Alright, everyone…I’m back with my 3rd script for “The Office”. I think this one ended up being the best one yet, but we’ll see what you guy’s think…
Here’s a brief run-down, in case you don’t know this stuff about my scripts already: Really doesn’t have a timeframe, but would probably be in the middle part/ or later part of the season…New employees are not included, because we still don’t know anything about them…As far as my script goes, Pam and Roy did get married in the summer…Roy knows nothing about the kiss…and Pam and Jim are dealing with the situation the way two normal people would deal with the situation…awkwardly…I may go different places a couple times or so with the characters…change things up a bit…
Usually, mine are more storied based, but this one is more humored base…That is if you find what I wrote funny, lol…
I’ll admit, feelin’ a little more pressure since I kinda promoted it a little…but, I’m cool, lol…
There is gonna be a lot of Dwight in this episode, a whole lot, tons, lots and lots, lol…so be prepared...
With that said…Let the fun begin…
Part 1
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INT. THE OFFICE
(It is just the beginning of the day, everyone is just getting started on the day’s work. Pam is working at her desk…)
(Pam’s phone rings…)
Pam (on phone): Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam…
Michael (on phone): Pam…(pauses)…I’m not coming into work today…
Pam: Why not? (Jim and others start to listen to Pam.)
Michael: Because…(sounding like he is about to cry)…I’m under a lot of emotional stress right now…
Pam: Hold on Michael…(motions to Jim to come over...Jim goes over to her desk…The other employees stay in their desks, a few stand…Pam puts Michael on speakerphone)…What’s wrong Michael?
Michael (on speakerphone): …(trying to hold in from crying)…My girlfriend broke up with me…Carole…it’s…(starts to break)…so…so I’m not coming in today…
Pam: Michael, I think you could still come in, I mean…
Michael: No, just…I can’t…
Jim (to Michael): It’s going to be hard to function without a manager though…(Pam and Jim smile.)
Michael: ….Ok…yeah, I know…Dwight’s in charge today, so…I have to go…(Michael hangs up.)
(Jim and Pam stare at each other in disbelief…the camera pans over to Dwight…who sits back in his chair with his hands behind his head, smiling and nodding…)
OPENING CREDITS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBAC-jD5vko - (There is a link to a video of the actual opening credits of “The Office”, if that would add any to the authenticity for you…Just make sure you come back here, lol…)
(Everyone is at their desks…except for Dwight, who has now turned Michael’s office into his own office for the day…)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF DWIGHT (IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE)
Dwight: (adjusts his bobbleheads, that he moved to Michael’s desk…he smiles…) What kind of boss am I? I’m a fair boss…but, I’m also a boss who makes sure the employees do their jobs and do them properly. I think Michael let’s them get off too easily…he jokes with them too much. (smirks) (in a higher pitched voice…) “Knock – Knock”…(in his normal voice, answering himself…)…Who’s There?…”It’s opportunity Mr. Halpert!”…Oh, I’m sorry, I’d rather waste my time all day thinking of ways to humiliate Dwight…”Oh, well then here’s your pink slip, you’re fired.”….(Dwight stares into the camera and nods.)
CUT TO THE OFFICE
(Everyone is working…Dwight steps out of his office, adjusts his belt, and walk’s up to Pam’s desk…)
Dwight: Hello, Pam.
Pam: Umm…Hey, Dwight…
Dwight: Are there any important memos you need to give me, or any important events I need to be notified of?
Pam: No…If there are any memos though, I’ll put them on Michael’s desk for you…
Dwight: My desk…
Pam: No, it’s Michael’s desk…It’s his office…
Dwight: Not today…
Pam: Yeah, it’s still…
Dwight (interrupts): Anyway, Pam… I want you to do something for me…I want you to run to McDonald’s and pick me up a #4 w/ a Hi-C Orange Drink, make sure…
Pam: I don’t run errands Dwight…I don’t get Michael food or…
(Dwight looks at Pam, shakes his head, then walks over to the Accounting group.)
