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4.03-04: Dunder Mifflin Infinity

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Behind the scenes photos

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Michael drives his rental car into the water.

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  1. Just to clarify, the “elephant in the room” comment was not used by Michael. However, there are several parallels between MGS and RBH.

    477 | Nick  Wed. Feb. 27, 2008 at 10:05am

  2. Sorry if someone else has already pointed this out - didn’t have time to read all the posts.

    But to those who think it’s completely over-the-top that Michael would drive into a lake because of a GPS foul-up, well, it actually happened about a year ago, in Germany.

    Probably where the writers got the idea.

    476 | Ski  Sun. Nov. 18, 2007 at 9:27am

  3. I actually really liked this episode!! =]
    why does it have such a low rating??

    475 | cherylc  Fri. Oct. 19, 2007 at 6:04pm

  4. Re 494: Michael Scott is the kind of person who should NEVER turn down rental insurance.

    474 | Callan  Thu. Oct. 11, 2007 at 8:15pm

  5. This has probably already been said by a few, but I don’t want to go back through almost 500 comments to find out…Michael driving into the lake totally worked for me because he did it on purpose. It was obvious to me that he was trying to drive home the point that relying blindly on technology may get you murdered in a lake. After the gift baskets had failed, it was his own desperate way of going to extremes to show Ryan the error of his ways. I thought it was completely in character for Michael, being the man-child he is, as it was also completely in character to be too dumb to waive the rental car insurance.

    473 | emstevens  Wed. Oct. 10, 2007 at 7:46am

  6. #491 - I didn’t notice the “elephant in the room” comment was used by both Michael and Ryan.. It will be very interesting to see if Ryan models some of his behaviour after Michael.

    472 | jam fan  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 9:55pm

  7. I had tried to see the logic of Michael driving into the lake since i saw the episode last week. Maybe I’m just grasping for straws, but… maybe Michael did it on purpose. Maybe he was trying to prove a point.

    Through the better part of the episode, after of course Jan and Creed gave their opinions of Ryan’s new regime, Michael was against technology. His attempts at “staying with the old”, didn’t seem to be working, and when he thought all hope was lost, he saw an opportunity to fight technology when the GPS gave them the wrong instructions.

    Yes, his tactics were unorthodox, to say the least, but eventually proved to have some kind of effect.

    I arrived at this explanation after watching the episode a third time and noticing that the GPS had shown that the right turn was into the lake!

    It does sound silly, but in the mind of Michael Scott, he was completely in the right.

    Saying this, I REALLY wanted this to be a good episode.

    471 | Cher is Bonto  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 7:55pm

  8. I loved it when Ryan referred to “the elephant in the room” with Jan just like Michael had in S3. I wonder if there will continue to be more small Ryan=Michael parallels? I hope so.

    470 | secret assistant to the regional manager  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 7:49pm

  9. A Skeptic!

    469 | Ryan  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 2:43pm

  10. I just saw the 3rd deleted scene..”cars, the penguins of the airplane family”.. WHY OH WHY was this not included in the episode?? This was sooo much better than a lot of the stuff they did include.. it makes me miss Jim-Dwight interaction even more now.

    468 | jam fan  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 10:40am

  11. i know i’m a little slow on the posting seeing as it’s tuesday…but yikes. after the first and secod episodes i’m a little worried. i’m hoping they’ll get better when the hour long episodes are over.

    i’m glad that there are other people posting that seem to think the season doesn’t have the same “feel” as the past seasons, and that it’s a little ridiculous. we all know that the show is make-believe, but in the past there was a sense of believability. that’s what made it so good…it was an exaggeration of things that could happen…now…it’s just a little out there.

    467 | Mr. Poop  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 9:54am

  12. I don’t think the basket scene showed Michael being a bad salesman - in fact, the first scene in the lawyer’s office shows that’s he’s very good with clients. Taking the basket back, for me, was symbolic of the end of customer service, not just at DM, but in the real world too, because all the client cared about was having an inhuman interaction on the Internet. And I’m writing this opinion to people I’ve never met, on the Internet, which is really ironic and weird, actually.

    466 | TobyFan  Tue. Oct. 9, 2007 at 9:33am

  13. #464 Halpert’s Girl - well thought out and interesting comments on the Jim character. He’s a mystery in many ways yet it’s easy to relate to him. We know his heart because for the most part it shines through his face (John Krasinski has that unique gift of being able to say so much without saying anything at all). I’m looking forward to seeing where the writers take him this season.

    465 | Gabrielle  Mon. Oct. 8, 2007 at 8:31pm

  14. ahhh it was sooo funny! hahaha they drove into a lake! OMG so hilarious! WHERE ARE THE TURTLES?! i was cracking up the whole time. love it.

    464 | SamanthaKay  Mon. Oct. 8, 2007 at 4:35pm

  15. #482
    Future Dwight-
    I think that the truth is that Ryan asked Karen out. Remember when he asks Jim in Season 2 if it is okay for him to call Katy? I think that that scene was to show us the depth of Ryan’s slimeball-ness. He was never committed to Kelly and on top of that, he is able to lie to her face. Yuck!

    463 | tuna tuna tuna  Mon. Oct. 8, 2007 at 1:58pm

  16. I think it is totally legitimate to like or dislike scenes from the show, but whenever there is a moment in an episode someone doesn’t like, must he or she immediately throw out the term “jump the shark”? It’s getting to be like the boy who cried wolf! Or, more appropriately, the boy who cried shark.

    462 | tuna tuna tuna  Mon. Oct. 8, 2007 at 1:41pm

  17. Maybe I missed it…but did anyone notice the comment from Ryan that in actuality it was Karen who asked him out in the email? Remember in the Women’s Appreciation episode in the bathroom when he and Jim talk about it…Jim thought Ryan asked her out….I have been saying since that moment that something would happen…and new jealous Toby heard it…..could trouble be brewing?

    461 | Future Dwight  Mon. Oct. 8, 2007 at 10:56am

  18. michael eating broccoli as he ponders ageism…he can crack me up without saying a single word.

    460 | pc  Sat. Oct. 6, 2007 at 11:33pm

  19. what a great episode! and this is coming from someone who really disliked fun run (i thought it was boring). but this one, almost every line was gold.

    my favorite moments were
    1) when michael brought Mr Dunder to rally his troops (lol) steve’s bored expression and creed’s “they’re LAME!” cracked me up.
    2) Jim and Pam’s “is the magic gone” conversation was adorable.
    3) Kelly’s “why not” was hilarious. also, that pink dress.
    4) Dwight and Angela’s conversation at dinner! lol…
    5) Andy’s “you need awesome lessons!”

    loved it!

    459 | mufasa howard  Sat. Oct. 6, 2007 at 11:20pm

  20. 463-
    I totally see it! Pam seems cooler than Jim now. I mean, I love Pam, but… Cooler than Jim? Nah…

    458 | Amanda  Sat. Oct. 6, 2007 at 11:11pm

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