Ted Danson and Eric Kissack discuss editing challenges, Kristin Bell's acting secret, Easter eggs, and funny anecdotes from The Good Place. They also talk about decompressing after finishing the show, selecting takes for Michael, improvisation, and the collaborative and supportive creative environment on set.
The challenges of editing a TV show with great comedy writing and performances discussed by Ted Danson and Eric Kissack.
Eleanor's realization of Michael's coded messages and the group's plan to hide underneath a decoy train.
Deep dives
Michael's plans are shaken up by Sean's surprise visit
A surprise visit from Sean shakes up Michael's plans. Sean tells Michael that his torture numbers are so good that they're both getting promotions and they're going to franchise his whole torture model after dissecting the humans.
Michael pretends to reveal the bad place secret to the humans
Michael pretends to reveal the bad place secret to the humans and they pretend to be surprised. The humans are unsure if Michael is turning on them due to his change in fortune, especially when he gives vicious roasts of them at the neighborhood destruction party.
Eleanor decodes Michael's messages and they plan to escape
Eleanor, inspired by Michael's human moment, figures out that he is sending them coded messages. She convinces everyone to follow the instructions in his clues, revive Derek, and send him with a decoy train to the medium place while they hide underneath it.
Sean cocoons Vicki and the bad place crew regroups
Michael frames Vicki, so Sean cocoons her and has bad Janet scan the neighborhood for signs of the humans. The bad place crew regroups and heads back to bad place HQ, leaving Michael to shut down the neighborhood temporarily.
Actor Ted Danson and editor Eric Kissack shoot the shirt with host Marc Evan Jackson about the challenges of editing a TV show with such great comedy writing and performances, Kristen Bell’s acting secret, who has been hiding Easter eggs in episodes, an acting tip from Ted and a shirt-ton more funny anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories.