3.03: The Coup
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Written by: Paul Lieberstein
Summary (NBC): After Jan busts Michael for declaring it’s “movie Monday,” an upset Angela pushes Dwight into making a play for Michael’s job. Meanwhile, Pam internet shops and has a fashion show at lunch and Jim plays video games and gets killed again and again in virtual reality.
Icon courtesy lidi at LiveJournal.
Tidbits
- NBC videos: 2-Minute Replay | Deleted Scenes
- Blogs: John the prop guy’s MySpace blog
- Reviews: TV Guide | Entertainment Weekly
- Read James’ Northern Attack recap.
- Buy The Coup at the iTunes Store.
Favorite quotes
Michael: The only cure I know for the Monday blues is “Varsity Blues.”
Pam: Movie Monday started with training videos. But we went through those pretty fast. Then we watched a medical video. Since then, it’s been half-hour installments of various movies, with the exception of an episode of Entourage, which Michael made us watch six times.
Michael: Entouraaaaaaage!
Angela: I don’t approve of Movie Monday. I don’t.
Michael: Hi Jan! Hope you brought the Milk Duds!
Jan: How would a movie increase productivity, Michael? How on earth would it do that?
Michael: People work faster after.
Jan: Magically.
Michael: No, they have to, to make up for the time they lost, watching the movie.
Jan: No.
Dwight: Ever since Michael dumped Jan for Carol, Jan’s been bitching out on him. Reject a woman, and she will never let it go. One of the many defects of their kind. Also, weak arms.
Angela: Fine! Sit back and do nothing and let us all get fired!
Angela: I know that patience and loyalty are good and virtuous traits. But sometimes I just think you need to grow a pair.
Jim: We didn’t play many video games in Scranton. Instead, we’d do stuff like uh, Pam and I would sometimes hum the same high-pitched note, and try to get Dwight to make an appointment with an ear doctor. And uh, Pam called it Pretendinitis.
Kelly: Fashion show, fashion show, fashion show at lunch!
Jim: Wait, are we playing teams?
Jan: You should talk to Michael, and he’ll talk to me, and that way, we don’t have to speak to each other.
Jan: It’s not about a surprise party, is it?
Dwight: No, but we should discuss that another time.
Dwight: There is a Liz Claiborne outlet. I know you like that store. Go inside and shop until I can meet you.
Jan: How do you know I like that store?
Dwight: Many of your blouses are Claibornes.
Jan: How do you know that?
Dwight: It’s part of my job.
Jan: No, it’s not. It’s officially not.
Dwight: Noted.
Dwight: I’m going to the dentist.
Michael: Okay.
Dwight: I have to have an emergency crown put in.
Michael: Ouchy.
Dwight: Yes. It’s a new dentist, he’s far, I might be gone … three hours.
Michael: Three hours, wow. Have fun.
Dwight: Didja get anything good?
Jan: Yeah.
Dwight: New blouse? Halter top? Camisole? Teddy?
Dwight: I could save the branch.
Jan: Really.
Dwight: If you let me run it.
Jan: Okay.
Dwight: Okay I can run it?
Dwight: So … here we are. It’s all on the table.
Dwight: Oh, by the way, there’s a new Ann Taylor outlet store near here. I know you like their earrings.
Jan (thinks for a minute): Where is it?
Michael: What? You were at the dentist?
Michael: What was Dwight thinking? That he could turn Jan against me? She’s my ex-lover … ish.
Kelly: Isn’t that like your third soda today?
Andy: The saboteur! Saboteur. I’m going to kill you for real. This game, the game is over. I’m really going to shoot you.
Michael: Hey Dwight. Want an M&M?
Michael: What’s his name?
Dwight: Crentist.
Michael: Your dentist’s name is Crentist.
Michael: I’m glad you’re okay.
Michael: Business is like a jungle. And I am like a tiger. And Dwight is like a monkey, that stabs the tiger in the back with a stick. Does the tiger fire the monkey? Does the tiger transfer the monkey to another branch. (Smiles) Pun. There is no way of knowing what goes on inside the tiger’s head. We don’t have the technology.
Dwight: Well, gosh … if you think I should, then I will.
Dwight: I can’t imagine this place without you.
Michael: Can’t you. That’s so nice.
Dwight: When I’m ready, Mike. Okay, let’s do it!
Michael: You might think that I am kidding, and I understand that.
Angela: Congratulations, Dwight.
Dwight: Thank you, Angela.
Dwight: I just want to say, to the few of you who will remain under my employ, that I intend to lead you into the black with ferocity.
Pam: I have this little vacuum cleaner that’s broken. If Dwight doesn’t work out, maybe that could be manager.
Phyllis: Maybe I’ll quit.
Angela: We can make a difference here.
Dwight: I will make a difference here.
Angela: You alone? Cause I thought together, we were …
Dwight: Oh please, don’t be naive. You can be in charge of the women.
Karen: Look how cute he is. He’s trying to shoot with a smoke grenade.
Jim: Wow. Psych-o-path.
Pam: What?
Creed: I’m just looking.
Pam: Please go back to your desk.
Creed: In a minute.
Pam: Well I remember why I dress the way I do at work. But I’m going to keep the clothes. I mean, it’ll just be cool to have some after-work clothes that aren’t pajamas.
Dwight: I’m thinking about getting something German, something with decent gas mileage. Plus the convertible is a ridiculous choice for this climate.
Michael: Take it back.
Dwight: No.
Michael: That’s my car. THAT’S MY CAR!
Michael: I have a laundry machine.
Michael: Get up. And you can hug it out, bitch.
Michael: Hug it out, bitch. That is what men say to each other after a fight. They hug it out, and in doing so, they just let it go. And walk away when they’re done. Not a good idea to say that to a woman, however, I have found. Doesn’t translate.
