S03E01 · SCENE 4/16 · 02:06
Gay Witch Hunt · Dunder Mifflin Scranton office
Michael calls Oscar slur

Michael uses a homophobic slur for Oscar and apologizes awkwardly.

02:06→04:06
in the episode · 2m 00s · S03E01

What happens

02:06–04:06

Michael calls Oscar a homophobic slur for liking Shakespeare in Love over Die Hard. Toby tells Michael the word is offensive because Oscar is gay. Michael apologizes to Oscar at the copy machine and invites him for a beer. Michael then says he would never have called him that if he knew, and compares it to not calling retarded people retards.

WhereDunder Mifflin Scranton office
DriverMichael Scott
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadOscar's coming out

Key lines

from this scene
02:37

‫Okay. I am telling you ‫Oscar is an ‫actual homosexual.

03:03

‫And I consider Oscar a friend.

03:35

‫Maybe we can go out for a beer ‫sometime, and you could tell me...

03:40

‫how you do that ‫to another dude.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
social rule violation1.0
misunderstanding1.0
humiliation1.0
awkward1.0
humiliating1.0
argumentrapid back and forth

Beats

02:07Michael calls Oscar faggy for liking Shakespeare in Love.
03:35Michael invites Oscar for a beer to learn about gay sex.

Scene in the episode

02:06–04:06
A · Oscar's coming out
B · Jim's Stamford transfer
C · Pam and Roy aftermath

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Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
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Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes
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Oscar Martinez173 episodes · drives 47 scenes

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