The Good Place

Warning: spoilers for The Good Place.

The 2010s saw some great comedy TV shows with different tones and themes, among themThe Good Place.

The Good Place was a complex show that intertwined comedy and philosophy.

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Now, three years after its end, heres some of the main messages explained.

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor and Ted Danson as Michael in The Good Place

Eleanor Shellstrop finds in The Good Place, both the name of the fantasy comedy series from creator Michael Schur and a fictionalized heaven where those who have done good in life will end up. However, Eleanor discovers that the life she was believed to have led was a lie, as it seems The Good Place got the wrong “Eleanor Shellstrop.” When it’s revealed that three others are there under the same false pretenses, they concoct a plan to truly become “Good” to earn their place there - while hiding the truth.

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