The Good Place 3x9 REACTION! | "Janet(s)" *First Time Watching!*

[@kimmcsharry4256]

D'arcy Carden did such a great job of mimicking each character's personality and pronunciation. She's such a great actress! This was definitely a great episode!

[@DFQreacts]

ya like Stephen said above, she deserved an emmy for this, it was as complex as an Orphan Black episode, but with the comedy timing of the good place, which I can't imagine how difficult that would be to pull off!

[@bemasaberwyn55]

@@DFQreacts William who plays Chidi was baffled by how good D'Arcy was as Chidi Janet

[@miguellugo1200]

They gave Derek to Mindy St. Clair in the Medium place with a bunch of cocaine. That's why he's not there in the void.

[@DFQreacts]

Ya I can't believe I forgot that! lol thank you!

[@stephensheridan1279]

Ah, the ‘Into the Janetverse’ episode!! 🤩😍 in which Janet plays NEARLY every cast member INCLUDING herself! Da’arcy should have gotten an Emmy for this!❤❤❤❤

[@DFQreacts]

ya not only did she have the speech inflections down, but the movements and facial expressions and everything! I wonder if the actors were on set to help her mimic them or if that was just her impression of them after 3 years on the same show lol

[@stephensheridan1279]

@@DFQreactsnah, that’s just Janet! 😉

[@Pooglian]

​@@DFQreactsIf I remember correctly, they filmed everything once with everybody playing themselves for reference, plus Darcy had audio recordings of the cast to rehearse from. There's a "The Good Place: The Podcast" hosted by Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn). It started a year or two after the series but quickly caught up to current episodes, so they were dropping them the same week as episodes aired by this one. I think that's where I got most of my "behind the scenes" knowledge about the show.

[@DFQreacts]

@@Pooglian I've been told about that a few times, but when I went to listen they mentioned something about season 3 so I was like, NOPE! I'll wait until i'm done toi listen to that, I loved Office Ladies and Fake Doctors Real Firends, so thats right up my alley! lol

[@sherrysink3177]

I think when I first saw this episode, I got a little chill from the Accountant telling Michael that no one had gotten into the Good Place in over 500 years. Definitely wasn't expecting that! I love how this show continues to circumvent your expectations. It's so much fun. P.S. I think my favorite Janets (that aren't original Janet) are Chidi Janet and Jason Janet. She really had all their mannerisms down to a T! Fantastic.

[@DFQreacts]

ya that was surprising, but somehow sort of unexpectedly suspected? (if that could ever make sense lol) Things have been feeling very off since Michael's reveal and I guess now we know why that is! Jason-Janet may be my fav! lol

[@Pooglian]

Another fun fact from this episode: the head accountant is played by Stephen Merchant. If you've ever seen the UK version of The Office he was in that, but I know him mostly as Wheatley from Portal 2.

[@DFQreacts]

ya I couldn't think of his name in the moment but I definitely recognized him (I haven't seen the Office UK, but I know him from An Idiot Abroad and the Xmen movies he was in! lol)

[@Br0nto5aurus]

6:02 That article describes split consciousness, not split personality. The person receiving the procedure doesn't wake up with two different personalities, but when they test the left and right hemispheres independently after the procedure, the right hemisphere appears to be able to process information without communicating that information to the other side, as the connection has been severed. This gives neuroscientists a lot to think about when it comes to where and how consciousness is stored. It doesn't mean everyone has 2 totally different personalities inside them and severing the relationship between the two causes them to come out. There is a surgery called a hemisphesectomy where they remove one half of the brain (usually because it is causing multiple seizures per day, dying, and at risk of causing mental, physical, and developmental delays). It is usually performed on young children and, due to the plasticity of young brains, the patients are often able to walk and control the opposite side of the body again in a matter of weeks with physical therapy, and lead relatively normal lives. Major personality changes have not been a commonly reported side effect. Usually parents say that the kid is "back to the way she was" before the seizures began in the first place.

[@DFQreacts]

oh I LOVE when people actually know what they're reading and can condense it into an easier to understand comment! haha I can follow the basic steps, but then my imagination runs wild! lol thanks for explaining it to us better!

