Michael gets worried after a request from Jim, and Pam's busy with wedding planning. Darryl's worker's compensation claim makes Dwight suspicious.
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“The Meeting” ranks #131 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.1 — Great. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.4 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
Michael: Andy wheel me into the conference room inside a makeshift cheese cart... It is... just... elegant.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: My main concern is should I have a safe word?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Big Bird doesn't make the tough decisions. If I was going to put someone in charge, I would put Bert in charge.
Michael Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Jim is like... Big Bird. He is tall... and yellow... and very nice.
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael · Pam: If you're lying to me right now, your baby is gonna come out a liar. That's how it works. They inherit things through the breast milk.
All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael · Oscar: Oscar being asked to close the door for Michael's 'procedure' consultation
Michael: Michael asking Oscar about colonoscopy 'sensations or emotions'
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Is there anything I can do to make it more pleasurable... for me or for Dr. Chaudry?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: My main concern is should I have a safe word?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: I'm gonna put it in the mail Sunday. You'll get it Wednesday.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Because we are the Three Amigos... one of the amigos will go off... to the bathroom while the other two have a secret meeting.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Pam: Pam: 'I think the pregnancy really brought us together'
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Michael · Pam: If you're lying to me right now, your baby is gonna come out a liar. That's how it works. They inherit things through the breast milk.
Michael: Michael: 'They inherit things through the breast milk'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Pam: Pam's horrified reaction to Michael discussing her breast milk
Pam Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Dwight · Darryl: Dwight questioning how the ladder ended up on top of Darryl if he fell off it
Jim: I didn't know we were in communist Sweden. If we were, I wouldn't have to worry, 'cause we'd have universal health care.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Observational Dwight: Dwight: 'If we were, I wouldn't have to worry, 'cause we'd have universal health care'
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jim Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Jim: Since when have you known Darryl to rush to do anything... other than to come up here for birthday cake? 'Y'all having birthday cake?'
Jim Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Darryl: That's not a very good Darryl.
Darryl Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Pam: Pam doing a noir detective impression: 'I'll punch you into mush, see?'
Pam Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Yes, I do. No, I don't. Yes, I do. No, I don't. Catch you on the flippity-flop.
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael pretending to be on important phone call: 'You tell the mayor he just lost six votes'
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: Had to come in on a Saturday... to retrieve... I left my cell phone here.
Michael Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: So jealous of your boobs.
Kevin Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam: Which is why we're having it in Niagara Falls.
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Kelly: But I'm not gonna go if Ryan doesn't go, because it's kind of a waste of time... That came out wrong.
Kelly Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy · Phyllis: I'm in this weird, flirty, nebulous... thing... with this cousin of mine. And it's a total mind f'er. Again with the cousin.
Andy Phyllis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: You know when they say it's so crazy it just might work? I don't believe that. I say go for the airtight plan.
Michael Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael: Andy wheel me into the conference room inside a makeshift cheese cart... It is... just... elegant.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Michael calling his cheese cart plan 'elegant'
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy: Andy's terrible French accent and elaborate cheese descriptions
Andy Physical/Slapstick Absurdist Andy: Also from the great city of Wisconsin
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy Andy: it's a lot of fun... to let the goldfish... take a little swim in the blue cheese
Michael · David: It sounds like a... EMD P40. That's a GE. The P40 is much higher pitched.
Dwight · Jim: Dwight and Jim's train expertise conversation
Michael: I'm rebuilding a turn-of-the-century steam engine in my slaughterhouse.
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight: 'It's just a slaughterhouse, but, sure, any time'
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Worker's comp my ass!
Jim Physical/Slapstick Escalation Darryl: You gonna eat all that dog food yourself?
Darryl Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Dwight: 'Worker's comp my ass!'
Ryan: I once had a glass of cognac that cost $77, so...
Ryan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Jim is like... Big Bird. He is tall... and yellow... and very nice.
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Big Bird doesn't make the tough decisions. If I was going to put someone in charge, I would put Bert in charge.
Michael Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Or I would put one of the real grown-ups, like Maria. Or Gordon, maybe.
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: I'd have to talk to my mother... and my guy at H&R block.
Jim: Example: he handed out jell-o shots... at the 23rd mile of the Steamtown Marathon.
Jim Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: Did you know that Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy?
Michael Misdirection Character Comedy Darryl · Jim · Dwight: Why would you think a lady is me? Are you serious? Because you look exactly alike.
Dwight: Dwight and Jim mistaking Darryl's sister for him: 'Because you look exactly alike'
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Michael: Absolutely... not! Like I said before, Jim is fantastic, and he deserves this job.
Michael Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: That file had been... falsified. Toby Flenderson is doing drugs.
Michael Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Darryl: Darryl threatening to claim sexual harassment: 'I'm telling them you sexually harassed my sister'
Darryl Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Darryl: I'm telling them you sexually harassed my sister.
Darryl Escalation Dark/Subversive Jim: No judges gonna believe that.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Michael: It would make me feel really good if you would punch me in the face.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: That's what she said.
Michael Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback David Wallace: Co-manager and co-manager.
Michael: Co-manager of what? Of your butt! And your butt, and your butt...
Creed: I'll just have whatever's fanciest, unless there's ribs, I'll get the other information the day of. I'll text you.
Creed Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam: You're going to text me... the morning of my wedding to ask for directions?
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