The Office (USA)/Basketball

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Basketball

Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	April 19, 2005
Production Number	R1104
Writer(s)	Greg Daniels
Director(s)	Greg Daniels
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The Office (USA) — Season One

Basketball is the fifth episode of the first season of The Office, and the fifth episode overall.

Guest Stars: Craig Robinson (Darryl), Paul Lieberstein (Toby), Patrice O'Neal (Lonny), Karly Rothenberg (Madge)

1 Plot Overview
2 Notes
3 Arc Advancement
4 Trivia
5 Quotes
6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

Michael and select members of the staff train for a basketball game against the warehouse workers. Confident that his team will be victorious, Michael bets that the losing side be required to work on a Saturday.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

Tensions run high during the basketball game, with Jim and Roy trading shots on the court in front of Pam.

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[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

Of apparently the entire sales staff, the worst player is apparently Stanley. Kevin, Phyllis, and Jim are likely the best of the sales staff.

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[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

Michael: This is the foreman, Mi'ter Rogers.
Darryl: That's not my real name.
Michael: No. No, it's Daryl. Darryl is Mi'ter Rogers.
Ryan: Darryl Rogers?
Darryl: Darryl Philbin. Then Regis, then Rege, then Roger, then Mi'ter Rogers.

Michael: But you would follow me to the ends of the earth, grumbling all the way. Like that dwarf...from Lord of the Rings.
Dwight: Gimli.
Michael: Nerd. That is why you're not on the team.
Dwight: Just trying to be helpful.
Michael: 'I'll help. Elwyn Dragonslayer. Ten points, power sword.'

Jim: (in reference to needing a team cheerleader) I'll do it. Wear a little flouncey skirt if you want, and...
Michael: Yeah, I bet you would. Just try not to be too gay on the court. ... And by gay I mean...you know, not in a homosexual way at all. I mean the, uh, you know, like the bad-at-sports way. I think that goes without saying.

Pam: Maybe Angela would cheerlead.
Michael: Yeah right.
Phyllis: I'll do it.
Michael: Yuch. That's worse than you playing.

Michael: When I am playing hoops, all of the stress and responsibility of my job here just melts away. It's gone. I'm in the zone. Who am I? Am I Michael Scott? I don't know. I might just be a basketball machine.