#The office episode script plus#

Basically, whenever Michael asked Pam and Jim to hang out. It was supposed to be the dinner party from hell and it had been set up for multiple episodes.

One of the writers of the episode, Gene Stupnitsky, claimed that the episode was inspired by Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. ItвЂ™s just a boiling-hot crucible of comedy.'

#The office episode script plus#

ItвЂ™s that pressure-cooker aspect that heightens everything, plus the decorum of the dinner party, the sort of need to rise to a different sort of social construct, as opposed to just being co-workers in an office space.

'ItвЂ™s a tight, contained space where so many relationship issues are bubbling around between Jim and Pam, Andy and Angela, Michael and Jan. 'The episode is a crucible for the various relationships on the show,' Ed Helms, AKA Andy, said to Rolling Stone. In a superb oral history about the making of 'The Dinner Party' by Rolling Stone, various members of the cast and crew shed light on the inner-workings of this comedic/dramatic masterpiece. More importantly, it was a brutal experience for Jim, Pam, Angela, Andy, and Dwight, who got to see the inner-workings of Michael's abusive relationship with his former regional manager, Jan. Of course, the center of 'The Dinner Party' episode was the outrageously uncomfortable evening at Michael Scott's cramped townhouse. It Was A Rare And Uncomfortable Look Inside Michael Scott's Personal Life