Michael shows Jim how to close a sale, then tours his kingdom
Michael's masterclass sales call misfires when he calls the client sir, then he introduces the office, needles Pam about faxes and shows off his best-boss mug.
Michael Scott's Best Moments
Every The Office moment featuring Michael Scott, in story order. Played by Steve Carell.
54 moments · 1h 23m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 54
- 01
- 02
Jan breaks the downsizing news while Michael flails and Todd Packer calls
Michael insists corporate never bothers him, loses Jan's faxed agenda, panics over downsizing, and takes a crude call from Todd Packer mid-meeting.
- 03
Michael welcomes temp Ryan with Three Stooges and a Hitler impression
Michael explains why he won't tell staff about downsizing, then greets new temp Ryan with Moe Howard noises and an ill-judged impression.
- 04
Michael's Six Million Dollar Man run to the phone
Michael runs to answer a call making bionic sound effects, then bristles when Pam jokes about deserving a raise too.
- 05
Michael lists his heroes, from Bob Hope to God
In a talking head Michael calls himself a role model and names four heroes whose impact he finds beyond words, and beyond pronunciation.
- 06
The downsizing meeting: Michael promises no one is going anywhere
Dwight demands to be told first, Stanley presses for answers, Pam contradicts Michael, and he swears to protect his office family.
1m 49sMichael ScottDwight SchruteStanley Hudson#downsizing#assistant to the regional manager#staff meeting - 07
Dwight's stapler in Jell-O, and Michael's flan-filled verdict
After Jim muses about Pam, Dwight finds his stapler set in Jell-O again; Michael plays judge while Jim and Ryan trade dessert puns.
- 08
Michael fake-fires Pam over Post-it notes as a prank
To impress Ryan, Michael stages a firing for stealing Post-its, lets Pam cry, then reveals the joke and is surprised she isn't amused.
- 09
Michael's proudest moment: becoming a godfather
Michael says the people matter most and tells a touching story about an employee who asked him to be godfather, with a brutal punchline.
- 10
Diversity Day dawns as Dwight shreds through Jim's big call
Michael claims he wanted diversity training before corporate mandated it; then Dwight runs a noisy shredder mid-call and calls it retaliation.
- 11
Michael hijacks Mr. Brown's diversity seminar
Michael fumbles Oscar's surname, declares a color-free zone, invites everyone to name a race they find attractive, and won't call Mr. Brown by his name.
- 12
Kevin and Michael botch the Chris Rock routine reenactment
The complaint behind the seminar comes out: Michael's Chris Rock bit. Kevin is cast to reenact it, and Michael can't resist taking over.
- 13
Michael refuses the pledge, then signs it as Daffy Duck
Michael balks at a pledge saying he learned something, until Mr. Brown tells him plainly the seminar exists because of him.
- 14
Michael vows to give the office its Oprah moment
Michael mocks the pledge, dismisses Mr. Brown's session as heartless, and promises to have everyone in tears after lunch.
- 15
Michael's Diversity Tomorrow video premieres
Michael ejects a joker, then screens his homemade video with a made-up Lincoln quote; Jim's feedback is brief and he exits to a meeting.
- 16
Michael claims to be two-fifteenths Native American, then grills Oscar
Michael lists his heritage and an impossible fraction, then asks Oscar for a less offensive word than Mexican and can't explain why.
- 17
The race-card forehead game
Michael hands out race cards to wear and treat each other by; Dwight goes all in, Pam is pushed to stir the melting pot.
- 18
Kelly walks in on Michael's convenience-store act
Michael urges people to push the stereotypes further, then greets a late-arriving Kelly with an accent routine, and it goes badly.
- 19
Michael's collard greens lesson and send-off
Michael complains about Mr. Brown, gets corrected on a food name and pushes back, then sees everyone out with misfired farewells.
- 20
Michael bursts in for messages and declares himself the office doctor
Michael demands messages Pam already gave him, then explains that choosing a healthcare plan makes him a healer, a specialist even.
- 21
Michael pitches Jan the Gold Plan with acupuncture
Michael wants the plan with every perk; Jan tells him to pick the cheapest one and deliver the bad news himself.
- 22
Jim dodges the healthcare job and Dwight claims a workspace
Jim deflects Michael's offer onto Dwight, who asks how many people he can fire and demands an office; Michael plans credit either way.
- 23
Michael hides in his office and fakes incoming calls
Michael phones Pam from a few feet away to check on morale, bolts at the first complaint, and pretends to have other calls.
- 24
Michael dodges the memo by promising a big surprise
Cornered over Dwight's cuts, Michael blames vague orders, promises an end-of-day surprise he hasn't planned, and Dwight hands out a disease form.
- 25
Operation Surprise: casinos, a coal mine and invented diseases
Michael hunts for a free casino trip and asks a coal mine whether its elevator counts as a ride, while back at the office Jim and Pam invent new diseases.
- 26
Michael hands out ice cream sandwiches instead of the surprise
Michael returns with ice cream sandwiches, tossing them around the office, and insists this is not the big surprise.
- 27
Michael's big surprise, and his improv fantasy
Michael pins the bad plan on Dwight, runs out the clock, is pushed to reveal his surprise, then imagines going toe to toe with Robin Williams.
- 28
Michael on Donald Trump and his dream catchphrase
Dwight presses Michael about downsizing, then Michael explains how firing people differs for him and Trump, and pitches his own catchphrase.
- 29
Michael's surprise party for a birthday a month away
Michael launches Operation Morale Improvement with a drum roll, picks Meredith's next-month birthday, and does a Star Trek bit at Pam.
- 30
The party planning committee fights over streamer colours
Angela, Phyllis and Pam deadlock over streamers, Michael shows off his planners, then pushes an ice cream cake on a dairy-allergic guest.