"[5], Writer and actor B. J. Novak said the idea for "Injury" started out as an idea in the writing room that just "spun out of control". To add insult to over-dramatic injury, Dwight gets in a "that's what she said" joke that makes the doctor chuckle. It includes the best quotes from The Office, voted on by fans. Each week, Jenna and Angela will break down an episode of The Office … … When Michael tells the building's manager that they are similar because they are "disabled" this causes him to wheel out. Jim puts Michael on … When Jim, Michael, and Dwight are driving to the hospital, an allusion to a three-person family, Jim being the Mother, Michael being the Father, and Dwight being the child, can possibly be seen. Dwight becomes more easygoing and friendly to his co-workers. Season Jim and Michael take Dwight to the hospital. Read about The Injury in Angela’s MySpace blog and Jenna’s TV Guide blog! [4] After the character development that had occurred in the previous episode, "Booze Cruise", Greg Daniels decided to create a more inane episode that involved "Michael's grilled foot. Michael and Jim watch a movie in Spanish in the hospital waiting room. Michael says Meredith has "one kid and no husband", but several other times in the series it is referenced that she has more than one kid. I find the Injury to be the funniest Michael/Dwight episode. Pam has a standard MP3 Player instead of the video iPod that Roy was going to get her, implying that he instead took the cheaper route. He called Wilson's performance as Dwight "flat-out strange" and noted that the episode, along with several others, "wouldn't be nearly as entertaining" without his character. [10] After his portrayal of the character, York received several positive fan letters, who praised his performance as the straight man in a hectic work environment. Despite Michael's anger about Pam not having any messages, he did have messages when he showed up. Mindy Kaling Before they go, Pam bids "goodbye" to the concussed Dwight, aware that she will probably never see the good-natured version of Dwight Schrute ever again. See episode The Injury Michael: I enjoy having breakfast in bed. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will … [2], "The Injury" originally aired on NBC in the United States on January 12, 2006. The episode guest starred Marcus York as Billy Merchant. Then the handicapped business park manager enters and is told he was invited by Michael to come. "The Injury" first aired in the United States on January 12, 2006 on NBC. When he asks if anyone has any questions about the building rules, Dwight raises his hand and says nothing. At the hospital, Michael insists that his burned foot is a more serious injury than Dwight's, to no avail. During all this, Dwight, who tries to pick Michael up and bring him in to work upon hearing of his injury, crashes his car exiting Dunder Mifflin's parking lot, giving himself a concussion. [3] "The Injury" was written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts for the show as customer service representative Kelly Kapoor. It first aired on January 12, 2006. Jim popping some of Michael's foot packaging bubbles. The Injury Season 2 Ep 12 2/26/2018 Michael demands attention from the entire office after he has a freak accident with his George Foreman Grill, and Dwight begins behaving strangely following a minor … [12] Francis Rizzo III from DVD Talk wrote positively of the episode and praised the performance of Rainn Wilson as Dwight and wrote that "nothing he does compares" to his performance in "The Injury". Few office workers can spend 6 to 8 hours per day seated, staring at a computer screen, making endless repetitive hand and arm movements with their mouse for years on end without experiencing strain. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC’s “Injury Center,” includes the Office of the Director and three divisions. The Office Season 2 Episode 12 Quotes. Under false pretenses, he brings in Billy Merchant (Marcus A. York), the building's property manager who uses a wheelchair, to discuss what it is like to be disabled. [5] She later expanded that the entry's "full-on loopy" quality made it humorous. Permalink: I was in an iron lung when I was a teenager.How old are you? Office Ladies #18 March 3, 2020. When Michael burns his foot with his George Foreman mini-grill, he requires the entire office staff to work around his new injury. What are the most common work injuries in the office? Michael Reports His Injury. This episode opens with a scene showing Angela and Brian (Kevin) out of character! When Ryan refuses to do this, Michael calls a meeting in the conference room. When the workers aren't so keen on obliging, Michael gets … We have connections to other episodes from the season so far, we have some … Hold on to your George Foreman grills and watch your feet because this week we’re breaking down The Injury episode of The Office. When Michael asks the office what his foot looks like, Stanley replies, "Mail Boxes Etc. [14] The episode received a 5.1 rating/12% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. Creed: I was in an iron lung when I was a teenager. Michael then tells the camera no matter what you have, if you eat dark meat chicken, you can walk on the moon. Michael should not be at work if he is injured as he should have taken time off to recover. [15] The episode was viewed by 10.3 million viewers,[16] making it the highest-rated episode of The Office at the time, beating the series' pilot, which received a Nielsen rating of only 5.0. Creed says he was in an iron lung as a teenager, suggesting he had polio as a child. These include … The Injury The episode was written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts in the show as Kelly Kapoor, and directed by Bryan Gordon. "[20] Rolling Stone named the same scene as the twentieth-funniest in The Office's first three seasons. Jim then says he has had a grill for six years, and has never burnt himself on it because he does not use it as a pillow. "The Injury" received widespread acclaim from critics and is widely regarded by critics as one of the show's greatest episodes. meaning Dwight. Michael should have called an ambulance for Dwight if he suffered a concussion instead of driving himself to the hospital as it could likely lead to an accident. Michael burns his foot stepping on to a George Foreman grill, and then tries to convince his staff that he has a serious injury. