S09E13 · EP 189
season 9 · 2013-01-31
Junior Salesman
written by ? · directed by David Rogers · 4.45M viewers · image The Office Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

17 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 22%tense 13%awkward 12%scheme 12%social rule violation 6%humiliation 6%obsession 3%angry 3%rivalry 3%negotiation 3%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Dwight's hiring fiasco
B · Jim's Athlead call
C · Pam and Brian hint
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Every scene

17 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Dunder Mifflin office · cold_openPam talks to Brian

Pam apologizes to Brian for getting him in trouble, and Meredith flirts with him.

00:03–01:18social_rule_violation · avoidance
2 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Dwight plans to hire friends

Dwight tells Pam and Jim he's bringing in bizarre friends to replace Jim.

01:18–03:02scheme · rivalry
4 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Dwight introduces Rolf

Dwight praises his best friend Rolf as a great candidate.

04:19–04:29scheme · obsession
5 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Jim plans Athlead call

Jim tells Isaac he will ask David Wallace to invest in Athlead.

04:29–04:39deal · negotiation
7 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Rolf and Trevor interviews

Dwight interviews Rolf and Trevor, who give bizarre answers.

05:04–05:58interrogation
8 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Clark preps with Jim

Clark asks Jim for help preparing for his interview.

05:58–06:43social_rule_violation · humiliation
9 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Clark aces interview

Clark gives perfect answers and claims the job, but Dwight refuses.

06:43–07:53rivalry · humiliation
11 ▸ 08:01
11 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Mose and others interview

Dwight interviews his cousin Mose and other bizarre relatives.

08:01–09:13scheme
12 ▸ 09:13
12 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1More bizarre candidates

Dwight's candidates reveal strange backgrounds and connections to Dwight.

09:13–11:15secret_exposed
13 · Dunder Mifflin office · act1Pam and Jim argue about Dwight

Pam and Jim argue over who is to blame for Dwight's hiring choices.

11:15–11:29
14 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Jim calls David Wallace

Jim calls Wallace about hiring and Athlead, but gets shut down.

11:29–13:02negotiation · humiliation
16 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Jim and Dwight argue about friends

Jim tells Dwight his friends are freaks, and Dwight defends them.

13:22–13:32
17 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Trevor and Troy interviews

Dwight interviews more candidates, including a Japanese salesman.

13:32–13:39humiliation
18 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Dwight agonizes over decision

Dwight can't decide which friend to hire and worries they'll hate him.

13:39–16:39obsession · social_rule_violation
19 · Dunder Mifflin office · act2Dwight asks Jim for help

Dwight asks Jim to take over the hiring decision.

16:39–16:59scheme · confession
20 · Dunder Mifflin office · act3Jim rejects all candidates

Jim tells Dwight's friends none of them got the job, causing outrage.

16:59–19:14betrayal · humiliation
24 · Dunder Mifflin office · tagPam and Dwight haze Clark

Pam suggests hazing Clark, but Dwight goes too far with shrink wrap.

21:04–21:23scheme · humiliation
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Episode facts

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Aired
2013-01-31
Overall
#189
Writers
Director
David Rogers
Viewers
4.45M (US)
Pace
152 words/min · 84 questions

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In this episode

PB
Pam Beesly184 episodes · drives 289 scenes
EH
Erin Hannon98 episodes · drives 66 scenes
DS
Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
JH
Jim Halpert184 episodes · drives 443 scenes
RA
Rolf AhlJames Urbaniak3 episodes · drives 1 scenes
CG
Clark GreenClark Duke19 episodes · drives 5 scenes
MS
Mose Schrute15 episodes
DW
David Wallace45 episodes · drives 10 scenes