The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

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Synopsis:



I believe there are 5 more episodes left. I guess this marks the countdown for all you Office fans who are quitting the show if Chuck isn't renewed next season.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Is that dude running the office now the same guy I saw in a preview for the movie 'Obsessed'?

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Yes.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Yes Idris Elba seems to have the new monopoly on playing a**holes. He's pretty good at it.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Michael DESTROYED David Wallace in that discussion.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Fabulous performance by Steve Carell this week.

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"Our balls are in your court":lol:

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

What a great fucking episode.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Wow. What an incredible episode. The writers of this show deserve such credit for how they executed this storyline. Michael showed tremendous business savvy and played Wallace for a fool. He has been working for that company for so long, he knows it so well, and he finally got to show off his skills. He got revenge on Charles as well, preventing him from saying anything as he left was wonderful.

Jim also came out on top. I was genuinely worried when Dwight received that phone call; thought Jim was going to tackle him and lock him in the bathroom or something. But the way it played out was even better. Charles was already utterly shocked and disappointed at Dwight's ideas in the conference room and Jim used that and past Dwight behaviour to trick Charles. Gotta love it.

This season hasn't missed a beat. Carell and the rest of the cast have been fantastic.

EDIT: And say what you will, Michael has proven himself to be a tremendously loyal guy. He didn't want to just take the money, but help out his employees/friends. Him getting Pam a sales position is one of the highlights of the entire series for me.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

'Our balls are in your court'. :)

crap. somebody beat me to it. one of the funniest lines ever from 'The Office'.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

another great episode, Loved Micheal telling wallace that DM has more to worry about with there stock holder meeting. loved the closing the blinds then hearing the excitment, the stuff with Jim/Dwight/Charles stuff. lots of great bits tonight

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

"Crunch."
"Did it help?"

rotfl

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Great episode! I even thought the running gag with the former Korean church van was hilarious.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Wow--that was absolutely hilarious. I lost it at Michael's reaction when they offered him $60 grand. When The Office does it right, they really do it right.

PS Noticed this episode was directed by Carell.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I'm surprised they wrapped this up before the end of the season. I also thought perhaps they were going to go with the Jim promotion/Michael as a salesman route to set up more tension between Jim and Charles.

I'm very satisfied with the way they did it, though.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

:banana:

That was so unexpected...this episode was so great. And for the first time ever, I didn't feel like Micheal was gonna screw up.

There was so many well said lines and moments, I just cant list them all.

Seeing Pam smile when Micheal made that come back to David, priceless.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Top notch episode....

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Great episode throughout. This season has been fantastic, and to tell you the truth, I wasnt sure how they would handle this with Michael leaving, but it has energized this show.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Great episode. It seemed to have a great flow. My favorite parts were Dwight in the meeting with Wallace and Jim, saying it was too bad Michael didn't have children that he could threaten.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Great episode. As much of a goofball as Michael is, I really like the episodes where he succeeds.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

did anyone else notice there were like 18 producer credits in front of this episode?

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Great episode tonight -- a nice return to form. :up:

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Very good episode. Although i've liked most of the entire season, so I don't really think it's a return to anything.

I also love the episodes where Michael succeeds and shows how much business savvy he actually has.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I thought Creed, Meredith, and Toby were frickin' HILARIOUS.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

That was the best episode in a LOOOOONG time, and I think that's largely due to everyone in the episode behaving like rational human beings...

HOWEVER, I thought the MSPC storyline rejuvinated the show for the last couple weeks, and I would have liked to see it continue at least to the end of the season. While I always expected Michael, Pam, and (probably) Ryan to end up back in the office, I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. I just hope the writers don't fall back into bad habits.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Help me out here. Did they get jobs AND the 60k, or just the jobs?

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Just the jobs, at least as far as what they showed us in the episode.

I LOVED this episode from start to finish, but I've loved the entire season so I'm not surprised the writers continue to handle these characters (and the audience) with such respect.

I was actively sitting there thinking "don't fuck it up Michael...you are so close to being a complete badass" and goddamn he pulled it off. The "nope, you're done" to Charles was EPIC and man...Michael really needed a win like that.

I cannot wait to see where this is going.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I've loved the season so far, but this epsisode was classic.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

This is now in my top 5 of favorite episodes.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I wish the Michael Scott Paper Company had been drawn out a little more, but it's damn near impossible to argue with last night's episode. I freakin' loved it, especially the ending.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

:lol: at the Korean woman and the van.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

What I loved is that Michael actually did tell them that his company was worth nothing and still won because he owned so much in the way he handled it and because what he said about not giving up was so authentic to his character. He could be homeless living out of a box, but he'd still be finding a way to make their lives miserable.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

:lol: at Jim's new ringtone.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I hope we will see Michael make Dwight pay.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Dwight wanted to unleash a hive of bees in Michael's office. His irrationality was actually a plot point, since it led to Charles ignoring his intelligence on the Michael Scott Paper Company.

Speaking of Dwight, it will be interesting to see what they do with the Michael-Dwight relationship from here.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Im betting the last episode will be all about that......

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It seems that this season of the Office has been rather polarizing. Its nice to see the consensus of high praise for this week's episode. Michael laying down the law on Charles as he left the office? I can't remember a better sit-com payoff. Brilliantly done.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

I did laugh a lot during this episode and that's the point of watching the show, so it was definitely a success. However, David did not act rationally. There's no way a real CFO would have given Michael and Ryan their jobs back. I guess he was really the only one that didn't. Michael scored big time and Dwight just acted like he normally does, so the bee thing didn't bother me. Even Jim went back to his old witty self and didn't act like a complete doofus. I know I know it's the Office and it's not supposed to be real. I agree with that, but I guess you just can't say that the episode was good because everybody acted normal but forget about the fact that one of the top executives in the company allowed himself to not only be tricked but also allow a criminal and a guy that attempted to destroy or at least hurt the company to have their jobs back and allow a former receptionist with no sales experience whatsoever to come on as a salesperson.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

True, but I wonder if it will last long? It didn't last long when Dwight tried to take Michael's job in season 3. Still, it should be good for some laughs.

Re: The Office -- "Broke" -- 4/23/09
 

Really? I thought they got both.