Michael: Yup, yup, we hugged it out. But, it turns out I was still a little angry. So I felt I needed to punish him just a little bit more, and I’m making him do my laundry for a year.
I have never seen an episode of Entourage but every time I watch this episode I laugh so hard when Michael says Entouraaaaaaage! If a person talks about that show I do the voice just to get a laugh. I know…huge dork here!
226 | Silvia Thu. Nov. 22, 2007 at 9:53amWouldn’t it be kind of cool if they could show some of the reruns with, like, the commentary? Impossible, but it would be cool….
225 | Beatriz Fri. Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:35pm228 –
well said.
224 | rayray Thu. Nov. 8, 2007 at 5:10pmI never thought I would be upset to see this episode. :(
223 | Lila Thu. Nov. 8, 2007 at 6:55am^^Yeah, really! I hate that this is happening.
222 | Awesome Blossom Wed. Nov. 7, 2007 at 7:32pmI’m going to miss the office so much. I have a tendency to have crappy thursdays…and if this doesn’t end soon I may lose the will to live. :(
The start of the reruns. The war has begun.
221 | Sara Wed. Nov. 7, 2007 at 2:33pmThere was one thing in this episode that bothered me. You could hear Jan on Dwight’s cell. That broke the “doc” feel for me. We should hear her unless she’s on speaker.
Well, I’ll write that off by saying that Dwight was still miked and pretending the camera guys had a hidden mike in the bushes. So with both of those mikes, they were able to edit it enough in the studio so that her side of the conversation was usable.
Her lines and reactions were just too good not to hear.
220 | Brittany Sun. Apr. 1, 2007 at 9:49pmI was looking at my iPod case and it was a Claiborne!!!How funny! (I wonder if Jan has an iPod….)
219 | packer@dundermifflin.com (Officenerd) Sun. Jan. 28, 2007 at 12:42pmAccording to my TV listings (Arizona), they will also being showing a rerun of “Initiation” on Jan 25, along with “The Coup” and “Grief Counseling” — a triple-header!
218 | LazyScranton Mon. Jan. 15, 2007 at 12:28pmThere was one thing in this episode that bothered me. You could hear Jan on Dwight’s cell. That broke the “doc” feel for me. We should hear her unless she’s on speaker.
Loved Creed: “In a minute.”
217 | fan up north Wed. Oct. 18, 2006 at 6:20pmI miss the Jim/Pam/Dwight relationship too! I don’t like it with Jim in Stamford! Bring him back! And he better NOT hook up with Karen!! Is he over Pam already? How can he give up so easily?? Don’t do it, Jim!!! Karen is nowhere near as cool as Pam!
216 | Bean Thu. Oct. 12, 2006 at 6:32pmThe reason why everyone thinks there will be a merger is because that was a major development of the British Office. This show has had its differences, but if you watch the UK version, you’ll see that the American version has followed a similar line.
Plus, that’s sort of what businesses do when they have to close a branch, they offer severence packages and do all they can to keep thier best and fold them into the other branch.
Plus, it’s been hinted at a couple of times in the show.
Though it’s possible that it might not be a merger, but some other way of bringing them together.
215 | chris Wed. Oct. 11, 2006 at 9:57pmAnyone else remember that in “The Fight,” Michael makes a reference to employees having fake dentist appointments?
“I’m friends with everybody in this office. We’re all best friends…. But sometimes, your best friends … start coming into work late, and start having dentist appointments that aren’t dentist appointments, and that is when it’s nice to let them know that you could … beat them up.”
Excellent use of foreshadowing. Or maybe it was post-shadowing this season… hmmm.
214 | Fashion show at lunch Wed. Oct. 11, 2006 at 4:10pmGotta say my favorite line in the episode was Michael saying “Can’t you?” to Dwight after D saying he couldn’t see the office without him. Michaels fake smile and furious eyes. Classic.
213 | Barbturtlo Tue. Oct. 10, 2006 at 6:31pmThe Hug it out bitch thing is growing on me. I knew it was an entourage reference but I didn’t think it was that funny at first. I’ve been thinking about that line all day. It’s just classic Michael. Varsity blues as the movie is also hilarious. Brilliant stuff. The writing on this show is just brilliant.
212 | Agent Michael Scarn Tue. Oct. 10, 2006 at 3:38pm“Hug it out, bitch” hahaha that is probably my favorite line in this WHOLE show ever. Awesome episode! :)
211 | i.love.the.office Mon. Oct. 9, 2006 at 5:55pmHmmm. Interesting theory Agent Scarn. Especially since all the new actors are still being called “guest stars”.
I still think that the two offices will merge, though. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds…
210 | The Anti-soccermom Mon. Oct. 9, 2006 at 10:36amsome people think this should happen…
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/10/09/the-office-jim-should-go-for-it-with-karen/
i mean, she is cool…
209 | I'm_on_the_phone Mon. Oct. 9, 2006 at 9:21amthe merger would be a crazy episode, though. Also, they have already mentioned a scene where Karen says something very innocent to Jim and Pam kinda gets all “possessive” or something… this is a hint to closer interaction, perhaps in the same office.
208 | I'm_on_the_phone Mon. Oct. 9, 2006 at 8:18amI have a feeling the writer’s are totally not going to do the merger thing. I’ve noticed a lot of people here on this board swear that is going to happen. But to me it would be a little too obvious. I think they (the writers) are toying with the idea and putting it in our heads but I really have a feeling it is not going to happen.
Also, has anyone else noticed how much more Jan has been on the show so far. She’s been in every episode. I don’t think that is a coincidence. Something is going to happen with Michael’s “love triangle,” soon.
207 | Agent Michael Scarn Mon. Oct. 9, 2006 at 7:25am