"The Good Place" The Trolley Problem (TV Episode 2017) Poster

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(2017)

Kristen Bell: Eleanor Shellstrop

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Quotes 

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : [excitedly]  Would someone's foot really fly off their body like that? That was kind of cool... Ethically speaking.

  • Chidi Anagonye : I just don't feel like you're engaging with the material.

    Michael : Oh, come on.

    Chidi Anagonye : Like with the trolley problem.

    Michael : That was just tricky, that's all. Why don't you just tell me the right answer?

    Chidi Anagonye : Well, that's what's so great about the trolley problem, is that there is no right answer.

    Michael : [he and Eleanor both groan]  This is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : [to Chidi]  I'm on your side here, dude, but he is not wrong.

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : Look, this isn't about Chidi not being able to take a joke. This is about you. You're doing what I used to do. You're pulling an Eleanor.

    Michael : Posting my cousin's credit card number on Reddit because she said I looked tired?

    Eleanor Shellstrop : [Eleanor snorts. They chuckle]  I forgot I did that.

  • Michael : And finally, Chidi. You were a tough nut to crack, but I think I figured it out.

    [Janet hands Michael a weathered notebook] 

    Michael : This is a replica of a lost notebook from the desk of Immanuel Kant. It contains never-before-seen thoughts and musings, and several... uh, crude erotic drawings. Interesting guy, actually. The point is, no one on Earth has ever seen this... except for you.

    Chidi Anagonye : Cool.

    [Chidi takes the notebook and drops it into the trash without even a glance] 

    Chidi Anagonye : This isn't an apology. It's a bribe, and I'm not interested.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : [mouth full of jumbo shrimp]  Yeah, we can't be bought.

    Michael : What do you want from me, man? You want me to give you a golden nameplate for your office? Or you want a diamond bigger than Tahani's?

    Tahani Al-Jamil : No! Then this would be worthless.

    Chidi Anagonye : I don't want anything.

    Michael : [scoffs]  Oh. Oh, okay. Ah, I get it, I get it. You want me to admit that I was wrong. You want me to say, "Oh, Chidi, I'm so sorry. Because I didn't understand human ethics and you do, it made me feel insecure and I lashed out. And, oh, please help me, because I feel so, so lost and vulnerable."

    Chidi Anagonye : Yes.

    [pause] 

    Michael : [heartfelt]  Oh, Chidi, I am so sorry. I, um... I didn't understand human ethics, and you do. And it made me feel insecure, and I lashed out. And I really need your help, because I feel... so lost and vulnerable.

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : You don't care about learning ethics lessons. You're just torturing Chidi again, aren't you?

    Michael : Busted.

    Chidi Anagonye : What?

    Michael : [roaring with laughter]  I'm sorry. Old habits die hard. Not as hard as those people you crushed with the trolley, though. Boom!

    Chidi Anagonye : I'm sorry, is... is this funny to you?

    Michael : Yeah. I thought that was clear from my laughter.

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : You okay? You've been staring at the second page of this book for an hour.

    Chidi Anagonye : When I'm really upset, concentrating on a table of contents helps me calm down. It's like a menu, but the food is words.

  • Michael : Chidi? Talk it out, buddy. What are we thinking?

    Eleanor Shellstrop : He thinks he just killed a bunch of people with a trolley.

    Michael : It's just a simulation. I would never make you kill real people.

    Chidi Anagonye : Oh, well, that's reassuring. Because some of the parts of the fake people *flew into my mouth*!

  • Michael : I screwed up. I'm owning it. I mean, I'm a superior being, I ought to act like one, right? So I really thought about each one of you, and I got you something that will make you happy. I call them "opposite tortures."

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Do you mean presents?

    Michael : Yes, that's better. Thank you.

  • Michael : [to Chidi]  These five people all need organ transplants, or they will die. Eleanor's perfectly healthy. Chidi, do you want to slice her open and use her organs to save the five sick people?

    Eleanor Shellstrop : [panicking]  Chidi, Chidi, think about this. I'm your hottest friend... No, Tahani. I'm your nicest fr... No, Jason. I'm your *friend*.

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : Kitchen looks nice and crazy.

    Chidi Anagonye : I've been racking my brain trying to find a way to get through to Michael. What do you think about writing a rap musical about Kierkegaard?

    Eleanor Shellstrop : I think it's a terrible idea.

    Chidi Anagonye : Cool.

    [he collects and throws a stack of paper into the garbage] 

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Michael's not going to learn how to be a good person overnight. He's not even a person. He's just a bunch of evil shoved up the butt of an evil mannequin.

  • Michael : Okay, so that was trolley problem version number seven. Chidi opted to run over five William Shakespeares instead of one Santa Claus.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Okay, as much as I'm enjoying watching random people's heads fly off, I think we've taken this trolley thing as far as it can go.

  • Chidi Anagonye : I can't believe I actually thought he wanted to learn from us. What he really wanted was to torture me. Using the thing I love most in the world.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Woven belts?

    [seeing his look] 

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Oh! Teaching, right. I'm sorry about this, Chidi. I made him take the classes and I feel a little responsible.

    Chidi Anagonye : No, no, it's not your fault.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Yeah, you're right, it isn't, and no takebacks.

  • Chidi Anagonye : We are going to tackle the trolley problem.

    Jason Mendoza : Is this a game? I go first. I call blue.

    Chidi Anagonye : There's no... no, this is... no. This is a thought experiment first introduced by British philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967. You are driving a trolley when the brakes fail. And on the track ahead of you are five workmen that you will run over. Now, you can steer to another track, but on that track is one person you would kill instead of the five. What do you do?

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Do we know anything about the people? Like, is one of them an ex-boyfriend or that snooty girl from Rite Aid who was always silently judging my purchases? It's like, "Yeah, chicky! A Baby Ruth and birth control, I see the irony. Keep a-swiping!"

    Chidi Anagonye : You don't know any of the workers.

    Eleanor Shellstrop : Okay, well, then that's easy. I switch tracks. Kill one person instead of five.

    Tahani Al-Jamil : But this is hard, 'cause the only trolley I've ever been on is James Franco's ironic trolley. It travels backwards from his penguin grotto to his garage of adult tricycles.

    [seeing the others' looks] 

    Tahani Al-Jamil : Um... kill one and save five.

  • Michael : Look, I don't know what to tell you. If Chidi can't take a joke, that's on him. Just like all that blood was.

    [chuckles, raises his hand for a high-five] 

    Eleanor Shellstrop : I can't high-five that! No matter how badly I want to.

  • Eleanor Shellstrop : Pulling an Eleanor in this case is lashing out when you feel like a failure. You couldn't hack the classes. They made you feel dumb and small, so you took it out on the teacher.

    Michael : You think I feel dumb and small? I'm an eternal being who can see in nine dimensions. I can see from your aura that you're about to fart quietly and then lie about it. And please don't, because I can also see what you ate today.

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