Holy shirt.
It’s the TV crossover we never really knew we needed (but now totally want to see happen).
But it turns out that two of our favourite sitcoms – The Good Place and Parks and Rec – might actually exist in the same universe.
Eagle-eyed Twitter user @ShinraAlpha pointed out that Eleanor Shellstrop’s favourite magazine, Celebrity Baby Plastic Surgery Disasters, featured two ads from Pawnee, Indiana.
And people’s minds. were. blown.
Just discovered that The Good Place takes place in the Parks and Rec universe and now by whole brain is crying. pic.twitter.com/UjtJLSclrA
— Words from Darran (@ShinraAlpha) February 6, 2018
The two screenshots, taken from the second season finale of The Good Place, show ads for Dennis Feinstein’s cologne and Jean-Ralphio’s champagne on the back covers of The Good Place‘s shrimp-loving kind-of-hero’s magazines.
And, beyond being the television crossover episode we never knew we needed, Twitter users had a lot to say about the idea.
https://twitter.com/AlizaTweets/status/960929637009412096
So, you realize if Parks & Rec and The Good Place "share a universe" that means that the Parks & Rec folks live in a reality where annoying or even non-perfect people all end up tortured for eternity, right.
— Zack Handlen (@zhandlen) February 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/amy_geek/status/960918658137522176
omg what if they get to the good place and lil sebastian is there
— sarah gorman🍉 (@thesarahgorman) February 6, 2018
*Chidi lectures Ron on ethics*
*Ron hands Chidi a piece of paper*"Ron, this just says "I can do what I want" on it?"
— Words from Darran (@ShinraAlpha) February 6, 2018
DENNIS pic.twitter.com/apZ4jcHBXF
— Ada Powers //☁️ @powe.rs (@unknownmetric) February 6, 2018
— Harvey Puttock (@harveyputtock) February 6, 2018
Even Netflix was floored by the revelation. But, thankfully, seemed to be totally on board (or that’s what we’re taking it as, at least).
THIS IS IMPORTANT
— Netflix (@netflix) February 6, 2018
Since both of the shows are created by the same person and have several cast members in common, the ads could just be an east egg for super observant fans.
But none the less, we remain hopeful – after all, it would definitely be the best place.
The Good Place was renewed by NBC for a third 13-episode season during its recent midseason break.
But fans will be waiting awhile to find out what happened to Eleanor, Chidi, Jason and Tahani.
Season one kicked off on September 19, while season two began on September 20, 2017 – so a premiere date around the same time in the United Sates is more than likely, with Netflix adding the show the next day.
