4.07-08: Money
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Written by: Paul Lieberstein
Summary (NBC): As Jan renovates the condo, Michael confronts his growing debt every way he can, which includes pressuring his employees for a loan. Pam and Jim spend a night out on Dwight’s family farm, now a bed and breakfast. One-hour episode.
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Tidbits
Favorite quotes
Michael: Steak! Where’s my steak!
Michael: Meryl Streep is the bad guy.
Pam: He’s watching Million Dollar Baby. He’s gonna try to kill me.
Jan: It costs what it costs.
Michael: At the end of my life, when I’m sitting on my yacht, am I gonna be thinking about how much money I have? No, I’m going to be thinking about how many friends I have, and my children, and my comedy albums. I mean, I have a yacht, so I obviously did pretty well money-wise.
Jan: Conniving little runt, put him through.
Dwight: Schrute Farms. Guttentag.
Dwight: We make our own mattresses that don’t conform to the traditional sizes. Closest would be twin.
Jim: Does the Department of Health know about this?
Dwight: I am not telling you anything. Permits are pending.
Jan: Why don’t you just pretend that you have a car?
Dwight: I was recently scrubbing my room of memories and I didn’t see it there.
Dwight: I don’t care. They’re your oats.
Michael: You wouldn’t understand. It’s a secret.
Jim: I wouldn’t understand, or it’s a secret?
Pam: You wouldn’t understand, Jim. It’s a secret.
Michael: It won’t be that fast, but it will be that easy.
Pam: The Beets Motel. The Embassy Beets. Radish Inn.
Michael: I took this second job kind of as a hobby.
Dwight: We have three rooms, each with a different theme.
Pam: What are the themes?
Dwight: America, irrigation, and night time.
Jim: We will be requiring a bedtime story.
Dwight: No.
Jim: Not even Harry Potter?
Dwight: As of this morning, we are completely wireless here at Schrute Farms. But as soon as I find out where Mose hid all the wires, we’ll get that power back on.
Michael: These meetings are useless.
Jim: Mmm, I’d say one in six.
Pam: What?
Jim: Oh, I thought you asked me what our chances were of being murdered here tonight.
Jim: I always imagined less manure. I mean, some manure. Just … less.
Michael: I wonder what I would’ve been back home.
Michael: Medical school must have cost like $40 or a donkey or something.
Michael: I would have been chief of surgery. Or a cowboy.
Pam: What century is this?
Dwight: I am better than you have ever been or ever will be.
Ryan: Hey guys! What’s happening? How’s my favorite branch doing?
Michael: Power point, power point, power point.
Michael: And up comes the tool bar. That’s what she said.
Michael: “Estimated time, 12 minutes.” So this should take about five or ten minutes.
Michael: What I do between 5:30pm and 1am is nobody’s business but mine and my other businesses.
Jim: Are you a cocktail waitress?
Kelly: Ryan used me as an object.
Michael: No one asked you anything ever, so whomever’s name is Toby, why don’t you take a letter opener and stick it in your skull.
Telemarketing boss: Come back anytime. Don’t forget to disinfect your headset.
Michael: The good thing about the American Dream is that you can just go to sleep, and try it all again the next night.
Andy: I have moonwalked past accounting, like, ten times.
Andy: Maybe you should look in the smart part of your brain.
Pam: Now that I think about it, Angela and Andy might actually make a good couple. But I couldn’t do that to Dwight. Or Angela. Or Andy.
Michael: Do you have any tips or ideas about sure things?
Michael: Do you know anybody in the mob?
Michael: Monkey problems. No, I’m not having monkey problems.
Michael: Maybe I am having an affair with Suzanne Somers.
Michael: I don’t talk to my girlfriend about money. It is rude and unsexual.
Darryl: You need to access your uncrazy side.
Kelly: I mean, who says exactly what they’re thinking. What kind of game is that.
Creed: Nobody just picks up “Get out of jail free” cards. Those things cost thousands.
Creed: Bankruptcy, Michael, is nature’s do-over.
Michael: I’ve always wanted to be in the witness protection program.
Michael: I’m a shipping merchant who raises fancy dogs. That’s the life.
Michael: I didn’t say it; I declared it.
Andy: I got game.
Michael: That is so cool how you have my name at the top.
Pam: “Table-making never seemed so possible.”
Oscar: Due to Michael’s clever financial maneuvering, he finds himself tremendously in debt.
Angela: Nothing fancy or foreign. No bars, no patios, no vegetables. And no seafood.
Jim: Did I ever tell you why I left Scranton? Yeah, I didn’t think I had. Well, it was all about Pam. Yeah, I mean, she was with Roy, and I just couldn’t take it. I mean, I lost it, Dwight. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t concentrate on anything. And then weird stuff, like, food had no taste. So my solution was to move away. It was awful. And it is something that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. And that includes you.
