Michael throwing a wrench in their perfectly scripted plan is probably my favorite part of the episode. He's a child that doesn't realize he's telling adult secrets that he wasn't supposed to hear in the first place lol
What I don’t understand is why David brought Michael in in the first place. By now, he would know that Michael can’t keep secrets and is not reliable with sensitive information. And such a tenuous time, he should have kept Michael well away from that meeting and kept him in his office where he was doing his best work
I think the unrealistic way the exec's were totally unprepared for Michael to go off-script is forgivable because it represents the utter incompetence of DM Corporate. Like, at any *properly run company* that would never be allowed to happen... and that's the point.
This episode is always really special to me. My grandfather plays the character Alan Brand, it's nice hearing them refer to him as Alan because that was also his real name.
I don't see why the shareholders were so upset at Dunder Mifflin going bankrupt. After all, bankruptcy is nature's do-over; declare bankruptcy, and all your problems go away.
They should be thankful they're able to do that in America and they're not in somewhere like France, where all the shareholders would have probably been lynched
Oscar is a master of saying things that sound smart in a group of his peers, without any of the detail that would be required to make a statement actionable. He can say "This is so simple!" to Andy, but in a group where his big picture ideas would need to have tangible steps attached to them he's at a loss for words. It's actually the one moment in the whole show that I'd like to see if it had gone differently, if Oscar actually had some good ideas to share. That would have changed a lot of the remainder of the series. But I think the failure of DM was a big part of the show plans, and to a lesser extent exposing Oscar's hot air, which China turns into a running joke.
Wow! I had no idea that "Scott's Tots" comes right after this episode?! I was going to say, Michael does the exact same thing here to the shareholders that he does to those kids: empty promises for applause. Only there's much much much worse consequences in "Scott's Tots." I feel he gets off too easy in the next episode compared to what he did, but considering a fundamental aspect of Michael's character is his need to be loved above all, his actions make sense.
Anyone else pick up on the implied flirting between individuals at the front desk in the cold opening.... Jim with pam, oscar with ryan, creed with ronni.
It's your little comments, such as "The flight plan guy from Armageddon." that make my day. Great video. I've also always thought this episode should have been longer.
The twirl part is one of my favorite random moments in the office, along with Michael wearing the women's suit and "I was saying sandwich before. Now I'm saying 'sabotage'" 😂
Great video love the analysis and I always love to see everyone's opinion or interpretation of something but I truly think the Oscar moment was him clearly wanting to not get fired and being very nervous being in front of people who could fire him on a whim. I've worked in companies that are big and small but one things for sure, when the owners are walking around you keep busy, keep your head down and hope they don't notice you. Orrr maybe that's just me lol. Either way like I said great video I've watched a few and love this episode can't wait to see Scott's Tots.
"Guess Who? The Office Edition" must be the easiest guess who in existence. Just ask "Has your individual fired a gun in the office?" if its Dwight. "Does your person wanna talk about the Scranton Strangler?" Toby.
So it got a little complex when we were trying to figure out the person in the least amount of moves. We eliminated gender/race questions, so we had to go with, "is it a salesperson?" or "are they in the entire series?" type questions.
It could be that Oscar didn't say anything, because he wanted Dundler Mifflin to fail. It gives him a way out and to start fresh. But despite that lack of effort, DM persists.
i wish charles miner was shown in the episode flight plan guy is actor chris ellis. he also played a flight plan guy aka deke slayton in apollo 13, he's also in another space related film, october sky
you should make a deep dive about how michael not being on jans side with the lawsuit doomed him in corporates eyes because the entire series of events after they make scranton absorb stamford, scranton is reportedly making the best sales numbers but the other branches are struggling as david tells michael when he sees him in new york, michael has jim who’s seen as valuable for obvious reasons like he gets along great with david and was a candidate for jans job, but even after michaels branch continued to succeed and be the only thing that works in the company david sent away holly from michael, and he also had charles manage him even though michael didn’t need him to, i think jan was correct when she said the company shows signs of disrespect towards its employees, maybe not towards jan though but towards michael i think it’s either a problem carried over or they’re pushing the plot line for the story
Does having Ronni at Dunder Mifflin for Earth Day even make sense? Wasn't she employed for just a few weeks during the summer, while Earth Day is April 22?
