The Fire (The Office episode)

"The Fire"
Michael and Dwight in "The Fire"
Episode No.	10
Prod. Code	02001
Airdate	October 11 2005
Writer(s)	B.J. Novak
Director	Ken Kwapis
The Office Season 2 September 2005 - May 2006
The Dundies Sexual Harassment Office Olympics The Fire Halloween The Fight The Client Performance Review E-mail Surveillance Christmas Party Booze Cruise The Injury The Secret The Carpet Boys and Girls Valentine's Day Dwight's Speech Take Your Daughter to Work Day Michael's Birthday Drug Testing Conflict Resolution Casino Night
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"The Fire" is the fourth episode of the second season of the television series The Office (U.S. version). It was written by B.J. Novak and directed by Ken Kwapis. It originally aired on October 11, 2005.

Synopsis

Pam learns that Jim and Katy (the purse saleswoman from "Hot Girl") have started dating. Michael gives Ryan a glowing checkpoint review. When Ryan expresses his interest in starting his own business someday, Michael takes it upon himself to teach Ryan the "ten rules of business". The fire alarm sounds, and while Dwight and Angela both attempt to take charge of the evacuation, Michael pushes others out of the way in his escape out of the building. The employees play games to pass the time. When Ryan reveals that he is attending business school at night, Michael becomes enamored of his newfound protégé. When Michael mentions that he left his cell phone in the office, Dwight rushes back into the building to fetch it. Michael asks Ryan to call his cell phone to help Dwight find it. The phone rings. It's in Michael's pocket. Dwight emerges, coughing, from the building and reveals that the fire was started by Ryan, who left a cheese pita in the toaster-oven set to "oven" instead of "toaster". Dwight and Michael mock Ryan and dub him "The Fire Guy".

Deleted Scenes

The Season Two DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode. Notable cut scenes include:

• Several brief talking head interviews with Dwight, Jim and Pam, Angela, and Michael.
• Michael and Dwight try to develop the list of ten pieces of business advice he promised to give Ryan.
• Dwight awkwardly tries to befriend Ryan.
• Michael gives a rambling answer to the question "If you could change the life of one person, who would it be?"

Notes

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For a list of songs featured in this episode, see List of songs featured on The Office (US TV series).

• The episode was filmed in 100-degree weather. According to cast member B.J. Novak, they "couldn't look hot."^[1]
• The firefighters in the episode were real firefighters.^[1] A Scranton firefighter claims that the colors that appeared in the episode are wrong,^[2] although the producers were given photos of local firefighters,^[3]
• In the evaluation scene, Ryan mistakes Michael's Yoda impersonation for Fozzie Bear. In reality, both characters were voiced by master puppeteer Frank Oz.
• Ryan's culpability in starting the fire is mentioned in subsequent episodes "E-mail Surveillance", "Business School", "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", and "Launch Party".
• This episode, which ostensibly takes place before Dwight and Angela are together, contains another reference to Dwight's attraction to Kelly, when he tries to carry her to safety after the fire alarm goes off.
• According to the season 2 DVD commentary, this episode was intended to be the origin of Michael's strange affection toward Ryan.
• In the scene with Ryan, Michael, and Dwight at Ryan's car, a camera man and filming equipment can be seen momentarily next to the fire engine. A camera person can also be seen when Dwight starts pushing Ryan after Michael suggests that he follow Ryan's lead and go to business school.
• In the scene in which Dwight decides numbers for the office members, it is revealed that an unseen character named "Marjorie" works at the office, although such a character is never seen throughout the series.
• In the scene in which Dwight rescues Kelly, his shirt is visibly wet when he picks her up, but completely dry when he puts her down. Once he steps outside of the building, his shirt is wet but in a different manner.
• The verse of "we didn't start the fire" that Dwight sings in the talking head interview is a real one, but is not followed by the vocal chorus, but rather an instrumental one.

References

External links

• Memorable Quotes From "The Fire" at QuotesFromTheOffice.com
• "The Fire" at NBC.com