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*After Michael recreates the scene of his quitting, Stanley, Angela, Kevin, and Meredith feel as though they would've said more. They all then say something that would be said towards Michael in this scenario, but Michael doesn't get this, and says "You guys have thought about this more than I have."
 
*After Michael recreates the scene of his quitting, Stanley, Angela, Kevin, and Meredith feel as though they would've said more. They all then say something that would be said towards Michael in this scenario, but Michael doesn't get this, and says "You guys have thought about this more than I have."
 
*This is the last episode where Pam is the receptionist.
 
*This is the last episode where Pam is the receptionist.
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*Dwight tells Charles that he hasn't seen the client list that Michael was supposed to be working on, but Michael crumpled it up in front of everyone.
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*In the closing scene, Kelly and Angela are sitting in the front row, due to their admiration of Charles.
   
 
==Connections to previous episodes==
 
==Connections to previous episodes==

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"Two Weeks" is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the show's 93rd episode overall. It was written by Aaron Shure and directed by Paul Lieberstein. The episode aired in the United States on March 26, 2009, on NBC at 9:00 p.m. EST. It was viewed by 8.45 million people.

Synopsis

Having submitted his two weeks notice to Dunder Mifflin, Michael begins goofing off and drinking around the office, while new company vice president Charles Miner plans to hire the new regional manager from the outside, for "obvious reasons." The employees suggest that Michael start looking for another job. Michael is unworried at first, until he learns how poorly the economy is performing. He first tries Prince Paper, but they had been run out of business by Dunder Mifflin. After finding no available work, Michael decides to start his own paper company and unsuccessfully tries to convince others around the office to join him. When Charles catches Michael labeling Dunder Mifflin customer lists with his new company's name, he orders security guard Hank to escort Michael from the building. Michael drives out of the parking lot, but is later spotted sneaking back into the building.

Meanwhile, the office has received a new copy machine, but it is not assembled, so Pam spends the day putting it together as the rest of the employees hassle and tease her. Meanwhile, Angela and Kelly continue to flirt with Charles, who claims to be aware of the effect he has on women.

Michael sneaks back into the office, crawling on the floor below the desks so Charles, who is sitting in the conference room, will not notice him. Michael grabs his customer list and makes a final desperate offer for the other employees to join him. Charles notices Michael and physically threatens him, prompting Michael to leave without the customer list. After Charles angrily closes the conference room door, Pam follows Michael out of the building, announcing that she's leaving with him. However, she tells Michael she wants to be a salesperson at his new company, not a receptionist. Michael agrees, and the two leave together, feeling both exhilarated and apprehensive.

At the end of the episode, Charles, who still knows very little about the employees at the Scranton branch, decides to make Kevin the temporary receptionist and make Stanley the office's "Productivity Czar," much to the surprise of both men.

Trivia

  • When Michael is asking the office to leave with him, Pam can hear him from across the room, but Charles doesn't hear anything from the other side of the wall.
  • B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard) is credited but does not appear in this episode.
  • After Michael recreates the scene of his quitting, Stanley, Angela, Kevin, and Meredith feel as though they would've said more. They all then say something that would be said towards Michael in this scenario, but Michael doesn't get this, and says "You guys have thought about this more than I have."
  • This is the last episode where Pam is the receptionist.
  • Dwight tells Charles that he hasn't seen the client list that Michael was supposed to be working on, but Michael crumpled it up in front of everyone.
  • In the closing scene, Kelly and Angela are sitting in the front row, due to their admiration of Charles.

Connections to previous episodes

  • Michael drinks "Scotch and Splenda", a drink he accidentally invented in Cocktails.
  • The new copy machine is probably a replacement for the one damaged in Stress Relief. In “The Surplus”, the office chose to get new chairs instead of a new copier.
  • Michael had hoped to join Prince Paper, a company he regretted destroying in Prince Family Paper.

Cultural references

  • Kelly says that she and her sisters are very close, like the Kardashians. Keeping Up With The Kardashians is a reality television series about the ex-wife and children of late attorney Robert Kardashian. The show is popular among women ages 18 to 34. Kardashians are also famous for dating almost exclusively African-American men, mirroring Kelly's wish to date Charles.
  • The scene when Pam and Michael walk out of the office parking lot after quitting from Dunder Mifflin is comparable to the final scene from the 1967 film The Graduate. In the film, Ben and Elaine run from Elaine’s wedding onto a bus. Ben and Elaine both initially have exhilarated facial expressions which soon fade to apprehension as they sit silently on the bus. Pam and Michael’s expressions mirrored those of Ben and Elaine.

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting Cast