Dwight (to Oscar): (sits halfway on the end of his desk)…So Oscar, how do you like a man in power?…(smiles)…
Oscar: Umm…uh…(stammers)…Uh, you’re…umm…you’re doing a really good job Dwight…(gives a fake half-smile)…
Dwight: Thank you, Oscar…(pats him on shoulder)…you’re a good worker…(walks over to Kevin’s desk)…Kevin! So what are we up to?…
Kevin: I just got done seeing how many M&M’s I could fit into my mouth at once…32…
(Dwight stares at Kevin.)
Kevin: …And I was finishing up some papers on last month’s financial report…
Dwight: Good, that’s good…(starts to walk over to Angela…) Angela, how are we…
(Angela gives Dwight a stern look, he stops and decides to not approach her.)
Dwight: …Alright…(starts to walk over to Ryan’s desk…Kevin gives Angela a weird look…)…
Dwight (to Ryan at Ryan’s desk): Ryan…I want you to do something for me…
Ryan: I don’t think I can…
Dwight: You have to. I’m the boss.
Ryan: No, you are not…
Dwight: Yes, for today I am the…
Ryan: Temporary…
Dwight: I’m still…
Ryan: Doesn’t mean I have to…
Dwight: Yes, yes it does…So…I want you to go to McDonald’s, and get me a #4, with a Hi-C Orange, and make sure they add extra onions, no mustard…
(Ryan starts to say something, but doesn’t…He takes his keys out of his pocket, and gets up to leave.)
(Dwight walks past his desk, looking over the shoulder of Phyllis, and looking at Stanley’s desk to make sure they are doing their work.)
(Dwight stops at Jim’s desk, Jim looks up, then Dwight walks back into Michael’s Office.)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF JIM
Jim: Wow, I never thought this day would come…but, man…he has really taken advantage of a really small amount of power…like earlier with the vending machines…
(CUT TO DWIGHT AT THE VENDING MACHINES (w/ Jim’s Voiceover))
Jim: …saying we couldn’t get any food…(showing Dwight not allowing Kevin to get a snack out of the machine)…unless we got our work done…(Toby and Meredith are trying to get something, but Dwight is holding his arms out blocking the machine)…or unless we made a sale…
CUT BACK TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF JIM
Jim: …(shakes his head and gives a half – smile)…really sad…
(Dwight steps at the meeting room door, where Jim was being interviewed.)
Dwight: Jim…may I see you in my office?
Jim: That is not your office.
Dwight: I’m the boss, so it’s…
Jim: You’re the temporary boss, so it’s your temporary office…
Dwight: Just…(Dwight heads back to Michael’s office…)
(Jim gets up and gives a “Here we go…” look to the camera, then heads for Michael’s office.)
(As Jim is going to Michael’s office to meet Dwight, Pam gets a somewhat worried look on her face.)
CUT TO DWIGHT AND JIM IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
Dwight: (has hands folded on desk)…Do you know why I called you in here Jim?…
Jim: Yes.
Dwight: (smirks) Oh, really?…
Jim: Yep…you want to fire me.
Dwight: No. Actually, the opposite Jim.
Jim: You want to hire me?…Cause I already work here…
Dwight (interrupts): No, Jim…Stop…it’s something better…
(Jim stares at Dwight with a half confused/ half worried look on his face.)
Dwight: I want to make you an offer…(smiles)…An offer you can’t refuse…
(Jim stares blankly at Dwight.)
[COMMERCIAL BREAK] (You know you love them.)
CUT TO DWIGHT AND JIM IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
(Dwight and Jim are staring at each other.)
Dwight: Jim, I will admit, we have our differences…but, you do bring in a lot of sales...so I have something I want to offer you…
Jim: No thank you.
