‘I had to lie to my co-workers for months’: the art of delivering a great TV twist
The creators of The Good Place and Severance reveal how they pulled off some of the most fiendish plot reveals of recent years – and the importance of avoiding ‘twistflation’
January 2022
Michael Schur: ‘It’s a daily gut punch that people are anti-mask’
The creator of philosophical sitcom The Good Place knows a thing or two about moral quandaries, and now he’s written a book all about them. But the pandemic is stretching his worldview to its limits
November 2021
Cultural prescription
Down but not out: film, theatre, art and more to help deal with failure
From Oscar Isaac’s underperforming folk singer to The Good Place, Guardian critics offer up bittersweet culture for when success eludes you
August 2021
‘It’s hot right now to have an Asian lead’: Manny Jacinto on The Good Place, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
The role of DJ Jason Mendoza catapulted the 33-year-old to fame. Now he’s starring with Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers – and being entranced by Cruise in the Top Gun reboot
December 2020
2020 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1
TV style icons of 2020
TV style icons of 2020: Ted Danson as The Good Place's dapper demon
September 2020
Why so serious? Tenet and the new wave of 'science-based' time travel movies
Films like Back to the Future and The Terminator never thought too deeply about time travel; so is Christopher Nolan draining all the fun out of it?
April 2020
‘I’m slim and privileged – I totally get the mistrust’: Jameela Jamil on controversy and coming out
The star of The Good Place is adored and vilified for speaking out. She talks about attention-seeking, body hair, Twitter feuds with Piers Morgan – and why no one should ever shake hands again
February 2020
The Good Place: was this the most devastating TV finale ever?
With so much to pack in, Mike Schur’s afterlife hit often felt like hard work for viewers. But its poignant ending proved this show could still be heavenly – and heartbreaking
January 2020
The end is neigh: how BoJack Horseman and The Good Place changed comedy for ever
From The Good Place to Homeland: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2020
December 2019
2019 in TV
Killing Eve to Game of Thrones: the biggest TV disappointments of 2019
Jump the shark
‘Someone royally forked up’: how The Good Place turned hellish
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say
August 2019
The 40 best TV shows coming this autumn
'Horrifyingly absurd': how did millennial comedy get so surreal?
July 2019
Lights, camera, caption! Why subtitles are no longer just for the hard of hearing
William Jackson Harper on 2019's scariest film: 'Midsommar's a microcosm for humanity'
June 2019
Shortcuts
In need of relentless optimism? The 10 best ‘hopepunk’ shows to binge now
Goodbye to The Good Place: TV's best comedy will end on a heavenly high
