<P> When Shawn returns and unexpectedly declares the experiment a success ( due to Michael 's fake reports ) , he orders the humans to be brought to the real Bad Place and the neighborhood destroyed . He also promotes Michael to higher management . The group escapes with Michael 's help , and they attempt to get to the Good Place by appealing to an entity known as the `` Judge '' ( Maya Rudolph ) , who had once created a `` Medium Place '' for exactly one person . When Michael reveals that the Judge resides in a separate space that can only be reached by a portal in the Bad Place , the group ventures through the Bad Place offices to find it . They make it to the portal , and Michael sacrifices himself for the others , allowing himself to be captured by Shawn . </P>
<P> When Shawn returns and unexpectedly declares the experiment a success ( due to Michael 's fake reports ) , he orders the humans to be brought to the real Bad Place and the neighborhood destroyed . He also promotes Michael to higher management . The group escapes with Michael 's help , and they attempt to get to the Good Place by appealing to an entity known as the `` Judge '' ( Maya Rudolph ) , who had once created a `` Medium Place '' for exactly one person . When Michael reveals that the Judge resides in a separate space that can only be reached by a portal in the Bad Place , the group ventures through the Bad Place offices to find it . They make it to the portal , and Michael sacrifices himself for the others , allowing himself to be captured by Shawn . </P>
who played the judge in the good place
who played the judge in the good place
Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph