuss all of the theories that became true, the best lines from the episode, and whatever wild mysteries lie ahead.
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October 12, 2019
579 The Good Place S4E3 Review: “Chillaxing”
Eleanor, Michael and Jason team up to torture Chidi, who is too relaxed to help his new students learn ethics, but Eleanor becomes too obsessed with the task. Janet helps Tahani find common ground with John. As the episode ends, a mysterious hooded figure on a handcar makes their way toward the experimental Good Place.
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October 5, 2019
577 The Good Place S4E2 Review: “A Girl from Arizona (2)”
It’s heartbreak week on The Good Place. Eleanor must force Chidi and Simone together, Jason must split with Janet and Blake Bortles, and Brent has to pick up forks for waitresses. If your breakup routine involves leadership skills, Mountain Dew and a Diamond Elite VIP ticket to the Best Place, step right this way.
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September 28, 2019 — “The Good Place” Season 4, Episode 1
576 The Good Place S4E1 Review: “A Girl from Arizona (1)”
Andrew, Sarah and Javier get together once again to explore the season premiere in an effort to figure out boring Norwegians, irredeemable misogynists and ineffable Dereks.
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January 26, 2019 — The Good Place season 3, episode 12
526 The Good Place S3E12 Review: “Pandemonium”
The Bad Place has a new trick, which is to torment Team Cockroach by choosing residents designed to make them crazy. A gossip columnist for Tahani, an ex for Chidi and… an erased Chidi for Eleanor! The season three finale is the saddest timeline.
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January 19, 2019 — The Good Place season 3, episode 11
521 The Good Place S3E11 Review: “Chidi Sees the Time-Knife”
Is it possible for anyone to be good enough to get in to the Good Place? The gang is about to find out. They create a new neighborhood in the Medium Place and try with four new cockroaches… but Sean and Vicky threaten to ruin it all.
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January 17, 2019
519 The Good Place S3E10 Review: “The Book of Dougs”
Michael and the gang are four Oreos away from heaven, but they haven’t escaped their troubles. The Committee, unintended consequences, crying while British…It’s so upsetting, I’m gonna try to shake my fist at you!
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December 9, 2018 — The Good Place Season 3, Episode 9
508 The Good Place S3E9 review: “Janet(s)”
In Janet’s void, everyone is D’arcy Carden. Think Funny Tatiana Maslany in a blank, white space. It causes Eleanor to have an identity crisis, which is calmed by a momentous smooch. Michael and Janet pull the gang through to Accounting, then send them up a pneumatic tube to the ACTUAL FORKING GOOD PLACE!
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December 9, 2018 — The Good Place season 3, episode 8
507 The Good Place S3E8 Review: “Don’t Let The Good Life Pass You By”
Michael and Janet discover the system is rigged by spending time in Canada with miserable, point-confined Doug Forcett (and kicking Shawn/demon butt). Eleanor expresses her love to Chidi just as the gang absconds to Janet’s void. By dying! NBD.
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November 12, 2018 — The Good Place Season 3, Episodes 6 and 7
492 The Good Place: S3E6-E7 Review
The ladies of Team Cockroach talk Eleanor, Tahani, mothers, sisters, life lessons and technical difficulties.
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November 2, 2018 — The Good Place season 3, episodes 4 and 5
486 The Good Place S3E4-5 Reviews
We meet Donkey Doug and guest Cockroach Marcos! We dive into episodes four and five, cope with the fun of existential dread and get rich quick in Florida. And if you can’t figure out how to break up with us, keep on snapping!
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October 13, 2018 — The Good Place season 3 episode 3
475 The Good Place S3E3 Review: “The Snowplow”
The new Good Place episode is out and Team Cockroach reactions are mixed: can the writers get us there already? Walk through the inter-dimensional door, but be careful where you step, because season 3 has some surprises up its sleeve.
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October 5, 2018 — The Good Place Season 3, Episode 2
472 The Good Place S3E2 Review: “The Brainy Bunch”
The mighty cockroaches gather once again to discuss the merits and greatness of The Good Place and its writers. It’s business as usual in an episode full of bad Australian accents, parodied Americans, and sweet sweet lemon bars.
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September 30, 2018 — The Good Place Season 3 episode 1
468 The Good Place S3E1 Review: “Everything Is Bonzer!”
Team Cockroach recaps the season 3 premiere. Our gang is back on Earth! But they revert to their old patterns, so Michael resorts to unauthorized “nudging” to stop their backsliding and get them to team up. MRI proposals! Terrible disguises! And…a Taco Bell and a Pizza Hut!
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September 26, 2018 — The Good Place Season 1, Episodes 12-13
467 The Good Place Rewind: S1E12-13
In a surprise twist that will change everything, Incomparable impresario Jason Snell joins Team Cockroach to discuss the final two episodes of Season 1 and speculate about season 3. Who is Mindy St. Claire? What is Michael’s gambit? Can all your problems be solved with a Molotov cocktail? (No. The answer is no.) Bortles!
