The Office: The Accountants
The Accountants is a series of NBC.com mini-episodes of The Office. NBC announced on March 16, 2006 that there would be ten original, "Webisode" shorts on NBC.com starting in July 2006. They debuted on NBC.com on July 13 and ended on September 7. The Webisodes were included in the Season 2 box set.
Plot
The accountants, Oscar, Angela, and Kevin, try to find $3,000 that they believe was stolen from Dunder-Mifflin, and interrogate their co-workers.
Episodes
| Title | Originally posted | NBC.com blurb | Special appearance | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Books Don't Balance" | July 13, 2006 | Something is rotten in the city of Scranton. | Melora Hardin as Jan Levinson | 1 | |
| The accountants inform Jan that the books don't balance and $3000 is missing. The accountants decide to interrogate the other office employees, but Oscar is sure Michael took it. | |||||
| "Phyllis" | July 13, 2006 | Let the questioning begin! | Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Lapin | 2 | |
| The accountants question Phyllis and she makes a confession that she borrowed $14 and forgot to report it. | |||||
| "Meredith" | July 20, 2006 | The truth will set you free. | Kate Flannery as Meredith Palmer | 3 | |
| Meredith is the next employee to be questioned. She claims that she wouldn't be at work if she did and also wouldn't do anything to get arrested, as she has a son to take care of, and wouldn't risk getting arrested. | |||||
| "Stanley" | July 27, 2006 | All's fair in love and theft. | Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson | 4 | |
| The accountants talk to Stanley. Stanley thinks whoever did it is smart to steal that much. | |||||
| "Someone in the Warehouse" | August 3, 2006 | Secret crush, clouded judgment. | David Denman as Roy Anderson | 5 | |
| Kevin thinks Angela has a crush on Roy, who ends up being questioned next, but he doesn't even know how to take $3000 out of petty cash. | |||||
| "The Memo" | August 10, 2006 | This just in... Angela stinks. | (none) | 6 | |
| Kevin types a memo for the thief to come forward. Kevin gets ticked off that Angela is bosses him around and makes a fake memo for himself. | |||||
| "Things Are Getting Tense" | August 17, 2006 | Some good, old-fashioned accusations. | (none) | 7 | |
| With new developments, the accountants start turning on each other. | |||||
| "You're Mean" | August 24, 2006 | A fine line between mean and demanding. | (none) | 8 | |
| The accountants wait for Michael to leave his office so that they can check to see if they stole the money, and Angela is mean to Kevin. | |||||
| "Michael's Office" | August 31, 2006 | The sleuthing gets serious. | (none) | 9 | |
| The accountants check Michael's office for evidence of the money. After finding nothing but inexpensive, useless novelty items, Oscar and Kevin unanimously decide Angela must talk to him. | |||||
| "The Best Day of My Life" | September 7, 2006 | Can you handle the truth? | Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute | 10 | |
| Dwight confronts Angela about her decision to accuse Michael of taking the money. Kevin and Oscar discover that the missing funds are merely an accounting mistake made by Angela, upon which Kevin declares "this is the best day of my life." | |||||
Notes
- With the exception of Dwight, no main characters were seen. Michael was mentioned several times, but did not make an appearance.