The situation between Jim and his new boss Charles gets worse when they are competing in a parking lot soccer game. Michael tries to start his new business, but has trouble leaving his house.
WAR
85.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Dream Team” ranks #73 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 89.2 — Elite. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 3.0 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.3 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
Ryan: Ryan: 'I can't do this. I had a real job. I sat ten feet away from my fiancée. I had health benefits. I was just feeling impulsive. I should have gotten a tiny tattoo on my ankle.'
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael, mid-breakdown: 'I have egg in my Crocs.'
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's talking head: 'Oh no, the new boss does not find Jim adorable. Oh.'
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's talking head: 'I used to play soccer in school. From second to fourth grade. I was on the orange team.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ryan · Pam: Ryan to Pam: 'What do you make, secretary?' Pam: 'Back to work, shoe bitch.'
Ryan Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Jim: Jim's talking head: 'Oh no, the new boss does not find Jim adorable. Oh.'
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael, mid-breakdown: 'I have egg in my Crocs.'
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ryan: Ryan: 'I can't do this. I had a real job. I sat ten feet away from my fiancée. I had health benefits. I was just feeling impulsive. I should have gotten a tiny tattoo on my ankle.'
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 67 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Kevin: Kevin answers: 'Dunder Mifflin. This is Kevin. Please hold while I transfer you. Oscar, your mom.'
Kevin Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's talking head: 'How do I say this diplomatically? I think Kevin is doing exactly as well as anyone might have expected someone like him to perform in a position like that.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Kevin · Jim · Andy: Kevin wrote the transfer procedure on his hand but then washed it off.
Kevin · Jim · Andy: The transfer coaching sequence: Jim, Andy, and Kevin practice the three-step transfer in real time while a live caller waits — 'It is 1:34. Kev. Kev, come on. Hustle. You are murdering the Nard Dog.'
Kevin · Jim: Kevin's final attempt at professionalism: '...this is Kev... Please hold, and I will transfer you.' — while someone off-screen says 'You're bad at this too.'
Kevin Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Andy: Andy answers the phone: 'Andy Bernard.' Caller: 'My maid died.'
Andy Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's talking head: 'Today's my first day at my new job at Michael Scott Paper Company Incorporated.'
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Michael: Michael: 'You know, Apple Computer started in a garage. And we're starting in a condo. So we already have a leg up on Apple.'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Pam: Pam arrives at Michael's condo. Michael: 'Oh good, my hooker's here. Kidding. Hi.'
Pam · Michael: Michael opens the door in a robe. 'Are you wearing anything under the robe?' — 'That is inappropriate, Pam. Come on in.'
Michael · Pam: Pam enters the condo-office. Michael offers: 'Would you like some French toast?' — 'Yes, please.' — 'What shape?'
Charles · Michael (referenced) · Jim · Dwight: Charles's meeting is interrupted by Michael asking: 'Charles, where were you born?' Charles clarifies he meant questions about day-to-day operations.
Unknown office employee: Follow-up question to Charles: 'How are operations at the company? Just day-to-day.'
Charles · Jim: Charles interrupts the meeting to tell Jim: 'You're breathing very heavily.' Jim: 'This is how I breathe. If you have a problem—' Charles: 'No, it's not.'
Charles Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charles · Jim: Charles calls on Jim: 'Jim Halpert. I need your eyes up front.' Jim tries to explain, Charles cuts him off: 'No, hey, hey. I just want to hear, "Yes."'
Charles Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Pam: Michael in his condo says 'So what do you say we get started?' Pam: 'After breakfast.' Michael: 'I'm full.' Then: 'So how you feeling about the new company?' — back and forth stalling.
Michael · Pam: Michael and Pam fight over the whisk while making French toast. 'No, I'm whipping it.' 'No, I know you are.' Eventually: 'Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can't do this.'
