S02E19 · SCENE 1/19 · 00:00
Michael's Birthday · Dunder Mifflin office
Michael pitches pyramid scheme

Michael tries to recruit employees into a calling card investment scheme.

00:00→01:58
in the episode · 1m 58s · S02E19
Michael pitches pyramid scheme

What happens

00:00–01:58

Michael pitches a multi-level marketing scheme for calling cards to the office, but Ryan and Toby are skeptical. Michael defends the plan and insists it is not a pyramid scheme.

WhereDunder Mifflin office
DriverMichael
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadMichael's birthday celebration

Key lines

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00:47

‫All right, let me explain again.

01:04

‫It's not even a scheme, ‫per say, it's...

01:16

‫I have to go make a call.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.8
absurd0.7
awkward0.3
lie0.2
monologueargument

Beats

00:00Michael pitches calling card scheme
00:52Michael explains the pyramid structure

Scene in the episode

00:00–01:58
A · Michael's birthday celebration
B · Kevin's cancer scare
C · Jim and Pam's shopping trip
D · Dwight and Angela's secret

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Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
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Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes
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Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes

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