The Good Place (TV Series)
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| The Good Place | ||
| Genre | Comedy Philosophical fiction Fantasy Dystopia | |
| Created by | Michael Schur | |
| Starring | Kristen Bell William Jackson Harper Jameela Jamil D'Arcy Carden Manny Jacinto Ted Danson | |
| Composer(s) | David Schwartz | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 2 | |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Schur David Miner Morgan Sackett Drew Goddard | |
| Producer(s) | David Hyman Joe Mande Megan Amram | |
| Editor(s) | Colin Patton Matthew Barbato Eric Kissack | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera | |
| Running time | 22 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Fremulon 3 Arts Entertainment Universal Television | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | NBC | |
| Picture format | 5.1 Dolby Digital with DVS on SAP | |
| Original release | September 19, 2016 – present | |
| External links | ||
The Good Place is an American fantasy-comedy television series created by Michael Schur. The series premiered on September 19, 2016, on NBC.
The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is introduced by Michael (Ted Danson) to "The Good Place", a Heaven-like utopia he designed, in reward for her righteous life. She realizes that she was sent there by mistake and must hide her morally imperfect behavior and try to become a better person. William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of "The Good Place", together with D'Arcy Carden as Janet, an artificial being helping the inhabitants.
The Good Place has received positive reviews since its premiere. It has been praised for its performances, writing, originality, setting and tone. In addition, its first-season twist ending and its exploration and creative use of ethics and philosophy have been positively received.
On January 30, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 with an hour-long premiere before moving to its normal time slot on Thursday at 8:30 pm, beginning September 28, 2017. On November 21, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a 13-episode third season, which will premiere on September 27, 2018.
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[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Season 1
- Main article: The Good Place (season 1)
[edit] Season 2
- Main article: The Good Place (season 1)
[edit] Cast and characters
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- Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased saleswoman from Arizona who entered an afterlife utopia called "The Good Place" seemingly after being mistaken for a human rights lawyer by the same name. With the aid of her alleged soulmate, Chidi, she attempts to reform by learning about ethics, believing she still has a chance to earn a legitimate spot in The Good Place. Now that Eleanor knows about Michael's experiments and the memory wipes, Eleanor became the de facto leader in the group "Team Cockroach" after she makes a truce with Michael to keep Shawn from finding out about the reboots in exchange for helping the humans get to the real Good Place. As of season 2, she is the only person from "Team Cockroach" who, having passed Gen's test, qualifies for the real Good Place. However, she lies to her team and tells them she also failed miserably.
- William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye, a deceased ethics professor who was born in Nigeria and raised in Senegal, Eleanor's alleged soulmate. Though he took a while to accept it, he discovers that he and Eleanor were meant to be soulmates because he was always there for her. He is the first person to learn her secret and begins teaching her about ethics to reform both her and Jason. He died on earth when an air conditioner fell on his head outside his apartment building. Chidi speaks French, but in this afterlife, his speech is translated into whatever languages people who listen to him speak; therefore, he appears to speak English to Eleanor and the audience.
- Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil, a deceased, wealthy philanthropist who traveled extensively around the world. She was born in Pakistan, raised in England, and went to school in France. Tahani, whose full name means "Congratulations Beautiful", is a seemingly-good-natured soul with a cheerful and helpful attitude who was constantly overshadowed by her younger sister, Kamilah during her time on Earth. She died on Earth when an attempt to take down a statue of her sister at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio fails. Instead of finally freeing herself from her sister's shadow, her sister's statue crushes her to death. Tahani gradually learns the truth about Eleanor and Jason following Eleanor's arrival. Initially, Eleanor dislikes Tahani, finding her positive attitude, condescending manner, and her tendency to name drop obnoxious, but the two eventually become friends.
- D'Arcy Carden as Janet, a programmed guide who acts as the neighborhood's main source of information, analogous to an intelligent personal assistant. She is the 25th generation of "Janet" programs like her, dating back to a predecessor featuring a click-wheel. She has infinite knowledge of the universe, can provide residents anything they desire, and details everything of what is happening in the Good Place but does have some flaws. Since she is the only individual who came from a true Good Place (Michael admits to having stolen her in the season 1 finale), Janet is subject to numerous reboots; she pleads with whoever tries to push a red button that shuts her down not to kill her. These reboots give Janet increased abilities as well as programming capabilities that compel her to make humans happy, as she'll only answer to what the humans want her to do, including keeping their secrets to escaping the Bad Place. Janet is incompatible with lies and must tell the objective truth. In season 1, after she was rebooted the first time, Jason and Janet fell in love with each other and got married. It is revealed in season 2 that her feelings for Jason have remained despite memory wipes causing glitches. As Janet becomes more self-aware with each reboot, she realizes that the neighborhood may be destroyed due to her computer glitches, and she begs Michael to "kill" her and turn her into a marble. Michael, after having attended so many of Chidi's lessons on ethics, can not bring himself to permanently disable Janet because he now considers her to be his best friend. Since Michael will not agree to permanently disable her, Janet creates a new boyfriend for herself whom she chooses to disable later in the season.