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September 24, 2018 — The Good Place season 1 episodes 10-11
466 The Good Place Rewind: S1E10-11
Strap on your snorkel, sidestep that falling air conditioner, steal the eternal judge’s train, and listen to Team Cockroach talk about the second-to-last pair of episodes from Season 1, with special guest Brian Hamilton.
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September 23, 2018 — The Good Place season 1, episodes 7-9_p
465 The Good Place Rewind: S1E7-9
Are you facing an imminent “retirement”? Have you been murdered recently? Do you wish we’d all stop calling you “Fake Eleanor”? Let the cube glow green to confirm your story and listen to Team Cockroach recap a record-breaking three, count ‘em, three episodes. Here’s your cactus!
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September 17, 2018 — The Good Place Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6
463 The Good Place Rewind: S1E5-6
Relax at the spa with your soul-friends, have one of a zillion new frozen yogurt flavors, and listen to Team Cockroach chat about another two episodes of Season 1.
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September 11, 2018 — The Good Place Season 1, Episodes 3 and 4
461 The Good Place Rewind: S1E3-4
Is your friendship plant catching on fire? Think good thoughts and listen to Team Cockroach continue recapping season 1 episodes, joined by special guest Dan Moren.
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September 7, 2018 — The Good Place Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2
458 The Good Place Rewind: S1E1 and S1E2
Open your eyes, follow the nice white-haired man into his office, and listen to Team Cockroach’s first season 1 recap episode. Clowns, the joke machine, Florence Nightingale, and more. Join us!
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September 4, 2018 — The Good Place season 2, episode 3-4
457 The Good Place Rewind: S2E3-4
The thought of eternal death getting you down? Don’t despair, listen to Team Cockroach as they finish up the very last recaps of season 2, joined by David J. Loehr.
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May 29, 2018 — Revisiting The Good Place Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2
434 The Good Place Rewind: S2E1-2
Our crack team of podcasting cockroaches gather once again together with special guest extraordinaire Glenn Fleishman to cover the first two episodes in the back catalog of “The Good Place” season 2.
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March 29, 2018 — “The Good Place” Season 2 wrap-up
404 Team Cockroach: Season 2 Wrap-up
Team Cockroach wraps “The Good Place” season 2 up like an eternal burrito. We talk about our favorite and not-so-favorite moments and where things are going for Season 3.
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February 8, 2018 — The Good Place season 2 finale
389 The Good Place S2E12 Review: “Somewhere Else”
Michael and Janet arrive to save the day! More than one person says “hot diggity dog!” 3/4 of Team Cockroach return to discuss the season 2 finale’s twists and turns, and what may be on tap for season 3.
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January 26, 2018 — The Good Place season 2, episode 11
379 The Good Place S2E11 Review: “The Burrito”
Who will the judge be? Turns out it’s not a burrito, it’s Maya Rudoph, and she’s here to tell you how cute your british accent is! Aluminium, testing, and hilarity ensue in this episode of Team Cockroach.
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January 19, 2018 — The Good Place Season 2 Episode 10
374 The Good Place S2E10 Review: “Rhonda, Diana, Jake and Trent”
We’re finally here at the Bad Place Headquarters, and our friends are having trouble looking the part. Will they reach the portal or will they get caught by Shawn?
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January 14, 2018 — The Good Place season 2, episode 9
371 The Good Place S2E9 Review: “Best Self”
Hot air balloons, confessed secrets, and a dance party. Team Cockroach discusses the latest “Good Place” episode, where our friends reminisce about their past and wonder about their future, before going to a place the show (literally) has never gone before. All aboard!
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January 10, 2018 — The Good Place season 2, episode 8
369 The Good Place S2E8 Review: “Leap to Faith”
Team Cockroach, a podcast from Incomparable listeners about NBC’s “The Good Place”, is back after the winter break! Shawn shows up to reward Michael for his good work. Should the team trust that Michael is helping them secretly, or are they heading to the Bad Place for real this time?
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November 8, 2017 — The Good Place season 2 episode 7
340 The Good Place S2E7 Review: “Derek”
Team Cockroach, a podcast from Incomparable listeners about NBC’s “The Good Place”, returns! In this episode, Tahani and Jason take a big step, Eleanor comes clean with Chidi, and Michael tries to keep Janet and her new boyfriend Derek from blowing the team’s cover with Vicky and Shawn.
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October 29, 2017 — The Good Place season 2 episode 6
330 The Good Place S2E6 Review: “Janet and Michael”
It’s time for Team Cockroach, a podcast generated by Incomparable listeners about NBC’s “The Good Place”! This week, Michael investigates Janet’s glitches and comes to an unexpected discovery.
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October 22, 2017 — The Good Place season 2 episode 5
324 The Good Place S2E5 Review: “The Trolley Problem”
It’s time for Team Cockroach, a podcast generated by Incomparable listeners about NBC’s “The Good Place”! In this episode, Michael takes the trolley problem out of theory and into real life, and Chidi doesn’t like it. Meanwhile, Tahani and Jason start having relationship issues, and turn to Janet to be their therapist, with far-reaching results.