The Good Place 3x12 "Chidi Sees The Time-Knife" Episode Review
Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.
Yeah. You read that right. Chidi sees the forkin’ time-knife! The Good Place explores how hard it is to be a good person on Earth. The show takes us to IHOP, the inter-dimensional hole of pancakes. The setting was tripping me out, and the shift to the actual IHOP enhanced the dialogue and the acting to such extremes, it was like a game of theater improv.
The main plot of the episode is Michael convincing The Judge how hard life is on Earth, and that the point system can’t calculate for it. Michael fails to convince her, but then Jason swooped in to save the day. I was waiting for laughs whenever Jason does anyway, but I listened and he was making sense… the story about Jason and Big Noodle is beautiful and inspiring.
Never change, Jason. Never change.
The brief scene of The Judge visiting Earth was spot-on. Her time there convinces The Judge of the flaws in the system. She summons Shawn (Bad Place leader), wanting to hear his opinion in the situation. Then Chidi has an idea, but forgetting they weren’t in the real International House of Pancakes. He sees the time-knife and is saved by Janet. That was incredibly funny.
But Chidi’s idea is to repeat the experiment with four different humans. Not the experiment from the beginning of the season, but the Neighborhood experiment that jump started the series. This leads everyone to the Medium Place as the setting of the experiment.
Janet reunites with Derek, her ex-boyfriend, who has been getting smarter with every reboot. They also work together to create more “Janet babies” to be the NPCs of the Neighborhood. I can see why Jason was jealous of the two. What an interesting love triangle.
Michael designs the neighborhood, but Shawn gets to choose the humans for the experiment. He has to select humans who are similar to the original four: Eleanor, Jason, Tahani, and Chidi. The Judge declares Michael isn’t allowed to reboot the Neighborhood but can adjust it accordingly.
Best part is the Clown House is back. Eleanor and Chidi are living there together as boyfriend-girlfriend. What can possibly go wrong?
The pressure getting Michael to freak out RIGHT before the first human wakes up. Eleanor may be forced to step up as leader. OH forkin’ shirt balls, this is getting insane. Let’s see what happens next week!