You should be watching The Good Place, and here’s why:
It’s unique
The concept of this show is unlike any other show that I have seen before. It’s about what happens to people after you die. Depending on the “points” you earn while on Earth, you either go to The Good Place, where your life is full of things you loved, you meet your soulmate, and you can have anything you want, or to The Bad Place, where you spend the rest of eternity getting tortured in unique ways, specific to what you hate the most.
It’s hilarious
It’s yet another one of Mike Schur’s comedy masterpieces (Others which include The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine). It’s hard to watch an episode without laughing at least once. The humor is enhanced by the fact that people can’t swear in The Good Place, so there are replacement words for curses, which makes everything sound funnier.
It sends a good message
Even though it is a comedy, the message of the show is clear: You should be a good person. In the first episode, the main character Eleanor realizes that she was sent to The Good Place by mistake, seeing as she was not a good person on Earth. Her ‘soulmate’ Chidi, a moral philosophy professor, tries to teach her ethics so she can become a good person and stay in The Good Place without getting caught.
The characters are great
All of the characters are different and have their own distinct quirks, not to mention they’re all funny in their own way. From Janet, the not a robot but not a girl who knows everything and can make anything happen or appear in seconds, to Jason, a Floridian ex-DJ who sold fake drugs to college students on Earth and has a passionate obsession with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Blake Bortles. That’s just a couple of the intriguing characters that make up this show.
It’s relatable
Even though the general plot and setting is fictitious, there are some very relatable lines and moments that the characters have. Whether these moments are comical or serious, it’s always more fun to watch a show where you can relate to the characters on one level or another.