Michael's a Fire Squid and He's Embarrassed - The Good Place (Episode Highlight)

[@vexxama]

It’s a shame that Michael never gave in and showed Jason his true form later. I could picture michael going off screen. A zipping sound, then you see Jason’s face light up as he looks high above his head, smiles and slowly says “dooooooope”

[@keeper21br]

I really thought Michael would show his true form when he and Jason went to the bad place to rescue Janet.

[@synchrowolf3905]

That would’ve been cool

[@mrgwo]

for me it’s “oh dip”

[@akodaah13-e32]

@@keeper21br or maybe the whole gang, at the end or something, destroying the demons or some suff like that, but HEY, is fine :P

[@HonorWillow]

And this makes me sad that Michael is ashamed of his true form so that would hopefully include him actually learning to love himself

[@DavinStewart]

Micheal: Also, we're working on an NBC budget.

[@Ricardo5911jakakak]

And if bk 99 tells you anything, that ain't much

[@cheripanda613]

@@Ricardo5911jakakak yeah, upset it's ending but happy at the same time

[@woohoobarz]

@@cheripanda613 same, I loved the ending though I cried, made me happy seeing Michael finally become human, would've loved if the last season was us watching him get used to the human world and do human things

[@pearlsandstars829]

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees, I keep saying." Jason is all of us.

[@derinedala5032]

Michael doesn't know humans half as well as he thinks he does if he thinks 99% of us wouldn't trip over our own feet in the hurry to befriend an enormous fire squid

[@derinedala5032]

@monokhem I've been to AvCon and got though it just fine. He can't smell worse than that.

[@wulf8121]

Derin Edala right?

[@LordBrittish]

I want to be friends with a fire squid who has the voice of Ted Dancin... 🥺

[@thehellyousay]

No.

[@DragonflyandTheWolf]

Michael an ancient demon: Who the hell would want to see a disgusting giant squid? Jason a millennial: Meeeeeeee!

[@mariesabine2385]

This is what I love about my generation.

[@emparin9159]

On fire

[@SidPil]

"Millennials are demons who have been torturing people for 1000 years" -Michael

[@thehe2748]

@@SidPil *under 1000s years

[@christopherbacon1077]

Me too and I'm a Boomer

[@jojogottagogo9234]

The most down-to-earth portrayal of a man confessing he’s a fire squid ever put to television

[@josephwodarczyk977]

And it's such a difficult trope to get right too.

[@spelcheak]

I mean, it’s alright… but it’s been done so much that they really were really just working around not “copying” the really great examples that everyone has ingrained in memory.

[@IsaacV2001]

The genuine fear in his voice sold the scene. He was scared that his friends wouldn't see him the same way anymore. He'd developed a real, human sense of self esteem and he wanted his friends to love him. Michael is so fragile and he's my favorite character by a long shot.

[@Gunnhfran2]

I will say I was very suspicious when Janet didn’t go “not a girl” and I’m so glad my suspicions were right

[@Charles-qw9rl]

Gunnhfran2 yeah me too

[@quirkyblackenby]

Gunnhfran2 I was too. I immediately knew something was wrong

[@lisainthestudio]

I'm also suspicious when Michael called Eleanor "Shellstrop", he'd never done that before and Kristen had confusion on her face when he said it.

[@Gunnhfran2]

lisamaree258 yeah I agree that threw me as well and I thought a first until the Janet bit that is how Eleanor would solve it

[@zacharywade5639]

Since season two I've been saying that along with her and when she didnt say it in this episode I knew

[@terryeubanks8797]

This is such a sweet moment between them and really shows how far Michael has come. A lot of people seemed to want an obvious "tell us something only Michael could tell us" moment, but this is literally it. Vicky could never have said something with so much compassion and so much longing for connection. Greatest show ever.

[@entertainmentlife430]

Vicky would probably turn it on them and get angry.

