10 Best Episodes Of The Good Place
The show may be gone, but it will never be forgotten.
With the final series having reached its conclusion, the sense of sadness that this great show is now gone has hit hard. But as the tears roll down our faces to commiserate the end, it is important we look back at the amazing time we were given by this great show.
For those who have not seen The Good Place, well you're missing out one of the best comedy shows ever produced. With Kristen Bell and Ted Danson leading the way in career best performances and backed up by an awesome supporting cast, this philosophical comedy was like nothing else we've seen before.
With The Good Place, show creator Michael Schur has produced a show that has consistently incorporated complex philosophical questions whilst being an extremely accessible comedy full of smart one liners and some of the best crude humour ever produced. The characters were all endearing, be it an 'Arizona dirtbag', a doofus from Jacksonville, an indecisive philosopher, a selfish entrepreneur, a being that was definitely "not a lady" or a Demon who became the heart and soul of the show.
So grab yourself a frozen yoghurt and sit back to reflect upon the best ten episodes from the best comedy of the last century.
10. Everything Is Fine - S1 E.1
The surrealist genius that was The Good Place was on display from the very start with this gem. While most first episodes of a series are happy enough to set up the general plot and character traits of its protagonists, there is so much more going on here.
The acting is all first rate, with Kristen Bell and William Jackson Harper as 'soulmates' Eleanor and Chidi portraying their characters' distinct differences to comedic perfection. Ted Danson is outstanding as the architect Michael, presenting a sickly sweet persona with deadpan perfection that in hindsight was always too good to be true.
But the genius of this episode is the use of surrealism to bring the absurdist aspects of the show to life. From the moment we saw giant frogs and flying shrimp creating chaos as Ariana Grande boomed away in the background, it was obvious that this was like no other show that we'd ever seen before.