Dispatches from Elsewhere: Janice

March 9, 2020 8:41 PM - Season 1, Episode 3

While searching for Fredwynn at the Shareholders meeting, the gang has their first encounter with Octavio; Janice explores her past.
posted by oh yeah! (2 comments total)

EW recap:"Janice’s episode brings into focus a theme that’s been building throughout the show: people brought into the Jejune and Elsewhere world are all battling some type of loneliness. With Peter, it’s loneliness borne of personality — he’s a wallflower who doesn’t know how to live vivaciously. Simone’s loneliness stems from her insecurity over being herself in a world where her identity is often not accepted by others. With Janice, it’s a loneliness borne from losing the life she already lost herself to — she’s been too long devoted to an existence outside her own individuality to know how to be comfortable alone."
posted by oh yeah! at 4:52 AM on March 10, 2020

As an old who grew-up watching a young Sally Field on tv, the scene of Janice talking with Janice was pretty cool. And the dark turn it took was unexpected and somewhat upsetting, especially if you took a step back and realized this was a product intended to be unleashed on the public.
posted by Thorzdad at 10:51 AM on March 10, 2020