NBC's afterlife comedy from Michael Schur is perhaps the smartest show on TV. To anybody who Is scoffing at that notion, to anybody who stopped watching midway through a season, stop what you're doing. Go back. Watch a season as a whole. You'll understand. The Good Place is beyond good, it's forking fantastic TV. Ted Danson is aces, as per usual, Kristen Bell is doing some of the best work of her career, D'Arcy Carden is a star, Manny Jacinto is hilarious, William Jackson Harper is the emotional core every show wishes they had, and Jameela Jamil is an expert at being the best.—CH
There is no other show on TV that is this wildly unpredictable with every single episode, and it makes for a viewing experience that I don't get very often anymore. I never ever know who they're going to go or what strange world they're going to be living in next or who there will suddenly be seven of (please, watch the "Janets" episode if nothing else), and I'm never ever disappointed to find out. One of the most inventive shows in history, without a doubt. —LP