Posted on Dec 6, 2021

50 Moments From "Dinner Party" That Prove It's The Best Episode Of "The Office"

♫ You took me by the hand, made me a man ♫

by Hope Lasater

BuzzFeed Staff

Michael says, "This is Michael Scott, Scranton, well we don't want to work, no, we don't, it's not fair to these people, these people are my friends and I care about them"

Dwight says, "Does it bother me that I wasn't invited to Michael's dinner party" and then he starts crying

Pam hands Jan some vine and says, "We got you this," Michael says, "Oh, vino," and Jan says, "Oh, well Pam, thank you, that's so nice, this will be great to cook with"

Michael says, Well, have a seat, or come on in, or, I don't know, make yourself to home, this is our casa

There's popart of Jan

Pam says, "So you have an office and a work space," Jan says, "I do, you know, I cannot create in the same space that I conduct business, I'm sure that you're the same with your doodles," meanwhile Jim is practically gagging because of the candle smell

Jan lifts a candle and says, "Smell," Jim says, "It's fire," Jan says, "Uh-huh, bonfire, men love this one," and Michael says, "Bon, James Bonfire, I am Bonfire, James Bonfire, Michael Scarn"

Jan sees the tripod facing the bed and says, "Babe, I thought you said that you were gonna tidy things up," Michael says, "Well, I..." and Jan says, "Shame on you"

Michael is curled up on a tiny bench and Jan says, "See, he fits perfectly"

Michael says, "Lot of people in the room, you need more space," he pushes the TV inches and says, "Voilà, right into the wall"

Michael says, "Sometimes I will just stand here and watch television for hours, I love it, I love this TV"

Michael points to a poorly made small table and says, Oh and I also built this table, Jim asks, What is that? Chestnut, Michael says, No, I think that is either Pine or Nordic cherry, and Jan says, It's pine, yeah

Jan says, "It was between the neon beer sign and the Dundies, so I said, honey, keep the trophies," and Michael says, Honey, I have the best trophy right here, aside from my Dundies"

Jan says, "You know Pam, in Spain, they often don't even start eating until midnight," and Michael says, "When in Rome"

Michael says, "That has sort of an oaky afterbirth," and Jim says, "What was that"

The CD cover is very basic artsy boy of the 2000s who makes bad music

Hunter's song's lyrics are, "You took me by the hand, made me a man, that one night (one night), you made everything alright," and Andy goes, "Ah ah ah"

Jim doesn't dance with Jan, so she twirls under his arm while he keeps sitting

Michael says, "You know what, Hunter was a terrible assistant, that is why Ryan fired him," and Jan says, "Well, I think he's probably just about as reliable as Pam, being that it usually takes you an afternoon to get back to me"

Angela says, Sometimes I think she holds on to faxes and Pam looks at Angela like what the hell and then Pam looks at the camera and Jim is amused

In a talking head, Pam says, I don't care what they say about me, I just want to eat, which I realize is a lot to ask for, at a dinner party

Michael says, "Look at him, he's laughing" and Jim has a completely straight face

Michael says, "Well you don't need two of you to do that," and Jim and Pam look at each other

Pam says, "You can buy new stuff but you can't buy a new party"

Michael says, "First name is blank and he goes on a cruise, he goes on a Caribbean cruise," Angela says, "I don't know," Jim says, "Katie Holmes," Michael says, "No, ahhhhh, but he's married to her," and Jim says, "Oh, 'Dawson's Creek'"

Michael says, "Okay, he is the Governor of California, he is the Terminator," Angela says, "Those aren't helpful," and Jim says, "Tom Cruise"

Jan staring at Pam

Jan laughingly says, Michael ran through the sliding glass door because he thought he heard the ice cream truck," and Michael says, Sue me, I shouldn't say that jokingly because she will sue me, she loves lawsuits, and Jam smells one of her candles

Michael says, You know, honey, that door was extremely clean, and it looked invisible, and Jan says, You are so right, You are SO RIGHT, because before I lived here, the glass was always covered in smudges, and Jim looks at the camera uncomfortably

Jan says, And I moved in and I cleaned it, so I guess that makes me the devil, Michael laughs and says, You are, she is, she is the devil, I'm in hell, and Jan fake laughs hard

Michael says, Ahhhh, I'm burning, Help me, and Angela says, You shouldn't joke about that

Jan says, "In fact, you know what, girls' trip, Angela, come on, girls' trip"

Michael has two chairs shaped like hands

Michael says, "Did you know that candles are the #1 fastest-growing product in the scent aroma market, 2 billion dollar a year industry, and for only $10,000, you could become a co-owner of Serenity by Jan"

Dwight is at the door and says hello, Pam looks excited and Angels looks annoyed

Michael says, It's never whatever I want, Jan says, It's fine, Michael, and Michael says, When I wanted to see Stomp and you wanted to see Wicked, what did we see

Michael says, When I said that I wanted to have kids and you said that you wanted me to have a vasectomy, what did I do, and Jim looks at the camera

Michael says, "Snip, snap, snip, snap, snip, snap, you have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person"

Angela says, I hate beet salad, Dwight's date says, It's actually really good, and Dwight says, Hey, hey, hey to get his date to stop talking

Pam says, "I know Jan didn't poison the food, I know that, but, if she was going to poison the food of someone at that table, wouldn't it be me, Michael's former lover"

Angela has placed a napkin over the meat section of her meal

Jan says, "Can you not do that, it's disgusting," Michael says, "You know I have soft teeth, how could you say that," Jan says, "Oops"

Jim says, "Would you write down your email because I have just so many questions," Dwight's babysitter date asks, "Email," and Jim says, "Never mind"

Jan says, "Hey, babe, how about we take the beer sign down until our guests leave and then we can discuss it," and Michael says, "No, no, I'm gonna leave it up, I think it ties the whole room together"

Michael says, "That is a $200 plasma screen TV that you just killed, good luck paying me back on your zero dollars a year salary plus benefits, babe"

Dwight says, What seems to be the problem, officers, and one of the police officers says, Not now, Dwight

Jim says, "Oh, my apartment's on fire," Pam says, "Flooded," and Jim says, "Flooded"

Andy playfully licks Angela's ice cream and she angrily rolls down the window and smushes her ice cream against his car

Dwight stops at a stoplight next to his babysitter/date standing at a bus stop, and he doesn't pick her up

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