Imo scott's tots is not that hard to watch, i like the Michael Erin moments and how Michael buying books for that one kid, in a way he still helped those kids to keep studying.
Please bring back the wig... it's such an oddity... I love it... seeing you wear that is like looking at a really strange art piece 😯🤔🧐 It's very CAPTIVATING 👀
Why do you say "in universe" for a show set on earth in our present time? In universe refers to verses where things are explicitly different than our own like where people have super powers.
I have always especially loved the fact that Stanley is so casually knowledgeable about the details of Recyclops lore.
He is a gentleman of culture. Like how he knows about hentai.
"It's called hentai, and its art" - Stanley Hudson
If they ever do a Recyclops comic, I'll buy it happily.
Michael throwing a wrench in their perfectly scripted plan is probably my favorite part of the episode. He's a child that doesn't realize he's telling adult secrets that he wasn't supposed to hear in the first place lol
We're going bankrupt?! 😂
What I don’t understand is why David brought Michael in in the first place. By now, he would know that Michael can’t keep secrets and is not reliable with sensitive information. And such a tenuous time, he should have kept Michael well away from that meeting and kept him in his office where he was doing his best work
I love the moment when Michael calls that guy a moron. For all of Michael's faults, he's not the one who drove the company into the ground
I think the unrealistic way the exec's were totally unprepared for Michael to go off-script is forgivable because it represents the utter incompetence of DM Corporate. Like, at any *properly run company* that would never be allowed to happen... and that's the point.
This episode is always really special to me. My grandfather plays the character Alan Brand, it's nice hearing them refer to him as Alan because that was also his real name.
Michael Scott said it best himself, "limitless paper for a paperless world".
I don’t understand how this channel doesn’t have more viewers. These videos are so well done, entertaining, and insightful. Such a fan!
I don't see why the shareholders were so upset at Dunder Mifflin going bankrupt. After all, bankruptcy is nature's do-over; declare bankruptcy, and all your problems go away.
that made me lol - thanks!
They should be thankful they're able to do that in America and they're not in somewhere like France, where all the shareholders would have probably been lynched
Oscar is a master of saying things that sound smart in a group of his peers, without any of the detail that would be required to make a statement actionable. He can say "This is so simple!" to Andy, but in a group where his big picture ideas would need to have tangible steps attached to them he's at a loss for words.
It's actually the one moment in the whole show that I'd like to see if it had gone differently, if Oscar actually had some good ideas to share. That would have changed a lot of the remainder of the series. But I think the failure of DM was a big part of the show plans, and to a lesser extent exposing Oscar's hot air, which China turns into a running joke.
It’d need a 45 step, 45 day…a step a day…45 days to get back on track. And you can take that to the bank.
Wow! I had no idea that "Scott's Tots" comes right after this episode?! I was going to say, Michael does the exact same thing here to the shareholders that he does to those kids: empty promises for applause. Only there's much much much worse consequences in "Scott's Tots." I feel he gets off too easy in the next episode compared to what he did, but considering a fundamental aspect of Michael's character is his need to be loved above all, his actions make sense.
Loved Jim finally showing some backbone here. Recyclops is iconic office chaos at its best and the a plot is solid drama for sure.
I love that Stanley keeps up with Recyclops' lore.
Anyone else pick up on the implied flirting between individuals at the front desk in the cold opening.... Jim with pam, oscar with ryan, creed with ronni.
It's your little comments, such as "The flight plan guy from Armageddon." that make my day. Great video. I've also always thought this episode should have been longer.
The twirl part is one of my favorite random moments in the office, along with Michael wearing the women's suit and "I was saying sandwich before. Now I'm saying 'sabotage'" 😂
I think Ryan was when he got fired from his VP job and rehired by Michael through temp agency.
But there wouldn’t be a scene with Ronnie. There aren’t two earth days in a year.
Oh yea, didn't think of that
Andy has a series of Talking Heads about how he's been a supporting side character his whole life
“I thought you were destroyed by polluticorn” “polluticorn wishes!” 😂
Ngl this is one of my favourite episodes
Man I can't wait till 15 years pass and your daughter makes a RUclips channel about the office, that shits it's going to be fire.
I'll pass this on to her.
