Second Drink: The Injury

Summary

Office Ladies Podcast Summary
Episode: Second Drink: The Injury
Release Date: March 3, 2025

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Introduction

In the "Second Drink" episode of the Office Ladies podcast, hosts Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey delve into "The Injury," Season 2, Episode 12 of The Office. This episode is a favorite among fans and the hosts alike, offering a blend of comedic brilliance and heartfelt moments. Jenna and Angela provide an in-depth analysis of the episode, enriched with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes, fan interactions, and insightful commentary.

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Episode Breakdown

"The Injury" centers around Michael Scott accidentally burning his foot on a George Foreman grill, leading to a series of humorous and touching events within the Dunder Mifflin office. The episode uniquely navigates Michael's predicament while subtly advancing the budding friendship between Dwight Schrute and Pam Beesly.

• Opening Scene (00:00 - 02:03): The episode kicks off with Michael explaining his injury. While the original script had no flirty interactions between Jim and Pam, a deleted cold open reveals a playful exchange that sets the mood for their friendship.

  Angela Kinsey [02:14]: "There was a flirty cold open. And it's why Jim and Pam are in such a good mood when Michael calls about his foot."

• Michael's Coping Mechanism (04:10 - 07:11): Michael's unique way of handling his injury involves laying out bacon on a George Foreman grill to wake up to the smell each morning. Jenna and Angela highlight Steve Carell's impeccable comedic timing in delivering these lines.

  Steve Carell [26:21]: "I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious. It's good for me."

• Dwight's Rescue Attempt (34:19 - 45:04): Dwight's earnest yet bumbling attempts to help Michael, culminating in a car crash, are dissected. Rainn Wilson shares his experiences, including the physical toll of filming the vomiting scene.

  Angela Kinsey [35:19]: "Rainn Wilson got an injury filming the injury."

• Pam and Dwight's Growing Friendship (53:34 - 73:50): The hosts explore the subtle development of Pam and Dwight's relationship, noting moments where their interactions hint at a deeper bond.

  Jenna Fischer [71:24]: "Pam and Dwight are friends now."

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Behind-the-Scenes Insights

Deleted Scenes and Improvisations:

• Cold Open Magic: Originally, the episode lacked the playful exchange between Jim and Pam. The deleted cold open, where they play "happy face, sad face," adds depth to their relationship dynamics.

  Angela Kinsey [02:14]: "Pam psychs herself up, pinches her cheeks so she won't smile."

• Rainn Wilson's Challenges: Rainn recalls the physical discomfort of performing the vomiting scene, which involved vomiting across the windshield and resulted in a sore neck for two weeks.

  Rainn Wilson: "I really hurt my neck during the fake throw up."

• Jenna's Hiking Injury: Jenna shares a personal story about injuring her foot while hiking, humorously relating it to Michael's predicament in the episode.

  Jenna Fischer [36:18]: "Anyone who has to wear a boot, just wrap your shin in bubble wrap."

Prop and Costume Details:

• George Foreman Grill Significance: Both Jenna and Angela discuss the recurring mention of George Foreman grills, tying it back to their characters' traits and preferences.

  Jenna Fischer [04:10]: "I've done about 85% of my cooking on it."

• Newton's Cradle Confusion: A mysterious plastic decoration on Jenna's desk, mistaken by Angela for a Newton's cradle, adds a layer of quirkiness to the setting.

  Angela Kinsey [33:29]: "I thought that was supposed to hold photos."

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Fan Interactions and Questions

String Cheese Debate (05:07 - 06:32):

A lively discussion ensues about the correct way to eat string cheese. Jenna admits her method of stringing it meticulously, while Angela prefers to bite into it, leading to a humorous correlation with email habits.

Angela Kinsey [05:33]: "72% of you guys string it and 28% dive in."

Car Crash Mechanics (34:20 - 35:21):

Fans questioned how Dwight's car crash was filmed. Rainn Wilson clarifies that a stunt driver executed the crash, while his own part involved reacting authentically.

Rainn Wilson: "They just put the car there and he just staggered out of it."

Prizm Duro Sport Inquiry (44:45 - 46:33):

The hosts explore the fake product "Prizm Duro Sport," dissecting its humorous design and the playful reaction from the show's writers.

Angela Kinsey [45:05]: "It's the Prizm Duro Sport. 6000 worst digital audio player ever."

Pam's Device Identification (47:21 - 47:45):

A fan named Steph accurately identifies Pam's device as a Creative Zen MP3 player, highlighting the attention to detail in the show's props.

Angela Kinsey [47:26]: "Nice catch, Steph."

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• Michael's Philosophical Yet Absurd Line:

  Steven Carell [26:21]: "It's a perfect way to start today. Today I got up, I stepped onto the grill, and I clamped down on my foot."

• Pam's Sassy Retort:

  Pam Beesly: "Tell me before I come there."

• Dwight's Convalescence Clues:

  Subtle hints of Dwight's concussion, such as repetitive typing and disoriented behavior, add depth to his character's vulnerabilities.

  Jenna Fischer [39:53]: "Yes, you string it or you bite it."

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Concluding Insights

"The Injury" episode stands out as a blend of slapstick humor and character-driven storytelling. While it provides ample laughs through Michael's mishaps and Dwight's over-the-top rescue attempts, it also gently advances the narrative arc of Pam and Dwight's friendship. Jenna and Angela's passionate breakdown offers fans a treasure trove of insights, from scripting decisions to the challenges of filming certain scenes. Their camaraderie shines through, making the Office Ladies podcast a must-listen for any The Office enthusiast.

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Upcoming Episode Teaser

In the next episode, "The Secret," Jenna and Angela plan to delve deeper into the Jim-Pam storyline, building upon the cliffhangers from "Booze Cruise" and "The Injury." Fans can anticipate more exclusive behind-the-scenes stories and thoughtful analyses that continue to celebrate the beloved series.

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Transcript

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

It really is.

[Angela Kinsey]

And lady, I have some new fun tidbits to share. I am going to start with a cold open that was in the shooting draft that we didn't discuss.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh.

[Angela Kinsey]

So in our original breakdown we talked about how there were no Jim and Pam flirty moments in this entire episode. But guess what? There was a flirty cold open. And it's why Jim and Pam are in such a good mood when Michael calls about his foot. Yes, right. They're both at Front reception. This is how it read in the shooting draft. Interior, office, reception area. Pam sits at her desk. Jim's there too. They are playing happy face, sad face. Pam laughs at Jim's sad face and she loses Jim. Jim says, there it is, three to one. You are terrible at this. And Pam goes, okay, okay, okay, let's try again. And then Pam psychs herself up, pinches her cheeks so she won't smile. She does a killer happy face and then an equally ridiculous sad face. Jim tries to remain straight faced, then laughs. Pam triumphantly says, 3, 2. And then the phone rings.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my goodness. I don't even remember shooting that. That's what's so wild about that.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, you know what? It's so interesting because we were talking about how after booze cruise and that big 27 seconds of silence, like, where do they go from here? And then it just wasn't addressed at all. They don't hardly interact, but they did flirt.

[Jenna Fischer]

I wonder if that's why they took this out, to make it more dramatic, that tension. Yeah, they didn't want to relieve the tension just yet. Well, when I was looking at our old comments for this episode, I saw such a fun catch from Ed gets a grammar. And here's what it says. Can we start a George Foreman grill tracker? It appears at least four times. Ben Franklin Dinner Party, Dream Team and Garage Sale. And obviously the injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's a lot. That's a lot of George Foreman grills. And you know what? In deleted scenes, we find out that Jim has a George Foreman grill too. Listen to this.

[Jenna Fischer]

I've had a Foreman grill for about six years. I've done about 85% of my cooking on it, but I've never burnt myself. Probably because I don't use it as a pillow. Well, lady, I mean, I feel like everybody had a George Foreman grill. I had a George Foreman grill.

[Angela Kinsey]

I did, too.

[Jenna Fischer]

I cooked a lot of things on it. Particularly burgers.

[Angela Kinsey]

I did burgers. Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Turkey. I would do like a turkey patty.

[Angela Kinsey]

Turkey patty? Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

When you're a single person, it's great. And it's very easy to cook for one on a George Foreman grill.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Sam, you're nodding.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, yeah. Big George Foreman guy. Do you still have it? No, no, I don't have mine. Why don't I?

[Angela Kinsey]

I think it's something you grow out.