Dwight: You…You can’t say no…I haven’t offered you anything…
Jim: Don’t want it…
Dwight: Jim…(starts to get angered)…Jim, just…(calms down)…Jim, I want to offer you a promotion…of Assistant to the Assistant Regional Manager…(smiles)…
Jim: …I’m gonna stick with no…
Dwight: No…Jim…(puts his head in his hands)…you can’t…
Jim (interrupts): No, I really don’t…
Dwight (interrupts back): No, Jim...Jim…you can’t refuse, the offer you can’t refuse…that’s why…
Jim (interrupts): Yes, I can…
Dwight: No…You…(folds his arms, leans back in his chair, and shakes his head)…
Jim: Can I leave now?
Dwight: Yes.
(Jim gets up and leaves Dwight office, heads back to his desk.)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF PAM
Pam: Michael should’ve never put Dwight in charge…I don’t really think he thought it through before he said it…
CUT TO JIM AND PAM AT PAM’S DESK
(Jim is leaning over Pam’s desk, talking to her.)
Pam: I think we need to do something…about Dwight, you know…cause he’s like taking this a little too seriously…
Jim: Dwight, take it too far?…Nah…(Pam gives a small laugh.)
Pam: Maybe we should hide his bobbleheads…
Jim: Too easy…
Pam: What about taking some of his supplies…
Jim: Done before…several times…
Pam: Maybe I could get Roy to rough him up…(laughs)…
Jim: Pam, do you remember seeing Dwight at the dojo...I don’t even want to think of what Dwight could do to someone trying to cause him harm…(smiles)…
Pam: (laughs)…So...what are we gonna do?
Jim: I don’t know…(Pam and Jim both turn around to look through the window and shades, at Dwight in Michael’s Office, eating a cheeseburger…)
Part 2
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CUT TO DWIGHT IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
(Dwight is on the phone, using speakerphone…)
Dwight (on phone): Hello?…Michael?
Michael (on phone): Who is this? Is that Dwight?
Dwight: Yes, Michael. How are you, Michael?
Michael: I’m…I’m sad…
Dwight: Understandable. Question.
Michael: What’s that?
Dwight: May I fire someone?
Michael: No, you can’t fire anyone…
Dwight: Please, Michael…Let me fire Jim…
Michael: No…No way…You can’t fire Jim…
Dwight: Stanley? Kevin…
Michael: No and no…You can’t fire…
Dwight (interrupts): Toby?
Michael: (pauses) …No…Well…No. No, you can’t fire Toby. Listen, I’ll be in later today, Dwight…so, just don’t do anything like that…
Dwight: Hold on, Michael…(clicks to other phone line)…Dunder Mifflin…
Pam (on phone): Dwight, Jan is here for a meeting.
Dwight: Thank You, Pam. (switches back to other line) Michael, I have to go. (hangs up)
(Dwight walks out to the receptionist desk to greet Jan.)
Dwight: (shakes her hand) Hello, Jan.
Jan: Hello…umm, where’s Michael?
Dwight: He’s not here today. I am fully prepared for this meeting though, so come into my office and we can talk.
(Dwight and Jan walk into Michael’s Office.)
CUT TO DWIGHT AND JAN IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
Jan: Well, Dwight, I don’t know how you could be prepared for this meeting…I mean…
Dwight: I make copies for myself of every memo Michael gets. I then research the topic and prepare myself with any necessary information. Then if situations like this arise, I am fully prepared to carry on any task, that Michael would’ve had to do.
Jan: …Oh…Um…
Dwight (interrupts): I arm myself with knowledge…
Jan: Ok…
Dwight (interrupts): Ready to go into battle against…those…(stops and thinks)…against…knowledge…
Jan: (stares at Dwight)…Alright…well then…let’s get to it. I wanted to talk about the 4th quarter earnings and Mid-Year Adjustment earnings…
CUT TO JIM AT THE RECEPTIONIST DESK
Pam: Maybe, we could ask some other people…like Angela?
Jim: Sure, why not?…
(Pam and Jim walk over to Angela’s desk…)
Pam: Umm…Angela, we were wondering if you could help us with Dwight?
