S03E05 · SCENE 1/19 · 00:02
Initiation · Dunder Mifflin Scranton office
Cold open riddles

Michael stumps the office with brain teasers before Jan arrives.

00:02→01:09
in the episode · 1m 07s · S03E05
Cold open riddles

What happens

00:02–01:09

Michael poses a series of riddles to the office, including coin and hospital puzzles, which the staff answers correctly, frustrating him.

WhereDunder Mifflin Scranton office
DriverMichael
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadDwight's sales training

Key lines

from this scene
00:09

‫A dime and a nickel.

00:27

‫A man is found hanging ‫from the ceiling ‫He stepped on a block of ice, ‫hung himself and the ice melted.

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Scene DNA

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awkward0.5
deadpan0.5
lie0.3
social rule violation0.2
rapid back and forth

Beats

00:03Michael starts with a coin riddle.
00:29Staff solves the polar bear riddle.

Scene in the episode

00:02–01:09
A · Michael's productivity log
B · Dwight's sales training
C · Jim and Karen's chair war
D · Pretzel day chaos

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