Catherine Pearson Oct 13, 2017
From the co-creator of Parks & Rec and Brooklyn 99, The Good Place is on Netflix UK and well worth watching…
Only contains spoilers for episode 1.1.
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Imagine if every one of your actions in life was being watched and judged by the people who’ll be looking after your soul for all eternity. Makes you think twice about watching The X Factor, doesn’t it? Well in Michael Schur’s latest comedy series that’s exactly what’s been happening, and for the well-deserved few, their destination is The Good Place.
Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) opens her eyes. She’s sitting on a crisp white sofa in a plain room with a message on the facing wall. “Welcome! Everything is fine”. She breathes a sigh of relief. As she...
From the co-creator of Parks & Rec and Brooklyn 99, The Good Place is on Netflix UK and well worth watching…
Only contains spoilers for episode 1.1.
See related Who are The Gifted? The Gifted: spoiler-free review The Gifted episode 1: every X-Men and Marvel Easter Egg
Imagine if every one of your actions in life was being watched and judged by the people who’ll be looking after your soul for all eternity. Makes you think twice about watching The X Factor, doesn’t it? Well in Michael Schur’s latest comedy series that’s exactly what’s been happening, and for the well-deserved few, their destination is The Good Place.
Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) opens her eyes. She’s sitting on a crisp white sofa in a plain room with a message on the facing wall. “Welcome! Everything is fine”. She breathes a sigh of relief. As she...
- 10/12/2017
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Good Place” Season 2, Episode 3, “Dance Dance Resolution.”]
When you’re a writer on “The Good Place” like Megan Amram, sometimes you have the chance to ponder the true nature of existence and humanity’s obligation to each other. There’s careful thought about the rules of this very specific, constantly shifting form of the afterlife.
Some days, you spend your time figuring out which numbers make people laugh.
“I’m sure this is like every comedy show, but there’s this feeling that certain numbers are just funnier than other ones, and I don’t mean because they’re like 420 or 69, numbers that are inherently funny. There’s just a feeling that 802 is a really funny number,” Amram explained in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I’m always like, ‘What is my job? I’m being paid to think about which number’s the funniest.’ So thank you, NBC.”
Read More:‘The Good Place’ Review: ‘Dance Dance...
When you’re a writer on “The Good Place” like Megan Amram, sometimes you have the chance to ponder the true nature of existence and humanity’s obligation to each other. There’s careful thought about the rules of this very specific, constantly shifting form of the afterlife.
Some days, you spend your time figuring out which numbers make people laugh.
“I’m sure this is like every comedy show, but there’s this feeling that certain numbers are just funnier than other ones, and I don’t mean because they’re like 420 or 69, numbers that are inherently funny. There’s just a feeling that 802 is a really funny number,” Amram explained in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I’m always like, ‘What is my job? I’m being paid to think about which number’s the funniest.’ So thank you, NBC.”
Read More:‘The Good Place’ Review: ‘Dance Dance...
- 9/29/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
A review of tonight's The Good Place coming up just as soon as I ask if you're going to give me another cactus... There's a moment midway through "Most Improved Player" where Janet, still restoring her pre-murder memories, promises Michael that she has finally located Eleanor's file. Michael asks if what she is actually holding behind her back is another cactus. He knows it's a cactus. We know it's a cactus. Even Janet, on some deep level of her coding, probably knows that it's a cactus. But she promises that it's the file and not a cactus, and then hands Michael a cactus anyway. It is the most predictable punchline possible, but it's also delightful, because the joke isn't in the surprise, but in Michael's growing exasperation with the inevitability of the cactus. The rest of "Most Improved Player" toggles back and forth between what's inevitable and what's surprising, as...
- 10/28/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
In NBC’s new straight-to-series comedy The Good Place from Parks & Rec‘s Mike Schur, Kristen Bell’s Eleanor comes to realize she hasn’t been a very good person and tries to turn over a new leaf. She gets a little help in that effort from her “afterlife mentor” played by Ted Danson. Here are newly released photos (see above and below) from the first episode “Everything is Fine”. Cast also includes William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto and D’Arcy…...
- 5/11/2016
- Deadline TV
Eastwick was kind of tame for me this week. I could blame it on the craziness that has been my life for the past couple of days, but I only was interested in one storyline this week and that stroyline involved Kat, Bun, and Eleanor. So let's start with them first.
The Mythology Thickens
Eleanor (guest star Cybil Shepherd) cooks breakfast in her shack when an ad for Eastwick Wines appears on the TV with Darryl in the commercial. He seems to send a message to Eleanor, but the site of Darryl is enough to send Eleanor running out of her cabin and into the road where she is almost hit by a Mack 1o truck.
Meanwhile, it's Kat's turn with the kids and Rj injures Emily resulting in a nasty cut. When Kat rubs some antibiotic on the cut with her finger, the cut magically disappears. Emily thinks it is cool,...
The Mythology Thickens
Eleanor (guest star Cybil Shepherd) cooks breakfast in her shack when an ad for Eastwick Wines appears on the TV with Darryl in the commercial. He seems to send a message to Eleanor, but the site of Darryl is enough to send Eleanor running out of her cabin and into the road where she is almost hit by a Mack 1o truck.
Meanwhile, it's Kat's turn with the kids and Rj injures Emily resulting in a nasty cut. When Kat rubs some antibiotic on the cut with her finger, the cut magically disappears. Emily thinks it is cool,...
- 11/5/2009
- by Mark O. Estes
- TVovermind.com
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