Fans on Reddit have crowned The Good Place as the ultimate comfort show, with many admitting they couldn't stop bingeing all 53 episodes in one go. The NBC fantasy comedy, now streaming in full on Netflix, has been thrust back into the spotlight after a recent thread on the platform.
The thread began when one user asked for comfort show recommendations, listing Psych, Community, Scrubs, House, How I Met Your Mother, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia among their favourites. They wrote: "I'm currently looking for a comfort show that I can binge! Some of my faves are Psych, How I Met Your Mother, Community, House, Scrubs, and Always Sunny in Philadelphia. My taste is kind of all over the place. [I] just like a good story with some good/fun characters."
Fans Rally Behind The Good Place
More than 100 people responded with suggestions, and one show kept coming up again and again. "The Good Place would be a good one," said one commenter. Another enthusiastically agreed: "Coming here to say the same thing. The top answer will always be The Good Place. Got better with each season. The character development was different from any other show because of the premise of the show. And one of the best finales ever."
A third simply wrote: "Absolutely. Peak comfort TV." The show, created by Michael Schur, ran for four seasons between 2016 and 2020, amassing 53 episodes across its run.
What Is The Good Place About?
The Good Place follows Eleanor Shellstrop (played by Kristen Bell), a woman who, upon her death, is mistakenly admitted to a blissful, Heaven-like afterlife realm. The neighbourhood is run by an afterlife "architect" named Michael, portrayed with scene-stealing charm by Ted Danson. Knowing full well that she doesn't deserve her place there, Eleanor sets about hiding her less-than-saintly past to avoid being sent to the "Bad Place" - the show's version of Hell.
The plot then expands over the show's four seasons, with some episodes exploring what is happening back on Earth in the land of the living, and others detailing more about the Bad Place and its cast of characters. The ensemble cast is one of the show's greatest strengths, with William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden, and Manny Jacinto all turning in memorable performances alongside Bell and Danson. The series also boasts a host of notable recurring guest stars, including Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Marc Evan Jackson, Tiya Sircar, and Stephen Merchant.
Critical Success and Availability
Critically, the show was a significant success, earning 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations as well as four Hugo Awards and a prestigious Peabody Award, with praise consistently directed at its inventive storytelling, witty scripts, and the warmth it brings to surprisingly deep philosophical themes. All four series of The Good Place are available to stream on Netflix right now.
