What TV show “lands the plane” the best?

The Miracle over the Mojave

what was the final line?

It really was a miracle of television. It's a show about philosophy for people that aren't philosophy geeks, prestige television that looks and feels like a sugar coated '90s sitcom.  It's incredible how many different kinds of viewers it manages to satisfy. It's deep stuff that leaves viewers with an existential crisis, but never takes itself too seriously nor threatens to weigh itself down with its own pretension. It runs the gamut, from sophomore jokes ("my bud hole," evil Janet's farting) to complex metaphors and soliloquies about various esoteric philosophical concepts. It's silly and dark at the same time, and both light and heavy-handed with its themes, tackling both simple and profound concepts with the same level of dedication. It builds a compelling world with a unique mythology and cosmology. Its character arcs are some of the best in TV history. There are an insane number of plot twists that, on their own, could anchor fan discussion about a show for years, but get overlooked because that's just what they keep doing. Even on rewatch it was clear that they managed to go five seasons without ever feeling like they were dragging anything out, as every time you think the narrative is going to take some time digging into a new direction they've taken it, they veered off in another one within an episode or two. I think the only reason that the television watching community doesn't broadly consider it in the same tier as something like Breaking Bad or The Sopranos is that it doesn't visually feel like you're watching revolutionary television. But it really is a masterpiece, one of those shows that will have a dedicated cult following forever.

> Also love that they knew exactly how many seasons they needed and didn't try to milk it forever like so many other shows do these days If I had any complaint it would be that I felt that >!fixing the real Good Place with people being apathetic!< could have been expanded. After everything they went through in the first 3 3/4th seasons, "wrapping up" that particular problem in, like, an episode and a half did feel a little rushed, and they had built up enough lore that it could have been sustained. I don't know if it would be a full season, but a half season exploring that concept could have been interesting.

I really appreciate that in consistency with how the show has questioned what it really means to be ready to make it into heaven throughout the build-up to its ending, the final couple of episodes tied up additional loose ends of >!what heaven is actually like, especially testing the preconceived idea of living in eternal bliss!<, which really wraps up its broad examination of morality, purpose, & death

I think about “picture a wave” at least once every day— it’s my Roman Empire but it’s a nice one.

Yeah the inclusion of moral philosophy in a network sitcom that was easy to understand and still funny is one heck of an achievement.

I realized then that that's what System of a Down was singing about all those years ago

DS9 is the end of the war TNG make us discover and understand a very weird time paradox

Even though DS9 is my favourite Trek show by far, the finale of TNG is far more elegant.

This show doesn’t get talked about enough as being among the all-time greats.