"Janet(s)" is the tenth episode of the third season of The Good Place. Written by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan and directed by Morgan Sackett, it originally aired on NBC on December 6, 2018. The episode sees Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason accidentally transformed into versions of Janet, all played by D'Arcy Carden (pictured). Meanwhile, Michael (Ted Danson) and the real Janet (Carden) investigate if the afterlife system that sorts good and bad acts has been manipulated. Rehearsals for the episode began earlier than usual so Carden could learn to play the other characters. The episode required more visual effects than previous episodes. "Janet(s)" was watched by 2.58 million Americans in its original broadcast and was well received by critics; Carden's performance was widely praised. Themes covered include the meaning of the self, which the writers had studied in preparation. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for writing and won a Hugo Award.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1846:

Mexican–American War: American and Mexican forces clashed at the Battle of San Pasqual, a series of skirmishes near San Diego, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pasqual

1912:

The Nefertiti Bust, listed among the "Top 10 Plundered Artifacts" by Time, was found in Amarna, Egypt, before being taken to Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust

1956:

At the Melbourne Olympics, 14-year-old swimmer Sandra Morgan became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Morgan

1988:

Self-government was granted to the Australian Capital Territory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

winding: 1. gerund of wind 2. The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing. 3. (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns. 4. (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting form. 5. Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism. 6. Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device. 7. (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness. 8. (obsolete, music) A variation in a tune. 9. Something wound around another thing. 10. (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer. 11. (lutherie) Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”) 12. (obsolete) 13. A decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists. 14. (except dialectal) Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner. 15. Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner. 16. Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form. 17. Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral. 18. (figurative) Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout. 19. (obsolete) 20. Flexible, pliant. 21. (figurative) Morally crooked; crafty, shifty. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/winding

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Matter is the creation of the mind, not the reverse. Our entire world is thought, not wood and stone. We learn to think or reflect upon the thoughts, which the Thinker of the world, invisible, yet everywhere visible, has first thought. What we see, hear, taste, and feel, is all within us, not without. Sugar is not sweet, we are sweet. The sky is not painted blue, we are blue. Nothing is large or small, heavy or light, except as to ourselves. Man is the measure of all things, as an ancient Greek philosopher asserted; and man has inferred, discovered, and named matter.   --Max Müller https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_M%C3%BCller