The Office: PDA, 7.16
Thursday, February 10th, 2011 | 131 comments
W: Robert Padnick, D: Greg Daniels
Summary (NBC): It’s Valentine’s Day in the office and the public displays of affection between Michael and Holly are making everyone uncomfortable. The aftermath of a bottomless champagne lunch causes complications for Jim and Pam. After Gabe designs a romantic treasure hunt for Erin, Andy tags along.
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In a poll conducted February 10-14, 2011, Tallyheads rated this episode: 8.72/10
The Office PDA quotes
Manually transcribed by tanster :)
Card: Congratulations, Darryl. Let’s get wasted.
Michael: It goes to show that everything you want in life, you get. And you can’t work for it, it just comes to you.
Gabe: I dominate Valentine’s Day. I practically make romance into a science.
Erin: Omigosh, it’s a romantic scavenger hunt!
Gabe: Oh close, it’s a romantic treasure hunt. A scavenger hunt is where you find items from a master list. This is where you follow the clues that lead to a prize. Common misuse. Good luck!
Gabe: The puzzle is the clue.
Pam: What else was there?
Jim: Bottomless champagne.
Pam: Yes. Never found that bottom, did we?
Andy: I accidentally did his sudoku.
Jim: All right. I will fax over it to you. Woop. I will fax over to you.
Dwight: Okay, my name is J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-Jim Halpert and I will fax it into you, under you, I will fax it under you, oh excuse me, I just p-p-p-p-p-pissed my pants.
Dwight: I will not be your valentine.
Jim: Aww nuts.
Kevin: I enjoy watching them. Because it makes me horny.
Andy: We were the only two white people there.
Erin: Aww, cute.
Gabe: I hear them kissing all the time. It’s this horrible plipping sound. You know, it’s like Chinese water torture. Like it’s coming from my own head.
Holly: I cannot keep myself from Michael. Everything he does is sexy. He has this undeniable animal magnetism. He’s a jungle cat. The man exudes sex. He can put both his legs behind his head.
Michael: It is quite apro-propriate.
Jim: Boom! Face!
Gabe: Perfect example, look at Jim and Pam. They don’t touch. They don’t kiss. You would hardly even know that they are husband and wife.
Kevin: Booby honking.
Gabe: Yeah, booby honking, sure.
Kevin: Butt honking.
Gabe: Butt honking. Yeah, all the honkings.
Michael: Whispering and tickling have their place in business.
Dwight: Michael? Confession. I have done PDA in the office. I’ve had intercourse in the office.
Kevin: As has Kevin.
Angela: With who?
Kevin: She goes to another school.
Michael: We are going to designate one of our closets as a hook-up zone.
Michael: We’re going to have three closets. One for each base, no homers.
Dwight: And what is the hook-up zone policy on masturbation?
Michael: Pro.
Michael: I love working at Dunder Mifflin. A division of Taliban Enterprises.
Gabe’s song: The temp at night, the temp at night…
Michael: I don’t sit on your lap because it’s comfortable. I sit on your lap because I like the way your thighs feel on my butt.
Michael: Holly and I are like Romeo and Juliet. And this office is like the dragon that kept them apart.
Holly: Do you mean you love me like you love me – love me?
Michael: I love you – love you.
Holly: You love me – love me. I love you – love you.
Michael: I am really disappointed in the office’s policy on PDA at this moment.
Michael: Yeah, whatever, no big deal. Just the hottest girl in the world loves me.
Ryan: Just try to put everything back where you found it. Text me when you’re finished.
Pam: We have something those other people don’t have. Which is a home. And a bed.
Jim: And a shower.
Michael: I don’t know what your body feels like. ‘Cause I can’t touch it.
Gabe: No one is a bigger fan of sexual touching than me.
Gabe: I can think of three explanations. One, you’re taking MDMA. Street name, Ecstasy. I’ve done it, and I know the feeling. Number two, you’re desperately trying to fit in a whole relationship before Toby comes back from jury duty and Holly has to go back to Nashua. Or three, you’re at an age where your sexual climaxes aren’t as powerful, so you need to overcompensate with foreplay, taboo behavior…
Holly: I’m not saying it won’t be hard, but we can make it work. That’s what she said.
Michael: It’s like a time bomb. It’s ticking down. When it goes off, no more kissing, no more hugging. Sexual time bomb.
Michael: “Boner Bomb” starring Jason Statham, or we go against type with an Eisenberg or a Michael Cera. Saving the world has never been this hard.
Dwight: Have you talked to her about her feelings? Women really go for that crap.
Dwight: Kevin, do more stupid faces.
Kevin: Which one? I have a lot of stupid faces.
Michael: Do the monkey face!
Michael: Throw your poop.
Dwight: Hurl your feces!
Erin: B-9. Like benign tumor.
Andy: Maybe it’s more like, be mine.
Michael: When we get home, we are going to make love to, and with, one other.
Kevin: Suck it, Oscar, this must kill you.
Oscar: I just told them to do it!
Jim: No. We took a walk.
Pam: We took a walk.
Dwight: My perfect Valentine’s Day? I’m at home, three cell phones in front of me, fielding desperate calls from people who want to buy one of the 50 restaurant reservations I made over six months ago.
Ryan: Anybody can be Prince Charming one day a year, with the dinner and the flowers and all that. But you know what impresses me? When a guy can do that no days a year.
Kelly: Flowers, diamonds, three-course meal, violinist comes to my table to serenade me…
Kevin: Pizza, soda, the moon, someone to share it with…
Michael: What are our plans for tonight?