Great video love the analysis and I always love to see everyone's opinion or interpretation of something but I truly think the Oscar moment was him clearly wanting to not get fired and being very nervous being in front of people who could fire him on a whim. I've worked in companies that are big and small but one things for sure, when the owners are walking around you keep busy, keep your head down and hope they don't notice you. Orrr maybe that's just me lol. Either way like I said great video I've watched a few and love this episode can't wait to see Scott's Tots.
"Guess Who? The Office Edition" must be the easiest guess who in existence. Just ask "Has your individual fired a gun in the office?" if its Dwight. "Does your person wanna talk about the Scranton Strangler?" Toby.
So it got a little complex when we were trying to figure out the person in the least amount of moves. We eliminated gender/race questions, so we had to go with, "is it a salesperson?" or "are they in the entire series?" type questions.
interesting trivia: paper volume is up 126% in the past 20 years
In the U.S. or globally? And are we talking copy paper? (Michael might have been onto something when he suggested expanding to selling toilet paper.)
It could be that Oscar didn't say anything, because he wanted Dundler Mifflin to fail. It gives him a way out and to start fresh. But despite that lack of effort, DM persists.
i wish charles miner was shown in the episode
flight plan guy is actor chris ellis. he also played a flight plan guy aka deke slayton in apollo 13, he's also in another space related film, october sky
you should make a deep dive about how michael not being on jans side with the lawsuit doomed him in corporates eyes because the entire series of events after they make scranton absorb stamford, scranton is reportedly making the best sales numbers but the other branches are struggling as david tells michael when he sees him in new york, michael has jim who’s seen as valuable for obvious reasons like he gets along great with david and was a candidate for jans job, but even after michaels branch continued to succeed and be the only thing that works in the company david sent away holly from michael, and he also had charles manage him even though michael didn’t need him to, i think jan was correct when she said the company shows signs of disrespect towards its employees, maybe not towards jan though but towards michael i think it’s either a problem carried over or they’re pushing the plot line for the story
Out of all the punctuation you didn’t use, why the one comma in the whole sentence? 😂
If onlys and justs were candies and nuts then everyday would be urkdankfest 😂😂😂
I’ve never thought you looked like David Cross until this video 😂
Does having Ronni at Dunder Mifflin for Earth Day even make sense? Wasn't she employed for just a few weeks during the summer, while Earth Day is April 22?
for the question of the day i wanted to say dunder mifflinfinity hahahah
Pollutacorn 😂
Ryan was covering reception when Pam was in NY I think
Imo scott's tots is not that hard to watch, i like the Michael Erin moments and how Michael buying books for that one kid, in a way he still helped those kids to keep studying.
I’m sure you’ve gotten this before but you really resemble David Cross lol
Recyclops in the bottom at 18:00
Ronnie doesn’t make sense since she was employed during the summer, not earth day
I have actually always loved this episode, but hate the cold open for some reason. Probably feels too unbelievable. But that’s just me.
My CODMobile name is polutacorn! Its just a deep cut office reference but i didn't know it was also a power rangers reference 😄😄 i love it!!
I nearly bought that bam box I’m a little disappointed I didn’t know I know it was rainn
This is some good timing with # team sees
DMI stands for dunder mifflin incorperated
“Let’s start where this show actually starts.” That was so funny! 😂
I only see David Cross when I look at you
Dody Mass Index
Next episode…..OH NO! SCOTT’S TOTS!!!😖😩😬
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Recyclopes is at 18 minutes.
Is it Dunder Mifflin Infinity?
Oh wait I just saw it in the video. It’s their stock symbol!
Polluticorn!
Anyone who wants to understand Donald Trump should look at Michael in this episode.
Dundermifflin infinity
Dunder mifflin. Or did I misread it hah
Please bring back the wig... it's such an oddity... I love it... seeing you wear that is like looking at a really strange art piece 😯🤔🧐
It's very CAPTIVATING 👀
It's the dummy's now.
18:00
cool even I liked power rangers mighty morphin..
MGS is TSS; prove me wrong
☕️🤷♀️
Scranton Strangler series coming soon...
Why do you say "in universe" for a show set on earth in our present time?
In universe refers to verses where things are explicitly different than our own like where people have super powers.