History Recap / TheGoodPlaceS4E04TinkerTailorDemonSpy

* JustEatGilligan: While the humans are trying to figure out if Michael is actually Vicky wearing a Michael suit over her own skin suit, they realize the most obvious solution fairly quickly; simply get Michael to take his skin suit off, as this will instantly prove whether it's really him or not. However, not only is a demon the only one who can take off their own skin suit (so they can't force him out of it), but Michael refuses to take his suit off because he considers his true form so disgusting that the humans will never look at him the same way again. Also, it's six thousand feet tall and will definitely be witnessed by the neighborhood and ruin the experiment.

Eleanor, Michael, Tahani, Jason and Janet play a game with Brent, Simone, John and Chidi, where their Pictionary drawings come to life. Chidi makes a very bad drawing of a horse, which then comes to life as a nightmarish monstrosity that runs amok through the neighborhood.

* ArtInitiatesLife: The gang play Magic Pictionary, in which their drawings come to life. Unfortunately, when your drawing skills are as bad under pressure as Chidi's, this has horrific results.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Quite accidentally, the Bad Janet that took the main Janet's place has been exposed to more of Brent's harassment than Good Janet has. And as she was sent in to sabotage the experiment, she has suffered more because (less advanced) Bad Janets literally melt when trying to be helpful. She unleashes a stream of insults the minute that Jason busts her, almost looking relieved that she can be herself.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Despite Michael insisting otherwise, Jason finds Michael actually being a fire squid to be really cool and wants to see it.

Later, Eleanor suggests the Soul Squad do an all night brainstorm on good person provoking activities, but Michael wants to have a non-productive slumber party instead.

Suddenly, one of the demons, Glenn, arrives, claiming that he's defecting from the Bad Place. He tells Eleanor that Michael is being impersonated by Vicky in a Michael-suit. The gang separate and interrogate Michael and Glenn, trying to figure out if Glenn is telling the truth. Michael insists that he hasn't been replaced, but he won't remove his suit. Michael reveals his true form is that of a six thousand foot fire squid, and he's afraid that once the humans saw it, they would be horrified and never see him in the same way again. Janet takes out a device she claims is a lie detector, but when she uses it on Glenn, he explodes into goo. Michael alleviates everyone's concerns when he explains that this didn't kill Glenn, as his body will reform itself eventually. To prove to everyone that he's the real Michael, Michael offers to blow himself up with the goo gun. Before he can do that, Jason then restrains Janet with a pair of handcuffs Mindy used on Derek, revealing her to be a Bad Janet who has replaced the Squad's Janet when they returned Chris back to the Bad Place. He figured this out when "Janet" didn't reply with her usual "not a girl" phrase while speaking with him. Bad Janet explains that Shawn rebooted her multiple times to upgrade her so that she could be able to convincingly act helpful without exploding in on herself. Knowing what they have to do, Jason and Michael set off to rescue Good Janet from The Bad Place.

* EldritchAbomination: According to Michael, his true form is that of a six-thousand foot tall fire squid that smells terrible, has a long neck, is covered in teeth, and constantly oozes juice. He considers this form to be so disgusting that he'd rather turn himself into a pile of goo than let his friends see him like that.

* NoodleImplements: The "sex toys" in Derek's room. One seems to consist of multiple egg beaters.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The scene of the impostor being swapped on the train is first shown when Glenn discusses how could have been Michael switched (a bunch of demons gang up on him and Vicky in the Michael suit comes out of hiding). Later, we see a version of the scene that showcases what actually happened (Janet being marbelized and Bad Janet taking her place).

** The BrickJoke of Glenn asking for a drink of pig urine ("or whatever urine you have, I'm not picky") comes back when they're is trying to figure out how to make sure Glenn tells the truth. Eleanor suggests getting him wasted.

** Michael asks the humans if they would really want to be friends with him after seeing him in his true form as a disgusting six thousand foot tall fire squid - to which Jason exclaims that yes, he would, and he keeps telling Michael that.

* ShoutOut: Jason expresses scepticism that Glenn is a devil, since he doesn't [[Film/TheDevilWearsPrada wear Prada]].

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if Glenn came to the neighborhood because he truly had [[HeelFaceTurn a change of heart]] or because he was sent by the Bad Place to create discord with the Soul Squad and get Michael out of the picture. Bad Janet calls him a traitor, but she hasn't exactly been in contact with Shawn.

** If Glenn ''is'' telling the truth, he's started to question the entire purpose of the Bad Place just as Michael did.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Glenn's plan was to sabotage the experiment, then it backfires by exposing that Good Janet was kidnapped.

