The Good Place

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2016
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 306 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 257 out of 306
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 306
  3. Negative: 22 out of 306
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  1. JamesIrish68
    Mar 7, 2018
    5
    The first few episodes of The Good Place were fun and original. The vulgar language filter was funny. But after episode 2 it just got sillier and sillier and the jokes mainly of pop culture ‘in’ variety aka not very funny.
    Ted Danson and newcomer Jameele Jamil are very good in their respective roles but Kirsten Bell just doesn't have it for me as a comedy actress. She's too California or    The first few episodes of The Good Place were fun and original. The vulgar language filter was funny. But after episode 2 it just got sillier and sillier and the jokes mainly of pop culture ‘in’ variety aka not very funny.
    Ted Danson and newcomer Jameele Jamil are very good in their respective roles but Kirsten Bell just doesn't have it for me as a comedy actress. She's too California or something to be believable in a comedy situation. There is no sense of tragedy about her which is the essence of comedy.
    Very average ordinary show    … Expand
  2. Russ253
    Sep 30, 2016
    4
    I wanted to see this show, It should be good because of Ted Danson. Well I was wrong, the show needs a lot of work to fix it. I know Ted believes in the show, but it's not there yet.
  3. lynnmkl75
    Sep 30, 2016
    4
    I thought this was going to be a good show. WOW someone went to the good place that wasn't suppose to, had to make for good television. BOY WAS I WRONG. It was the most insane thing I have seen on television lately. I was hoping for something better with Ted Danson. Oh well probably will be gone in a month
  4. JustintheCritic
    Oct 14, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am pretty on and off about this show. On one hand, I like the concept, but on the other hand, I think that a few of the characters have a dumb role in the show. How the show is in the most basic of terms, is that a lady named Eleanor dies, and enters the afterlife. The catch is that she is sent to "The Good Place" (Thus the name of the show.) even though she was a terrible person on Earth, thinks somebody who as Eleanor says,"Royally forked up." (Because in her neighborhood, swearing is disabled.) The actors feel like they were drained of their full potential, especially Jianyu who (In my opinion) has a stupid backstory for his reason of death. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson did a fairly OK job with their roles (Which don't have too much potential, thanks to the roles.) though it does need some work. I do like the idea of Janet being everybody's personal assistant in The Good Place, though. I would have given this show a 4, but I like all shows with an afterlife theme, but I do feel like they have to resort to drugs and some sexual stuff once in while, making the show not exactly too funny. I give this show a 5.… Expand
  5. StavNeuse
    Jul 22, 2018
    5
    The first ten episodes were actually torture, I almost stopped watching. But I must admit, the twist and the last three episodes were well-written and suspenseful. Ted Danson is always good, the supporting characters were generic but interesting, and Kristen Bell was, well, decent. She's not my favorite actress. The jokes and comedy in The Good Place is just not funny ever, like actually never.
  6. PhilipVern
    Apr 2, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers: The first season was good, until they flipped the script. It became much less interesting when they made it basically "The Bad Place"… Expand

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#45 Best TV Season of 2016
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#16 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 23, 2016
    80
    The first five episodes propel the story with so many surprises and calamitous cliffhangers that even nonbelievers might want to check the out-of-this-world Place out. [26 Sep 2016-2 Oct 2016, p.17]
  2. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Jeremy Nisen
    Sep 20, 2016
    80
    A series pilot has to walk a rather tricky line of setting up a series premise, giving a hint of things to come, and, you know, being entertaining. As far as pilots go, NBC's The Good Place (from Parks and Creation co-creator Michael Schur) hits it out of the park with all of the above-not to mention some honest to goodness earned laughter.
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  3. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Sep 19, 2016
    83
    The first episode starts out whimsical and veers into freakish by the end, but I'm already invested in seeing where it goes from there.
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