The Good Place

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2016
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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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. drlowdon
    Jun 6, 2022
    9
    Waking up in the afterlife Eleanor Shellstrop is introduced by Michael to The Good Place, a Heaven-like utopia he designed. Unfortunately she soon realises that she was sent there by mistake and so must hide her morally dubious behaviour if she wants to avoid eternal torture in The Bad Place.

    Fans of showrunner Michael Schur’s previous network comedies Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn    Waking up in the afterlife Eleanor Shellstrop is introduced by Michael to The Good Place, a Heaven-like utopia he designed. Unfortunately she soon realises that she was sent there by mistake and so must hide her morally dubious behaviour if she wants to avoid eternal torture in The Bad Place.

    Fans of showrunner Michael Schur’s previous network comedies Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be immediately familiar with the shows sense of humour but, thanks to its setting, The Good Place is a truly unique comedy series.. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson are particularly well cast in their roles and their great on screen chemistry plays a big part in making this first season a success.    … Expand
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Dec 24, 2021
    7
    a bit off beat and at times lacking this adventurous comedy is an excitingly new take on the after life that despite requiring a few episodes to fully establish itself can be a bit entertaining once and a while.
  3. geewah
    Jan 28, 2021
    8
    A clever and highly original comedy led by strong performances from not just the leads.
    Worth checking out.
  4. SimboTheKing
    Oct 20, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll admit that going into the final episode I was gonna give this show 6/10. I found that whilst the premise was interesting and novel I didn't find it that funny for a comedy show. However, the twist at the end is masterful and has reinvigorated my interest in next season.

    This is the type of show that makes me appreciate Netflix (and streaming in general) as it fills a pretty niche spot and it likely wouldn't have been given a chance on network TV. It's far from the greatest thing in the world but it's original and that level of creativity should be respected imo.    … Expand
  5. AWESOM-0
    Jun 26, 2020
    9
    Such a great show! It has heart, good character development and a very creative story. I think the cast did a great job and even the characters I didn’t care for as much early on ended up growing on me. I’m looking forward to watching season 2!
  6. JulianIncen
    Jun 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hallucinated with the 1x13 of The Good Place, I didn't see it coming and I think it was the necessary touch for a good sitcom that went from more to less. I am looking forward to watching the second season because the arc of the characters is good and it will surely provide more entertainment.… Expand
  7. 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
  8. tvmaven
    Mar 11, 2019
    2
    Typical network sitcom drivel. Tepid jokes, performed with a perfunctory speed to make the 22 minute mark. If critics gave it high reviews its because when it comes to networks the pickings are slim so in comparison it's somewhat better than the other sitcoms.
  9. Synycom
    Feb 20, 2019
    0
    Couldn’t be less funny. Must be for the ultra politically correct snowflake of snowflakes.
  10. Metacriticmaste
    Jan 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am not a really big TV enthusiast, and I don't watch that many TV shows and get really absorbed in it, except for The Flash and Doctor Who (I'm a nerd, deal with it). However, when I watched The Good Place, I instantly got absorbed in it. I never binge watch TV shows, but this was one of the few exceptions. I also loved the fact that the actors never cursed, but they had funny replacements for common curse words. GREAT JOB!… Expand
  11. funkclea
    Jan 22, 2019
    8
    An addictive tv-show, but in a good way. The quite short length of every episode is pleasant and the characters are all likeable.
  12. beccamac
    Dec 16, 2018
    10
    I’m hooked! I’ve binged this show in a week. “Janet, play the next episode!”
  13. imthenoob
    Nov 17, 2018
    10
    Simply put, It's a very well written and funny show. The cast does such a great job at selling their characters but it's really the top-notch writing that ties it all together.
  14. Zilbermann
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    It is just a very original, funny and well-made show. I can recommend it to everyone who looks for a good comedy
  15. darraghbriscomb
    Oct 7, 2018
    8
    The Good Place is a light-hearted comedy with a surprising plot-twist at the end of the first series.

    This would have gotten a 10, but the start was a little slow (I almost stopped watching after the first two episodes), and I found some of the characters annoying until the plot twist around episode 10. Overall? I'd recommend you watch through the whole of this series if you want the    The Good Place is a light-hearted comedy with a surprising plot-twist at the end of the first series.

    This would have gotten a 10, but the start was a little slow (I almost stopped watching after the first two episodes), and I found some of the characters annoying until the plot twist around episode 10.

