The Good Place (TV Series)

The Book of Dougs (2019)

Jameela Jamil: Tahani Al-Jamil

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Quotes 

• Michael : [pulls up a page from the Book of Dougs]  In 1534, Douglass Wynegar of Hawkhurst, England, gave his grandmother roses for her birthday. He picked them himself, walked them over to her house, she was happy. Boom... 145 points. Now... yeah, here we go.

  [pulls up another page] 

  Michael : In 2009, Doug Ewing of Scaggsville, Maryland, also gave his grandmother a dozen roses, but this time he lost points. Why? Because he ordered the roses using a cell phone that was made in a sweatshop, the flowers were grown with toxic pesticides, picked by exploited migrant workers, delivered from thousands of miles away, which created a massive carbon footprint, and his money went to a billionaire racist CEO who sends his female employees pictures of his genitals.

  [pumps his fist in the air] 

  Michael : Whoo!

  Tahani Al-Jamil : That is a very odd thing to cheer.

  Michael : Don't you understand? The Bad Place isn't tampering with points. They don't have to. Because every day, the world gets a little more complicated, and being a good person gets a little harder.

• Janet : Why are you crying?

  Tahani Al-Jamil : I don't know. I'm British, I- I never cry. But you're saying these nice things about me, and it's making me cry. And also, this is less important, but the carpeting is really disgusting.

  Janet : [to Jason, who comes through the door and starts crying, too]  Why are *you* crying?

  Jason Mendoza : I just like being a part of things.