Launch Party

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired

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It's the launch of the new Dunder Mifflin Infinity website, and Michael is anticipating going to the launch party in NYC. Back in Scranton, Angela and the Party Planning Committee plan a satellite party. Meanwhile, Dwight competes against the website to be top seller of paper in a day.moreless
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  • Another really funny episode

    8.8
    "Great"
    By OTHfan323, Dec 04, 2011
    Once agian, I find this show really entertaining. I loved the whole race to beat the computer and how the computer was talking to Dwight. The whole party made it into a very fun episode. I loved how Angela was planning a party the whole time and they made her change it. Holding the pizza boy hostage was the best part. It is so funny how they always get upset over the smallest things on this show. I loved how it was so clear to us that they were keeping the pizza boy hostage, but they weren't really aware of what they were doing.moreless

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    By Canogaparkcindy, Sep 20, 2010
    A pretty good episode, I'm glad we finally see a good Office episode after the rocky start to the season. I still think they should stop making hour long specials, so far, they haven't proved that they're the best at filling an entire hour with material. This episode had a hilarious cold opening, the rest I found myself chuckling a bit.

    What made this episode so great was the situation. The Party Planning Committee episodes are my all time favorites of the office. Now throw in a pizza boy being held hostage, and a genius prank on Dwight, and you got yourself a good Office episode. Angela is still hurt about Dwight killing her cat, so Andy starts to make a move on her, this is the beginning to a hilarious triangle, that goes on for a while. We got a really nice Jim & Pam moment here, we got to see it without the writers trying to throw them in our face, which is always nice. A good episode of season four, stands out a bit.moreless

  • This episode was one of the best ever!

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    By supernatural14, Jun 28, 2008
    As the new brainchild of Ryan, the new Dunder Mifflin Infinity website, is about to be released, the staff of Dunder Mifflin Scranton prepare to host a party as part of a company-wide video chat room. Dwight, wanting to prove to Angela that he can beat technology, tries to beat the new computer in number of sales, which he ultimately does. Later, at the party, Dwight and Michael take a hostage in the form of a pizza delivery boy, although they later release him. At the end of the chat room, Michael humiliates Ryan, in front of every branch of Dunder Mifflin. Andy decides to pursue Angela much to Dwight's dismay.moreless

  • It's about to get all stupid in here..

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    By coutterhill, Oct 19, 2007
    I feel bad rating this episode as Average, but I feel that the hour episodes are going overboard. I don't want the writers of The Office to burn out in the start of the season and fizzle towards the end and leave us bored. Why kidnap the pizza guy? Is Micheal trying to get arrested? Micheal was hilarious with his "all stupid in here" comment, and because I thought it was stupid. I did like the interaction between Angela and Andy. Andy's clothes are getting more funny. All week I've had that song in my head, "take a chance on me"moreless

  • "Hey how bout stop yellin at our sweet lil miss Kapoor over five hundred sheets of paper and you get back to your desk... and start selling multiple reems like a man" -Darylmoreless

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    By Semantix, Oct 15, 2007
    lol i gotta hand it but there are a good bit of funny parts i loved about this episode that will make me remember this for years to come. The Office i think next to best comedy series on television today, i think is the most original concept also. That part with the DVD box in the beginning, i would have NEVER thought it was that if Jim didn't say it. The writers of this series are very good when it comes to thinking up something really unique and creative. That prank on Dwight by Jim and Pam was a prank I have been waiting for ever since this season started lol even though i know Dwight was really down about Angela. Next time they should focus practicing on pranking Andy. Daryl sticking up for Kelly Kapoor was not what he said but how he said it lol. Dwight seemed actually afraid of Daryl but i thought Daryl was gonna slap the taste out of his mouth. Michael kidnapping the pizza dude lol was really a classic but he stayed too long in the plot. and of course the record breaking was Andy doing his accapella for Angela. Lol i guess i will have to get use to Andela or Angely lol however you wanna put it lol. All in all nice episode and deserves a high grade. Keep bringing em NBC!!!moreless
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    • At the beginning of the episode, Meredith isn't wearing her cast, then after the opening credits, she is.

    • When Jim signs Meredith's cast, he distinctively dots two Is in the last name, so John Krasinski signed it using his real name and not his character's name.

    • In "The Secret", Jim says he had a crush on Pam when she first started. Pam tells Michael that Jim had a crush on her when he first started. And in this episode, Jim states that Pam lead him to his desk when he first started. Greg Daniels has since said he doesn't know who started first.

    • As Jim and Michael drive to New York City, one can see in the background the scruffy vegetation of rural to suburban southern California , rather than the forests of northeastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey.

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    • Andy: They say you should never mix business with pleasure. Really? Then explain to me how a putt-putt golf course operates.

    • Dwight: Am I scared of a stupid computer? Please, the computer should be scared of me. I have been Salesman of the Month for 13 out of the last 12 months. You heard me right. I did so well last February, that Corporate gave me two plaques in lieu of a pay raise.

    • Pam: Dwight mercy killed Angela's cat. It's very complicated. It's caused a lot of unpleasantness between Dwight and Angela, who are both already prone to unpleasantness.

    • Michael: Well, the website is the brain-child of my brain-child, Ryan. It is my brain-grandchild.

    • Jim: There's this cube on the screen which bounces around all day. And sometimes, it looks like it's going right in the corner of the screen and at the last minute it hits the wall and bounces away. We are all just dying to see it go right into the corner. Pam claims that she saw it one day when she was alone in the conference room. Okay. I believe she thinks she saw it. Pam: I saw it. I saw it, and it was amazing. Who said I didn't see it? Did Jim say that I didn't see it? I saw it!

    • Dwight: (on Andy asking Angela out) I think it's inappropriate to date someone you work with. Andy: Isn't that part of the fun? Dwight: No. I think you should date Kelly. Andy: She works here, too. How is that any different? Dwight: Uh, she works in the annex. You're also welcome to date Toby.

    • Dwight: (confessional) I've seen this kid before. He's one of the kids who sneaks onto my farm and steals my hemp. Delivery Kid: (separate confessional) Yeah, I know that guy. He's that farmer who grows really crappy weed.

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    • Dwight tells the pizza delivery boy that, "because some town in Switzerland says so, you have rights," referring to the Geneva Conventions, which among other things guarantee rights for civilians in battle zones and prisoners of war.

    • Dwight's battle against the computer in a battle of sales in one day is a reference to legendary African American railroad worker John Henry, who made a bet that he could hammer more rail spikes in one day than a newly invented steam drill.

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