Ch. 46: Manny Jacinto, Actor | Dave King, Writer | Amanda Boisselle, Production Assistant

The Good Place: The Podcast

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4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place: The Podcast’s host Marc Evan Jackson sits down with Manny Jacinto (Jason/Jianyu), writer Dave King and production assistant Amanda Boisselle to shoot the shirt about Season 4, Episode 7, “Help Is Other People.” Amanda dishes on Ted Danson and the rest of the cast’s hilarious snack routine, the arduous process of becoming an assistant director and the real magic performed on set. Dave reveals how Season 4 was broken in the writers’ room and the joy of watching Manny perform as Jason. Manny talks about Ted Danson’s dedication to learning the magic tricks in the episode and the joy of playing loveable dumb-dumb Jason Mendoza. Be sure to subscribe for more behind-the-scenes stories, performance notes and a shirt-ton more!

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0:00.0	Hi there.
0:05.0	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? I really feel like this is more in Good Janet's wheelhouse.
0:26.0	Guys, guys, Mark.
0:29.0	They're podcast producers, Michael. They don't care. They'll make you do the most humiliating things imaginable as long as they get their sweet, sweet downloads.
0:39.0	I find, let's just keep moving.
0:42.0	This episode is brought to you by Skidmarks.
0:47.0	No, no, it's not. Let's just start the show.
0:52.0	Welcome to The Good Place, The Podcast. I'm Mark Evan Jackson. I play Sean.
1:01.0	Today we'll discuss chapter 46, season four, episode seven, Help is Other People.
1:06.0	Written by Dave King, directed by Beth McCarthy Miller, including guest cast Ben Koldike, Kirby Hall Baptist, and Brandon Scott Jones.
1:13.0	As the final day of the experiment winds down, Eleanor plans to get the humans a few last minute points,
1:18.0	but is derailed when Simone tries to convince the other humans that they're not in the Good Place.
1:23.0	The others reveal their own secrets, including Brent's best place promise and Giannius true identity.
1:28.0	Chidi also tells Simone that Eleanor said that they were soulmates.
1:31.0	The gang decide they need to do a points Hal Mary and blow up the experiment.
1:35.0	They open up a sinkhole during Michael's magic show and Brent falls in.
1:38.0	Simone and John take his escalade and run. Finally, Eleanor and Michael confirm for Brent and Chidi that they are in the bad place.
1:45.0	Brent has an under the wire last minute revelation.
1:48.0	My guest today, our first team production assistant Amanda Boyzell, writer Dave King, and many Ascinto, who plays Jason Mendoza and Gianniu, the amazing incredible monk.
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