The Office: The Search, 7.15
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 | 109 comments
W: Brent Forrester, D: Michael Spiller
Summary (NBC): When Jim gets an emergency phone call from Helene, he is forced to leave Michael in the bathroom of a gas station. Meanwhile, Holly, Erin, and Dwight set out on a journey to find Michael. Back at the office, Pam’s artwork starts a captioning contest that seems to offend Gabe. Guest stars: Amy Ryan, Linda Purl.
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The Office The Search trivia
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- The song playing in Jim’s car is Two Hours Traffic’s Better Sorry Than Safe.
- Eugene Cordero played the gas station attendant.
Rating
In a poll conducted February 3-7, 2011, Tallyheads rated this episode: 7.81/10
The Office The Search quotes
Ryan: I don’t think I should be married to you anymore.
Kelly: We got really wasted, and it just felt right.
Ryan: We are getting divorced, Andy! This is such a raw time!
Ryan: I don’t want to be married until everyone can be married.
Oscar: You know what, Ryan? I talked to the other gay guys, and we’re okay with it. We all agreed it’s fine for you to get married.
Michael: Why does the sun rise in the morning? Why do magnets stick together? Because everybody says so. Everybody.
Jim: You have a better chance if you think Bob Vance.
Erin: Her personality is like a 3, her sense of humor is a 2, her ears are like, a 7 and a 4. Add it all up and what do you get? 16. And he treats her like she’s a perfect 40. It’s nuts.
Michael: My feelings don’t matter to you. What matters to you is your precious speed limit.
Michael: Sex different after the baby, Jim?
Michael: What part of “I need to pee” do you not understand?
Michael: I’m upset, my bladder is full, there’s no telling what I might do. Right now. All over the inside of your precious little car.
Pam: I will put out an APB. Otherwise known as an “Ask Pam Beesly.”
Michael: You don’t have my numbers on speed dial!
Michael: I am going to take this opportunity to go walkabout.
Dwight: Problem solved, everyone! Space Orphan and Princess Nincompoop are off to rescue Michael.
Dwight: You drive. I got a car full of fox meat.
Pam: “I’m a suck-suck-suckety Sabre!”
Darryl: Not once have I used the real captions to Family Circus.
Andy: Oh, it is on like Genghis Khan wearing Sean John in Bhutan! BIG BIG BIG
Erin: He answers to Michael, Michael G. Scott, Michael J. Fox, Mr. Fox, The Incredible Mr. Fox…
Holly: You don’t think he’d walk by that bakery just for the smell of it?
Dwight: Don’t get a swelled head. You’re no tracker.
Michael: You guys are so beautiful. You’re so colorful. I wish I could understand you! That’s a metaphor, I guess.
Michael: You are disgusting! You’ll never find love.
Dwight: Pam, I’m obviously going to get that stuff for you. So just shut up!
Kevin: Okay, it’s two giant dogs, with two giant palm trees, on a regular-sized island.
Darryl: Gabe, tell us your stupid rules so we can start the game.
Gabe: I like to use Sticky Quips as regular post-it notes when I’m in a fun mood. Not every day.
Gabe: Go get ‘em. Start quipping!
Michael: Instead of throwing them all away later, why don’t you throw one away now into my mouth?
Erin: Orville Tootenbacher? That’s Michael’s millionaire character that farts popcorn!
Waiter: You have no money but you dined, and you dined so much!
Dwight: Uncanny. Put a pin in that.
Dwight: This way, this way, this way? I don’t know. Do you know?
Darryl: You crushed our spirits, Gabe.
Darryl: It takes a lot to destroy the creativity of a whole group of people.
Sticky Quip on Gabe’s back: “I’m a doosh”
Angela’s caption: “Is that a palm tree or did Gabe get skinnier? Either way, let’s pee on it.”
Angela: Please. It was easy once I decided I wanted the dog to piss on Gabe.
Dwight: Tap into your common mind and tell us what he would do next.
Dwight: I’m deep below the ocean’s surface in a submarine. A torpedo’s coming right at me. No, damn it, that’s just my own imagination. Maybe he’s bowling.
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Michael Scott was not actually lost in the oh so big city of Scranton…he was lost emotionally.
I liked the episode, but I was wondering what the sticky quips on Gabe’s back said. I couldn’t read all of them.
I have to give the writers credit for really making the audience care about Michael and Holly. Let’s be honest, the show relied on Jim and Pam at times…and this last episode IMO was one that relied on Michael and Holly. The ending made the entire show…and usually they do those happy lovey endings to cover up a lame episode. When it comes to the Search…I definitely thought that was the case. Writers are clever.
Perfect episode!
Highs and lows, weird scenarios, some unlikable characters; but with a scene like the roof scene? …oh man! what a great episode!! :-)
Good episode. I’m so glad Michael finally got his soup snake. I just hope that they’ll stay together. There are still 6 Michael Scott episodes left!
