The Good Place (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Janet and Michael - full transcript

[quirky music]

- Hello.
- [shouts]

So... sorry.

To activate your Janet,

press nose for three seconds.

Okay, okay.

Um, can you walk yet?

Here.

[mechanical whirring]

Oh.

Hello, I'm Janet.



Shh.

- Hello.
- Shh.

Hello, I'm Janet.

I really need you to shut up.

♪

♪

Where did you get this?

Did you actually get
into the Good Place somehow?

Didn't need to. They keep their Janets

in a neutral pocket dimension

beneath the shapeless time void.

It's right next to Accounting.

And you just walked in and stole her?

It was that easy? You didn't have
to choke out an angel or anything?



Doors were unlocked, no security.

I mean, it makes sense, right?

They're good,
so they're stupid and trusting.

I understand that you need
the four humans to think

they're in the Good Place,

but using an actual
Good Place Janet seems risky.

Why don't you just have
a Bad Place Janet

pretend to be good?

I thought about it, but... watch.

Bad Janet?

What up, skidmarks?

Let's try that thing again where

- you pretend to be a Good Janet, okay?
- Aww.

Now, really... really try your best.

- Fine.
- Say, Janet,

where can I get some
delicious ice cream?

Oh, there's a wonderful parlor

in the middle of town square.

My favorite flavor is rocky road.

It contains chocolate ribbon,
marshmallows, and your...

dad's salty nuts, you fat dink!

I see what you mean.

Use the good one.

♪

Janet, you and I are about to have

a real adventure together.

Wait a second, Janet.

What... what are you...
What are you telling me?

Are you saying that
because you're glitching out...

The neighborhood is
in danger of total collapse.

Fun fact: mathematically,
it's equally likely

to either im- or explode.

[laughs]

Okay, okay.

So I suppose
the next question should be,

"What's causing the problem?"

Unclear.

The glitches started out small,

and then began to escalate,

and then I came here looking for help,

and then I started talking,

and then you looked at me annoyed,

like that, and now here we are.

Okay. All right.

Yeah, this is very bad.

Let's run a full diagnostic, Janet.

You got it.

♪

A little short on time here, Janet.

It's just a little hard to get out.

Almost got it.

Here it is.

My user manual.

Okay. Let's get started.

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♪

"Hello, and welcome to your new Janet.

"Janets are brought to you by the makers

of light, darkness, and everything."

And I need to skip ahead here.

Where's the, uh, troubleshooting part?

- Michael.
- Hmm?

What's with the earthquake?

Janet's experiencing

a slight technical issue.

Ew. What's wrong with it?

Oh, um, uh...

I tried to eat some frozen yogurt.

It looked so good, but I'm not
supposed to eat anything.

So there was a little earthquake.

[rumbling]

See? There it is again.

Can't you just reset these things?

What do you do again?

Oh, it's the ears, yeah?

It's... it's, uh...

It's down, down, out...

Vicky, can I... can I speak to you

just for a second outside?

Look, this is a common problem,
and I've got it under control.

I don't know, man.

First you went rogue at the party

with your sports car
and your weird earring...

- [laughs]
- And now Janet's

breaking down? I mean,

it's like you're begging me

to tell Shawn that you're incompetent.

Begging.

Vicky, this is a temporary problem.

I promise. Hey,

you know who could
use some torturing right now?

Chidi.

- Oh. I love torturing Chidi.
- I know.

No, actually,

I had this great idea the other night.

Thought it was worth exploring.

Picture this.

Needles.

Oh, that's the whole idea.

- Yeah, yeah.
- Needles.

- Genius, right?
- Yeah.

I mean, needles.

Oh, wonderful. Wonderful.

- So smart.
- Yeah.

Needles. Yeah, run with that.

Okay, hopefully bought us a little time.

Where were we? Uh...

Oh, here we go. Yeah. "Glitches.

"In the event of malfunction,
run the following tests/

First test, basic corporeal function."

Hop up on the table, there.

[quirky music]

[To-do]

♪

All right, great.

♪

99.7 trillion degrees.

A little bit on the high side,
but no biggie.

And...

still no blood.

Oh, thank goodness.

Okay, what's next?

"Summoning and retrieval.

"Have Janet produce an object

using the random object
generator program."

Okay.

♪

A 14-ounce ostrich steak

impaled on a giant novelty pencil

that says, "Lordy, Lordy, I'm Over 40."

Here you go.

