Michael's Birthday

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"Michael's Birthday"

Gifts shared on "Michael's Birthday"
Episode No. 25
Prod. Code 02019
Airdate March 30, 2006
Writer(s) Gene Stupnitsky &
Lee Eisenberg
Director Ken Whittingham

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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"Michael's Birthday" is the 19th episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired on March 30, 2006.

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[edit] Synopsis

Michael is excited to be celebrating his birthday, and tries to get the employees excited with him. Unfortunately for Michael, Dwight seems to be the only one joining in; the rest of the employees are more concerned about Kevin, who is awaiting his results from his skin cancer screening. Pam and Jim sneak out to buy gifts for Kevin.

When Michael finds out about Kevin's predicament, he gives Kevin his condolences, but subtly remains bitter that Kevin is ruining his birthday fun. Dwight and Angela are less subtle than they think they are being when discussing their secret relationship within earshot of Ryan. After goofing around at the store, Jim and Pam return to the office. To "make Kevin feel better", Michael takes the employees out ice skating. At the rink, he also runs into his real estate agent Carol and her children. He entertains them, which puts a smile on Carol's face. Kevin gets the word that his screening results are negative, to the relief of everyone except Michael, who believes that negative means he does have cancer. The gifts are passed out to Kevin and Michael, and Pam expresses her feelings on the "great day".

[edit] Deleted scenes

The Season Two DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode. Notable cut scenes include:

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  • Jim describes Michael's typical birthday.
  • Dwight explains his duties on Michael's birthday.
  • Michael is upset when Ryan does not get him a present.
  • Michael tells another story of his worst birthday.
  • Michael makes Ryan research skin cancer.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Michael states he shares the same birthday as Eva Longoria, which means that it is March 15.
  • Toby suggests to Kevin that he find out whether he can get on Stacy's health plan because Dunder Mifflin's coverage "is a joke". In the first-season episode "Health Care," Michael's indecision about which plan to choose leads to the employees being stuck with a bad one.
  • According to Jenna Fischer, the writers had been looking for a reason to use Carell's ice-skating skills in an episode. Carrell used to play hockey; Fischer learned to skate in preparation for the movie Blades of Glory, but decided that her character cannot.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fischer, Jenna (March 30, 2006). "The Office Celebrates Good Times", TVGuide.com

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