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* BaitAndSwitchComment: DoubleSubverted. Jason says his mother died of "The big c"..what he called a crocodile outside his house....then admits he was joking and she ''did'' die of cancer.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: DoubleSubverted.Subverted. Jason says his mother died of "The big c"..what he called a crocodile outside his house....then admits he was joking and she ''did'' die of cancer.



** When checking the humans' scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became 1% worse.

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** When checking the humans' scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became 1% worse.worse, though his last-second apology did bring his score back up to that amount when it was much lower before.
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* AllForNothing: It seems as though all making Gen that humanity is too complicated for the points system has done is convince her to wipe out everything in existence and start over.

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* AllForNothing: It seems as though all making Gen realize that humanity is too complicated for the points system has done is convince her to wipe out everything in existence and start over.
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* BrickJoke: In the first episode of the season, Michael mentions one incarnation of Janet called Disco Janet. Here, during the climax when the army of Janets show up, one shows up brightly dressed, curly-haired and in rollerskates doing a disco dance.
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* DoomsdayDevice: Gen plans to use one to wipe out humanity...until Janet sends it into her void.

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* DoomsdayDevice: Gen plans to use one to wipe out humanity...until Janet sends it into her void. It looks like a garage door opener.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: It's confirmed, sadly, that Brent's literal last-minute change of heart wasn't enough to pull him out of the negative point range of morality. Michael is forced to concede to Shawn that Brent actually got worse during the experiment.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When the gang objects to Gen obliterating the universe, she asks them what they thought was going to happen if she decided they were right about the points...and then they realize that they really ''didn't'' think about what the solution to the broken points system would be. Michael awkwardly says maybe give humans three points for eating apples instead of two.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When the gang objects to Gen obliterating the universe, she asks them what they thought was going to happen if she decided they were right about the points...and then they realize that they really ''didn't'' think about what the solution to the broken points system would be. be due to Janet and Michael accidentally making the Soul Squad afterlife fugitives. They were hoping that Gen reform the points system itself, though; Michael awkwardly says maybe give humans three points for eating apples instead of two.



** Shawn would rather rub Michael's simultaneous loss and victory in his face and convince Gen to stay the course rather than admit he was wrong and do an EnemyMine to beg Gen to reconsider wiping out the universe.

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** Shawn would rather rub Michael's simultaneous loss and victory in his face and convince Gen to stay the course rather than admit he was wrong and wrong, do an EnemyMine to EnemyMine, and beg Gen to reconsider wiping out the universe.



* TakeThat: When Michael asks Matt to show the progress Camilla Al Jamil, Donna Shellstrop, Patricia and Pillboi had made since Team Cockroach influenced them positively, Shawn states that ''he'' should cite four random living people too to make his case, citing Elizabeth Holmes, Henry Kissinger and LetsPlay/PewDiePie.

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* TakeThat: When Michael asks Matt to show the progress Camilla Kamilah Al Jamil, Donna Shellstrop, Patricia and Pillboi had made since Team Cockroach influenced them positively, Shawn states that ''he'' should cite four random living people too to make his case, citing Elizabeth Holmes, Henry Kissinger and LetsPlay/PewDiePie.
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* OrphanedPunchline: Michael instinctively shouts "bounces off me a sticks to you" at Shawn when he merely says his name, thinking that Shawn was about to insult him. This becomes something of a RunningGag throughout the episode, both Michael and Shawn using it as a SubvertedPunchline.
--> '''Gen''': I don't think any of you is using that right...


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* ShoutOut: Michael compares Eleanor, Tahani, Chidi, Jason, Simone and John to the cast of ''Series/{{Friends}}''. This later becomes a {{Dissimile}} when he clarifies that [[TakeThat Ross, Rachel, Monica, Joey and Chandler are definitely bad friends]], but Phoebe shouldn't be deserving of eternal damnation just because of them.


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* TakeThat: When Michael asks Matt to show the progress Camilla Al Jamil, Donna Shellstrop, Patricia and Pillboi had made since Team Cockroach influenced them positively, Shawn states that ''he'' should cite four random living people too to make his case, citing Elizabeth Holmes, Henry Kissinger and LetsPlay/PewDiePie.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even though he's going to be wiped out of existence, along with the rest of the universe, Shawn can't help but smugly point out to Michael how weird it is that he both succeeded ''and'' failed.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity:
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Even though he's going to be wiped out of existence, along with the rest of the universe, Shawn can't help but smugly point out to Michael how weird it is that he both succeeded ''and'' failed.failed.
** Gen has an incredibly eager look on her face as she prepares to hit the button on her DoomsdayDevice, this apparently being too exciting of a moment for her to care that she's also going to be eliminated.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Brent ends up being the nail in the coffin that proves to the Judge that humans ''don't'' improve significantly in the afterlife.

