S03E10 · EP
season 3 · 2006-12-14
A Benihana Christmas (1)
written by ? · directed by Harold Ramis · 8.44M viewers · image The Office Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

16 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 17%scheme 11%rivalry 9%awkward 8%chaotic 8%humiliation 7%obsession 5%sad 5%tense 4%misunderstanding 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Michael's breakup spiral
B · Party committee war
C · Jim's new start
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Every scene

16 scenes · our breakdown
1 ▸ 00:34
1 · Dunder Mifflin office · cold_openDwight brings dead goose

Dwight brings a dead goose to the office for Christmas lunch, causing a disturbance.

00:34–02:39
2 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Michael gets corporate gift

Michael receives a gift bag from corporate, mistakenly thinking Pam gave it.

02:39–03:35
4 ▸ 05:10
4 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Carol breaks up with Michael

Carol confronts Michael about his Photoshopped Christmas card and ends their relationship.

05:10–06:52
5 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Jim rejects Pam's gift

Pam reveals she sent Dwight fake CIA letters and offers Jim control of the prank, but he declines to start fresh.

06:52–08:15
6 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Michael cancels Christmas

Michael announces his breakup with Carol and cancels Christmas, but the office protests.

08:15–08:29
7 · Office · act1Bathrobe shortage solved

Dwight reports a missing bathrobe and Michael tells him to take Toby's.

08:29–10:25misunderstanding
9 · Conference room · act1Angela shuts down Karen's ideas

Angela dismisses all of Karen's party suggestions and tells her to leave.

10:32–11:40petty_grievance · humiliation
10 ▸ 11:40
10 · Michael's office · act1Andy helps Michael purge Carol

Andy helps Michael throw away items that remind him of Carol.

11:40–12:30obsession
11 ▸ 12:30
11 · Office · act1Pam apologizes to Karen

Pam apologizes to Karen for being cold and they bond over Angela.

12:30–13:46confession
12 ▸ 13:46
12 · Office · act1Pam and Karen start rival committee

Pam and Karen create their own party committee and announce a margarita karaoke party.

13:46–15:06rivalry · scheme
13 · Office · act1Jim validates Pam and Karen's committee

Jim creates a committee to determine validity and declares Pam and Karen's committee valid.

15:06–16:02scheme · rivalry
14 · Office · act1Andy takes Michael to Benihana

Andy takes Michael to lunch at Benihana to cheer him up.

16:02–17:17avoidance
15 ▸ 17:17
15 · Office · act1Michael's bros before hoes speech

Michael gives a speech about bros before hoes while Andy wraps presents.

17:17–18:01obsession
16 ▸ 18:01
16 · Benihana · act2Michael hits on waitress at Benihana

Michael tries to ask out a waitress at Benihana but is rejected.

18:01–20:00humiliation · misunderstanding
17 · Benihana · act2Jim pranks Dwight at restaurant

Jim tricks Dwight into telling the waitress how to butcher a goose.

20:00–20:04scheme · humiliation
18 · Office · act2Parties start simultaneously

Pam and Karen start their party in the break room while Angela starts hers in the conference room.

20:04–20:39rivalry · scheme
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Episode facts

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Aired
2006-12-14
Writers
Director
Harold Ramis
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8.44M (US)
Pace
130 words/min · 72 questions

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In this episode

DS
Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
TF
Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes
JH
Jim Halpert184 episodes · drives 443 scenes
PB
Pam Beesly184 episodes · drives 289 scenes
MS
Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
CS
Carol StillsNancy Carell13 episodes · drives 2 scenes
SH
Stanley Hudson184 episodes · drives 16 scenes
PL
Phyllis Lapin17 episodes · drives 15 scenes