recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
John Wheaton

**John Wheaton** is a character on *The Good Place*, portrayed by Brandon Scott Jones.

## Character

John is "Subject One" of the four humans selected for the experiment. He was a blogger during his life and used to write gossip columns about Tahani Al-Jamil. When he arrives in The Afterlife, he seems fascinated by Janet's knowledge and pesters her for celebrity gossip.

John's sexual orientation appears to be gay or bisexual, as he has stated that when he died he pumped his face full of Juvederm, and that his ex-boyfriend will be jealous. He has also hooked up with Alexander the Great (he states it was more like “Alexander the Fine”).

At the start of the experiment he cares far too much about gossip and spreads it a lot, which results in hurting many people involved in his stories, but by the end of the experimental year he had improved with the help of Tahani and his afterlife friends.

By the end of the series he had improved enough to enter The Good Place, where he says goodbye to Tahani when she considers going through The Last Door, and he also tells her about his hookup with Alexander the Great.

He owned a celebrity gossip site called "The Gossip Toilet", which he says has millions of followers, although he could have been lying to make it sound more impressive.

John's cause of death is unknown.

## Trivia

* John is part of LGBTQ+, most likely gay.
* He has hooked up with Alexander the Great.
* He owned a website called The Gossip Toilet, which he claims to have had millions of followers before he died.
* According the Matt the accountant's calculations, John improved the most during the experiment, reaching 42%.
Wampus

**Wampus** was one of the four houses at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in North America. It was named after the magical creature of the same name.

Wampus house is sometimes considered to represent the body of a witch or wizard. It is also said that Wampus favours warriors.

## Notable Alumni

* Webster Boot, who founded and named the House after his favourite animal.

## On **Florielsand** Years

A Wampus student once joined the Genewizard Tournament on Florielsand , named Padma Rich , and came third with 101 mission points .
Chapter 44: Employee Of The Bearimy

## Employee Of The Bearimy

*Demon Con*

**Chapter 44: Employee Of The Bearimy** is the 5th episode of Season 4 of *The Good Place*.

## Plot

Michael and Jason create a plan. Eleanor learns firsthand the difficulties of running the neighborhood.

## Summary

In the bad place, Vicky (in a Michael suit) is torturing good Janet by discussing actions while Demon Con starts up. During Demon Con Shawn suggested that Jason (who Shawn thought was Glenn in a Jason suit) should torture good Janet, and to get good Janet out from the Bad Place, Michael asks for extra "torture time" but instead to get Janet out of the Bad Place. Michael then explains how torture is wrong and how humans can get better, and as Rufus tries to get Janet back, Michael uses a Demon Exploder that Jason had the whole time to explode Rufus and then Vicky, allowing Janet, Jason and Michael to make a clean getaway out of the Bad Place.

Michael and Jason infiltrate The Bad Place to save Janet. They pretend to be Vicky and Glenn on stage with Shawn at Demon Con, until the real Vicky arrives. Michael explodes Vicky and another demon as they make their escape. Meanwhile, back in The Medium Place, Derek struggles to keep the neighbourhood and all the Janet babies functioning without Janet. Eleanor and Tahani attempt to corral the four humans, to distract them from the glitching-out neighbourhood. Tahani tries to prove that she can do more than throw parties and convinces Derek to reboot himself, which causes all the Janet babies to collapse. Eleanor reassures Tahani that her skillset is vitally important in their mission.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet/Bad Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael/Vicky as Michael**
**Recurring Cast**

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn**
Jason Mantzoukas as **Derek**
Kirby Howell-Baptiste as **Simone Garnett**
Brandon Scott Jones as **John Wheaton**
Ben Koldyke as **Brent Norwalk**
**Guest Starring**

Tiya Sircar as **Vicky**
**Co-Starring**

Patrick Cox as **Rufus**
Joe Mande as **Toddrick Hemple**
Deb Hiett as **Wanda**
Chad Guerrero as **Phil**
## Trivia

* Many of the photos displayed on the Employee of the Bearimy wall are also featured in Parks and Rec as the wall of former city council members. Both shows were created/written by Michael Schur.
* The sign at the entrance to the bad place reads "You are now entering the bad place. Population your Mom."
* Shawn, the most evil of demonic torturers in hell, disparagingly refers to the tone-deaf video by Kevin Spacey of Christmas Eve 2018 - since then, two further such self-serving messages have followed, for the 2019 & 2020 festivities.
* The episode's ending gag regarding Nick Foles breaking his clavicle was dubbed in during post-production: the real-life Nick Foles' injury occurred after filming ended.

## Gallery

1. ↑ Decider: "Jason Mendoza Learning About Nick Foles Perfectly Captures The Highs & Lows of Sports Fandom."
Donkey Doug

*You may also be looking for Doug Forcett or Doug Shellstrop. This article refers to the father of Jason Mendoza.*

## Bio

### Nickname(s)

Donkey Doug
Donkey Dad

## Relationships

### Family

Jason Mendoza (son)
Tahani Al-Jamil (daughter-in-law)

## Production

### Last seen

Chapter 52: Whenever You're Ready

❝ *When I had Jason, I was 18 years old. In many ways, Jason raised me just as much as I raised him. So, thanks for being a great dad, son!* ❞
—Donkey Doug to Jason at his farewell party.[src]
**Doug "Donkey Doug" Mendoza** is a minor character that appears in Season 3 and Season 4 of *The Good Place*.

