Name: Class:

Teacher: Today is

The Good Place

The Good Place is an American tv series created by Michael Schur and mixes comedy, fantasy
and dystopia. Also, it’s possible to see some philosofical and psychological references.
Since the start of season two in September 2017, Netflix distributes the show to various
international markets with new episodes being released a few hours after their original
American airing.

Drill:
• EMT: a specially trained medical technician certified to provide basic emergency services
(such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation) before and during transportation to a hospital.

• Stoned: a person who regularly takes drugs.

• To get high: The antonym of being sober.

• Simply put: simply saying/ to sum up

• The cream of the crop: the very best of a particular group of people or things.

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• Otter: a mammal with four legs and short brownfur that swims well and eats fish.

• To curse: To say dirty words.

1. How did Eleanor Shellstrop die?

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2.

Your life in Earth has ended

and you’re now in the next phase of your existence in universe.

(Michael’s quotation)

The underlined sentence is in a specific verb tense. It’s:

a. past perfect continuous

b. present perfect
c. simple past
d. past perfect continuous

3. When Eleanor says that she has some questions to ask about that situation, Michael says “Thought you might”.
Replace this sentence by another one, maintaining the same ideia.

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4. Millions of theories about the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics.
In “The Good Place”, who was right about the afterlife?

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Question 5: As we studied, there are different ways to describe people and places.
How can you describe the series ideia about Heaven?

Describe “The Good Place” and what it consists on.

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Answer keys
Question 1:
How did Eleanor Shellstrop die?

She was in a grocery store parking lot. She dropped a bottle of something called "Lonely Gal Margarita Mix for One”.
When she bent down to pick it up, a long column of shopping carts that were being returned to the shopping cart collection
area rolled out of control and plowed right into her.

Question 2:

Your life in Earth has ended

and you’re now in the next phase of your existence in universe.

(Michael’s quotation)

The underlined sentence is in a specific verb tense. It’s:

(b) Present Perfect.

Question 3: When Eleanor says that she has some questions to ask about that situation, Michael says “Thought you might”.
Replace this sentence by another one, maintaining the same ideia.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS:

I thought you could have questions/ I knew it.

I thought you would. Thought you could have.

Question 4:
Who was right about the afterlife?

Hindus are a little bit right, Muslims a little bit.

Jews, Christians, Buddhists, every religion guessed about 5%, except for Doug Forcett.
He was a stoner kid who lived in Calgary during the 1970s.
One night, he got really high on mushrooms, and his best friend, Randy, said, "Hey, what do you think
happens after we die?" And Doug just launched into this long monologue where he got like 92% correct.

Question 5:

How can you describe the series ideia about Heaven?

Describe “The Good Place” and what it consists on.

The Good Place is divided into distinct neighborhoods. Each one contains exactly 322 people who have
been perfectly selected to blend together into a blissful harmonic balance.