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** Jason reveals that his mother died of cancer
** It's revealed that Kamilah had to bury her sister, while Pillboi grieved Jason alone while Donkey Doug was in jail.

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** Jason reveals that his mother died of cancer
cancer.
** It's revealed that Kamilah had to bury her sister, while sister. Pillboi grieved Jason alone while Donkey Doug was in jail.



** When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became 1% worse.
** When the judge is unimpressed with the humans point scores, Michael reveals to her how much those who the gang helped as "The Soul Squad" improved, with Khamila opening a scholarship for many women to go to college under Tahani's name, Donna helping her stepdaughter out more with her homework, and Pillboi opening a charity.

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** When checking the humans humans' scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became 1% worse.
** When the judge is unimpressed with the humans point scores, Michael reveals to her how much those who the gang helped as "The Soul Squad" improved, with Khamila Kamilah opening a scholarship for many women to go to college under Tahani's name, Donna helping her stepdaughter out more with her homework, and Pillboi opening a charity.charity.
** Bad Janet apparently did some soul-searching, after reading Michael's manifesto. She realized that humans can be bad but life is not black and white and wiping ''everyone'' out is too extreme a solution.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bad Janet doesn't want the apocalypse to happen, because she thinks it's unfair to wipe ''everyone'' out, including the demons that she likes.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Good Place Committee, as usual, is horrified by how Gen wants to wipe out humanity. Shame that they can't be more active about it.



* EveryoneHasStandards: The Good Place Committee, as usual, is horrified by how Gen wants to wipe out humanity. Shame that they can't be more active about it.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When the gang objects to Gen obliterating the universe, she asks them what they thought was going to happen if she decided they were right about the points...and then they realize that they really ''didn't'' think about what the solution to the broken points system would be. Michael awkwardly says maybe give humans three points for eating apples instead of two.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gen initially acts this way during the proceeding. She rightfully points out that three humans making only marginal progress isn't really a valid reason to revamp how things are done, but also acknowledges that Michael's counterargument is legit, namely that the original four humans also got better during the original experiment, as did their families and friends during their time as "the soul squad". She also allows the humans to attend the announcement of the verdict in their favor...well...at least what she ''thinks'' is in their favor.
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* AllForNothing: It seems as though all making Gen that humanity is too complicated for the points system has done is convince her to wipe out everything in existence and start over.



* HeroicSacrifice: The Janets all prepare for Gen to marbelize them one by one to get the DoomsdayDevice.

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* HeroicSacrifice: The Janets are all prepare for willing to have Gen to marbelize them one by one to get while searching for the DoomsdayDevice. DoomsdayDevice to buy the gang time to come up with a better solution to the outdated points system.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: All the Janets in the world stand up to Gen, who could easily vaporize demons by snapping her fingers. She's thrown off only because there are so many of them.


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* IgnoredEpiphany: The whole point of redoing the experiment was to see if humans could improve after death. It succeeded on that front with everyone except Brent, and even he improved at the last minute. Gen instead took it to mean that humans, demons and architects alike should be wiped out.

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* AdultFear:
** Jason reveals that his mother died of cancer
** It's revealed that Kamilah had to bury her sister, while Pillboi grieved Jason alone while Donkey Doug was in jail.
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: The Soul Squad with an unconscious Chidi in tow hold their own funerals, since they obviously died and never got to mourn their premature deaths.



* ChekhovsGunman: Bad Janet. In the mother of all {{Karmic Jackpot}}s, [[CallBack Michael freeing Bad Janet and giving her a copy of his manifesto as a sign of good faith]] prevented TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt with Gen's DoomsdayDevice by giving Bad Janet her HeelFaceTurn. Not only that, but she winds up [[GondorCallsForAid recruiting every Janet in the universe]] (Good, Bad, Neutral and Disco) to help stall Gen while Team Cockroach figures out a better solution.

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* ChekhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman:
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Bad Janet. In the mother of all {{Karmic Jackpot}}s, [[CallBack Michael freeing Bad Janet and giving her a copy of his manifesto as a sign of good faith]] prevented TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt with Gen's DoomsdayDevice by giving Bad Janet her HeelFaceTurn. Not only that, but she winds up [[GondorCallsForAid recruiting every Janet in the universe]] (Good, Bad, Neutral and Disco) to help stall Gen while Team Cockroach figures out a better solution.solution.
** All the Janets in the afterlife, from Bad to Good to Neutral to Disco even. They end up coming when the world needs them.
** Chidi. Eleanor decides to wake him up, tell him the truth about everything (again) and hope that he can find a solution to save everyone.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even though he's going to be wiped out of existance, along with the rest of the universe, Shawn can't help but smugly point out to Michael how weird it is that he both succeeded ''and'' failed.

