Rumors spread that Dunder Mifflin is in financial trouble, so Michael tries to distract the office by having everyone play a murder mystery game called Belles, Bourbon, and Bullets. Meanwhile, Andy uses the game as a way to ask out Erin, but fears he may have asked out Erin's character, instead of Erin herself.
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“Murder” ranks #92 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.8 — Elite. The episode packs 43 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 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: It's never the person you most suspect. It's also never the person you least suspect, since anyone with half a brain would suspect them the most. Therefore, i know the killer to be phyllis, the person i most medium suspect.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jim: He was gonna call it tube city. So, yes, i do owe him one.
Jim Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Michael · Others: There has been a murder! / What? / A mur-- / what? / There's been a murder... In savannah.
Dwight: Dwight fighting himself with elaborate commentary
Dwight Physical/Slapstick Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jim: I think today was a good day to have two managers, because if you're a family stuck on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean, one parent might want to just keep rowing. But if the other parent wants to play a game, it's not because they're crazy. It's because they're doing it for the kids. And i get that now.
Jim Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 43 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Kevin · Dwight: No way. Last time, you pulled my pants down, and then you tried to choke me with my shoelace. / False. I did choke you with your shoelace.
Kevin Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim: Okay, with all due respect to everyone here, i think the most worthy opponent of you is you.
Jim Observational Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: Dwight fighting himself with elaborate commentary
Dwight Physical/Slapstick Absurdist ★ Rewatch Pam · Jim: Oh, my god, he's making you look like such a fool. / He really is, but not for long.
Pam Jim Reaction Beat Character Comedy Michael · Jim: I did stand-up comedy once. / You did? / Yeah, i killed. / That sounds like it was hilarious. / It was hilarious.
Michael · Dwight: Michael boasts about getting 'like eight emails a day' when Dwight asks about a specific email from corporate.
Erin · Michael: Your feelings journal? You told me to put it in the time capsule. / Did you?
Angela: The Wall Street Journal article cuts off at '$1.99 to finish the article' right before revealing bankruptcy rumors
Angela Irony/Sarcasm Observational Dwight: You can all have jobs at schrute farms... As human scarecrows. It doesn't pay much and you can't unionize.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Michael: I'll catch you on the flippity-flip. Bye!
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Michael · Dwight: No, just poopin'. You know how i be. / But it smells like throw-up in here. / Crazy world, lotta smells.
Andy: It is time for the nard-dog to take matters into his own paws.
Andy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Jim · Michael: Monkey see, monkey do. / That's it. / Monkey pee all over you. / That... Rhymes.
Michael: Michael's stress eating: 'Oh, god! I can't think. I need more mullins.'
Michael Character Comedy Observational Michael · Others: There has been a murder! / What? / A mur-- / what? / There's been a murder... In savannah.
Michael: 'Operation' got me through my vasectomy, i.e. my operation.
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Jim: He was gonna call it tube city. So, yes, i do owe him one.
Jim Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: So if you talk slowly in real life, your character could, say, have been kicked in the head by a horse.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy · Angela: 'Nathaniel nutmeg, the local bartender and... Nellie's brother.'
Michael: Every night, a different woman, being oogled, having to hug and kiss and spoon. Oh! I make them feel beautiful.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Oscar · Michael: It's my blackberry, michael. I'm trying to get updates on the company. / Who's michael? I'm caleb crawdad, i do declare.
Oscar: You don't have to keep saying 'i do declare.' anytime you say something it means you're declaring.
Oscar Observational Deadpan/Understatement Michael · Jim: That is the way southern people talk. / And what designing woman are you basing that on? / Delta burke, i do declare.
Jim: Jim coaching Pam's accent: 'You got this kind of like Florida panhandle thing goin', whereas what you really want is more of a Savannah accent, which is more like molasses, just sort of spillin' out of your mouth.'
Jim Character Comedy Observational Kevin · Oscar · Kevin: Oh, now do the swedish chef. / Uh, i'm not familiar. What province is he from? / He lives on sesame street, dumbass.
Michael · Stanley: No, no, no. Don't turn this into a political thing. / I will poison your food.
Andy · Angela · Andy: I would be remiss if i did not ask the pretty young lady out on a date for this weekend. / Sounds like a plan, sugar. / All right! A plan it is.
Stanley: It's not my fault. I was exposed to harry potter.
Dwight: It's never the person you most suspect. It's also never the person you least suspect, since anyone with half a brain would suspect them the most. Therefore, i know the killer to be phyllis, the person i most medium suspect.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Angela · Meredith · Meredith: Well, you know old nellie is always up for a romp in the hay. / How 'bout a threesome? / Yeah. My boudoir's always open.
Andy: I'm a little worried i might have asked out naughty nellie and not erin. Which would be a whole lot less appealing, because naughty nellie says yes to everyone, and she might be a murderer.
Andy Character Comedy Observational Oscar: This plantation, we're runnin' low on, uh, greenbacks, and we're havin' problems payin' the people who give us the seeds and the dirt.
Oscar Character Comedy Misdirection Narrator · Phyllis: Well, by now, you figured out that old beatrix bourbon was the killer. / What? / Michael, i was doing so well.
Angela · Andy: Did you mean a real date? / No. / Did you? / Totally not.
Angela: I thought it was for real... So i was excited, but it was just-- it was part of the game.
Angela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim · Pam · Jim · Pam: I think michael may have snapped. / Or maybe he's just stuck in character. / Well, which is worse? Snapped or stuck? / Both. They're both worse.
Michael · Michael: I'm the dead body, and these are my brain chunks. / Hey, shut up. You're dead.
Michael · Erin: Tell him i'm not heyah. / You're not gonna answer the phone? / No, i only answer to detective wallace, 'cause i got a warm body in the other room.
Michael · Jim: There has been another murder. / A murder, you say? / I do declare.
Jim: I think today was a good day to have two managers, because if you're a family stuck on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean, one parent might want to just keep rowing. But if the other parent wants to play a game, it's not because they're crazy. It's because they're doing it for the kids. And i get that now.
Jim Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Stanley: Today is the hardest i have worked in a long, long time.
Stanley Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jim: Andy revealed himself to be a double agent, at which point, dwight felt comfortable revealing that he also was a double agent, and then, michael announced to everybody that, get this, he was a double agent. Oh, and it is 6:00.
Jim Escalation Observational Phyllis: Hey, i want to go home. Get the keys out of my purse, start the car.
Phyllis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Top Episodes — The Office