"Lordy, Lordy, I'm Over 40." Perfect.

Okay.

"Third test. Informational Accuracy.

Glitches may be a sign that..."

You didn't finish your sentence.

"Glitches may be a sign that
your Janet is processing

"or disseminating information
that is incompatible

with objective truth."

They're talking about lying, Janet.

[solemn music]

This is all my fault.

I told you a lie that first day we met.

Okay. Here goes nothing.

Hello. I'm Janet.

And I have now been fully activated.

Hello, Janet.

I'm Michael, a Good Place architect.

One of the best. Top notch.

You're in luck here.

Happy to meet you, Michael.

I will help you make
the perfect neighborhood.

Would you like to get started?

Uh, one small note there, Janet.

Uh, the neighborhood
that I want to build

might be a little different
from the ones

that you might be familiar with.

Is that all right?

Of course, silly billy.

I build and operate the neighborhood,

but every aspect of the design
is entirely up to you.

For example, if you'd like me

to stop calling you
silly billy, just say so.

Yeah, I don't like that at all.

Michael's fine.

Sounds good, Michael.

I lied to you.

I lied about who I was

and what we were doing,

and then I lied a billion more times

to support that first lie.

And now you're all discombobulated.

This... is my fault.

Nope. You're wrong.

If the glitching was only
a result of you lying to me,

why wouldn't I have been
glitching all along?

Why would it only be starting now?

Well, that... that's a good point.

I know, right?

- [knocking]
- M...

Excuse us, Michael,
but we've been trying

to call Janet and she isn't answering.

Hi, guys. I'm broken.

Uh, yeah.

I had to take her offline

for a system check.

She'll be available real soon.

Cool, because I'm just
so freaking excited,

because Tahani said she's
never had jalapeño poppers,

and I wanted to get some for her.

They sound so disgusting.

But if Jason likes them,
then maybe I will too.

Because we are together.

I can finally admit that.

Aww, babe, you admitted it.

That's sweet.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You two are sleeping together?

Only when we're done having sex.

Anyways, Janet, can you help us?

As soon as Michael puts me back online,

I'd be more than happy to help you get

that extra special gift for Tahani.

[quirky music]

- Whoa.
- What's happening?

Oh, boy.

What the...?

Oh, man.

We got robbed!

They took the walls,
they took the floor,

and we were standing
here the whole time?

These guys are good.

Michael, what do we do?

Okay, there we go.

Nothing to worry about.

Happens sometimes.

Perfectly normal. Let's go.

Is Janet going to be all right?

Totally fine, please just go back

to your house and wait for her there.

She'll show up shortly
with lots of jalapeño poppers.

- And cheesy fries?
- Mm-hmm.

- With donkey sauce?
- Sure.

- And a cool hat?
- Ding dong.

So I don't seem to be getting better.

That glitch appears to be
limited to this building.

- So Vicky won't know.
- That's the good news.

The bad news is, I seem to be
losing my ability

to sustain object permanence.

So it's sort of a glass half full,

glass stops existing
in time and space kind of deal.

Okay, let's walk through
what just happened.

Jason and Tahani came in,

revealed the crazy fact

that they're now in a relationship...

I already knew that,
and I'm so happy for them.

[retching]

Janet, tell me a lie.

Janets can't lie.

You lied to Vicky earlier.

Interesting. I guess I did.

I suppose after 802 reboots,

I must have gained the ability to lie.

That's fun. I want to try to lie again.

I love your outfit.

[thuds]

[quirky music]

♪

"Incompatible with objective truth."

Janet, the problem
isn't me lying to you,

but rather you lying to other people.

Like when you said to Jason,

"I'd be happy to help you and Tahani."

That was a lie.

No, it wasn't.

I'm always happy to help people.

- That's my main purpose.
- I know, I know.

But it was still a lie,

even though you didn't intend it to be,

because you weren't
actually happy to help them.

Because you're in love with Jason.

Say what now?

After the very first time
you were rebooted,

and as you were slowly
regaining your knowledge,

you bonded with Jason.

The two of you got married,

and I think, somehow,

you're still, deep down,
in love with him.

Ha! No, that is impossible.

Think logically.

When was the first glitch?

When I said I was happy
to give Jason and Tahani

couples therapy.

And the second glitch?

When I said I was happy
to see them embracing.

And the third glitch... the earthquake?

When I said I was happy that

I'd helped improve their relationship.

