S05E24 · EP 96
season 5 · 2009-04-16
Heavy Competition
written by ? · directed by Ken Whittingham · 8.37M viewers · image The Office Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

16 scenes · 3 threads
awkward 20%rivalry 12%scheme 10%humiliation 8%tense 8%angry 7%negotiation 5%confession 5%triumphant 5%cheerful 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Michael vs Dwight rivalry
B · Jim pranks Andy
C · Michael chooses Pam
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Every scene

16 scenes · our breakdown
1 ▸ 00:00
1 · Dunder Mifflin office · cold_openKevin makes his famous chili

Kevin prepares his special chili with a secret family recipe.

00:00–01:00lie
2 · Conference room · act1Michael returns to Dunder Mifflin

Michael dramatically returns to the office and calls a meeting, but the staff resist his attempts to run it.

01:00–04:29rivalry · petty_grievance
3 · Office bullpen · act1Michael mocks Oscar's sandals

Michael criticizes Oscar's sandals and Toby intervenes, leading Michael to mock Toby. Toby then reveals he dropped out of seminary.

04:29–05:09confession
4 · Office bullpen · act1Michael uses urine-based invisible ink

Michael gives Pam a can of soda with invisible ink and reveals the ink is urine, instructing everyone to meet at the warehouse.

05:09–05:55scheme · humiliation
5 · Warehouse · act1Dwight rallies salesmen for secret meeting

Dwight calls Andy to gather all salesmen except Ryan and Pam for a secret meeting in the warehouse.

05:55–06:45rivalry · scheme
6 ▸ 06:45
6 · Warehouse · act1Jim suggests talking to Michael

Jim proposes a direct conversation with Michael to resolve tensions, but Dwight pretends to agree while secretly continuing to plot.

06:45–07:59scheme · misunderstanding
7 ▸ 07:59
7 · Michael's office · act1Michael learns of mutiny

Jim warns Michael about a mutiny forming in the warehouse. Michael decides to confront the salesmen.

07:59–09:14rivalry · escalation
9 · Office bullpen · act1Michael interrogates staff about lunch

Michael asks the staff where they ate lunch and mocks their food choices.

09:34–10:00humiliation · social_rule_violation
10 · Annex · act1Toby hides with Creed

Toby hides in the annex with Creed, playing chess to avoid the office chaos.

10:00–11:29avoidance
11 ▸ 11:29
11 · Office bullpen · act1Dwight loses a client for Ryan

Dwight aggressively takes over a phone call from Ryan and screams at the client, causing him to hang up. Michael blames Ryan for losing the account.

11:29–12:25rivalry · humiliation
12 ▸ 12:25
12 · Office bullpen · act1Salesmen threaten to quit

Dwight and the salesmen demand their clients back or they will quit. Michael refuses.

12:25–13:20rivalry · negotiation
13 ▸ 13:20
13 · Office bullpen · act1Michael admits he is wrong

Michael realizes he is in the wrong and asks Dwight to arrange a secret meeting with the sales staff without Ryan and Pam knowing.

13:20–14:14confession · scheme
14 · Office bullpen · act1Michael apologizes and returns clients

Michael apologizes to the salesmen and agrees to return their clients.

14:14–15:12negotiation · humiliation
16 · Michael's office · act2Jim recommends Pam for sales job

Jim tells Michael that Pam would be good at the sales job and asks him to consider her.

15:17–17:34negotiation · misunderstanding
17 ▸ 17:34
17 · Michael's office · act2Michael gives Pam the sales job

Michael discusses the pros and cons of Pam vs. Ryan with Pam, then reveals she got the sales job.

17:34–19:10scheme · humiliation
19 ▸ 20:16
19 · Michael's office · act2Michael pranks Erin with fake firing

Michael pretends to fire Erin as a joke, then reveals it is a prank.

20:16–21:01scheme · humiliation
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Episode facts

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Aired
2009-04-16
Overall
#96
Writers
Director
Ken Whittingham
Viewers
8.37M (US)
Pace
158 words/min · 94 questions

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In this episode

KM
Kevin Malone184 episodes · drives 56 scenes
MS
Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
DS
Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
PB
Pam Beesly184 episodes · drives 289 scenes
RH
Ryan Howard166 episodes · drives 46 scenes
OM
Oscar Martinez173 episodes · drives 47 scenes
SH
Stanley Hudson184 episodes · drives 16 scenes
PL
Phyllis Lapin17 episodes · drives 15 scenes