[Jenna Fischer]

Of in your 30s. Is that what it is?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do people today, do the youngins today get the George Foreman grill? That's a good question. Like for their dorm room and stuff.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know, is it a college buy? Maybe for your first apartment? I don't know.

[Jenna Fischer]

I mean, imagine what you could cook with a mini fridge, a George Foreman grill and a microwave.

[Angela Kinsey]

Or a hot plate and a hot plate. Well, Jim cooked 85% of his meals on the George Foreman grill.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, lady, when we recorded this episode, we got into a whole conversation about how people eat string cheese.

[Angela Kinsey]

We sure did. We learned from a scene with Ryan and Toby in the kitchen that Ryan just goes for it. And you know what? I do too. I just bite into it. But lady, you like to really eat.

[Jenna Fischer]

It in the little stringy strips as the name suggests.

[Angela Kinsey]

I didn't know I was such a rule breaker. Well, after this episode aired, people weighed in. We put a poll in our Instagram and 72% of you guys string it and 28% dive in. So clearly the string its have it. I mean, there you go.

[Jenna Fischer]

72% of us are normal and 28% of people are chaos.

[Angela Kinsey]

You know what? Fuck, bring it.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know what I think?

[Angela Kinsey]

Bring that chaos.

[Jenna Fischer]

Here's what I want to know. How many people who just chomp their string cheese also have 3,000 emails in their inbox? Is there a correlation? Can we do that study? Sam, do you. I can't remember if we talked about this in the breakdown. Do you chomp it or string it? I string you string. And how many emails at a time do you have in your mailbox?

[Angela Kinsey]

Unread?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Zero. Cassie also string it. Currently three unread emails. Oh, I have hit on something here.

[Angela Kinsey]

What have you hit on? Tell me.

[Jenna Fischer]

If you chomp your string cheese, you also don't look at your emails. You leave them in your inbox. You have thousands of emails unread in your inbox.

[Angela Kinsey]

Guess what else you are?

[Jenna Fischer]

What?

[Angela Kinsey]

Not superior to others? Or are you, guess what?

[Jenna Fischer]

Set with superiority?

[Angela Kinsey]

Guess what? You don't judge and you let people live. Live your life. But are you really living? Yes, I am. With 10,000 emails, aren't you buried? No, I'm not. And isn't that wonderful? I want you to take a real good look at my face right now. This is someone who gives 0i. Well, I thought we could wrap up this second drink with a deleted talking head from Michael Scott. He shares how he likes to wind down after a long day.

[Steve Carell]

I always keep a stash of bubble wrap in my house some days. Hectic, tiring days. I just like to go home and zone out. Click on the tube, pop a few. It's very soothing. Wanna try him?

[Jenna Fischer]

I mean, it cracked me up.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I love that he looks right at the camera operator and goes, want to try, like, really earnestly? Like, this could help you, too.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my goodness.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, Michael.

[Jenna Fischer]

Everyone, that is our second drink. And now here is the injury. I'm Jenna Fisher.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I'm Angela Kinsey.

[Jenna Fischer]

We were on the Office together, and we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate Office rewatch podcast just for you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Each week, we will break down an episode of the Office and give exclusive behind the scenes stories. Stories that only two people who were there can tell you.

[Jenna Fischer]

We're the Office ladies.

[Angela Kinsey]

Hi, everybody.

[Jenna Fischer]

Welcome. Today we are talking about the injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

Good morning.

[Jenna Fischer]

And you know what? Angela has an injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

I do. I do. Speaking of injuries, guys, I was driving yesterday, and I was chewing a piece of gum. I was popping my gum and I bit the shiitake out of my tongue. It's so bad. Look at it.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, it's really.

[Angela Kinsey]

Look at it.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's. It's really bad.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's a wraith bump. And I keep bonking it when I talk, so it's super intense. It's really painful. So if during this podcast, all of a sudden I go, it's because I bonked it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

What's wrong with me? I can't chew gum and drive. I was like. I was on the phone with Josh and I was like, another thing.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my God. It's really bad.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. It really hurts. Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

This episode was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Brian Gordon. It is season two, episode 12.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. So we're on the second half of season two now. There were 22 episodes in season two.

[Angela Kinsey]

We've done 18 podcasts.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

When we hit 20, let's have a party.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay.

[Angela Kinsey]

Like, I don't know, like, I'll bring cupcakes or something.

[Jenna Fischer]

Why 20?

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know.

[Jenna Fischer]

I think we should have a party when we. For Casino Night, end of season two.

[Angela Kinsey]

Let'S have a party for number 23.

[Jenna Fischer]

Let's have a party. Every time.

[Angela Kinsey]

Random numbers.

[Jenna Fischer]

We don't need a reason to have a party.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's right.

[Jenna Fischer]

Let me do a summary. I can't even. I just start to look at my summary that I've written, and it makes me laugh.

[Angela Kinsey]

This is one of your very favorite episodes. People should know that. You bought a shirt, Jenna, because of this episode, and you wore it all the time.

[Jenna Fischer]

I bought it off Etsy.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was a foot. And a grill was.

[Jenna Fischer]

And a grilled foot. It was like a comic book strip of A person grilling their foot. I mean, okay, here it is. Here's the summary. I can't even say it. It's so funny to me. Michael accidentally steps on his George Foreman grill, injuring his foot.

[Angela Kinsey]

So funny.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dwight attempts to rescue Michael and crashes his car into a pool, causing what we will find out to be a concussion. During the workday, the staff does not dote on Michael as he had expected, and Dwight's concussion sparks an unexpected friendship with Pam.

[Angela Kinsey]

Aww. You guys must have had so much fun doing that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, I loved it. I had so many scenes, just me and Rain, and. And we bonded so much. Whenever you get put in a scene with someone, that means you're gonna work with them for about three or four hours that day exclusively. And whenever they're, you know, having their conversations about how the scene is going or in the breaks, you get to just chitty chat.

[Angela Kinsey]

You get to just hang out.

[Jenna Fischer]

So I got to chitty chat a lot with Rain, but I just love. Also, I just love working with Rain. I mean, you were so fortunate. You got to work with him all the time.

[Angela Kinsey]

All the time.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, should we get into the fast facts? All right, fast fact number one. This script was originally going to be called My Grilled Foot. My Grilled Foot. But then they changed it. So this is a standalone comedic episode that does not forward the Jim Pam storyline in any way, which was a little bit controversial because our last episode was Booze Cruise, which was a huge bombshell confession by Jim to Michael that he is in love or that he has feelings for Pam. And so everyone tuned in to see what was gonna happen. And guess what? We did not answer that question in any way.

[Angela Kinsey]

In any way. So I'm sure, like, the fans were like, what the heck? Yeah, it does move forward Dwight and Angela a little bit.

[Jenna Fischer]

It does. I have that down. It contains references to the Dwight Angela love story, which was nice. It was like, this was nice. I mean, we'll get to it, but there are some moments in here that I just love.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

With Dwight Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. Me too.

[Jenna Fischer]

This was also our highest rated episode so far. What? Yeah. I think a lot of people tuned in after Booze Cruise.

[Angela Kinsey]

I think so.

[Jenna Fischer]

And what a great episode, though. I mean, I know we didn't maybe give people what they were hoping to see with. Yeah, the cliffhanger, but we. I mean, comedy gold.

[Angela Kinsey]

We gave them comedy gold. Steve is so funny in this.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my gosh.

[Angela Kinsey]

He is the worst patient. The worst. And he made me laugh so hard.

[Jenna Fischer]

Fast fact number two. Guest star Marcus York played our building manager Billy Merchant. Now, I have to imagine this was a nod to creator of the British Office, Stephen Merchant. I think that's where we grabbed that last name.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

I didn't think about that when we named Billy Merchant. Yeah, I feel like that's true.