[@yourmum69_420]

it was quite funny, but there are better shows

[@alphanerd7221]

Vicky is method. She could totally pull this off.

[@i-am-linja]

@@alphanerd7221 But would she _think_ to? The real Vicky can't play a convincing fake Michael in the next episode, because she has no understanding of his motivation; none of the demons do, because none of them are inside his ganglion.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@i-am-linja It's not not Michael is a big mystery.

[@AGH331]

That's actually really impressive. All the demons we have seen walking around without human suits were just three metre tall lava monsters. Michael being a 1.8 km tall fire squid the size of a mountain means he must be immensely powerful in his original form.

[@bustinarant]

And he was a *failing* demon desk jockey at the beginning lol There's just gotta be dragons somewhere in there. Probably the slacker programmers.

[@venerexate1841]

Naw, the lava monsters were the lowest class torturers. The demons usually in skin suits are probably crazy

[@iantaggart3064]

There's also that tall toothy slug thing that Michael talked with while grabbing the pins.

[@houselemuellan8756]

​​@@iantaggart3064 in cosmic horror rules that guy is definitely kilometres tall

[@alecLogan]

If size is indicative of power, of course. If it isn’t, he’s a giant lump of not-powerful disturbance.

[@sarahakin]

The most absurd dialogue to ever break my heart.

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

This whole show in a nutshell.

[@aderylight2058]

I know, right?

[@jojogottagogo9234]

Yeah, if anything, Michael’s true form being SO absurdly disgusting is part of why the scene works. Michael wants the humans to view him as their equal, and after seeing him in such a blatantly inhuman and demonic way, it’d be kind of hard for them to do that.

[@Crescentknight8189]

I’m with Jason. He’s basically saying he’s Cthulhu’s cooler older brother.

[@keeper21br]

Imagine the sanity loss just for taking a glimpse at that. But I’m with Jason, I’d want to take a look 😅

[@daniapfel9673]

Yep

[@1andonlyzara]

I mean, there’s also the whole “if humans look at a celestial being in its native form, they’ll become braindead” thing.

[@adamfuge8557]

Should be safe for jason then

[@briang.2218]

@@adamfuge8557 dam

[@kingrat1]

Considering from his description, Michael's name might also be Cthullu, that's probably correct.

[@hartley9003]

@@adamfuge8557 then again he doesn't have one lol

[@CrackSausage]

@@adamfuge8557 I mean yeah… doctors say it’s a smooth as an egg

[@ChaoticCobra]

Are me & Jason the only ones who wants to see Michael's true form???!!!

[@carealoo744]

Lol; I think the idea is that supposed to be left up to the viewer's imagination. I assume they don't have it in the budget to truly show a 6000 foot tall fire squid demon with teeth, and if they did, they should probably spend that budget on something else. ;)

[@bleh1569]

Nope same

[@bleh1569]

@@carealoo744 I know that it's supposed to be left to the imagination, but I'm really curious aaa

[@carealoo744]

@dougal is frugal Yes.

[@carealoo744]

@dougal is frugal ... Do you know how tall 6000 feet is, and how much CGI would need to be put in, to make it truly seem like a horror that the viewer wouldn't be able to handle?

[@vexxama]

I love that sense of wonder of Jason’s. He may not be the smartest person in the world, but he has a way of making people happy. Remember how he cheered up tahani about her party planning?

[@eshm1491]

Emotional intelligence, not intellectual intelligence

[@rachelfox8108]

Emotionally speaking, Jason is smart as hell. And the only reason he's not book smart is because he was raised in an underfunded education system with bad role models who taught him to see crime as a valid option to get out of his situation, and no guide for impulse control -- he's not intellectually smart about the ethical and legal decisions he makes and turns to crime because of *poverty.* Jason demonstrates the fact we should all know, that crime is a symptom of poverty, and that a system of right and wrong (and punishing the latter) that relies on your parents income and your access to educational opportunities as factors is one set up to put a moral equivalence on wealth -- to equate one's wealth as a sign of being a good person, in and of itself -- which is what made the US so imbalanced as a country to begin with.

