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The Office: The Coup

When Jan busts Michael for forcing the staff to participate in "Movie Monday," Angela encourages Dwight to try to steal Michael's job. Pam buys some pretty new clothes and Kelly talks her into trying them on at work. Meanwhile, at the Stamford branch, the staff does team-building through video games, but Jim's lack of skills holds them back.


9.6/10 (7 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 3x3
Production Number: 303
Airdate: Thursday October 05th, 2006



Guest Stars
Charles EstenCharles Esten
As Josh Porter
Recurring
Creed BrattonCreed Bratton
As Creed Bratton
Recurring
Ed HelmsEd Helms
As Andy Bernard
Recurring
Rashida JonesRashida Jones
As Karen Filippelli
Recurring

Co-Guest Stars
Ursula BurtonUrsula Burton
As Hannah Smoterich-Barr
Recurring
Episode Notes
Deleted scenes for this episode include Dwight comforting Michael after Jan leaves, Creed living in the office, Michael talking about Grey's Anatomy with Pam, Pam explaining she made up a fake call from Jan to get out of watching NCIS with Michael, and Jan not really worrying about what happens at the Stamford office.

This appears to be the first (and only) episode of the show known to be set on a Monday.



Episode Quotes
Michael: Sounds like a good dentist.
Dwight: Oh yeah.
Michael: What's his name?
Dwight: Crentist.
Michael: Your dentist's name is Crentist?
Dwight: Yeah.
Michael: Huh... Sounds a lot like dentist.
Dwight: Maybe that's why he became a dentist.

Pam: I have a little vacuum cleaner that's broken. If Dwight doesn't work out, maybe that could be manager.

Jim: We didn't play many video games in Scranton. Instead, we'd do stuff like Pam and I would sometimes hum the same high-pitched note, and try to get Dwight to make an appointment with an ear doctor. And, uh, Pam called it Pretendinitis.

Angela: I know that patience and loyalty are good and virtuous traits, but sometimes I just think you need to grow a pair.

Dwight: Did you get anything good?
Jan: Yeah.
Dwight: New blouse? Halter top? Camisole? Teddy?

Jan: How would a movie increase productivity, Michael? How on earth would it do that?
Michael: People work faster after.
Jan: Magically?
Michael: No, they have to make up for the time they lost watching the movie.
Jan: No.

Dwight: What can I do?
Michael: You can get up.
Dwight: What?
Michael: You can get up. And you can hug it out, bitch.



Episode Goofs
During the impromptu huddle of Josh Jim and Andy in regards to their teams poor strategy in Call of Duty, Jim reveals he is using a Sniper Rifle opposed to a MP40 or MP44. At this news Josh and Andy become angered and believe this to be the reason the team is doing so poor. Although, many experienced and professional Call of Duty players will tell you a Sniper Rifle is often the best weapon to use during a Team Play match.



Cultural References
Michael: The perfect cure for the Monday blues... Varsity Blues!

Michael references the 1999 film, Varsity Blues and the HBO series, Entourage. Michael also makes reference to the show when he utters the line "Let's hug it out, bitch."

Game: Call Of Duty 2.

Jim and his new team at the Stamford branch engage in playing Call of Duty, a video game which simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II. It features multi-player mode, putting players in the roles of soldiers as Americans vs. Germans, Russians vs. Germans, or British vs. Germans.

Visual: KarentheJimSlayer

Karen's player name is "KarentheJimSlayer." This is a reference to the Joss Whedon series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.



Episode References
Dwight: (lying) I’m going to the dentist.

This refers back to the season two episode "The Fight," where Michael says "But sometimes, your best friends... start coming into work late, and start having dentist appointments that aren’t dentist appointments, and that is when it’s nice to let them know that you could... beat them up."

Visual: Hooters shirt

In Michael's closet you can see the Hooters shirt he bought for himself in the Season two episode "The Secret."

Visual: "HereComesTreble"

Andy's player name on Call of Duty 2 is "HereComesTreble," which is the name of a singing group that Andy mentioned he was a member of at Cornell in the episode "Gay Witch Hunt."



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