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me. It was viewed by 10.3 million people. The scene featuring Dwight crashing his car received specific attention. Novak answer 'Chair Model' questions", "The Office Star's Own Health-Care Reform Mission", "The Office – Seasons – Season 2 – Episode Guide", "Jan. 18, 2006 Press Release ("The Injury")", "July 5, 2006 Press Release ("Christmas Party," "The Injury")", "Aug. 22, 2006 Press Release ("The Injury")", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Injury&oldid=992595258, Television episodes written by Mindy Kaling, Articles with dead external links from May 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 December 2020, at 02:58. While Michael is boasting about his recovery, Dwight collapses, and Jim and Michael (Michael being less than willingly) take him to the hospital. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself. "The Injury" first aired in the United States on January 12, 2006 on NBC. Pam coyly tells Oscar Martinez about Dwight's recovery as a way of getting the good news to Angela Martin, who is between them, as Pam is the only person in the office aware that Angela is Dwight's girlfriend. … [2] Gordon had previously directed the first season episode "The Alliance". Slips, Trips, and Falls. "The Injury" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's eighteenth episode overall. Michael calls his mom to complain about coworkers several other times in the series. We highly recommend a "Beach Games" rewatch. Michael talking to someone on the phone, but he hangs up on him when Ryan walks in with Michael's movies. The Office The Injury extras. When Michael says (in the conference room meeting), "When I clamped my foot into a non-stick grill," Pam turns to Dwight and laughs. "[22] M. Giant of Television Without Pity graded the episode with an "A–". [18] Another encore presentation on August 22, 2006 received a 2.0/6 rating, was viewed by 5.3 million viewers, retained 100 percent of its lead-in "My Name is Earl" audience, and ranked as the most-watched episode of The Office during the summer of 2006. Booze Cruise IGN ranked the scene with Dwight getting in a car accident as its seventh-best moment in the first two seasons, noting that "[t]he fact that this show can get such inspired and unusual comedy from what is essentially a puke joke is a testament to how clever The Office is. Slips, trips and falls. The Office (US) is not only one of the most beloved television comedies of all-time, but it’s also one of the most rewatchable. Dwight refers to Pam's MP3 player as a Prism Durosport. ... Two real on set injuries. The talking heads are conducted outside of the break room, instead of the conference room, because of Michael resting there (in the conference room). "The Injury" was originally conceived by Greg Daniels to be a humorous follow-up to the previous episode, "Booze Cruise". Michael explains that sometimes when he is zoned out, he will pop some bubble wrap at home. Michael burns his foot on a George Foreman grill because he likes to make himself breakfast in bed, and he still decides to come to work, so he calls the office … In an attempt to get Dwight into Meredith's van, Jim tells him that they are going to Chuck E. Cheese, to which Michael replies that he is "so sick of" the restaurant. It’s not often that the cold open in an episode of The Office relates to the … The episode earned a Nielsen rating of 5.1 in the 18–49 demographic and was viewed by 10.3 million viewers, making it, at the time, the highest-rated episode of the series. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) accidentally burns his foot while grilling bacon on his George Foreman Grill, which he keeps next to his bed. 12 Michael's overreaction to a menial injury creates havoc for the Office. Because of this Dwight is more helpful and friendly to Pam, which Jim notes. "[8], The episode guest starred Marcus York, as the "no-nonsense" building manager for the Scranton business park. [17], An encore presentation of the episode, on July 5, 2006, received a 1.8/6 rating and was viewed by over 3.9 million viewers: an increase by 29 percent of its lead-in audience. According to BJ Novak, the episode was originally going to be called "My Grilled Foot", but writer Mindy Kaling thought it was "too weird for people to tune in and watch that". [5][7] Novak has described "The Injury" as one of his favorite episodes, and said of it, "I don't think any other TV show would have made an episode from that starting point, and yet it was one of the funniest and most relatable episodes as it went on that we've ever had. According to B. J. Novak, the episode started out as an idea in the writing room that just "spun out of control". Ergonomic Injuries. This is why ergonomic injuries are one of the most common office injuries. Written by Dwight uses the phrase "that's what she said" to which Michaels scolds him for it because it is his joke it is the first time someone other then Michael uses the phrase. Michael becomes upset with the staff's lack of compassion towards his "disability." "[24], Goldman, Eric & Zoromski, Brian (September 20, 2006), "B.J. Episode The episode guest starred Marcus York as Billy Merchant. Dwight getting scared that he needs to go into a machine. York described his character as "just trying to do his job". While Jim waits in the waiting room, he calls Pam at the office, and tells her that Michael is taking Dwight to get a CAT scan. This means that it was seen by 5.1% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 12% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. Working virtually 100% indoors, in a seated position and usually talking on a phone, writing or typing on a computer paves the way for some of the top injuries … To do this, he irritates the office (Pam and Ryan, notably) to help him with his "injury". For example: He asks Pam to spread butter on his foot, and when Michael falls off the toilet, he yells for Ryan to help him. She later explains the injury in a little more detail, saying how her and the cast were in the city to promote The Office. The Injury. They take Meredith Palmer's mini-van, and as Jim drives, he uses a spray bottle to squirt Dwight to keep him from drinking liquor from a bottle he found under the seat. 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