[@yourmum69_420]

@@rachelfox8108 mate he's dumb

[@bmolitor615]

@@rachelfox8108 omg

[@rachelfox8108]

@@bmolitor615 Right?? The four, together, represent the flaws of judging complex people as simply "good" or "bad". Some have all the impact and opportunities but none of the intent (like Tahani), have all of the good intent but are so wrapped up in the questions of what could go wrong that they do nothing at all (Chidi), grow up with none of the human connections that make doing good its own motivator (Eleanor), or have human connections but none of the educational opportunities to know what good or bad really are (Jason). We live in a terrible, complex world, too complex to judge everyone by the same metric of expectations.

[@jasonfajerman8106]

Why don’t they just pull the old fashioned “tell us something only the real Michael would know” move

[@carealoo744]

Well, what could he say, that the other demons wouldn't know?

[@veena1409]

Eleanor and Eleanor's mom's meet up....i am sure thats personal

[@carealoo744]

@@veena1409 Not really. Remember, the deamons have full-records of every action that is ever done on Earth. Michael knew that Eleanor had: 'fequent sex-dreams of Sam the Eagal, from The Muppets,' which I'm pretty sure is much more personal than her meeting with her Mom. ;)

[@ToliBera]

@@carealoo744 "on The train to the bad place what did Janet conjure?" don't give a specific number of the items but ask him for it.

[@funkdancingforselfdefense5278]

That’d be an easy out for the writers and The Good Place isn’t the kind of show that takes easy outs

[@rachelanderson7841]

I've been wondering for quite a while what exactly Michael is beneath the skin suit, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that I want to see Michael's true form as a fire squid. When it's not catastrophically threatening for the whole neighborhood experiment, that is.

[@michaelbootes4822]

Series finale Kaiju fight between Michale and Shawns true form. Would be totally out of theme with a show about self improvement but it would be epic

[@entertainmentlife430]

Me too

[@ThirdLawPair]

Don't bother to search "Michael Fire Squid Fan Art". It's mostly a letdown.

[@sigorni1]

When kristen says "show us what you're working with" I just laugh because it reminds me of her dancing in the season 1 bloopers.

[@emiwheeeee]

YES my exact thought! that was one of my fave bloopers hahah she has great dance moves

[@AluraAlua]

My mind immediately went to Bo Burnham lol

[@Omnimegas]

jason was the perfect audience avatar here. I was literally thinking every single thought he said a second before he said them

[@Kris-wp3fm]

I reeeaaally hope this is a set up for Michael having to squid up for a kaiju battle in the finale.

[@The_Vinil]

We all love our giant fire squid

[@Skindrift]

That would have been sick.

[@ostensibly531]

Against an acid snake

[@ABtheButterfly]

I understand why Michael won't take off his suit so he won't ruin the experiment but come on dude your friends will still love you even if you are a 6,000-foot fire squid with a lot of tentacles and goo and on fire. honestly, I really hope before the end of the series we see what Michael really looks like.

[@mrcritical6751]

They could’ve just taken Michael far away from the fake Good Place then got him to remove the skin suit, The Medium Place is pretty big

[@carealoo744]

Lol; I think the idea is that supposed to be left up to the viewer's imagination. I assume they don't have it in the budget to truly show a 6000 foot tall fire squid demon with teeth, and if they did, they should probably spend that budget on something else. ;)

[@carealoo744]

