One of my favorite scenes, too! That whole show is a HOOT! :-)
I busted out laughing the time Michael Scott said he’d had an “epiphery” that life is precious.
Yes... and it was said after Michael was undercut by one of his employees.
Only a TV show... but having compassion for another regardless of personal circumstances is a blessing.
Great scene.
One of the reasons that scene is so touching is that it came out of nowhere. You don’t expect Michael Scott to show up, and then be caring and supportive.
Love this post! My favorite line/scene was “I’m ‘Date Mike’. Nice to meet me.”
It was a genius show with a ton of heart and pathos! (Of course, yeah, too bad they didn’t use tripods as no not distract the mentally fragile!)
thank you for posting this.
One of the exceptional things about The Office is that the main characters genuinely care about each other. Remember early on (Season 2 maybe?) when Michael meets a girl at the blood drive that thinks she’s cute and he hopes against all hope that she will show up at the Valentine’s Day party? The entire office realizes that he is sort of distraught about this, and they walk out with him, genuinely treating him with compassion.
This happens often. It is often light-hearted, but really reveals human decency and compassion in a real way. Also for example once when Michael crashes Jim’s party (he wasn’t invited) and starts doing karaoke, namely a man/woman duo. When it comes time for the woman part of the song, Jim, of all people, steps up and does that so that Michael looks like ...well...less of an idiot.
Then of course the classic episode where Michael can’t help but reveal Stanley’s affair, so Jim announces they are pregnant....
The list could continue indefinitely.
Yes, The Office depicts so much that we might find objectionable...but if a Christian watches with an open mind and pays attention to the deep interactions....you will actually see that there really is a lot of hope built into The Office.
(BTW....yes, we all cringe that Angela is the Christian...but...when she gives Dwight’s aunt (?) a bath and cleans her up, she seems to me to come across as a Christ like character, something that could almost appear in Dostoyevsky!).
We could continue this conversation.
But thanks again for posting, and truly, this particular scene might be the very, very best example of the deep compassion and decency (even, love) in The Office.
:)
Great scene, great show!!!
Only watched it 5x through!