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Template:Office episode "Performance Review" is the eighth episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Larry Wilmore and directed by Paul Feig. It first aired on November 15, 2005.

Synopsis

Michael meets with each of his employees to discuss their job performance. He plunders the employee suggestion box for ideas to impress his own boss, Jan, but the ruse backfires and he embarrasses himself. Encouraged by Jim and Pam, Dwight mistakes a Thursday for a Friday and arrives at the office very late the next day.

Deleted scenes

  • Michael gives Oscar his performance review.
  • Dwight gives Jim advice for his performance review.
  • Michael is confused by a telephone message from Jan.
  • Jim uses increasingly obscure baseball euphemisms to ask Michael about his relationship with Jan.
  • Jim deflects a question about office romances.
  • A sequence of suggestions takes Ryan all over the office.
  • Jan reacts to Dwight's "boning Jan" remark.
  • Jim accidentally leaves today's newspaper on his desk.
  • Dwight learns that Ryan got a raise.
  • Extension of Dwight psyching himself up in the stairwell.
  • Michael calls Jan's ex-husband.
  • Jan is furious to learn that Michael talked with her ex-husband.
  • Michael describes the office with a confused metaphor involving organs of the body.

Notes

For a list of songs featured in this episode, see List of songs featured on The Office.
  • In the cold open, the fitness orb was supposed to deflate slowly, but it popped when John Krasinski hit a seam. The producers liked the take so much they kept it.[1] Krasinski was clearly surprised by this, and ran out of the frame to avoid ruining the take. He puts his hand over his mouth in shock and whispers, "Oh my God."
  • The office building in which the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin is located is also the home of W.B. Jones Heating and Air and Vance Refrigeration, which is owned by Phyllis Lapin's future husband Bob Vance.
  • While rehearsing the scene in which Michael welcomes Jan to the office, Steve Carell accidentally touched Melora Hardin's breast. She thought it was so funny that she insisted they incorporate it into the scene.[1]
  • When Michael is in the conference room reading the pages from the suggestion box, Angela tells him that he has coffee breath. Steve Carell improvised the line, "Oh yeah, is that hard for you?" and, in turn, Angela Kinsey improvised her response, "It is when you have coffee breath."
  • During the suggestion box scene, when Phyllis pantomimes shooting herself, a hint of smoke can be seen above her thumb - similar to smoke exiting the chamber of a revolver. While this is debatable, it does not appear to be a reflection in the glass behind her, but, in fact, a CGI effect that was added in post-production. If this is the case, then it would mean that the season three episode, Business School, which is widely considered to be the first and only episode in the series to feature CGI, is not the first episode to feature such an effect.
  • Dwight's visual aid for the performance review was posted to NBC.com. Jim's response ("My name is Jim") is a sly reference to another NBC comedy, My Name Is Earl.
  • This is the only episode to feature a subtitle giving the date at the end.
  • Jan's Volvo has Pennsylvania tags. It is unlikely that her car would be licensed in that state, as the corporate office is located in Manhattan, nearly 60 miles from the Pennsylvania border.

References

  1. ^ a b DVD commentary, "Performance Review", Season 2 DVD
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