I'm also fairly certain that will never actually see what's in the good place, or the bad place. I assume we'll never see the good place, because what we would see as reward, is subjective. Remember, the people who make this show, are humans, like us. What could they possibly show us as Heaven, that would satisfy each and every viewer, that they would be able to imagine spending full on eternity there, without ever getting bored? (Of course, this is even if: 'The Good Place,' exists, at all... ;) However, the bad place will most likely not be shown, not because torture is subjective, as I'm pretty sure that having your stomach cut open with saw blades, with your mouth full of fleas, being boiled in a tub full of scorpions, we can all agree would be torture. But, would you really want to see that? I think the show is constantly been trying to tell us, but it's not going to show us the bad place, not just because they don't have it in the budget to show that kind of stuff, but also because our minds wouldn't be able to take it. I know, us humans go through a lot of crap now, especially in these times, and chances are if they do show Michaels true form, we will be able to handle it, but that's because that this show is run by humans, and they will be able to handle what they themselves draw out. It's like: 'Bird-Box.' We don't know if the monsters are super ugly, or hypnotized us, or show us our greatest fear, or our greatest regret; All that we know, is that if you see one, you're dead. But, what could the creators have possibly shown the viewer, that would have satisfied that? :)

[@starlinguk]

And teeth. Don't forget the teeth.

[@sj_leee4995]

no they shouldtn show the michaels demon form. The last few seasons showed michael becoming human but if they show michael as a demon then it would dehumanize him

[@larry9228]

I was expecting him to merely be demon essence that is too complicated to be comprehended by the human mind, and would literally explode them if viewed upon. But this way works too

[@ImJaxBaby]

Boring essence of demon, vs gross slimey fire squid that's 6000 ft tall I know what I'm picking

[@AltairCrysis]

I'm a sucker for all of Michael's sad/emotional speeches!

[@MeganEhrenberg]

There’s something so wonderful about how excited Jason is about Michael’s true form, and then Michael names his future dog after him😭❤️

[@christopherminutolo9384]

A list of shirt I wanna see: 1. The ACTUAL Bad Place 2. Michael taking off his "demon Spanx" 3. Jason get some sort of brain cell

[@DalePWhyte]

1. The ACTUAL bad place is too graphic for mainstream television 2. They are DEFINITELY going to show the real Michael, otherwise they wouldn't have described him in such detail. 3. Jason clearly has some intelligence to him, he's the only one who realized that it was Bad Janet

[@777kals]

Dale Whyte issa joke thoooo..

[@christopherminutolo9384]

@@DalePWhyte they also talked about The Bad Place in great detail. (Although, it would be funnier NOT to shows the real Bad Place.

[@sofilupi]

@@DalePWhyte they never showed Michael's true form :(

[@DalePWhyte]

@@sofilupi I know. I'm still pissed

[@leelasmoochie]

Lol Jason response to everything is so innocent ❤️😅😂🤣

[@keara.ls3]

“I’m a fire squid.” “DOOOOPPEEE!” 😂😂😂

[@samgoldingay18]

We better see Michael's fire squid form later in the season

[@theashman5990]

“Im a 6000 foot tall fire squid, i have tentacles, theres teeth everywhere, I’m on fire and my neck is long. And theres a smell, and lots of juice, theres so much juice Eleanore” I am gunna write a complaint if we don’t see this. It would be DOPE...

[@jackguerre]

I’ve got some bad news for you, bud.

[@theashman5990]

Jack Does Stuff Still like the ending tho WAY better (Cries Inside)

[@potaterjim]

I'm with Jason. I'm the guy who watched stuff like Sleeping Beaty and thought "You could turn into a huge dragon whenever you want!? Why don't you do that all the time!"

[@jamaljames9331]

Man, Ted Danson sounds very convincing and real when he is too embarrassed and scared to show Michael's true form.

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

I'm with Jason. I'd love to see a fire squid but I fear the budget wouldn't allow for a truly excellent firesquid CGI.

[@jayyyzeee6409]

"There's so much juice, Eleanor."