    Overall? I'd recommend you watch through the whole of this series if you want the full experience; I've noticed that most of the negative reviews were written after the person watched 1-4 episodes and hadn't really given the show a chance. Once you get into it, it's near impossible not to binge watch.    … Expand
  16. LVogt
    Sep 26, 2018
    10
    The best comedy for a long time; at least for me. It's remarkable how it can be both whimsical and insightful simultaneously... and it's all about about ethics! So smart. It can also be subtle and silly at the same time. All the characters are great and the actors make a great ensemble. And thank The Good Place for no laugh track—which I hate. I am really looking forward to the season 3The best comedy for a long time; at least for me. It's remarkable how it can be both whimsical and insightful simultaneously... and it's all about about ethics! So smart. It can also be subtle and silly at the same time. All the characters are great and the actors make a great ensemble. And thank The Good Place for no laugh track—which I hate. I am really looking forward to the season 3 premier. Yay!… Expand
  17. hornysoul
    Sep 22, 2018
    9
    Vi o piloto e fiquei completamente rendido à produção. Vi as duas temporadas num dia e meio. Apesar de as personagens não terem sido as melhores pessoas na Terra, consegui apegar-me a elas, pois estas foram brilhantemente exploradas. Os plots são muito interessantes e a comédia está bem presente em quase todas as cenas.
  18. gfx
    Aug 17, 2018
    8
    Nice show to watch, i'm five episodes in and i'm really enjoying it and seeing how Kristen Bell and William Harper's characters have developed together and become closer in the show. Its has been an easy watch as well, i can't wait to see the rest of it.
  19. 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.
  20. Cyanurea
    Jul 5, 2018
    8
    Innocently clever, sweet and charming. Subtly progressive without ever feeling heavy-handed. Great ending.
  21. AReedy
    Jul 1, 2018
    10
    My Grandaughter loved watching this show with her papa. Can't wait for Season 3
  22. Enkindled
    Jun 9, 2018
    10
    This show deserves a review for one major aspect: it is incredibly different.
    See, nowadays 95% of the comedies are focused on sex jokes, numbnuts characters, and nonsense humor. The Good Place is different, from all those cliches. It is innovative in story, background, and style of jokes. The characters grow in different ways, both emotionally and socially. The plot is exponential: you    This show deserves a review for one major aspect: it is incredibly different.
    See, nowadays 95% of the comedies are focused on sex jokes, numbnuts characters, and nonsense humor. The Good Place is different, from all those cliches. It is innovative in story, background, and style of jokes. The characters grow in different ways, both emotionally and socially. The plot is exponential: you think you know everything, but you don't, it gets better and better. The jokes get better as the show goes, and the humor is clever and elegant.
    So, in a nutshell, the Good Place is a show you must watch,    … Expand
  23. BellaSwan1992
    Apr 15, 2018
    0
    Unfunny, bland, formulaic, puerile bugman "comedy". Despite nominally being a show about moral behavior and its consequences, manages to have less to say about it than an average episode of Seinfeld. The characters are all flat, dull, and unlikable (and not in a funny, transgressive way), the plot is predictable sitcom melodramas and mixups, and the entire premise is frankly just dumb andUnfunny, bland, formulaic, puerile bugman "comedy". Despite nominally being a show about moral behavior and its consequences, manages to have less to say about it than an average episode of Seinfeld. The characters are all flat, dull, and unlikable (and not in a funny, transgressive way), the plot is predictable sitcom melodramas and mixups, and the entire premise is frankly just dumb and poorly realized, since the writers have a very weird, narrow, and trite idea of what "moral excellence" looks like (apparently it mostly means working for nonprofits).… Expand
  24. bbrmoraes
    Apr 14, 2018
    9
    Holy shirt, is there something to say about The Good Place? No, because this show let everyone without words. The original story can sell it to everyone, and i believe there is no one who abandoned the show in the middle, and if there is, poor guy...
  25. MaksimKolbin
    Mar 30, 2018
    8
    The "fork" is a beautiful word from this show. it is my first review and i don't what write else:)
  26. 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
  27. tasmaniandevil
    Mar 6, 2018
    7
    I liked this show a lot. I won't start ranting about how much I loved it, I just found it very enjoyable to watch, like a nice warm cup of tea. It has a very peculiar sense of humour but one that works and very lovable characters. The twist (you know the one I'm talking about) is well pulled off and I have to say, I would not have seen that coming.
  28. capraesque
    Jan 15, 2018
    1
    I have enjoyed many movies set in 'heaven' such as Defending Your Life and Heaven Can Wait. And the good versus evil of Capra, Preston Sturgess movies et al. But I find this, irritating, and one dimensional. It's like watching a pantomime. I know the main character is supposed to be annoying, but it's so much so I can't watch. It's a miss for me.
  29. Hurrikhan
    Dec 19, 2017
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Available on Netflix, I started that show as I do for any (likely) bad show they are using to fill their offer : doing the dishes, vacuum-cleaning, ... while having a voice in the background.
    After a few minutes, all i heard was just a cheesy story with goofy humor and some incoherence.
    By the time I finished my chores, the ever increasing inconsistencies triggered a memory from a piece of Jean Paul Sartre that loosely translates to "Hell is other people" and bet that something mischievous was happening so my curiosity made me watch some more (with a lot of fast-forwarding). In the end, I watched 2 seasons and got a few smiles from it (a pretty rare event coming from a show). I would not say the show is good, I even feel some guilt watching something this stupid, but it's good enough. Better that most of what is on Netflix anyway.    … Expand
  30. DancingSocrates
    Dec 5, 2017
    10
    My new favorite show! It's an insightful concept that is used for both philosophical intrigue and witty sarcasm. It's not often you get Hume covered in a comedy. Each episode up's the ante with character development and exploring the mechanics of the world. Way fun and deviously hilarious
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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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