Pam: Pam's talking head about Ryan: 'I never see him drink. I never see him eat. I don't think he even uses the bathroom.' Beat: 'Oh, he does. He does.'
Pam Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael: 'I feel weak today. I felt much stronger yesterday. Like Benjamin Button in reverse.'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Pam: Pam suggests making a list. Michael: 'Okay. First, work out.' Pam: 'And, hey, look, you did that.' — Michael: 'Check.'
Michael · Pam: Second item on Michael's list: 'Eat an enormous breakfast. Check.' Pam: 'Don't patronize me, Pam.'
Michael Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Michael · Pam: Ryan's inclusion in the dream team: 'He's everything I'm not, and everything I am. He's the whole package.' Pam: 'No, we're not gonna hire Ryan.'
Pam: Pam's talking head: 'I have doubts about this too. But when one person freaks out, sometimes it weirdly makes the other one calmer. That's one thing I've learned about relationships. I hate that I just used the word relationship.'
Pam Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jim · Charles: Jim tries to bond with Charles over soccer. Charles: 'You a soccer fan?' Jim: 'Oh, yeah. I'm so embarrassed. You weren't supposed to see this. This is like my secret obsession.' Charles: 'Well, that makes two of us.' Jim: 'No way.' Charles: 'Yeah.' Jim: 'I hate soccer.'
Jim: Jim's talking head: 'I've never been a kiss-up. It's just not how I operate. I mean, I've always subscribed to the idea that if you really want to impress your boss, you go in there and you do mediocre work. Halfheartedly.'
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Michael · Pam: Michael opens the mail to find a letter from the condo association: he is in violation of his condominium agreement for running a business from his residence.
Michael: Michael's suggestions for how to pay for an office: 'Song parodies.' Then: 'Achy Breakfart.' Then: 'My Stumps. Like My Humps, but a guy with no legs.'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Charles: Charles asks Jim: 'What about you, Jim? Are you a fan of the game?' Jim: 'Oh, no. Not really.' Charles: 'Well, it's not for everybody, I suppose.'
Jim Charles Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's talking head: 'I used to play soccer in school. From second to fourth grade. I was on the orange team.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Vikram: Vikram quotes: 'Confidence — it's the food of the wise man, but the liquor of the fool.'
Vikram Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Michael's call to Vikram is revealed to be coming from inside a bowling alley. 'Happy birthday to Sally in lane 27.'
Michael: Michael's pitch to Vikram: 'Imagine a company that has no memory of your past misconduct, because they have no files.'
Michael Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam · Vikram: Pam and Vikram wait outside while Michael goes to the bathroom. Long pause. Pam: 'He's taking a long time. Is it possible he's bowling?' Vikram: 'I mean, you know him better than I do.' Pam: 'Yes. Yes, it's possible.'
Pam Vikram Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Michael has recruited Ryan at the bowling alley. 'Pam, everyone deserves a second second chance.'
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Ryan · Pam: Ryan to Pam: 'What do you make, secretary?' Pam: 'Back to work, shoe bitch.'
Ryan Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael · Pam · Ryan: Michael openly steals bowling shoes from the rack while no one is watching. Pam: 'Look what he's doing.' Michael: 'He's already paying for himself.'
Dwight · Jim · Charles: Office soccer game play-by-play: 'Minor sees his partner Halpert... he looks up, defend Doyle... he shuts him up... Goal!'
Charles · Jim: Charles scores, then: 'Man, I can't wait to play with you.' Jim: 'Oh, it's gonna be the... worst.'
Charles Jim Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Michael · Pam · Nana: Michael's investor turns out to be Pam's grandmother ('nana') — and Michael is asking for more than originally requested from 'an investment club' that is clearly just one old woman.
Michael: Michael's dream team presentation: 'Pretty Pam is always reaching for the stars, and someday she may just surprise us all and grab one.'
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Michael introduces Vikram: 'From his humble beginnings as a prominent surgeon, he risked it all to become the most successful telemarketer in the lipophedrine industry.'
