The Office: The Lover, 6.07

W: Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, D: Lee Eisenberg

Summary (NBC): Michael shocks Jim and Pam when he reveals the identity of the new woman he has been dating. Dwight apologizes to Jim for years of torment with a strange peace offering.

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Tidbits

• In the scene where Creed cries while listening to an aria playing in Jim’s office, the piece is called M’appari, written by Friedrich von Flotow from his opera ‘Martha.’ Source: The Office music staff

Favorite quotes

Jim: Frank and Beans!

Michael: Blind Guy McSqueezy. The women in my improv class absolutely hate him.

Pam: It’s good to be home.

Jim: Do we have a conversation scheduled?

Dwight: I’d just like to say, “Con-quack-ulations.”

Dwight: Now I can observe Jim, track Jim, and destroy Jim.

Dwight: And of course in this version, you lose the whole veiled critique of the Kaiser thing.

Erin: Coco leche. That’s my favorite!

Michael: I have recently taken a lover.

Michael: She drives a green Camry …
Jim: [bleep]
Michael: … and the seats go all the way down. All the way down.

Michael: Get the hell out of here, idiot!
Toby: What did I do?

Michael: I think you’re underestimating Pam. I think, more than anything, she wants me to be happy.
Jim: No. Not more than anything.

Jim: Then take a different way home, man!

Michael: That is amazing. I feel like a real Puerto Rican.

Jim: Just take the parrot.

Pam: No no no no no. No. Omigod! OMIGOD! NOOOOOOO!

Michael: That could have gone one of two ways. But I never expected her to get upset.

Dwight: Hey you want me to give you the chills?

Dwight: There’s an egg on your head and the yolk is running down … there’s a knife in your back and the blood is gushing down …

Pam: No, I am not being dramatic, you are being crazy!

Jim: I think if I play it out just right, I can get Dwight to live out the plot of National Treasure.

Pam: Your mother is sleeping with Michael Scott.

[Jim's sign]: Dwight picked the wrong day to put a wooden mallard in my office.

Dwight: Last Sunday, I had to put down over 150 pets all by myself.

Pam: I have a way to make Scranton a better place. You could leave it.

Michael: Nobody talks to my baby that way. All right. Bye Pickle.

Michael: Pamela Morgan Beesly, you need to apologize to your mother right now.

Pam: Don’t call my mother your lover.

Pam: Yes, thank you. Welcome to my personal hell!

Michael: What is so wrong about me? I’m caring. I’m generous. I’m sensual.

Michael: Is it really so horrible that I could possibly go out and find happiness?

Phyllis: Good luck, Michael. I hope you find what you’re looking for.

Pam: What is wrong with all of you? He is sleeping with my mother!
Dwight: I don’t think there’s a whole lot of sleeping going on.

Michael: Do not talk to me that way! I am your boss, and I may some day be your father. So get out.

Michael: I hope that you are willing to die in this office. Because I am.
Pam: Me too.

Angela: Pam? How’s your day going?

Kelly: Ryan, I have to ask you a personal question. Do you think I should get a fedora?

Kelly: What the hell is a mallard?

Ryan: This reminds me, you owe me three bucks for gas.

Toby: Pull up a chair … or sit on the shredder.

Michael: I think I may be the victim of a hostile work environment, with this whole Pam situation.

Toby: I always knew if Michael just took the time to get to know me, we’d become friends.

Pam: Michael, let me make this very easy for you. I could give a [bleep] about your happiness. Stop dating my mother!
Michael: You know what, I’m going to start dating her even harder.

Jim: Hey.
Pam: Shove it.
Jim: Yup.

Dwight: Punishment fits the crime. I accept.

Pam: Maybe I’m overreacting.
Jim: Yeah. Maybe.
Pam: But I don’t think I am.
Jim: You’re not. Nope. Nope.

Dwight: Did you really think I would put my primary listening device in a wooden mallard? I’m not insane.

Rating

In a poll conducted October 22-26, Tallyheads rated this episode: 8.569/10

224 comments

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1. 
   224. George  Wed. Jan. 27, 2010 | 11:55am

   I always wanted to see Michael and Pam “mano a mano”.

2. 
   223. Miguel M  Tue. Nov. 3, 2009 | 10:37pm

   Ok lovers of Opera!

   Does anybody know whose rendition of “M’appari” is on this episode???

   Someone on Yahoo! Answers said it was Pavarotti, and I was SHOCKED. :S lol

   Anyway…my guess is Alfredo Kraus, but I could be totally wrong.

   Ideas?

   Miguel

   [from tanster: don't know who performs it, but The Office music director says it's from Extreme Music Library.]

3. 
   222. Sam  Mon. Nov. 2, 2009 | 9:33pm

   this episode was like the great ones of seasons 2~3. We need more like this one!

4. 
   221. Aizat  Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 | 2:41pm

   I think this episode is awesome..
   the intensity and mix reactions from all characters were great..

5. 
   220. eastcoast_girl  Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 | 3:53pm

   Great episode! Of course Pam overreacted, as she’s pregnant with all those overactive hormones circulating, and this is one of her worst nightmares! That’s what made this episode work for me. Loved the wooden duck (oops, mallard).

6. 
   219. StanleyFan  Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 | 3:15pm

   Tuna Boss, THANK YOU. I thought it was just me.