[Angela Kinsey]

I got to talk to Marcus yesterday. Marcus, thanks so much for taking time out of your day. And here are a few things he shared with me. Okay, so he auditioned for Allison, Mindy, and Greg, and he said it went really. He was really excited. You know that moment where you have a great meeting or a great audition? He said that's how it felt. He had been in LA as a working actor for a while, and he said, this is one that I was like, ooh, ooh, I think I got it. And he said that Greg jumped up and shook his hand, and he was like, okay. And then he was running errands. He was at Home Depot, and he got the call that he got it, and his agent was like, you got it. And he was like, wait a second, I'm in Home Depot. I have to call you back. So he said, he'll always remember that. And then he said the night before he had to come in, he was nervous, and he got, like, no sleep. He said, I got zero sleep. He said, so then the next day, I was freaking out because I hadn't gotten any sleep. And, you know, it's, like, hard to remember your lines or anything. So he was like, I was really trying to wing it. And I said, well, we couldn't tell at all. Like, you were just such a cool customer. You had your lines. You were, like, totally ready to go. He said, ang, I was, like, going on no sleep.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my God. That happens to me always before a shoot.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Or a big day. Right. Like, whenever I have a big day, it's hard to sleep. And then he said the thing he wasn't prepared for, and this really made me laugh. He said, the conference room is so small. Yeah, he said, it's so small. And he goes, and there were so many of you in such a small room. And, like, him and Steve were at the front of the room having. So we're all looking at them, you know?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And he said the room was so tiny. And he said, you guys had crazy crammed so many people in there. And that actually really made me laugh. And then the one other thing he said he remembered from the set, a. He said we were all really nice.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, that's good.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's good. But he Also said the food was awesome.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

He said, you guys know you had really good food, right?

[Jenna Fischer]

We did.

[Angela Kinsey]

I was like, yeah, that is true. My dad said the same thing after visiting. He was like, man, the food.

[Jenna Fischer]

We really did.

[Angela Kinsey]

We had really good food.

[Jenna Fischer]

Aw, that is so nice.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. It was a delight talking to him. And I have a few other things as the episode goes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. I love that. I love that. All right, should we do fast fact number three?

[Angela Kinsey]

Do it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I feel like I need to tell you I ran out of fast facts for this episode.

[Angela Kinsey]

What?

[Jenna Fischer]

I ran out.

[Angela Kinsey]

This is one of your favorite episodes.

[Jenna Fischer]

I know.

[Angela Kinsey]

How. How can you. There's only three.

[Jenna Fischer]

There's only three.

[Angela Kinsey]

How do you run out?

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I did, and you're gonna see here is all I could come up with.

[Angela Kinsey]

Drumroll. Oh, I can't. My tongue. Ow.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh. Injury. Injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

Go.

[Jenna Fischer]

We filmed this episode November 2005. I know this because I saved the script, and it's typed on the front.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, well, listen, as far as your delivery of that fast fact, you could have been like, guys, I saved the script.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, let me do it again then. Are you ready? Here? We're gonna. Here's me. Fast fact number three. I saved the script.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my God. That's amazing.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, yeah, that's good.

[Angela Kinsey]

See, you turned it around.

[Jenna Fischer]

That's better.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. All right, well, that's it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Let's get into it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Should we start breaking down the episode? We usually take a break first. We haven't been talking that long.

[Angela Kinsey]

Do you want to take a break?

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't know. It's just what we usually do.

[Angela Kinsey]

I could put some numbing stuff on my tongue. I don't know how that's going to work out for the rest of the episode, though.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

I haven't seen season two of Fleabag.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sorry.

[Angela Kinsey]

Is this going to be a problem with friendship? Is this.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Angela Kinsey]

A Game of Thrones moment for you?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, I told you to watch it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, so I watched the first episode of Fleabag season one.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, I told you to just start with season two.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I don't want to start out of order.

[Jenna Fischer]

I get that. I get that. I get that. But I just need you to watch season two of Fleabag because I had, like, an epiphany while watching it, and it changed my life. And I think it's, like, the greatest season of. Okay, television ever made.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, I will. I want to watch it. I will watch it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't believe you. I don't believe you. I think if you wanted to watch it, you would have watched it by now.

[Angela Kinsey]

When do you watch television? I fall asleep. Like, I try to put the kids to bed. Okay, we're getting off track.

[Jenna Fischer]

I. We. Lee and I watch about 45 minutes of television each night after we get the kids down and after we, like after I play freestyle on my phone and he plays online poker for, like, 15 minutes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, by the way, I am getting a real window.

[Jenna Fischer]

You are? Then we go downstairs and we watch either half of a movie or a TV show. That's my life, everybody. It's very routine.

[Angela Kinsey]

I, like, will go a long time without watching television, and then I will have some random day where I just, like, binge watch three hours of tv.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I'm gonna clear your schedule for Fleabag season two.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right?

[Jenna Fischer]

It's gonna change your life.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right. Posse pants.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, that's right. Sometimes you have to get bossy about things, and this is.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, back to our show called the Office. This opening scene, it opens with just shots of general office life. Michael is not in the office, and apparently that has put all of us in a good mood because we're all just milling about, chatting with one another, when suddenly the phone rings. Pam answers the phone, and this is when Michael explains that he's hurt. He needs Pam to pick him up. Jim puts him on speakerphone. The only person willing to rescue him is Dwight, who runs out of the building and crashes his car. So I have the script, and as I was watching this, I mean, I watched the scene, then I called Lee in. He had just gotten out of the shower. I was like. I was like, he was dripping wet. And I'm like, you have to come in and watch this scene with me again. Cause it's so good. He's like, okay, can I dry off first? I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you have to watch this brilliant bit of television comedy. So then I watched it again. I must have watched this five times. That whole insane conversation was totally scripted, line for line. That opening scene, it is not improvised.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's awesome.

[Jenna Fischer]

That is crazy to me. The only thing that wasn't in the script was when Michael said he had a protuberance on his elbow. In the script, it just said, hurt my elbow. That was the only improv.

[Angela Kinsey]

But that also shows that how ready John, as Jim was. The minute Michael said that it wasn't in the script, John looked to camera like, okay, yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

I mean, what is happening there?

[Angela Kinsey]

It's great. It's fantastic.

[Jenna Fischer]

So good.

[Angela Kinsey]

Now, listen, my folks who love the background at the very top where we're all just milling about before the phone call happens.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

I am totally not in character.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, I saw it.

[Angela Kinsey]

I am just being me.

[Jenna Fischer]

You and Brian are in the background. We're goofing off over Oscar's shoulder.

[Angela Kinsey]

We're goofing off. Brian, I remember, did some silly like. And I swat him. Yeah. But as me, I laugh. I laugh and swat him.

[Jenna Fischer]

I totally saw it.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's totally me.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, the thing is, is that Oscar's out of focus and you guys are in focus in the background. You probably thought you were safe. You probably thought the camera was on Oscar, but no, the focus was on you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. We didn't know we were on camera.

[Jenna Fischer]

I saw that. That's a really good one.

[Angela Kinsey]

That happens at five seconds. Jenna, I have a question for you.

[Jenna Fischer]

What?

[Angela Kinsey]

At 27 seconds.

[Jenna Fischer]

What?

[Angela Kinsey]

You're starting to break. I see you starting to break. Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't think so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my God. Totally. And then lan.

[Jenna Fischer]

What am I doing? What is happening at 27 seconds?

[Angela Kinsey]

It's gotta be the phone call. I don't know. I didn't write it down. I should have written it down.

[Jenna Fischer]

How do you know I'm not acting? Everybody thought I was breaking when Dwight was in the box.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I think you're starting to break, but guess what?

[Jenna Fischer]

What?

[Angela Kinsey]

Later on, you full on break.

[Jenna Fischer]

I full on break in the conversation.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. Okay. But anyway, at 27 seconds, it looks like you're starting to break.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay, I might be. At 47 seconds, we present the greatest talking head of all time. Michael's talking head explaining how he burned his foot. This, too, is word for word from the script. Sam, I am going to need you to pull this up. Michael explains that he loves to wake up to the smell of bacon. And then he explains how he makes that happen. And it involves a George Foreman grill on the floor of his bedroom. Six strips of bacon. It's brilliant. But Steve's delivery of it, he is so. It's like. I feel like his intention is like, okay, let me explain it to you again for everyone who can't seem to understand one last time.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. And then also that it's like the most normal thing ever.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Like, I don't. What is confusing about this?

[Angela Kinsey]

Do I need to tell you how. Okay, this is how you shower? Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. Sam, you have to find it. It's at 47 seconds.

[Steve Carell]

I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon. Sue me. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself. So most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious. It's good for me.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's.

[Steve Carell]

It's a perfect way to start today. Today I got up, I stepped onto the grill, and I clamped down on my foot. That's it. I don't see what's so hard to believe about that.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's so good. It's so good.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's so good. Since I don't have a butler, since.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't have a butler like everybody else who wants bacon in the morning. All of the eye rolling, too, that he's doing, it's just like, ugh.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, he loves breakfast in bed.

[Jenna Fischer]

He loves it.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's what you have to do.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my gosh. I just think it's. I just think it's amazing. I have a.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's good for me. It's healthy.

