The Good Place Season 3, Episode 1: All Bonzer Referrals

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"The Good Place" may have returned for a third season with yet another reinvigorated premise, but he still delivered his laughs, his puns and, of course, his Easter eggs. The series is still worthy of a review thanks to basic jokes, hilarious absurdities and other sneaky moods.

In the first two-part series, each of the four experimental subjects at Bad Place sees his life reset at the moment of his death, so that Michael (Ted Danson) can prove to Judge Gen (Maya Rudolph) that a second chance becomes good. people. However, when they all come back, he tries to gather them so that they have the beneficial influence they have on the false good place. (This season also includes the much-loved addition of Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who played Sasha Smith in HBO's Barry and the incredibly candid Elena in BBC America's Killing Eve.)

Seeing that "The Good Place" is on Earth this season, it has reduced the usual deluge of names that seem to be part of the afterlife, but there are still many more jokes to find. "The Good Place" is also full of references to popular culture. So we had to be selective about what is highlighted and assume that most casual mentions – like "The Bachelor" and all revelations of Tahani – I do not need any additional explanation.

Here are the best references and Easter eggs hidden in the first season:

"Everything is Bonzer!"

Each season of "The Good Place" was opened with a similar title. Season 1 started with "Everything Is Fine", while season 2 was completed with "Everything Is Great!" For the third show release, in honor of his installation Down Under, the first episode is entitled "Everything Is Bonzer! "Bonzer" means "excellent" or "first order", which is totally zonkatronic, right?

We cook from ground to bottom

Look, just because Megan Amram, author / co-executive producer / twice very serious Emmy nominee all his food games last season does not mean they are on the menu. (pause to moan) The Chidi (William Jackson Harper) drinks and pastry stand has a name that refers to "Down Under," the 1981 success of Australia's Men at Work. It includes the line "I come from the ground below" and references to vegemite and "chunder", which could be a normal body reaction if you make your blueberry muffin with vegemite. Listen:

Racist Sheriffs

When Eleanor (Kristen Bell) tells Chidi that she is a garbage bag in Arizona, she adds, "Our biggest exports are racist sheriffs and HPV." Although we can not attest to the MTS It was the 36th Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona for 24 years and qualified as "the toughest sheriff in the United States". He is known for his fierce stance against illegal immigration and the US Department of Justice has concluded that Araio is the worst model of racial profiling in the history of the United States in his office.

Yes! Chidi Speaks French

The episode also includes a short interlude in which Chidi briefly speaks French to someone who visits his office. He explains to Eleanor: "I grew up in Senegal, so my mother tongue is French, but I went to American schools. I also speak english, german and greek and latin, in case it would come back.

In "The Good Place" Season 1, it was explained that it seemed to him that everyone spoke French because the neighborhood that Michael created translates everything into the language with which every person is most at home. ;easy. Therefore, when the show resumed in the season 2 finale, fans wanted to know why Chidi was speaking English on Earth, and this show answered this question.

Chocolate book

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Oh if only it was real. The sensation of YouTube, known for its vocals of bass, became a viral sensation in April 2007 with its original song "Chocolate Rain", which now has more than 118 million views. He was able to turn this celebrity into appearances, commercials, parodies, guest voices (like Weezer's "Pork and Beans") and voiceover on "Transformers." It's been more than 10 years since her voice captured people's attention and The Good Place has not forgotten it yet. May his chocolate reign ever end.

Dunkin 'Spiders

One of the people that the demon Shawn (Marc Evan Jackson) punished enters his war room with a pink box marked "Dunkin 'Spiders," a reference to Dunkin'. Donuts, who in real life drops the donuts part of his name.

This deeply terrifying song

As evidence of his truly miserable nature, Shawn asks his assistant to play a "deeply dread" song, which will be Richard Marx's 1989 "Platinum Right Here Waiting" title. Judge by yourself:

burritos

While Eleanor listens to Chidi's philosophy lecture, she scribbles the picture of a burrito because she says the name Aristotle reminded her of Chipotle. It could also be a sneaky reference to the episode of Season 2 "The Burrito", in which the four humans go for the first time in the rooms of Judge Gen, ready to do anything to see a solitary burrito on a plate. the judge. (Also, in honor of Eleanor, we will now call "Chip-o-totle".)

Tahani's people

This is not technically a name loss, but it should be noted that among the contacts that start with "T" in Tahani's phone (Jameela Jamil), we find Taika Waititi, The Rock and Tilda Swinton.

Michael Alter Egos

During his many travels on Earth, Michael depicts various alter egos to give them a boost. The identities he takes reflect his childish ignorance and his sense of the amusement of all that is human. Although the names are not considered as true references, they deserve to be quoted, especially international scouts Zack Pizzazz and Charles Brainman (in fact, they could refer to Professor Charles Xavier, a powerful telepath).

Dance Dance Resolution

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The references here are so many, we want to cry with gratitude. The name of Jason's new dance team (Manny Jacinto) is Dance Dance Resolution, which is partly a reference to how he wants to change his life, but also the season 2 episode in which Michael is giving 802 the right place. Written by Amram, the title "Dance Dance Resolution" also refers to the Konami Dance Dance Revolution video game series, in which players climb onto a dance platform with arrows to musical and visual cues. It is also known as DDR, which are the letters on Jason's combination.

Bruce Lee

The combinations that Jason and the rest of Dance Dance Resolution wear are not yellow with black stripes by accident. They are a tribute to Bruce Lee's legendary outfit in the 1972 movie "Game of Death" in Hong Kong.

"Stealing Home" by Mark Harmon

Everyone knows the NCIS, but to distract Judge Gen, Janet (D'Arcy Carden) quickly recommends another Mark Harmon project to watch. In the romantic drama of 1988, Harmon plays a baseball player who returns home to collect the ashes of his childhood friend (Jodie Foster), who committed suicide. At the time of the shooting, Harmon owned part of the minor league baseball team, San Bernardino Spirit, and used the team and field for the opening and closing stages.

Trevor's death experience

Do you remember that odious demon who tried to take Eleanor to the real bad place of his train to hell? Apparently, Trevor (Adam Scott) is back to join the research study on Chidi's death experience because he "almost got hit by a train a few months ago." on Earth, and said that humans did not show progress in becoming good, we think that Trevor could be a bad influence on them.

"The Good Place" airs new episodes on Thursdays at 8:30 pm ET on NBC.

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