'The Office: Broke' Recap

The Office: 'Broke' Recap

'Nothing to fear I'm just a 44 year old guy with a paper route.'

Dunder Mifflin is falling apart as Michael Scott Paper Company is taking the clients away from Dunder Mifflin and Charles isn't happy. Charles and company get a visit from David Wallace and Charles seems a bit off his game. Was he not expecting an appearance by the boss? Major props to Jim for his kiss ass smooching that was awesome. Michael and company find themselves in need of a deliveryman but they have no money and can't afford to pay one. So they go to someone where he crunches their numbers and just tells them the facts that they aren't making any money and will be forced out of business.

Back at Dunder Mifflin, Dwight, Charles, Jim and David have a meeting of the minds where Jim's ideas are shot down. Dwight suggests that he fills Michael's office with bees so that doesn't really pan out. Pam meets with Jim and lets him know that they might have just a month left and that things aren't going well for her. She has applied for jobs at Walmart, Old Navy and Target and no one called her back. Dwight is determined to get the bees released and has a very elaborate plan at doing so, stemming around the queen bee, ha. David thinks the best option is to make Michael an offer and buy them out. They all decide to send Jim to meet with Michael to make them an offer. Michael responds, “Jim I can't make you laugh right now.”

Michael and company accept the proposition but can not let the brass know they are broke. Obviously Michael and Ryan don't know that Pam has already spilled the beans. 'How the turn tables...' absolutely sensational line right there. Now it's time to sit down and talk business, as Michael meets David Wallace and company face to face. David offers them 12,000 dollars and of course Michael rejects it. David knows that they are not doing well and he thinks its the best offer that he is going to get. Michael counters it actually very intelligently and wants to know how David is going to explain that his most profitable branch is leaking money and clients. David counteroffers it with 60,000 dollars.

Dwight gets a call from Jerry a client who has decided to leave Michael Scott Paper company and tells Charles that Michael's company is bankrupt. Dwight and Jim argue about how many cases Dwight has cracked including the famous beat bandit and Charles just looks at them and calls them both idiots. Michael rejects the offer and again they deliberate. Michael demands his old job back along with his parking spot and demands Charles fired. He also wants Pam back as a salesperson along with Ryan. Michael refuses to go quietly as if one company goes away he has plenty more company names where that came from. David agrees to those terms and the offer is done.

Upon hearing that Michael, Pam and Ryan celebrate and yell, and Jim smiles. So as the episode ends, Charles is about to start talking and Michael says you're done, awesome, way to go Michael.

All in all a very good episode of 'The Office.' Not quite sure how Charles is going to leave and if Michael is really going to get his job back because Charles knows that his company has no money. Things are going to get interesting around Dunder Mifflin and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Random notes from tonight's episode:

Dwight and Charles little back and forth was great, and when he says ' been there done that' referring to Angela that was classic.

I love the random foreign lady hoping into the van.

Love Pam's montage about the child driving into the tree.

Idiot idiot ring tone was priceless.

Michael's closing remarks about his dreams of starting a company and then selling it back to Dunder Mifflin.

Wow Jim, boner patrol.- Michael Scott