The Good Place
Dennis Fischer <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:04:46 +0000
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------=_Part_545469_877795518.1505239486018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =C2=A0=C2=A0 I do commend the half-hour comedy THE GOOD PLACE on Netflix to= your attention.=C2=A0 In this show, a woman who has died comes to "the Goo= d Place," designed and run by Ted Danson.=C2=A0 The people there are largel= y great, altruistic human beings, and the basically selfish main character = realizes a mistake has been made and she doesn't belong.=C2=A0 She goes to = a university ethics professor who has been told that she is his soulmate, a= nd convinces him to guide her into being the right kind of person.=C2=A0 It= sounds awfully try, but while not hilarious, it is often quite funny and t= he characters are given interesting foibles and twists of the plot.=C2=A0 A= very unconventional science fictional fantasy.=C2=A0 (The first season has= 13 twenty-some minute episodes, and Wendy and I have watched 10 so far and= are enjoying it). ------=_Part_545469_877795518.1505239486018 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; f= ont-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font= -size:13px"> I do commend the half-hour comedy THE GOOD PLACE o= n Netflix to your attention. In this show, a woman who has died comes= to "the Good Place," designed and run by Ted Danson. The people ther= e are largely great, altruistic human beings, and the basically selfish mai= n character realizes a mistake has been made and she doesn't belong. = She goes to a university ethics professor who has been told that she is his= soulmate, and convinces him to guide her into being the right kind of pers= on. It sounds awfully try, but while not hilarious, it is often quite= funny and the characters are given interesting foibles and twists of the p= lot. A very unconventional science fictional fantasy. (The firs= t season has 13 twenty-some minute episodes, and Wendy and I have watched 1= 0 so far and are enjoying it).</div></body></html> ------=_Part_545469_877795518.1505239486018--