Help Jason format his JSON
JavaScript (ES6), 368 bytes

f=(s,r=[],i='',j=i+'  ',a=[])=&gt;s&lt;'['?([,,r[0]]=s.match(s&lt;'0'?/("(?:\\.|[^"])*")(.*)/:/(\d+)(.*)/))[1]:s&lt;'{'?(_=&gt;{for(;s&lt;']';s=r[0])a.push(f(s.slice(1),r,j));r[0]=s.slice(1)})()||/\n/.test(a)?`[
${j+a.join(`,
`+j)}
${i}]`:`[${a.join`, `}]`:(_=&gt;{for(a=[];s&lt;'}';s=r[0])a.push(f(s.slice(1),r,j)+': '+f(r[0].slice(1),r,j));r[0]=s.slice(1)})()||`{
${j+a.join(`,
`+j)}
${i}}`


Less golfed:

function j(s, r=[], i='') { // default to no indentation
    if (s &lt; '0') { // string
        let a = s.match(/("(?:\\.|[^"])*")(.*)/);
        r[0] = a[2]; // pass the part after the string back to the caller
        return a[1];
    } else if (s &lt; '[') { // number
        let a = s.match(/(\d+)(.*)/);
        r[0] = a[2]; // pass the part after the string back to the caller
        return a[1];
    } else if (s &lt; '{') { // array
        let a = [];
        while (s &lt; ']') { // until we see the end of the array
            s = s.slice(1);
            a.push(j(s, r, i + '  ')); // recurse with increased indentation
            s = r[0]; // retrieve the rest of the string
        }
        r[0] = s.slice(1); // pass the part after the string back to the caller
        if (/\n/.test(a.join())) { // array contained object
            return '[\n  ' + i + a.join(',\n  ' + i) + '\n' + i + ']';
        } else {
            return '[' + a.join(', ') + ']';
        }
    } else { // object
        let a = [];
        while (s &lt; '}') { // until we see the end of the object
            s = s.slice(1);
            let n = j(s, r, i + '  ');
            s = r[0].slice(1);
            let v = j(s, r, i + '  ');
            a.push(n + ': ' + v);
            s = r[0]; // retrieve the rest of the string
        }
        r[0] = s.slice(1); // pass the part after the string back to the caller
        return '{\n  ' + i + a.join(',\n  ' + i) + '\n' + i + '}';
    }
}