## History

He was mentioned by Jason multiple times in previous seasons. He briefly appears in *Chapter 28: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 2**.* He later appeared in *Chapter 32: The Ballad of Donkey Doug*, where it is revealed that he is Jason's father. He's last seen in Chapter 52: Whenever You're Ready giving a toast to Jason. He had Jason when he was 18 years old. Jason's mother died of cancer when Jason was young. His relationship with his son is more like a friendship than an actual father and son. He committed many crimes, such as robbery and vandalization, but was probably never caught. He made it into the good place and spoke at Jason's farewell ceremony about how great of a dad he [Jason] was. He finishes his statement with "Thanks for being a great dad, son!"

## Trivia

* Donkey Doug is *The Good Place*'s third character named Doug (the first two being Doug Shellstrop and Doug Forcett).
* Doug is presumably Filipino, as his son Jason is.
* Despite being Jason's father. he doesn't think of Jason as his son, but instead as his close best friend.
Gloria (student)

*Not to be confused with the Neighborhood 12358W resident of the same name.*

**Gloria** is a student who attempts to befriend the young Eleanor Shellstrop on Eleanor's first day in a new school in a flashback in Chapter 9. And it failed as Eleanor declined her advance as she is flying solo and only be in this school for six months.
Jolivia Oowton-Nohn

**Jolivia Oowton-Nohn** is a character who appeared in Chapter 32: The Ballad of Donkey Doug of The Good Place who was played by Emily O'Meara.

Jolivia works at French-Pressing Nemo Café where Chidi breaks up with Simone. She begins interrupting and then hands the shift over to Helmut Deutschermann.

## Trivia

* Her name is a spoonerism of Australian actress Olivia Newton-John.
6,000-foot-tall Fire Squid (Demon Type)

❝ *I'm a fire squid... a 6,000-foot tall fire squid. I have tentacles. There's teeth everywhere. I'm on fire, and my neck is long. And there's a smell and lots of juice. There's so much juice, Eleanor.* ❞
—Michael to Eleanor discussing his true form

❝ *"Goodbye fire squid. Hello silver fox!"* ❞
—Janet to Michael after revealing he is going to become a human

## Information

All demons from the The Bad Place have a natural, demonic form underneath their human skin suits. The 6,000ft tall fire squid is a type of demon.

Michael's demonic form is a fire squid. Michael is embarrassed and ashamed of his fire squid form, viewing it as disgusting and forbidding his friends from ever seeing him in that manner.

After Michael became a human, his fire squid form ceased to exist, as his human appearance became his true and only form.

## Known Types of Demon

Michael states that there are stages of demon growth, and that they cannot die other than retirement. If demons are blasted into goo, such as Vicky and Glenn were, they will slowly reform over the course of a few months. According to Michael, the stages of demon growth are as follows:

1) larva,

2) slug monster,

3) spooky little girl,

4) teenage boy,

5) giant ball of tongues,

6) social media CEO,

7) demon.

The "demon" stage is the final form, which dwells below the demon's skin suits, and can take several known forms. Michael is a fire squid, and Vicky has stated she is an acid snake. It is unknown how many forms of demons there are, or who any other demon characters such as Gayle, Bambajahn, Trevor, and Chet really are.
Chapter 17: Team Cockroach

## Team Cockroach

**Chapter 17: Team Cockroach** is the 4th episode of Season 2 of *The Good Place*.

## Plot

Michael proposes an alliance with the humans, who struggle to come to collective decision.

## Summary

Michael has come to make a deal with the humans, seeking an alliance. He details his plan - he will reboot the neighborhood but secretly leave their memories intact, and they will feign ignorance; if they refuse, Michael asserts they will again detect the ruse, Vicky will expose him, and the humans will be remanded to traditional, hellish torture, while Michael himself will be retired and burned eternally. Michael also claims he can get the four and himself into the real Good Place.

Chidi agrees quickly, accepting that his work on ethics in life was unsuccessful. Jason is oblivious, but Michael's bow tie earns his trust. Tahani insists she belongs in the Good Place, but concedes after Michael helps her remember how she died - she was crushed by a statue of her sister Kamilah that she tried to pull down after getting angry over getting upstaged again, demonstrating Tahani's self-obsession.

Eleanor initially plans to flee to Mindy's house, but accedes to Michael's plan after Michael informs her that Chidi never refused to help her when she asked for it.

Eleanor adds a condition: Michael must participate in Chidi's ethics classes. Even though Michael sees humans as "cockroaches", he agrees. The neighborhood is rebooted, with Vicky taking on the role of the top point earner and honorary mayor. The humans and Michael meet in secret and are joined by Janet, whose programming compels her to make humans happy; thus, she will support the only real humans present.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet/Bad Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring Cast**

Tiya Sircar as **Vicky**
**Guest Starring**

Rebecca Hazlewood as **Kamilah Al-Jamil**
**Co-Starring**

Joanna Sotomura as **Véronique**
## Trivia

* Attempt #782 was the longest attempt at 11 months, while Attempt #556 was the shortest attempt at 8 seconds.
* The way Tahani died is revealed.
Gwendolyn

**Gwendolyn** is an Immortal Being who works at the Good Place Correspondence Center. She is very cheery, amicable, and rather naive.

## History

Even when Michael and the others tell her very unconvincing lies, she believes them. She tells Michael exactly how to contact the Good Place committee even though he's not allowed to.

She admits she is happy to have them around. When it's revealed that they were lying, she tries to shake her fist but ends up waving instead. Despite being hurt by it, she still gives them a warm goodbye, glad to have met them.
Officer K. Ramirez

**Officer K. Ramirez** is a character in The Good Place who appears in Chapter 27 and Chapter 28. She is played by Lisandra Tena.

Officer Ramirez is a police officer. Jason proposes to Officer Ramirez as she is arresting him to avoid being arrested. He assumes her name is "K." She declines. Jason explains that he only did it to pay for his dance company's rehearsal space, and she sarcastically replies that they only arrest people who have a reason for robbery.
Jozsef Müvészember

**József Művészember** is a character who appears in Chapter 33: A Fractured Inheritance of The Good Place played by Peter Katona.

József is a Hungarian man who attends Kamilah Al-Jamil's art exhibition in Budapest with Istvan Művészi Ember-Barátja. They appear to be mega fans of Kamilah, gushing over everything Kamilah does and giving her credit for everything they like and being critical of Tahani when things go wrong.

## Trivia

* "Művészember" roughly means an "artist man" in Hungarian, and "Művészi Ember-Barátja" roughly means an "artistic man-friend".
Janet Babies

**Janet Babies** are a creation made by Janet and Derek. They were created to make a more realistic environment in Michael's Neighborhood Improvement Experiment. They were first introduced in season 3 episode 11 "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife". There are about 314 Janet Babies around the Neighborhood, but theres only two known Janet Babies, Wanda and Daphne.

Daphne is the first member of Michael's Second Neighborhood to be created by Janet and the only one made without the assistance of Derek.Wanda is one of the Janet Babies created by Janet and Derek for Michael's Neighborhood Improvement Experiment.
Fred Booth

**Fred Booth** is a one-off character in Chapter 31: Jeremy Bearimy. He is played by Ben Guerens.

Eleanor finds his wallet at the Drinking Nemo bar, and goes to his house to return it to him. Fred shows her a picture which his daughter made for him, which prompts Eleanor to realise that even if she cannot get into the Good Place, she can still improve people's lives on Earth.
Betsy

**Betsy** is a character appearing in flashbacks in the series *The Good Place*. She was one of Eleanor Shellstrop's co-workers, but the two had a somewhat belligerent relationship, despite Betsy's efforts to be friendly toward her, such as inviting her along on nights out drinking (Eleanor accepted, but always shirked the responsibility of being designated driver), and bringing her a cake on her birthday (which Eleanor turned down flat). She kicked Eleanor out of designated driving and tried to make sure that she couldn't cheat the system beforehand.
Chapter 42: Chillaxing

## Chillaxing

**Chapter 42: Chillaxing** is the 3rd episode of Season 4 of *The Good Place*.

## Plot

**SPOILERS AHEAD!**Michael and Eleanor's plan to get Chidi to teach ethics to the rest of the group, but they discovered it went more than great when they see them happy and relaxed. To stop Chidi from chillaxing, they ask him to add Jianyu to his class; but Chidi will learn that Jianyu is Jason and will successfully get him to panic about the new situation.

Michael and Eleanor see that Chidi has gotten complacently happy in the Afterlife, so they have Jason reveal his true dirtbag self in order to give Chidi stressful ethical decisions. Eleanor discovers she's gone too far and is actually angry at Chidi for leaving her. Meanwhile, Tahani attempts to help John improve by giving him the upper class lifestyle he envied on Earth, as well as harsh truths about his gossip column. She later realises John just needs a real friend and true human connection.

## Summary

Eleanor and Michael believe their ace in the hole, especially in dealing with Brent, is Chidi, whose academic ethical center should be able to get through to anyone. However, they find that Chidi is so relaxed, unlike they've ever seen him, so much so not to care what anyone else thinks or does, including Brent. They think they know what is causing Chidi's relaxed mentality, and take a play out of the Bad Place playbook to get back the Chidi they need, that play requiring the assistance of one of their own who is generally not of much help: Jason. Meanwhile, Tahani wants to befriend John by bringing him into her world of the life of the rich and famous, a life and her he had outwardly criticized on Earth on social media but which she believes he secretly wanted to be a part of, the reason for his criticisms. That may be the case, but whether the tactic will get him to the point of listening to everything she has to tell him about becoming a "better" person is the question.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring Cast**

Brandon Scott Jones as **John Wheaton**
**Guest Starring**

Sheila Carrasco as **Matilda**

## Trivia

* At the Luau, one of the women in the neighborhood throws her magic rock into the fire and she gets what she most desires which is her childhood turtle named "Shell Turtlestein". In Modern Family (2008), Rico Rodriguez's character owned a turtle of the same name.
* Eleanor mentions "a car you can key or a house you can Left Eye Lopes". In 1994 Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes got into an argument with her rich football star lover, Andre Rison, and burned down his house. Lopes later claimed she simply meant to burn a few of Rison's shoes, not the entire house.
Bambadjan Bamba

**Bambadjan Bamba** is an Ivorian actor who plays Bambadjan in The Good Place.

Bambadjan was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and moved to the United States at the age of 10, living in the Bronx, NY and Richmond, VA. He recently admitted that he was an undocumented immigrant. He attended the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He helped to found the Sacred Drum Company.

