TV Show - The Good Place from NBC

Hello all! Lately I've been binge watching The Good Place from NBC on Netflix so I thought of doing a review of this show. I haven't finished it yet but I'm already on season 3, so I've watched quite a few episodes. 

Eleanor (Kristen Bell) dies and wakes up in a strange afterlife, where she is introduced to Michael (Ted Danson), an imortal being who is responsible for creating the place she's in - "The Good Place" or Heaven, as a reward for being good while she was alive. 

However, Eleanor quickly realizes she was sent there by mistake because she was not a good person on Earth. She was rude, selfish and did a lot of awful things. Michael arranged a soulmate for her, Chidi (William Jackson Harper), an ethics professor. Eleanor tells him her secret and he promises to help her to become a better person and prove she deserves to be in The Good Place.

Eleanor's neighbors are Tahani (Jameela Jamil), a British socialite who has donated a lot of money to charity, and her soulmate Jianyu (Manny Jacinto), a Buddhist monk. They also learn about Janet (D'Arcy Carden), an artificial being who is capable of providing all the knowledge in the universe and can bring anything the four humans want in just a second.

I don't want to go into more details about the show because it's full of plot twists and surprises you won't expect. It's has many references to philosophy and explores the concept of being good. It's very imaginative, funny and entertaining but still makes you stop and think for a while. The characters are nothing alike and I love the interaction between them. They're not allowed to curse so they (specially Eleanor) end up using the word "forking" a lot. The episodes are short (around 22 minutes) so it's very easy to binge. I started watching without expectations because I'm usually not into fantasy shows but I'm glad I did! 

The first season was definitely the best. The plot twist at the ending was awesome. The second season was great too. Although I'm still enjoying season 3, I think at this point it happened too many things and it became a bit confusing and hard to follow but I'll keep watching anyway. Season 4 is confirmed and premiering this year. Here's the trailer for season 1.
Rate: 4.5/5

TV Show - You from Netflix

I've finished watching this show on Netflix yesterday and I loved it! You premiered last year, and so far it has only one season with 10 episodes each from 40 to 50 minutes. It's the perfect binge watch thriller, my kind of shows. 
I didn't know it was adapted from Caroline Kepnes's book with the same name, otherwise I would've read it first!

In this boy meets girl story, Joe Goldberg is a bookstore manager in NYC and Guinevere Beck a cute aspiring writer. One day, she walks into Joe's shop and he's instantly obsessed with her. Beck tells him her name and with the help of social media, Joe finds everything about her - her interests, her shallow girl friends, where she lives and where she's at. The opposite from him, who's mysterious and holds secrets from his past, specially concerning his ex-girlfriend Candace and his childhood.

Although they're different, they found a common interest in literature and he's determined to do anything to secure his future with her - even if it means doing dangerous and risky things to supposedly protect and make her happier. In Joe's head, Beck needs to be saved.

Even though Joe's a complete stalker, he alternates between his sociopath persona and the typical nice guy so well it was hard to hate his character. He's runs the bookshop smoothly, gets along with his co-worker and helps his neighbor's son Paco when he's afraid of his drunken stepfather. Beck is naive, afraid of letting others down, and often oblivious of what's happening around her.

This show gives an interesting look on modern technology and the consequences of online exposure. It has some flaws - Beck didn't even have curtains on her window and Joe, from outside, could see all she was doing in her living room. It was exaggerated. And sometimes he was so close to her in the streets and still wasn't caught. The characters are stereotypical but well portrayed. The ending was not a surprise because I've accidentally read a spoiler a few days ago but I think it's quite easy to guess what will happen when reaching a certain point in the story.

The show has been renewed and season 2 is premiering this year, also based on the sequel book by the same author, Hidden Bodies.
I'm not sure if I'm going to read it or wait for the new season of the show instead. I'm really curious though, so I might give it a go. 
Rate: 4.5/5