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* MinimalistCast: This episode only features the main cast with no guest appearances. Even when Shawn communicates with Michael, it's only through text.

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* DarkestHour: There's no plan. There's no way to the Good Place. Shawn will find them. They're going to be tortured for all eternity. All they can do is throw a party and say goodbye.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Everyone realizes they have no chance at victory, their path will take them through the Bad Place, to a portal they can't reach or even get through, to talk to a Judge who won't hear their case, and plead a case they can't win. They saddle up.



* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: Michael takes several stabs at coining an aphorism to describe their journey so far. Eleanor finally grants him "[[ExactWords The real Good Place was in the Bad Place all along.]]".



* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The balloon to the Good Place comes with a scale that determines whether one is the best version of themselves and let them in. Everyone gets a green light except for Chidi, who is conflicted over whether his present self is his best self. Eleanor talks him down and he gets approved... but now Eleanor doesn't because "Chidi got in my head" and now she has doubts. Eventually, it comes out that at least one of them won't be their best self and that Michael only summoned the balloon to buy himself some time to think up a real plan while the humans try to talk through the issue.

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* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The balloon to the Good Place comes with a scale that determines whether one is the best version of themselves and let them in. Everyone gets a green light except for Chidi, who is conflicted over whether his present self is his best self. Eleanor talks him down and he gets approved... but now Eleanor doesn't because "Chidi got in my head" and now she has doubts. Eventually, it comes out that at least one of them won't be their best self and that Michael only summoned the balloon to buy himself some time to think up a real plan while the humans try to talk through the issue.

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