The Negotiation
Synopsis
Synopsis
Roy tries to attack Jim for kissing Pam, but is subdued by Dwight with pepper spray. Roy is fired, and Jim, feeling guilty about all of the pranks over the years, tries to show his appreciation to Dwight for saving him, but each gesture is coolly rejected.
Meanwhile, Darryl asks Michael for a 10% raise, due to the extra workload from Roy's absence. When he discovers that the raise would make him higher-paid than Michael, Darryl goads Michael into going to Corporate to negotiate his own raise. Jan initially tries to keep their romantic relationship out of the negotiations, but ultimately gives Michael the maximum 12% raise that was authorized, despite his continued inability to properly negotiate. Kevin asks Karen how she feels about Jim being attacked over someone else, and she responds coolly.
Pam apologizes to Jim that Roy attacked him, but her assurance that her relationship with Roy is over for good is met with polite skepticism. Roy picks up his last paycheck, apologizing to Jim about the whole violent incident and asks Pam to join him for coffee. Their meeting at a local diner is awkward and ends with their relationship (and even friendship) appearing to be over. Roy does not understand his long-time fiance, especially her choice to not pursue Jim.
Angela interviews people from the office to repeatedly hear the tale of Dwight's heroics. Believing themselves to be alone at the end of the day, the two kiss passionately. Jim sees them, and decides that keeping their relationship secret will be his gift to Dwight to make things "even."
Andy returns from anger management, and Dwight, unprovoked, subdues him with pepper spray. Toby confiscates the rest of Dwight's arsenal.
Alternate versions
NBC re-aired the episode on August 16, 2007 in its normal 30-minute time slot. The following scenes were cut or shortened from the original "super-sized" version:
Cut: Jim telling the camera about the display case gift.
Cut: Jim's conversation with Karen in the kitchen.
Cut: Creed's bizarre description of the attack.
Shortened: Several scenes regarding Michael's negotiation with Darryl.
Shortened: The ride to New York City is cut after Michael imitates Chris Tucker.
Shortened: The final scene ends after Dwight sprays Andy.
Notes
Dwight makes references to Superman and Han Solo in this episode.
This appears to be the first episode in which John Krasinski wears a hairpiece after cutting his hair for the film Leatherheads.
The episode contains a flouting of the show's usual format, whereby characters are meant to be aware that the cameras are there, filming a documentary. Jan conspires with Michael to get him a larger raise although the characters are supposedly aware that the cameras are there.
In "Boys and Girls", Darryl says to Michael, "we get compensated very differently." In "E-mail Surveillance", Michael states, "There are certain things a boss does not share with his employees. His salary, that would depress them." However, in this episode, Darryl was amazed to learn that Michael earns little more than he does.
Ryan's middle name is revealed to be "Bailey".
Michael makes reference to "win/win/win negotiation", which is first seen in the episode "Conflict Resolution".
At the restaurant, Roy calls Pam "Pammy". In a talking head in "Cocktails", Pam says not to call her "Pammy".
The Dwight-Angela hook up scene at the end had numerous takes. One version had Rainn Wilson pick Angela Kinsey up and throw her on the desk, but it wasn't used.
This is the first episode in which Ed Helms, who portrays Andy Bernard, is credited as a series regular.
This episode features the final appearance of Roy as a series regular. He did not appear in any of the following episodes until the fifth season episode, "Crime Aid", where he appears as a guest star.
Following the episode, viewers edited the Wikipedia article mentioned by Michael to include his fictional negotiation techniques.
References
^ Nguyen, Hanh (2007-03-04). "Paley's Inter-'Office' Love". Zap2it. http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2007/03/paleys_interoff.html. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
^ "NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, APR 1 2007 - SATURDAY, APR 7 2007". NBC. 2007-03-16. http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20070316000000-nbcprimetimeschedu.html. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Jesdanun, Anick (2007-04-12). "'Office' fans, inspired by Michael Scott, flock to edit Wikipedia". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-04-12-office-wikipedia_N.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
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