Pam: Jim’s just really passionate about Italian food.
Jim: Yep, I’m very passionate about Italian food. In fact, um, I’m in love with Italian food.
Michael: A guy on a train with no answers. I hope that can be enough for you.
Jan: You were there for me. By my side. Without even a thought.
Michael: Don’t sell your implants, please.
Rating
8.56/10
506 -
same with me! i couldn’t stop using “you’re not going to paris” in every single sentence i said all day last friday.
the office has taken over my life.
503 | rachel Tue. Oct. 30, 2007 at 12:31pmTo #507:
Michael says: “you are not going to Paris” in the cold open, when he’s behaving like Meryl Streep’s character from the movie “The Devil Wears Prada”.
It’s part of the whole “Get me Armani. Where is Armani? He’s on the Phone. Too slow. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PARIS! I’m so much better than you”. (I think that’s how it went, basically.) Oh my, I can’t stop laughing and I’m sitting in the library on campus! People are looking at me!
502 | ShruteBeets Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 10:15pmWhen did they say, “You are not going Paris”??
501 | Here Comes Treble Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 9:41pmAlso, I COULD NOT STOP saying “You are not going to Paris” all day. Annoyed the heck out of my friends.
500 | Grace Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 8:25pmI thought I was just seeing things! Good to know I was right about those beds. Also, in the 3rd deleted scene, did you notice how Pam didn’t want the camera crew looking in their room?
499 | Grace Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 8:24pmDid anyone else notice that the twin beds were pushed together during Jim and Pam reading of the TripAdvisor review…While Jim was saying “You’ll never want to leave your room” VERY CUTE
498 | leemarie Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 12:07pm499 - I agree. That initial awkwardness would be over. But for the purpose of television, why not show that on TV? Why skip ahead so much time without us?
On another note, I totally would love to know what that Christmas card said.
497 | Helen Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 7:37am“I am so much better than you!”-Michael
The way that Michael cracks himself up cracks me up beyond belief!
496 | ShruteBeets Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 at 6:28amGreat episode!
495 | Angela Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 at 9:26pm“You are not going to Paris.”
494 | CH Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 at 3:24pmI’ve decided this is my favorite line of the episode. So great!
498- i was thinking about that christmas card too! i also want pam to reveal the question she was going to ask after the dundies.
493 | tuna tuna tuna Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 at 12:19pm497- remember, they have already been dating for over 3 months. a lot of that initial awkwardness would be over by now.
Anyone else wishing that (maybe) on an episode this season Jim finally gives Pam that Christmas card that he took back when he gave her the teapot? I want to know what it said!
492 | Amy Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 at 11:38amHow can you not love a show that manages to make you actually feel for both Dwight and Michael in one episode? Such endearing moments. Lots of funny ones.
Although I’m still wishing there was more awkwardness between Pam and Jim. I mean, they spent years avoiding the truth about liking each other. Even though they’ve been friends, they just seem a bit too comfortable now. Where are the awkward moments everyone has when they start dating?
491 | Helen Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 at 6:43amAWESOME episode! def one of the best so far this season! omg it was soooo funny! i loved seeing pam and jim at dwight’s farm! omg mose running beside the car was hilarious! hahahaha
this one and fun run are the best this season so far!
490 | becky Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 10:50pmI love how it was Pam and Toby who pointed out the correct usage of whomever/whoever in the conference room scene…gives hope to Pam/Toby fans out there. Nothing says “love” quite like a common knowledge of sentence structure. And you can bet their wedding vows will be grammatically correct :)
489 | _bales Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 10:49pmemstevens-
488 | The Money Beet Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 6:49pmRegarding Michael’s debt…I actually don’t think Jan is the one who ran up Michael’s credit cards. If you’ll notice, when Oscar was going over Michael’s expenses, they were all ridiculous things that Michael had bought…like the Muppet Babies DVDs. I think at the beginning when Jan said “It costs what it costs.” she was saying that because she was paying for it. I think Michael is that clueless as to running up his own debt and was just blaming it on Jan. I think this has been coming for awhile. How much has he spent at joke shops in the last couple seasons??
That’s just my theory. Any other thoughts?
I would like to comment how cute the conversation was between Jan and Michael about her selling her breast implants. It was such a superficial topic, but the way Michael kept saying “They’re cute though..”, it just made me love him even more!
487 | Callan Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:37pmare we back to half hour episodes next week?
486 | Corporate Booty Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:15pmhow depressing!
“…this is beet food - Mose, What are you doing? No Mose, put the.. put the manure down! Put it down! Do NOT throw it!! Do not…. Ow!”
- Dwight
485 | Mark Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:08pm#270, I did not notice the beds put together, and I never noticed Ryan’s eyebrows. Wish I could have recorded it and watched it again. I feel like I missed quite a bit, don’t know why, I watched every second!!
484 | Helen Mon. Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:07pm