Holly: Wicky-wicky-wicky-wicky.
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Why are there leaves on the trees outside the office in this episode. I guess mid February in northeastern Pa has changed since I was there!
Is it even possible for The Office to continue to exist once Michael is gone?? I for one cannot conceive of it. His stupid lines keep me rolling on the floor, especially as a person who has worked in an equally ridiculous office environment
[from tanster: thank you! :) ]
Could TLM possibly top this? Wonderful episode utilizing the talents of all the cast. Now what do to about the living dilemma. Michael to Nashua? Maybe
at the end of the episode, how did Dwight describe his perfect valentines day?
This episode was GREAT! So many good, quotable lines. I liked the part where Jim and Pam were wandering around the warehouse looking for a place to “take a walk” and Jim is inside a giant box and Pam turns and walks away. Not to mention Jim’s “….and a shower”. MEN! lol
It is refreshing to see a married couple on a sitcom being portrayed as still “taking a walk” instead of merely putting up with each other and acting miserable now that they are married.
Hm, I feel like the Michael/Holly stuff ruined it a little bit. I just don’t understand how Holly’s character (esp. being the HR rep) would approve of that type of behavior. They almost redeemed it in the scene with her saying she doesn’t want to make people uncomfortable, but then the “I love you” and moving in together, it just seemed way out of character.
That being said, I did love this episode…Kevin’s monkey impression, everything in the conference room, the cold open, and most of all: Drunk JAM.
@120 I’d prefer HAM (Holly and Michael)
Really funny episode, but shouldn’t Holly, who is an HR rep, know and enforce the rules of PDA? Other than that, loved it.
“…and a shower.”
There were many fun things in this episode. Two that I liked especially. One, Dwight had evidently compiled a list in his small notebook of office staff who had had sex in the office. Well done, Dwight. And two: please go back and watch Creed’s response (he is sitting next to Dwight in the conference room) when he learns that the office policy on masturbation is “pro”! Another great, but subtle, Creed Bratton moment.
My three favorite lines… (hard to choose just 3!)
-”We were the only two white people there.”
-The scavenger/treasure hunt line from Gabe
-Hank’s bleep!! (and Erin’s facial expression after it)
Can we start calling Michael/Holly Molly now?
I’ve watched this episode a couple of times now, and love all the little nuances you only pick up on repeated viewings! And some quick but hilarious lines.
–Gabe: “Butt honking, yup, all the honkings.”
–Creed: “The one where you start in a crouched position and leap up.” WHAT?!
–Michael: “I love working at Dunder Mifflin, a division of Taliban Enterprises.”
–Darryl: “Pick it up, take it out.”
I’m not usually a fan of Erin, but her treasure hunt with Andy was kinda sweet.
Even though it seems like the writers are lining up Michael’s exit storyline as him and Holly getting together, I still think the reason he’ll be leaving will have something to do with Threat Level Midnight – that he gets “discovered” by Hollywood.
IN THE SHOWER! Great episode!
I love Jim/Pam, and I love Michael/Holly, so I had high hopes for this episode, and they certainly delivered. Both couples were really sweet but also hilarious. Kevin and Dwight also had some awesome lines. Oh, and I liked the quick Jim/Dwight exchange. The only thing I didn’t like was the Andy/Erin stuff. Andy is good in small doses like when he talks about his childhood or college days or like when he punched a hole in the wall, but otherwise, it gets to be too much, though I actually didn’t feel that way until he started obsessing over Erin. I feel like they’re forcing them on us, and it’s just too much at once. Not enough slow character/relationship development. Anyway, overall– best episode of the season, though I miss when the show was more focused on the original five characters.
I LOVED this episode. And I know this probably makes me sound like such a typical girl but god, I ACHE for Andy & Erin! They are so perfect for each other! GET BACK TOGETHER!
This is my first time posting here and I absolutely loved this episode! I was more excited to see the relationship between Michael and Holly progress than anything else. I was shocked and happy to hear that they were going to move in together! I’m glad that Michael has found happiness again because he deserves it! Has Holly already forgotten about AJ? What’s going to happen with their house? I wish Holly would have said something about this. I find it odd that it seems like she doesn’t care for him anymore. I always felt like she still had feelings for Michael even when she was gone though.
I really loved the two awkward scenes when Michael and Holly said they loved each other and then shook hands and also the last scene with Jim and Pam entering! I was laughing so hard when I watched these scenes. JAM was great. I especially liked it when they were in the conference room. I didn’t really like the cold open. I thought the Erin and Andy storyline was great. I hope they get together again. Everyone else was great! I can’t wait to watch another great episode next week!!
@Westin#77 Well said sir! or ma’am. Jim and Pam are the heart and soul of the The Office. Always have been. And with their aspect being missing for so long, you can really see what they bring to the show. They almost always make it brighter, happier, heartwarming. No Office episode feels complete without at least one moment between them. Same as a moment with Jim and Dwight or Dwight and Michael. Those, but especially JAM, are the core relationships.
This one knocked it outta the park. An easy 10!
I’m with Foliage @109. This Holly stuff is getting to be too much. At this point, I’m rooting for anyone but, and am bummed out about what appears to be the exit story.
I was completely blown away by the awesomeness of this episode! My favorite part was Jim’s drunken grinning while talking with Dwight (seemed like a classic Season 2 interaction!), especially when Dwight rejected his valentine and he replied, “Aww, nuts!” Kevin has been on fire the last couple weeks, and I’m really happy with the direction Michael and Holly’s relationship is going. Definitely one of the best of the season!