[Jenna Fischer]

Is it is six strips of bacon every day?

[Angela Kinsey]

No. I don't know.

[Jenna Fischer]

Fan question from C. Was Steve actually on the other end of the line during the filming of the phone call? Yes. A lot of people wrote in to ask, how do we do these phone calls? We've talked a little bit about it before. Usually they just would have someone very.

[Angela Kinsey]

Close off camera, like in another room.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Like when we did scenes with Melora, she was usually just in the conference room calling into Steve's Office. I don't know where they put Steve here, but he was there. It was live. We could, you know, when he said protuberance, John could react. Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is fantastic. I have a question for you. So during this whole exchange, we cut back to Pam's desk area. So at around 37 seconds, Jenna, there's an I heart you pillow.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

There's like a red Valentine's bear. What's up? What's up? This isn't the Valentine's episode. What's going on? I don't know.

[Jenna Fischer]

I had those same things. I noticed that. Yes. At 37 seconds, there's a really great shot of my desk. What's up with that? I also have a yoga card.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I gave that to you.

[Jenna Fischer]

You did?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

That's from you.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's from me. So I have. That's one of my cards for today. So I had written you a card. I had bought those little yoga cards at Target. You know, you can get like a pack of 10. And she had, like a little pink outfit on. She's doing a dog down. Dog. And so I had written you a card on that. And you kept it and you had it on your desk.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, that is so sweet. I noticed I had three post it notes on my desk as well. And I kept trying to pause and zoom in because I just assumed that those were probably from you too. Cause you used to pass me post it that I would put on my desk.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, the card is from me. You kept it and you had it on your desk.

[Jenna Fischer]

That is too cute.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. And it wasn't for anything in particular. It was just. I just had written you a little card about, like, I was just. I had become a series regular, and we were so excited. And I just wrote a little card about just like, I was so excited that we could have our lunches and all that stuff.

[Jenna Fischer]

You guys, this is an Angela thing. You should know. You still do that to this day. You love these little cards. It's so cute.

[Angela Kinsey]

And.

[Jenna Fischer]

And you are very good at handwriting. Just messages of gratitude mostly. Like, I'm so. I have so many from you. I'm so grateful for this friendship, and it's the sweetest thing about you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, thanks, lady.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, you're really good at that.

[Angela Kinsey]

I put a note in my daughter's lunch a lot, and I made one this morning. I drew a little palm tree and a beach. Cause she loves the beach. And I just put, have a great day.

[Jenna Fischer]

That's a very sweet thing about you, Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, well, thank you but now, looking back, I'm sure, like, the yoga card must have been weird, but I guess I probably just thought they were cute.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, I think because I did yoga. Didn't I do yoga?

[Angela Kinsey]

You did yoga, and you brought me to a yoga class, and it was one of the most painful experiences of my life, which is.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wait. But to be fair. To be fair, I had brought you to what I thought was a beginner yoga class.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, first of all, you're like, ange, go to yoga with me. And I said, jenna, I've never been to yoga. I don't really get it. I'm not. I don't understand it. I don't know what any of it means. I'd have to go to a beginner. Beginner.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And you were like, I've got it. It's amazing.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. There's this one. On Tuesdays, we'll go to this beginner yoga class. It'll be terrific.

[Angela Kinsey]

We waited for a day off. You took me to that yoga class. It was not the beginner class.

[Jenna Fischer]

It was so not beginner.

[Angela Kinsey]

And this woman was, like, militant. I thought yoga was, like, supposed to be, like, a peaceful stretch. She was like, ah, that. Like, she was yelling.

[Jenna Fischer]

And then she got intermittent flow class for anyone who does yoga.

[Angela Kinsey]

And she was, like, basically speaking a different language. It was like Shavasanas and stuff like that. I don't know what that means. I didn't know what that meant. And she got really annoyed with me. Do you remember?

[Jenna Fischer]

I do. And I felt really protective of you because. And I was getting.

[Angela Kinsey]

We started giggling.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh. And then she really didn't like that.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, but I was. I just kept thinking the whole time, what the heck? This is. Explain, explain. This is beginner. But if anyone knows, like, yoga flow, they just shout out the poses and it goes really fast, and they don't even explain what they are.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I kept raising my hand and you're like.

[Jenna Fischer]

And I just. I was so mad. And afterwards, I was. Oh, I was so fired up to complain because here I had finally convinced you to go to a yoga class with me. I knew this would never happen again after this debacle. And it turns out I read the schedule wrong, and it was, in fact, an intermediate flow class. I mean, that's what it was.

[Angela Kinsey]

When you realize that. Do you remember what you did?

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

You started laughing. You started laughing so hard, you're like, oh, sorry. I was like, oh, my God. But then, Andrew, there was a pose. Wait. You guys have to know if you've never Ever. I'd never been to yoga. There was a pose where they all frickin stood on their head, they put their feet in the air and they rolled up on their shoulders on their head and neck. I thought I was going to die.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I don't know if you remember, Angela, but the next day you called me and you said I. I can't put my hair in a ponytail because I can't put my arms above my head. I'm so sore.

[Angela Kinsey]

I was so sore. I've never been bent that way. I was so sore.

[Jenna Fischer]

And that's what she said.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's what she said. Oh dear.

[Jenna Fischer]

That was too much.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh no. But I didn't go to yoga for years. It took me years to go back to yoga.

[Jenna Fischer]

This is, by the way, I think, a fitting tangent. Another injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know it might be why I gave you a card with the yoga lady on it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Maybe it was so also on my desk. No one's going to care about this but me. But you can see this really odd plastic decoration behind my phone. And this decoration was on my desk for the whole nine years. And I don't know what it is. It's like a plastic base with wires coming out of it. And then on top of the wires there are like these very colorful half spheres and they clang together if you flippity flop them. What is that for?

[Angela Kinsey]

I thought that I was supposed to hold photos. I thought the spheres you put little photos in.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, there's no slot in the spheres.

[Angela Kinsey]

There's no slot in the sphere.

[Jenna Fischer]

There's no slot in the spheres.

[Angela Kinsey]

No slot in the shears.

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, well, I don't know if anyone.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wants to go to 37 seconds and look at the shot of my desk and write in and tell me what I was supposed to do with that thing on my desk, please. I thought maybe it held messages. I don't know. Why would anyone want that thing? It's the same as that click clack thing that we talked about. The Newton's logic. What's it called?

[Angela Kinsey]

They're called a Newton's cradle.

[Jenna Fischer]

A Newton's cradle.

[Angela Kinsey]

Newton's balls. Newton's cradle.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, it's the same as this weird plasticky thing, if you ask me. Okay, let me break down the car crash for everybody.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay?

[Jenna Fischer]

Fan question. Daily Burnin said. How did Dwight driving into the pole work? Was he driving or was it someone else? I reached out to Rainn Wilson to get the full story on this.

[Angela Kinsey]

What did my tall geeky man love of my life say?

[Jenna Fischer]

Here's what he said. He said, if you notice, you never actually see the crash. No, you just hear it. So they just put the car there and he just staggered out of it. Later, when he's driving away, that was a stunt driver. Rain never actually drove the car. Another fan question from Nicholas Powell. What did Rainnn Wilson use for his throw up on the car? Cream of potato soup. And Rain told me it was actually his idea to throw up across the back windshield in the script. And on the day, he was directed to throw up on the pavement outside of the car. But he thought it would be funnier if he threw up across the back windshield. They only did about two takes. But he said he really hurt his.

[Angela Kinsey]

Neck during the fake throw up.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, because he said he had to, like, project. Yeah, he had to, like, propel his neck forward so that the vomit would really splatter. And he said it was sore for, like, two weeks afterwards. So he got. Rainn Wilson got an injury filming the injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sorry. This is like, the kind of stuff when I. I always felt like, as a cast and as a show, we didn't travel well. Like, we'd be like, safety meeting. Right. We have a candle, we have fake throw up. Like, and then there's other shows with, like, you know, insane explosions and car chases, but we get an injury from fake vomiting.

[Jenna Fischer]

We did. He did.

[Angela Kinsey]

I'm sorry, Rain.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right. So the next thing that happens is that Michael enters on crutches and he has his foot in bubble wrap. And fan question Nathan Jasper asked, was John popping the bubble wrap cast scripted or was that John's idea? It was scripted.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was scripted. I have a question for you, Jenna. Speaking of bubble wrap.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not too long ago, you injured your foot hiking, right? Weren't you hiking and you hurt your foot?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, I did.

