Office: Exclamation Point Edit · The Sniffing Accountant

S05E04 · SCENE 13/17 · 16:13

The Sniffing Accountant · Pendant Publishing

Office: Exclamation Point Edit

Mr. Lippman orders Elaine to remove excessive exclamation points from Jake's book.

16:13→18:16

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What happens

16:13–18:16

Mr. Lippman reviews Elaine's edit of Jake Jarmel's book and finds an inordinate number of exclamation points added by Elaine. He forces her to remove them, citing his hatred for the punctuation mark, mirroring Jake's stance.

WherePendant Publishing

DriverMr. Lippman

Positionact2 · callback

ThreadExclamation Point Breakup

Key lines

from this scene

16:34
Get out. I'm terribly sorry, Ms. De Granmont.

17:22
"I pulled the lever on the machine, but the Clark bar didn't come out!"

17:49
Exclamation point. Right.

18:09
Yeah, thanks. All right. Be my pleasure.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

petty grievance0.7

awkward0.6

social rule violation0.5

double standard0.4

deadpan0.4

rapid back and forth

Beats

17:06Elaine defends exclamation points

17:37Lippman orders removal

Scene in the episode

16:13–18:16

A · Accountant Drug Scare

1 2 5 6 9 10 11 14 17 18 20

B · Bra Salesman Interview

3 4 12

C · Exclamation Point Breakup

7 8 13

D · Mohair Sweater Allergy

callback → scene 8

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