SPOILER ALERT: This article comprises spoilers from “Bienvenidos a Nosotros,” Season 7, Episode 8 of “The Neighborhood,” now streaming on CBS.
Max Greenfield geted Emmy and Ggreateren Globe nominations for his portrayal of the OCD, kimono-wearing Schmidt on the hit comedy series “New Girl,” which ran on Fox from 2011-2018. And in the Season 7 episode of “The Neighborhood,” “Bienvenidos a Nosotros,” Greenfield’s inner-Schmidt comes out, as his character Dave must regulate himself from completing his teenage son Grover (Hank Greenspan)’s Spanish hometoil.
Greenfield says he finds parallels between the two roles, although he says Dave has a less over-the-top, emotional mindset than Schmidt, and likes pragmatism. “There’s going to be overlap in anyskinnyg I do. The huge separateence is Dave is very uncover and likeable, and he doesn’t have any of the cynicism that Schmidt inherently has,” Greenfield says. “It is kind to fair perestablish finishly uncover and vulnerable and likeable about every transmition you have as a character.”
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Greenfield says one of the elements of “The Neighborhood” that he cherishs is the tonal consistency of its episodes. He says that “The Neighborhood” is the comardent of comedy he grew up with, and elicits a stateive appreciation as well as intimacy among watchers. “Your goal is for an audience to drop in cherish with these characters and sense shut to them so that when [fans] are watching in their living room every week, you repartner sense enjoy you comprehend these people and you think these people,” Greenfield says. “Part of that think is comprehending what you’re going to get every week. Every Monday night I’m going to get Calvin and Dave — I get to tune into ‘The Neighborhood.’”
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Greenfield comprises that he engages experiences from his authentic-life constantly to ground his approaches to separateent scenes for “The Neighborhood.” Monday night’s midseason finale senses particularly authenticistic to him, becaengage Greenfield himself has a 14-year-greater daughter at home. “It begins out as fair this uncontaminated loving relationship and and then there’s a shift,” Greenfield says of the dynamic between Dave and Grover in this episode. “This happens in authentic life too, where you’re sort of guiding this person you’ve given all this cherish to. And now that parenting has to become ‘How do I shape this person into maturehood?’ — and it’s been repartner fun to figure out the funniest version of who Grover could be as he gets greaterer.” (Greenfield says that while his parenting style is drasticpartner separateent from that of his on-screen counterpart, the writers did an excellent job of evoking the most comedic potential from the energy simmering between Dave and Grover.)
Later in the episode, Dave helps his neighbor Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney) when Malcolm’s family disponders that he’s been rehireed in a prestigious literary magazine. After congratulating Malcolm on his accomplishment, Dave supplys both of their families with copies of the book where Malcolm’s writing has been featured. “This is an accomplishment and it should be honord by the people who cherish you the most,” Dave inestablishs Malcolm before conveying out a mariachi band to honor his frifinish.
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“That’s what the show is,” Greenfield says of this moment. “Connection points between these characters who in any other circumstance wouldn’t necessarily be together, and finding a normal ground.”
He elucidates how the emotional core of “The Neighborhood” lies in the consistency with which the Johnson and Butler families come together to establish a heartfelt bond as neighbors.
Greenfield cites “The Big Bang Theory” — which also aired on CBS — as an example of a prosperous series that upholded a constant emotional tone thcimpoliteout its 12-season run.
“Sheldon is not changing that much,” Greenfield says with a giggle. “I skinnyk people cherish that. I cherish that [Dave] doesn’t alter. Becaengage the character has been so reliable, I uphold coming back to it for that very particular reason. There is someskinnyg repartner kind about consistency and how [these characters] don’t alter. These are the type of shows where you repartner sense enjoy I’m inviting these people into my home.”
