Chapter 22: Leap to Faith reveals that Jason is the only person who has noticed The Panda (A teleporting Panda is concealed in the background multiple times throughout the series. He was the one to figure out that Janet was being impersonated by Bad Janet ( Chapter 43: Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy). He's the only person, besides Eleanor, to figure out they're in the Bad Place, which significantly distresses Michael, causing him to say "Yeah, this one hurts" ( Chapter 16: Dance Dance Resolution). He was the first to guess that the Good Place in Season 1 wasn't what it seemed, guessing that he is "on a prank show" ( Chapter 4: Jason Mendoza). With Janet being the only person who is ever really nice to him, he falls in love with her and is willing to fight for her when threatened, like at the barfight in Canada he is even willing to going as far as to break into The Bad Place to rescue her, despite the risks.ĭespite his low intelligence, he has had moments of insight. ![]() While he has a hard time connecting emotionally, Jason is capable of unconditional love. But when faced with the real possibility of going to The Bad Place, he apologizes to Tahani for lying to her and for everything else he did, showing that he does know empathy. Jason also appears to have a harder time connecting with people emotionally, seen when he didn't feel anything if Tahani and Chidi got sent to The Bad Place instead of Eleanor and himself. Tahani points out that he has massive amounts of unearned confidence, which in turn also makes him good at sex. By the time of Season 3, he has gained tremendous control over his impulses that he earned praise from Judge Gen, though still failed his impulse test. When Eleanor and Chidi get through to him that he is not supposed to be there like Eleanor, he is able to force himself to go to Chidi's Ethic's Class.Īs Chidi's lessons continue, Jason slowly begins to gain control over his impulses, albeit barely. Knowing that he didn't belong, he decided to go with the lie and reveals he was initially scared the first couple of days. Once he died and arrived in Michael's neighborhood, he was forced to take on the role of Jianyu, a silent monk. Whatever the cause, his symptoms include an inability to make logical connections, lack of object permanence, frequent malapropism (such as saying "learn about Ethnics" instead of saying "learn about ethics" or "bleach of contract" instead of "breach of contract"), and low speech fluency. If this is true, Jason was never dumb or bad, but mentally handicapped. ![]() Taken at face value, this means Jason suffers from Lissencephaly, a neurological condition that causes, among other problems, low intelligence and impulse control problems. In Chapter 51: Patty Jason says that a doctor once said that his brain was "smooth as an egg". Rather than getting an actual job, he preferred relying on his amateur DJ'ing skills and would resort to robbery, theft, and even scams if it meant making quick money.ĭue to drug use, a poor education, and possibly a legitimate neurological condition, he has a low IQ, described by Michael as that of a seven-year-old ( Chapter 11: What’s My Motivation). While not a violent person, he believed every problem could be solved by throwing a Molotov because throwing the molotov replace any previous problems with a new problem. In life, Jason was often considered dumb, and was a misguided man who had major impulse issues. Jason:"I called Janet 'girl' but she did not say 'not a girl.' The real Janet always says 'not a girl'." ❞ -Jason learns Janet is not Janet before anyone else. But Janet does have a thing she can say that does make me realize she is really not her!" ❝ Jason:"Michael said that there is nothing he could say that would make you realize he's really him.
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