In addition to The Good Place, he is known for his roles in *Consequences*, *Reality*, *Grey's Anatomy, The Sopranos,* and *Black Panther.*

His character is one of the torturers in Michael's original 'Bad Place'.

His character has the same name as him.
Istvan Müvészi Ember-Baråtja

**Istvan Müvészi Ember-Baråtja** is a character who appears in Chapter 33: A Fractured Inheritance of The Good Place played by Peter Katona.

Istvan is a Hungarian man who attends Kamilah Al-Jamil's art exhibition in Budapest with Jozsef Müvészember. They appear to be mega fans of Kamilah, gushing over everything Kamilah does and giving her credit for everything they like and being critical of Tahani when things go wrong.

## Trivia

* "Müvészember" roughly means an "artist man" in Hungarian, and "Müvészi Ember-Baratja" roughly means an "artist man friend".
Jameela Jamil

**Jameela Jamil** is an English television and radio presenter, activist, and model. *The Good Place* was her first professional acting role. She received the role when she moved to Los Angeles, California after a breast cancer scare that inspired her to quit her job at the BBC, leave her boyfriend, and leave the UK. She plays Tahani Al-Jamil on *The Good Place*.

## Career

**Jameela Jamil** is a British actress, radio presenter, model, writer and activist. She is also known for her activism work, particularly in advocating for body positivity.

## Trivia

* The Good Place was Jameela's first professional acting job
* Jameela was diagnosed with cancer when she was 28 years old
* She was a TV Host and a DJ before The Good Place started

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `Imdb`
Joint Council of Afterlife Affairs

The **Joint Council of Afterlife Affairs** was a temporary council established in Chapter 52 to keep tabs on the revised system of the Afterlife. It was disbanded after the success of the new system.

## Members

* Judge Gen (*chairperson*)
* Michael (*Good Place* *representative*)
* Drew (*Good Place* *representative*)
* Shawn (*Bad Place* *representative*)
* Vicky (*Bad Place* *representative*)
* Chidi Anagonye (*human* *representative*)
* Janet
Beadie

❝ *My name is Beadie, I'm from the Good Place and welcome to your first day in the afterlife.*  ❞
—Beadie in a video recording to Mindy St. Claire.

**Beadie** is a character in *The Good Place* and is portrayed by Mele Ihara.

## History

Beadie is an Immortal Being from The Good Place. Little is known about Beadie. Notably, she was The Good Place representative that welcomed Mindy St. Claire to The Medium Place, alongside Trevor, who represented The Bad Place.

Later on, after the Afterlife was redesigned, Beadie became a test designer. She was shown working alongside Glenn.

## Trivia

* Beadie appears to not be on the Good Place's Committee, despite being a representative for the Good Place to other Realms.
* It is implied that Eternal Beings are incapable reproducing. Trevor asks Beadie if she is pregnant, to which she irritably responds that that is not possible.
* Beadie was the first true Good Place angel seen in the show, as Chapter 13: Michael’s Gambit reveals that Michael is actually a demon.
* Beadie takes her antimatter with nondairy neutrinos.
Chapter 18: Existential Crisis

## Existential Crisis

**Chapter 18: Existential Crisis** is the fifth episode of Season 2 of NBC’s The Good Place.

## Plot

Tahani throws a dinner party to impress while Chidi makes headway in teaching Michael ethics. Eleanor and Jason both have to lend a hand when things don't go as planned.

## Summary

When Chidi realizes that Michael's immortality prevents him from being able to engage with human ethics, he tells Michael to consider how it would really feel if he were to undergo the possibility of his existence ending through "retirement". Michael becomes paralyzed with horror when he grasps the concept of death, experiencing an existential crisis. Eleanor calls Chidi out for "breaking" Michael, but Chidi argues it gets Michael to truly understand the human perspective of things and asks her to consider her own formative experiences with the concept of death. Eleanor recalls an incident in her childhood when her pet dog died (which was her mother Donna's fault, as she'd left the dog locked in the car on a hot day, causing it to suffocate, and Donna callously told Eleanor not to get sad over it because she didn't want to deal with it) and the day of her father's funeral; she resents the fact that she never had a loving family that was there for her emotionally. To avoid arousing any suspicion from the other demons, Eleanor tells Michael ignore his existential dread by pushing it down.

Meanwhile, Tahani is tortured by having her birthday party for Gunnar overshadowed by an extravagant one planned by Vicky; Tahani is miserable despite knowing Vicky's plan and laments her character flaws that enable such superficial problems to affect her. At the same time, Michael arrives to the party, where it turns out Eleanor's advice has caused him to replace his existential crisis with a stereotypical midlife crisis, which includes him dressing up in flashy suits, driving a fancy sports car, getting a tattoo, and having Janet pose as his vacuous trophy wife. Chidi determines this is less psychologically productive.