[@samfisher6606]

D'Arcy Carden really should've been nominated for an Emmy for this episode

[@DFQreacts]

100% agree!

[@sherrysink3177]

How many Janets did we get? Well, there was Original Janet (heee), Neutral Janet, Chidi Janet, Eleanor Janet, Jason Janet (soooo funny), and Tahani Janet. PLUS... we got Eleanor as Jason Janet, and Jason as Eleanor Janet, which is a whole other level of Janets! So technically I think we can say we got 8 Janets! So, yes, a very very awesome episode. 😄

[@DFQreacts]

Janet-ception! lol

[@emilg.bernal8229]

Derek is at Mindy’s

[@DFQreacts]

That is riiiight! I guess she hasn't gotten over those windchimes! lol

[@VebastionSettel]

Us Clone Club fans knew you'd love this episode! Couldn't wait to see your face at the clone swap ahahah! If I recall, Michael Shur moved this episode up (was supposed to air after the mid-season break) so that it would be eligible for that year's Emmy's just for D'Arcy to have a shot at it. Also, he had the four humans record the lines themselves so that D'Arcy could listen to them and prepare herself to be them. She tells a funny story about how she listened to them all the time in her car and ran into one of the castmates and was worried they'd think she was crazy for having their voices blaring out of her stereo all the time.

[@DFQreacts]

Clone Swaps, regardless of show, are ALWAYS fun! lol Oh that's cool! I was wondering how she did that, and tbh that's how I used to learn my lines in theater so quickly, I'd just record them and listen to them over and over again! lol

[@VebastionSettel]

@@DFQreacts Speaking of clone swaps, settle a debate between myself... Which was a better one: Rachel as Sarah to steal Kira (amazing because it's the only one that most people, me included, don't clock as it happens), or the "Holy Doodle" double swap? Also can I say that your editing-in of Doctor Who clips is on point? Man, Clone Club, Whovian, Good Place nerd... If you start adding SG-1, Futurama, or Newsroom clips I'm going to have to order a DNA test to see if we're related.

[@DFQreacts]

@@VebastionSettel haha unfortunatly I have seen SG-1 and Futurama, but I have not seen The Newsroom (except for that amazing jeff Daniels clip about America not being the best country in the world) I'd probably have to say the Rachel one, just because of the fear it caused and the wrench it threw in our heroes plans.

[@VebastionSettel]

@@DFQreacts Man I grew up on SG-1 when it aired live. When it comes to tv shows that's my 'home'. I did love SG-U (even though it took a while to figure itself out), but for some reason never enjoyed Atlantis. The Newsroom is well worth a watch on your own time. One of the best written and directed Sorkin shows (up there with West Wing to me). I might agree on the Rachel swap. So unexpected and well executed (both in-show and in production). I love that it fooled me (and anyone else I see watching it), but when you go back and watch it again paying attention, Rachel's 'Sarah' accent isn't quite right and her shoulders aren't slumped. We COULD have noticed it but you really gotta be with it. Masterful job by Tat and the production team to balance the need to give us enough to know what's happening while also hiding it enough that we CAN miss it.

[@DFQreacts]

@@VebastionSettel I ended up watching it well after, but binged most of it (actually I realized I never watched 7-9 so I watched it a few years after, not as good as the earlier seasons though) SGU I've been told that same thing, but its one I havent seen yet. I loved when they found Atlantis in SG1, it felt so cool to open up the world within the show! West Wing is another show I haven't seen! lol (but again, have seen some really great clips from!) I do intend to watch it as Jeff Daniels doesn't live too far from me and I've been a big fan of his for a long time! Wow, really? I have been thinking about rewatching OB again, but I didn't notice the subtle Sarah inflection! I bet there would be a ton of things I missed that I'd catch in a rewatch, especially since I had to comment through the show anyway lol

[@SanjayMerchant]

I feel like I'm not very good at guessing the stinger. I was thinking either "WHERE IS DOWN!?" or "Nope!" with the thumbs up. Or maybe Pillboi disappearing.