** The focus on Michael actually being Vicky distracts us from who the real impostor swapped on the train is: Janet.

** Michael asks the humans if they would really want to be friends with him after seeing him as a disgusting six thousand foot tall fire squid - to which Jason exclaims that yes, he would, and he keeps telling Michael that.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] If Glenn really did switch over to the good side and was actually trying to help the humans, then he came to the exact right conclusion that the Bad Place intended for Linda to fail so they could switch someone on the train to sabotage the experiment. He just incorrectly assumed who was switched.

* SpannerInTheWorks: If this is Glenn being a real defector, then he undoes one of the Bad Place's more sinister machinations by accident. Bad Janet seems to think he is one, calling him a traitor.
* SpottingTheThread: Jason realized something was wrong with Janet when she didn't reply "Not a girl", which eventually made him realize that she was actually Bad Janet..

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Michael doesn't want to show his true form because the others will never look at him the same again. Judging from [[EldritchAbomination his description]], that would be a huge understatement.

* TheReveal: Though we don't get to see it, Michael finally gives a description of what his true form looks like -- he's a gigantic fire squid. He seems to be ashamed of it, if only because if the humans see it he fears they won't be able to look at him the same way.

* EurekaMoment: Jason claims he figured out Janet wasn't the real Janet when she didn't say "not a girl" like she usually does when someone calls her a girl.

* SpottingTheThread: Jason realized Bad Janet isn't Janet when he calls her a girl and she doesn't reply "Not a girl".

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: The BrickJoke of Glenn asking for a drink of pig urine ("or whatever urine you have, I'm not picky") comes back when they're is trying to figure out how to make sure Glenn tells the truth. Eleanor suggests getting him wasted.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Despite Michael trying to tell him otherwise, Jason finds Michael actually being a fire squid to be really cool and wants to see it.

* TheArtOfBraRemoval: Janet says that only a demon can remove their own human suit, "like a very complicated bra."

* JustEatGilligan: While the humans are trying to figure out if Michael is actually Vicky wearing a Michael suit over her own skin suit, they realize the most obvious solution fairly quickly; get Michael to take his skin suit off, as this will instantly prove whether it's really him or not. However, not only is a demon the only one who can take off their own skin suit (so they can't force him out of it), but Michael refuses to take his suit off because he considers his true form so disgusting that the humans will never look at him the same way again. Also, it's six thousand feet tall and will definitely be witnessed by the neighborhood and ruin the experiment.

* JustEatGilligan: While the humans are trying to figure out if Michael is actually Vicky wearing a Michael suit over her own skin suit, they of course come to the most obvious conclusion fairly quickly; get Michael to take his skin suit off, as this will instantly prove whether it's really him or not. However, not only is a demon the only one who can take off their own skin suit (so they can't force him out of it), but Michael refuses to take his suit off because he considers his true form so disgusting that the humans will never look at him the same way again. Also, it's six thousand feet tall and will definitely be witnessed by the neighborhood and ruin the experiment.

* JustEatGilligan: When trying to figure out if Michael is actually Vicky wearing a Michael suit over her own skin suit, they come to the most obvious conclusion fairly quickly; get Michael to take his skin suit off, which will instantly prove whether it's really him or not. However, not only is a demon the only one who can take off their own skin suit (so they can't force him out of it), but Michael refuses to take his suit off because he considers his true form so disgusting that the humans will never look at him the same way again. Also, it's six thousand feet tall and will definitely be witnessed by the neighborhood and ruin the experiment.

* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Jason prepares to return to the Bad Place to rescue Janet.

* EntertaininglyWrong: If Glenn really did switch over to the good side and was actually trying to help the humans, then he came to the exact right conclusion that the Bad Place intended for Linda to fail so they could switch someone on the train to sabotage the experiment. He just incorrectly assumed who was switched.

* TentacledTerror: Michael expects the humans to find his giant squid form disgusting and terrifying.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Michael ''could'' take off his suit and prove it's him, except he's worried his true form may traumatize the humans. Also it's huge and will definitely be witnessed by the humans that are part of experiment.

* NearVillainVictory: Michael was seconds away from liquifying himself, which would have cost the humans a close friend and left them alone running the experiment with Bad Janet free to continue sabotaging them, which would have left the experiment more likely to fail than ever.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Bad Janet is remarkably calm when saying that Shawn rebooted her ''40 million times'' --and rebooting is painful for the Janet in question--to modify her so that she can successfully impersonate Good Janet.]