[@jojogottagogo9234]

Sometimes when I rewatch the show, I find myself imagining a fire squid doing whatever Michael’s doing. It feels weird doing that. Like, it’s hard to imagine this ginormous fire squid being genuine about wanting to save humanity. Even minor stuff like Michael getting giddy about a place that was once a Pizza Hut AND a Taco Bell didn’t sit right. And I know it’s wrong to think like that, because no matter what he looks like, Michael would still be Michael. But I just couldn’t shake off that feeling. So, to put it lightly, doing that made me totally understand why Michael would refuse to let his friends see him in his true form.

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

I like that idea 💡 On the other hand, would you go around imagining people like the Pope or Kim Jung Un, or your parents or personal enemies, or school teachers _naked_ when you remember them doing things ?

[@aleckyte]

This is such a beautifully staged and shot scene.

[@woodrobin]

Ellen: "I've seen a lot of weird hogs in my day, dude. Get over yourself." Best. Line. Ever.

[@joakofan9579]

Her name is Eleanor

[@FlashakaViolet]

Michael we’ll love you no matter what

[@samwalsh8299]

I love this series, I’m just sad this is the last season 😢, but at least it shall end properly.

[@evansageser6943]

You know I can help but not some body dysphoria parallels with Michael's behavior. Like he clearly is extremely uncomfortable with what he looks like, he reacts with visible disgust simply describing his appearance, and his final wish in the series is to stop being that and be a human.

[@bushidotestu1997]

Sounds like something out of lovecraft... I want to see it

[@davidalves31057]

I guess alot of demons from the bad place are lovecraftian like creatures!

[@shihoblade]

@@davidalves31057 The ones weve seen are pretty tame. I imagine older demons like Michael might be a bit more primordial and powerful.

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

Wait aren’t like lovecraft monsters are like well unwatchable? Not like lame more like it literally make you insane just from watching it

[@justingries6310]

This is seriously the best show ever

[@chaihill1837]

“I’ve seen a lot of weird hogs in my life dude. Get over yourself.” “That’s not it!” That got me good.

[@spencergsmith]

I think I speak for everyone in the comment section, when I say... it's a tragedy we never got to see Michael in his fire squid form.

[@filmternals]

Eleanor in the finale episode: Fire squids are heavy.

[@rsparks1104]

This is a fascinating little moment to me that does a lot of work foreshadowing michael's ending. He TRULY never wanted to be a demon. He was evil, don't get me wrong, due to the environment he was created in, but his heart was never in it. His method of torturing humans was not only the most lenient, but also the most... human. He has always longed to connect with them, and unlike other demons who use the skinsuits as interchangeable disguises, he values his human identity more than his demon identity. He's basically trans.

[@SimonFoston]

I'm not so sure... I definitely think he was like that later on, but in season 1 and the greater part of season 2 he seemed pretty much on board with the Bad Place agenda and pretty contemptuous towards humans.

[@tunahelpa5433]

Ted D grew into his role so well!

[@midneis]

Scenes like that and "the reason you won't get out of your demon spanx" line make me miss the show already. Imagine, this season is all we have left of it, guys... damn you! Damn you...

[@emmap.9064]

I'm actually quite happy, in a sense, that they're ending it on their own terms. Like, it wasn't cancelled at a point where the suspense called for another season so we'll get a proper resolution, and it might be over but at least we're going to get a great ending instead of a show running on empty for 13 more seasons.

[@EdeDizon]

I need to see this as well. Also the tarantula squid. Has everyone forgotten about the tarantula squid ?!?

[@MissusAnon]

For comparison, the current tallest skyscraper is only a little over 1/3 of his height... If Michael was on earth and came out of his suit and he wasn't in somewhere as desolate as a desert, he'd probably cause an ecological disaster without meaning to. And to be fair Jason's reaction is so relatable, how else would you react to finding out your friend is actually something involving fire and marine life? Those two things don't go together!

[@Maria_Quevedo]

For some reason after a watching this episode and I went to bed I had a dream on what he looked like.

[@FordLancer]

“There’s so much juice Eleanor” more than the others, losing Eleanor’s friendship would break Michael.

