In order to protect her human friends from the demons chasing them, Janet (D’Arcy Carden) brings them into her void, where they all appear as versions of her in the aptly titled “Janet(s)” episode of the third season of NBC’s afterlife comedy “The Good Place.” The episode is technically complex because Carden had to be composited over and over as versions of herself, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason in the scenes. But things become even more complicated as Eleanor begins to lose sense of herself while trying to have a heart-to-heart with Chidi, glitching into a couple dozen different individuals and eventually causing the void itself to break apart before he stops her spiral by kissing her.
Dylan Morgan and Josh Siegal
Writers
“It was Mike Schur himself who said, essentially, ‘What if she just starts to become other people?’ And that unlocked a really exciting comedy...
Dylan Morgan and Josh Siegal
Writers
“It was Mike Schur himself who said, essentially, ‘What if she just starts to become other people?’ And that unlocked a really exciting comedy...
- 6/4/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Janet(s),” the Season 3 midseason finale of “The Good Place.”
“The Good Place” creator Michael Schur and his team of writers and producers first got the idea for an episode that would feature star D’Arcy Carden in multiple roles all interacting with each other in the same scene at the end of the second season of the NBC afterlife comedy. It started with wanting to see Carden’s character, Janet, taking “everyone into her void and they’re all versions of her,” Schur says, but over time evolved a bit so that the series could tie some of the bigger philosophical points for which it has become known to the unique visuals. And it was BBC America’s “Orphan Black” that gave Schur confidence they could pull off such a complicated technical feat.
“‘Orphan Black’ did it like 1000 times,...
“The Good Place” creator Michael Schur and his team of writers and producers first got the idea for an episode that would feature star D’Arcy Carden in multiple roles all interacting with each other in the same scene at the end of the second season of the NBC afterlife comedy. It started with wanting to see Carden’s character, Janet, taking “everyone into her void and they’re all versions of her,” Schur says, but over time evolved a bit so that the series could tie some of the bigger philosophical points for which it has become known to the unique visuals. And it was BBC America’s “Orphan Black” that gave Schur confidence they could pull off such a complicated technical feat.
“‘Orphan Black’ did it like 1000 times,...
- 12/7/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Because not everything is a horrible vortex of terribleness, “The Good Place” Season 2 is now available on Netflix. With a whole new season on the streaming platform, it’s another chance for potential and existing fans alike to dig through the NBC comedy’s most recent set of episodes.
But aside from what’s now available to be parsed, Gif’d, and otherwise enjoyed from the series, there’s another resource that’s steadily become a must-listen companion piece to the show itself. “The Good Place Podcast,” now released twice weekly, is a collection of interviews with integral members of the show’s universe, dissecting the show on an episode-by-episode basis.
Each central cast member has made at least one appearance, and some of the show’s main writers (including creator Michael Schur) have made return trips behind the mic. But it’s a bevy of expert crafts specialists from across the casting,...
But aside from what’s now available to be parsed, Gif’d, and otherwise enjoyed from the series, there’s another resource that’s steadily become a must-listen companion piece to the show itself. “The Good Place Podcast,” now released twice weekly, is a collection of interviews with integral members of the show’s universe, dissecting the show on an episode-by-episode basis.
Each central cast member has made at least one appearance, and some of the show’s main writers (including creator Michael Schur) have made return trips behind the mic. But it’s a bevy of expert crafts specialists from across the casting,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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