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"The Carpet (The Office)"

"The Carpet" is the 14th episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Paul Lieberstein and directed by Victor Nelli, Jr.. It first aired on January 26, 2006 on NBC.

In this episode, a disgusting "thing" (implied to be human feces) is left in Michael's office, and Michael tries to discover who did it. While his carpet is being replaced, he uses Jim's desk, forcing Jim to move away from Pam into the annex.

Synopsis

When someone leaves a disgusting substance (heavily implied but never clearly shown to be human feces) on the carpet in Michael's office, he spends the day at Jim's desk, relegating Jim to the back room to suffer Kelly's constant chattering. She asks Jim to hook her up with Ryan. Jim continues to yearn for Pam, but her groom-to-be, Roy, is in the office replacing the carpet along with Darryl, and Jim is unable to speak with her.

As the day wears on, Michael becomes convinced that what happened to his office is a hate crime and an act of terrorism. Believing it to have been perpetrated by someone in the office, he begins to lose his faith in his employees, who he considers his "friends" (this suspicion is only fuelled by Oscar and Creed, laughing at the fact that each person thought the other committed the act) and says that he once would have donated an organ to save any of his office friends' lives but would now "let them get a monkey kidney". But his mood changes drastically when he finds out the prank was carried out by his "Best Friend Forever," Todd Packer. Michael instantly finds the joke hilarious, and his faith in his friends is restored.

At the end of the day, Jim is cheered up when he finds that all seven of his voicemail messages were left by Pam throughout the day.

Production

Aspects of this episode's plot are taken from "Work Experience", an episode of the original UK series.

The Season Two DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode. Notable cut scenes include Jim eating his lunch in his car, Roy and Darryl having fun in Michael's office, Michael stealing a client from Dwight, and Jim asking Toby how he handled Kelly's loquaciousness.

Reception

After the episode aired, it was made available on the iTunes online digital store, where, for a time, it was the second most-downloaded episode of a television show.[1]

References

  1. ^ Collins, Scott (2 February 2006). "Office party - Carell show gathers steam for NBC in 2nd season". The Journal Gazette. pp. 3D. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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