[@quirkyblackenby]

His neck is long! That’s the scariest part

[@joakofan9579]

*Michael:* I'm a fire squid. *Jason:* Dope! *Michael:* No, not dope.

[@houselemuellan8756]

Michael's a cosmic horror confirmed

[@jcnot9712]

For once in the show, I think Jason was the most relatable character in the scene.

[@m.a.3322]

Idk why Michael's description of his true self is so damn hilarious to me.

[@houselemuellan8756]

Quick! Someone make a Fire SquiD Michael fanart cosmic horror style!

[@LiamRichardson-o7q]

Here we see Michael really became the good place architect that he was pretending to be and he developed real sense of compassion and empathy And the real fear he had that the friends he loved would never look at him the same again was worth risking everything is just amazing writing and acting by Ted

[@Nomadcreations]

So perfectly Acted!!!

[@dgvanz1155]

I can't wait for the fan art

[@claudefrolltomstein8935]

I did it but I made it silly. (Sorry I am 4 years late haha)

[@DaVickster1078]

@@claudefrolltomstein8935where

[@johnjdevlin2610]

I always suspected that Ted Danson was a fire squid. When I used to watch him on Cheers my TV would give off an odor I can't describe.

[@Jenkinsem]

Yes I keep saying!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Toldoris]

I'm totally on Jason's page here: Yes I'm absolutely positively sure that I want to see a 6000f fire squid and be friends with it!

[@susiearnold]

I get what Michael is saying. He has spent so much effort learning how to become human and the acceptance of the team as a human-like person has become really important. Even if they still accept Michael the person they wouldn't really think of him in human terms anymore and for Michael who is trying so hard that would be sad. That plus it would be like showing old high-school pictures of you fat with zits, braces, bad outdated hair, disproportionate limbs, and outdated clothes with a slogan or something that is now considered racist to your friends after they only knew your hot older version.

[@tyrant-den884]

Ted Danson is amazing.

[@MitchellTF]

....This is why you get good actors, because Michael's pain is PALPABLE.

[@tm502010]

So. Well. Done.

[@markfuston2714]

You know, I just had a thought..since Tahani went to the Bad Place being her motives were unpure, I'm surprised someone like Jason didn't at least have a chance..since even though he did bad things, we were never really shown him feeling any malice. Although, now that I think about it I guess the system was favoring the Bad Place, so it makes sense that both situations would lead to someone going down.

[@bustinarant]

Hadn't had anyone in a century or two I think. So even the famous humanitarians might not have gotten in, for eating half a sandwich one time or something.

[@nicolasneal204]

@@bustinarant it was little more complicated then that see all the people that had gotten into the Good Place had driven the average points needed way up making it hard to accumulate the necessary points in a single lifetime not to mention most people in are modern age keep accidentally wracking up bad points due to there unintended consequences by buying certain products there were getting bad points for unknowingly supporting racism, sexism, and even slavery and the accounting department didn't realize the issue because there meant to be perfectly neutral and judge based solely on what the person's actions were without considering why they did them in the first place

[@blanksy9505]

Can’t wait for this to go on Netflix :))

[@fienesmeets]

it would be so cool if could accually see the Fire Squid

[@DeathDiety365]

Guys it's probably like one of those lovecraft beings You probably wouldnt die or go insane from looking at it but it would traumatize most probs

[@violetsmith5731]

I can't wait to watch it tonight!

[@rickgrimes6859]

I want to see Michael's Origin story.

[@jomarcentermjm]

Accounting department: So how would we considered H. P. Lovecraft works? He got most of us described on point.

