Recap / Superstore S 4 E 18 Cloud Green

"Cloud Green"

Jonah leads a new Earth-friendly initiative at Cloud 9, but the other employees are quite apathetic. Glenn brings his pastor back to host an Earth Day booth, but the pastor quickly uses the store to preach.

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This episode provides examples of:

• Digging Yourself Deeper: Dina's attempt to explain why Amy kicked Pastor Craig out of the store just make them look more prejudiced.
  Dina: All right, just so you all know, this was not a race thing. We're kicking him out for practicing his religion.
  Amy: No, that is not true.
  Dina: All right, I stand corrected. Race may have had a little to do with it.
• #EngineeredHashtag: invoked When Cheyenne takes over the green initiative, Marcus proposes they use the hashtag "#oceans" on social media, though he doesn't seem to know exactly what it would mean.
  Jonah: Um, I'm sorry. What exactly would a hashtag accomplish?
  Marcus: Well, it's about starting a conversation.
  Jonah: What conversation?
  Marcus: This conversation.
  • Later, they use the hashtag #Cloud9SoGreen on social media. Jonah still doesn't think it's doing much to actually help the environment.
• Irony: The materials for the Cloud 9 green initiative come in large cardboard boxes with wasteful excess packaging.
• Jerkass Ball: The usually chipper Extreme Doormat Glenn is a lot more snappy in this episode, a combination of his adjustment to no longer being in charge and his horror that Amy kicked out his favorite pastor (who he brought into the store without asking Amy first), given how Christianity is very dear to Glenn. He yells at Amy for taking control of the store and starts a Bible study group and reads the pastor's book over the loudspeaker seemingly just to spite Amy. Not helping is that Dina eggs him on just because she wants to see him and Amy fight.
• Shout-Out: A Running Gag has Garrett compare Jonah's activism to Bono.
• Slippery Slope Fallacy: Dina claims that letting Glenn's pastor hand out plants in the store will lead to cult leaders coming in to hand out Kool-Aid. Amy says that Dina took a dark leap.
• That Came Out Wrong: Glenn claims to Mateo that Pastor Glenn is "one of those cool pastors who's down with all the gay stuff." Pastor Craig says that's probably not how he would have phrased that.