- Rating: 8.10
- Year of issue: 2016
- Genres: Comedy
- Countries: United States
- Duration: 24 minutes
A woman struggles to define what it means to be “good”.
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1. Pilot
DescriptionAfter she is struck and killed by a tractor-trailer carrying erectile dysfunction products, a woman named Eleanor wakes up to discover she has entered the afterlife. But when she is told by her mentor Michael that she is in “the good place” because she did a good deed by helping get innocent people off death row, she realizes that a mistake has been made and they think she is someone else. Stuck in a world where no one curses, gets drunk, and everyone is always nice, Eleanor finds herself caught between staying in the afterlife or trying to find a way to return to the mundane life she had back on Earth. -
3. Tahani Al-Jamil
DescriptionChidi begins formally teaching Eleanor about ethics, and lesson No. 1 is: be kind to your neighbor. Michael and Janet help Chidi find a new, exciting hobby. -
4. Jason Mendoza
DescriptionEleanor has a hard time remaining hidden. Michael asks Tahani to assist a neighbor in finding her true purpose. -
5. Category 55 Emergency Doomsday Crisis
DescriptionEleanor's eagerness to learn ethics from Chidi becomes the full-time job he never wanted. Meanwhile, Michael and Janet focus their attention on a Neighborhood emergency. -
6. What We Owe to Each Other
DescriptionEleanor is enlisted to help Michael with an important task that could determine her fate in the Good Place. Meanwhile, Chidi agrees to be the third wheel in an effort to help out his friend. -
7. The Eternal Shriek
DescriptionEleanor puts Janet in her crosshairs to save Michael from eternal suffering. -
8. Most Improved Player
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9. ...Someone Like Me as a Member
DescriptionMichael's skills are put to the test when he attempts to sort out an unprecedented situation. Meanwhile, Chidi makes a connection elsewhere, much to the dismay of Eleanor, while Janet shows a different side of herself. -
10. Chidi's Place
DescriptionEleanor makes a surprising personal discovery. Meanwhile, Michael tasks an indecisive Chidi with coming to an important decision and Jianyu makes a big announcement. -
11. What's My Motivation
DescriptionEleanor and Tahani hatch a plan while Michael makes a startling discovery. Meanwhile, Chidi confides in Eleanor after learning some interesting news. -
12. Mindy St. Claire
DescriptionWith the help of Chidi and Tahani, Michael faces his biggest challenge yet. Meanwhile, Eleanor, Jianyu and Janet are faced with a monumental decision. -
13. Michael's Gambit
DescriptionEleanor and her pals contemplate their fates.
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1. Everything Is Great! Part 1,2.
DescriptionHaving had their memories erased by ambitious master architect Michael, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason again settle into the Good Place, unaware of what has previously transpired…except that Eleanor discovers the one clue she had left for herself and attempts to piece things together. -
2. Dance Dance Resolution
DescriptionMichael continues to work out the kinks in his grand plan. Meanwhile, Eleanor stumbles across a secret. -
3. Team Cockroach
DescriptionMichael approaches things from a new angle. Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason struggle to make a collective decision. -
4. Existential Crisis
DescriptionTahani throws a dinner party to impress. Eleanor and Jason both have to lend a hand when things don't go as planned. -
5. The Trolley Problem
DescriptionChidi and Eleanor tackle a famous ethical dilemma, leading to a conflict with Michael. Meanwhile, Tahani harbors a secret and confides in Janet. -
6. Janet and Michael
DescriptionWhen the Neighborhood experiences a small glitch, Michael has to resolve the issue with Janet before it gets out of control. -
7. Derek
DescriptionJanet creates a big problem for Michael. Meanwhile, Eleanor lets Chidi in on a secret, and Jason puts Tahani in a difficult position. -
8. Leap to Faith
DescriptionMichael receives a surprise visitor. Meanwhile, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason attempt to solve a riddle. -
9. Best Self
DescriptionMichael finds himself in a bind. Meanwhile, Eleanor sparks an idea that has Chidi, Tahani, Jason and even Janet laying their feelings on the line. -
10. Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent
DescriptionEleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Janet, and Jason head to a destination that may have lasting implications. -
11. The Burrito
DescriptionEleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason consider just how much they have (or have not) improved. Michael is left to deal with the consequences of his recent actions. -
12. Somewhere Else
DescriptionMichael makes a plea. Eleanor looks to take the high road. Michael tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
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1. Everything Is Bonzer!
