The Good Place is not that good

That's the point.

I think the argument is that having a couple of bad apples in there is what upsets the balance. All the frustration, suffering, and unhappiness has only come from the discovery of Eleanor (and to a lesser extent, Jianyu). If she wasn't there, they'd all be wandering around in dumb boring bliss.

If there is any criticism I have of the show, and it's a small one, is that with the introduction of all the drama surrounding Eleanor they have dropped the fun visuals and concepts of the Good Place. That's pretty standard in high concept shows, and I think it's a mistake. I think they should make more of an effort to constantly remind us of the setting, it's half the fun.

The Good Place isn't very good.

Get a set of the Dead Like Me DVDs instead. Sooooooo much better. It was not only wickedly funny with better developed characters but it had an actual point.

Laverite, we got the message on the first post. You didn't need to re post it.






Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

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But better than the Bad Place. That's part of the humor. Have you ever seen of paintings of both Heaven and Hell with souls being sent to each (though the GP universe isn't explicitly the product of any single religion, it's close enough)?

Heaven is painted as vaguely nice, but Hell is horrifying. Especially in Bosch for both the bland niceness and the horror. Thus the typical viewer who takes it seriously wants to go to Heaven mainly to avoid Hell.

Eleanor is a female version of Phil Tandy in The Last Man on Earth, the same type of self centered lying areshile though a bit more self aware and conniving. Is this what passes for humor today?

I'm reminded of a Twilight Zone episode where a thug ends up in what he thinks is heaven (women, booze, gambling) only to be told at the end that he is really in 'the other place'. Eleanor seems the type.

You missed out the part when you said that it is YOUR OPINION. Stop wasting everyone's time!