7. 
   218. TunaBoss  Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 | 4:46am

   I actually think this was below par. Overreacting Pam was quite artificial. Considering their ancient history of hatred :) , Michael convincing Toby so easy that they are friends was not convincing either. Toby called him “buddy” for gods sake.

8. 
   217. mgraye  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 5:20pm

   I LOVED the aria in this episode! I sang this aria in high school AND college and it is one of my favorites. I don’t enjoy singing it as much as I enjoyed Jim blasting it in his office. WOW, so funny…inspired. Thanks office for being such a sophisticated show.

9. 
   216. OperaSinger  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 4:41pm

   Thanks for posting the info about the aria that was played!! Opera fans/singers LOVE The Office!!

10. 
    215. holly-gram  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 3:20pm

    @211 Ed K:

    You have to keep in mind that Pam is preggers and hormonal. Not that this is an excuse, exactly, but it would have a significant influence on her behavior.

11. 
    214. Dean12  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 12:52pm

    This episode got really good ratings, yay the Office!

12. 
    213. Rhizome  Mon. Oct. 26, 2009 | 12:17pm

    I actually find it kind of nice that Dwight wouldn’t mind Michael dating his mother. And Creed is one awesome weirdo, he never fails to crack me up, but Michael revealing his blind eyes was actually my favorite moment.

13. 
    212. Jhony  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 7:13pm

    I loved this episode. Angry Jim and Pam are hilarious and so is Creed crying when he hears opera music. As for Dwight, he can try as much as he wants but I don’t think he’ll ever be able to sabotage Jim.

14. 
    211. Sam  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 6:18pm

    no, steve’s character (michael) isn’t blind.

15. 
    210. Sara  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 6:10pm

    #210, Penny, I think Michael was just pulling the “dad” card when he said “Pamela Morgan Beesly.” It’s like a parent calling a child by their full name when they’re reprimanding him or her.

    As for Pam, she definitely overreacted. But as others have said, her worst nightmare has come true. The man who has said racist and homophobic remarks and even sexually harassed her for years is now dating her mother. She didn’t handle it well, but I really can’t hate her for completely flipping out.

16. 
    209. Receptionitis15  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 3:27pm

    It’s not really fair to compare Pam’s behavior to Roy in this situation, because she’s not dating Michael and is under no obligation to care about his feelings (Roy would never act out that way to Darryl). I can totally understand Pam’s initial reaction in this episode. She’s still dealing with the fact that her parents are split up, plus she’s pregnant. In most situations, Michael would be right about that being an inappropriate way to talk to your boss, but Michael rarely ever acts like a real boss. Since when does a boss rub his relationship with the parent of an employee in the employee’s face? Michael just pulls rank when he doesn’t want people yelling at him (like Stanley in “Did I Stutter?).

    I loved the subplot with the bugged duck (mallard), but the scene where Michael reveals the affair to Jim has to be one of my favorites of the season so far. Jim’s bleeped curse word was perfect. I loved, “Don’t call her ‘the mom,’” and “I’ll just take surface streets.” Classic.

17. 
    208. Ed K  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 1:31pm

    I can’t believe so many people are defending Pam’s behavior in this episode. Seriously? All she needed to do was throw a glass against a wall and she would have been EXACTLY like Roy.

    There’s a difference between being standing up for yourself, not letting anyone walk all over you, and being an obnoxious jerk. Pam was being an obnoxious jerk. Screaming, cursing and being rude is not good character growth.

    If Roy had that exact same tone and said “I don’t give a **** about your happiness” to Pam, would you have found it funny? If Michael said that to Pam, would you have found it funny? Why does Pam get a pass?

18. 
    207. Penny  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 10:34am

    Someone might have noted this already, but when Michael gets off the phone with Pam’s mom, he calls Pam “Pamela Morgan Beesly” not “Halpert”. Why is that I wonder? Is Pam keeping her last name (why did she get excited about Kevin writing Mrs. Pam Halpert) or is it a slip up on Michael’s or the writing staff’s part? Does anyone have any insight?

19. 
    206. Michele  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 10:13am

    Am I the only who didn’t like this episode? Honestly, I found nothing funny and by 10 minutes in I was so sick of Pam over reacting.

    I have to admit, Jenna did a fantastic job though with the material given to her.

20. 
    205. DJ Jazzy Flax  Sun. Oct. 25, 2009 | 12:43am

    Awesomeness.
    1) Dwight giving Michael the chills
    2) Jim snapping at Toby, then Michael’s “get out of here, idiot” to Toby, followed by Toby’s “what did I do?” LOL
    3) Jim & Pam’s bleeped out cursing
    4) Stanley’s huge smile during Pam’s “no more meetings!”
    5) Kevin offering a fist bump
    6) Creed tearing up to opera music
    7) Stanley’s reaction to Michael’s “I’m sensual”
    8) Jim telling Michael to take a different route home
    9) Blind guy McSqueezy
    10) Michael’s look to the camera while hugging Toby
    11) Michael calling Helene “boo” & “pickle”
    12) Andy calling Jim “Tuna Boss”
    13) Ryan yelling “that’s my mother we’re talking about!”
    14) Oscar pointing at Michael when Michael asked if anything was wrong with him
    15) Michael’s new ringtone: “Push It” LOL

    Pure awesomeness.

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