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The Good Place
Season 2
Region 1 DVD cover art
Starring
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 20, 2017 (2017-09-20) –
February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The second season of the fantasy comedy television series The Good Place, created by Michael Schur, began airing September 20, 2017, on NBC in the United States. The season is produced by Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Universal Television.[1] The season concluded on February 1, 2018, and consisted of 13 episodes.

The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a deceased young woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is sent by Michael (Ted Danson) to "the Good Place", a heaven-like utopia he designed, in reward for her righteous life. However, she quickly realizes that she was sent there by mistake, and must hide her morally imperfect behavior (past and present). William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of the Good Place, together with D'Arcy Carden as an artificial being helping the inhabitants. Each of the episodes are listed as "Chapter (xx)" following the opening title card.

Cast

Main

Kristen Bell portrays series protagonist Eleanor Shellstrop.
  • Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased, selfish saleswoman from Phoenix, Arizona who winds up in the Good Place by mistake. In order to earn her spot, she recruits Chidi to teach her the fundamentals of becoming a better person.[2][3]
  • William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye, a deceased professor of ethics and moral philosophy from Senegal. Assigned as Eleanor's soulmate in Michael's first Good Place experiment, he gives her ethics lessons in an attempt to make her a better person.[4]
  • Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil, a deceased, wealthy English philanthropist who believes she belongs in the Good Place. She forms an unlikely friendship with Eleanor, who initially dislikes her positive attitude, condescending way of speaking, and tendency to name drop.[5]
  • D'Arcy Carden as Janet, a programmed guide and knowledge bank who acts as the Good Place's main source of information and can provide its residents with whatever they desire. Later, Janet gains a more humanlike disposition, and begins to act differently than the way she was designed.
    • Carden also plays Bad Janet, a disrespectful version of Janet designed not to respond to residents properly.[6]
  • Manny Jacinto as Jason Mendoza, a deceased amateur DJ and drug dealer from Jacksonville, Florida who winds up in the Good Place by mistake. He is introduced as Jianyu Li, a Taiwanese monk who took a vow of silence. Later, Jason proves to be an immature and unintelligent, but kindhearted Jacksonville Jaguars and Blake Bortles fan.[7]
  • Ted Danson as Michael, a Bad Place architect who runs the Good Place neighborhood in which Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason reside. Michael has a deep affinity for the mundane aspects of human life, like playing with paper clips or searching for one's car keys. In the first season finale, it is revealed that he has been tricking the four humans all along and is actually a demon torturing them, though he later teams up with them. "Michael" is a Hebrew name meaning "who is like God?"[8]

Recurring

  • Tiya Sircar as Vicky Sengupta, a Bad Place demon who is introduced as the "real Eleanor Shellstrop" in the first attempt of Michael's torture plan.
  • Marc Evan Jackson as Shawn, Michael's wicked boss. Shawn gives Michael two chances to pull off the torture experiment, and later turns against him when he finds out about Michael's betrayal.[9]
  • Maribeth Monroe as Mindy St. Claire, a deceased corporate lawyer and cocaine addict who just barely toed the line of earning enough Good Place points before her death and thus was awarded her own private Medium Place.
  • Jason Mantzoukas as Derek, a wacky artificial rebound boyfriend created by Janet.
  • Rebecca Hazlewood as Kamilah Al-Jamil, Tahani's massively successful and competitive younger sister.
  • Maya Rudolph as Judge Gen (short for Hydrogen), an eternal judge who rules on interdimensional matters between the Good Place and the Bad Place.

Guest

  • Leslie Grossman as Donna Shellstrop, Eleanor's mother.
  • Dax Shepard as Chet, a Bad Place demon responsible for torturing people guilty of toxic masculinity. Shepard is also the real-life husband of Kristen Bell, who plays Eleanor Shellstrop.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
14[a]1"Everything Is Great!" (Part 1)Trent O'DonnellJen StatskySeptember 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)5.28[10]
15[a]2"Everything Is Great!" (Part 2)Trent O'DonnellJoe MandeSeptember 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)5.28[10]
163"Dance Dance Resolution"Drew GoddardMegan AmramSeptember 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)4.67[11]
174"Team Cockroach"Morgan SackettDan SchofieldOctober 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)4.17[12]
185"Existential Crisis"Beth McCarthy-MillerAndrew LawOctober 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)4.05[13]
196"The Trolley Problem"Dean HollandJosh Siegal & Dylan MorganOctober 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)3.92[14]
207"Janet and Michael"Dean HollandKate GerstenOctober 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)3.97[15]
218"Derek"Jude WengCord JeffersonNovember 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)3.06[16]
229"Leap to Faith"Linda MendozaChristopher EncellJanuary 4, 2018 (2018-01-04)3.08[17]
2310"Best Self"Julie Anne RobinsonTyler StraessleJanuary 11, 2018 (2018-01-11)3.11[18]
2411"Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent"Alan YangJen Statsky & Dan SchofieldJanuary 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)3.00[19]
2512"The Burrito"Dean HollandMegan Amram & Joe MandeJanuary 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)3.65[20]
2613"Somewhere Else"Michael SchurMichael SchurFebruary 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)3.19[21]
  1. ^ a b The second-season premiere aired as one hour-long episode, but the on-screen title identified it as "Chapters 14 & 15" of the series.

