S07E24 · EP 149
season 7 · 2011-05-05
The Inner Circle
written by ? · directed by Matt Sohn · 6.9M viewers · image The Office Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

15 scenes · 4 threads
awkward 25%absurd 13%social rule violation 9%tense 8%double standard 8%humiliation 7%lie 5%misunderstanding 5%pursuit 5%deadpan 3%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Inner Circle Politics
B · Sexism Accusations
C · Winning Dwight Over
D · Ryan's Supervisor Lie
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Every scene

15 scenes · our breakdown
1 ▸ 00:03
1 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Deangelo's first changes

Deangelo makes changes and questions who is a good worker versus a mind reader.

00:03–01:58lie · social_rule_violation
2 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Pam feels excluded

Pam feels Deangelo hates her and Jim denies an inner circle exists.

01:58–03:15social_rule_violation · misunderstanding
3 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Dwight rejects coffee

Deangelo tries to win over Dwight but fails.

03:15–05:41pursuit · humiliation
4 ▸ 05:41
4 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Ryan pretends to be supervisor

Ryan asks Kelly to pretend he is her supervisor to impress Deangelo.

05:41–05:46lie · scheme
5 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Deangelo vows to win Dwight

Deangelo confronts Dwight about not liking him and vows to win him over.

05:46–08:23pursuit · rivalry
6 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Deangelo's mimed juggling routine

Deangelo performs a motivational juggling routine without balls.

08:23–09:02humiliation
7 · Dunder Mifflin break room · act1Lunch debate about sexism

Pam mocks Deangelo's juggling and Angela accuses him of sexism.

09:02–09:59double_standard
8 · Deangelo's office · act1Jim confronts Deangelo about sexism

Jim awkwardly tells Deangelo about sexism concerns in front of the inner circle.

09:59–12:22social_rule_violation · double_standard
9 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Deangelo hires Jordan Garfield

Deangelo hires a beautiful woman as executive assistant to prove he is not sexist.

12:22–12:40double_standard · humiliation
10 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Jordan's lack of experience

Jordan admits she has no business experience, having worked at Anthropologie.

12:40–14:07misunderstanding · double_standard
11 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Jim replaced in inner circle

Jim is not invited to the inner circle meeting and Andy takes his place.

14:07–14:51betrayal · social_rule_violation
13 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Dwight insults Jordan to Jim

Dwight tells Jim he got kicked out of the inner circle and insults Jordan, calling her a whore.

15:05–15:21misunderstanding · humiliation
14 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Kelly confesses the lie

Kelly tells Deangelo that Ryan is not her supervisor but Deangelo doesn't believe her.

15:21–17:40confession · lie
15 · Dunder Mifflin office · act3Deangelo challenges to dunk

Pam asks Deangelo to be quiet and he claims he can do Michael Jordan's dunk.

17:40–20:06escalation · bet
17 · Warehouse · act3Deangelo's dunk accident

Deangelo attempts a dunk and tips the basketball hoop over onto himself.

20:21–20:27humiliation · violence
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Episode facts

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Aired
2011-05-05
Overall
#149
Writers
Director
Matt Sohn
Viewers
6.9M (US)
Pace
137 words/min · 112 questions

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In this episode

DV
Deangelo VickersWill Ferrell6 episodes · drives 22 scenes
DP
Darryl Philbin119 episodes · drives 61 scenes
TF
Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes
PB
Pam Beesly184 episodes · drives 289 scenes
JH
Jim Halpert184 episodes · drives 443 scenes
DS
Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
KM
Kevin Malone184 episodes · drives 56 scenes
RH
Ryan Howard166 episodes · drives 46 scenes