At the end, Eleanor explains to Michael that sadness over death is intrinsic to humanity; he thanks her, and Chidi decides their studies can move forward. Jason praises Tahani and tells her she's a good person who throws amazing events, and they sleep together; both enjoy it, but Tahani wants to talk about it afterward while Jason is oblivious.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring Cast**

Tiya Sircar as **Vicky**
**Guest Starring**

Leslie Grossman as **Donna Shellstrop**
Steve Berg as **Gunnar**
Marques Tay as **Quinston Timeclock**
**Co-Starring**

Noelle E. Parker as **Young Eleanor**
Drew Brooks as **Samuel**
Doc Farrow as **Greg**
Tom Beyer as **Doug Shellstrop**
## Trivia

* 4.05 Million viewers
* At one point, Michael puts on an expression very similar to the figure in Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. This is *probably* deliberate on the part of Ted Danson and the creative team.
Ken

**Ken** is a minor character briefly seen in Chapter 52. He is portrayed by Kurt Braunohler.

Ken accidentally receives a letter in the mail addressed to Michael Realman, but lacks the motivation to deliver it to the correct address, so he throws it away; however, just afterward, a small piece of Eleanor's essence hits him, and he returns the letter.
Lynyrd Skynyrd High School

**Lynyrd Skynyrd High School** was a school in northeast Jacksonville where Jason Mendoza received his high school education. The school consisted of several tugboats tied together in a junkyard. At the school, many have said that the students mostly went door to door selling dirty magazines as one of the classes. Jason referred to it as a big booty Latina school where Jason would receive daily sloppy toppy from his uncle Ben. He said with great slop comes great cum shots. -BBC INCORPORATING
Part 1: The Mission

**Part 1: The Mission** is the first episode of *The Selection*.

## Synopsis

*Shawn (Marc Evan Jackson) and his demon cohorts plot to destroy Michael's (Ted Danson) new neighborhood. In "Part 1: The Mission," Shawn gets the demons briefed on their mission.*

## Cast

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn**
Bambadjan Bamba as **Bambadjan**
Amy Okuda as **Gayle**
Jama Williamson as **Val**
Josh Siegal as **Glenn**
## Video

The Selection, Part 1 The Mission - The Good Place (Digital Exclusive)
Michael's Experiments

**Michael's Experiments** are a series of experiments Michael has performed over the duration of the show to test and validate viable methods to reshape the Afterlife. Because Michael was an innovative thinker, he had always believed that there have been better methods to apply to the Afterlife. While initially the experiments were designed to improve methods of torture, Michael began to experiment with ways to improve the moral functioning of both the Afterlife and the Universe as a whole.

## Michael's Psychological Torture Experiment

Michael's first experiment, the creation of Neighborhood 12358W, was an experiment to prove that "the human Afterlife can be more fun–for us, obviously, not for the people we're torturing!". His experiment sought to create an afterlife where the humans would torture each other psychologically for thousands of years. It also allowed the Architects to remain within the Bad Place neighborhood, so as to create a more enjoyable experience for them. He tried this experiment 802 times before giving up.

## Michael's Earth Improvement Experiment

Michael's second experiment sought to prove that the human afterlife was fundamentally flawed because it did not allow for the chance of human improvement. He convinced Gen to allow him to start up a new timeline in which the humans never died. However, Michael's tampering made the experiment invalid. He and Janet fled the Afterlife, so that the six of them were on the run from both The Neutral Zone and The Bad Place.

## Michael's Afterlife Improvement Experiment

Michael's third experiment, sanctioned by Gen, recreated the setting of the first experiment. However, his goal this time was to improve four new humans (which would be sent from The Bad Place, on the condition that they had similar point totals to each of the four humans). The experiment was suggested by Chidi in the IHOP after he saw the Time-Knife. Despite The Bad Place attempting to sabotage the experiment, Gen ultimately ruled in favor of Michael in the end, as it proved that humans were capable of improving even after they die on earth.
Antonio

## Bio

**Antonio** is a minor recurring character in the series *The Good Place*.

## History

He first appears in Chapter 2 as the friend of Gunnar, when both of them are very excited to be picking up trash.

After Chapter 13 it is revealed that he, like all inhabitants of Neighborhood 12358W except for Tahani Al-Jamil, Eleanor Shellstrop, Jason Mendoza, Chidi Anagonye and Janet are torturers from the Bad Place.
Donna Shellstrop

**Donna Shellstrop** is Eleanor Shellstrop's mother.

## History

**Donna Shellstrop** was once married to Doug Shellstrop. She is first seen in a flashback where Eleanor gets her to sign emancipation papers. She is not a very good person, as she forgot Eleanor's birthday at least once.

She and Doug are the reason Eleanor is so selfish as they taught Eleanor that she always needs to put herself first in order to survive. She is responsible for the death of Eleanor's dog Max.

During the funeral of her ex-husband, she crashed and hit on her daughter's boyfriend. She faked her death after getting drunk, bidding $30,000 for a date with Gene Simmons (outbidding everyone else by $29,800), and not wanting to pay up. Some time later, she moved to Nevada as Diana Tremaine, where she met Dave Katterttrune and they quickly got together. She told him about who she really was.

She moved in with him and his daughter Patricia, and despite changing for the better, she still kept a stash of money in case she needed to run away. Eleanor and Michael arrived to discover that she seemed to have changed for the better despite Eleanor's skepticism and intent search for signs Donna hadn't changed.

Shortly after Donna won an election for PTA secretary, Eleanor discovered Donna's stash of money. Eleanor recognized that Donna's redemption hinged on letting go of her exit strategy and committing to her new life. She encouraged her mother to use her escape money for Patricia.

