Clone Arc
Part 3: Big Time
How does Erica already know Joel? You'll see later. I love how quick they are to throw Spanish Eric under the bus. But, in fairness, he has nothing left to add to the story, so might as well kill him off. It's not really death as much as it is going into a machine. I like to think of it being like a Pokemon inside of a Pokeball. You don't know what's going on in there, but it's probably awesome.