Manny Jacinto plays the lovable fool Jason Mendoza in NBC’s “The Good Place,” a role that has taught him to be freer as a performer. Jason might not have a ton of knowledge and he has a penchant for saying whatever is on his mind, but he also has such carefree confidence in himself that his positive spirit is infectious. While Jacinto admits he relates more to the tightly-wound, analytical Chidi (William Jackson Harper), the process of playing Jason has helped him get out of his own head. “With Jason, it’s let me be more loose and going with the flow. It’s just an adventure. It’s just a ride and I think that’s the biggest thing that Jason’s taught me, to just have fun,” Jacinto explains in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above).
Season 3 of “The Good Place” found Jason becoming more selfless as a person,...
Season 3 of “The Good Place” found Jason becoming more selfless as a person,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
After each of The Good Place’s first two seasons ended with wild cliffhangers, Mike Schur went into radio silence for a few months to let fans talk amongst themselves about what had happened and what might come next. Season Three concluded in a less shocking place — with Eleanor and friends setting up a new experiment to prove that the afterlife is fundamentally flawed, and with Chidi’s memory being blanked to preserve this new experiment — but Schur still opted for extended quiet. Until now.
In an email interview, he...
In an email interview, he...
- 5/23/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
A review of this week’s The Good Place, “The Ballad of Donkey Doug,” coming up just as soon as I pay to have my calf implants moved back up from my feet…
The Good Place has shed status quos like a snake sheds its skin, but “The Ballad of Donkey Doug” is the first time it’s emerged looking and feeling like a completely different show. We’ve been back on Earth for almost half a season now, but recent episodes were still about the group learning ethics, Michael...
The Good Place has shed status quos like a snake sheds its skin, but “The Ballad of Donkey Doug” is the first time it’s emerged looking and feeling like a completely different show. We’ve been back on Earth for almost half a season now, but recent episodes were still about the group learning ethics, Michael...
- 10/26/2018
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
The Good Place introduces us to Jason's family in The Good Place and suffers from some Florida over-exposure.
This The Good Place review contains spoilers
The Good Place Season 3 Episode 5
The Good Place for all of its technical brilliance and upending of traditional network sitcom structure is still a network sitcom. This is a half-hour comedy that receives a 13-episode order each year. At some point each season, The Good Place has adopted something resembling a status quo.
In season one, the return to the status quo meant Eleanor discovering the truth about Jianyu/Jason and inviting him to philosophy lessons with Chidi week after week. In season two the status quo saw Tahani and Michael joining the philosophy lessons while the whole gang tried to avoid discovery by Sean and the demons.
In season three we have now arrived at a tenuous status quo. For at least a few weeks now,...
This The Good Place review contains spoilers
The Good Place Season 3 Episode 5
The Good Place for all of its technical brilliance and upending of traditional network sitcom structure is still a network sitcom. This is a half-hour comedy that receives a 13-episode order each year. At some point each season, The Good Place has adopted something resembling a status quo.
In season one, the return to the status quo meant Eleanor discovering the truth about Jianyu/Jason and inviting him to philosophy lessons with Chidi week after week. In season two the status quo saw Tahani and Michael joining the philosophy lessons while the whole gang tried to avoid discovery by Sean and the demons.
In season three we have now arrived at a tenuous status quo. For at least a few weeks now,...
- 10/23/2018
- Den of Geek
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