In the finale, she is mentioned by Chidi, when he is telling Eleanor he is ready to go through the door (implying to the audience that Donna is in the afterlife).

## Trivia

* Every time Donna appeared before *Chapter 33: A Fractured Inheritance* where she turned over a new leaf, she was always holding a cocktail.
Kellen

**Kellen** is an Immortal Being who was a member of the Good Place Committee who met with Michael in Chapter 37: The Book Of Dougs. He resigned from his position for saying "Hear, hear!" in response to the Committee's decision to investigate Michael's case without having submitted a memorandum prior, as requisite under the rules of the Good Place Committee.
Janets

**This article is a disambiguation page for Janets**

The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.

Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

* **Janet:** A main character of *The Good Place*.
* **Good Janet:** The type of Janet that is used in the The Good Place
* **Bad Janet:** A recurring character, The Bad Place's Janet.
* **Neutral Janet:** A guest character, the Janet for the Accounting Department.
* **Janet (Species):** The species that all Janets are apart of.
* **Janet Warehouse:** The warehouse that produces all Janets.
* **Chapter 36: Janet(s):** An episode of Season 3.
* **Disco Janet:** a unique type of Janet introduced in Season 4.
* **Cats&Dogs Janet:** a unique type of Janet introduced in Season 4
Kamilah Al-Jamil

❝ *Honestly? I don't really think about you.* ❞
—Kamilah to Tahani right before her death

**Kamilah** is a character in The Good Place, played by Rebecca Hazlewood.

## History

**Kamilah** is the humorously overly extraordinary, wunderkind younger sister of Tahani Al-Jamil. She was born in Pakistan and was raised in high society England.

She is very well educated and an exceptionally high achiever.

Due to her many achievements throughout her life and constant praise from her mother and father, Kamilah greatly overshadowed her older sister Tahani—which caused her to resent Kamilah. It is heavily implied that Kamilah has no love for her older sister or anyone else.

At the reading of their parents will Tahani becomes exasperated that her parents spelled her name wrong and says Kamilah can inherit everything.

Right before Tahani's death, Kamilah was at a party celebrating her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, after her debut album, to which she didn't invite her sister Tahani. She states that she thinks Tahani will do better as a cocktail waitress than a relief-worker. Just moments before Tahani died, Kamilah freely admits that she doesn't think about Tahani at all.

Tahani becomes very upset and attempts to pull down the gold statue of her sister resulting in her own death.

However, in **Season 3** it is revealed that Kamilah actually hated the way their parents pitted the two sisters against each other, with the parents remaining a united front. This was reflected in her art exhibition.

## Trivia

* Kamilah is the younger of the two sisters. It is heavily implied that because Kamilah was so extraordinary, (and her parents constant comparison of her to Tahani), Tahani spent her life trying to live up to or exceed those standards, which landed her in the bad place. Later we learn that their parents constantly pitted Kamilah and Tahani against each other, creating their mutal resentment.
* Her first name, Kamilah, means "*Perfect*," in Arabic, a name not only representative of what she is portrayed as, but also in contrast to her sister Tahani, as Tahani means "*Congratulations*," as opposed to Kamilah meaning "*Perfect*."
* Some of Kamilah's achievements include:
	+ *The youngest person to graduate from Oxford University.*
	+ *World class painter.*
	+ *Social activist.*
	+ *Iconoclast.*
	+ *Olympic gold medalist in archery.*
	+ *Grammy award winner for her album.*
	+ *BAFTA award winner for her documentary about her Grammy award winning album.*
	+ *Voted "Most likely to be Banksy."*
	+ *Was offered to be the cover girl for International Sophisticate Magazine.*
	+ *Youngest person ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.*
Doug Forcett

*You may also be looking for Doug Shellstrop or Doug Mendoza, the fathers of Eleanor and Jason. This article refers to the stoner from Calgary who predicted the course of the Afterlife.*

## Doug Forcett

* Present
* Young

## Production

### Portrayed by

Michael McKean (older Doug)
Noah Garfinkel (younger Doug)

### First seen

Chapter 1: Everything is Fine (photograph)
Chapter 35: Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By (in person)

**Douglas "Doug" L. Forcett** is a former stoner from Calgary, who during the 1970s gained fame in the afterlife by making an almost perfectly accurate prediction about its inner workings.

In *Chapter 36: Janet(s)*, it is revealed that Doug's point total is 520,000 – about half the required points to enter The Good Place. Because he was sixty-eight years old.(birth ye ar 1950 or 1949), under the old system Doug would not have been able to accumulate enough points in his lifetime and would have therefore been doomed to spend eternity in The Bad Place.

## History

On October 14, 1972, during a magic mushroom trip, he described to his friend Randy the nature of the afterlife to a surprising degree of accuracy — getting it "*92% correct*," according to Michael.

As a result, he is a celebrity throughout the universe (or at least in the neighborhood setting of the show), and a portrait of him hangs in Michael's office.

In Chapter 35, Michael and Janet visit Doug in Calgary, thinking that he may provide the model for how people can reach the Good Place.

However, they discover that his revelation has led him to a life of solitude and self-sacrifice in which he is terrified to do anything for his own benefit because it may lead to him ending up in the Bad Place.

In the Final Chapter, Doug appears in the Good Place at the age he was in his portrait, eating fried chicken. Other Good Place residents report that he "parties hard". Michael later says that he went through the door.

