Why It Ranks
A sitcom about moral philosophy that actually works.
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The Review
The Good Place is the most intellectually ambitious comedy since Futurama. Michael Schur created a show about the afterlife that smuggles genuine moral philosophy — Kant, Kierkegaard, utilitarianism, contractualism — into a network sitcom and makes it hilarious. The Season 1 twist is one of the great reveals in comedy history. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson are perfection. The series finale is one of the most emotionally satisfying endings in television.
Fun Fact
The show hired an actual philosophy professor, Todd May from Clemson University, as a consultant, and he helped design the philosophical dilemmas that drive each season's plot.
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