By Chris Snellgrove | Published
After the general debauchery of New Year’s Eve has subsided, everyone faces the same challenge in the morning: living up to the ambitious resolutions we made the night before. “New year, new me” is easy to say out loud, but even those who like to keep their resolutions face a difficult question: Where the hell can you learn enough this year to actually become a better person? Fortunately, the answer is simpler than you might think. All you have to do is stream The good place on Netflix for one hilarious lesson after another on how to be a better person.
The plot of the good place
Long before The good place When the series landed on Netflix, it impressed NBC audiences with its unique premise. We follow a character who is sent to The Good Place after his death, even though he knows full well he doesn’t deserve an eternity in sitcom heaven. She decides to fake it until she makes it and resolves to learn more about being a good person, but all the philosophical and ethical knowledge in the world cannot prepare her for the twists and turns that her life will take after will take death.
The good place has thanks to its great cast, including Kristen Bell (known for Veronica Mars) as the woman who was apparently sent to heaven by mistake. William Jackson Harper (who has appeared in everything from Midsummer To Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) plays her ethics teacher, and her quartet is rounded out by She-Hulk Veteran Jameela Jamil (who plays a chic party girl) and Acolyte Veteran Manny Jacinto. Meanwhile, they meet two new allies The good place: a charismatic architect played by Ted Dansen and a sort of walking, talking (not to mention omniscient) Wikipedia played by D’Arcy Carden.
One of the best comedy shows
As soon as you watch The good place On Netflix, you’ll better understand why many (including us!) consider it one of the best-written shows in the entire Golden Age of Television. Short seasons planned well in advance mean that the series offers great storylines for every character and far more twists than one would expect based on the premise. Besides, it didn’t win almost enough for our taste, The good place was a bona fide awards darling, garnering 14 Primetime Emmy nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, and taking home a Peabody and four Hugo Awards.
And now a new group of fans are stopping by The good place On Netflix, they learn that it lives up to its critical reputation. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has an impressive 97 percent critic rating and an 89 percent audience rating (via Popcornmeter). It’s an amazing show to watch for the first time and even more worth revisiting. The show’s amazing and sophisticated storytelling stands out even more at a time when most shows (especially those that are only available on streaming) are canceled before they can finish their run.
You will find The good place as heavenly as we are after streaming it on Netflix, or will you decide this is the kind of show only a Bad Janet could enjoy? You won’t know until you stream it yourself, starting the new year with a bang. Be warned, though: After a few episodes of this spirited sitcom, other TV comedies will look like they came straight out of The Bad Place.