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April 26, 2008
The Office - The Chairmodel S04E10
Direct TVGuide: A model in an office-supply catalog makes Michael feel things; to win back Dunder-Mifflin's parking spaces, Kevin and Andy oppose bosses of five businesses...
Originally Aired: April 17, 2008
After the disastrous dinner party, Michael gets a crush on the girl in the office-supply catalog, and then announces it to the office (in case they were going to try and set him up with one of their friends.) When no one has an immediate suggestion, Michael makes it mandatory that everyone give him a name on an index card within the hour, or they are fired.
Kevin gives him the name "Wendy." When Michael calls, it's the fast food restaurant. He ends up ordering a meal and sends Dwight to pick it up. Seeking to seal the deal, Dwight calls the catalog, leading to the funniest part of the show.
Dwight (on phone): That is fantastic! Thank you. Thank you very much. This is just what I needed. (Hangs up phone, turns to camera.) The furniture company gave me the name of the advertising agency. They gave me the name of the photographer. The photographer, a spaniard, used a Wilkesbury modeling agency. The agency gave me the following information: Deborah S 142 S. Windsor Lane. Dead. Car Accident. Case Closed.
Michael: She's dead?
Dwight: (drags finger across his throat, making a cutting noise)
Michael: But she's so young.
Dwight: She was so young, but now she is dead. As dead as every dead animal who has ever died.
Michael (reacts in agony): Gawd.
Stanley rolls his eyes.
Dwight: (Whispering) Why don't you sit down Michael... come on... here we go.
Jim: Michael, you didn't even know her.
Michael: Try not to be so hurtful, Jim. Please. Not at a time like this.
Because she feels so bad for Michael, Pam gives him her landlady's name. Michael goes to meet her at Starbucks and tries to dodge the date because the landlady isn't as pretty as the girl ordering coffee in front of him. They end up talking, hitting it off pretty well, but Michael's very rude and they part ways.
When Michael returns to the office, he is mad with Pam because she thought to set him up with someone who wasn't good for a passionate affair. Jim walks over and tells Pam that she should realize that her landlady's going to kick her out. Pam replies that she'll have to move in with her boyfriend. Jim is agreeable to this, but then Pam says very seriously that she will only move in if she's engaged. Jim, without missing a beat, says that it's coming. Later, he shows an engagement ring to the camera that he claims he bought a week after they started dating.
The show closes with Jim and Pam walking back to their cars. The sun is setting. The lights are hitting a tree in full fall splendor, and Jim drops to one knee. Watchers scream at the TV, and Jim says "Hey Pam... will you wait for me one second while I tie my shoe?"
Chuckles/Cringes: 8
Belly Laughs: 1
"That's what she said": 0