The Office: The Deposition, 4.12
Thursday, November 15th, 2007 | 209 comments
W: Lester Lewis, D: Julian Farino
Summary (NBC): Michael finds himself between a rock and a hard place when Jan sues Dunder Mifflin and Michael is deposed as a witness. Meanwhile, Kelly trash-talks Pam after Darryl beats Jim at ping-pong.
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Tidbits
Favorite quotes
Ryan: Take the call, friend.
Michael: Hiya, buddy.
Michael: My friend Pat took a turn. That’s how I remember that.
Jan: Remember, it’s not just a pattern. It’s a pattern of disrespect and inappropriate behaviors.
Michael: My friend Disree got new specs.
Michael: My friend Inapro drives a Prius with his behind neighbor.
Michael: That is a lot of guacamole.
Jan: We went over it carefully … and just so that we wouldn’t leave anything up to chance or Michael’s judgement.
Darryl: Game, son!
Pam: Sometimes I bring him juice. My boyfriend is twelve.
Kelly: What has two skinny chicken legs and sucks at ping pong?
Kelly: I don’t talk trash. I talk smack. They’re totally different. Trash talk is all hypothetical, like, “Your momma is so fat, she could eat the Internet.” But smack talk is, happening like, right now. Like, “you’re ugly and I know it for a fact, ’cause I got the evidence. Right there.”
Kelly: Your boyfriend is so weak, he needs steroids just to watch baseball.
Kelly: Were Jim’s parents first cousins that were also bad at ping pong?
Jim: Bring me players.
Michael: Are you renewing your divorce vows before my deposition?
Jan: People underestimate Michael. There are plenty of things that he is well above average at.
Michael: I have seen The Firm, and I’m planning on renting The Pelican Brief.
Lawyer: And you were directly under her the entire time?
Michael: That’s what she said.
Michael: Come again? That’s what she said.
Michael: Delivery’s all wrong. She’s butchering it.
Michael: To be delicate, they hang off milady’s chest. They … make milk.
Michael: And frankly, the timing was nothing short of predominant.
Michael: Well, it depends on how you define “begin.”
Michael: Line.
Michael: I throw myself at the mercy of the deposition.
Lawyer (reading Michael’s diary): “Tan almost everywhere. Jan almost everywhere. Hee hee.”
Lawyer (reading Michael’s diary): “More tomorrow. XOXO, Michael.”
Toby: Um … could you make it 11?
Michael: I don’t like the lump.
Lawyer (reading Michael’s diary): “Just as hot as Jan, but in a different way.”
Michael: Her actions are completely rightful.
Michael (reading Jan’s statement): “I am out of carrots. I am out of sticks.”
Dwight: He has gone from completely hopeless to simply miserable.
Dwight: He works here, dumb ass.
Lawyer (reading David Wallace’s statement): “What do you want me to say? C’mon, he’s a nice guy.”
Kelly: The floppy-haired girl you date won a point.
Michael: I think you’re a nice guy, too.
Michael: You expect to get screwed by your company. But you never expect to get screwed by your girlfriend.
Rating
8.36/10
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so what is the rest of Toby’s parents’ divorce story ?
hahaha the toby michael scene is hilarious.
Oh how I miss new episodes. =(
I agree with Ian (#212)–this season has been great. With the exception of Survivor Man, which I wasn’t the biggest fan of (though I believe the last scene with Jim and Michael will come to be very important later on), it has consistently delivered solid episodes packed with both the subtle and outrageous humor nothing like The Office can’t do. Best part is how characters have been developed a lot more–especially the supporting cast (Creed, Andy, etc.).
The Deposition was by far, one of the funniest episodes of the season! I agree, B-story wasn’t very important but I loved the small Jam moments and Kelly–hey hey you you I don’t like your boyfriend ’cause ’cause ’cause ’cause ’cause he sucks at ping pong! I LOVED Michael’s storyline this episode, it brought me to hysterics and also warmed my heart. And I really enjoyed how Toby was a big part of the storyline (I’ve missed him this season!) Toby giggling after hearing Michael’s diary entry was priceless.
This season has been great and especially this episode. How can anyone be disappointed in this season, I actually feel if any season felt out of whack and derailing its season 3. Now they’re back to old pranks and Michael is fighting for his job (again). its nice that Jim and Pam are finally together so we can worry about other characters this season, which has been fun. Plus c’mon, 4 hour long episodes in a row ain’t a bad way to kick off a season. I’m just sad that this is probably it this year for The Office.
I really liked the main storyline of this episode. It caught me off guard, and combined drama with comedy very well. Michael interacting with Toby, David Wallace, Ryan, the lawyers – everyone was great.
I could have done without the ping pong. That did nothing for me. And make that three weeks in a row without any Angela/Dwight/Andy material.
While there is a great deal of contention about the value of season 4 – and I am one of them who thinks it has slipped some – it is still the only show I watch, and I am already sad to see it stall due to the strike.
