S02E14 · SCENE 10/20 · 09:09
The Carpet · Dunder Mifflin office
Michael suspects hate crime

Michael speculates the carpet incident was a hate crime.

09:09→09:41
in the episode · 0m 32s · S02E14

What happens

09:09–09:41

Michael tells the camera that what happened to his carpet was wrong and could be an act of hate. He speculates it might be terrorism against the office.

WhereDunder Mifflin office
DriverMichael
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadMichael's carpet crisis

Key lines

from this scene
09:13

‫Why would somebody ‫ruin a perfectly good carpet?

09:21

‫It could be done out of hate, ‫it could be done out of love, ‫it could be completely neutral.

09:33

‫because my office still reeks ‫like you would not believe.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.8
misunderstanding0.7
escalation0.3
tense0.2
monologue

Beats

09:02Michael calls the carpet incident a hate crime

Scene in the episode

09:09–09:41
A · Michael's carpet crisis
B · Jim's exile and romance
C · Sales contest and morale

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