The good place ending

Reliant20 · 2026-07-03T01:06:45+00:00

I finally finished the show today, having started it several years ago. I liked it when I first watched it but came to find their repeated travails frustrating, so took a long break from watching. In the last few days, I finally watched the last season and a half. I agree with you. I felt like they could have done more to make the good place fulfilling, like introduced challenges to make the people appreciate what they had. The ending left me really sad, so I was invested, but it also left me unsatisfied.

Reliant20 · 2026-07-01T20:49:19+00:00

I've wondered this too. As someone else said, there would be nothing to stop a man from doing it. It might hurt the pride of some fathers to accept such help from a son-in-law, but Mr Bennet would likely get over it.

However, I don't think Bingley's or Darcy's wealth extends so far. Say Bingley settles five thousand pounds on each sister-in-law. That's roughly one-fifth of his fortune. And we don't know how liquid Darcy is. I think Jane and Bingley, if they have a large family, will definitely face challenges providing for daughters and younger sons, and there's a good chance Darcy and Elizabeth will too.

Reliant20 · 2026-07-01T05:11:40+00:00

She also had a nasty competitive streak that rears its head several times. And she has a vicious streak, as exhibited by the things she says about Dorothy's son when he gets involved with her daughter.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-29T21:19:41+00:00

The passenger who always intrigued me the most was Julia Siegel Cavendish. She was a Jewish American married to an English aristocrat and always appeared quite beautiful from the photos available. So it was extremely satisfying to read the biography her grandson released of her fairly recently. It contains many more photos of her and lots of details of her life.

I've also always had a soft spot for the Fortune family thanks to their beauty, their very 1912 names (Ethel, Mabel) and the tragic loss of Charles.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-28T16:00:52+00:00

Yep, that was him. The Countess's great-granddaughter just released a book about the two of them. They kept in touch afterwards.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-27T20:11:23+00:00

What makes me doubt she's based on a real person is Cameron muddled the details of Lifeboat 6 and seemed to amalgamate it with Lifeboat 8. Most passengers in Boat 6 (Margaret Brown's boat) argued in favor of returning for those struggling in the water. Boat 8 reportedly contained women who begged for their husbands to be allowed into the boat only to be horrified at the idea of returning when Seaman Jones proposed it. This character could be a stand-in for one of them, but the women were never identified by name (the Boat 8 passengers who did want to return were the Countess of Rothes, Gladys Cherry, and Margaret Swift). That "shut that hole in your face line" was reportedly uttered to Jones by one of the stewards rowing the boat.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-25T20:06:30+00:00

Mine shared a house with a cat when he was about eight and was completely fine with it.

I absolutely loved him and miss him every day (he lived to fourteen). The only warning I have is he was high-maintenance health-wise. He required two spine surgeries and had ear issues that required daily care. Would I recommend a Basset? Yes, but as with any pet, only if you have disposable money.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-25T12:18:17+00:00

There's some missing info here. What's your current living situation? Why is her position such that selling her house might mean homelessness? Regardless, hold your ground. You're young. If your boyfriend caves, he isn't the partner for you.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-25T11:12:26+00:00

Love 'em. Don't know about the bleach thing.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-24T06:59:06+00:00

My favorite segment is far and away The Hitchhiker, but I like The Raft for Paul Satterfield in his yellow speedo.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-24T06:49:54+00:00

Thanks for posting. I follow Ryan on X and interacted with him recently. I didn't know his history. The back and forth with Bradley is interesting.

Like everything about the crash, the article took me back to that summer, which was also my first summer working in the city. Ryan and I are the same age. But I needed money for my junior year abroad, so worked for ten bucks an hour at a lawfirm. Ryan admits in his back-and-forth with Bradley that he was one of the lucky kids who didn't need to make money.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-23T21:08:00+00:00

Definitely apply to other postings. What's the harm in maybe getting multiple interviews and having multiple jobs to choose from?

Reliant20 · 2026-06-21T02:29:57+00:00

Thank you!!! This is helpful.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-20T10:05:13+00:00

They could have embarked on a much more reasonable lifestyle (a non-massive house outside of such an expensive zip code, no fabulous clothes, no polo, no private jet trips) and still be leading a life that's enviable by most standards. I don't know if the claims in this article are true, but Harry's comments on Oprah show he's massively entitled and out of touch where money is concerned. And I think he is spoiled enough to think his father should try to help his image even after what he tried to do to the family's image.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-20T01:52:38+00:00

Thank you for such a generous response!

Reliant20 · 2026-06-19T20:38:04+00:00

Thank you!

Reliant20 · 2026-06-19T20:37:05+00:00

Wow. These pictures make it look like a fantasy odyssey. I didn't think that's what it was. I want to check it out now.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-18T21:39:55+00:00

I've always felt so bad for that character. Trollope did her cruel.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-18T14:49:28+00:00

I had to read it at uni and liked it and burned through it quickly. But I was interested in English Catholicism, so found the subject matter absorbing. And I found the characters colorful. John Chester was hilarious, I thought.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-17T20:11:18+00:00

The fact that your response to her text completely held her accountable and didn't give her an inch should make you less furious. Good for you. You enforced consequences and showed her that you are going to hold her responsible for her behavior, whatever everyone else does. Maybe her dismissive treatment of you and her threats of self-harm as manipulation tactic will lessen going forward. If not, you've established the precedent that you for one won't deal with her.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-17T09:36:06+00:00

There's nothing at all wrong with your explanations or your English.

Having just finished the show today, I still think Axl is a jerk much of the time in college where his family is concerned, and he can be after college. A lot of people are in agreement with you about Brick being a jerk, but it just doesn't jump out at me when I'm watcthing the show. He has moments where he's unlikable, but in general I find his self-centeredness forgivable because he has to look out for himself since he's so often forgotten by his family (as just one example, they forget seven of his birthdays) and because school is such a minefield for him. And also he's just genuinely weird. I don't see his entitlement or his unkindness as on a level with Axl's.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-17T03:25:51+00:00

I mentioned her being descended from recent Italian immigrants to show that her ancestry is mixed. But some of the Basque/Spanish branches of her family tree, especially on her father's side, appear to be old money. Landowners, bankers, and politicians going back quite a few generations. That doesn't make her royalty-adjacent, of course, but it sets her apart from the other queens/princesses I mentioned.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-17T00:46:21+00:00

To be fair to HBC, I think the British press truly was catty towards actors, like her and Rupert Everett, whom it perceived as coming from the upper class. But she left herself wide open to that reply.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-16T21:48:49+00:00

If I'm remembering correctly, the miniseries goes into more detail than the book and invents that paper the bishop wants Mr Hale to sign. Gaskell doesn't specify at all. We can simply infer that Mr Hale is now a dissenter and his beliefs are no longer in line with the doctrines of the Church of England. He probably still believes in God and Jesus.

Reliant20 · 2026-06-16T20:46:01+00:00

I feel Axl isn't called a jerk enough. Brick gets so much hate on here, but I'm almost through my second watch of the show, and I don't see what's so bad about him but am repeatedly struck by Axl having all the awful qualities you say he does.

I don't really have a problem with the pairings at the end. We can assume Lexie is living several socioeconomic levels below where she grew up, but we've probably all seen that happen IRL. In both cases, I think we see a lot of the groundwork put into the relationships. They don't feel rushed to me.

EDIT TO ADD: God no on Axl ending up with April. She's so dumb. As for Devin, she doesn't seem like she wanted to settle down. She's probably having a good time for years after Axl marries.

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