Email Surveillance

Season 2, Episode 9, Aired
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Michael starts monitoring the e-mails sent out in the Dunder Mifflin workplace, upsetting the employees. Meanwhile, Pam believes that the relationship between Dwight and Angela is more than just worker-to-worker, Jim throws an office BBQ at his house, and Michael annoys everyone at his improv class.
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    By Canogaparkcindy, Sep 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    A lot of revelations on tonight's episode of The Office. Something that starts out as e-mail surveillance ends with development, surprises, and of course hilarity. Michael finds out that Jim is having a barbecue and that he is not invited through e-mail surveillance. By the end of the day, no one invites him, so he goes to his improv class which by the way was the funniest thing about this episode. Michael always starts with a gun, just the reactions from everyone else was hysterical.

    Finding out that Dwight and Angela were in a relationship was very clever. We've got a shot of both of their shoes, and in the end, we've got them making out, but you know because of the shoes, their faces aren't shown. Pam & Jim development is always great as more people suspect that something is going on between them.

    The ending was pretty great, Jim jumping in for Michael on the karaoke which shows that Jim cares for Michael, even though he won't admit it. Great episode.moreless

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  • Michael always starts with a gun.

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    By TMFMM2022AD, Aug 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    Michael has the IT man come in to the office so he can set up E-Mail surveillance and real the employees E-mails. After reading a few e-mails he sees that Jim is having a party and he wonders where his E-vite is. Dwight asked about the party and Jim tells him to be quiet because not everyone knows about the party. Dwight wanted to know who and Jim said Michael. Jim told Dwight that it was a surprise party for Michael. While everyone was leaving work Michael was questioning everyone about what they were doing that night and they all gave Michael a B.S. answer.moreless

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  • A terrific episode. Some parts wern't very good, but still a great and advised episode.

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    By FireWolf787, May 17, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is great episode for the season two storyline and The Office in general. Micheal sets up email survalence in the office, though nobody wants it to happen. Jim deciedes to throw a party at his house and Micheal finds out about it through the survalence even though he wasn't invited. Pam starts to think that Dwight and Angela are together, while Dwight thinks Jim's party is a surprise party for Micheal. While everyone is at Jim's, Micheal goes to improff class, where people don't like him, but Micheal doesn't know that. After not being able to go to a party some other people are going to, Micheal deciedes to crash Jim's party. In an attention grapping moment, he starts singing a song, and to make him feel more welcome, Jim sings the song with him. Unknown to anyone there, Dwight and Angela kiss in a different area.moreless

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  • Jim's party is in danger as Michael realizes he didn't get an Evite-tation.

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    By SuperHiro77, Oct 02, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode provided one of the best segments ever with Michael going to his improve class. He made all of them interesting by bringing a gun each time using it. Then Jim's party is crashed when Michael shows up, learning of this by email surrvalience. Michael goes because he reads some of his co-workers emails, he realizes he's not as popular as he thought. This comes as a shock and after attempts to get Jim to invite him Michael goes anyways. This was exactly what Jim did not want, he wanted it to be a relaxed party for all of his co-workers, also so he could see Pam outside of work. This was one of my favorite episodes from the second season. I give it a 9.6.moreless

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    By ScreamingViking, May 21, 2007 Report Abuse
    After Michael mistakes the company's tech support employee for a terrorist, he informs Michael that he can monitor his employee's e-mails which causes Jim to worry that Michael will discover the party he is throwing that night, to which Michael is not invited. Inevitably, Michael notices and tries to get Jim to admit that he's having a party, while Jim acts nonchalantly as if nothing is happening. Pam notices some things that lead her to suspect that Dwight and Angela are dating. However she discreetly abandons her suspicions when she realizes that suspicions could just as easily be raised about her and Jim. Jim and Pam bond when she sees Jim's room for the first time and looks through his high school year book. After ruining an improv class, Michael decides to crash Jim's party, much to the staff's dismay (and Dwight's cluelessness). The documentary crew catches Angela and Dwight making out in Jim's backyard.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When Michael is talking to Dwight before he leaves for the day, Dwight's collar is up, but as he's walking away it's down. Edit
    • According to the e-vite, Jim's home address is 2147 West Silverlake Drive and his phone number is 550-555-1212. Edit
    • Jim's yearbook actually contains two pictures of John Krasinski - the class picture of Jim, and one of him playing basketball on the opposite page. Edit

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    • The German episode title is "Unter Kontrolle?", meaning "Under Control?". The French title is "Surveillance Electronique". The Italian title is "Controllo e-mail", an exact translation. The Spanish title is "Correo Intervenido", meaning "Mail Surveillance". Edit
    • Music: "Ring Around the Rosies" performed by Dee Ryan/Nikki McCauley; "Side" by Travis (playing at Jim's party) and "The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth" by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (playing at Jim's party); "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake, performed by Phyllis Smith; "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, performed by Brian Baumgartner; "Islands In The Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, performed by Steve Carell and John Krasinski Edit

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    • Jim: My roommate wants to meet everybody, because I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm making Dwight up. Edit
    • Dwight: Jim! You really think this is a good idea? A hide-a-key rock? Mark: Hey, you must be Dwight! Dwight: You don't work with us. Jim: That's because Mark's my roommate. Mark: Hey, I love the Birkenstocks. Dwight: Thanks. Yeah, I always keep an extra set in the car, for special occasions. Edit
    • Pam: Hey, Dwight, umm, my friend is kind of into these two girls that he works with. Dwight: Nice. Pam: One is tall and brunette, and the other one is short and blond and perky and kind of judgmental. Who do you think he should choose? Dwight: Does he have access to their medical records? Edit

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    • After everyone lies to Michael about where they are going to after work, he asks Dwight about his plans. Dwight, trying not to spoil what he thinks is a surprise for Michael, lies, cueing Michael to say, "Et tu, Dwight?" This is a reference to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the epic where, in the scene in which he is stabbed to death, Caesar says, "Et tu, Brute?" to his friend Brutus who participates in the murder. This line of dialogue become a universal symbol for the ultimate betrayal, and the Latin words, translated, mean "and you, Brutus?" Edit
    • When Oscar accuses Michael of spying on the workers' computers, Michael makes a joke out of it and asks if Oscar is going to accuse Michael of being a robot as well. Somehow, he connects robots to the Tinman from The Wizard of Oz, portraying the character from the popular musical by muttering out of the side of his mouth, "oil can, oil can." Edit

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