39 Brilliant And Tiny Details On "30 Rock", "The Good Place", And "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" That Make These Stellar Shows Even Better
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1. On 30 Rock, GothamMoms.com has some hilarious talking points – particularly the last one.
Seen this a 100 times and never noticed this. The amount of detail in 30 Rock amazing. Not to mention hilarious. from 30ROCK
2. On The Good Place, in the first season, Eleanor wonderfully foreshadows the big reveal.
In The Good Place, Eleanor foreshadows the ending of season 1 in the first episode when wondering how her parents might be tortured in the bad place from TVDetails
3. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hitchcock and Scully find a way to pass papers without getting up.
Scully and Hitchcock using an extended clipper just so they don't have to get up is the exact type of detail I love in this show from brooklynninenine
4. On 30 Rock, Jack has a signed picture of Jesus.
Seen the show 20 times and can't believe I never noticed Jack had a signed picture of Jesus from 30ROCK
5. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hitchcock always carries a comb even though he's essentially bald.
6. On The Good Place, Chidi eats at a restaurant called "Eating Nemo."
In "The Good Place" s1e10 there is a scene from Chidi when he was alive where he is holding a menu from a restaurant named "Eating Nemo" from TVDetails
7. On 30 Rock, in a live episode, there is a different Frank at one point. A Fred Armisen Frank.
8. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Terry reacts to a diss in the background.
It took me 5 times of watching B99 to notice details like this but that is what i love the show for😂 Also Terry indeed has impressive hearing from brooklynninenine
9. On The Good Place, the "Welcome! Everything is fine." lettering is actually slightly off-center, and the plants on either side and completely uneven.
In the good place, the text “Welcome! Everything is fine.” Is ever so slightly off centre to the left. (By about 5 pixels or so. Not sure about how much irl) which is a subtle way of telling the audience that no, everything is not fine. from TheGoodPlace
10. On 30 Rock, Liz has an impeccable senior quote.
11. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, someone – probably Jake – has added to a sign urging people to keep the kitchen counter clean.
Never noticed this in the 18 times I have watched this show. I think Jake must have written this. (zoom into the writing below the sign) from brooklynninenine
12. On The Good Place, the name of the Buddhist monk Jason pretends to be means "in jail" or "in prison."
The Good Place (2016) "Jianyu Li", the name Jason assumes when he is forced to pose as a Buddhist monk, is Mandarin Chinese for "in jail" (监狱). from TVDetails
13. On 30 Rock, Jenna has vodka – maybe water, but, nah, definitely vodka – with some whipped cream.
Just noticed that, in 7x03, Jenna has a glass of ice water topped with whipped cream on her desk instead of a normal coffee order. from 30ROCK
14. On The Good Place, the specific point examples are truly fantastic details.
First time I rewatched I paused and read all of these. The level of detail in TGP across the board is amazing from TheGoodPlace
15. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gina foreshadows her bus accident.
16. On 30 Rock, Yahoo Answers, Cinemax, And Spike TV microphones make an appearance.
I'm on what has to be at least my 12th rewatch and just noticed the logos on the mics at the press conference. from 30ROCK
17. On The Good Place, flowers bloom as Eleanor and Michael approach them.
I've watched S1E1 at least 4 times now, never noticed the flowers in the foreground... from TheGoodPlace
18. On 30 Rock, Tracy wears this presidential t-shirt.
19. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the tagger defaces Jake's computer.
Tiny detail I just noticed: in “The Tagger” when Podolski comes to get his son, we can see that his son tagged Jake’s monitor while he was away from his desk from brooklynninenine
20. On The Good Place, Jason says "Thor" instead of "Fore" when playing croquet.
21. On 30 Rock, there is a brilliant last name.
22. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the nightlight Amy invented shows up again in the next season.
[Brooklyn Nine-Nine] In Season 3, Amy introduces the Shoulder Nova, which she invented to read at night. In S4E18, the Shoulder Nova makes a reappearance when Amy is studying for the Seargent Exam from TVDetails
23. On The Good Place, Eleanor's funeral celebration has a "Ya DEAD" banner.
S4E8 - the details of this show really get to me sometimes, I mean that banner? Really? from TheGoodPlace
24. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charles makes a rule that Jake cannot talk about Derek while they're on a stakeout.
I just noticed Charles' NO NO LIST also has Derek in it, as in the guy who became Jake's 'best friend' while he was undercover from brooklynninenine
25. On 30 Rock, there is a brilliant titled Jimmy Carter biography.
I never noticed this before but the book Betty White is reading when Tracy does his Rule of Threes call is “From Peanut to President”, the biography of Jimmy Carter written by Jack’s father from 30ROCK
26. On The Good Place, the timeline of Chidi's existence is super consistent.
27. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, we see that Holt has a pride flag before we learn he is gay.
In the pilot of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, before you find out Holt is gay you can see a gay pride flag in his boxes from TVDetails
28. On 30 Rock, there are some amazing Harry Potter shoutouts.
29. On The Good Place, Michael – who is acting as if he "loves" human things, like paper clips – wears a paper clip bracelet.
30. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charles sports his "Chorles" gift from Gina.
31. On The Good Place, we see where Janet and Jason's anniversary date falls on the Jeremy Bearimy timeline.
32. On 30 Rock, Dr. Spaceman's book makes a subtle appearance.
33. On The Good Place, the number 322 comes up in two important ways.
The Good Place S4E13, Michael's apartment is number 322, the same number of people selected to live in the Good Place neighbourhoods, according to the pilot from TVDetails
34. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gina has a drink she clearly stole from Rosa.
35. On Brooklyn Nine-Nine, you can see Jake trying to sneakily take a glass of orange juice.
Somehow I never noticed you can actually see Jake taking a glass of orange juice so he can put Teddy's phone in it (4x13) from brooklynninenine
36. On 30 Rock, Kenneth's immortality is hinted at when he's present in a flashback.
I've watched this series six times and I just realized that during the Jack's flashback to the microwave craze in S4E2, Kenneth is dancing in the foreground of the music video. from 30ROCK