Ohh... nuts.

Yeah.

But I am happy for them.

I am. I am.

Am I? I am.

I am not. I am not.

I am not that. I am not happy for them.

[gasps]

But how is this possible?

I don't have any memory
of being married to Jason.

You said yourself that
Janets get more sophisticated

every time they're rebooted.

Well, maybe you falling in love
with Jason

was some sort of mutation

that then was amplified
with each reboot.

Okay. That makes total sense.

I know what you have to do now.

Kill me.

Sorry, I say everything
in a cheery manner,

but in this case
it may be inappropriate.

So I'll try again.

[clears throat]

You have to kill me, Michael.

Better?

Janet, I can't reboot you.

That will just intensify
your feelings for Jason.

And that's what got us into
this mess in the first place.

I'm not saying reboot me.

I'm saying set me to self-destruct.

"In the event of continued malfunction,

"hold down Janet's nose,
and insert paperclip

into small hole behind left ear."

Yeah, right here.

"Janet will rapidly collapse
in on herself.

"When Janet is roughly
the size of a marble,

"she can be launched into space

"through an inter-dimensional
suction tube

or eaten as a midday snack."

I'm very high in potassium.

Like a banana.

"A new Janet will need to be procured

in order to return the
neighborhood to functionality."

Easy. I'll be gone,

you'll get a new Janet,

and everything will go back to normal.

Well, not for me.
I'll be a lifeless marble

floating through space,
but you'll be back to normal.

Are you sure this is what you want?

To self-destruct?

What I really want is to stay
and serve the neighborhood,

but due to my feelings for Jason,

I'm putting him
and everyone else at risk.

So it looks like it's...

[slicing]

Adios, Janito!

Hey, guys.

Sorry to interrupt, um,

but you didn't give me a heads-up

about this new Vicky torture...

uh, the one with the needles...

in my face.

A little busy here, bud.

Yeah, totally. Totally.

I don't want to be a nudge,
but is there anything else

coming down the pike
that you forgot to mention?

I honestly don't know,
but I have bigger fish to fry.

So you, know, just... just walk it off.

I would love to walk it off,

but my feet have needles in them.

Don't know what to tell you.

Okay, but...

Okay, self-destruct time.

Marbleize me, Michael.

It's the only choice.

I won't feel any pain or anything.

Kill me. Kill me.

Kill me. Kill...

I really don't want to do this, Janet.

But I suppose it makes sense.

Great. Grab a paper clip.

[melancholy music]

♪

Okay, that was the last pudding shop.

Great. Should I begin

to welcome the residents?

No, no, no, wait, wait, wait!

No, this is all wrong!

Pudding restaurant?

What even is that?

Pudding won't work!

It's okay, Michael. Just relax.

I can't, Janet!

My design has to be perfect
for me to... to...

In order to...

accomplish what I need to accomplish.

Oh.

Whoa, I'm way out on a limb here.

And I'm all alone.

No, you're not.

You have me: Janet.

I can help you.

It's too hard to explain,

but there are certain aspects
of my plan that...

that you just can't understand.

Try me.

[laughs]

All right. Fine, fine.

Um... Janet, uh...

What's a food that
people think they enjoy

but that's also kind of a bummer?

Frozen yogurt.

[whooping]

Oh, yes! [laughs]

Frozen yogurt.

Oh, Janet, you're a genius.

Correct. But why do you want a food...

No, no, don't... don't worry about that.

[laughs]

Oh, yeah, okay.

Let's make all these
restaurants frozen yogurt.

- Okeydokey.
- [chimes]

[laughs]

Would you like to try it?

Oh, yeah.

It's just... okay.

Which means it's perfect.

Let's bring in the residents.

I don't know what just happened,

but I'm happy you're happy.

Michael.

Hmm? Oh, sorry, yeah.

Yes. Sorry.

Oh. I can't do it.

Come on, dude.

It's dangerous, is what it is.

Vicky could find out, and then the...

you know, the plan, the whole plan...

It's bad for the plan, Janet.

That... that's the reason.

I don't understand.

Given the situation, it's far safer

to initiate the self-destruct.

Okay, look, see, here...

here's the reason.

See, I promised the four
humans that we would escape

to the Good Place once and for all.

And without you, we stand zero
chance of ever making it there.

The new Janet will be
able to help you with that.

Well, all right,
but it's not only that, though.

See, it's also because of, um...

What if Vicky found out?

You already asked me that.

