The Office: Goodbye, Toby, 4.18-19
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | 560 comments
W: Paul Lieberstein and Jen Celotta, D: Paul Feig
Summary (NBC): It’s Toby’s goodbye party at Dunder Mifflin and Michael demands a huge celebration that matches the joy in his heart. Angela, sick of Michael’s unreasonable last minute demands, refuses, and Michael turns to Phyllis to take over the party planning committee. Meanwhile, Dwight and Meredith haze the new HR woman, Holly (Oscar Nominee Amy Ryan). One-hour long.
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Tidbits
- Writer Jennifer Celotta answers fan questions in the Goodbye, Toby Q&A.
- The Office lolcat inspired by Goodbye, Toby.
- Photos
- Video
Favorite quotes
Pam: Oh my goodness, you sound sexy.
Jim: Oh, and I forwarded his desk phone to mine.
Jim: Oh hello, Mutter. Good news. I have married. Tell Vater.
Michael: Just a matter of hours now until His Horribleness has left the building.
Pam: You want us to throw Toby a New Orleans funeral?
Michael: If the devil were to explode, and evil were gone forever, what sort of party would you have?
Michael: And then I had an awakening. Michael, buy a motorcycle.
Michael: I want an anti-gravity machine.
Pam: So how much anti-gravity potion do you want?
Angela: I don’t want your foot money.
Holly: I love the view.
Pam: I don’t know why I doubted it. Because I’m so clearly awesome.
Jim: That part’s gonna suck, but it’ll be great.
Pam: And that is the first time I’ve ever used the word “perfect” in here.
Michael: Just have a thought! Have an original thought!
Michael: I will agree that her head is weird.
Michael: We need to sell her an elevator pass.
Operator: Antidepressant? I could put you through to someone on that.
Phyllis: Okay.
Michael: Spoiler alert — I’m going to win.
Michael: He tortured me with his awfulness.
Michael: I believe the department is a breeding ground for monsters.
Michael: Is Holly our extraterrestrial? Maybe. Or maybe she’s just an awesome woman from this planet.
Creed: Really, what do I do here. I should have written it down.
Michael: Are you real, or are you a Hollygram?
Toby: Does anyone have a camera here?!
Michael: The two levels being ‘Welcome to Scranton’ and ‘I love you.’
Michael: It was ‘love at first see with my ears.’
Jim: I’m going to propose tonight. Holy crap!
Holly: This is a button.
Kevin: I am totally going to bang Holly!
Holly: Pass curvy metal piece you will.
Holly: Oh … so you can’t make my orgy?
Michael: I can take either side of the bed at this point.
Michael: My name is Captain Bruisin’.
Michael: Have you seen the baler?
Toby: I made it this far, right? What’s the point?
Oscar: The real crime, I think, was the beard.
Michael: Holly is sweet and simple. Like a lady baker.
Michael: I’m pretty sure she’s baked on a professional level.
Michael: There is a raccoon in the car, Dwight!
Michael: Holly is the best thing that has happened to this company since World War II.
Dwight: It’s not rabid.
Michael: Sometimes I don’t know how to react when a girl touches me.
Michael: You never touched my Propecia or Accutane, did you?
Michael: You cheated on me? When I specifically asked you not to?
Jan: But honestly, I need to make this one count.
Jan: I usually use a foam noodle instead of a partner.
Michael: I love sex, and I want to have kids.
Andy: Into the mike, sweetie.
Angela: I said okay.
Kelly: Can I be your bridesmaid?
Andy: Mr. Andrew Bernard. It’s got a nice ring to it.
Meredith: Pam, your smile is weird.
Holly: I should go. I gotta buckle him in.
Michael: I am going to be kind of a daddy.
Rating
8.67/10
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Holly is Michael’s Pam. She’s adorable. I’m in love.
When it was a pilot show being tested for viewership when it first aired, not being shown on a prime Thursday Night slot or comedy night.
That’s about the only time I think one could argue it as non-mainstream, if even then…
I have to agree with 7E.
