The Good Place
What the fork?!
Created by Michael Schur
On NBC
A philosophically ambitious comedy about moral self-improvement and found family, structured as a series of escalating revelations that interrogate the nature of goodness itself.
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
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Is The Good Place one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 99% of series.
Does The Good Place leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of series.
Is The Good Place easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 86% of series.
Is The Good Place violent? Barely. Less violent than 78% of series.
Is The Good Place sad? Not especially. Less sad than 68% of series.
Is The Good Place scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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Everything like The Good Place, and what each one shares →
Like The Good Place
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Good Place
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Good Place, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Good Place, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Good Place, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