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael introduces Ryan: '...the youngest vice president in the history of Dunder Mifflin... and recent bowling alley employee.'
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Nana: Investor asks: 'What's your mission statement?' Michael: 'My mission is stated as follows: I will not be beat. I will never give up. I am on a mission. That is the Michael Scott guarantee.'
Charles · Dwight · Jim · Office staff: Soccer position exchange. 'What positions do people play?' 'Wing.' 'Leg.' Jim: 'Left.' Charles: 'Forward or half?' Jim: 'Forward, definitely.' 'Striker, huh?'
Jim: Jim's soccer strategy talking head: 'My strategy is to touch the ball as little as possible. Chalk it up to teamwork.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Michael · Nana: Michael to Nana mid-pitch: 'I really think that Papa would want you to do this.' Nana: 'I'm not so sure.'
Vikram · Michael: Vikram's response to Nana's rejection: 'I thought Nana raised some good questions.' Then Michael: 'What kind of a name is Nana?' Vikram: 'It means grandmother.' Michael: 'Oh, sweet Jesus.'
Vikram · Pam: Vikram: 'What kind of a name is Nana?' / 'It means grandmother.' / Vikram: 'Oh, sweet Jesus.'
Jim · Phyllis · Dwight · Charles: Soccer game: Jim gets hit in the face/misses the ball catastrophically. Phyllis yells: 'No, I swallowed a crown.' Then: 'Why'd you duck, Jim?' 'Yeah, Jim, why would an experienced soccer player like yourself duck at the very last moment?'
Charles · Jim: Charles and Jim small talk: 'Do you get TNT? The station?' 'Yeah, I have cable and satellite as a backup.'
Dwight: Dwight piling on: 'Why'd you duck, Jim? Yeah, Jim, why would an experienced soccer player like yourself duck at the very last moment?'
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's talking head: 'Yeah, I know, two not-so-great things in a row.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Meta/Self-Referential Callback Michael: Michael: 'At least we got Ryan. The Ry-Guy. We should call him Ry-Bread. We don't have to call him that. Unless you like it. We could call him that.'
Ryan: Ryan: 'I just keep getting bored. And I let things build up and build up, and then I do something too big. Like this. Who does this?'
Ryan Character Comedy Observational Michael · Ryan: Michael's pep talk attempt: 'My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world, and that's why God made so many—' Ryan cuts him off: 'We don't have any money.'
Pam: Pam's response to Ryan's breakdown: 'Well, we should make a list. Lists are good. Lists are good. Lists are good.'
Pam Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ryan: Ryan to Pam in the car: 'How come out of everyone in the office, I'm the only one who went with you? Is it because I'm that stupid? I mean, your own grandmother doesn't even believe in you.'
Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Michael: Michael's pep talk to Pam: 'I remember in high school, my math teacher told me I was gonna flunk out. And know what I did? The very next day, I went out and I scored more goals than anyone in the history of the hockey team.'
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's talking head: 'I stepped in. I took charge. That's what being a man is. And earlier today, I was freaking out. Pam stepped up. She was the man. Don't think a woman can be a man? Well, then that's your stereotype. Not mine.'
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael: 'You know what they say. Keep your friends close.' — Cut to reveal: Michael has found office space INSIDE Dunder Mifflin's building.
Michael Misdirection Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's ominous line: 'You know what they say. Keep your friends close.' — long pause — cut.
Michael Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael · Charles: Michael confronts Charles in the hallway: 'Yes, I am, Charles. Except this time you have no legal right to kick me out. Because I have started my very own paper company right here in the building.'
Michael: Michael's threat: '...The Michael Scott Paper Company is about to open a big old can of whoop-ass on Dunder Mifflin.' Beat. 'Actually, a six-pack. We're gonna open a six-pack of whoop-ass.'
Michael Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael's talking head button: 'He looked scared.'
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Office
