The fourth and final season of The Good Place is set to air on NBC on Sept. 26, and though we don't know where the season will go, we do know what we want from it.
The series only has so many episodes left to tie everything together, and thankfully, Season 3's ending left a lot of room for plot and character development. With that said, we're here to discuss ten things we're hoping to see in the final season.
Before we dive into it, this is your warning that you're about to read a ton of spoilers, so if you haven't watched through Season 3, now is the time. With that said, it's time to journey back to The Good Place. Yes, we're as forking excited as you are.
Eleanor’s Architect Skills
Season 3 ended with Eleanor welcoming Chidi to the new, rebooted Good Place neighborhood. Because "Michael" was suffering from intense panic attacks prior to Chidi's arrival, Eleanor is the one who introduces herself as the Architect.
Of course, this means she'll likely be posing as the creator of the neighborhood for most of the rest of the series, and we're excited to see it happen. Eleanor will have to think on her toes, and being that Chidi's ex-girlfriend Simone is also being welcomed to the neighborhood, she'll have to do her best to keep up the act and not let her human emotions get in the way.
The Chidi-Eleanor-Simone Love Triangle
Speaking of Simone, yes, we're expecting a lot of tension to bubble between this trio. With Chidi's memories having been wiped, it's probable that he will fall for Simone in this alternate afterlife. After all, if he fell for her in the real world, what's stopping him from developing feelings in the Good Place?
The reason he's more likely to fall for Simone than Eleanor has to do with the fact that he believes Eleanor is the architect. Of course, this is bound to get Eleanor jealous, and we're interested to see how she deals with it. It also doesn't help that in many of the former reboots, Eleanor and Chidi did not become an item.
Janet And Jason's Romance
There's also always been some romantic tension between the all-knowing computer Janet and the dimwitted Jason.
While we saw Janet constantly getting jealous throughout Season 3 as Jason and Tahani's relationship progressed (especially when Tahani marries Jason to transfer her wealth to him), we expect Season 4 to focus on the couple's love more than their strife. After all, at the beginning of "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife" (S3E12), Jason and Janet decide to start dating while in an IHOP. How romantic.
With that in place, it's likely these two will share a few hilarious and cute moments together. Only time will tell if anything real will come of their connection.
The Four Bad Humans
As seen at the end of Season 3, Shawn selected four new "bad" humans to live in a neighborhood Michael designed. These humans were set to live here as part of an experiment to see whether they could turn good when put under the right circumstances, and Eleanor and her friends were supposed to guide them. Unfortunately, each of the humans soon discovers that the people Shawn has moved into the neighborhood are ones who have personally tormented them in their past lives.
While we see who the first two residents are, John, a gossip columnist who used to write about Tahani, and the aforementioned Simone, we're excited to see who else moves in and what connection they have to the series' leads.
An Evil Michael
While Eleanor believes that the weak and terrified Michael she's currently dealing with is legit, she is actually dealing with a demon dressed up in a Michael suit.
Shawn created this disguise so that the main humans would believe that Michael was turning on them, when he, in fact, is doing no such thing. Though this false version of Michael didn't do much toward the end of Season 3 besides wiping Chidi's memories at Eleanor's request, we expect a lot more conniving to come.
Chidi’s Memories Restored
Speaking of Chidi's memories, we're keeping our fingers crossed that he will get his memories back at some point during the season. Even if it has to be in the very last episode, is it really that likely that he'll permanently forget everything he and Eleanor had together? We doubt it.
Though we're excited to see how Chidi's amnesia will affect him and the rest of the gang, we get the knack it can't last forever and definitely don't want it to.
A Giant Tahani Party
Early seasons of The Good Place had Tahani throwing huge bashes, and we can't help but hope at least one more of these takes place. C'mon, how can anyone forget the Season 1 party at which Eleanor stuffed shrimp in her bra? Iconic.
It's likely we'll get to see another party that introduces the Good Places' newest arrivals to the neighborhood. We just hope we're not dreaming too big.
Full-Circle Jokes
Playing off the last point, we'd love to see many of The Good Places' running jokes and situations make a return in the final season.
Can one of the random celebs Tahani apparently knows show up and prove they're actually friends with her? Can Jason's Jacksonville jokes finish strong? Can Shawn be the one who gets cocooned?
We don't care how it happens, we just want more of the quirky humor we've come to know and love.
Philosophical Resolution
At The Good Place's core, the show deals with several philosophical and ethical dilemmas that don't have clear-cut answers. Different questions are explored every single season, including in the most recent one when The Judge realizes every "good" decision on earth leads to some terrible repercussions despite one's best efforts.
That being said, we don't expect the demons, the humans, or even Janet to have it all figured out. However, we are hopeful that the results of the final experiment (if we get that far) are conclusive to some degree. If they're not, we just want an answer to how people do or don't get into The Good Place from there on out. Pretty please?
A Happy Ending
All this goes to say, we're hopeful that The Good Place ends on a positive note. The show is incredibly lighthearted for being about a group of messed up humans who deserve to rot in a hell-like afterlife.
The series has been building up for so long that we doubt the writers are going to leave us with a sad ending. Contemplative, maybe. Totally different then we expect, also maybe. But happy in some way or another? It's quite probable.
We'd love to see the humans live a reset-free life and Michael gets some much-needed redemption.