In a world of many different philosophies and ideologies, we are all exposed to certain rules and regulations that we choose to either obey or disagree with. Be that as it may, many can agree on a general concept of what it means to simply be a decent person. NBC’s The Good Place delves into this concept and its significance with a fresh yet off-beat style, still centered around the same high quality comedy as previous NBC shows. The creator of the quirky comedy, Michael Schur, has also worked with NBC on TV shows such as The Office and Parks and Recreation, but with The Good Place, Schur aims for a series that hints at the underlying conflicts pertaining to moral development.

The main character, Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), embodies a perfect balance between high-energy humor and egocentric cruelty as she lives out her life spreading negativity everywhere she goes, hurting everyone around her from close friends to complete strangers. However, after dying at only 35, Eleanor is seemingly sent to “The Good Place,” the heaven of the show’s afterlife, evidently by mistake. She then convinces her designated soulmate, moral philosophy and ethics professor Chidi Anagonye (William Jackson Harper), to teach her how to be good in order to avoid being kicked out and sent where she belongs: “The Bad Place.” Throughout the adventure, The Good Place develops main characters Eleanor and Chidi, along with neighbors Tahani Al-Jamil (Jameela Jamil) and Jianyu Li (Manny Jacinto), who all turn out to be major ethical life lessons in and of themselves.