[@fran7562]

This is Sara Corbello I can't believe it's the final season going miss this show

[@jasonfajerman8106]

NEW THEORY: so we saw Micheal change and I believe we saw Glenn change (especially in The Selection series on NBC). Vicky is just like Michael was at the start of the series. Hated humans, Thought all humans were bad, etc. Maybe that is Vicky in a Michael suit and after spending time with the humans she grew a bond with them. That could explain the emotional moments between Michael(Vicky) and Eleanor and maybe that’s why he got so emotional when Glenn called him out on actually being Vicky. I think it will be a good turn for Vicky to be part of team cockroach as well as Glenn and maybe slowly more and more demons will become good and there will be a good demon vs bad demon brawl.

[@carealoo744]

While I was disappointed by episodes 2 and 3, this episode is exactly what I expected from a Good Place episode! Well then the Good Place! You get a standing ovation from me! I'm glad to see, that you're back on track! :)

[@ziggygunz2447]

I really feel like Jason was the purest one in the whole group lol

[@TalexxAltava]

Who else is bummed that we never got to see the Fire Squid? This is the Bad Place!

[@loganhoffner4178]

I like how he's just playing with the grabber when they walk in.

[@carealoo744]

I really hope episodes 2 and 3 are going to be the only episodes without real twists. I remember, near the end of Season 3 Episode 13, I thought to myself: 'Oh, Shoot; Are we going to have an entire Season of this bull-crap?' Once I heard Season 4 will be the final season, I reassured myself at that couldn't possibly be the case, as there must be more to the story coming up. Episode 1 I was entertained by enough, I'm mainly because I was just excited to see the show back, and there was that twist that one of the new subjects was a demon. But then episodes two and three came by, and we're just pretty much exactly what Season 3 Episode 13 made us believe this Season would be about. I don't mean to sound unreasonable, but seeing as this show relied mainly on twists and Cliffhangers, intended to drop the ball right before we get bored with a certain subject, I started to get impatient, which is why I assume this is the final Season. Because they know that they can't keep satisfying this format, being quite literally changing the format every few episodes, forever. Episode 4 has restored my faith, and I'm sure that Episode 2 was just to introduce us to Brent, and Episode 3 was just to introduce us to John. Now that that is done, I'm sure we can start actually doing stuff, with them. (I Hope!)

[@payneicecold3000]

We need more Chidi honestly, I have been disappointed with the lack of Chidi in these episodes

[@kainxjm]

The twists in this episode though

[@probablyonmc]

I actually thought that there’s something wrong with Janet

[@12345starbucks]

Exactly! In Episode 3 the real Janet would never suggest punching Brent, despite how annoying he is. If you watch that scene again, Janet seems pissed when Tahani doesn't take her suggestion.

[@probablyonmc]

12345starbucks and she seemed so annoyed with everything

[@quirkyblackenby]

Jana Ghazi like bad janets are. Good janets are usually pretty calm and accommodating about things

[@philipmoore4275]

“I’ve seen a lot of weird hogs in my life,” 🤣

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

Anyone else have to pause and cackle for five minutes at the fire squid bit

[@Skirtz23]

Embarrassed Cthulhu just wants to be friends, not fry your brain.

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

Come onnnn! At least an extra little short of fire squid Michael!!! I need to see that! It sounds freakin epic!!!

[@NickPiers]

One of the few things I'm disappointed in this show is we never got to see a glimpse of Michael's fire squid form. For a show that uses CGI often to get super weird, I'm surprised they didn't at least do it once to show us the fire squid.

[@Witching96Hour]

is there any video with the instrumental from 1:23?

[@deadpool2265]

There should've been a fight between demons, like Michael in his squid form and Shawn in his demon form..... Michael should've won and the fight should've ended with a hug. That would be both cool and heartwarming

[@Sirenhound]

We never get to see him as a fire squid 🙁

[@jasonfajerman8106]