Angela: Why Me? I don’t think he’s doing anything wrong…
Pam: Well…(looks at Angela)…I just thought…maybe you could help us…you know…
Jim: He is letting it go to his head, way too much…
Kevin: I haven’t been able to get a snack the whole day…
(Angela looks at Kevin…)
Angela: No.
(Angela turns back to her desk, and continues her work…)
(Pam and Jim walk back to the Receptionist desk…Pam sits in her seat, Jim leans against the desk…)
Pam: So what next?
Jim: Plan B…
Pam: What’s Plan B?
Jim: You’ll have to wait to find out…(smiles, and Pam smiles back)…
CUT TO DWIGHT AND JAN IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
Jan: Well that was very impressive, Dwight.
Dwight: Thank You.
Jan: Your Welcome…(gets up to leave, then stops…)…Did Michael say why he wasn’t coming in today?
Dwight: Yeah, his girlfriend broke up with him…So…
Jan: Oh…really?
Dwight: Do you want his number? Give him a call?
Jan: (stares at Dwight)…No…um…I’ll see you later, Dwight…(Jan leaves Michael’s office…)
(As Jan is leaving the office, Roy walks in…)
Jan: Roy.
Roy: Jan
(Jan leaves…Roy walks over to the Receptionist desk.)
Roy (to Pam): So…
Pam: So…what?
Roy: Well, how are we…
Pam: I don’t really want to talk about it right now…
Roy: Well…
(Dwight walks out of his office, and stands near the Receptionist desk, looking at Roy…)
Roy: Do you need something?
Dwight: Yes, you to do your job.
Roy: I just came up to talk to Pam, for a minute…
Dwight: Well, the paper isn’t going to pack itself in the trucks. (smiles and smirks)
Roy: Whatever…
(Roy looks at Dwight, then leaves.)
Dwight: (under his breath)…Threat Neutralized…(smirks)
(Dwight heads into his office…Jim walks over to the Receptionist desk…)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF STANLEY
Stanley: I haven’t really paid much attention to who’s in charge today. I just do my business, and go home.
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF ANGELA
Angela: I think Dwight has done a very good job today. I don’t see anything wrong with his methods. (stares at camera)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF KEVIN
Kevin: I don’t like it all…*at all*…
CUT TO KELLY AT TOBY’S DESK
(Kelly is at Toby’s desk, talking to him, with a “US Weekly” magazine in her hands…)
Kelly: C’mon, Ryan won’t do it. All you have to do is…
(Dwight walks over to Toby’s desk…)
Dwight: What is going on here?
Kelly: Oh…Nothing…I just wanted Toby to do this “Who is your Celebrity Match Quiz”…
Dwight: Oh…
Kelly: You wanna do it? (smiles)
Dwight: (pauses)…Fine. First though, Toby, I want to file a complaint to Corporate.
Toby: Um, ok…What is it?
Dwight: We have no green tea. We need to get some as soon as possible…
Toby: Isn’t that something you could ask the janitor to get?
Dwight: Fine. Kelly, go ahead…
Kelly: Alright, what it is, is I’ll ask you a bunch of questions, and at the end I’ll tell you which Celebrity is your match or soulmate…
Dwight (interrupts): There is no such thing as soulmates. Continue.
Kelly: Um…Alright…First question: What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Dwight: Let’s see…First, I eat my daily breakfast of 3 eggs, over hard, with 6 strips of bacon, and 10
microwave tater tots. Then, I check and make sure everything is going ok with the farm. Then, I practice and hone one of my many crafts, which includes, but not limited to, my karate skills, my paintball skills…And then before I leave, I bathe…I bathe in success…(smirks and nods)…
Kelly: (stares at Dwight.)…Um…ok…Um…(still trying to gather her thoughts)…It’s actually multiple choice…So would you say A. That you…
CUT TO JIM AT THE RECEPTIONIST DESK
Jim: Is everything all right?
