Caution, plot points and stuff from the latest episode of The Good Place will be discussed so stay away if you don’t want any spoilers. But you’re free to do whatever you want so it’s up to you to adhere to this disclaimer.
It’s no secret that the team here at GOAT are massive fans of The Good Place and believe that Ted Danson as Michael is the best thing to grace this green(ish) earth since sliced bread.
Now despite our shameless showering of praise on the show and the continued critical acclaim that it has rightfully garnered, there are still humans who have yet to watch it yet for reasons I’ve yet to figure out.
However, there’s no officially no more excuse for everyone on earth not to watch The Good Place because the latest episode dropped a reveal so big that it threatened to derail all of the careful plotting that the show’s has successfully done so far: Chidi is forking ripped like a brick shirthouse.
Don't make it weird, Chidi. #TheGoodPlace pic.twitter.com/45TZCbE0vD
— The Good Place (@nbcthegoodplace) October 19, 2018
Spits coffee: Whoa – Chidi is buff!
#TheGoodPlace pic.twitter.com/rb4cTdRy6G— ‘Highly Unrealistic’ Polly (@PollySpeaks) October 19, 2018
I mean, like, wow.
Who would’ve thought he would be packing something like that underneath all those sweater vests?
Shameless thirsting and feelings of envy aside, Chidi getting his top off and showcasing his bod to the world also represents a major step in his character development.
Having spent his whole life studying about morality and what it means to be good, it all comes crumbing down after Michael reveals that he’s doomed to the Bad Place no matter what. And what does one do when their whole life is turned upside down with the revelation that you’re doomed to hell no matter what you do?
You have a breakdown, take off your shirt in the middle of a park, and begin to strut around with a general attitude of “fork it, everything is forked anyway so imma go walk around without a shirt on and no one can stop me”.
What makes Chidi’s buff bod reveal even better is that it is a big pay-off to a joke made way back in season one.
During the episode “Chidi’s Choice”, Eleanor lists all the qualities that she likes about Chidi, one of which is that he is “surprisingly jacked”, before immediately realising that she is actually in love with the ethics professor.
— emily (@boujiewlw) October 19, 2018
Out of all the many twists and turns that have happened in The Good Place, Chidi’s buff bod reveal isn’t exactly on the same earth-shattering level like the season one finale, but it is a goddamn delight nonetheless, particularly to all the thirty peeps out there.
Plus, Chidi’s six-pack abs has helped alleviate the pain of those awful Aussie accents so there’s that too.