Right before Michael strikes his deal, Eleanor figures out that Judge Jen set her up with a fake Chidi during her test. She ends up refusing to go to the Good Place, knowing that she wouldn't have been able to anyway.
Of all the humans, we have the clearest idea of what happens to Eleanor once she's given a second chance to live. After seeing her life flash before her very eyes, Eleanor decides to become a do-gooder, quitting her job selling fake medicine and enlisting in work as an environmental canvasser.
But over time, she grows disillusioned with doing good, hitting a low point when she gets sued for bumping into a woman's car. One night, Eleanor goes out to a bar where Michael works as a bartender, and he asks her, "What do we owe each other?" Googling that question, she lands on a page featuring Chidi's lecture series and hops on a flight to meet up with him.