When was The Office not “mainstream”? It’s on a major network….
Season 4 was my favorite season!
One of the best quotes actually is:
Pam: “Oh my goodness, you sound sexy”
Jim: “Oh thanks! I’ve been working out”
=D
This episode was not that great… really the only good thing about this season was jim and pam being together. There were some funny things , but nothing really that good. In my opinion , the best season so far was season 2. The Office is too mainstream now, and I just think from season 2 it went down hill. I will watch it next season , but never again do I think that i will have that feeling in my chest that is abs. love for this show.
Awesome Blossom-
The strike messed up the timeline but the Dinner Party actually happened before Christmas. And if Jan was four months pregnant when Goodbye, Toby aired then she would have gotten pregnant about January.
I think that when we come back, Jim should have already proposed to Pam. To me, it makes no sense that he would ALMOST propose, and then wait for three+ months before trying again. It is either he has already proposed, or he doesn’t propose at all. I actually hope that they focuse MORE on JAM in season 5, because in seasons 1-3, they were the main story, and then in season 4 they were barely developed. I know more about Ram than I do Jam. And that is not cool.
OMG!! Watching the season finale episode I think I just realized something!!! In the beginning, if the cell phone Dwight has is a Nextel i850 then that’s TOTALLY MY PHONE!!!
The nerdom continues….
552 – Awesome Blossom, I agree with you 100%. I just rewatched the episode (for the 100th time :-)) and it definitely seemed like Jan was not expecting to see Michael and had to come up with something to say.
wait.
Jan appeared to be between 4 and 5 months pregnant right? It was 2 months since Michael last saw Jan, correct? So she was like, 2 or 3 months at the dinner party, right? But she would KNOW she was pregnant because she was the one who went and got the sperm bank…right?
But if she KNEW she was pregnant, WHY WAS SHE DRINKING the wine that Pam brought?
if it was an expected pregnancy because of the sperm bank, she would know, + wouldn’t drink it. That makes me think it’s Michael’s, because it wasn’t expected. Vasectomies don’t always work, or maybe Michael just DIDN’T get the vasectomy in the first place because he wanted to have kids. Or maybe she got pregnant when the vasectomy was reversed. Could be HUNTER’S and she just wants to cover it up. (THAT ONE NIGHT)
But the sperm bank story CAN’T be true. I bet the truth will come out at the premiere…and I wonder what it is.
537: Picture This- You have an excellent point! I don’t think JAM should get engaged for a while. No one would watch a show that was predictable! DWANGELA is who we should be focusing on! Oh, and the Holly/Michael/Jan thing. That should be interesting. Phyllis is going to be blackmailing Angela so much and does Holly even know about Jan? With all of this other stuff happening, JAM can wait a while and enjoy just being a normal, not-engaged couple. We have had enough JAMness for now. Let’s focus on the interesting things!
#526: Remember, Michael has had a vasectomy. I don’t think it’s his. I’m leaning toward Jan lying to him about the sperm bank, and really cheated on him with Hunter. xD “That one night…”
And hey JoeSweden – I’m from Sweden too. Jag älskar the Office.
#537, Picture this – haha, that’s very, very, very true. And sort of sad when you think about the greatness of the other characters.
I really want to hear beers in heaven… check out my Office Finale review on tweetyplayspaintball.blogspot.com/
Dwight’s ringtone!
For a Swede it’s amazing to suddenly hear “Sweden’s most famous folktune” on this show. It’s called “Gardebylaten”( The Gardeby tune) Hear the original here
There can be only three reasons Dwight has that ringtone: 1. It’s a Sony/Ericsson phone where it’s included and someone thought it would be like something Dwight would have having no idea it’s Swedish and not German. 2. Someone on the crew is Swedish/of Swedish descent and it’s an injoke. 3. Dwight is a world folkmusic connoisseur.
I believe in number 3. :)
I agree 100% with Mr. A Knife.
also, casual viewers are less invested in the characters and therefore care less about whether or not there is an engagement.