I think I know why Jim hasn’t been on much recently. John is in a new movie called “Everybody Loves Whales”. So he is most likely off filming the movie and doesn’t have as much time to be on set. Explains why he is really only seen in the first 10 minutes of most of the recent episodes
The cold opening was meh, but the storyline is moving along nicely for Michael and Holly. It’s really sad watching 7 years come to an end, so each episode is something to really appreciate.
THIS EPISODE IS MY NEW FAVORITE EPISODE!!! ALMOST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only complaint I have is the office antics… sometimes they are so unrealistic of what would happen in an office. Some of the jokes about Gabe were funny but after a while they got kind of old. I feel bad for him! I mean c’mon! How professional is a joke about banging Gabe’s Mom? That is completely unrealistic.
But… Holly and Michael… that made me cry. Seriously. Everything was so cute. The Popcorn joke, everything. OMG LOVED IT! 10 STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought the way the writers got Michael and Holly back together was really original and quirky. I thought it resonated nicely. No complains on my part!
Again, one of the best moments involves Creed– the Thief Polaroid reveal? Priceless.
This season has been great.
I loved the sweet moments with the animals that show Michael’s big, sappy heart. Michael and Holly couldn’t fight it anymore, I think two years is enough, even if the audience didn’t see it, it doesn’t mean Michael didn’t feel it. I love watch bits of Jim and Pam’s relationship as a married couple.
People are so critical. I don’t understand why they dog so much on the show. There are WAY worse shows on out there, and true fans will stick with it to the end no matter what happens.
It’s nice to finally see Jon Gosselin have a job as a gas station attendant.
First time i really enjoyed Michael and Holly interacting this season. Them being sincere was a welcomed change. Loved the captions and how happy it seemed to make Pam that everybody was enjoying her doodles. Angela’s was amazing. Kelly continues to be hilarious whenever she’s on screen. And Dwight was funnier here than the past several episodes. Of course, i’m still missing Jim. And when he returns i hope he’s back to his cool, collected, clever self.
Ummm…huh.
Cold open: horrible. Not funny as a five second joke, definitely not funny as a painful two minutes.
Main arc: not funny. Jim has dropped off the face of the Earth. Michael used to be a zany boss, but with the understanding that he was a great salesman underneath. Now he’s just a cardboard-cutout good-for-one-joke guy. It just seemed very sitcomy to have the whole ‘Let’s hunt for Michael because he’s lost in the city, but luckily Holly can sniff him out.” Not my favorite plot ever.
However, the caption contest was pretty funny. One of the few actually funny plots this season. I loved that the whole office got into it, and it seemed very realistic – something that (gasp!) could actually happen in an office. If only THAT had been the plot of the whole episode.
No wonder Michael was confused. Who expects the trees in Scranton in the middle of Winter to be so full of leaves??
What if Holly and Michael hadn’t gotten together at the end of this? Then we’d all be saying they were dragging it out.
My face did that crumple-up thing when Michael and Holly embraced, and I cried. I cried last week when Michael Scott met David Brent in the elevator, too. I think I’m going to need a big box of kleenex next to me for the rest of this season’s episodes. I thought I was fine with Steve Carell leaving the show, but now I realize I’m not fine with it! :-(
“The Search” left me searching for where “The Office” that I enjoyed went.
This episode was simply not funny or engaging.
Cece’s baby crisis sucked the funny out of the room. Michael’s now an action-figure cut-out of his former self, getting lost like a 5 year old or mentally challenged adult. Jim’s on vacation, and Pam gets no major arc. Andy & Erin aren’t funny. Gabe is a one-note strange guy, with a little too much pent-up anger over art captioning. The Michael-Holly thing on the roof fell predictably flat-soulmates are boring. Dwight’s character remains anti-social, and in “The Search” Dwight reveals his true calling: An animal “tracker” at heart who lives for the hunt and kill.
Compare “The Search” to “Booze Cruise”…No comparison whatsoever in terms of romance, genuine humor, and emotional investment in the characters and plot!
@ Chris (#83)
I hear ya – these kinds of situations don’t make sense to me either. To me, if you love someone enough – be with them ! But there are people who have mental and emotional blocks that get in the way of making the right decision with someone. In Michael and Holly’s case, it was the idea of maintaining a long distance relationship from too far away and Holly had to go her way and Michael his way. I guess the bottom line is that the journey for some couples to be together is effortless and for others it requires more obstacles and patience. Look at Jim and Pam’s history to finally bring them together. Jim said to Michael once about the waitress: “Yeah the distraction is nice, but then you’re left thinking about the girl you really like, the one who broke your heart”.
I loved how Holly knew exactly where he was, but their relationship seems a little forced now.
Loved the ending…
As well as the caption contest.