[@DFQreacts]

you actually are good, it WAS originally Nope!, but Jason noticing himself just killed me! lol

[@CocoTheMii]

So, the crux of Chidi's argument in this episode is that he can't possibly have any feelings for Eleanor because his past reboots are not the same person as him. Eleanor's counterpoint-that Chidi is just using logic to avoid confronting his feelings-hits a lot harder when you remember an exchange that occurred early in season 2. In 2x3, Eleanor decides to leave the group and head to the Medium Place. Chidi tries to stop her, to which she rebuts that she barely knows him. Chidi's response? "We've been through some version of this 800 times." It's a complete reversal of roles. We went from Eleanor running away and Chidi trying to get through to her, to Chidi being forced to confront his own feelings about Eleanor.

[@DFQreacts]

that is an incredible catch! It might take them 800 versions of the experiment, but they got there in the end lol

[@corgiluver9718]

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love (one for each Janet) this episode! Chidi Janet is probably my favorite.

[@DFQreacts]

A Janet probably never had a stomach ache before...because how does she have a stomach! lol

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I love that at this point in the series you're starting to see what the overall mission statement of the series actually is. Which is kind of wild when you consider the fact that at this point we are just over a dozen or so episodes from finishing the series. Before you started the final season have you checked out the series of webisodes known as the selection process( after you watched the finale of course)?

[@DFQreacts]

I was meaning to start S4 last week but I ran out of time so I'm gonna have to watch a few every night before bed next couple weeks lol but I DO think I have that as a note, so I should watch those after the S4 finale?

[@bemasaberwyn55]

@@DFQreacts if you've finished season 3 watch it now because it plays into stuff that you learn in the season 3 finale and it's more of being able to see the various demons interact including Glen

[@marsalien4]

"It only took us three and a half seasons" woah where was this hidden extra season you saw, and can I see it too?? ;) Loving these reactions man, so glad I found your reactions to the show!

[@DFQreacts]

haha maybe 2 and a half lol Well THANK YOU, Marsalien! I'm glad you found them, too! lol

[@MarshaLove0723]

I love Matt.😂

[@stephensheridan1279]

You read my mind by including that clip from ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ by Neil Gaiman from Series 6 (2011) of Doctor Who!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍💙💙🔷 btw, did you hear we’re getting ANOTHER Season 1 next year?! Timey Wimey has outdone itself once again! 😂😂😂

[@DFQreacts]

YES! So I wonder if its going to be another reboot like the 2005 revival was or what! I'm getting excited and you KNOW Doctor Who will be on the channel shortly after it airs! (btw I hid a little easter egg in the thumbnail, its pretty obvious for observant Whovians as well! lol think 5x1!)

[@stephensheridan1279]

@@DFQreactsis it the Crack from the Matt Smith era? 😉 the Crack’s in the skin of the Universe!

[@stephensheridan1279]

I’m getting so pumped for the Anniversary specials! Also, have you seen Tales from the TARDIS?

[@DFQreacts]

@@stephensheridan1279 NO! I'm staying far away from anything Doctor Who related until it comes out! I think I may have been one of the only reactors who absolutely didn't know David was coming back, so I'll keep it like that lol (but boy is it torture! lol)

[@DFQreacts]

@@stephensheridan1279 ding ding ding! lol

[@blahblahblahSPLASH]

one of my favorite episodes!!!!! D'arcy Carden is incredible

[@DFQreacts]

definitely an episode that let her really stretch her talents!

[@knowledge-girl]

You can split the brain in half if you cut the corpus callosum, the network of nerves between the two hemispheres, but it wouldn't change the personality. What it does is change how a person responds to stimuli. You could hold a piece of cardboard between the eyes and then display something funny to one of the eyes. The person might laugh and not know why because the communication network has been removed.

[@DFQreacts]

oh wow that's crazy! And you definitely live up to your name! haha!