## Trivia

* Before Doug appeared in person, there was some doubt as to whether he was real, or just a story Michael made up. At one point, Mike Schur explained: "It is canon in our writers’ room, at this moment in time — subject to change — yes, Doug Forcett exists and that story is real." This was eventually made canon by the events of Chapter 35.
* The portrait of a young Doug that hangs in Michael's office is actually a picture of actor/writer Noah Garfinkel, a friend and colleague of *The Good Place* writer/producer Joe Mande.
* In Chapter 35 it is revealed that Doug is actually 68. This is actually the reason he does not have enough points to get into The Good Place; he has accumulated about half the required points.
* Doug predicted how the Afterlife worked exactly a decade before the birth of Eleanor Shellstrop (10/14/72 and 10/14/82).
* Doug once said that the last time he went to donate blood, they ended up giving him more because he had already donated too much.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36: Janet(s)
2. ↑ Schur, Michael Herbert. “Chapter 1: Everything Is Fine.” *The Good Place*, season 1, episode 1, NBC, 19 Sept. 2016.
Jen Statsky

**Jen Statsky** is a writer, producer and actress of *The Good Place*. She portrayed Susan in Chapter 11: What's My Motivation. She was a co-producer for Season 1, a producer of Season 2 and the supervising producer of Season 3. She wrote Chapter 9: ...Someone Like Me as a Member, Chapter 12: Mindy St. Claire, Chapter 14: Everything Is Great! (Part 1), Chapter 24: Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent, Chapter 27: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 1,Chapter 28: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 2 and Chapter 39: Pandemonium.
Michael Schur

**Michael Schur** (born October 29, 1975) is an American television producer, writer, and character actor. Schur is the creator of *The Good Place.* He was a producer and writer for the comedy series *The Office*, and co-created *Parks and Recreation* with *Office* producer Greg Daniels. He created *The Good Place*, co-created the comedy series *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and was a producer on the series *Master of None*. He also played Mose Schrute in *The Office*.
Neutral Janet

❝ *That's a Neutral Janet. She's sort of the black sheep of the Janet world. Or, blank sheep, I guess...* ❞
—Janet to Michael
**Neutral Janet** is a character in The Good Place, played by D'Arcy Carden. Neutral Janet is a Janet designed to be neither pleasant nor unpleasant, but completely neutral, and operates in the Accounting Department.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Teleportation:** As a Janet, they are able to teleport anywhere in a neighbourhood in an instant either at will or when they are called.
* **Omniscience:** Being an anthropomorphized database of information, Neutral Janet has all possible knowledge that both humans and Immortal Beings possess, as well as additional information that most Immortal Beings do not possess.

## Trivia

* There does not appear to be a functioning Neutral Janet in the Medium Place.
* Whenever they talk, they end with "end of conversation."
* Neutral Janet works as a front desk lady in accounting.
* Their void is beige, with an old beige computer as a "search bar "
François Lloyd-Tort

**François Lloyd-Tort** is a character in The Good Place who appears in Chapter 27: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 1 played by Swiss-American actor Andrew Bering.

## History

François knocks on Chidi's office door when Eleanor first arrives to inform him of something in French. It is unclear what François' affiliation with St. John's University is, whether he is a student or another member of staff. He is likely from a French-speaking country.

This is the conversation he has with Chidi:

Français / *English*
FRANÇOIS: T'es prêt, Chidi? / *Are you ready, Chidi?*
CHIDI: Allez-y sans moi, je serai là. / *Go without me, I'll be there.*
FRANÇOIS: D’accord, à tout à l’heure. / *Okay, see you later.*
Payman Benz

Payman Benz (Born January 31, 1978) is a comedy director, producer and writer based in Los Angeles. He's directed a variety of television comedy series including Black Monday, The Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Who is America?, AP Bio and Key & Peele. He Directed *Chapter 4: Jason Mendoza* in *The Good Place* series.
Chapter 48: The Answer

## The Answer

**Chapter 48: The Answer** is the 9th episode of Season 4 of *The Good Place*.

## Plot

With only one hour left to save humanity, Michael is about to resurrect Chidi upon who their entire hopes rest.

## Summary

Michael "resets" Chidi with a snap, causing Chidi to instantaneously re-experience his memories: During his childhood, his arguing parents reconcile after he lectures them against divorce; he becomes convinced that every question has a single correct answer, causing him to develop his indecisiveness. In adulthood, his girlfriend Alessandra breaks up with him over this obsession, and thesis advisers drop him over his lack of emotional perspective and inability to address a single meaningful question.

In The Afterlife, he asks his friends about their motivations: Jason acts on what he thinks is important, Tahani's confidence comes only after learning through failure, and Eleanor rejects rules if she thinks they are wrong. Just before wiping Chidi's memory, Michael admits he used the "soulmate" concept to torture Chidi, but true soulmates are people who choose to do the work of maintaining a relationship.

Chidi writes something on a piece of paper, and gives it to Janet for safekeeping. When he wakes and learns of the situation, he is at peace with the idea that many answers or no answers may exist. He retrieves his note from Janet and opens it, it reads: "There is no 'answer.' But Eleanor is the answer."