[Angela Kinsey]

And then you started wearing this big boot around, but then the boot started rubbing your shin. And then one day you showed up, and I could hear like.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I said, what is that noise? And I looked down at your boot, and sticking out from your boot is bubble wrap.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. So these boots, they have these, like, metal rods in them, which are what keep your foot stable. Right. And they was like, pressing into my shin. And I complained about it on Instagram. I just said, anyone who's ever worn these, like, how did you make these comfortable? Because I'm. It's like my foot feels better, but now my shin, I feel like I'm bruising my bone of my shin. Someone jokingly wrote back and said, you should wrap it in bubble Wrap like Michael. And I was like, well, I mean, that's not a bad idea. And it worked. It was so effective. Hot tip. Anyone who has to wear a boot, just wrap your shin in bubble wrap.

[Angela Kinsey]

Thank you, Michael Scott.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thank you, Michael Scott. Thank you. The injury. Angela, I am very surprised that you are not calling out a Pam sass moment.

[Angela Kinsey]

What does this card say?

[Jenna Fischer]

No, I have a previous Pam sass where? No, I didn't tell them you cooked your foot.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is really good. I was gonna say there's some Pam sass in this episode. I have a few. I have a few.

[Jenna Fischer]

Next up, Michael calls Pam into his office to ask for messages. Dwight is fanning Michael's foot with a tiny fan, and then it buzzes his foot. And that was not in the script that we came up with that on the day.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I wrote Jenna. So when that fan hits his toe, I laughed so hard because Steve's reaction was so hilarious.

[Jenna Fischer]

So good.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I. How did you keep a straight face?

[Jenna Fischer]

I didn't.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my God.

[Jenna Fischer]

I laughed through that entire scene.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my Lord. That made me laugh so hard.

[Jenna Fischer]

Don't give Rainn Wilson a tiny prop.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, no.

[Jenna Fischer]

Like, don't give him a keyboard. At the Dundees, they gave him that as an option to fan Michael's foot. And then he just ran with it.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was so good. It's like one of my favorite things. At 4 minutes, 22 seconds, Michael says, your job is being my friend Pam.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I think that's what he really thinks.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's true.

[Angela Kinsey]

And so today, I think one of the reasons he's so grumpy. That was really funny. I'm a grumpy Pam. When he's talking about, like, how grumpy he is is because no one is being his friend. In his mind, that's your job. Your job isn't to answer phones. Your job is to be my friend.

[Jenna Fischer]

Be friendly to me. I had a fan question from Tanya Calamarino. When Pam calls Michael fussy, was that scripted? Because it sounds like how I describe my teething babies.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was scripted and it's perfect.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's perfect.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, so now we're starting to see clues of Dwight's concussion. Right. He clearly hit his head really hard.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And there are going to be little things sprinkled throughout the episode, and one of them is he just loses his train of thought. He, like, starts speaking. He doesn't finish his sentence.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. Then he just starts typing Dwight over and over and over and over again. Then he, like, raises his hand but he doesn't know he's raising his hand.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

He calls Pam pan.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's like, one of my favorite things. I just thought it was so funny. He's also friendly. He's, like, really friendly. And he's.

[Jenna Fischer]

And helpful.

[Angela Kinsey]

Helpful. And then later on, he's funny. He gets in a, like, that's what she said joke.

[Jenna Fischer]

He calls Creed dad.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. He thinks Creed is his dad. At one point, he gets weepy. Yeah. This is what happens when Dwight gets a concussion.

[Jenna Fischer]

I have a fan question from Lucy. Was Rainn Wilson actually typing Dwight over and over?

[Angela Kinsey]

Ooh. Was he?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. I asked Rain. He said yes. He was really typing Dwight. But that made me think about how a lot of times we would have those prop computer document things that the props department would have some computer programmer coder come up with. So if you did have to type something specific that they were going to show on the screen, you could actually just press anything and then the sentence would come up. I always liked those. I thought they were really fun.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Or if, like, Pam had to. I don't know. Like, if you clicked on certain things, websites would come up. But they were all fake websites. But. And it was like a movie. It was just like a slideshow of documents. And then you would hit escape and it would start over for the next take.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. And it wouldn't matter what key you hit.

[Jenna Fischer]

Didn't matter.

[Angela Kinsey]

Didn't matter.

[Jenna Fischer]

But he was really typing Dwight at.

[Angela Kinsey]

5 minutes, 44 seconds. You guys, there's now a sofa in the conference room.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Where did this sofa come from?

[Jenna Fischer]

I have that.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay. And then also, is it the only time there's a sofa ever in the conference room?

[Jenna Fischer]

That I don't know. But it is the sofa from front reception.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ah.

[Jenna Fischer]

And I read the script, and this is a description from the script that I absolutely love. So I'm going to read it. It says. So Michael moves into the conference room. And it says, Michael is splayed out on a sofa, the one by Pam's desk, which has been moved and is cuddled up under a comforter with his leg elevated. It's as though he made the conference room his bedroom. It's unclear if he's wearing his pants under the comforter. That's something Mindy wrote. So however. I love that, though, like, however they set that scene, they had to make it so that it was unclear.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, he did. He did walk in, though, with a duvet comforter and two pillows. And then, like, a few, like, sort of looks like aloe vera. Ointments that he had.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right. A ton of people wrote in about this conspiracy theory that Steve had a prop foot that he propped up on the pillow. And they sent these pictures that seem to imply that his body is doing something that a normal human body couldn't do.

[Angela Kinsey]

No, that's Steve's foot.

[Jenna Fischer]

That is Steve's foot.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

But I got so many emails and so many comments about it. That's crazy that I started. I mean, we were there. We know there was no fake foot on a pillow. No, but the pictures were so convincing. And we'll post this on our website so you can see. They were so convincing that I reached out to Steve.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my God, Jenna.

[Jenna Fischer]

I bothered Steve Carell.

[Angela Kinsey]

You were like, steve, is that your foot? And he's like, what are you talking about? I'm guessing he's like, it was like 11 at night. He's like, for first of all, hi, Jenna. I hope you're well. Yeah, that was my foot.

[Jenna Fischer]

I wrote Steve this email message. It was like, 11pm I was like, steve, I feel like I know the answer to this. And I sort of explained it.

[Angela Kinsey]

And also, I'm not drunk.

[Jenna Fischer]

And he wrote back, and he was like, is this what it's come to?

[Angela Kinsey]

No, this is what we talk about on the podcast.

[Jenna Fischer]

And he was like, it was not a fake foot. It was my foot.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was his foot. I even remember him having to go special to hair and makeup because they put those divots on the bottom.

[Jenna Fischer]

The grill marks.

[Angela Kinsey]

The grill marks. That was. That was, like, special, like, effects makeup.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. A lot of people asked how they did that. There's, like, this putty that they use to make those, and they glue it on your foot with a special glue.

[Angela Kinsey]

And then they glue or something like that.

[Jenna Fischer]

It is called, like, spearmint glue. But then they, like, they'll, like, use, like, this airbrush makeup machine, and then to make it blend, and then they'll stipple. It's pretty highlight on it. It's pretty amazing. Did you just stipple? Stipple? That is what it is called a stipple sponge. It is, yeah. Did you not take, like, theater makeup 101?

[Angela Kinsey]

Watch yourself.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, in my theater training.

[Angela Kinsey]

No, I didn't.

[Jenna Fischer]

We had to buy a Ben Nye makeup kit, which included a stipple sponge.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I was doing comedy. I was. I was doing improv on stage while you were playing with your sponge. Okay. All right. At 5 minutes, 50 seconds, the prizm Duro sport.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Pam's ipod knockoff.

[Angela Kinsey]

Gift from Roy that Dwight says is chunkier and more solid than an ipod. Way to go.

[Jenna Fischer]

That's what you want.

[Angela Kinsey]

Way to go, Roy. You get her the cluster ring, and then you get her a Prism Duro sport. Way to go, Roy. So I did a deep dive on the prism Duro Sport lady.

[Jenna Fischer]

Me too.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lady. Lady.

[Jenna Fischer]

What did you find?

[Angela Kinsey]

Not only what did I find, because I know you found it too, but I printed it out and I brought it.

[Jenna Fischer]

You brought the fake website for the prism duo sport.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, first of all, the fake website is called DuroSport.com. it's still up. You can still find it.

[Jenna Fischer]

These were who made it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Our writers.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, they did not.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, they did.