[@sarahrodrigues4936]

My headcanon with the “Jasom” tattoo is that it’s actually spelled correctly but it’s in cursive and Jason doesn’t know how to read it

[@DFQreacts]

...you know what? I second that headcanon!

[@liharin2975]

Always excited to see your beautiful face in my feed The episode was great (no surprises there, the show is hilarious)

[@liharin2975]

Oh my gosh D'arcy Carden is AWESOME

[@DFQreacts]

aw thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Just a heads up I'll be off next week to watch and prep a new show and also to start Season 4 of The Good Place, so 3x10 will drop in 2 weeks!

[@DFQreacts]

in every episode!

[@jamesjones7526]

I don't think Og got into the good place. He only had 10,000 points when he died. Also, Jason-Janet pretending to be Eleanor-Janet is my favorite Janet (so far).

[@DFQreacts]

I wonder where the starting point for allowing into the good place started then? Maybe that first act is what set the bar at 10,000 points and the more good stuff done increased those point totals to the insurmountable number they currently have? And ya, having to play an actor, playing and actor playing an actor would have to be tough! lol

[@victorsixtythree]

If no one has made it into the Good Place in over 500 years...does that mean that in all that time Mindy St. Clair came the closest (the Good Place and the Bad Place were fighting for who should get her)? Has she been the best person on Earth in the last 500 years? Whoa.

[@DFQreacts]

uhhhhhhhhhhh......how had I not thought of that! She's almost as trashbag as Eleanore (probably more with her coke and porn addiction lol) and SHE was the closest in 500 years....HOW!? The world obviously didn't change for the better because of her charity! lol Amazing catch!

[@dalton6173]

If you want to know something truly freaky, people with multiple personality disorder now known as disassociative identity disorder... Occasionally and I do mean very rarely but often enough to wear it is proven to be something that is real, the most popular example was an individual where none of their personalities would test positive for diabetes except for one personality which had diabetes. It wasn't their primary personality either. That's with the brain fully connected although be it with plenty of childhood trauma and there are other instances where it's something beneficial like a personality will they're develop or surface or whatever that knows a language or a skill that you and none of your personalities have ever done any research into at all. They will have vast amounts of knowledge about this topic that you have never actually encountered in your daily life. Like there's one thing if you start speaking the bits of French or whatever that you've actually heard versus speaking it fluently. There are even cases of people having brain injuries where they just switched languages completely and entirely like they can no longer speak their native language. They still think in their native language however when they speak it comes out as the language that they have adopted due to the brain injury.

[@DFQreacts]

I kinda went down this rabbit hole with Moon Knight (as that show is primarily about DID), but for multiples to arise and having only one have Diabetes and the others dont...does the brain turn off the pancreas' ability to produce insulin? THAT is something I've never heard before, but is so fascinating! I have heard of the language thing, which is astonishing enough, but that diabetes thing really stumps me! lol

[@RonLarhz]

Btw, orphan black Echoes is out already. Not liking it. I don't think there's continuity. And I can't find any information on the cast. Idk if Felix is the same actor or not.

[@DFQreacts]

ooh watch out for spoilers for people not watching yet! i'm going to be starting it soon though!

[@archcollie5708]

Hey old friend. You're looking well. Loved this ep of TGP. D' Arcy is brilliant. Yes, I just finished ep 2 of Echoes, and... no spoilers, but the credits do show Jordan Gavaris is back, as is Kira Manning. Tell me when you are starting, and I'll hop on board the DFQ/ Echoes train. Hoot, Hoot! Cheers.

[@DFQreacts]

@@archcollie5708 ARCH!!! I'm about half through right now and was SHOCKED at seeing Felix again! lol but uhm...spoilers! lol (soon) But its great to hear from you again! Hope you've been well!

[@tahimwaicij]

letsss go im first

[@DFQreacts]

and here's your reward: [error loading $1,000,000 prize. Shredding Money. Self Destruct.] lol

[@tahimwaicij]

@@DFQreacts hahahaha great one😄

[@tommygilbreath]

Damn bruh, you obviously watched the episode before reacting 😞 #unsubscribe

[@DFQreacts]

no? why would you think that?