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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I totally thought Dwight was playing ping pong against a gorilla at first…it wasn’t until they panned to him again that I realized it was Mose. Did anyone watch 30 Rock? I think that’s where I got the idea from.
Once again, I’m going to have to watch this episode a second and third time to really appreciate it.
One of the funniest lines was when one of the lawyers requested that they make 10 copies of Michael’s diary, and Toby says “Make that 11.” He’s loving this!
Then the most awkward moment for me was when Michael was coming through the cafeteria line, looking around the lunch room, and sees everyone huddled over reading his diary pages! Then being forced to sit next to Toby…I thought, “Oh my God! They’re going to bond!” Only to have Michael push Toby’s tray off the table like a 3rd grader!
I have always loved the Michael and David Wallace interaction. My David Wallace crush keeps growing and growing.(twss) I loved how Pam said her boyfriend is 12 and she ends up acting like she’s 10! I am so going to miss this show.
Amazing episode. One of my favorite of the season. Moments I loved: the stenographer reading back the “that’s what she said” joke and Ryan being as hot as Jan, but in a different way.
I understand why Michael chose Dunder Mifflin. He even explained why. You don’t expect your girlfriend to screw you over. And Jan brought the diary before she knew about the picture, even though Michael was going along with her coaching. Even though Wallace was never seriously considering Michael for the position, ultimately he and the rest of corporate chose not to remove Michael despite Jan’s recommendations. Jan, his girlfriend, was actively working for his demotion.
I’m really going to miss this show.
The scene with David Wallace at the end, and Michael’s last talking head were heartbreaking…we all feel so bad for Michael. He got dumped on by everyone. Maybe it’s time for him and Jan to take a break–it won’t take her long to realize what she did to deserve it. Even Michael, as dense as he can be, figured out right away that Jan was in the wrong.
Kelly is hilarious, but did anyone else want to punch her in this episode?
Toby is so like every human resource guy I have ever met.
This has to be the last episode before the strike? I want to know what’ll happen with Michael and Jan. I felt really sorry for Michael, caught between Jan, who wanted to use him and Ryan who wanted to use him. I loved that Wallace was a human being. I loved Dwight and Mose at the end.
Awh…Michael and Jan. I love the Levinscott pairing. I think Jan is going to realize how much she has hurt Michael, and I think she feels guilty about that performance review. She told Michael she was suing the company for “them”, she was trying to get them out of debt. She got carried away and turned into corporate Jan again, and hurt Michael in the process. She doesn’t realize how fragile he is, but I think this will change.
Michael called “line”. That was the BEST part of the episode for me.
Bravo, Lester. Bravo.
I think I’ll wait until tomorrow to seriously review. It will give me something to look forward to in lieu of new Office Episodes.
Keep on keepin’ on, WGA.
This episode was: good not great.
I liked the Michael- Jan story better than the ping-pong plot. Mostly because of Kelly, she was just kind of annoying. Pam wasn’t acting like herself either. She seemed different. Overall, I loved the Michael vs. Toby stuff. It was funny.
One of the best things about this episode: Well-thought-out short ending.
Like when Ryan was fixing his hair through the TV screen in Launch Party…What was that?
I also loved the part when Michael said “That’s what she said” in reply to one of the questions. :]
Did anybody else see a little bit of David Brent in Michael’s looks to the camera? Obviously Michael was down, but he seemed to have that David look of sadness and resignation.
I loved the way Michael gracefully handled one of the most awkward situations possible. The way he described the difference between his perception of their relationship and Jan’s perception was brilliant and most diplomatic. I really like it when the writers show the endearing side of Michael Scott.
In the end he was forced to choose between his two loves. It all came down to the relationship. Where did he feel most valued? Where was the loyalty, trust, and appreciation? Dunder Mifflin had a measure of that in David Wallace while Jan betrayed his deepest, most personal thoughts to the world for her own gain. Jamaican Jan Sun Princess was an accident. Jan sharing Michael’s diary in the deposition room was cold and premeditated.
I’ve always liked David Wallace. I like his character even more now. The writers did a brilliant job of having him treat Michael like a person and not just a means to an end. David Wallace, I think you’re a nice guy too.
If we had to leave on an episode, I’m glad it was this one.
The best part was Michael talking about Ryan in his diary! The worst i think was when the Jamaica picture came back.
Boy, if there was one line that sure reached out to us from the writers tonight, it would be one of David Wallace’s:
“We never meant for you to get caught in the middle of this.”
Michael Scott is so cute. And loyal. And I hate Jan a little.
96 | dwight’s beard
lol I totally missed the “come again?” part. I mean, I heard it, but I totally missed the joke. I’ll have to watch the episode online…oops, guess not.
Ugh.
can anyone tell me what the tail-end part was? My PVR cut out. Arghh, I hate having to work Thursday nights! Especially this one.
What a great episode! I loved it. Loved it.
Loved the whole Jan and Michael dynamic.
I really didn’t like this episode. It was just weird. The one storyline was depressing and the other just seemed generally out of character. I laughed once, when Toby laughed at them asking about Ryan in Michael’s diary.
Deleted scene. Andy-licious.