The Office: Lotto, 8.03
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | 108 comments
Writer: Charlie Grandy, Director: John Krasinski
Summary (NBC): All the warehouse workers win the lottery — after the warehouse guys win the lotto and quit, everyone in the office dreams of what it would be like to win big. Andy and Darryl search for new warehouse employees while Jim, Erin, Dwight, and Kevin get a taste of warehouse life.
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Rating
In a poll conducted October 6-10, 2011, Tallyheads rated this episode: 6.43/10
The Office Lotto quotes
Oscar: I bet this guy didn’t leave his weed in the car.
Kelly: You want to just let him die, you scumbag?
Kevin: When I start dying, I will honk the horn three times. That means, save the dog.
Kelly: Don’t try to get in on it now, Michael Vick.
Darryl: Hey hey hey. Vick did his time.
Andy: The warehouse crew won the lottery yesterday.
Darryl: They won… playing my birthday.
Meredith: We’re looking at at least one suicide and one weird sex thing.
Oscar: At least.
Dwight (imitating Jim): Hey, Pam, let’s buy expensive bathrobes and hug.
Jim: I’d either bike to my job at the kayak shop or I’d kayak to my job at the bike shop.
Pam: And then on the weekends, would you hackysack back to reality and spend time with your wife and kids?
Jim: Woah, saucy, I thought you liked Maine.
Ryan: Soho is mainly lofts, but okay.
Jim: Stop. I’m a barista in your fantasy?
Pam: Well, in your fantasy, we’re Stephen King characters.
Meredith: Get. A. Divorce. Get. A. Divorce.
Kelly: I mean I’m getting paid a dollar a year. Okay you can chill.
Kevin: Good old Kevin. He’ll do anything. Well guess what. I will not do a good job.
Darryl: When did I get so fat?
Darryl: I decided to stay home. Eat a bunch of tacos in my basement.
Darryl: You can’t air out a basement. And taco air is heavy. It settles at the lowest point.
Andy: I don’t know where Darryl is. I suspect, probably our Darryl is inside of Fat Darryl.
Andy: What, no Newhart fans?
Darryl: Madge and a couple of other guys might start a strip club. But on a boat. And Hide is investing in an energy drink for Asian homosexuals.
Dwight: Grunting is scientifically proven to add more power. Ask any female tennis player. Or her husband.
Andy: Are we scaring them straight?
Darryl: I hope so.
Darryl: Who gets a soy allergy at 35? And why is soy in everything?
Ryan: Nice. Right back where I like you.
Ryan: Everybody wants to be rich. But nobody wants to work for it.
Andy: Painfully real, what is happening right now.
Dwight: Theirs is more of a physical intelligence. Like baboons or elephants.
Erin: I like it a lot, but they hate it. So drop it.
Andy: Does anyone get distracted easily by bubble wrap?
Darryl: I don’t want to be here anymore. Fire me.
Andy: I really hope that’s what he and I mean.
Oscar: Dean got fixated on his calves, and his triceps went to hell.
Nate: I just can’t distinguish between everything I’m hearing.
Darryl: Make me manager or fire me.
Nate: I technically don’t have a hearing problem.
Darryl: My future’s not going to be determined by seven little white lotto balls. It’s going to be determined by two big black balls. I control my destiny. I do.
Jim: Señor Loadenstein. That’s stupid.
Kevin: Tell them why it’s called that, Jim.
Jim: Porque es muy rápido.
Phyllis: Yeah. I lost my client.
Creed: I already won the lottery. I was born in the U.S. of A., baby. And as backup, I have a Swiss passport.
Toby: I would spend a lot of time launching my true crime podcast, The Flenderson Files.
Jim: I can fish right from the window of Pam’s pottery studio. And we can chat any time we want.
Pam: Just like now.
Jim: Just like now. Too bad the schools are terrible. But what are you going to do about that.
Pam: What are you going to do.
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Anyone notice that the door that Dwight ran the forklift into was the door to the room that he and Angela would go to “be alone” all the time? I mean, come on…Of course he would know how to drive a forklift..And another thing, we just found out in the first episode that Angela was pregnant with the senator’s baby. Jealous much, Dwight? =)
I think what everyone is missing regarding Darryl’s behavior is he just RECENTLY reconciled with JUSTINE his daughter’s mother.
In the beginning of the show, he seemed indifferent to the crew winning the lottery. However, when Justine called at work, she thought he won the lottery, found out that his friend Glenn won instead and then proceeded to ask for his number.
Of course he was bummed out. That’s what brought his feelings to the surface. That was the needle that broke the camel’s back.
Not a great episode. It’s not The Office that we all know. As simple as that. Jim follows Kevin’s idea is just not right.
It was pretty good.
Jim and Dwight were volunteering in the warehouse and didn’t really care about doing a good job. Also, they really did not want to haul those boxes the hard way and were just content to goof off. I don’t get the comments wondering why they didn’t work harder/smarter, I thought it was made pretty clear.
Also, Erin insisted on using the grease, so they just shrugged and went along with it.
