Which Lost co-creator did Michael Schur consult while developing The Good Place?

Michael Schur consulted Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof while developing The Good Place. Schur sought Lindelof's advice because he wanted to build a comedy around an intricate afterlife premise with major reversals and carefully planned mysteries.

Lost was a particularly relevant reference point: its storytelling relied on cliffhangers, hidden information, shifting perspectives, and long-running questions about what was really happening. Those qualities influenced The Good Place, whose first season eventually reveals that Michael's seemingly idyllic neighborhood is actually a Bad Place experiment.

Lindelof advised Schur to know where the story was going before committing fully to it. That guidance helped Schur and his writers plan the show's major twists rather than improvising mysteries indefinitely. The consultation did not make Lindelof a creator or writer of The Good Place; Schur remained the show's creator and primary architect.

The question can cause confusion because Lost has several major creative figures, including J. J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and Carlton Cuse. But the specific co-creator Schur consulted was Damon Lindelof, who was also associated with The Leftovers.