Pam: Yeah…No…Me and Roy are having a fight…
Jim: Oh…
Pam: It’s just…I was really wanting this artist set, it had like all these different supplies, and everything you needed to get started…but, it’s like $200, and me and Roy agreed to hold off and wait till we paid a couple things, first…
CUT BACK TO DWIGHT AND KELLY AT TOBY’S DESK
Kelly: Alright, let’s see…Your celebrity match is…Uma Thurman!…This Blonde hair, blue eyed wonder, has kept her great body…(Dwight stares off at Angela, who looks up and sees him…then she looks back down…and smiles)…she’s one of the best in the business, but she’s also an average gal.
Dwight: (nods) Thank You, Kelly. I look down on you in favor.
Kelly: …Ok…
(Dwight walks away…)
CUT TO JIM AT THE RECEPTIONIST DESK
Pam: …And then last night he goes and he buys one of those X-Box 350 or 360 things, or whatever it’s called…And that’s a lot of money…And…we just…you know…since then kinda…whatever…
Jim: No, I understand, it’s…
(Dwight walks over to the receptionist desk…)
Dwight: So…what are we talking about? (Takes a candy from Pam’s candy bowl…)
Jim: Nothing, Dwight. Pam and Roy are just going through some stuff…So could you leave?
Dwight: What is it? Cheating? Sex?…
Pam (interrupts): Finances…
Dwight: You know 20% of all divorces, are caused by financial problems. (Takes another candy from Pam’s candy bowl…)
(Pam looks down…Jim just looks at Dwight…)
Jim: Are you doing anything else, Dwight? Could you please leave?
(Dwight is starting to head back to Michael’s office…)
Kevin (from across the office): I want a snack…
Dwight: No, Kevin…
(Dwight heads back into Michael’s office…)
CUT TO INDIVIDUAL SHOT OF DWIGHT IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
Dwight: "Does it bother me that Michael didn’t forewarn me that I would be taking over today?...(smirks)...No, I was ready...(gets serious)...You see I am an expert Paintball player. My team was ranked No.1 in the county. And in Paintball there is one lesson you must learn to be successful...*Always* be prepared...If your not?...(smirks)...Well, you get shot, In The Face!...With a paintball!...Well, you do have a mask on...But, the same lesson holds for the rest of the employees...If they aren't prepared for any and every situation I throw at them...Well...(smirks)...they are going to get my balls, In Their Face...(stares into camera and nods)...
[COMMERCIAL BREAK] (Last one, lol.)
Part 3
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(It’s towards the end of the day, Kevin is at the receptionist desk looking at some papers…Michael walks in, wearing sweat pants and a dress shirt, looking like he had been crying for awhile…)
Michael: Hey everyone…
(Michael hangs up his jacket…)
(Kevin walks over to Michael…)
Michael: Hey Kevin…
(Kevin gives Michael a hug…)
Michael: (hugging Kevin…trying to hold back from crying)…Thanks Kevin…(holds it in)…Really needed it…
Kevin: (still hugging) Just let it out, Michael…
Michael: (still trying to hold it in)…You’re like a big teddy bear…(let’s go of the hug)…No, I gotta be strong, Kevin…Strong for my employees…
(Michael walks over and sits on the couch…Kevin walks back to his desk…)
(Pam walks over to the couch.)
Pam: Ah, Michael, earlier today there was…
Michael (interrupts): Hey, Pam…why don’t you sit down here and talk with me…
(Pam, reluctantly, sits down…)
Michael: This is nice, you know? You and me hardly ever get to talk…
Pam: You talk to me everyday…
Michael: Yeah, but…Nevermind…(pauses)…So how is life treating you Pam?
Pam: Good.
Michael: Good…That’s good…How are you and Roy doing?
Pam: We’re…good…
Michael: (nods)…Yeah…You know, when you…
Pam (interrupts): Um, Michael…
Michael (interrupts): No, no…just…when you find someone you love…like you have…You really…You really got to hold on to that…
(Pam looks at Jim working at his desk…)
Michael: …You gotta tell that person how you feel…And really just go all in, you know?…
(Pam is still looking at Jim, Jim turns around and sees her looking at him, and they both smile…)
Michael: …but, watch out Pam…(almost ready to cry)…Cause…(breaking up)…Sometimes they’ll take your heart…and smash it on the ground into a million pieces, and tell you it’s over…and then you…
Pam (interrupts): Umm…I think Dwight wanted to talk to you…
Michael: Right…I better go deal with that…
(Michael gets up to go to his office, but stops near Jim’s desk, then sees Creed walking back to his desk…)
Michael: Hey, Creed…
Creed: Hello, Michael.
