S02E14 · SCENE 3/20 · 01:30
The Carpet · Michael's office
The smelly carpet discovery

Michael finds a foul substance on his office carpet and investigates.

01:30→03:40
in the episode · 2m 10s · S02E14
The smelly carpet discovery

What happens

01:30–03:40

Michael discovers a malodorous substance on his office carpet. He and others speculate what it is, with Michael initially thinking it's vomit. The cleaning lady tries to clean it but fails.

WhereMichael's office
DriverMichael
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMichael's carpet crisis

Key lines

from this scene
02:30

‫- Me? ‫- Check it out.

02:50

‫It smelled terrible.

03:08

‫Hi, guys. Somebody making soup?

03:34

‫So this is sort of like my audition tape.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
misunderstanding0.7
absurd0.6
chaotic0.4
escalation0.3

Beats

02:01Michael discovers the substance on his carpet

Scene in the episode

01:30–03:40
A · Michael's carpet crisis
B · Jim's exile and romance
C · Sales contest and morale

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Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
DS
Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
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Jim Halpert184 episodes · drives 443 scenes
PL
Phyllis Lapin17 episodes · drives 15 scenes
SH
Stanley Hudson184 episodes · drives 16 scenes

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