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‘The Good Place’ To End With Upcoming Season 4 On NBC’
NBC’s The Good Place is ending after its upcoming fourth season, creator/executive producer Michael Schur announced Friday night at the Television Academy in North Hollywood during a panel discussion dedicated to the critically-acclaimed comedy series
“After The Good Place was picked up for season two, the writing staff and I began to map out, as best we could, the trajectory of the show,” he said. “Given the ideas we wanted to explore, and the pace at which we wanted to present those ideas, I began to feel like four seasons - just over 50 episodes - was the right lifespan.”
Schur added that he was tempted to go beyond four seasons, but decided against it.
“At the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant. As such, the upcoming fourth season will be our last,” he stated
I thought that it would probably end after a fourth or fifth season, so I can’t say that I’m that surprised. I love the show and the characters, but I can’t deny that last season felt like they were starting to spin their wheels a bit with how often they kept going over the same basic story of them all being rebooted, Chidi teaching them philosophy and them all learning to be better people, and Eleanor then being reminded of her love for him. I bet the cast are pretty bummed though, you can tell what a great time they had working together :(
I think season 4 will be a good way to resolve the show though with them all back in the fake good place, only with Eleanor the one in charge this time, it feels like everything has really come full circle
This article has an interview with Mike Schur discussing it more as well
NBC’s The Good Place is ending after its upcoming fourth season, creator/executive producer Michael Schur announced Friday night at the Television Academy in North Hollywood during a panel discussion dedicated to the critically-acclaimed comedy series
“After The Good Place was picked up for season two, the writing staff and I began to map out, as best we could, the trajectory of the show,” he said. “Given the ideas we wanted to explore, and the pace at which we wanted to present those ideas, I began to feel like four seasons - just over 50 episodes - was the right lifespan.”
Schur added that he was tempted to go beyond four seasons, but decided against it.
“At the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant. As such, the upcoming fourth season will be our last,” he stated
I thought that it would probably end after a fourth or fifth season, so I can’t say that I’m that surprised. I love the show and the characters, but I can’t deny that last season felt like they were starting to spin their wheels a bit with how often they kept going over the same basic story of them all being rebooted, Chidi teaching them philosophy and them all learning to be better people, and Eleanor then being reminded of her love for him. I bet the cast are pretty bummed though, you can tell what a great time they had working together :(
I think season 4 will be a good way to resolve the show though with them all back in the fake good place, only with Eleanor the one in charge this time, it feels like everything has really come full circle
This article has an interview with Mike Schur discussing it more as well