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Special Project

‘Special Project’

Season 8, Episode 14 -  Aired February 9, 2012

After Sabre puts Dwight in charge of a special project in Florida, he and Andy assemble a team which will spend three weeks working down in Tallahassee.

Quote from Darryl

Darryl: [answering phone] This is Darryl.
Brandon: Oh, sorry I asked for the main shipping number. I just need the address for the warehouse? I want to send my girlfriend some flowers.
Darryl: Your girlfriend? Is your girlfriend Val?
Brandon: Yeah, do you know her?
Darryl: We're friends. We're friends.
Brandon: Cool. Um, so can I get that address or...?
Darryl: Yeah, sorry, I'm just looking for a pen.
Brandon: Why do you need a pen?
Darryl: Back off! I got my reasons.

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Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Dwight K. Schrute: May I have your attention please? Could Kathy, Darryl, Phyllis, Kevin and Kelly please join me in the conference room immediately?
Kelly: Why?
Dwight K. Schrute: Oh, no big deal. It's just that you five have been deemed most deserving of a three week all expenses paid business trip to Tallahassee, Florida.
Kelly: Hell yeah.
Stanley: What?!
Dwight K. Schrute: Oh, I'm sorry, Stanley, I can't share any more details with you. You see, Andy rejected you.
Meredith: Wait. Kathy gets to go? Uh, why does she even still work here? Pam is back.
Oscar: It just feels like a slap in the face.
Dwight K. Schrute: I can understand your pain and your rage, but you know what? Andy is an honorable man, let us not question his choices. I'm sure he had his reasons.
Oscar: We're not questioning his reasons. I just wanna know what they are.
Dwight K. Schrute: I know, you and me both, brother. It seemed kinda random to me, but he was pretty clear on who he thought truly deserved this boondoggle of a lifetime.
Kevin: Well, he nailed it because I do deserve a vacation. Sometimes Batman's gotta take off his cape.
Dwight K. Schrute: Good point. But we're gonna be working pretty hard until five PM. After that it's gonna be beach volleyball, trips to Cape Canaveral, and sea kayaking with Gloria Estefan.
Ryan: What are the criteria for going?
Dwight K. Schrute: It might be innate goodness versus innate badness? But there's an easy way to find out. [knocks on Andy's office door] Oh Andy, gotta few questions for you.

Quote from Andy

Andy: Guys. Guys. Guys. Come on, seriously? We cannot let this trip cause this kind of rift, guys!
Ryan: Stop calling us "guys".
[aside to camera:]
Andy: I use the word "guys" a lot when I'm nervous, guys.
[back:]
Andy: Guys! Guys! Guys!
Ryan: Stop it!

Quote from Andy

Andy: Okay, I did not realize that so many of you wanted to go so badly, so if you feel like you have a very good reason to go to Florida, I'm happy to hear you out.
Dwight K. Schrute: Great idea! So why doesn't everyone just take the next five to six hours, come up with a statement on why you feel you deserve to go to Florida and Andy and I will listen to it.
Andy: No, that is a ridiculous waste of time.
Kelly: For you maybe.
Andy: Five to six hours?
Dwight K. Schrute: Three to four hours.
Andy: No, no, no, no.
Dwight K. Schrute: Two to three hours...
Andy: Nope.
Dwight K. Schrute: Come up with a statement in the next hour....
Andy: Thirty minutes!
Creed: I'm out.

Quote from Erin

Erin: Hey, guys, any spots left?
Andy: Erin, you wanna go to Tallahassee?
Erin: I do. I really do. I think it would be a nice way to clear my head.
Dwight K. Schrute: You know I don't think it's a good idea for you to clear your head any more than it has been already. I think you need a workplace where the burdens of everyday life keep you tethered to reality.
Erin: Either or. But if you can find someone to fill in, I would love to go.
Andy: Well, it wouldn't be hard to find someone to fill in..
Erin: Really? Oh, great. Good, ahem, good.

Quote from Jim

Jim: Now, is it too dark to say that Cece's having an operation?
Pam: I think you need to go to Florida.
Jim: I think you're right.
Pam: It's only for three weeks. You know, with my mom and sister at the house it'll be..
Jim: Total nightmare.
Pam: I was going to say good because I'll have all the help I need?
Jim: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They're incredibly helpful, you're lucky to have them. I mean with them there, you probably won't even know I'm gone.
Pam: Exactly.

Quote from Jim

Dwight K. Schrute: Well- [Jim enters] No! No! Absolutely not! You are not going. Over my dead body, no. Andy?
Andy: Tunes, I'm really sorry. You're too essential to the operation here, I can't let you go.
Dwight K. Schrute: I wouldn't say that... It's a bit much.
Jim: You know, Dwight, if you didn't want me to go the smart move would be to tell Andy that I actually am essential to the operation. That way I couldn't go.
Dwight K. Schrute: Jim is essential to th-
Jim: Hold on, just wanna get it on camera. [holds up a cellphone]
Dwight K. Schrute: Andy, Jim is just too... essen...
Jim: Essential.
Dwight K. Schrute: This is stupid! Cut.
Jim: Alright, I'm gonna pack my trunks.
Dwight K. Schrute: He doesn't even want to go.
Jim: Well, I got a text from RC inviting me to come down, so I think that's gonna make us roommates.
Dwight K. Schrute: Oh, my God.
Jim: Hey, quick question: Do you shower at night or in the morning? Cause I wanna shower when you're showering. Save some water.

Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Andy: Okay, listen up everyone, here's who's going to Florida: Kathy..
Dwight K. Schrute: What?
Andy: Stanley.
Dwight K. Schrute: No!
Andy: Ryan.
Dwight K. Schrute: No!
Andy: Erin.
Dwight K. Schrute: [bleep]
Andy: And, Jim.
Dwight K. Schrute: You've gotta be [bleep] kidding me. Okay. Okay. Florida group, welcome to the team. [enters conference room, slams door] Argh!

Quote from Darryl

Darryl: Nice flowers.
Val: Thanks, they're from my mom.
Darryl: Your mom?
Val: Yeah.
Darryl: Uh. So I guess that was your mom who called me earlier looking for the address? Real deep voiced woman?
Val: Yeah, that's her.
Darryl: She said her name was Brandon, I think. Your mom's name is Brandon?
Val: [laughs] Yeah Darryl, my mom's name is Brandon.
[aside to camera:]
Darryl: Then I guess I figured out where I stand. This is a love beanie.

Quote from Erin

Erin: I'm going to Florida ... and I'm not coming back.

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