The Office: Gettysburg, 8.08
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 | 75 comments
Writer: Robert Padnick, Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Summary (NBC): Andy decides to motivate and inspire everyone by taking them on a field trip to Gettysburg. Some people in the office stay behind and Robert California asks them to come up with Dunder Mifflin/Sabre’s next big idea. Guest star: Lindsey Broad.
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The Office Gettysburg extras
- Photos of Gabe-braham Lincoln
- Video clips
Rating
In a poll conducted November 17-21, 2011, Tallyheads rated this episode: 5.55/10
The Office Gettysburg quotes
Kelly: Oh my god, kill me.
Pam: I’m going into labor!
Ryan: Okay, three reasons you are wrong about True Blood.
Andy: Man! Business is war!
Andy: Today, I’m turning the inspire-factor up to 10. With a little help from my friend, America’s Bloodiest Battle.
Andy: Is anyone kosher or halal?
Dwight: Guess I’m a sucker for historical fiction.
Darryl: You know I just got Limitless on my iPad, I bet I could get it on the TV.
Andy: If we were going to visit Bradley Cooper’s birthplace, I’d be the first one suggesting it. I’d be rooting for it.
Pam: I can’t get a fire pit. I have two babies.
Ryan: Robert, you got your sheep, and you got your black sheep, and I’m not even a sheep. I’m on the freaking moon.
Robert: Brainstorm some innovations. Don’t be afraid to get weird with it.
Andy: We’re here. Limitless can wait.
Darryl: I got Source Code on the way back.
Jim: No, of course we’re not tourists. We’re just people that aren’t from here taking a tour.
Andy: After Chancellorsville, Lee brought his army up the Shenandoah Valley right through here! They stopped in this field for a picnic. Which they called lunch.
Dwight: When you’re talking about DPA — that’s deaths per acre — nothing beats the Battle of Schrute Farms.
Erin: DPA sounds way more important than total deaths.
Dwight: It makes the Battle of Gettysburg sound like a bunch of schoolgirls wrestling over a hairbrush.
Oscar: Why don’t you tell us the real history, Gore Vidal.
Dwight: Big, mad props to Gettysburg.
Robert: I am so eager to hear your game changers.
Ryan: Raw fish. The disgusting food from Japan that Americans would never want to eat.
Ryan: From movie stars to construction workers, sushi is what’s for dinner.
Ryan: Origami. It’s the sushi of paper.
Stanley: Papyr. Paper for Women. It’s pink, scented, and silky soft.
Oscar: I apologize for my friend and for the Republicans who are cutting your funding.
Gabe: Hello, I’m Abraham Lincoln. Some people call me The Great Emancipator, but you might know me from the penny.
Pam: At this point, when you’re this pregnant, it’s kind of like senior spring. The other day, I spit my gum out on the carpet.
Kevin: The real best spot is D4. That’s where the eyes go.
Ryan: Okay, we are now on a planet where Kevin is the most creative person around, and I am just some good-looking guy.
Robert: So what is Dunder Mifflin’s oatmeal cookie?
Erin: Hunger for chicken chimichangas! Right, Darryl?
Darryl: That’s good.
Andy: Colonel Harrison Jeffords of the Fourth Michigan Infantry saw his flag being carried away. Chased it down with nothing but a sword.
Andy: Spangler Spring is a mile this way.
Phyllis: All I had for breakfast was oatmeal, yogurt, coffee, orange juice, and toast. Two poached eggs, and then half a sandwich on the bus.
Robert: And why is Black Rock suddenly the paragon by which all hedge funds must now be compared?
Kevin: Yes. I am an accountant.
Soldier’s letter: “It is three months since I arrived at Schrute Farms and I fear I may never leave this place alive. Melvin Fifer Garris.”
Amanda Fields-Shad: I like to think of Schrute Farm as the Underground Railroad for the sensitive and, well, fabulous.
Kevin: Never trust a cookie with a woman’s name. Pecan Sandy. Lorna Doone. Madeleine. They’ll just break your heart.
Kevin: Every time you buy a Big Mac, you set one ingredient aside. Then, at the end of the week, you have a free Big Mac. And you love it even more because you made it with your own hands.
Darryl: Phyllis is sitting on the ground, eating a dirty sandwich.
Jim: Sorry everybody else didn’t come. I think they’re just tired. With holes in their shoes. And they have dysentary.
Andy: Our office has a disease. And it goes by many names. Sarcasm. Snark. Wisecracks.
Jim: I’ve been getting weird looks all day because I’m pretty sure “DM does GB” means something kind of sexual.
Gabe (as Abraham Lincoln): I need her like I need a hole in the head.
