13. Pandemonium

Complete story — includes the ending

Failing to rouse Michael, Eleanor poses as the Architect and welcomes John. Tahani realizes John is a gossip columnist who tormented her; Shawn has chosen residents with challenging personal connections to the four. The second new resident is Simone, which the humans object to, arguing that her prior history with the group would ruin the experiment. Gen allows Simone to stay, but permits Michael to erase her memories of the four humans. Chidi believes he will be unable to avoid contaminating the experiment and asks Michael to erase his memories too, which will require him to forget Eleanor. Michael shows Chidi and Eleanor footage of the many iterations of their relationship. Chidi trusts that Eleanor will protect him and that they will eventually spend eternity together. Eleanor asks Janet the meaning of existence; Janet responds that love between humans is special because the "pandemonium" of the Universe cannot be understood; she pledges her support to Eleanor. Eleanor welcomes the now-amnesiac Chidi to the neighborhood.