<P> The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is introduced by Michael (Ted Danson) to "The Good Place", a Heaven - like utopia he designed, in reward for her righteous life . She realizes that she was sent there by mistake and must hide her morally imperfect behavior and try to become a better person . William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of "The Good Place", together with D'Arcy Carden as Janet, an artificial being helping the inhabitants . </P> <P> The Good Place has received positive reviews since its premiere, with many praising its performances, writing, originality, setting and tone, as well as its first - season finale's twist ending and its exploration and creative use of ethics and philosophy . </P> <P> On January 30, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 with an hour - long premiere before moving to its normal time slot on Thursday at 8: 30 pm, beginning September 28, 2017 . On November 21, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a 13 - episode third season, which will premiere on September 27, 2018 . </P> <P> After her death, Eleanor Shellstrop is welcomed into the afterlife by Michael, an immortal architect, who welcomes Eleanor into the "Good Place", a utopian afterlife . Soon after, she realizes she has been mistaken for someone else . Eleanor quickly tells her assigned soulmate, a university ethics professor named Chidi, that she has been mistaken for someone else . He agrees to teach Eleanor to become a better person to earn her spot . Her neighbor, a silent Buddhist monk named Jianyu - Li, whose soulmate is socialite Tahani Al - Jamil, reveals that he knows Eleanor is there by mistake, and that he himself is actually a former DJ named Jason Mendoza . As Chidi continues to teach Eleanor and Jason ethics lessons, Tahani tries to work out a way in which Eleanor and Jason can be allowed to stay in The Good Place . When those efforts prove fruitless, an eternal judge named Shawn rules that Eleanor and Jason must be sent to the Bad Place . In the season finale's twist ending, Eleanor deduces that the four have actually been in the Bad Place all along, and Michael reveals his demonic plot to have the four human inhabitants torture each other for all eternity emotionally and psychologically . He then announces his intent to wipe their memories and separate the four, but just before he does so, Eleanor smuggles a note to herself into an artificial intelligence named Janet . </P>

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