[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...
♪♪
