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The Good Place (Seasons 1-2)

Review #26: The Good Place I'd heard of the good place but new nothing of the premise until I started watching the first episode on Netflix. A comedy with Ted Danson? That's worth a shot. Plus, it stars Kristen Bell, who I've apparently over seen act in a Netflix movie with Kelsey Grammar ( Like Father ). The titular Good Place is where good people go when they die, and not many people make the cut. For instance, of all the presidents, only Lincoln made it because of freeing the slaves. The Good Place is divided into distinct, well-planned neighborhoods, limited in size, where you live in a house that matches your personality along with your soul mate, who you'll spend eternity with. The problem is that Eleanor Shellstrop (Bell) was not really a good person -- definitely not "free the slaves" good. And she thinks that some mistake has been made, but at the same time, so doesn't want to go to the Bad Place. Meanwhile, there's problems with her sou