The Good Place
Summary
Chidi and Eleanor ’s unlikely human relationship inThe Good Placesaw outrageous ups and down , but that ’s all part of what made their love affair great . The NBC serial , which lam from 2016 to 2020 , explore concepts of the afterlife in a comedic yet impactful way , and this was for the most part reflected in the family relationship between these two character . Chidi and Eleanor were never theorise to fall in love , but their time together inThe Good Placemade them psyche mates .
Unlike typical soulfulness mates , Eleanor and Chidi did n’t meet until after they were already stagnant . However , since thousands of years fleet duringThe Good Place ’s four seasons , their real animation did n’t intend much . After all , it was based on the mode that the couplet lived on Earth that Michael determine that they would be the perfect people to torment one another for all eternity . What this demon did n’t expect was thatEleanor and Chidi would help each other become better hoi polloi — again and again — and that doing so would stick their souls forever . This all started withThe Good Place ’s first episode .
The Good Place was a complex show that twine clowning and philosophy . Now , three years after its end , here ’s some of the principal message explain .
Eleanor & Chidi Meet And Begin “Good” Lessons
The Good Place Season 1, Episodes 1 - 9
Eleanor ’s first meeting ( of many ) with Chidi was inThe Good Placeseason 1 , instalment 1 , " Everything is okay . “Michael introduced the pair as psyche mate , but this was n’t technically true . His real plan was to put Eleanor and Chidi together so they could torture each other — Eleanor with her trash - bagful ways and Chidi with his high quality — and for a while , this happened . However , Chidi continue to teach Eleanor about morals , and she began to teach the teacher what it meant to be more unwritten and live more by choice .
Over time , Eleanor and Chidi successfully help each other become salutary people , and they slowly began to explicate feelings for one another . Of naturally , given the complicated nature of their relationship andthe stress they were under trying to keep Eleanor from going to the Bad Place , they did n’t have much time to explore this human relationship . However , when Eleanor was faced with the realness of go to the Bad Place after coming clean to Michael , she realized she need to make some confessions to Chidi as well .
Eleanor Confesses Her Love To Chidi & The Reboots Begin
The Good Place Season 1, Episode 10 - Season 2, Episode 10
The comer of Real Eleanor at the end ofThe Good Placeseason 1 spurred Eleanor to squeal her feelings to Chidi . Unfortunately , about everyone else decide to do the same . Since making decisions was never Chidi ’s solid suit , he was rag by the need to nibble between Eleanor , Real Eleanor , and Tahani — so he simply shut down . By the last episode ofThe Good Placeseason 1 , " Michael ’s Gambit , " Eleanor ’s feelings for Chidi took a second seatto her realization that she , Chidi , Tahani , and Jason were all actually in the Bad Place . Thus , Michael ’s reboots set about .
To prove thathis Good Place experimentcould puzzle out , Michael boot the neighborhood 802 time . Every sentence this occur , Chidi and Eleanor ’s remembering were erased , and their relationship started all over again . Sometimes , they remain friend , butother times they became all - out lovers who shared romanticistic picnics or confessed their feelings at Mindy St. Claire ’s , andthis continued for about 300 Earth years . The interesting affair about these reboots is that , though Eleanor and Chidi ’s memories were erased every sentence , their mortal seemed toalmostremember one another .
No matter the nature of their relationship in the various reboots , Chidi never once reject to teach Eleanor about ethics . This was a key factor in their growth inThe Good Place .
Chidi Kisses Eleanor & They Are Sent Back To Earth
The Good Place Season Season 2, Episode 11 - Season 3, Episode 9
The end ofThe Good Placeseason 3 get wind the final stage of Michael ’s reboots , and after struggling with the knowledge that she and Chidi had been in honey unnumberable times over the last few centuries , Eleanor at long last make up one’s mind to share this truth . However , thanks to Chidi ’s continued indecisiveness , he was again reluctant to do anything about his own feelings . This changed after theGood Placecrew presented their case to the Judge . Knowing that everything was hang in the balance , Chidi finally made a bold move and kissed Eleanor — just in time for their memories to be , again , erased .
Michael and the Judge decided inThe Good Placeseason 2 , episode 13 , " Somewhere Else , " that Chidi , Eleanor , Tahani , and Jason would be sent back to Earth to proceed live on after their original deaths . This gave the group a luck to prove they had become better people in Michael ’s simulated Good Place , butit also mean that Eleanor and Chidi ’s relationship was again put on pause . After another " first " get together , the duo began a friendship , which yet again resulted in Eleanor fall in lovemaking and Chidi being wholly unsure about anything he wanted .
The Good Place may have been a sitcom , but Eleanor , Chidi , Tahani , Jason , Janet , and Michael shared quite a few poignant moments throughout the show .
Chidi & Eleanor Pause Their Relationship (Again) For The New Afterlife Test
The Good Place Season 3, Episode 10 - Season 4, Episode 8
The chaos on Earth unfolded inThe Good Placeseason 3 without many major advance in Chidi and Eleanor ’s romance . However , after the central four learned the truth about their life from Michael and Janet , and Eleanor learned that she and Chidi had been in love for centuries , that began to change . Once again , she confessed her feelings , and he was n’t sure how to handle it . It was n’t until Eleanor had an identity operator crisis in Janet ’s void that Chidi finally got his act together and yield his soul mate another osculation . Finally , the pair had a few episodes of amatory bliss together .
Of course , this did n’t last . After convincing the Judge to let them create a test to check whether souls sentence forthe Bad Placecould be rehabilitated , Eleanor and Chidi consider they could live like a real couple while pretending to be occupier of Michael ’s fake Good Place . Unfortunately , it wound up being necessary for Chidi to serve as one of the trial subjects . In perhaps the most heartrending here and now inThe Good Place , the lovers say their sayonara before Chidi ’s retentivity is temporarily erased . For an entire year , Eleanor pretended to be a virtual stranger .
Chidi & Eleanor Enjoy Eternity In The Good Place… Until It’s Time To Go
The Good Place Season 4, Episodes 9 - 14
The Good Placeseason 4 , episode 9 , " The Answer , " sees Chidi finally get all his memories back for the last time , and it change him importantly . remember all his past romantic import with Eleanor completely eliminate his indecisiveness , and he used this newfound confidence to give her a passionate candy kiss and give the Judge the great idea that would save Earth . last , everything really was o.k. , and Eleanor and Chidi could be together in therealGood Place . Of of course , they first had to fix the problem of everyone there being vapid zombi .
Once the Good Place was all sorted out by Eleanor ’s estimate of give its occupant an " out " through a threshold to the cryptic great beyond , she and Chidi were finally free to bask their merrily ever after . Together , they lived inthe Good Place for M of Jeremy Bearimys . They reconnected with their families , achieved all their dream , traveled the earth , and observe unnumerable sunsets . Eventually , Chidi felt so at serenity that he decided it was his sentence to go through the door .
It took a while for Eleanor to get on panel , but she eventually realized that if Chidi was ready , she could n’t get in his way . In The Good Place time of year 4 , episode 14 , " Whenever You ’re quick , " the twain watched their last sundown together . Eleanor was n’t quite quick to go , but it would n’t be long before she found such contentedness herself ( through helping Michael become a man ) and entered the doorway as well . After a foresightful and turbulent journey inThe Good Place , Eleanor and Chidi ’s somebody returned to the ocean .