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* DueToTheDead: Janet reveals that the Soul Squad's families and friends had their ways of grieving
** Showing that she has forgiven her sister for their rivalry, Kamilah started a scholarship in Tahani's name for girls like them.
** Pillboi graffitied a Red Lobster in honor of Jason's memory.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even though he's going to be wiped out of existance, existence, along with the rest of the universe, Shawn can't help but smugly point out to Michael how weird it is that he both succeeded ''and'' failed.failed.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Good Place Committee, as usual, is horrified by how Gen wants to wipe out humanity. Shame that they can't be more active about it.
* GodzillaThreshold: Eleanor wakes up Chidi and prepares to come clean with him about everything in the hopes of convincing Gen otherwise. It may risk their former relationship, especially since Chidi will remember that Eleanor tortured him, but worlds are at stake and Eleanor is willing to make that sacrifice.



* HonorBeforeReason: The good Place committee once again falls victim to this, taking the time to stress over the most ethical way to write a letter pleading to Gen ''not to wipe out the entire universe''.

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* HonorBeforeReason: HeroicSacrifice: The good Janets all prepare for Gen to marbelize them one by one to get the DoomsdayDevice.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Shawn would rather rub Michael's simultaneous loss and victory in his face and convince Gen to stay the course rather than admit he was wrong and do an EnemyMine to beg Gen to reconsider wiping out the universe.
** The Good
Place committee once again falls victim to this, taking the time to stress over the most ethical way to write a letter pleading to Gen ''not to wipe out the entire universe''.



* OhCrap: How the gang reacts when Gen reveals how she plans to resolve the botched point system.

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* OhCrap: MassOhCrap: How the gang reacts and the Good Place Committee react when Gen reveals how she plans to resolve the botched point system.system.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: The Janets hide the doomsday device among themselves. Gen coldly says she'll marbelize all of them.


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* SkewedPriorities: In addition to HonorBeforeReason, Shawn would rather show up Michael, his one rebellious demon, rather than save his own skin.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Brent was the only person in the experiment who got a negative point percentage, which showed Gen that humans are fundamentally flawed.
* VillainHasAPoint:
** AntiVillain example: while Gen's logic is cold, she says that if there is something fundamentally wrong with the system then it may be best to start from scratch and learn from past mistakes.
** Michael agrees with Shawn that Brent was a terrible human being who did get worse rather than better in the new experiment.

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* HeelFaceTurn: It turns out, Bad Janet was moved by the book Michael gave to her before releasing her, and is now convinced that humans do deserve better, and gathers all of the other Janets to stand up to Gen.

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* HeelFaceTurn: It turns out, Bad Janet was moved by the book manifesto Michael gave to her before releasing her, and is now convinced that humans do deserve better, and gathers all of the other Janets to stand up to help her stall Gen.



* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After a close call, Michael wins the case and prove definitively that a [[StaticCharacter static]] point-system is unfit for [[DynamicCharacter dynamic]] humanity. What does the Judge decide to do about it? RestartTheWorld, wipe out all of humanity - both on Earth and in the afterlife - and start over from scratch, in the hopes that the new society that evolves won't be too complicated for the points system.
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* RestartTheWorld: Gen's solution to the broken point system. She reasons that the new society that evolves won't be too complicated for the points system.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After a close call, Michael wins the case and prove definitively that a [[StaticCharacter static]] point-system is unfit for [[DynamicCharacter dynamic]] humanity. What does the Judge decide to do about it? RestartTheWorld, wipe out all of humanity - both on Earth and in the afterlife - and start over from scratch, in the hopes that the new society that evolves won't be too complicated for the points system.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even though he's going to be wiped out of existance, along with the rest of the universe, Shawn can't help but smugly point out to Michael how weird it is that he both succeeded ''and'' failed.



* HonorBeforeReason: The good Place committee once again falls victim to this, taking the time to stress over the most ethical way to write a letter pleading to Gen ''not to wipe out the entire universe''.



* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After a close call, Michael wins the case and prove definitively that a [[StaticCharacter static]] point-system is unfit for [[DynamicCharacter dynamic]] humanity. What does the Judge decide to do about it? RestartTheWorld, wipe out all of humanity - both on Earth and in the afterlife - and start over from scratch.

