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    Mike Schur Explains Tiny Details in 'The Good Place'

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    by Anna Menta Sep 28, 2018 5 minutes
    Close viewing of "The Good Place" reveals references to Schur's previous show, the critically beloved sitcom "Parks and Recreation."
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    Warning: This interview contains spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of The Good Place.

    The first season of NBC’s The Good Place, the sci-fi comedy from Parks and Recreation creator Mike Schur, ended with a shocking twist: Our self-centered heroine, Eleanor (Kristen Bell), was not sent to nondenominational heaven by mistake when she died; she was sent to the Bad Place. It turns out, she and her supposed soul mate for eternity, philosophy and ethics professor Chidi (William Jackson Harper), were test subjects for a new form of torture invented by a demon named Michael (Ted Danson).

    Michael has a thing for screwing with people, and for temporal switcheroos. In one –esque episode in Season 2, he erases and reboots the memories of Eleanor, Chidi and their friends Tahani (Jameela Jamil) and Jason (Manny Jacinto) 802 times. The intention: tricking Eleanor into thinking she’s still

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