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S4 E9
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Season 4  "The Answer"  4x9

Aired 6 years ago - Nov 21, 2019

In an attempt to plan a better future, Chidi considers his past.

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Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 1
Obviously, we want to be back by the pencil sharpener
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 2
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 3
I have to ask, has Chidi always been so thoughtful?
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 4
comes in with a one-hour lecture.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 5
presents bigger questions than philosophy.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 6
Uh, wait. What? Why?
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 7
Okay, if there's a problem with our relationship,
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 8
I... I have strong feelings for... for you
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 9
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 10
This work is an insane, tangled web of inscrutability.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 11
You can't answer every question
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 12
They make an argument about how the world is and ought to be.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 13
arguing that I should continue working on this longer paper.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 14
She was brilliant and... and funny.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 15
Okay, I can figure this out. I just need to find the answer
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 16
I swear, sometimes it is literally impossible
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 17
Unless you'd be more comfortable out here.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 18
Your fridge chooses your breakfast for you.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 19
I mean, which answer do I want?
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 20
You don't need to apologize, Chidi.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 21
to the oatmeal?
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 22
Her name's Eleanor.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 23
So you just proposed to Janet, and you said yes.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 24
and you're a high school principal.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 25
and see what happens.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 26
I just... I don't think I'll ever be
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 27
I thought I was too old.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 28
This is your soul mate, Salamasina.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 29
Enemies.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 30
I must away and tend to my ravens.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 31
That ended up being one of the best nights
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 32
- Mm-hmm. - Tonight could have been a real disaster.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 33
But you live through the failure and you learn from it.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 34
- to learn about immediately. - Sounds great.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 35
Esmerelda must be wondering where her soul mate is.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 36
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 37
and as far as who it was, it was me, weirdo.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 38
for how to get out of it, like my parents.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 39
That's too much to put on an eight-year-old.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 40
but I got into the Good Place, so if you don't mind,
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 41
We'll just study like two platonic nerds
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 42
You are unbelievable! I don't know what I did
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 43
and I'm a mess.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 44
There's a real possibility that I'm in love with you again,
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 45
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 46
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 47
a magic blackboard?
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 48
If soul mates do exist, they're not found.
 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 49
Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 50
You reminded them of what they already had.

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Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 2 #2 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 3
I have to ask, has Chidi always been so thoughtful?
#3 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 4
comes in with a one-hour lecture.
#4 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 5
presents bigger questions than philosophy.
#5 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 6
Uh, wait. What? Why?
#6 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 7
Okay, if there's a problem with our relationship,
#7 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 8
I... I have strong feelings for... for you
#8 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 9 #9 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 10
This work is an insane, tangled web of inscrutability.
#10 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 11
You can't answer every question
#11 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 12
They make an argument about how the world is and ought to be.
#12 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 13
arguing that I should continue working on this longer paper.
#13 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 14
She was brilliant and... and funny.
#14 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 15
Okay, I can figure this out. I just need to find the answer
#15 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 16
I swear, sometimes it is literally impossible
#16 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 17
Unless you'd be more comfortable out here.
#17 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 18
Your fridge chooses your breakfast for you.
#18 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 19
I mean, which answer do I want?
#19 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 20
You don't need to apologize, Chidi.
#20 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 21
to the oatmeal?
#21 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 22
Her name's Eleanor.
#22 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 23
So you just proposed to Janet, and you said yes.
#23 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 24
and you're a high school principal.
#24 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 25
and see what happens.
#25 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 26
I just... I don't think I'll ever be
#26 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 27
I thought I was too old.
#27 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 28
This is your soul mate, Salamasina.
#28 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 29
Enemies.
#29 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 30
I must away and tend to my ravens.
#30 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 31
That ended up being one of the best nights
#31 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 32
- Mm-hmm. - Tonight could have been a real disaster.
#32 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 33
But you live through the failure and you learn from it.
#33 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 34
- to learn about immediately. - Sounds great.
#34 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 35
Esmerelda must be wondering where her soul mate is.
#35 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 36 #36 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 37
and as far as who it was, it was me, weirdo.
#37 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 38
for how to get out of it, like my parents.
#38 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 39
That's too much to put on an eight-year-old.
#39 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 40
but I got into the Good Place, so if you don't mind,
#40 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 41
We'll just study like two platonic nerds
#41 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 42
You are unbelievable! I don't know what I did
#42 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 43
and I'm a mess.
#43 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 44
There's a real possibility that I'm in love with you again,
#44 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 45 #45 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 46 #46 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 47
a magic blackboard?
#47 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 48
If soul mates do exist, they're not found.
#48 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 49 #49 Recap of The Good Place Season 4 Episode 9 (S04E09) - 50
You reminded them of what they already had.
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