Critical reception

The second season has received highly positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a rating of 100%, based on 58 reviews, with an average rating of 8.95/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "By voluntarily blowing up its premise, The Good Place sets up a second season that proves even funnier than its first."[22] On Metacritic, the second season has a score of 87 out of 100, based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[23]

Television critics' top 10 lists

The Good Place ranked fifth on Metacritic's "Best of 2017: Television Critics' Top 10 Lists". The list is determined by giving a score to each show based on the number of times it appears in year-end top ten lists of various major TV critics and publications.[24]

Accolades

For the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received two nominations–Ted Danson for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Maya Rudolph for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.[25] For the 34th TCA Awards, The Good Place won for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and received two other nominations–Program of the Year and Individual Achievement in Comedy for Ted Danson.[26]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Good Place season 2
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1–2 "Everything Is Great!" September 20, 2017 1.3/5 5.28[10] — — — —
3 "Dance Dance Resolution" September 28, 2017 1.4/5 4.67[11] 0.8 — 2.2[27] —
4 "Team Cockroach" October 5, 2017 1.2/5 4.17[12] 0.8 — 2.0[28] —
5 "Existential Crisis" October 12, 2017 1.2/5 4.05[13] 0.8 — 2.0[29] —
6 "The Trolley Problem" October 19, 2017 1.1/4 3.92[14] 0.8 — 1.9[30] —
7 "Janet and Michael" October 26, 2017 1.1/4 3.97[15] 0.7 — 1.8[31] —
8 "Derek" November 2, 2017 1.0/4 3.06[16] — — — —
9 "Leap to Faith" January 4, 2018 1.0/4 3.08[17] 0.9 2.03 1.9 5.11[32]
10 "Best Self" January 11, 2018 1.0/4 3.11[18] 0.8 1.90 1.8 5.01[33]
11 "Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent" January 18, 2018 1.0/4 3.00[19] 0.8 1.82 1.8 4.80[34]
12 "The Burrito" January 25, 2018 1.1/4 3.65[20] 0.8 1.82 1.9 5.47[35]
13 "Somewhere Else" February 1, 2018 1.1/4 3.19[21] 0.8 1.75 1.9 4.95[36]

References

  1. ^ Ausiello, Michael (July 31, 2017). "NBC Tweaks Fall Rollout: Good Place Gets Early Talent-Boosted Premiere, The Blacklist Return Moved Up". TVLine. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  2. ^ NBC press release (January 12, 2016). "Ted Danson and Kristen Bell Join Cast of Michael Schur's New NBC Comedy "Good Place"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Pearce, Tilly (September 29, 2018). "The Good Place's Eleanor is 'super bisexual' and a romance with Tahani is not off the table". Metro. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 11, 2016). "'Good Place' NBC Comedy Series Casts William Jackson Harper". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 25, 2016). "'Good Place': British Presenter Jameela Jamil Cast in Mike Schur NBC Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2016). "'Good Place': UCB Performer D'Arcy Carden Cast in Mike Schur NBC Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (March 3, 2016). "'Good Place' NBC Comedy Series Casts Manny Jacinto; Julie Goldman Joins ABC's Weeks/Mackay Project". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  8. ^ Marilla Thomas, Leah (September 29, 2016). "The Character Names On 'The Good Place' Could Provide Important Clues". Bustle. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Rogers, Adam (July 27, 2018). "The Good Place's Podcasters Are Smart Motherforkers". Wired. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c Porter, Rick (September 21, 2017). "'America's Got Talent,' 'Big Brother,' 'Masterchef' ajdust up, 'The Good Place' and 'Salvation' adjust down: Wednesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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  16. ^ a b Porter, Rick (November 3, 2017). "'Will & Grace' adjusts up, 'Sheldon' and other CBS shows adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  17. ^ a b Porter, Rick (January 8, 2018). "'The Four,' 'Will & Grace,' everything else unchanged: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  18. ^ a b Porter, Rick (January 12, 2018). "'Big Bang Theory,' 'Young Sheldon' and 'The Four' adjust up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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  21. ^ a b Porter, Rick (February 2, 2018). "'Big Bang Theory,' 'The Four' adjust up, 'Mom' and 'AP Bio' adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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  23. ^ "The Good Place - Season 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  24. ^ Dietz, Jason (December 4, 2017). "Best of 2017: Television Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  25. ^ "Emmys: Netflix Beats HBO With Most Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  26. ^ "TCA Awards: The Americans, Killing Eve, The Good Place Among 2018 Winners". TVLine. August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  27. ^ Porter, Rick (October 13, 2017). "'This Is Us' and 'The Good Doctor' score big in premiere week broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  28. ^ Porter, Rick (October 18, 2017). "'The Orville,' 'Once Upon a Time,' 5 more shows double in week 2 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  29. ^ Porter, Rick (October 25, 2017). "'The Good Doctor' is the most-watched show on TV in week 3 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  30. ^ Porter, Rick (November 2, 2017). "'Chicago PD,' 10 more shows double in week 4 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  31. ^ Porter, Rick (November 9, 2017). "'Grey's Anatomy' keeps rolling along in week 5 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  32. ^ Otterson, Joe (January 22, 2018). "Delayed Viewing Ratings: 'Big Bang Theory' Winter Premiere Starts 2018 Strong". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  33. ^ Porter, Rick (January 26, 2018). "'The Brave' goes from low to... less low: Week 16 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  34. ^ Porter, Rick (February 1, 2018). "'This Is Us,' 'The Good Doctor' both double in week 17 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  35. ^ Porter, Rick (February 8, 2018). "'This Is Us' sets NBC records in week 18 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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