List of The Good Place episodes

The Good Place is an American fantasy-comedy television series created by Michael Schur for NBC. The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a recently 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 she must hide her imperfect behavior, and try to be 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 an artificial being helping the residents.^[1][2][3] Each episode is listed as "Chapter (xx)" following the opening title sequence.

Series title card

The series was first announced on August 13, 2015, as a 13-episode untitled comedy based on a pitch by Schur.^[4] The first season began airing on September 19, 2016, and concluded on January 19, 2017.^[5][6] On January 30, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on September 20, 2017, with an hour-long premiere.^[7] The second season concluded on February 1, 2018.^[8] On November 21, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a 13-episode third season, which premiered on September 27, 2018, and concluded on January 24, 2019.^[9][10][11] On December 4, 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season comprising 14 episodes,^[12] which premiered on September 26, 2019.^[13][14][15] The final episode of the series aired on January 30, 2020.^[16] During the course of the series, 53 episodes of The Good Place aired over four seasons.

During its run, the series was critically acclaimed^[a] and earned many awards and nominations. The show was nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards, including two for Outstanding Comedy Series.^[23][24][25] In several international territories, the show is distributed on Netflix. The first season was released on September 21, 2017, while episodes of subsequent seasons became available within 24 hours of their U.S. broadcast.^[26][27] DVD releases for the series were distributed by the Shout! Factory. The first season was released on DVD in region 1 on October 17, 2017,^[28] while the second and third were released on DVD on July 17, 2018,^[29] and July 30, 2019, respectively.^[30] The complete series was released on Blu-ray on May 19, 2020.^[31] On September 13, 2019, a six-episode web series, titled The Selection, was released on NBC's website, app, and YouTube channel.^[32]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Rank	Average viewers (in millions inc. DVR)
			First released	Last released
1	13		September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)	77	5.72[33]
2	13		September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)	77	5.78[34]
3	13		September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)	99	4.57[35]
4	14		September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)	January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)	92	3.56[36]

Episodes

Season 1 (2016–17)

Main article: The Good Place season 1

Season 1 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by [b]	Written by [37]	Original release date	Prod. code [37]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Everything Is Fine[c]"	Drew Goddard	Michael Schur	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	101	8.04[38]
2	2	"Flying"	Michael McDonald	Alan Yang	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	102	8.04[38]
3	3	"Tahani Al-Jamil"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Aisha Muharrar	September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)	103	5.25[39]
4	4	"Jason Mendoza"	Payman Benz	Joe Mande	September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)	104	4.45[40]
5	5	"Category 55 Emergency Doomsday Crisis"	Morgan Sackett	Matt Murray	October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)	109	4.97[41]
6	6	"What We Owe to Each Other"	Tucker Gates	Dylan Morgan & Josh Siegal	October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)	105	4.23[42]
7	7	"The Eternal Shriek"	Trent O'Donnell	Megan Amram	October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20)	106	3.79[43]
8	8	"Most Improved Player"	Tristram Shapeero	Dan Schofield	October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27)	107	3.89[44]
9	9	"...Someone Like Me as a Member"	Dean Holland	Jen Statsky	November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03)	108	3.68[45]
10	10	"Chidi's Choice"	Linda Mendoza	Demi Adejuyigbe	January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	110	3.53[46]
11	11	"What's My Motivation"	Lynn Shelton	Andrew Law	January 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)	111	3.64[47]
12	12	"Mindy St. Claire"	Dean Holland	Megan Amram & Jen Statsky	January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)	112	3.93[48]
13	13	"Michael's Gambit"	Michael Schur	Michael Schur	January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)	113	3.93[48]

Season 2 (2017–18)

Main article: The Good Place season 2

Season 2 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by [b]	Written by [b]	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
14[d]	1	"Everything Is Great!" (Part 1)	Trent O'Donnell	Jen Statsky	September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	5.28[49]
15[d]	2	"Everything Is Great!" (Part 2)	Trent O'Donnell	Joe Mande	September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	5.28[49]
16	3	"Dance Dance Resolution"	Drew Goddard	Megan Amram	September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)	4.67[50]
17	4	"Team Cockroach"	Morgan Sackett	Dan Schofield	October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)	4.17[51]
18	5	"Existential Crisis"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Andrew Law	October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)	4.05[52]
19	6	"The Trolley Problem"	Dean Holland	Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan	October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)	3.92[53]
20	7	"Janet and Michael"	Dean Holland	Kate Gersten	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)	3.97[54]
21	8	"Derek"	Jude Weng	Cord Jefferson	November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)	3.06[55]
22	9	"Leap to Faith"	Linda Mendoza	Christopher Encell	January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04)	3.08[56]
23	10	"Best Self"	Julie Anne Robinson	Tyler Straessle	January 11, 2018 (2018-01-11)	3.11[57]
24	11	"Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent"	Alan Yang	Jen Statsky & Dan Schofield	January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)	3.00[58]
25	12	"The Burrito"	Dean Holland	Megan Amram & Joe Mande	January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)	3.65[59]
26	13	"Somewhere Else"	Michael Schur	Michael Schur	February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)	3.19[60]

Season 3 (2018–19)

