Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”

The NBC comedy has something to teach us all about how different kinds of people can come together.

By Jeremy Adam Smith, Zaid Jilani



Jason, Janet, Eleanor, Michael, Chidi, and Tahani.
You wouldn’t expect to find a whole lot of bridge-building in Hell.

In NBC’s hit afterlife comedy-drama The Good Place, the demon Michael (played by Ted Danson) has a vision: If he can trick humans into believing they’ve gone to Heaven but then pair them up for differences instead of compatibility, the humans will torture each other for all eternity. That way, demons like him can take it easy.


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