Jim felt awkward at the morning meeting when his boss put him charge of managing Karen and her responsibilities. The other co-workers looked at Jim as a kiss ass. Later on, he flirted with Karen in the break room and told her she shouldn't work until she found her favorite snack chips.
WAR
82.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Grief Counseling” ranks #3 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 91.6 — Elite. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 3.0 per minute, averaging 7.6 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight: I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Creed: Ed was decapitated.
Creed Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's twin absorption story delivered matter-of-factly
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: And then a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone.
Michael Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Creed: That is the way to go. Instant death. Very smart.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael · Ryan: Michael offering to get Ryan a pencil from the warehouse when pencils are clearly available in the office
Michael · Unknown: Someone immediately asking Michael to get a pen from the warehouse after seeing the pencil routine
Pam · Michael: Pam asking for coffee from the warehouse when there's coffee in the kitchen, but claiming warehouse coffee is better
Michael: I am like Bette Midler in For the Boys. Gotta keep the troops entertained.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Michael · Jan: Michael thinking Jan is calling because she misses him when she's delivering death news
Michael: Michael's awkward announcement of Ed's death with inappropriate emphasis on corporate protocol
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Because he was my boss.
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael inviting people to his office to 'cheer me up' after announcing a death
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: He was almost 70. Circle of life.
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's awkward silence and 'Okay' responses to Michael's casual death discussion
Jim Reaction Beat Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Josh · Karen · Jim: Immediate cut to normal business discussion after death talk
Karen: My snack food doesn't fall under the umbrella of your authority.
Karen Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim dramatically declaring they're not doing anything until Karen gets her chips
Jim Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Creed: Ed was decapitated.
Creed Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Creed: That is the way to go. Instant death. Very smart.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: You know, a human can go on living for several hours after being decapitated. You're thinking of a chicken.
Dwight Jim Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Not even have his own head to comfort him.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's clumsy explanation of decapitation while miming the action
Michael Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: If my head ever comes off, I would like you to put it on ice.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's elaborate cryogenic resurrection plan after death
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: We have a day honoring Martin Luther King. But he didn't even work here.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Jan: Michael's robot statue proposal with arms that move and eyes that light up
Michael: Better make it 2/3. Easier to stop if it turns on us.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: I gave him a six-foot extension cord, so he can't chase us.
Jim Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Never pegged you for a quitter.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Karen · Andy: The absurd chip search checking copier and fax machine
Andy: Did you check your butt?
Andy Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Creed: Creed's graphic description of blood reaching reception and getting on Pam
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: His cappa is detated from his head.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Stanley: Michael spitting on Stanley while explaining decapitation
Michael: Michael's talking head explaining the five stages of grief with his goal being depression
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's overwrought grief description with bucket of boiling tears and frozen sledgehammer
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: And then a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone.
Michael Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Jim rescuing Pam from grief counseling with fake car trouble
Jim Pam Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Pam: I was mainly focused on the cup holders.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's elaborate fake phone call pretending to be Mike from West Side Market
Jim Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's twin absorption story delivered matter-of-factly
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: Pam's Million Dollar Baby parody story about her boxer aunt
Pam Callback Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's Lion King story with cousin Mufasa trampled by wildebeests
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Misdirection ★ Rewatch Jim: All of us kind of in the audience of what happened.
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: Andy's Weekend at Bernie's story passed off as personal experience
Andy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Stanley: Wait a second. That's Weekend at Bernie's.
Stanley Setup/Punchline Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Toby · Michael: Toby's bird story and Michael's aggressive interrogation about checking its vital signs
Michael: Michael finding the bird and declaring it's not dead while holding it to his head
Michael Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: You can't get diseases from a bird!
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael announcing a funeral service for the bird in the parking lot
Michael Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim calling a Montreal supermarket in French looking for Herr's chips
Jim Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Michael comforting the bird like it's grieving for Ed
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela · Michael: Angela's horror at Michael trying to fit the bird in a tiny box
Dwight: Dwight's farm background explanation and grandfather buried in oil drum
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: You never can tell what your day here is gonna turn into.
Jim Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's elaborate explanation of finding chips through manufacturer chain
Jim Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Pam: Pam's elaborate handmade bird coffin
Pam Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: Kevin's story about being told his fish went to hospital in the toilet
Kevin Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's bird eulogy suggesting it might be the same bird that pooped on Oscar
Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Michael's theory that the bird wanted to come inside to spread cheer with a song
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela · Michael: It's not a songbird. Shh.
Michael: There is such a thing as good grief. Just ask Charlie Brown.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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