EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
The Good Place - Season 1
After she is struck and killed by a tractor-trailer carrying erectile dysfunction products, a woman named Eleanor enters the afterlife and tries to become a better person and make amends for past bad behavior.
May 9, 1990 in Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
17 August 1984, Randolph, Massachusetts, USA
31 January 1976, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
September 12, 2016
Easily fall's best broadcast network comedy pilot, NBC's The Good Place offers a clever high-concept premise that's complemented with intelligent, sometimes absurdist humor.
September 19, 2016
After watching the first four episodes available from the network, I think what bothers me most is Bell's character.
September 19, 2016
It's a laugh-out-loud sitcom that nonetheless strives to investigate its storylines on deeper metaphysical grounds.
January 05, 2017
It takes a potentially lame-sounding premise - "bad person tries to be good" - and surrounds it with enough weirdness to make the show subversive and (I can't believe I've gone this long without using this word) great.
September 19, 2016
The quirky comedy breaks the mold of most sit-coms in that it's serialized with each episode ending on a curious note, clearly meant to raise every viewer's desire to see the next installment - and it works.
August 22, 2016
This bright charmer isn't breaking any new ground, but the actors are appealing and the jokes good enough that it's a perfectly pleasant way to while away a half hour.
September 19, 2016
[The premise] is a bit rickety-tickety, and not necessarily filled with potential. And there's no ensemble magic or great wit afoot, as the rules of heaven are laid out in the premiere.
September 19, 2016
Fun, colorful, lively - but is there a real show here, or just a good joke?
October 21, 2016
TV world is a better place when Ted Danson has a regular (preferably comic) gig, and we're not talking about CSI. What a relief he has teamed up with Kristen Bell in this charming comedy about the afterlife.
September 19, 2016
Turns out The Good Place is a very good place to be indeed.