The Office: The Sting, 7.05
Thursday, October 21st, 2010 | 100 comments
W: Mindy Kaling, D: Randall Einhorn
Summary (NBC): When a competing sales associate steals a Dunder Mifflin client, Michael, Jim, and Dwight decide to set up a sting to find out his sales secrets. Andy decides to start a band after finding out a friend from college has a successful music career. Guest star: Timothy Olyphant.
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Rating
In a poll conducted October 21-25, Tallyheads rated this episode: 7.52/10
The Office The Sting quotes
Dwight: Can’t beat a horse. A horse is a bike that pedals itself.
Meredith: Lance’s ass was on that seat? All right!
Kelly: I’m on Sheryl Crow’s side on that whole thing, so I feel really weird right now.
Michael: I take spinning classes three times a month, I think I know how to ride a bike.
Dwight: Wait for me, it’s weird if I come in slightly after.
Dwight: Will you stop trying to put it in terms you think they’ll understand? It’s condescending.
Dwight: No, Mr. Jock Hipster.
Dwight: Go tell her we’re here. You’re good with receptionists.
Pam: That’s fizzling. I mean, someone has to start the fizzle.
Pam: You know I have a kid with you, right?
Dwight: That’s why I brought you to the Penis Museum, where tickets are a thousand dollars!
Andy: I can tell by the reflection in your glasses that you’re entering points into WeightWatchers.com.
Michael: I could swear that guy was a male model.
Dwight: I’ve been in showtime mode since breakfast.
Michael: It’s like if Michael Phelps came out of retirement, jumped in the pool, belly flopped, and drowned.
Stanley: Why do you always assume I have diabetes?
Phyllis: I could try to seduce him.
Dwight: What I’m about to show you is of the utmost secrecy.
Michael: Do you know what this is? This is a stinger.
Jim: The what?
Jim: Meredith Van Helsing?
Dwight: Van Helsing was a respected professor before he was a vampire killer.
Jim: Okay, but what is he more famous for?
Jim: You know this isn’t real TV, right?
Kevin: My voice is unique. Like Bob Dylan.
Dwight: People can’t keep their true natures hidden for long, and this guy is smoldering like a tire fire.
Meredith: What is that? Genetics? Creatine?
Michael: Pull it together, all right? Stop looking at him.
Ryan: I don’t think they usually skate to such bad songs.
Andy: Rude. And not helpful.
Creed: Well I really, really, really liked it.
Andy: Well that really bums me out.
Meredith: Feels more like a third date to me.
Meredith: What is with this desk keeping us so far apart?
Dwight: You’re an exec at Stark Industries, a corporation you inherited from your father.
Dwight: And remember, you’re not gay.
Meredith: Manuel, cleano el window.
Ryan: I run Google. Larry and Sergey brought me in.
Ryan: Will do. Won’t do.
Danny: Michael Scott!
Michael: I said stop.
Danny: You hired this homeless woman to impersonate an executive to spy on me.
Danny: Sure, you seem like a fun, professional guy.
Michael: Do you want your life to be better, or to be worse, or to stay the same?
Danny: I swear to God, I’m going to hit you. I didn’t mean that. I’m sorry.
Kelly: F*ck me.
Michael: This is not some sort of construction site, or all of Italy, where you can just go around treating people like meat.
Kelly: Josh Duhamel.
Angela: Yeah, I can see that!
Oscar: It’s hard to judge ourselves accurately, isn’t it?
Dwight: Where’s he going to park? There’s no more reserved parking spots.
Andy: Which me am I going to be today?
Andy: So we’re just like jamming as friends?
Dwight: She is one of the plain, hearty women of Scranton that make this city great. And so what if she doesn’t wear makeup.
Dwight: It’s after five, Jim. I’m not going to take this home.
Michael: The sale that mattered, I made. Boom.
Michael: Crap. I forgot about Packer.
Bullfrog in Love
Sun’s in her eyes, tongue full of flies,
Would you like to share my pad
Croak, croak, croak
Bullfrog in love
Croak, croak, croak
Bullfrog in love
And I gave her the croak
That meant I love you
I’ll be your croak monsieur
I’ll be your croak madame
Your mama mighta said that bullfrogs are dogs
But I’m here to tell you that I am a frog
Come and sit on my log, you little pollywog
I find you absolutely ribbiting!
Croak, croak, croak
Bullfrog in love
Croak, croak, croak
Bullfrog in love!
Croak, ribbit, scoopty splash!
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I know I’m late to the party here, but I was just able to catch up on my season 7 episodes the other day.
I agree with #96. I view each and every episode as a gift from heaven, and none of them could ever rate as a disappointment.
Having said that, I had a hard time believing that Jim and Dwight would call Michael to come to their rescue on any sales call. It wasn’t that long ago that Jim was upset enough that Michael tagged along on a sales call that he let Michael fall into the koi pond. And when has Dwight ever been intimidated by anything? He defeated the freaking Dunder Mifflin Infinity computer system, for Pete’s sake!
I loved Michael’s flash of brilliance at hiring Cordray, because it reminded me of his tour de force in Broke. But to make the other salesmen into snivelling whiners (Jim & Dwight especially) was disconcerting.