Michael: So how do you think Dwight did today?
Creed: (pats Jim on shoulder)…Dwight, did a great job today…
Michael: That’s Jim…
Creed: (looks at Jim, who is looking at him)…So it is…(Creed smiles, then walks back to his desk…)
(Michael walks into his office…Pam goes back to the Reception Desk, and sits down…then she glances again at Jim…)
CUT TO DWIGHT AND MICHAEL IN MICHAEL’S OFFICE
(Michael is sitting in his chair, looking at Dwight’s bobbleheads…)
Michael: You’re going to take these out, right?
Dwight: Yes, definitely.
Michael: Who is this one? (points to one of the bobbleheads)
Dwight: Mike Lieberthal. Michael, you will also be happy to know that I ran everything efficiently today, even the meeting with Jan.
Michael: Good, that’s good…Good to see everyone was able to contain their composure in my absence…
Dwight: Do you want to talk about Michael?…
Michael (sighs) Not really, Dwight…
Dwight (interrupts): Please Michael, I am a problem solver…
Michael (interrupts): I don’t need you to solve any problems…(Michael’s phone rings…Michael answers it…)…Hello…
Pam (on phone): Um, Michael, Carole is on Line 1…
Michael (on phone): Oh, thanks Pam…(hangs up)…
Michael (to Dwight): Alright, now let’s see what she has to say…(Dwight nods…Michael puts Carole on speakerphone)…Hello, Carole, what do you need?…
Carole (on phone): I just wanted to know what time you were going to pick me up tonight?
Michael (on phone): What?…How can you ask me something like that?…Is that suppose to be a joke?
Carole: What do you mean, Michael?
Michael: Last night, you called me, and we were talking…and you said you needed to see other people, so…
Carole: Were you listening, Michael?
Michael: Of course…I…
Carol (interrupts): I said I needed to see other people in a meeting, concerning a condo they are buying…Remember the big sale I was telling you about…
Michael: (pauses)…Oh…Oooooh…(pauses)…so, 8 o’clock sound good?…
Carole: That’s fine, Michael…(Carole hangs up)…
(Michael hangs up his phone…)
Dwight: …So where are you taking her?…
(Michael stares at Dwight then stares at the camera…)
[COMMERCIAL BREAK] (I needed one more, quick, short one, lol…)
(It’s the next day, in the morning, Dwight is just arriving, he hangs up his coat then goes to his desk…)
(Dwight lays his briefcase on his desk…then goes to sit down…and the whole chair collapses from underneath him…)
Dwight: AHH!! JIM! I’m telling Michael!…AHH!
(Pam is trying really hard not to laugh…)
Jim: Here, Dwight, let me help you…
(Jim gets up and lays a screwdriver on his desk, then goes over to Dwight…)
The End.
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Alright…Really hoped you liked it. That was my personal favorite that I’ve done so far.
I’ll wait to say more, once I hear from what you say…Feel free to not only view this, but also put your comments on it…
I do want to say, that I try to make it as funny as a can, and try to do the best I can, but remember, I’m not one of the actual writers from “The Office”, so I don’t expect it to be as good as they do, I can only do the best I can…
I also think that was the funniest one I have done yet…but, like I said, we’ll wait and see what you guys think though…
In my future scripts, I’m going to start referencing my older ones, so if you haven’t read the other ones yet, take a gander at the goods, lol…
My next one is entitled: “All Play and No Work”. I think I’m going to release it on Monday or Tuesday of next week, to give everyone something, a couple days before the premiere, so be on the lookout for that…
Take Care everyone. Later.
