Wow, this show is just a fantastic way to spend 30 minutes. The cast is incredible, especially Kristen Bell as "Eleanor" and D'Arcy Carden as "Janet."
Eleanor Shellstrop wakes up in the The Good Place and is so confused. She wasn't a good person, why is she in The Good Place? Michael, the architect of The Good Place (essentially an angel), has her confused with another Eleanor Shellstrop, one who should be in The Good Place. He introduces her to Chidi, Tahani, and Jianyu, other recent additions. They all seem to have been wonderful people when alive, or were they? Then there is Janet. Janet is basically the computer that runs The Good Place. In The Good Place, everything is wonderful, you find your soulmate, you live in your dream house, everything is coming up sunshine, roses, and unicorns.
Except it isn't. The Good Place seems to be broken so Eleanor and crew try to figure out how to
fix the problem. To that end, Eleanor decides that she has to learn to be a better person, with Chidi as her teacher. The alternative to The Good Place is The Bad Place and nobody wants to end up there. I'm so glad this show was picked up for a second season, because season two has been every bit as fantastic as season one.
As a side note, one of the things that makes this show so amazing is that nobody can swear in The Good Place. Eleanor, in particular, likes to swear and the words don't come out as she intends (e.g., mother forking shirt balls). It seems so effortless for Kristin Bell that I find myself wondering if the swearing system from The Good Place has seeped into her real life.
~Amy, Adult Services
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