Oscar is supposed to be sort of smug, so the dog thing makes sense for his character. He felt justified. Him busting the tail light was straight comedy- he was caught up in the moment.
I thought this episode was going to be funnier than the previous ones. The cold open was horrible. It wasn’t funny at all and Oscar was not himself. The sun roof was open, so what was all the fuss about? I thought the warehouse scenes were going to be hilarious but they were far from that. Dwight and Jim couldn’t think of a better way to load paper instead of using grease? I can’t believe they ruined boxes just to go along with Kevin’s silly idea. They were both way out of character. I liked the confrontation between Andy and Darryl. Darryl was really annoying me by the time Andy set him straight though. He was acting so unprofessional throughout the whole day when Andy really needed his help. I wish there would have been more scenes with Jim and Dwight. I thought it was funny when Erin screamed and dropped the box of paper. She was great! I enjoyed when Jim and Pam were talking about their fantasies. Ryan and Pam’s scene was great too. I loved Nate! I hope he sticks around. Did anyone catch the extra shot of the bailer? I loved that!
Lackluster episode, although I did laugh at Erin’s awkward scream when Dwight crashed the forklift. It was also nice to see Pam as receptionist again.
#98, Julia: The really buff dude’s T-shirt reads: My (blurred) have biceps… and my biceps have (blurred). Apparently, it’s a gym rat weightlifters’ expression. Probably not a good idea to wear the T-shirt on a job interview, though.
Kevin’s always been this dumb he’s just being used more than one line so it’s more noticeable and less subtle.
Finally got around to watching this episode. I agree with the consensus that the cold open wasn’t all that great. Some out-of-character moments.
Why are the writers making Kevin so dumb?
I didn’t mind the Darryl / Andy tension. That’s real life right there and I think Andy handled it well and giving Darryl great reasons as to why he wasn’t given the manager position shows he is growing as manager.
The warehouse moments were somewhat funny but very unrealistic. I thought Jim would have been more reasonable.
I thought this was quite a good episode, with several little things that make the Office the great show it is. I am also glad they didn’t go the predictable “they all come back in the end” route. Definitely worth repeated viewings. However, the cold open drops it to 7/10.
This episode wasn’t a very funny one for me and I wasn’t sure why until I read some of these other posts. I agree I feel some comments and actions of the characters (Oscar in particular) seemed out of place. Still a big fan of the show though.
Did anyone get a chance to decipher the blurred out t shirt on the really buff dude that Andy tried to hire?
Tanster – Justin Spitzer didn’t write this episode. Charlie Grandy did. [from tanster: thanks!]
This episode was not cringefully bad, like Scott’s Tot’s or The Banker. It was just annoyingly bad.
1. The cold open would have been great without the open sunroof. Where were the charter members of the Coalition for Reason to say, “You know, an open sunroof is better than an open window, since heat rises.”? Oscar? Jim? Anybody?
2. Would Jim or Dwight not think to call Darryl on his cell phone to find out how to use the hand truck?
3. Why didn’t Darryl just quit? What was the point in making Andy fire him?
I know I’m nitpicking. But I’m way too invested in these characters to turn back now.
I have yet to watch it a second time, but I didn’t find this episode all that funny. I felt uncomfortable watching it, the Darryl stuff was just depressing, the cold open was unbelievable (hey, the sun roof is open, the dog is fine!), oh and loading the truck was drawn out too long and just did not go anywhere funny. 4/10
My only issue is with the cold open- too out of character moments. Everything else flowed smoothly, I felt. And we had a Creed moment at the end so yep, solid.
Very funny episode; I plan to re-watch. The cast seemed to be having a great time and I found it contagious. I wonder if JKras directing made it this way?
It was pretty bad. I’m all for suspension of belief if the comedic reward is great enough, but pretty much everything fell flat this episode. The cold open in particular was badly written:
- line about snowboarders and weed (and implied irresponsibility): clearly, this kind of line belongs to Angela, not Oscar
- Michael Vick line: completely uncalled for, and not funny
- the car’s sunroof was already open, yet Oscar finds it necessary to smash one of the windows for extra ventilation and the driver-side tail light “for good measure” (the others, absurdly, applaud him for this vandalism) – this part showed much of the group acting out of character, especially Oscar
- as if that weren’t enough, Jim suggests that Oscar take the dog for his own, despite not having enough information to justify such an action (he doesn’t know the owner, he doesn’t know how long the car has been parked there, etc.)
Oscar always gets riled up at certain things since Angela’s jazz baby poster, so breaking a car window to get a dog out wouldn’t seem out of character (though having the sunroof already open seems illogical). If anyone was out of character, it would be Dwight – he couldn’t drive a forklift (and in a deleted scene a truck). I would’ve expected Kevin to do that, but not Dwight. I’m glad that Nate’s back!
@69 agreed! The Michael Vick comment was offensive. The episode was sub par, but I did enjoy Kevin slipping over.
Dear writers,
Can we get more Dwight please? He’s the best thing that ever happened to the show since Steve Carell, it’s better to use him, and please bring back the Jim pranks!
Did anyone catch Stanley asleep?
Not the best episode – but there were a few funny bits here and there