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2020: The best TV moments that helped us get through this year

By Veronica Elizabeth Bruno

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THE GOOD PLACE — “Patty” Episode 412 — Pictured: (l-r) Jameela Jamil as Tahani, Manny Jacinto as Jason, D’Arcy Carden as Janet, Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi — (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC)
THE GOOD PLACE — “Patty” Episode 412 — Pictured: (l-r) Jameela Jamil as Tahani, Manny Jacinto as Jason, D’Arcy Carden as Janet, Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi — (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC) /

Saying goodbye to The Good Place

The Good Place showrunner Michael Schur shocked everyone by announcing that the fourth season of his popular and critically acclaimed comedy would be its final outing. Better to go out on top was his rationale, and the brilliant comedy’s last season did not disappoint.

Fourth season highlights included Disco Janet, learning that social media CEO’s were second-in-line to a full-on demon (demon growth being “larva, slug monster, spooky little girl, teenage boy, giant ball of tongues, social media CEO, and then finally demon.”), Timothy Oliphant made the judge (of the universe! A very fun Maya Rudolph) go all gaga, but it was the way the series managed to stick its landing in the end that produced bittersweet tears. One by one our Soul Squad said goodbye to the afterlife and found closure by moving on.

The Good Place finale aired in January 2020, a time that seems so innocent now, when you could hang out with friends and watch something like this without fear of infecting the other with a very scary disease.

The Deep’s singing gills scene on The Boys

The Boys season 2 hit all the right notes on so many levels. The Amazon series was crazy funny, conquering the sublime two-punch of being thoroughly entertaining while still making us squirm (remember Homelander’s kinky scene with Doppelganger who posed at first as his dead crush Madelyn Stillwell and then… well, as Homelander himself?).

As the de facto leader, Homelander always managed to stay on top. His polar opposite on the supes spectrum was The Deep, who just couldn’t catch a break. As the cursed marine supe, Chace Crawford handled all of The Deep’s humiliation with aplomb. His storyline may have faded in the background of an action-packed season that had the supes dealing with neo-Nazi Stormfront, but there was one scene above all else that stood out: Chace Crawford singing with his gills in a super cringy attempt to accept himself as he finds his religion.

The gills’ singing voice was provided by Patton Oswalt, and the combination of the two belting out You Are So Beaitiful to The Deep’s gills was a moment that surpassed any other crazy s**t on an insane show. It is also something I can never unsee.

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