SciFiNow – September 2019

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FINAL SEASONS IN MEMORIAM

43 THE

GOOD PLACE

ŭȀ˔ФKristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela

Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jancito, Ted Danson

•ưǘȢǺȌǐǐƔˀФMichael Schur

̧ưƔʖФ26 September (US)/27 September (UK)

̧ưƔǺɛФNBC (US)/Netflix (UK)

AƔǐǺɛФFantasy

44 ARROW

ŭȀ˔ФStephen Amell

•ưǘȢǺȌǐǐƔˀФGreg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim,

Andrew Kreisberg

̧ưƔʖФ5 October (US)/TBA (UK)

̧ưƔǺɛФThe CW (US)/Sky One (UK)

AƔǐǺɛФSci-fi

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

Every season finale, The Good Place just loves to pull

the carpet from under us: Season One ended with the

twist that Eleanor and co were in the Bad Place all along,

Season Two’s saw the judge wipe the group’s memories

and send them back to Earth, and Season Three’s sent

them to a neighbourhood in the Medium Place to see if

humans can improve if external factors are removed. The

show’s final season will put that last theory to the test.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO HAPPEN?

We’d love for Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason to finally

make it to the Good Place for good, and live out the rest of

their afterlives happy with their friend Michael.

WHAT DO WE THINK WILL HAPPEN?

The show likes to throw curveballs, but we have a feeling

the team might actually make it to the Good Place. We

know, it’s an obvious ending, but it would also a nice one.

WHY WILL WE MISS IT?

It would take less time to list why we won’t miss it, to be

honest. Since the first episode, it has kept us watching,

laughing and thinking. Razor sharp but also kind-hearted,

the series has Michael Schur’s golden touch all over it, and

it only took five minutes for us to fall in love with the cast.

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

What Arrow has lined up for us this year is anybody’s

guess, but we do know that the series will feature some

kind of lead-up to the aftermath of the ‘Crisis On Infinite

Earths’ crossover event, which is coming in to well and

truly shake up the Arrowverse. The season will consist of

ten episodes that will hopefully conclude the show nicely,

and it’s set to bring with it some brand new characters. All

the season’s guest stars are reportedly being revealed at

San Diego Comic-Con, which is annoyingly just after this

issue goes to print. You’d be better off Googling that one.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO HAPPEN?

We want Oliver to give up his life of crime-fighting to go

off and live on a desert island of paradise.

WHAT DO WE THINK WILL HAPPEN?

We have a feeling that things are going to go badly for

Oliver... The Flash and Supergirl are the ones who die

in the comic book version of ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’,

but we’re expecting the event to subvert the comics and

sacrifice Ollie instead, given that he’s the one whose show

is ending and everything.

WHY WILL WE MISS IT?

It was the original Arrowverse show. Losing the OG really

does feel like the end of an era. Even though there are

other spin-offs on the horizon, we’re going to miss it.

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