Main article: The Good Place season 3

Season 3 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by [b]	Written by [b]	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
27[e]	1	"Everything Is Bonzer!" (Part 1)	Dean Holland	Jen Statsky & Michael Schur	September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	3.13[62]
28[e]	2	"Everything Is Bonzer!" (Part 2)	Dean Holland	Jen Statsky	September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	3.13[62]
29	3	"The Brainy Bunch"	Jude Weng	Dan Schofield	October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)	2.96[63]
30	4	"The Snowplow"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Joe Mande	October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)	2.71[64]
31	5	"Jeremy Bearimy"	Trent O'Donnell	Megan Amram	October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18)	2.70[65]
32	6	"The Ballad of Donkey Doug"	Rebecca Asher	Matt Murray	October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)	2.67[66]
33	7	"A Fractured Inheritance"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Kassia Miller	November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)	2.72[67]
34	8	"The Worst Possible Use of Free Will"	Claire Scanlon	Cord Jefferson	November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08)	2.77[68]
35	9	"Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By"	Dean Holland	Andrew Law	November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)	2.69[69]
36	10	"Janet(s)"	Morgan Sackett	Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan	December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)	2.58[70]
37	11	"The Book of Dougs"	Ken Whittingham	Kate Gersten	January 10, 2019 (2019-01-10)	2.72[71]
38	12	"Chidi Sees the Time-Knife"	Jude Weng	Christopher Encell & Joe Mande	January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	2.52[72]
39	13	"Pandemonium"	Michael Schur	Megan Amram & Jen Statsky	January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)	2.39[73]

Season 4 (2019–20)

Main article: The Good Place season 4

Season 4 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by [b]	Written by [b]	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
40	1	"A Girl from Arizona" (Part 1)	Drew Goddard	Andrew Law & Kassia Miller	September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)	2.42[74]
41	2	"A Girl from Arizona" (Part 2)	Drew Goddard	Andrew Law & Kassia Miller	October 3, 2019 (2019-10-03)	2.11[75]
42	3	"Chillaxing"	Anya Adams	Aisha Muharrar	October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	1.92[76]
43	4	"Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy"	Morgan Sackett	Cord Jefferson	October 17, 2019 (2019-10-17)	2.02[77]
44	5	"Employee of the Bearimy"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Joe Mande	October 24, 2019 (2019-10-24)	1.91[78]
45	6	"A Chip Driver Mystery"	Steve Day	Lizzy Pace	October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)	2.21[79]
46	7	"Help Is Other People"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Dave King	November 7, 2019 (2019-11-07)	1.98[80]
47	8	"The Funeral to End All Funerals"	Kristen Bell	Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan	November 14, 2019 (2019-11-14)	2.06[81]
48	9	"The Answer"	Valeria Migliassi Collins	Dan Schofield	November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21)	2.05[82]
49	10	"You've Changed, Man"	Rebecca Asher	Matt Murray	January 9, 2020 (2020-01-09)	2.08[83]
50	11	"Mondays, Am I Right?"	Rebecca Asher	Jen Statsky	January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)	1.93[84]
51	12	"Patty"	Morgan Sackett	Megan Amram	January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)	2.12[85]
52	13	"Whenever You're Ready"	Michael Schur	Michael Schur	January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)	2.32[86]
53	14

Webisodes

The Selection (2019)

On September 13, 2019, NBC released a six-part digital series consisting of two-minute episodes. Serving as a story bridge between the third and fourth seasons, the series is set in the Bad Place, as Shawn and his demon cohorts decide which humans to send to Michael's newly formed afterlife neighborhood to thwart his benevolent plan.^[32]

No.	Title	Directed by [b]	Original release date
1	"Part 1: The Mission"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Shawn and the other demons discuss how to go about choosing the humans for Michael's experiment.
2	"Part 2: The Candidates"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Shawn and the demons try to come up with four humans that can take part in Michael's experiment.
3	"Part 3: The Takeout Order"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Shawn and the demons argue about what to eat for lunch.
4	"Part 4: The Storm Out"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Shawn gets mad and walks out on the other demons.
5	"Part 5: The Talk"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
The demons try to convince Shawn to come back after getting mad, and he realizes he is key to the process.
6	"Part 6: The Solution"	Eric Kissack	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Shawn and the demons find the answer.

Ratings

The Good Place : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number														Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	1	8.04	8.04	5.25	4.45	4.97	4.23	3.79	3.89	3.68	3.53	3.64	3.93	3.93	–	4.72
	2	5.28	5.28	4.67	4.17	4.05	3.92	3.97	3.06	3.08	3.11	3.00	3.65	3.19	–	3.88
	3	3.13	3.13	2.96	2.71	2.70	2.67	2.72	2.77	2.69	2.58	2.72	2.52	2.39	–	2.74
	4	2.42	2.11	1.92	2.02	1.91	2.21	1.98	2.06	2.05	2.08	1.93	2.12	2.32	2.32	2.09

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[87]

Notes

1. Season-by-season reception:

   • Season 1 holds a 92% approval rating based on 73 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes^[17] and a score of 78 based on 32 reviews on Metacritic.^[18]
   • Season 2 holds a 100% approval rating based on 58 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes^[19] and a score of 87 based on 10 reviews on Metacritic.^[8]
   • Season 3 holds a 98% approval rating based on 47 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes^[20] and a score of 96 based on 5 reviews on Metacritic.^[21]
   • Season 4 holds a 100% approval rating based on 51 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.^[22]
2. Information taken from credits of each episode
3. Episode commissioned as "Pilot"
4. The second-season premiere aired as one hour-long episode, but the on-screen title identified it as "Chapters 14 & 15" of the series.
5. The third-season premiere aired in an hour-long episode, but NBC ordered 13 episodes.^[61]