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Jason Jones doesnt have to look far to find inspirationfor his hit TBS comedy show The Detour.

Jones admits he takes material from his real-life marriage with wife and co-creator Samantha Bee while writing the showand he says the more outrageous, the more likely its a true story.

Theres a lot more real than fake. Every crazy story is rooted in reality, he tells PEOPLE in this weeks issue. My kids watch the show, and even they notice. Theyll say, You stole that from Mommy.

And while Bee mainly works behind the scenes, she makes an onscreen appearance in season two playing a rather unexpected character.

She plays my mother, in a weird bit of casting, he says, adding that his son Fletcher also guest stars. He plays me as a kid.

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So will Fletcher follow in his dads footsteps? Probably not.

It was his first acting role and most likely his last, he said laughing. He didnt understand why we had to do so many takes. He was like, I did it once, and I did it great!

Season two of The Detour follows the Parker family as they move to New York City and naturally, it doesnt go well.

They dont handle it well at all, says Jones. My character, Nate, has been unemployed for 19 months, so hes a bit desperate. He gets a call out of the blue with a job offer, which should have tipped them offno one gets hired cold off of LinkedIn!

Source: http://people.com/tv/jason-jones-uses-material-marriage-samantha-bee-tbs-comedy-show-detour/