Michael: Problem is, now he's saddled with a bad motivation. His points won't go up if the only reason he's being nice is to make his points go up.
Eleanor: Yeah. But that was also my situation when I first asked Chidi for help. I only did it so you wouldn't catch me. We have to hope that over time, Brent starts doing good things out of habit.
Michael: Just like you.
Eleanor: Hey, I just realized something. That whole "You're the only one who can save us" speech. You didn't actually have a nervous breakdown on day one, did you? You faked it, so that I would step up and take over.
Michael: Guilty.
Eleanor: You tricky devil. Very clever.