The Good Place (2016)
What the fork?!
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 19 September 2016 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 30 January 2020 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy |
| Created by | Michael Schur |
| Starring | Kristen Bell, Ted Danson and William Jackson Harper |
| Seasons | 4 seasons, 50 episodes |
| Episode length | about 22 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 18 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.0/10 |
Where to watch The Good Place
The Good Place is streaming on Prime Video ($8.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($18.99 a month) and Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Prime Video, or $8.99 at list price.
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Where to watch The Good Place in 23 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Albania | SkyShowtime |
| Andorra | SkyShowtime |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | SkyShowtime |
| Bulgaria | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Croatia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Czechia | SkyShowtime 219 Kč |
| Denmark | SkyShowtime 89 kr DKK |
| Finland | SkyShowtime €6.99 |
| Hungary | SkyShowtime 2590 Ft |
| Ireland | Skygo, ITVX |
| Netherlands | SkyShowtime €9.99 |
| North Macedonia | SkyShowtime |
| Norway | SkyShowtime 89 kr NOK |
| Poland | SkyShowtime 24.99 zł |
| Portugal | SkyShowtime €6.99 |
| Romania | SkyShowtime 29.99 lei |
| Serbia | SkyShowtime 701 din |
| Slovakia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Slovenia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Spain | SkyShowtime €6.99 |
| Sweden | SkyShowtime 89 kr SEK |
| Switzerland | Netflix CHF22.90 |
| United Kingdom | Skygo, ITVX free |
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What kind of watch this is
The Good Place is a 2016 comedy. It runs 18 hours across 4 seasons, which is a modest investment for a series that asks you to rethink the entire concept of moral worth. Michael Schur built a premise that starts as a simple mistake and ends as a rigorous examination of what it means to be decent. The humor comes from the friction between high-stakes existential dread and low-stakes social awkwardness. It is sharp, self-aware, and entirely committed to its own absurdity.
What the critics said
The Good Place landed with a thud of approval. Rotten Tomatoes rates the first season at 92%, based on 74 reviews, with an average score of 7.80 out of 10. Metacritic sits at 78 out of 100, a number that signals generally favorable reviews. The site’s consensus praises Kristen Bell and Ted Danson for delivering supremely entertaining performances in this absurd, clever, and whimsical portrayal of the afterlife.
Momentum built quickly. The second season hit 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and 87 on Metacritic. By the third season, Metacritic claimed 96 out of 100. The fourth season closed at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.3 out of 10 average. TV Guide ranked it among the most anticipated shows for the 2016–17 season. Andrew P. Street of The Guardian noted the show made philosophy seem cool. A nice way to end a week.
How it did with audiences
The Good Place skipped the box office entirely, so there are no ticket sales to analyze. Instead, we look at how people felt about it. On TMDB, users rate it 8 out of 10. That is a high score for a show that starts with a philosophical premise and ends with a moral lesson. It suggests the audience stuck around for the logic. They liked the puzzle.
What came next for the cast
Kristen Bell moved from Scream 4 and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to The Disaster Artist, A Bad Moms Christmas, and CHiPs. Ted Danson went from Saving Private Ryan and Fargo to The Orville. William Jackson Harper shifted from True Story and All Good Things to Midsommar, Dark Waters, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The credits cannot say The Good Place caused that shift. They can only say what came next.
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Sources
- The Good Place on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q22908690 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Good Place” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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