DescriptionMichael intervenes in the near-death accidents of Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason on Earth, in hopes that a second chance at life allows them to become better versions of themselves. -
3. The Brainy Bunch
DescriptionTrevor interferes with the humans; he drives Chidi away from the others by suggesting that Chidi's friendship with the subjects threatens clinical results, and he steers Jason and Tahani towards a meaningless hookup, all the while smothering the humans with overtures of friendship. Michael and Janet go to Earth, but struggle to hinder Trevor without their powers; Janet is perturbed by her inability to summon objects. Jason helps a drunk Tahani get home safely, but their friendship remains platonic. -
4. The Snowplow
DescriptionMichael and Janet spy on their human friends for a year, manipulating them to ensure they stay together and focus on their project: they give Eleanor an $18,000-winning lottery ticket so she won't take time away for a job; reconnect Tahani with her Australian ex-boyfriend Larry (an accomplished but insecure Hemsworth brother); help Jason meet local Jaguars fans; and provide Chidi with state-of-the-art teaching equipment. -
5. Jeremy Bearimy
DescriptionMichael and Janet confess their identities and reveal the group's experiences in The Bad Place, which lasted 300 years of nonlinear time. The explanation prevents the humans from earning points and dooms them to the Bad Place upon death. Michael and Janet write a manifesto, planning to turn themselves in to Judge Gen and deliver their recommendations. Tahani gives $2 million anonymously to the Sydney Opera House; Jason then leads her to distribute money to people they think need it. -
6. The Ballad of Donkey Doug
DescriptionTahani and Michael travel to Jacksonville with Jason, who tries to save his father, Donkey Doug, by helping him start a career as an electrician. Donkey Doug and Pillboi have a get-rich-quick scheme to sell a combination energy drink and body spray made from stolen materials. Jason accepts that Donkey Doug is a lost cause and decides to help Pillboi instead; he takes Pillboi's place at a robbery, and Donkey Doug leads the police on a chase so Jason can escape. -
7. A Fractured Inheritance
DescriptionIn Nevada, Eleanor and Michael confront Eleanor's mother, Donna, who faked her death to avoid fulfilling a drunken charity auction bid. As “Diana Tremaine,” Donna has established a seemingly normal suburban life with her boyfriend Dave and his daughter, Patricia. Eleanor is determined to prove Diana is scamming Dave, consistent with Eleanor's past experience with her, but also out of jealousy that Donna was never the responsible mother to her that she is to Patricia. -
8. The Worst Possible Use of Free Will
DescriptionMichael shows Eleanor her memories of falling in love with Chidi in the afterlife. When they both grew suspicious of Michael, they fled to the Medium Place, where they slept together and professed their love to each other. Returning to the neighborhood, they confronted Michael, who rebooted them again. Eleanor believes her relationship with Chidi was deterministic because Michael controlled their entire world, but he explains that he often failed to predict her behavior. -
9. Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By
DescriptionIn Alberta, Canada, Michael and Janet find Doug Forcett, who has lived according to the afterlife points system since accurately hallucinating it while on magic mushrooms in the 1970s. He lives simply, self-sufficiently, and charitably, but miserably; obsessed with points, he does anything to make any person or creature happy, and nothing for himself. -
10. Janet(s)
DescriptionWith Janet's help, Michael hatches a plan. -
11. The Book of Dougs
DescriptionIn the Good Place “correspondence center,” the group's arrival alerts postal worker Gwendolyn. Michael poses as a neutral Accountant. Everyone in the Good Place is pleasant, unsuspicious, and devoted to obeying rules. A committee takes Michael's concerns seriously, but to his dismay they intend to spend 400 years just selecting investigators. Eleanor tries and fails to breech a door into the Good Place proper, after which Chidi creates a romantic first date for her. -
12. Pandemonium
DescriptionVarious events occur, in a certain specific order. -
13. Episode
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1. A Girl from Arizona
DescriptionWith Eleanor assuming the role of the architect, the group adapts to the challenges facing them when four test subjects inhabit a new neighborhood under their supervision. -
2. A Girl from Arizona Part 2
DescriptionEleanor, Michael, Janet and Tahani have their hands full when the new residents begin to show their true colors. Jason receives some unsettling news. -
3. Chillaxing
DescriptionMichael and Eleanor discover something troubling and turn to an unusual source for help. Tahani lends her expertise to assist with one of the new residents. -
4. Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy
DescriptionUncertainty abounds when an unexpected visitor arrives. -
5. Employee of the Bearimy
DescriptionMichael and Jason hatch a plan. Eleanor learns firsthand the difficulties of running the neighborhood. -
6. A Chip Driver Mystery
DescriptionOne of the new residents creates a division in the ranks. -
7. Help Is Other People
DescriptionOn the last day of the experiment, Chidi is faced with one final ethical dilemma. -
8. The Funeral to End All Funerals
DescriptionThe group awaits the Judge's final decision on the fate of human existence. -
9. The Answer
DescriptionIn an attempt to plan a better future, Chidi considers his past. -
10. You've Changed, Man
DescriptionThe group works to negotiate an afterlife plan with Shawn and the judge. -
11. Mondays, Am I Right?
DescriptionMichael runs some tests and Chidi gets some good advice from Jason. -
12. Patty
DescriptionThe group makes some new friends. -
13. Whenever You're Ready
DescriptionAs time passes, the gang begin to decide to exit the Good Place and end their existences. Jason is first; he throws a farewell party, and makes a necklace as a gift for Janet, though he loses the necklace as she walks him to the exit door. After reconciling with her parents, Tahani decides, instead of ending her existence, to become an afterlife architect. When Chidi decides to leave, Eleanor, fearing abandonment, tries to convince him to stay. He agrees, but is unhappy; Eleanor realizes she must let him make his own decision.