The show's ending is exactly as it should be — concluding on a lighthearted note that reminds us just how far all the characters have come. But before Michael (Ted Danson) finally gets to cross a couple of items off his humanity bucket list, the series goes deep deep. Jason (Manny Jacinto) crosses over, Tahani (Jameela Jamil) becomes an architect, and Eleanor has to bid a painful goodbye to her soulmate Chidi (William Jackson Harper). Then, she finds herself standing at the threshold to the end of existence with not-robot Janet (D'Arcy Carden) before finally crossing over.
Because no series does irreverent humor better than The Good Place, Eleanor's final moments in the afterlife are peppered with liquor and sexual innuendo. But they're also a perfect, quiet reflection on the kinds of questions we're all sometimes scared to ask — like, what happens after we die?
A lot of the success of The Good Place's final episode hinges on whether the showrunners can give each of the characters we'd grown to love a satisfying send-off. Luckily, they deliver in spades. But if you ask Kristen Bell, it wasn't without some serious emotional labor on the part of the cast and crew.
