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Heavy Competition

Season 5, Episode 22, Aired Apr 16, 2009

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Dwight finds his loyalties split between Michael and Charles. With Pam out of the office, Andy tries to become Jim's new confidant.

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Bob Gebert

Mr. Daniel Schofield
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Angela Campolla-Sanders

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Steve Carell

Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson

Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski

Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer

Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak

Ryan Howard
Leslie David Baker

Stanley Hudson

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Dwight finds himself stuck between his loyalties to Michael and his new boss Charles, Dwight chooses his new boss and a war begins to brew and hilarity ensues. And Jim pulls a little prank on Andy.moreless

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By torontogirl98, Jun 25, 2011

This was an amazing episode it reminded me of a more classic dwight from the first few seasons. All of the petty stupid and insane pranks Michael and Dwight pulled were awesome, I couldn't stop laughing. The cheese puffs, group cheer, and rolodex brought the real Michael scott out. I loved the color coater cards and how Dwight calling the guy's son gay got Michael the job- because green means go ahead and shut up about it- there aren't words for how hard I was laughing at that point. Dwight and the shirt sleeves hahaha so insanely funny and telling on Michael and the fish was just way too classic. This episode was just great made me fall in love all over again with the show!moreless
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the office has had a great run for the past few weeks

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By celticsfan888, Jun 25, 2011

i have enjoyed season 5 of the office, but the one problem i had with the beginning and middle of the season was that nothing big was really happening. But then they have this michael scott paper company story arc and it really has been great. This episode continues the office near perfect streak this week with heavy competition. I loved this episode. The dwight and michael plot was great and the ending was very well done. The subplot with andy and jim was enjoyable but I liked the main plot way more. Dwight was hilarious in this episode as was michael. The office has been very, very good since new boss and i hope that it keeps being great.moreless
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By Canogaparkcindy, Oct 08, 2010

Michael, Ryan & Pam fooling around in their office was the best part about this episode, the rest was just well development, nothing else was quite that funny, and I simply didn't laugh much. I'm really enjoying the character dynamic in the Michael Scott Paper Company which was the best part about this episode.

Dwight was acting ridiculous in some scenes, and it came to a point where it just wasn't funny, just annoying. And Jim messing with Andy? I don't even know if I was following correctly, but I had no idea what was Jim's intention in messing with Andy, nothing was really gained, and really just nothing happened.

Remember when Jim's pranks or when he was messing with Dwight whoever in the office, remember when it was clever. That simply was not the case here. Michael Scott Paper Company continues to be great, everything else wasn't.moreless
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Back to the bad.

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By thefanof, Aug 10, 2010

After The Office had a good episode last week it's back to the same old same old here at NBC's longest tenured comedy at the moment. The show is just an absolute train wreck and their feeble attempts at character humor fail immensely.

I do not understand the point of Andy and Jim's bizarre relationship in this episode, nor do I want to try to. The Office continues to try and build up Ed Helms as a focal point of their show instead of giving that screen time to one of the supporting cast member that has been there since the beginning.

And Creed didn't even have a line in this episode. That's never a good sign.moreless
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By amazingwebhead, Apr 18, 2009

Continuing where we left off last week, Heavy Competition sees the series continue on with the Michael Scott Paper Company arc in full swing, with a little conflict between the two offices. Of course, this is a similar idea that we've seen played out in previous episodes dealing with separate branches within Dunder Mifflin, but there's an added bonus here that really sells the outing as something special. Pitting master against student, the writers strike up a highly amusing battle of sales and wit between Dwight and Michael that is always fun to watch play out from the get go. Particularly enjoyable is Dwight's confliction as to who he should be loyal to, along with his disgruntled acceptance to wearing long-sleeved shirts at the request of his new "cool" boss. The side-plot which focuses on Jim playing an obscure, elaborate joke on Andy is less successful, and never really takes off-but with a brilliant main event, Heavy Competition proves to be one of the season's minor highlights.moreless
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- Dwight: Thank you, Mr. Schofield, for your time—much appreciated. Oh, (looks down to read the business card notes) and tell me, how's your gay son? Mr. Scofield: Excuse me? (awkward silence) (cut to Michael's talking head) Michael: I color code all my info. I wrote "gay son" in green. Green means go. So I know to go ahead and shut up about it. Orange means, 'orange you glad you didn't bring it up?' Most colors mean 'don't say it.'
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- (Dwight listening a conversation of Michael on the phone) Michael: Now, when Dwight tells you that he will keep prices steady for a year, I think he is speaking out of terms. Daniel Schofield: Really? Michael: Yes. He does not have the authority to say that. I, on the other hand, am the president, the owner, and the founder. It is like you are buying software from Bill Gates. Dwight: (screaming at phone) Are you saying you invented paper?
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- (the phone rings) Michael: Dwillicious, where you at? Dwight: Oh, hi, Michael. I'm so sorry I'm late, I got stuck in traffic. Michael: Really? That's weird, we didn't see any. Dwight: I hit a bear. Michael: What? Dwight: He's technically fine. I imagine the true horror will be when he wakes up in a zoo.
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- Dwight: Michael has been talking to my biggest client. Master and apprentice pitted against one another for the faith of the greater Scranton area paper market. So it's not exactly like Highlander, but still—
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- Dwight: You needed to see me? Charles Miner: Dwight, take a seat. Dwight: I prefer to stand—less blood clots.
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- Michael: (talking to Dwight on phone) I want you to listen to me, friend, and I want you to listen to me good. I'm going to come at you, and I'm going to come at you hard. I'm going to steal all of your clients, and then I'm going to kill them in front of you.
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- Pam: (watching Michael on the phone, consulting a Rolodex card) It took me a month to put all his Rolodex numbers into his Blackberry, which he now uses as a nightlight.
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- Michael: I have dibs. You respect dibs, don't you? Dwight: (scoffs) I'm not a barbarian.
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- The French episode title is "Déclaration de guerre", meaning "Declaration of War". The Spanish title is "Dura competencia", an exact translation.
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- International Airdates: Latin America: November 16, 2009 on Canal FX
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- Episode writer Ryan Koh named the Daniel Schofield character after a friend and fellow television writer of the same name who's written for Monk and Ed.
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- Andy tells Jim he'll be his "traveling pants," referring to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book series.
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- The cheer done by Michael, Pam, and Ryan in their office is borrowed from the "Spartan Cheerleaders" skits done on Saturday Night Live.
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