Viewers have branded the Kristen Bell series a “masterpiece”.
Netflix viewers have just a few days to binge a “masterpiece” TV series.
Starring Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto and Ted Danson, The Good Place first premiered in 2016 and quickly became a huge hit.
It followed a woman named Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen) finding herself in “The Good Place” after dying, though she’s not certain she belongs there.
After questionable behaviour in her life, she fears being found out and being sent to “The Bad Place” instead, and so attempts to make herself a more ethical person and deserve her spot in the Heaven-like utopia.
While in The Good Place, Eleanor meets her soulmate Chidi (William) who teaches her ethics and helps her become more moral.
However, in a shock twist season one ending, Eleanor discovers that she’s actually been in The Bad Place all along, doomed to emotional and psychological torture forever as she continues to fail at becoming a better person.
The Good Place scored rave reviews from fans, with seasons two and four gaining a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score while the first and third earned 92% and 98% respectively, as well as numerous awards and nominations.
One fan praised: “This is the best thing Netflix have made, IMHO. The Good Place is clever, witty, sometimes wickedly so, irreverently thoughtful, and beautifully written, and it does that thing that only really well conceived shows can do — it gets great performances from the entire cast. And it’s very, very funny.”
Another said: “The Good Place earns a glowing 5 out of 5 for its brilliant fusion of heartfelt humor, philosophy, and imaginative storytelling. From likable misfits in a heavenly bureaucracy to jaw-dropping moral twists (hello, definitely not the Good Place surprise) and a deeply satisfying finale, the series constantly evolves to keep you laughing and thinking.”
“I just finished watching The Good Place and honestly, I don’t even know what to feel right now. It’s one of those rare shows that makes you laugh out loud while also making you stop and think about life, morality, and what it means to be a good person. Every character was written so beautifully—from their flaws to their growth—and the twists kept me hooked from start to finish,” someone else wrote.
Others called it “the best sitcom [they’d] ever watched”, and another said: “This is without a doubt an outstanding show!”
“From my perspective, The Good Place is a masterpiece of modern television. It’s awesome, thought-provoking, and engaging from start to finish. The show manages to tackle profound philosophical and ethical questions while remaining hilariously entertaining. The mind-bending twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat, making it impossible not to binge-watch,” one fan wrote.
Despite fans begging for a fifth season of the show, creator Mike Schur previously explained why the fourth was its final.
He told Newsweek in October 2019 that it was always the plan for the show to come to an end after a few seasons, explaining: “That’s why we named the episodes chapters instead of episodes or whatever, because it feels like a novel that is being carefully sort of laid out chapter by chapter.
“We wanted the end game, in particular, to pay homage to that and to make it feel like everything that came before matters and it’s all part of one big long story.”
The Good Place is available to watch on Netflix