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Casual Friday

‘Casual Friday’

Season 5, Episode 26 -  Aired April 30, 2009

As Michael, Pam and Ryan return to Dunder Mifflin, there's tension with the existing sales staff over who should get the clients who were lured away. Meanwhile, the return of Casual Fridays leads to a number of questionable outfits.

Quote from Michael Scott

Michael Scott: Okay. Pam, pros.
Jim: Mm-hmm.
Michael Scott: I like her. I think that she is a fast learner. Cons, she doesn't always follow through. Sh- New York and the whole art school thing. And Roy. She has a weird voice.
Jim: That's not true.
Michael Scott: I don't need to tell you that.
Jim: I think she'd be a really good salesperson.
Michael Scott: I don't think you are being totally impartial though, because you haven't said one bad thing about Pam.
Jim: And I won't.
Michael Scott: Okay. So be it, then you've lost credibility. And I'm going to go with my guy, and that's Ryan.
Jim: All right. You're right, sometimes when she's tired, she can be a little bit shrill. But that's not a weird voice.
Michael Scott: Oh, wow! Whoa!
Jim: Take it easy.
Michael Scott: Ho-ho, man! Wow. [in a high-pitched voice] Honey! I want you to bring the garbage out. 'Cause I'm not going to have sex with you unless you bring out the garbage.

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Quote from Michael Scott

Michael Scott: Someone is returning! He started his own company, and now he's back. Who could it be? I'll give you a hint. He is a man. A man you have missed with all your heart. A man who has ruined all other men for you. Who is it?
Ryan: [whispering] Who is it?
Pam: [whispering] Who is it?
Michael Scott: [whispering] It's Michael Scott.

Quote from Michael Scott

Michael Scott: Well, I guess the first order of business is to welcome back me, and Pam and Ryan. And how about casual Friday again, huh? Reinstituting casual Friday? You all look great. What I want to do right now is try something a little different. I'm going to throw it out there, starting with this meeting. I want you guys to run it. I want you to say whatever you want, take it away. Your meeting.
Dwight K. Schrute: [after a few moments of silence] Wh- What are you doing?
Michael Scott: If there is something that you would like to say as a group, then by all means, you may say it to me right now.
Angela: Okay.
Michael Scott: Yes.
Angela: People are dressed inappropriately.
Michael Scott: Take it up with Toby. What I want you to do, is I want you to look inward. And I want you to reflect. And I want you to say something different.
Jim: Can you give us a hint?

Quote from Michael Scott

Michael Scott: Oscar, what were you going to say?
Oscar: Nothing. I didn't say anything.
Michael Scott: All right.
Erin: Do I still have a job here?
Michael Scott: Not important. [everyone mutters] Okay, all right. Yes. Yes, you have a job. Frankly, you have a job because Ryan and Pam are starting with us as salesmen.

Quote from Michael Scott

Michael Scott: It's going to work very smoothly, because Pam and Ryan are bringing over a ton of clients from Michael Scott Paper Company and-
Phyllis: You mean the clients you stole from us.
Dwight K. Schrute: Yeah , aren't we getting those clients back?
Michael Scott: No, you lost those clients.
Andy: I call foul, sir.
Michael Scott: Okay.
Dwight K. Schrute: You were bought out. So the company then bought out all of the stolen clients.
Michael Scott: Okay, Dwight. Let me explain something to you. I set the rules and you follow them. Blindly. Okay? And if you have a problem with that then you can talk to our complaint department. It's a trash can.

Quote from Meredith

Meredith: [to Ryan] Don't fall in love with me, kid.

Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Andy: [answering the phone] Andrew Bernard.
Dwight K. Schrute: Okay, what are you still doing at your desk?
Andy: What are you still doing not at your desk?
Dwight K. Schrute: Did you even read the memo?
Andy: All my files are now in reverse alphabetical order--
Dwight K. Schrute: No, you idiot. There is a code embedded in the memo. Listen, you need to round up all the salesmen, except for Ryan and Pam, and get them down to the warehouse pronto.
Andy: Oh, it is on like a prawn who yawns at dawn.
Dwight K. Schrute: Stop doing rhyming poetry. Just tell them, please. God, the simplest thing.

Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Dwight K. Schrute: We're in crisis mode here, do you understand? The two unqualified so-called salespeople are being favored because they all failed together. And frankly, I'm not convinced that Michael and Pam didn't have a thing going while they were gone.
Jim: Can I address that?
Dwight K. Schrute: No, you're too close.
Jim: Okay.

Quote from Phyllis

Dwight K. Schrute: Stanley, how do you feel about those two taking your clients?
Stanley: It's not right. I don't like it.
Dwight K. Schrute: He doesn't like it.
Phyllis: You don't take my clients away and give them to a secretary. [sighs] No offense, Jim. I think she's very pretty.

Quote from Meredith

Dwight K. Schrute: Jesus! What- What are you doing here?
Meredith: I don't know. I saw a crowd. I thought there might be a dogfight or something.
Dwight K. Schrute: Get out!

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