#147 Callan, I really agree with you about Kelly and the smack, they are turning her into a brat just like Ryan. And where were the rest of the Office people? It was like they were never there! I still feel sad that this was the last show for a while. Well at least we all know we are in the same lonely boat without a paddle:-{ together.
MORE ANDY!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! All we’d need to spunk up this season is more Ed Helms…
On the other hand, I really liked this episode and I think they left us in a good position (cliffhanger-wise) for the episodes to come… Whenever that will be…
Dwight’s ping-pong history was great and Kelly was hilarious…
I’m glad Michael has realized how crappy Jan treats him… Even though it doesn’t seem he can do much better…
I like how Jim and Pam have settled into a normal relationship now… Jim is even comfortable enough to get slightly embarrassed by her… Great character development…
In conclusion… MORE ANDY!!!
Um, Jim “defending Pam’s honor”? Cutest thing ever. I really like the way we are getting to see characters grow this season. There’s only so far their stereotypical scenarios can go before we have to get to know them as people. This time, we got to see a little bit of Jan’s true colors and got to see Michael make a good decision. Way to go writers! Come back soon. I’ll be rocking myself to sleep in the corner until then.
Great episode, the stuff at the depo was completely brilliant and funny. I could have done with out the b-story, although it was fun finding out Dwight is a ping-pong master.
I support the writers but I really hope the strike ends soon. Imagining the likelihood of not having an Office Christmas episode this year is enough to make me wanna cry myself to sleep.
I absolutely loved this episode. I gasped at the end when Michael said that the company didn’t do anything wrong and wow, just the whole figuring out where his heart and loyalties lie was amazing.
I really appreciated how Toby was trying to reach out to Michael – like he’s not giving up on him. I think when Michael pushed his tray off the table, it was because little boy Michael couldn’t handle emotional closeness with Toby, even if adult Michael knew deep down that he needed it.
By the way, I’m going to hell for this, but there are great scenes with most of the other cast members in the deleted scenes. I am human. Forgive me writers. But they were great and very funny.
To Desperate Canadian (#129) – I like LevinScott! That’s the best name pairing for them I think.
Have faith, friends – more episodes will come soon!
brilliant! i just watched it with my volleyball team. we were all cracking up, especially at kelly’s “smack talk.” and jim looked VERY good this episode…:]
and we all said “awww” when michael told david wallace he was a good guy. a very solid episode. hopefully these “talks” between WGA and AMPTP will resolve the situation soon and the season will continue!
Wow. Six months ago, I never could have imagined that I would be so apathetic about the possibility of no new Office episodes. I loved this show so much for the first three seasons, but the fourth has been sub-par. The mood of the show is different and not in a good way.
It’s depressing when you try to think of ONE good episode out of the season, and all you can do is pick out a couple that you didn’t dislike.
It was a great episode! It really made me feel bad for Michael though. I sort of wish the Toby moment hadn’t ended with Michael pushing the tray.
Great episode, one of the best of the season, but it’s too bad that the writers strike put a damper on this episode! Now what do I have to look forward to on thursday nights? Oh well-I’m starting my letter to Jeff Zucker now, see y’all in season 5 (or let’s be optimistic and say season 4!)
I refuse to work for another company than Dunder Mifflin. I don’t want any other boss than Michael Scott. Since it’s not possible for me to work for DM, I’ve decided to retire at 34 year-old. It’s Michael Scott or nothing.
I loved Michael. He was my hero, and Steve’s performance was excellent. This was a funny ep, but sad at the same time. We all knew this was it for a while and so it was bitter sweet.
My favorite scenes were in the cold opening with the fake messages. The best one was the note that looked like a cartoon hotdog saying Hiya Buddy, and Pam “forwarding” his fake phone call, but didn’t put it on speaker in front of Ryan. That was clever. It was funny to see that Kelly had taken on her boyfriend’s personality with talking smack and her bad self attitude. That type of transformation really happens to some girls. Haughty Kelly brought out the beast in Pam. Michael and Toby’s scene in the cafeteria cracked me up, and Michael pushing Toby’s tray off the table was great! Jan and Michael’s conversation in the car was so real. You can disagree over something very serious, but life goes on and you have to eat dinner. I love the Office and will miss it dearly. At least I have nice memories of finally seeing Jam together. I want the strike to be over soon so my life can resume.
I very much enjoyed this ep. Michael has a mancrush on Ryan, heehee.
Great episode.There was only one bad thing..WHERE WAS ANDY?!..They could have used him to play ping pong and show his anger problems again..lol
I really enjoyed this episode. There was so much tension for Michael! I think after that whole transcript with David Wallace was read, the thing Michael focused mostly on was, “He’s a nice guy.” I’m not even sure he cared about the job or not after that! And I loved how he realized that Jan used his diary before she knew about the picture. I would be so upset if someone did that. I enjoy how The Office shows a lot of real relationship moments. The silence between Jan and Michael in the car was spot on. There’s an issue that sometimes doesn’t get resolved. I’m very curious to see what happens to the two of them, although now it seems I might have to wait awhile :(
It was also great that I watched this episode after personally playing an hour of ping-pong. Funny storyline.