That's one of my favorite moments in this episode. 'Canyon full of poo....' ....lol.
But in a way, under the humor I think Michael's kind of playing them all here - he instigates Tahani's tendency to try to 'do something' to ease his woes, instead of just listening and comforting him. In doing that, she asks Jason for help - and we get that awesome moment of Jason silently comforting Michael, which is much closer to what he would have needed if him beating himself up had been for real.
And so Michael kind of tortures Tahani, who sees someone else connecting with/getting support from her soul mate when she feels so alone next to him.
PS - I really love Jason's gesture, there - it feels so genuine and good-hearted. I don't know if we'll every know what motivated him, but I do think it's our first glimpse into the guy's character. He seems to me to have the kindest soul of them all.
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But in a way, under the humor I think Michael's kind of playing them all here - he instigates Tahani's tendency to try to 'do something' to ease his woes, instead of just listening and comforting him. In doing that, she asks Jason for help - and we get that awesome moment of Jason silently comforting Michael, which is much closer to what he would have needed if him beating himself up had been for real.
And so Michael kind of tortures Tahani, who sees someone else connecting with/getting support from her soul mate when she feels so alone next to him.
PS - I really love Jason's gesture, there - it feels so genuine and good-hearted. I don't know if we'll every know what motivated him, but I do think it's our first glimpse into the guy's character. He seems to me to have the kindest soul of them all.