But again, I’ll take that every week. I need my fix!
Dwight was fantastic in this episode. The penis museum thing was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a long. And I loved him telling Jim that he’s good with receptionists.
But I have to disagree with it seems like everybody about Timothy Olyphant. He is not THAT good looking. I would say that he’s better than average looking, but everyone acting like he’s the best looking man that they’ve ever seen was a bit much. Jim and Michael are definitely better looking than he is. But I could tell from the way his shirt fit him that he has some nice muscles under there, so maybe that’s it. I don’t know. He just not my type, I guess.
Just wondering if anyone else noticed that they only mentioned Dunder Mifflin with no mention of Sabre, and neither Jo nor Gabe was in the episode. What’s up with that? Anyone know?
Another winner for Season 7! There were some nice pieces of subtle humor in here. Also some great Dwight lines. His speech about Pam was almost kind of touching in a Dwight sort of way. The band scenes were a little too much for me, but at least Kevin’s lines were gold – “Or the me that stinks!” I was thrilled to see a Bob Dylan reference on the Office – combining two of my biggest obsessions! I’m interested to see where they can go with the Jim/Pam/Danny dynamic…
I loved the episode, I love Andy’s singing, I love the writers and I trust them.
I watch each episode like it’s a little gift that I get to open each week, and I don’t take it (or myself) too seriously. The show will not be airing new episodes indefinitely, so I appreciate what we’ve got while we still have it. Can’t wait for the next show (and my dear writers, I luuurrrrvve you!)
All of Michael’s stuff went to dress the fake office of Meredith’s company.
This episode was actually one of my favorites of the season! I mean, it wasn’t as great as seasons’ past, but this episode was better than most of Season 6 combined.
I loved Dwight sticking up for Pam, and I loved all 3 men working together! Michael’s riding the bike incident was HILARIOUS and while it might have been a continuity error or not, I really loved it! Especially hitting the van! Meredith was so funny and now they should redirect the episode on another character, like Oscar! Timothy Olyphant was great and I would love to see him back sometime again!
Great episode!! 81/2/10
Wow, what’s up with all the hate towards Andy’s singing? It’s my favorite part of the show. In fact, he’s the only reason I continued watching after the horribleness of season 5. For me, the more Andy, the better.
Then again, I was sooo sick of Jim and Pam last season, so I suppose I should understand.
I loved this episode. Even better than “Andy’s play” which is really saying something. The writers are really stepping it up this season. Can’t wait for the next episode!
Best episode of the season!!! The ep. brought back memories of Broke. Michael the genius salesman, he couldn’t beat the competition so he bought the competition. YES! what is up with Michael’s empty desk, and please, don’t make it too much Andy. His character is best when used sparingly.
I love Pam’s “you know i have a baby with you?” and the super cute look she gives Jim. awww! definitely the high point. Also, Meredith is a.m.a.z.i.n.g.
I think this season, The Office is on a high this season. I’m really enjoying it. But I would like to walk on set, and grab the back of Andy’s shirt, and pull him out of the spotlight. I hope this is the last of the episodes to focus on him. I want to see more of the characters we still don’t know a ton about, like Meredith (who was great in this episode) and Stanley, Oscar, and Kevin.
I thought it was an OK episode, not great. But enough with Andy’s singing, please! It used to be something funny and special, but now it’s just getting annoying.
So I love the Office, but this season (with the exception of Andy’s Play) has been disappointing. It seems like the writers are running out of material, or something.
This episode started out good, but the ending?! Kinda felt like it was cut off in the middle of the episode.
And where did all of Michael’s stuff go?! His office was obviously empty…
I thought this episode was one of the best ever, ignoring the cold open. I love it when “The Office” focuses on the business. The side plot with Andy, Darryl and Kevin was great and made a lot of sense. I thought this episode kicked the series into a new gear with fresh and believable character combos.
Quite a hilarious episode. Season 7 has been on a roll, so far!
I thought this was a very funny episode! I’m a stickler for continuity in all my shows and movies, too, but I don’t see why everyone’s getting so worked up. We’ve seen Michael riding a bike before (but not riding it well), we’ve heard that Stanley has diabetes (he said it to the camera, Michael wasn’t even in the building), and just because the cameras didn’t go with her, doesn’t mean Pam didn’t date others while Jim was with Karen. Problem solved, win-win-win. Again, great episode! It was probably third for me behind “Andy’s Play” and “Sex Ed.”
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Liked this one. Although I’m a stickler for continuity errors (like Michael not being able to ride a bike after we saw him in Benihana Christmas episode), it only bothers me when it disrupts the essence of the character’s personality we know and love. In this case, Michael’s need to show off even if inept was in character, whereas the geeky Pam being a volleyball jock was not. Pam dating Danny a couple of times while unattached was in character, I thought, as she most likely was trying to get over Jim. Thought Tim Olyphant did a great job. It was great seeing more of Meredith. However, maybe we can decrease Andy’s singing. It’s gotten worn out.
I agree with those saying this episode was a bit of a mess. Enough with Andy singing! The whole idea of a sting was excellent and had great potential, but the episode was disjointed and the sting didn’t seem to play out to its potential. This was my least fave episode of the year.