- Carden also plays "Bad Janet", Janet's counterpart from The Bad Place.
- Manny Jacinto as "Jianyu Li", a supposedly silent Buddhist monk from Taiwan and Tahani's soulmate. Eleanor discovers he is actually Jason Mendoza from Jacksonville, Florida, an amateur DJ, devoted Jacksonville Jaguars fan, and backup dancer who sold fake drugs to high school students. After Janet is rebooted in Season 1, Jason develops feelings for her because she is the only one who is nice to him; the two marry, but because his memory is wiped in the season 1 finale, he is unaware of his marriage to Janet until he is told about it in season 2. Prior to that, his forgotten love for Janet led to him bonding (and sleeping with) Tahani; the two almost marry, but decide not to do so after they are reminded of his previous relationship with Janet. Though the two remain together for a time, near the end of season 2, Tahani breaks off the relationship because she recognizes she should not rely so much on others for her sense of worth.
- Ted Danson as Michael, the architect of The Good Place where Eleanor and her fellow humans reside. He exhibits a deep fascination for humans and human life, delighting from things ranging from paperclips to suspenders to car keys. In the first-season finale, it is discovered that he is a Bad Place demon who constructed a fake "Good Place" to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason. Unfortunately, he ends up repeatedly restarting his experiment due to Eleanor (and one time Jason) always figuring out that "The Good Place" is "The Bad Place", leading to his routine failure, as well as hiding the constant resets from Shawn in order to avoid "retirement" (an euphemism for an eternity of torture). As part of a truce he makes with Eleanor so his failing project will not be exposed and a chance to reform his behavior, Michael agrees to let the humans keep their memories and help them get into the true Good Place as well as to take Chidi's ethics lessons.
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- Main article: List of The Good Place episodes
The Good Place is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur. The series premiered on September 19, 2016 on NBC. The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a recently deceased young woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is sent by Michael (Ted Danson) to "The Good Place", a heaven-like utopia he designed, in reward for her righteous life. However, she quickly realizes that she was sent there by mistake, and must hide her morally imperfect behavior, and try to be a better person. William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of the Good Place, together with D'Arcy Carden as an artificial being helping the inhabitants. Each episode is listed as "Chapter (xx)" following the opening title sequence. On January 30, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on September 20, 2017, with an hour-long episode, before moving to its normal time slot Thursday at 8:30 {{nbsp}} inserts a non-breaking space character. It's useful for preventing line breaks between words which should not appear on separate lines. pm on September 28, 2017.
As of February 1, 2018, 26 episodes of The Good Place have aired, concluding the second season. On November 21, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a third season, set to consist of thirteen episodes. Season 3 is set to premiere on September 27, 2018.
[edit] Series overview
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1 (2016–17)
- Main artice: The Good Place (season 1)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Everything Is Fine" | Drew Goddard | Michael Schur | September 19, 2016 | 8.04 |
| 2 | 2 | "Flying" | Michael McDonald | Alan Yang | September 19, 2016 | 8.04 |
| 3 | 3 | "Al-Jamil" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Aisha Muharrar | September 22, 2016 | 5.25 |
| 4 | 4 | "Jason Mendoza" | Payman Benz | Joe Mande | September 29, 2016 | 4.45 |
| 5 | 5 | "Category 55 Doomsday Crisis" | Morgan Sackett | Matt Murray | October 6, 2016 | 4.97 |
| 6 | 6 | "What We Owe to Each Other" | Tucker Gates | Dylan Morgan & Josh Siegal | October 13, 2016 | 4.23 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Eternal Shriek" | Trent O'Donnell | Megan Amram | October 20, 2016 | 3.79 |
| 8 | 8 | "Most Improved Player" | Tristram Shapeero | Dan Schofield | October 27, 2016 | 3.89 |
| 9 | 9 | "...Someone Like Me as a Member" | Dean Holland | Jen Statsky | November 3, 2016 | 3.68 |
| 10 | 10 | "Chidi's Choice" | Linda Mendoza | Demi Adejuyigbe | January 5, 2017 | 3.53 |
| 11 | 11 | "What's My Motivation" | Lynn Shelton | Andrew Law | January 12, 2017 | 3.64 |
| 12 | 12 | "Mindy St. Claire" | Dean Holland | Megan Amram & Jen Statsky | January 19, 2017 | 3.93 |
| 13 | 13 | "Michael's Gambit" | Michael Schur | Michael Schur | January 19, 2017 | 3.93 |
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- Main article: The Good Place (season 2)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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- a. a b The second-season premiere aired as one hour-long episode, but the on-screen title identified it as "Chapters 14 & 15" of the series.
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