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Dinner Party

Episode Number: 61    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Thursday April 10, 2008    Prod Code: n/a
Out of excuses, Jim and Pam join Jan and Michael for a dinner party. Things get complicated when Andy and Angela are asked to join, and Dwight's jealousy gets the best of him.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Director: Paul Feig
Star: Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly),  Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson),  Steve Carell (Michael Scott),  Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin),  Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute),  Ed Helms (Andy Bernard),  John Krasinski (Jim Halpert),  Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer),  Creed Bratton (Creed Bratton),  Phyllis Smith (Phyllis Vance),  Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone),  Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez),  Leslie David Baker (Stanley Hudson),  Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor),  Paul Lieberstein (Toby Flenderson)
Guest Star: Frederik Pohliv (Unknown),  Beth Grant (Dwight's Old Babysitter),  Steve Seagren (Older Cop),  Gary Weeks (Younger Cop)

Notes

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This episode was part of the show's Emmy Awards 'For Your Consideration' DVD for this season, and Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg received Emmy nominations for their writing of this episode. (edit)
Angela Kinsey (Angela) holds her purse in front of her lap at Michael and Jan's house to hide her real life pregnancy. (edit)
According to show writing staff, this episode was in part inspired by the Edward Albee play, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?. (edit)
Hunter's song is titled "The One Night," and was written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, with the music by Todd Fancy. (edit)
This is the first "The Office" episode to be written and filmed since the ending of the 2007 WGA Strike. (edit)

Quotes

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Officer Foley: Sir, do you have any other place you could stay, maybe with one of your friends here?
Dwight: Michael can come home with me.
Michael: (looking away from Dwight to Jim) Jim, Pam can I—
Jim: My apartment is on fire.
Pam: Flooded.
Jim: Flooded. (edit)
Michael: (on his wall-mounted 13" plasma TV) Sometimes, I would just stand here and watch television for hours. (edit)
Angela: (to Dwight) The thought of popping one of your beets into my mouth makes me want to vomit. (edit)
Michael: You know what? Hunter was a terrible assistant. That is why Ryan fired him.
Jan: Well, I think he is probably just about as reliable as Pam being that it usually takes you an afternoon to get back to me.
Angela: Sometimes I think she holds onto faxes. (edit)
Michael: You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person! (edit)

Trivia

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In this episode, Jan initially stated that she did not want to have kids. In the episode "The Client," she stated that one of the primary reasons for her divorce was that she wanted children, but her ex-husband did not. (edit)

Allusions

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Michael's line of, "Bonfire... James Bonfire," as Jan shows Jim her bonfire-scented candle is a play on James Bond's famous introduction of himself. (edit)
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Community Reviews (41)

 
9.2
Superb
Dinner Party
"Pivotal"
A change of pace for the show that is both refreshing and intresting.
Continue » Posted Aug 16, 2008 5:11 am PST
9.6
Superb
Dinner Party
"Exactly why I watch this series"
The most uncomfortable dinner party ever! Snip, snap, snip, snap, babe.
Continue » Posted Jul 29, 2008 1:10 pm PST
9.2
Superb
Dinner Party
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Jim and Pam join Michael, Jan, Dwight, Angela, Andy, and Dwights date on the world's worst dinner party.
Continue » Posted Jul 21, 2008 3:12 pm PST
8.7
Great
Dinner Party
"Above average"
This episode was not as good as most of the episodes, especially for being the coming back type of episode from the writers strike.
Continue » Posted Jun 27, 2008 2:17 pm PST

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8.6
Great
Dinner Party
"Out of character"
sick show but random episode!!
Continue » Posted May 12, 2008 12:20 am PST
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