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| "The Convict" | |
 "Prison Mike" scares the office straight. |
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| Episode No. | 37 |
| Prod. Code | 03011 |
| Airdate | November 30, 2006 |
| Writer(s) | Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant |
| Director | Jeffrey Blitz |
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Synopsis
Michael learns that Martin Nash is a former criminal, and tells the entire office. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell The following is a list of characters from the US version of The Office. Meanwhile, Jim encourages Andy to pursue Pam, and intentionally gives him wildly incorrect information about her favorite things. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Andrew "Andy" Bernard is a Fictional character from the U Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a Fictional character on the U
Martin tells the others he was incarcerated for insider trading, and that he enjoyed certain perks of prison, including outside time and art classes. Pam comments that prison sounds better than their current work situation. Attempting to convince his employees that the office is better than prison, Michael sends everyone to "outside time" in the bitter cold. He then calls a meeting in which he adopts the persona of "Prison Mike," in a segment reminiscent of the Scared Straight! documentaries. Scared Straight! was a documentary directed by Arnold Shapiro and released in 1978. Martin comments that Michael's performance did not remind him of his time in prison. This further infuriates Michael, who then locks all of the staff inside the conference room. Toby tells Michael the staff is simply teasing him. Toby Flenderson is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. A relieved Michael relents, but Martin chooses to quit.
Andy strums "The Rainbow Connection" on his banjo, while singing falsetto. " The Rainbow Connection " is a popular song written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher and originally performed by Kermit the Frog Pam smiles politely and silently shares the joke with Jim.
Deleted scenes
The Season Three DVD contains several deleted scenes. Notable cut scenes include:
- Dwight and Andy spar verbally in the kitchen.
- In a talking head interview, Ryan is upset that Kelly forgets to take her birth control pills on purpose.
- Martin offers Meredith a ride to the tire shop so she can pick up her car. In a talking head interview, Dwight reads a pretend story of the events of the day, beginning with "There is a convicted probably-murderer" and ending with "Everybody died. The end. " Angela pointedly takes notes on Martin's license plate and car model.
- Dwight informs Michael that he believes Martin has murdered Meredith. In response to Angela's prodding about what he is going to do about it, Dwight explains, "She's on her own. "
- In a talking head interview, Michael explains that he created "Prison Mike" in improv class.
- Pam gives Andy wildly incorrect tips for hanging out with Jim.
Notes
- Meredith's appearance in the elevator as Martin leaves is a remnant of a deleted subplot regarding her apparent disappearance.
- At the end of the episode, Andy serenades Pam with the Muppets song "The Rainbow Connection. The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. " The Rainbow Connection " is a popular song written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher and originally performed by Kermit the Frog " The UK version of The Office featured another Muppets song, "Mah Nà Mah Nà," which opened the first episode of the second season. " Mah Nà Mah Nà " is a well-known Pop music song written by an Italian musician Piero Umiliani.
- Andy calls Pam "Pam-a-lama-ding-dong" while trying to smooth talk her. Michael says the same thing to Pam in "Health Care".
External links
- The Convict at NBC. com
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