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Business Trip
Season
Episode

7
Production Code
509
Airdate
November 13, 2008
Written by
Directed by

Customer Survey
Business Trip
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"Business Trip" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office. It was written by Brent Forrester and directed by Randall Einhorn. It first aired November 13, 2008.

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[edit] Synopsis

CFO David Wallace sends Michael on a foreign sales call to Winnipeg to help alleviate the stress of having Holly taken away from him. He brings along Andy as a foreign language translator and Oscar as the "numbers guy". David Wallace tells him to go to the concierge to find activities to do in the city. Michael finds himself attracted to the concierge (whose name is Marie), and, thinking that the concierge is the Winnipeg version of a Geisha, mistakes her as some kind of prostitute. Michael runs into Marie at a bar later that night. They have a few drinks and head back to her hotel room to have sex. After supposedly brief and impersonal intercourse, Marie kicks Michael out of her room and he walks away, depressed. She opens the door back up, he turns around, only to watch her place his shoes on the ground and again close the door.

Back at the bar, Andy attempts to set Oscar up with a couple of guys, who just wish to be left alone. A few drinks later, Oscar asks Andy what he sees in Angela. Andy says he sees something behind her strict behavior before mentioning that they have not had sex yet. Oscar is shocked and tells Andy to call Angela about this. Andy calls Angela, who is with Dwight, and tells her he does not like the fact they have not had sex yet. Angela berates him for calling her whilst drunk and hangs up on him.

The next morning, Andy and Oscar reminisce about the night before, with Oscar bringing up Andy's call to Angela. Andy does not remember and calls Angela to apologize. He says afterward that Angela has put them back on "first base", which for her means that Andy gets to "kiss her forehead". Andy tells Oscar he appreciated his company on the trip, and Oscar feels the same way about Andy. Michael secures the sale with the client and calls David Wallace, who congratulates him. Michael then tells him he had a terrible time in Winnipeg and berates him for taking Holly away from him before abruptly hanging up. He then gets on the plane back to Scranton, mentioning he has stayed with the company for a long time because they give him enough respect that he could talk down his boss and nothing would happen to him.

Back in Scranton, Jim and the rest of the staff are eagerly counting down the days until Pam returns from art school, with the staff awkwardly and intrusively showing their excitement for Jim. Pam is upset that she failed a class and calls Jim to tell him that she would need to stay in New York for another three months to retake it. Pam is unsure if she wants to spend another three months away from Jim, but Jim reminds her that she went to New York for her own personal benefit and should only return to Scranton "the right way". The rest of the staff find out about her situation and feel sorry for the two of them, save for Dwight who criticizes Pam's painting of the office building on the wall. At the end of the day, Jim finds Pam waiting in the parking lot. Pam tells Jim that she is coming back "the wrong way" not because of him, but because she ultimately did not like graphic design and that Scranton is her home. Jim welcomes her back and they kiss.

Meanwhile, Ryan moves back to the annex with Kelly in preparation for Pam's return and starts showing off by doing push ups in front of her. Kelly says she has no intention of breaking up with Darryl and restarting a relationship with Ryan, but the two begin making out passionately. Ryan tells Kelly to break up with Darryl via text message, and Darryl responds immediately saying he's okay with it. Ryan is shocked at Darryl letting it go easily, and Darryl is shown happily walking to his truck. At the end of the episode, Ryan and Kelly confirm they are back together, with Ryan visibly uncomfortable like he was before in their relationship.

[edit] Trivia

  • The scenes at the Canadian hotel were shot at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles
  • Scenes at "The Huntsman" were shot at the Seven Grand Bar and Grill in Los Angeles
  • The office possibly runs on wireless internet as in the last scene, on Jim's desk is a linksys wusb54gs, a wireless internet adapter.

[edit] Goofs

  • Andy clearly does not speak fluent French; the French he speaks while saying goodbye to Angela is full of pronunciation mistakes. For example, when announcing his presence to Michael using the French phrase "Ici, monsieur!", he fully pronounces the 'n' though in the word "monsieur" the n is a nasal sound.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Supporting Cast

[edit] Recurring Cast

[edit] Guest Cast

  • Danilo Di Julio as ???
  • Deb Hiett as Stewardess Beth
  • Frank Maharajh as Not Gay Businessman
  • Wendy McLendon-Covey as Marie the Concierge
  • Tony Pasqualini as Potential Canadian Client
  • Paul Sass as Not Gay Businessman


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