[Jenna Fischer]

Our writers took the time to make this.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. How? I clearly, they were just having some fun. We should probably talk to them. They made up durasport.com then they went one step further and they made a review site that reviewed the prizm Dura sport and it's called medialoper.

[Jenna Fischer]

What?

[Angela Kinsey]

I printed out this.

[Jenna Fischer]

I did not find.

[Angela Kinsey]

I printed out the review of the Dura Sport.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, please.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's the Prizm Duro Sport. 6000 worst digital audio player ever. And it goes on. You guys, this thing is. Oh, my gosh. I printed out. It is 11 pages.

[Jenna Fischer]

Can we put links on our.

[Angela Kinsey]

We're gonna. On our website.

[Jenna Fischer]

On our website, officeladies.com look for all this stuff.

[Angela Kinsey]

Look, there's the photo of it. It looks ridiculous. But here's one of my favorite things at the end of this horrible review, okay? There is a comment board, and they made fake comments. They made fake comments, which is so funny. You have to read the fake comments. They're some of my favorites. And the very, very last fake comment, if you go all the way to the end, it says it's by Shil Cote.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay.

[Angela Kinsey]

Why do I feel like that's Mike Schur? Is that Shil Cote says to anyone who doesn't know, Duro Sport is in fact a joke. It was created by the writers of the Office. Check the who is. It went up soon after the episode air.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wow.

[Angela Kinsey]

Our writers were really having a good time with this.

[Jenna Fischer]

I guess. So I have a fan question from Steph. Was Pam's device a Creative Zen MP3 player? She calls it something else, but it really looks like a creative Zen. So there is. I mean, Phil Shea had to hand me something, and it really worked. I could really scroll, and it really plugged into my computer. So I froze the image at 5 minutes, 47 seconds, and I compared it to an image of a creative Zen. I think Steph might be right.

[Angela Kinsey]

Nice catch, Steph. I'm giving you applause.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, so I guess if you want to own one, they have them on ebay. Also, fan comment from Jamie Garrett. Just said comment. This is not a question. I can verify that there was actually a Russian music website with 10 cent downloads. I used it for years until sanctions against Russia shut it down. So Dwight is giving Pam some good advice.

[Angela Kinsey]

I totally believe that at 6 minutes, 48 seconds, some major Pam sass.

[Jenna Fischer]

Pam sass.

[Angela Kinsey]

Pam sass. Michael's like, will you come in here? And she goes, tell me before I come there.

[Jenna Fischer]

Now that feels like such justified sass.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's justified sass, but it's also how I talk to my children when they're like, mom, I'm like, what? Tell me if I come all the way upstairs, I want to know what this is about.

[Jenna Fischer]

But then he asks her to rub butter on his foot.

[Angela Kinsey]

Gross.

[Jenna Fischer]

Country Crock. And she just says no and hangs up on him.

[Angela Kinsey]

I had a question about that. Is Country Croc in the script? Because it sounded like an improv.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, Country Croc was not in the script. What happens after Pam hangs up with him is that Meredith was supposed to come over and offer to do it and Michael says something like, ugh, blech. No. And she says, I'm telling you, Michael, I have really soft hands. So there was a little, like, extra little beat. That's what happened after he didn't say Country Croc.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, when I watched it and Steve, as Michael said Country Croc, you sort of get to know each other and you can sort of tell when something I was like, that is all Steve. That sounds like an improv to me.

[Jenna Fischer]

So at 7 minutes, 31 seconds, in the scene at reception when Dwight is showing Pam that she can throw her music thing and it won't break, did you notice at the end of the scene what rain? As Dwight does, he taps the desk the way Jim always does.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. As he walked off.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, that was a little bit that rain and I came up with on the day.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is so great. That's so subtle. I love it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, it's really true.

[Angela Kinsey]

I love it. Well, I have at 7 minutes, 38 seconds. Is Jim jealous? Jim? So I can't believe it. Jim is a little bit jealous of Dwight because Dwight is having his Pam moments. Yeah, Pam and Dwight are friends now.

[Jenna Fischer]

And at 7 minutes, 43 seconds, I have my very famous line that gets quoted to me a lot. Oh, my God. Dwight is kind of my friend. How about the scene where Michael is in the conference room and he's on the phone with his mom?

[Angela Kinsey]

It's one of my favorite scenes. It is one of my favorite scenes. It is so layered with so much. He's like, no one cares. And then he's sort of like clearly lied to his mom about him and Jan and he was like, oh, she'll have to dry. She'll worry. And then, then he finds out that Pam and his mom have been chatting and Pam has filled in his mom on his relationship status and he gets so ticked off. I love this whole conversation.

[Jenna Fischer]

It was so great. That was all scripted.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, it's so good, Mindy.

[Jenna Fischer]

But look at all the people milling around in the background of that.

[Angela Kinsey]

There were so many crosses.

[Jenna Fischer]

What? Are we ever up from our desks like that? Why? What? So much activity. I'm not even at reception. I'm like doing something. What am I doing in that corner?

[Angela Kinsey]

You know what that moment was when I watched it? That's Brian Gordon. I think that's the director. And he wanted a bunch of us. Like he wanted movement in the back of the scene.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, if I remember correctly, there was this idea that he had where because Steve was stuck, he wanted it to seem like that was like a fomo, like he wasn't out there with us. He wasn't walking around with us and like joking with us and that. That he couldn't be part of what that was happening out there.

[Angela Kinsey]

Look at you using the kids lingo.

[Jenna Fischer]

Fomo.

[Angela Kinsey]

Fomo.

[Jenna Fischer]

Is that the kids lingo?

[Angela Kinsey]

A little bit. All right, guys, I'm going to read to you from my journal. I wrote about the scene of rain and I in the break room.

[Jenna Fischer]

So you're going to hear some journal thoughts from Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

We're back everyone, from our break and it's time for Angela's Diary.

[Angela Kinsey]

Every time you say that, she's been saying that during the break, you guys, Angela's Diary. It just sounds like something brought to you by pbs. Angela's Diary.

[Jenna Fischer]

So the scene in the break room with Dwight and Angela, some Dwangela, some.

[Angela Kinsey]

Duangela, some weird love.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, he, he tells her that she's sweeter than candy. And then he pats her butt.

[Angela Kinsey]

He does.

[Jenna Fischer]

Angela wrote about it in her diary.

[Angela Kinsey]

I wrote about it in my journal.

[Jenna Fischer]

Your journal.

[Angela Kinsey]

So all I say a few things about that break room scene between Dwight and Angela. We filmed a lot of different versions. Pretty much they just wanted Rain to surprise me in some way and that I would have like this natural reaction.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sure.

[Angela Kinsey]

And we knew that he was going to do something and then kind of run off. Right. So I have here Rain spanked me, swatted me, tried to kiss me. One time he actually picked me up by my butt, which, whoa. I know. So I remember he like ran up behind me and kind of grabbed me and I sort of leaned back and he lifted up at the same time. We weren't planning this, guys. This was just like a kind of random accident. But it was so weird that he just sort of lifted Me by my buttocks. So that one didn't make it in. Anyway, we did a bunch of takes, and I said that I laughed so much. We were laughing so much that I was really surprised they found one they could use because I didn't know what he was gonna do. And, you know, rain. Rain is, like, gonna throw you curve balls. He actually delights in that. Of course, he loves it. Loves like. He loves to throw you off. But ultimately, we use the one where he swatted me a punch and just ran away.

[Jenna Fischer]

In the script, it said, he squeezes your butt. Did you do some squeezes?

[Angela Kinsey]

I'm sure. I'm sure there were squeezes. Swats. I mean, I did write that. Like, I had a little bruise on my butt the next day.

[Jenna Fischer]

That was just too much touching your butt.

[Angela Kinsey]

Anyway, that's what I wrote there.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, the next scene, Michael is trying to enter the kitchen. Ryan does not help him because he is busy eating string cheese with Toby.

[Angela Kinsey]

Which I loved that interaction. I did, too. Like, when Ryan's like, oh, you. You just go for it. You just. You. You know, you don't pull it apart. I love that.

[Jenna Fischer]

That was actually. Toby says that to Ryan.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. You just go for it. Did I say Ryan?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, you said Ryan. That's right.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, God, I'm so embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for myself. Please.

[Jenna Fischer]

We'll issue a correction. Angela, how do you eat string cheese? Do you go for it or do you string it?

[Angela Kinsey]

I go for it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I string it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ah. This says everything about us. You probably methodically. You have a system of how you eat your string cheese.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, I get so mad if my string is too thick. Like, I like to really string it.