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring**

Maya Rudolph as **Judge Gen**
**Guest cast**

Keston John as **Uzo**
Noel Arthur as **Emeka**
Sonya Leslie as **Ndeye**
Tiana Okoye as **Allesandra**
Oliver Muirhead as **Professor Radja**
Kate Berlant as **Esmeralda**
**Co-Starring**

Dax Rey as **Young Chidi**
Che' Tafari as **Young Uzo**
Adinett Nsabimana as **Rokhaya**

## Trivia

* Noel Arthur, who plays Chidi's father, Emeka, is only 3 years older than William Jackson Harper.
* **SPOILERS -** Chidi remarks at Jason and Janet's wedding that he does not believe he will ever be able to walk through a door without knowing what's on the other side. In the final episode of "The Good Place," Chidi is actually the first of the four humans to walk through the door at the end of the afterlife.
Officer Prawnmandler

## Bio

❝ *Jason's dead. He suffocated in that safe. There were no air holes. Plus he did a bunch of whippits*
while he was in there, which couldn't have helped. *❞*

—Officer Prawnmandler breaking the news about Jason's death to Pillboi[src]

**Officer Prawnmadler** is a character who appears in flashback in *Chapter 11* of *The Good Place*.

## History

He arrests Pillboi and breaks the news that Jason Mendoza died in the failed robbery they attempted together.
Operator's Manual: Janet

❝ *Hello, and welcome to your new Janet. Janets are brought to you by the makers of light, darkness, and everything.* ❞
—Janet's user manual

### Author

Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything

### Publisher

The Good Place

The **Operator's Manual** for **Janet** is a booklet detailing the processes and procedures for operating a Good Janet. It is primarily used for activation of Janets and troubleshooting issues that might arise.

The Operator's Manual comes with each Janet, and is stored within the Janet's nasal cavity.

## Activation

Hello, and welcome to your new Janet. Janets are brought to you by the makers of light, darkness, and everything. To activate your Janet, press nose for three seconds.

## Troubleshooting

There are three stages of troubleshooting with Janets.

### Full diagnostic

In the event of malfunction, run the following tests on Janet to rule out minor issues. If you find abnormalities in Janet's corporeal function or summoning/retrieval abilities, a reboot may be in order. If the issue pertains to informational inaccuracy, marbleization may be necessary for the safety of the neighborhood.

#### Basic corporeal function

Firstly, test Janet's basic corporeal function (including, but not limited to, temperature check and blood pressure). Janet's temperature should ideally be just below 99,700,000,000,000 °F, and she should have no blood.

#### Summoning and retrieval

Have Janet produce an object using the random object generator program. The program will produce a highly irregular object, so Janet's success in procuring the object is a sign that she is operating at full capacity.

#### Informational accuracy

Glitches may be a sign that your Janet is processing or disseminating information that is incompatible with objective truth. The effect of these errors will be much lesser if Janet *believes* she is telling the truth, even if it is not; however, if Janet *intentionally* lies, knowing it is not the truth, the impact will be much greater.

If this is the case, marbleization may be a necessary measure for the sake of the residents' safety.

### Rebooting

If your Janet is experiencing difficulties or glitches, or needs to be reset for other reasons, she can be rebooted by pressing a button in a remote corner of the neighborhood.

Approaching said button will trigger a default defense mechanism from Janet herself, a realistic plea for mercy which mimics authentic panic. (This is the only human emotion that Janet is built to have the capacity for.)

### Marbleizing

*Main page: Marbleization*
If Janet is triggering errors or glitches that cause damage to the structural integrity of the neighborhood, she has become a danger to the neighborhood and the residents, and must be rebooted.
Andy

## Bio

**Andy** is a character seen in a flashback to Eleanor's life on Earth in Chapter 3 of The Good Place. He is a local cafe owner exposed as a pervert who inappropriately touches women who apply for jobs there. Eleanor's then-boyfriend Samuel is shocked by this and says Eleanor should stop buying her coffee there, but Eleanor is not concerned.
Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything

The **Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything** are, presumably, a group of Immortal Beings who have existed since before the beginning of the Universe, and the closest thing in The Good Place's universe that can be considered "God-like".

## Creations other than Light and Darkness

The Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything were the confirmed creators of Janets, as specified in the manual. It's unclear if they're responsible for all variations of Janet or just a core template version, or if they created all 25 generations of Janet or just the first generation.

The Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything, may have invented The Afterlife as a way to punish and reward humans, although this has been neither confirmed nor denied.

## Known Individuals

No Maker of Light, Darkness, and Everything has been confirmed to be seen.

Presumably, at least one of the Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything is also a maker of manuals, since Janets come with a manual.

However, Judge Gen may be one of them, as she states that the only thing in existence when she was born was hydrogen. Additionally, Janet also confirmed that Judge Gen was around when light was created.

Neil may also be one of these Makers, as he is the Head of the Accounting Department, and either did or did not have a role in creating it.

Not all Immortal Beings are Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything; as the Janet Manual presumes that Architects are not Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything.
Nurse Pat

## Bio

**Nurse Pat** is a character who appears in *Chapter 27: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 1* of *The Good Place*. She is played by Prudence Vindin.

## History

Nurse Pat takes care of Henry when he severely injures himself attempting to get fit.

Chidi brings Henry blueberry muffins, but Nurse Pat informs him against blueberries since they were picked by exploited migrant workers.

This sends Chidi spiraling back to indecision after realizing the negative impact of his decision.