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WHO THE FRAKK is the guy sitting third from the left in the photograph shown during the documentary about the pansies during the Civil War???? I KNOW THAT FACE! He’s an English actor, right?
Let’s settle this once and for all:
Season 2:
Out of Office Episodes: The Dundies, Office Olympics, The Fight, The Client, Email Surveillance, Booze Cruise, Valentine’s Day, Dwight’s Speech, Michael’s Birthday,Casino Night. That’s 10 out of office episodes, excluding all the episodes with small subplots outside (eg. The Secret, The Fire)
Season 3: The Convention, Initiation, Diwali, A Benihana Christmas, Travelling Salesmen, The Return, Phyllis’ Wedding, Business School, Cocktails, Women’s Appreciation, Beach Games, The Job. That’s 12 episodes.
it’s pretty clear that “field trip episodes” aren’t proven to be bad.
the fact that this episode was ranked lower than christening is blowing my mind. it wasn’t THAT bad, what’s the dealio
really, a 5.55 average? i mean, it wasn’t an amazing episode, but that seems a bit harsh…
Didn’t Michael make an Abe Lincoln hole in the head joke not too long ago?
@60. Eh, I knew he’d turn some heads, but also knew his novelty would wear off really fast. Was really disappointed they picked him as Michael’s initial replacement and I’m a bit happy to see others are slowly starting to agree with me. The show would be doing a huge favour by getting rid of him/bringing back Jo and incorporating elements from Dwight K. Schrute, Acting Manager.
So I’m guessing they’re going to have to establish Andy admitting to have copped Michael’s mannerisms now. That would be cool to see IMO.
I thought the episode was also meh. I mean, it wasn’t exactly bad, but it wasn’t really good either. I don’t really know what to rate it.
I didn’t like the main plot line with Andy that much. I enjoyed Gabe’s Lincoln and Kevin’s/Robert’s side plot. Also Ryan had a great moments in which I would like to see more. It’s just looking like Andy is trying to be like Michael. I Hate being be so negative of a show I love so much :-/
I liked the episode, but where has Angela been?? I don’t recall seeing her at all for at least 2 weeks… is she off on assignment somewhere? I miss her scenes.
@50, your description of how the characters were “predictable” sounds more to me like they were true to character, which is something some people have been complaining about not happeneing. I thought this episode was very good. Not as great as last week’s, but very good.
I also agree with @49. This is not the same show it was 5 years ago. Who’s to say it can’t still be enjoyable? I still love it. :o)
Please please please stop being so critical of the show! 49, agreed completely. Just watch it. It’s as good as it has ever been.
St. Albans Raid, and some battles in Morgan’s Raid of Ohio, were further North than Gettysburg. So I can out-Oscar Oscar! (Granted St. Albans Raid wasn’t precisely a battle)
Oh and I liked the Dwight and Erin stuff too, and Ryan was finally useful for something, but mostly it was a meh episode.
I agree wholeheartedly with #49. I’d like to add that I don’t see what’s wrong with following a proven formula for the manager, or “more field trips” – which isn’t actually true, there have been less field trips recently than in S2/S3. Anyways, this episode was a big win, even if last week’s was better. And I can’t believe it, but I’m starting to like Gabe! 8.5/10.
I think they really hit on something with Erin acting as Dwight’s sidekick. That little scene with them arguing with Oscar was hilarious.
I agree–why turn Andy into Michael 2.0? These storylines aren’t entirely out-of-character for him, but we’ve seen these storylines over and over in 7 seasons with Michael.
@49 I agree with you all the way there. I think people here have loved The Office for so long that they start to become more critical, putting aside their enjoyment for the show and nitpicking everything. Haha, I’m guilty of doing the same thing.
Robert California is not living up to what I expected in his first interview. After seeing that interview, I proclaimed aloud, “Robert California will deliver us to a new and better The Office!!”
Well, I hate to say it, but he has completely failed us. He was supposed to be the illuminati of the Dunder-Mifflin world. A deep conspiracy. Something other-worldly.
Instead we see him fooled by Kevin’s cookies. erp.
[ from tanster: thank you! :) ]
@#49: Agreed.
I don’t know what anybody is talking about, I thought this episode was hilarious! Pam saying she spit her gum on the carpet, Kevin’s Big Mac theory, and Gabe impersonating Lincoln! All of those were big laughs for me!
It was an alright episode, might need to re-watch it as I was busy at the time. From what I saw, it was a good all- around episode. The DM does GB hat was pretty funny. I too believe that Robert California is bringing down the show down a bit, not so much Andy. I just feel as if the show is less animated when he’s around. If I had to go back in time to pick the bosses from “Search Committee” I would’ve picked Will Arnett.
As for the rating, I don’t know yet haha.