[JOE screams while falling]
JOE: Ooof!
♪♪
JOE: What the...?
JOE: What is this place?
GRANNY: What's your name, honey?
JOE: Uhhh, I'm Joe!
JOE: I teach middle school band.
JOE: Connie, go for it!
[CONNIE plays the trombone]
♪♪
JOE: Today started out as
the best day of my life.
[JOE plays the piano]
DOROTHEA: Back here tonight,
first show's at 7.
JOE: Yes! Woohoo!
You know what this is going to say?
Joe Gardner!
Hahahaha!
JOE: I did it! I got the gig!
[JOE screams]
GRANNY: Must have been sudden for ya.
JOE: Wah! Oh my goodness!
JOE: Oh my goodness!
JOE: Help! I'm not done!
JOE: [Panicking] Oh! Oh my goodness!
♪♪ [Choir sings] ♪♪
[JOE screams]
♪♪ [Choir sings] ♪♪
♪♪ [Muffled choir sings] ♪♪
♪♪ [Choir sings] ♪♪
JOE: Huh?
♪♪
JOE: Is this Heaven?
GERRY: No...
GERRY: ...it's the Great Before.
GERRY: This is where new souls
get their personalities, quirks, and interests
before they go to Earth.
COUNSELOR: Meet 22.
22: I don't wanna go to Earth!
COUNSELOR: Stop fighting this!
22: I don't wanna!
JOE: Uhhh?
22: Hahaha!
22: Okay, look, I already know
everything about Earth,
and I don't want anything to do with it.
JOE: You're missing out on
the joys of life...
like... uh.... pizza!
JOE: I can't smell!
JOE: We can't...
[Pop noise]
JOE: ...we can't taste either?
22: All that stuff is in your body.
[Pop noise]
JOE: No smell! No taste!
22: Or touch.
22: See?
[Slap noises]
JOE: Okay, I get it!
♪♪
JOE: Wow!
JOE: It's my life.
22: Is all this living
really worth dying for?
[Crowd cheers]
22: You're still alive?
[EKG machine beeps]
JOE: Can you help me get back?
22: No way!
JOE: There I am!
JOE: What are we waiting for?
22: No, no! Wait! Not me!
[JOE and 22 scream]
♪♪
TERRY: Hmm, that's weird.
COUNSELOR: What is it?
TERRY: 151,000 souls go
into the Great Beyond everyday,
and I count every single one of 'em...
TERRY: ...the count's off.
COUNSELOR: Huh...
♪♪