The Good Place: Mindy St. Claire

January 19, 2017 6:10 PM - Season 1, Episode 12

Fake Eleanor, Jason, and Janet escape to the Medium Place inhabited by Mindy St. Claire, but their refuge is short-lived.
posted by Small Dollar (15 comments total)

This was a tiny bit raunchy for Mini McGee (who is a big fan) but loooooooooove
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 6:36 PM on January 19, 2017 [3 favorites]

Why did Young Beleanor look more like Young Janet?
posted by Etrigan at 7:30 PM on January 19, 2017

Mindy St. Claire was a perfect neutral person. Pretty bad, but managed to sneak in a really good action. I wonder if she was a proto-Eleanor when the show was being developed.
posted by dry white toast at 7:44 PM on January 19, 2017 [4 favorites]

"That's what you think Hell is?" is possibly my favorite single line reading of this entire series. I don't even know why, but it's killing me.
posted by Etrigan at 1:26 PM on January 20, 2017 [15 favorites]

When you rewatch, take a particular glance at the magazines in the checkout when Eleanor is reading "Celebrity Baby Plastic Surgery Disasters." There's one called "International Sophisticate" with Tahani on the cover, and her coverline is "Not Just Kamilah’s Sister!" HARSH.

Also among Eleanor's sins I noticed that she showed a 9-year-old The Shining, and that she scalped epi pens, just like that pharma-bro guy!

I'm going to have to buy this on amazon so I can freeze-frame for all the background jokes.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 6:39 PM on January 20, 2017 [22 favorites]

I'm going to have to buy this on amazon so I can freeze-frame for all the background jokes.

It's on Hulu, if that helps.
posted by Etrigan at 6:41 PM on January 20, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'm going to have to buy this on amazon so I can freeze-frame for all the background jokes.

Be sure to check out the byline of the horoscope column that Eleanor reads.
posted by Johnny Assay at 3:53 PM on January 21, 2017

Cassanda Satchnork-Caperswitch? Should I recognize that?
posted by amtho at 7:08 PM on January 21, 2017 [2 favorites]

There's also a Dennis Feinstein ad on the back of one of the magazines, which makes me wonder where Leslie Knope ends up in this world.
posted by sagc at 10:45 AM on January 22, 2017 [8 favorites]

The Best Place

(She's probably the first American president to end up there.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:23 PM on January 22, 2017 [8 favorites]

Cassanda Satchnork-Caperswitch? Should I recognize that?

No, it just falls under Mike Schur's long tradition of giving ridiculous names to minor characters.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:51 AM on January 23, 2017 [2 favorites]

I'm going to have to buy this on amazon so I can freeze-frame for all the background jokes.

My sister & brother-in-law did that on the point system screen in episode one and the frozen yogurt flavors later and reported back to me. Yes, lots of jokes.
posted by mark k at 8:35 PM on January 23, 2017 [2 favorites]

I would just like to point out that the Lonely Gal Margarita Mix For One is several times the size of the other margarita mixes on the shelf.
posted by ckape at 6:18 PM on September 24, 2017 [19 favorites]

Am I a horrible person destined for The Bad Place if I didn't think Eleanor's big night sounded...so...bad? I mean...hey. Sounds okay to me.
posted by Aquifer at 7:17 AM on October 10, 2017 [2 favorites]

When you rewatch, take a particular glance at the magazines in the checkout when Eleanor is reading "Celebrity Baby Plastic Surgery Disasters."

12 Baby Butterfaces You Won't Believe!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:23 PM on March 29, 2018 [1 favorite]