Performance Review

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"Performance Review"

Dwight smirks in "Performance Review"
Episode No. 14
Prod. Code 209
Airdate November 15, 2005
Writer(s) Larry Wilmore
Director Paul Feig

The Office Season 2
September 2005 - May 2006
  1. The Dundies
  2. Sexual Harassment
  3. Office Olympics
  4. The Fire
  5. Halloween
  6. The Fight
  7. The Client
  8. Performance Review
  9. E-mail Surveillance
  10. Christmas Party
  11. Booze Cruise
  12. The Injury
  13. The Secret
  14. The Carpet
  15. Boys and Girls
  16. Valentine's Day
  17. Dwight's Speech
  18. Take Your Daughter to Work Day
  19. Michael's Birthday
  20. Drug Testing
  21. Conflict Resolution
  22. Casino Night
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"Performance Review" is the eighth episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Larry Wilmore and directed by Paul Feig. It first aired on November 15, 2005

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Michael meets with each of his employees to discuss their job performance. He plunders the employee suggestion box for ideas to impress his own boss, Jan, but the ruse backfires and he embarrasses himself. Encouraged by Jim and Pam, Dwight mistakes a Thursday for a Friday and arrives at the office very late the next day.

[edit] Trivia

For a list of songs featured in this episode, see List of songs featured on The Office (US TV series).
  • The office building where the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company located is also the home of W.B. Jones Heating and Air, and Vance Refrigeration, which is owned by Bob Vance, husband to Phyllis Lapin.
  • When Michael is in the conference room reading the pages from the suggestion box, Angela tells him he has coffee breath. Steve Carell improvised the line, "Oh yeah, is that hard for you?" and, in turn, Angela Kinsey improvised her response, "When you talk real close it is."
  • In the Season 2 DVD, the deleted scenes for this episode revealed the story behind the production photo of Dwight with a self-promoting sign that had been posted on NBC.com. In order to impress Michael and receive a raise Dwight used the letters of his name to provide adjectives for himself. D-Determined, W-Worker, I-Intense, G-Good Worker, H-Hard Worker, T-Terrific. Jim Halpert then comes up with his own version, to irritate Dwight. J-Jim, I-Is Jim, M-My Name Is Jim. Dwight, unaware of the gag, tells Jim that he is wasting his M.
  • This is the only episode to feature a subtitle giving the date at the end.
  • The opening joke with the fitness orb is actually a blooper. The orb was supposed to deflate slowly, but John Krasinski hit a seam, and it popped. (You can see the other actors in the scene reacting out of character.) The producers liked the take so much they kept it.[1]
  • When rehearsing the scene where Michael welcomes Jan to the office, Steve Carell accidentally touched Melora Hardin's breast. She thought it was so funny that she insisted they incorporate it into the scene.[1]
  • Dwight quotes from the television program Smallville, The Office and Smallville would eventually go head to head on Thursday nights.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b DVD commentary, "Performance Review", Season 2 DVD

[edit] External links

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