Superstore Pilot Revisited: The Meet-Cute, A 'Moment Of Beauty' And More

Attention, Cloud 9 shoppers: It's time for a stroll down memory lane.

In the lead-up to Superstore's series finale (airing Thursday at 8/7c), TVLine is revisiting the very first episode of the NBC workplace comedy.

The pilot, which originally aired Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, introduces most of the Cloud 9 gang (Sandra is sorely M.I.A.), establishes one of TV's greatest will they/won't they relationships, and features a grand gesture that can best be described as a "moment of beauty."

If you haven't watched the episode since it initially debuted, you may be surprised to see just how long it takes before Amy reveals a pertinent piece of information to Jonah. Or how hard Dina's crushes on Cloud 9's newest hire. Or just how much focus there is on high-school sweethearts Bo and Cheyenne — who may or may not be getting their own spinoff soon.

Keep scrolling for a selection of must-discuss moments from the pilot below — and we highly encourage you to watch it on Peacock or Hulu before Thursday — then drop a comment with your fondest memories of the first episode: Were you hooked from the get-go?

Amy has no idea that she's selling an engagement ring to Cheyenne's husband-to-be Bo. The blinged-out buffoon isn't even sure he wants to spend a whole 10 dollars on a cubic zirconia knockoff. ("I hope you and your fiancée are very happy together," she says. "And that you don't procreate.")

Dina's love of birds is established not 90 seconds into the pilot. During Jonah's job interview, Cloud 9's assistant manager asks Jonah if he has any dependents, then adds, "Me neither... unless you count my birds."

Just think: If this inconsiderate shopper hadn't pulled a case of toilet paper out from the middle of the stack, Jonah and Amy might have met under better circumstances.

"I know, I don't seem like the kind of person who would work in a place like this," a condescending Jonah tells Amy. The look on Baby Ben Feldman's face when he realizes she works there too is everything.

We know she's capable of doing things herself, but shouldn't someone offer a very pregnant Cheyenne a helping hand with those boxes?

We totally forgot Jonah and Mateo were hired the same day! Mateo, who was little more than suck-up early on, has had a major glow-up since his first shift at Cloud 9.

Glenn's religious devotion is established during the first break room meeting, when Dina puts her foot down and refuses to let him read a Bible passage to mark Jonah and Mateo's first day as Cloud 9 "angels." The exchange also marks the establishment of the future co-managers' antagonistic relationship.

Garrett gives Jonah a few tips on his first day: Always show up on time, don't steal, and stay on the floor supervisor's good side. Too bad the floor supervisor is Amy!

When Jonah approaches Amy to apologize for getting off on the wrong foot, she reveals why she never wears a name tag that bares her real name: "I just don't like random strangers using my name like we're buddies," she says. That's probably why she doesn't give Jonah her real name just yet.

And this, right here, is the moment Jonah realizes he loves Amy. You can't change our minds!

When Bo gets down on one knee and proposes to Cheyenne, Amy interrupts with a word of advice: "I know how easy it is to get swept up in the romance... but think it through, OK? Don't do something you're going to regret for the rest of you life." We didn't know it then, but Amy was speaking from experience with Adam.

Amid the proposal, a constipated customer asks Amy if she knows the difference between a stool softener and a laxative. "I don't want it to be soft," she explains. "I want it out of me." TMI, Lady! TMI!

Dina had a serious crush for Jonah back in the day. When Jonah waves at Amy, Dina thinks he's waving at her — and she's positively glowing.

When Jonah accidentally prices all electronics at .25¢, Amy tries to remedy the situation — fast. But it's Dina who ultimately saves the day, firing off a rifle (?!?) to bring this Black Friday-esque shopping frenzy to an immediate standstill. (Seriously, how was she not fired for that?)

When Jonah asks Garrett if Cloud 9 has a policy against employees dating supervisors, Dina gets the wrong idea. Again.

Amy isn't a fan of Jonah's elaborate mea culpa, which we have to assume took him the majority of his shift to build.

When that fails, Jonah tries to reiterate how sorry he is for his colossal screw up using only his words. He also encourages Amy to have a little fun at work and try to find some moments of beauty in the everyday. (The American Beauty metaphor doesn't exactly hold up in 2021, but we get what Jonah's going for here.)

Jonah introduces himself to Brett who, in typical Brett fashion, says absolutely nothing.

Amy eventually reveals to Jonah that she's been working at the big-box store for 10 years, which is the first piece of backstory we get about Cloud 9's floor supervisor. "It's a good job, but tomorrow is going to be just like today," she tells him. "And I know that because today is just like yesterday." That's what makes it so hard to find those "moments of beauty," as Jonah put it earlier.

Amy tells Jonah she's been stocking these glow stars every year, for Cloud 9's annual Back to School sale. She eventually takes them down and replaces them with Halloween inventory, then Thanksgiving inventory, then Christmas inventory, and so on... That's when Jonah comes up with a grand romantic gesture — but more on that in a bit.

Hey, it's Elias! Except his name is [checks name tag] Taylor? Hmm...

In the following scene, an armed robbery brings everyone to their knees — well, except for Dina, who manages to get to safety and call the authorities.

The armed robbery turns out to be a flash mob proposal. Having not gotten a definitive "yes" or "no" from Cheyenne, Bo goes all out and writes an original rap, which goes a little something like this:

"Heard you wanna walk down the aisle...

Your baby needs a daddy, we've been banging for a while...

Alright, I pay the consequences of my actions...

Don't try to change me because I'm a man of action, yo!"

But wait, there's more! After a cutaway, we return to Bo's rap, which veers dramatically off course with its message:

"When are we as people gonna learn?

We're gonna get burned...

We're just waiting for our turn...

#BlackLivesMatter, y'all."

(We are all Garrett, watching this play out.)

And then comes the most important question of all: "Cheyenne Taylor Lee, will you marry me? Or are you gonna be, like, a dick about it?" A real charmer, that one.

Dina, who is convinced the armed robber is about to shoot a hostage, shuts off all the power, revealing the glowing stars that Jonah arranged for Amy. The floor supervisor stands in awe. She's mesmerized.

Jonah's grand gesture convinces Cheyenne to say yes to Bo's proposal. So we have Jonah to blame for that poor decision.

Dina assures Jonah that she would've blown Bo's head off he posed any real threat — and she has the gold-plated bullet to prove it. (Boy are we relieved that Superstore jettisoned this aspect of Dina's character. She's a bit of a gun nut in the pilot.)

After everyone gathers to toast Cheyenne and Bo's engagement, Amy heads to her car — and Jonah follows. Referring to the glowing stars, he tells Amy he "just wanted today to feel different from yesterday" for her. "Well them, you completely failed, because that exact same thing happened yesterday," she replies. They say their goodnights, and Ramona Amy reveals her real name to Jonah.

Once Jonah walks off, Amy slips back on her wedding ring. She looks at it and feels... nothing. But when she looks up at the stars in the sky, she smiles. Jonah's gesture made her feel something.