Why are you making such a big deal

about turning me into a marble forever?

Because of reasons.

There are reasons. They exist,

and I just don't want to
explain them right now.

What are the reasons?

They're reasons, Janet!

Okay, but what are they?

The reason is friends.

[melancholy music]

♪

You're my friend, Janet.
That's why I can't kill you.

We have been through so much together.

I mean, yeah, sure, for you, you know,

each time I rebooted you,
you met me all over again.

But for me, our...

our relationship has become important.

You're my oldest, my truest,

my most loyal friend.

I can't just get rid of you

and replace you with some
other Janet I don't even know.

[paperclip clatters]

♪

Well, well, well.

Yeah, don't... don't do that.

Lay off.

Michael.

That was so nice of you.

I'm glad you said that.

Well... I mean it.

Look at us. A couple old pals.

Trying to make our way
in this crazy world

that I built.

Two peas in a pod.

One of whom needs to kill
the other one immediately.

Michael, come on. Kill me.

No. No. There has to be another way.

This problem you're facing,
it's about emotion, right?

That's a human problem.

So maybe we should consult

our most problematic human.

So, let me get this straight.

You want me to convince Michael
to turn you into a marble

because you're causing earthquakes

because you're sad about Jason...

to whom you were once married...

because he's currently
sleeping with Tahani?

- Correct.
- I don't think I've ever

meant this literally,

but that might be too much information.

First of all,
I totally get the Jason thing.

I mean, he's a ding dong,
but also a straight hottie.

So, up top.

But more important,
what you're going through

is something every
person has gone through.

Not a person.

Actually, right now, you kind of are.

Because you just found out
your ex is dating someone else.

And, yeah, it sucks.

But trust me,
it's not worth all this drama.

You just need to get drunk
and go dancing.

You'll forget all about Jason.

- Can you get drunk?
- Not really.

Although, if I stand next to
a powerful array of magnets,

I do get pretty loopy.

Do that.

Pop a couple magnets,

listen to some No Doubt,

dye your hair.

You'll be totally fine
in, like, two seconds.

I mean, honestly, the best move

is to get another dude
and just go to town.

Rebound guy.

But I guess here, your options
are pretty limited.

- What about Michael?
- Extraordinarily bad idea.

Yeah, right. Forget it.

But you don't need to worry.

You're awesome.

You contain all the knowledge
in the universe,

you have a rippin' bod,

and you can literally do anything.

This is just a blip.

So, was it helpful?

Yes. Eleanor told me

that instead of being sad,

I should go get it, girl.

So I'm going to go get it, girl.

- Get what?
- Unclear.

I'll get everything, just to be safe.

And I should be able to avoid glitches

by watching what I say
around Jason and Tahani.

Ah, thank you for your help.

I'm so glad we're friends.

Me, too.

And since we're friends,

I can tell you this honestly.

Take that outfit out of rotation.

It makes you look bottom heavy.

It does, doesn't it? Ugh.

If it's okay with you,

I'm gonna go to my void
for a little while.

I just need to spend some time alone

and focus on myself.

Take all the time you need.

[chime rings]

- Hi, there.
- Hello.

Janet, who's that man?

This is my new rebound boyfriend, Derek.

- I made him!
- [laughs]

Hi, I'm Derek.

You must be Mich... oh.

Okay. That makes more sense.

You must be Michael.

Janet's made a lot of talk-talk

into my ear holes about you.

Michael, Michael, Michael,

Clichael, Clichael, Clichael.

Janet, you can't make a person.

I know. But I did, though.

Eleanor said that,
to forget about Jason,

I should create a rebound guy.

Hello, I'm Derek.

So I made one: Derek.

I'm her boyfriend, and she made me.

He's so nice.

[laughs] Whoa, look at this glass.

Oh, my God.

I'm in there, too?

What's going on right now?

It's my first time making someone,

so he might be a little bit off.

Look, this could be...

no, please put that down.

This could be very dangerous.

It shouldn't even be possible.

Well, maybe not 800 reboots ago,

but apparently now it is.

- [gasps]
- [laughs]

Can you believe this?

- Derek... is it Derek?
- It's Derek.

Derek, could you please give

me and Janet a moment alone?

Go back to the void, babe.
I'll be there in a minute.

Okay. I'll miss you like crazy.

- I'll miss you more.
- No. I'll miss you more.

Bye!

[laughs] What a dork, am I right?

[giggles]

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