Ch. 40: D’Arcy Carden, Actress | Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Actress | Andrew Law, Writer

The Good Place: The Podcast

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4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place’s D’Arcy Carden (Janet), Kirby Howell-Baptiste

(Simone) and writer Andrew Law shoot the shirt with host Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn). In this Season 4 premiere episode, they talk about how the writers’ room approached breaking the story for the final season, the calming presence of director Drew Goddard and Kristen Bell’s nuanced performance as Eleanor playing the architect. They also discuss the incredible performances of the actors playing the new humans in the neighborhood, D’Arcy’s impressive range as a stressed-out Janet, the many jokes that hit the cutting room floor and many more behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes.

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0:00.0	Hi there.
0:06.0	Hello Janet. Welcome everyone to season four of The Good Place, The Podcast.
0:12.0	Janet and I are thrilled to bring you this new episode.
0:15.0	Psych, it's bad Janet, you fecal flumes.
0:19.0	Guys, why do you keep giving me bad Janet for these intro?
0:23.0	I really feel like this is more in Good Janet's wheelhouse.
0:27.0	Guys, guys, Mark.
0:30.0	They're podcast producers Michael, they don't care.
0:33.0	They'll make you do the most humiliating things imaginable
0:36.0	as long as they get their sweet, sweet downloads.
0:40.0	Fine, fine. Let's just keep moving.
0:43.0	This episode is brought to you by Skidmarks.
0:47.0	No, no, it's not. Let's just start the show.
0:58.0	Welcome to The Good Place, The Podcast. I'm Mark of Injaxon. I play Sean.
1:02.0	Today we begin our conversation about the show's final season.
1:05.0	Specifically season four, episode one, chapter 40,
1:08.0	a girl from Arizona, part one, co-written by Andrew Law and Cassia Miller,
1:12.0	directed by Drew Goddard, including guest cast Luke Golden, Brandon Scott Jones,
1:16.0	Josh Seagull, Bomba John Bomba, J.M. Williamson, Rachel Winfrey, Ben Koldike,
1:21.0	Jason Menzucis, Mary Beth Monroe, and Maya Rudolph.
1:25.0	Eleanor and the gang meet the two new afterlife test subjects,
1:28.0	an egotistical nightmare named Brent, and an unassuming boring woman named Linda.
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