[Angela Kinsey]

You get mad at yourself, Jenna.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, yeah, I like it to be, like, even strings.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay. I open it and just bite it off. This says everything about us. I feel like I don't have time to string it out.

[Jenna Fischer]

Guys, how do you eat your string cheese?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, we want to know. Will you comment us?

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you string it or do you bite it?

[Angela Kinsey]

Or do you bite it? Jenna's a stringer. I'm a biter.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'm gonna do a poll, and we'll tell you the results.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

So Michael eventually makes it into the bathroom, and then you overhear him falling into the toilet, demanding that Pam help him, demanding that Ryan help him. This was all basically scripted, except for it was in the script that Michael is supposed to say, get Ryan, but then Steve improvised. He needs to lift me, and he needs to clean me up a little bit. Bring A wet towel. And I think you can see Paul start to break at the end.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, no, you totally can't. For sure. I watched this scene a few times because I was like, paul is breaking. Paul is breaking at 9 minutes, 46 seconds. He starts to laugh, and he turns away from camera and kind of leaves.

[Jenna Fischer]

He does.

[Angela Kinsey]

And then the camera. Because our camera guys would do this quite often for us. When they would see that we were starting to break, they'd whip away from us.

[Jenna Fischer]

They would.

[Angela Kinsey]

So he whipped the camera guy whipped to the door.

[Jenna Fischer]

But I think the thing that did him in was when you hear Michael fall for the second time. Because that was also not in the script. And I think it was too much for Paul.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, Steve was in there clanging around, like, making noises and stuff.

[Jenna Fischer]

It was very funny. All right, so next, Jim and Pam are out in the bullpen, and they're discussing Dwight. And this is when Michael busts in and asks people if they know what it's like to have a disability.

[Angela Kinsey]

He's ticked off.

[Jenna Fischer]

I remember shooting that scene.

[Angela Kinsey]

He's so angry now that no one is taking care of him or treating him so special.

[Jenna Fischer]

And a lot of fans mentioned that one of their favorite lines is Stanley's line when Michael says, what does this look like to you? And Stanley says, mailboxes, et cetera.

[Angela Kinsey]

And then. And then Steve does that thing that I love where he's like, shut it. Yes, that's Steve right there.

[Jenna Fischer]

So, you know, at the end of that scene, Dwight turns to Creed and says, dad, that was added on the day. That was an improv on the day. It was probably an altar. They would do that to us. Sometimes they would have alternate endings to scenes. In the script, Dwight was supposed to pick up his phone and say hello, even though it didn't ring.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, Creed being his dad is way better.

[Jenna Fischer]

Perfect. Perfect. All right, so this moves us into the conference room meeting where Michael has hung a bunch of photos of disabled people on the wall.

[Angela Kinsey]

Icons.

[Jenna Fischer]

Icons, yes. Including two pictures of Tom Hanks.

[Angela Kinsey]

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. And then Tom Hanks in Big, but he thinks it's in Philadelphia. And then there's, like, a debate that it's definitely big.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's definitely big. But he says it still counts because he became a man overnight, which is a type of disability. 11 minutes, 56 seconds. Tracking Mindy. Her hair looks fantastic.

[Angela Kinsey]

Her hair is fantastic. I have it on a note card, but it is half up and half down.

[Jenna Fischer]

It is. It's not full down. Her sweater. She's got a little bit of a V neck.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

This is not. We're not up to her chin with these, like, turtleneck blouses, paisley tops. She does have a paisley skirt.

[Angela Kinsey]

Speaking of hairstyles, Jenna, I wrote about my hair in my journal for this episode.

[Jenna Fischer]

I. I'm just.

[Angela Kinsey]

What? Listen, lady, if you had had to wear a tight bun with a gazillion bobby pins poking you for, like, every day for, you would def. If something changed, you might write about it. And I did. So here we go. This is what I said. On a small note, I, for once, like my hair in this episode. Angela always wears the crazy braids, the buns, the ponytails, But I guess being in a relationship has made her step it up a little.

[Jenna Fischer]

Ooh, I like that backstory.

[Angela Kinsey]

I got to wear my hair down. You did, and I was really excited. It had a little bit of a bouffant.

[Jenna Fischer]

I actually thought your hair looked really pretty. In this episode, I have to say, I'm. Now I'm. I was teasing you about writing your journal about it, but, I mean. Yeah, well, it was journal worthy.

[Angela Kinsey]

Thank you. It was the first episode that I didn't have my hair up in any way.

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

So I wrote about it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. It's very nice.

[Angela Kinsey]

So now, at 12 minutes, 20 seconds, we meet Billy Merchant, who is played by Marcus York, as we discussed. And he is the property manager.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

And, Jenna, he's here to just tell us information. Right. About the parking lot.

[Jenna Fischer]

Tell us not to block the loading dock, even if we have our hazards on. He just wants to tell us some stuff about the building.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. Some of the building rules. And you said Michael sees this as an opportunity.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes, because Billy is in a wheelchair. Michael has decided that he's pretty sure Billy is going to lecture us about the proper way to treat disabled people and back up the fact that Michael has been so wronged.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, Michael's been so wronged. Right. So Marcus said that they really stuck to the script, him and Steve, for this scene. But then Steve threw an improv at him.

[Jenna Fischer]

I think I know what it is.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. So he said that Steve said, well, you know, we have a lot in common. And then he says, I'm going to stop you right there and leave. That's all scripted.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

But then Steve improvised. Who, me? And Billy goes, no, me right now. He, like, improvised that right back. And I was like, that was great, Marcus. That was so good. Marcus said that he wasn't, like, ready for that improv. Like, he wasn't sure. He said, you Know when you guest star on a show, you don't know, did they stick to the script? Like, he had heard that we had a lot of improv background and things like that. But he said that Steve just kind of threw that, and then he just reacted. And that's like, something he remembers as being really fun.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, when Steve says that line, you know what? We aren't that different. When I clamp my foot on the George Foreman grill, you see Mindy put her hand up to her mouth, and then you see me full on laugh and turn to Rain, and Rain smiles at me.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. No, you're the front row.

[Jenna Fischer]

The front row lost it.

[Angela Kinsey]

The front row lost it. I have both of those. I'm like, jenna, you completely break Mindy. I expect to. I expect to see Mindy's hand cover her mouth, but you don't even hide it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't.

[Angela Kinsey]

You just turn and start laughing.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, Brian is staring at the floor. Brian is Kevin. And he's having a hard time. He has got just, like, this laser focus onto the carpet, which seems also unnatural. And I think he's doing it not too well.

[Angela Kinsey]

He's also probably biting the inside of his mouth or inflicting some kind of pain on himself. So he doesn't laugh.

[Jenna Fischer]

I wanted to point out that I think it's really sweet how the director chose to put Rain and I next to each other in that conference room scene. I would normally sit next to Jim, but I sat next to Dwight. Because Pam and Dwight are friends.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, they're friends. Now, also in this scene, we learn that, I guess Michael brushes his teeth for ten seconds. Yes, ten seconds. Wow.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay, so next we go to a scene with Michael and Ryan, and Ryan is delivering him some pudding.

[Angela Kinsey]

Chocolate pudding.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's revealed that Ryan ground up some aspirin and put it in the pudding. And so there's been this runner where Michael really, really wants some fresh yams, and Ryan can't seem to find them anywhere. He asks them if he found them in Carbondale, which is where he found the pudding, at a gas station in Carbondale. Fan question from Grellett. Does a gas station in Carbondale always have fresh yams? I wanted to find out.

[Angela Kinsey]

I would think that no gas station had yams. I feel like Ryan isn't really trying that hard to look for these yams, because I think if he just went to the grocery store.

[Jenna Fischer]

Carbondale is about 25 minutes outside of Scranton. Ryan hits a number of the sort of surrounding counties on his search for the yams. So I really looked hard. And I could not find a gas station with yams in Carbondale. And most of them didn't even look like they had quick shops. Like, maybe you could get gum. But some of them, I felt like I couldn't even get a cup of coffee. If you live in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, let me know. And if there's a gas station near you that sells yams, will you tell us? We'd love to know.

[Angela Kinsey]

Jenna, I have a question for you.

[Jenna Fischer]

What is it?

[Angela Kinsey]

How do I say this?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, no. Did you ever think that you would stay up late looking for yams at gas stations in Carbondale?

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

Also, you would Google map looking for yams in Carbondale.

[Jenna Fischer]

This is the kind of stuff we do for you guys.

