Quote from Judge in Chidi Sees the Time-Knife
Judge: So here are the rules. Michael designs the new Neighborhood however he wants. The Bad Place gets to choose the four new humans. But they have to be the same general level of badness as the original four, all right? No serial killers, no dictators, no one who managed a boy band. Michael will not get the files in advance, so he does not have forever to plan. But he can then change the neighborhood however he wants. Shawn: Yeah, I have about a billion objections to this. Michael: So do I. Judge: Good. That means it's a fair compromise.