You guys really liked my last on so here’s another theory for the good place: Micheal is lying he’s really Vicky. Let’s take a look at Bad Janet. We know she was telling the truth about taking real Janet and pretending to be her but she could be lying about Glenn being a traitor. I don’t think she was. When she saw Glenn come in she panicked. She never helped them and the only way she knew how to was to kill him. We also saw how happy Michael(Vicky) was when Glenn was gone because he was the only one who knew about their plan. We heard Bad Janet talk about how Glenn was a traitor and she seemed very annoyed about it so we know bad Janet was telling the truth. This is how we know Michael(Vicky) is lying: When Eleanor told him to take off his suit he had to quickly think of a sad explanation to why he can’t and as she was still suspicious of him bad Janet saved him by showing them the device not only was it to kill Glenn but it was to show them what would happen to Michael if he sacrificed himself which he was never going to anyway. He knew Eleanor would never let him do it and maybe it was part of the plan for Jason to figure out Janet was lying because that stopped Michael from blowing himself up and it made Eleanor think it was really Michael then he took Jason he took Jason to the bad place to “save Janet” but really they went to do a Jason switcheroo and they will come back with fake Jason and another fake Janet. Then they will slowly replace everyone in the group and try to ruin the experiment but when they try to go for Eleanor she figures out the whole thing and saves everyone. Hope you like my theory and let me know if you think Micheal is Vicky or not.

[@sixthjayhawk]

jason fajerman I like your ideas and observations, but I think it’s the real Michael. If it isn’t, it undermines a lot of emotional scenes (particularly between him and Eleanor) that we’ve gotten so far this season. And now we’re on to another arc for the season, which will be rescuing Janet from the Bad Place. Maybe Michael and Fake!Michael will run into each other, and Jason will have to figure out which one he should listen to and trust. That would make for some interesting drama.

[@jasonfajerman8106]

Yeah that’s true but we know Vicky is a really good actor/lier so that might explain the emotional moments. But I would love to see that scene with Jason and the 2 Michaels

[@rachelanderson7841]

I don't think there's more than one fake. The writers have said time and time again that they're always trying to outsmart a very smart audience, and too many people bought into the idea that Michael was swapped on the train. If they do more than one swap, even if we see it happen this time, it will feel a bit redundant, and these writers have constantly reinvented the wheel. Even in the reboots, it never felt redundant. I also agree with what Sixth Jayhawk said--it would really undermine the lovely emotional scenes we've seen between Eleanor and Michael thus far this season. I totally see the validity in your theory, but I don't think it's where the writers are taking us. Regardless, I'm excited to see what happens next week!

[@mrcritical6751]

Vicky isn’t a good actor she’s really pretentious and gets annoyed if she’s in a role she doesn’t like

[@rachelanderson7841]

@@Nerdnotwashere I can understand how that would be possible. Up until last night, I was definitely leaning toward the "Michael has been swapped by Vicky" theory. (I was never completely on board, but that theory rattled around in my head for three weeks) But after this episode, I just don't think that's where they're headed.

[@TheMikesShow1]

0:41 Mad respect for Danson, he does his whole ridiculous monologue totally straight

[@DevilSeiji]

OMG sooo cool and yes, everybody needs to see this.

[@wastingmytime7258]

Not sure if anyone reads these comments, but the description of this clip says that Michael reveals himself to Eleanor, Janet, and Jason, but it's actually Tahani in the scene and not Janet.

[@12345starbucks]

Has the Bad place taken over?

[@rudebodega]

If a fire squid is that horrified by how much of his own juice there is I think we should just take his word for it

[@josephwodarczyk977]

No. We need to see this. For science.

[@lemonine907]

why did they post an episode highlight before it aired?

[@annagatpandan3880]

Lemonine probably to get people excited about the episode

[@ChickenBoo1989]

Michael did appear in his squid form on earth once, Rose up from the deep and Attacked a Cruise ship ate everyone on board and 2 survivors blew up the ship with him on it....It was a day he didn't want to talk about......It did get recorded though and its called Deep Rising.

[@garethspotfur1]

gotta admit, jason knows what he wants...

[@andrycanz8693]

6,000 -foot-tall fire squid? awww, michael is so smol!