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
Every The Office moment featuring Michael Scott, in story order. Played by Steve Carell.
54 moments · 1h 23m
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.
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.
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.
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.
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#assistant to the regional manager#downsizing#staff meeting
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Michael's $25 pledge to Oscar's charity
Oscar asks for a donation for his nephew's cerebral palsy charity and Michael shows off with a generous-sounding pledge and a speech on morale.
Dwight's research for Meredith's card: a hysterectomy
Michael asks Dwight for something funny about Meredith for her card, and Dwight's file offers a detail Michael cannot use.
Dwight hides in a box to spy on the warehouse
Dwight the deer hunter hides in a cardboard box to catch a rival alliance, leaving Jim to wonder about trust as the party starts upstairs.
Pam feeds fake gossip to Dwight in his box
Michael tells dairy-allergic Meredith how good her cake is, while Jim sends Pam downstairs to stage a phone call beside Dwight's box.
Michael learns his pledge was per mile
Jim mentions the donation and Michael realises a walk-a-thon pledge is per mile, then fumbles trying to talk Oscar down.
Michael's birthday card jokes bomb
Meredith reads the card aloud, Michael's downsizing pun falls flat, and his backup old-age jokes only make it worse.
Michael's anonymous hospital wing fantasy
Losing the room, Michael flaunts his per-mile pledge and imagines being a philanthropist whose anonymous gift everyone knows is his.
Michael explains how the basketball game came about
Michael brags about dazzling the warehouse staff with his shooting, then trails off into an awkward aside about who they are.
Dwight is benched and given the weekend calendar
Michael keeps Dwight off the team and hands him the Saturday work schedule instead, and the tiny promotion goes straight to his head.
1m 40sDwight SchruteMichael ScottJim Halpert#assistant to the regional manager#power trip#talking head
Michael's tour of the warehouse ends in a challenge
Michael shows Ryan the warehouse, explains Darryl's long nickname, needles Roy, and goads the crew into a lunchtime game.
Michael picks his starting five
Michael assumes Stanley plays, turns down every volunteer from the office, and Dwight fights his way onto the team before ruining Jim's weekend.
Michael recruits a cheerleader and clarifies 'gay'
Michael asks Pam to cheer in pigtails, warns his team about playing badly with an unfortunate word, and sidelines Angela as an alternate.
Michael raises the stakes: loser works Saturday
Michael trash-talks a warehouse worker getting tea, then trumps a dinner bet with a stake his own team will regret.
Tip-off and Michael the basketball machine
Michael's 'friendly game' pep talk, a shirts-or-skins debate, Pam's loaded jump ball, and Michael lost in the zone between misses.
Michael ends the game on a flagrant foul call
Michael takes a hit, rules it a flagrant foul and ends the game, learns his side was ahead, then caves when the warehouse won't work Saturday.
Michael gives everyone Saturday off
Facing a gloomy office, Michael scraps the weekend shift, then reflects on what sports teach about character.
Michael meets Katy the purse saleswoman
After Dwight's ideas for motivating staff, Michael refuses a vendor, then meets Katy and hands her the conference room for the day.
Michael's reading list and his love of the 'Bucks
Michael brags about his magazines, settles Katy in his conference room, and turns a coffee order into a speech about tearing down walls.
Michael introduces Katy around the office
Michael tours Katy past Oscar with an old joke and overshares about Toby's divorce while Pam observes from the side.
Jim reveals his type: moms
Michael shares his two rules on office romance, then pushes Jim toward Katy, and Jim's answer gets under Kevin's skin.
Michael's $1,000 espresso machine and a ride for Katy
Michael shows Katy the coffee machine he bought with the incentive budget, muses on office drugs, and offers her a ride home.
Dwight begs Michael for permission to ask out Katy
Dwight asks his boss's blessing to date Katy, only to learn Michael is driving her home and refuses to promise anything.
Ryan cleans out Michael's car
Michael makes the temp clear his car before the big ride, rescuing a power drink and a drugstore cologne while Jim finally meets Katy.
Michael the ladies' man loses his passenger
Michael credits his symmetrical face, then Katy leaves with Jim instead, and he insists his employees are his true special someone.