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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After a close call, Michael wins the case and prove definitively that a [[StaticCharacter static]] point-system is unfit for [[DynamicCharacter dynamic]] humanity. What does the Judge decide to do about it? RestartTheWorld, wipe out all of humanity - both on Earth and in the afterlife - and start over from scratch.scratch, in the hopes that the new society that evolves won't be too complicated for the points system.

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** When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became -1% worse.

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** When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became -1% 1% worse.



* ChekhovsGunman: Bad Janet. In the mother of all {{Karmic Jackpot}}s, [[CallBack Michael freeing Bad Janet and giving her a copy of his manifesto as a sign of good faith]] prevented TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt with Gen's DoomsdayDevice by giving Bad Janet her HeelFaceTurn. Not only that, but she winds up [[GondorCallsForAid recruiting every Janet in the universe]] (Good, Bad, Neutral and Disco) to help stall Gen while Team Cockroach figures out a better solution.



* HeelFaceTurn: It turns out, Bad JAnet was moved by the book Michael gave to her before releasing her, and is now convinced that humans do deserve better, and gathers all of the other Janets to stand up to Gen.

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* GondorCallsForAid: Bad Janet circulated Michael's Manifesto to every other Janet in the universe, a militia's worth showing up at Gen's courtroom to help hide her DoomsdayDevice.
* HeelFaceTurn: It turns out, Bad JAnet Janet was moved by the book Michael gave to her before releasing her, and is now convinced that humans do deserve better, and gathers all of the other Janets to stand up to Gen.


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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After a close call, Michael wins the case and prove definitively that a [[StaticCharacter static]] point-system is unfit for [[DynamicCharacter dynamic]] humanity. What does the Judge decide to do about it? RestartTheWorld, wipe out all of humanity - both on Earth and in the afterlife - and start over from scratch.
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* DoomsdayDevice: Gen plans to use one to wipe out humanity...until Janet sends it into her void.
* HeelFaceTurn: It turns out, Bad JAnet was moved by the book Michael gave to her before releasing her, and is now convinced that humans do deserve better, and gathers all of the other Janets to stand up to Gen.

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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves mock funerals and each one saying stuff about each other. The verdict Gen comes to is...unexpected to say the least.

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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves mock funerals and each one saying stuff about each other. The verdict Gen comes to is...unexpected surprising to say the least.


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* OhCrap: How the gang reacts when Gen reveals how she plans to resolve the botched point system.

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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves mock funerals and each one saying stuff about each other.
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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves mock funerals and each one saying stuff about each other. \n---- The verdict Gen comes to is...unexpected to say the least.


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* HopeSpot: The gang ends up convincing Gen that the point system is indeed flawed, and her solution to the problem is...to wipe all of humanity out and start from scratch.
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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves [[TitleDrop a funeral to end all funerals]]

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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves [[TitleDrop a funeral to end all funerals]]mock funerals and each one saying stuff about each other.

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* CharacterDevelopment: When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became -1% worse.

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* CharacterDevelopment: CharacterDevelopment:
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When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became -1% worse.worse.
** When the judge is unimpressed with the humans point scores, Michael reveals to her how much those who the gang helped as "The Soul Squad" improved, with Khamila opening a scholarship for many women to go to college under Tahani's name, Donna helping her stepdaughter out more with her homework, and Pillboi opening a charity.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: DoubleSubverted. JAson says his mother died of "The big c"..what he called a crocodile outside his house....then admits he was joking and she ''did'' die of cancer.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: DoubleSubverted. JAson Jason says his mother died of "The big c"..what he called a crocodile outside his house....then admits he was joking and she ''did'' die of cancer.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: DoubleSubverted. JAson says his mother died of "The big c"..what he called a crocodile outside his house....then admits he was joking and she ''did'' die of cancer.
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*CharacterDevelopment: When checking the humans scores, they find that they all did indeed become better than when they started...except Brent, who became -1% worse.
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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves [[TitleDrop a funeral to end all funerals[[

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While Michael attends the judge's ruling on the experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves [[TitleDrop a funeral to end all funerals[[funerals]]
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The group awaits the judge's final decision on the fate of human existence.

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The group awaits While Michael attends the judge's final decision ruling on the fate of human existence.experiment, along with Shawn, Bad Janet and the Good Place committee, the humans (who were not permitted to attend) decide to take their mind off the verdict by throwing themselves [[TitleDrop a funeral to end all funerals[[
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The group awaits the judge's final decision on the fate of human existence.
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