S04E05 · SCENE 6/15 · 07:58
Launch Party (1) · Dunder Mifflin office
Dismissing ad team

Michael fires the ad team and bets David Wallace he can make a better commercial in-house.

07:58→09:06
in the episode · 1m 08s · S04E05

What happens

07:58–09:06

Michael sends the ad people away and convinces David Wallace to let him produce the ad internally, staking his reputation on it.

WhereDunder Mifflin office
DriverMichael
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadCommercial production

Key lines

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08:06

How about never-hundred hours, sir?

08:46

and we'll do it on my dime.

09:01

And thus Michael Scott sealed his own destiny.

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Beats

08:04Michael dismisses ad team

Scene in the episode

07:58–09:06
A · Commercial production
B · Dwight vs website
C · Michael's party plans
D · Andy pursues Angela

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Ryan Howard166 episodes · drives 46 scenes

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