[Angela Kinsey]

This is.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'm allergic to yams and sweet potatoes, by the way. So even if I had found them, I could never do anything for myself with this information. This was all for you.

[Angela Kinsey]

All for you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Next. In this episode, Dwight collapses. He needs to go to the hospital. And while we're walking to the elevator, Dwight says, it smells like chicken soup. And Pam says, I know that was improvised. The amount of scripted words that they had for us did not get us to the elevator.

[Angela Kinsey]

Elevator.

[Jenna Fischer]

So they told us, just say some stuff. And I loved shooting this scene with rain. It was so much fun.

[Angela Kinsey]

It looked like it. It looked like you were having a good time.

[Jenna Fischer]

I really liked it. Also, I think he improvised that line where Jim says, what are you doing? And he says, making Vietnam sounds or something like that as he's falling on the couch. Yes. But I did want to say something that was not improvised. That's in the script is the water bottle that Jim picks up off of the plant and then is spraying him. That was in the scene.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I have a question. At 15 minutes, 25 seconds, why. Why do they have to go in Meredith's van?

[Jenna Fischer]

So many fans wrote in about that.

[Angela Kinsey]

Why couldn't they go in Jim's car? I get why Michael can't drive. I get that Dwight can't drive. But Jim. Why didn't Jim say, meredith, that's fine. I don't want to ride in your gross van. I'll take my car.

[Jenna Fischer]

Here are his choices. Go in Meredith's van or put Dwight and Michael in his car. Dwight has already thrown up. I mean, I don't know. Would you put them in your car?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, I would rather drive my car. An injured person in my car. Where? I know my car. Meredith's van is a hot mess. But because they took Meredith's van. They had that great, funny scene of Dwight trying to drink the rum in the backseat.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my gosh. So John has said in interviews that that was one of the hardest times he's ever laughed on the show was filming those Meredith Van scenes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, I think these three guys, whenever they get in a car together, they lose it. Have you seen all the outtakes of them laughing their butts off?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Like in these cars. And also, I think that John. It wasn't Jim. That was John with that spray bottle.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, he had too much fun with that.

[Angela Kinsey]

He had too much fun with that. We can't end this episode without me talking about. One of my favorite things that Michael does is when he explains something that we all know, but he explains it to you as if he's the person that invented it or he's the only one that knows it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Shotgun.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my gosh. So it's 16 minutes, 38 seconds. He goes. The rules of shotgun are very simple and very clear. I. Whenever he does this stuff, I just live for it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I love it.

[Angela Kinsey]

I love it.

[Jenna Fischer]

In this episode, we learn Dwight's middle.

[Angela Kinsey]

Name is not Danger, it's Kurt.

[Jenna Fischer]

But fan question from Brianna. Was Dwight saying his middle name Danger scripted or improvised? It was scripted.

[Angela Kinsey]

We also learned in this episode, you guys, that Creed, as a teenager, was in an iron lung. He says he was in an iron lung, not that he had an iron. Like that. He was what? Like he's in an iron lung.

[Jenna Fischer]

That's what we are. Yeah. You went inside of a thing called an iron lung.

[Angela Kinsey]

I guess.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't know how it works.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't either.

[Jenna Fischer]

I did not deep dive on iron lungs.

[Angela Kinsey]

I loved it, though. I loved when Jim's like, how old are you? Or no, that was Michael. When Michael was like, how old are you? But anyway, we learned that Creed was in an iron lung as a teenager, which is hilarious.

[Jenna Fischer]

I love in this episode that Michael takes off his microphone.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. This is the first time we go radio silent, right?

[Jenna Fischer]

I think so.

[Angela Kinsey]

That we point out that we're actually miked. We sort of break that fourth wall in that way.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, I liked that. And then I love this scene. And this scene was not in the script. In our shooting draft of the script, they must have added this later. I mean, probably while we were shooting. But this scene where Jim calls Pam and Angela pops her head over to overhear if there's any news about Dwight, and Pam clocks it. And then Pam goes over to Oscar and tells Oscar, hey, Oscar, I thought you'd like to know Dwight's gonna be okay. And it zooms in on your face, and you're so relieved. And you can tell you're. You can tell you're in love.

[Angela Kinsey]

I'm in love. I was worried about my man. One of the things I did. And we all did this in different ways as characters. If something interesting was happening at reception, even if it wasn't in my script that my character clocked it, I would just pop up and look over the partition. And the first time one of the camera guys caught me doing it, the writers loved this, and that kind of became a thing. So, of course, if Pam is on the phone.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

About Dwight, I'm gonna pop my head over. But this one was scripted that my head's there, that I'm listening in. And I remember one of the things they told me is that they're gonna catch my head at the top. It's not a ton of time. Pam's gonna look back over, and then I need to, like, disappear. Right. Like, I. And so we were playing around with this. So in one take, when you look back over, I just dropped to my knees. Do you notice how quickly you really do. And that's the one I think they kept in, because I just. Just, like, drop like a rock. And they thought that was really funny.

[Jenna Fischer]

The very end of this, it's the final shot of Dwight in the CT scan machine, and Michael tries to put his foot in. That was not in the script. That was an improvisation by Mr. Steve Carell.

[Angela Kinsey]

Of course. Of course. So we learn in this episode that Dwight with a concussion is actually really a likable guy.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

But he also steps out of his lane a little with Pam. He becomes a friend. Jim didn't like that. And then he gets the jokes instead of Michael with the doctor, and Michael didn't like that. And, you know, I don't know. I thought. I thought he was so adorable in this episode.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, a lot of people pointed out that there are going to be some future episodes that follow the Pam and Dwight friendship. And spoiler alert. In the end, Dwight calls Pam one of his best friends or his best friend.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know.

[Jenna Fischer]

And it's really sweet. And I absolutely loved these. I love whenever Pam and Dwight have to team up. I think something about Pam that's true is that for as much as Dwight and or Michael annoy her, she really loves them. Like, she does. They're her crazy cousin or zany uncle or whatever, but she loves them.

[Angela Kinsey]

She does love them. I have to think that Angela does.

[Jenna Fischer]

Not If Angela doesn't like you, she doesn't like you.

[Angela Kinsey]

She doesn't like you. And I have to think that it was probably, like, a source of conflict for her and Dwight if Dwight was like, well, you know, Pam was kind of. I'm like, oh, Pam.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, I. I'm gonna say, I think the one person that Pam maybe didn't like was Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know.

[Jenna Fischer]

Like, I think she. You know, but she'll take that. If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all about Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. But I really don't think they liked each other.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't think they did, which is hilarious.

[Angela Kinsey]

If you have the DVDs and want to watch a really great deleted scene from this episode, my personal favorite is the scene where Jim and Michael, they are in the waiting room of the emergency room. Dwight is in the back. They're waiting in this lobby.

[Jenna Fischer]

I watched this.

[Angela Kinsey]

They're watching a telenovela, and it just made me laugh. They're just stuck in this hospital waiting room watching a telenovela. And I. I loved it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, guys, that's the injury.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's the injury.

[Jenna Fischer]

Angela did this podcast with an injury. That's how method she is. Do you think you subconsciously gave yourself an injury for the injury?

[Angela Kinsey]

No. No.

[Jenna Fischer]

Maybe.

[Angela Kinsey]

I think I can mind meld. I think I can't chew gum when I'm having a sassy rant. I was venting pop and gum. It's probably karma.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't know.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know.

[Jenna Fischer]

I think maybe you did it for the show.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, listen, thank you. Thank you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Excellent today.

[Angela Kinsey]

You're welcome, guys.

[Jenna Fischer]

Next week, we'll be back with the Secret, where we very much do propel the Jim Pam storyline forward. Can Michael keep the secret that Jim told him on the booze cruise?

[Angela Kinsey]

The Secret.

[Jenna Fischer]

The Secret. Secret.

[Angela Kinsey]

Secret. My side of my tongue is numb. Secret.

[Jenna Fischer]

Angela's tongue will be better next week.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's a good thing.

[Jenna Fischer]

See you then.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bye.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thank you for listening to Office Ladies Second drink.

[Angela Kinsey]

This episode was initially created in collaboration with Earwolf.

[Jenna Fischer]

Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

Our executive producer is Cassie Jurkins, and our audio engineer and associate producer is Daniela Silva.

[Jenna Fischer]

Odyssey's executive producers are Jenna Wise Berman and Leah Reese Dennis.

[Angela Kinsey]

Office Ladies is mixed and mastered by Chris Basel.

[Jenna Fischer]

Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.