Ch. 11: Andrew Law, Writer | Kirston Mann, Costume Designer

The Good Place: The Podcast

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Michael Schur, Tv Production, Behind The Scenes, Philosophy, Parks And Rec, Tv & Film, Nbc, Comedy Writing, Entertainment Comedy, Kristen Bell, Tv, Manny Jacinto, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Mike Schur, William Jackson Harper, The Good Place, Marc Evan Jackson, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, Good Place, D'arcy Carden, Writing, Good Place Podcast, Acting, Stories, Entertainment, After Shows, Comedy, Tv Writing

4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Comedy TV writer Andrew Law and costume designer Kirston Mann join host Marc Evan Jackson to share stories about The Good Place costume themes, writing for Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, conspiracy theorist fans, the attention Mike Schur pays to food in his TV shows and a fork-ton of other hilarious topics.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Janet. Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast.
0:07.5	Janet, what is a podcast?
0:09.5	It's like the radio, but there's no music, and literally anyone can do one at any moment
0:15.1	about any subject. And there's a billion of them.
0:18.9	Sounds great. Hope you enjoy this week's episode.
0:22.1	Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast. I'm Mark Evan Jackson. I play Sean.
0:33.8	Today we're talking about chapter 11, What's My Motivation?
0:36.4	Directed by Lynn Shelton, and including guest cast, Tia Sircar, Eugene Cordero, Rebecca
0:41.5	Delgado-Smith, Amy Acuda, Susan Park, Roman Cazie, Wilma Glowflin, Josh Siegel, Jen Statsky,
0:48.3	and introducing Mark Evan Jackson.
0:51.7	In this episode, Tahani helps Eleanor try to achieve the maximum number of points before
0:55.3	the judge, Sean, arrives. Eleanor realizes that she has a corrupt motivation of self-preservation
1:00.4	in her good deeds, and that ultimately the only way for her to earn points is to self-sacrifice.
1:05.6	Chidi is unable to respond to real Eleanor's declaration of love to him, Michael discovers
1:09.7	that Gianniu is actually Jason, due to his marriage to Janet, just as Eleanor is about
1:14.4	to turn herself into Sean. Janet offers an alternative voucher of the medium place,
1:18.6	and they escape with Jason on Sean's train. In a flashback, we see how Jason died in a
1:22.8	safe while trying to rob a restaurant with his friend Pillboy. My guest today are writer
1:27.0	of the episode, Andrew Law, and costume designer, Kirsten Mann. Kirsten and Andrew, welcome,
1:31.8	everything is fine. Thanks for having us. Thanks so much for being here.
1:36.3	Kirsten, we could do multiple episodes just about the wardrobe and costumes on this show.
1:43.5	You've worked with Mike lots of times on other shows. Yes, I have.
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