Deangelo's new replacement is sought out through a search committee process led by Jim.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Search Committee” ranks #22 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.4 — Elite. The episode packs 70 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Dwight landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight: And if you haven't fallen in love with me by then.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight: The desk is a replica of Uday Hussein's desk. I saw a picture in Newsweek.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Jim: Question. If we've already fomented insurrection, may we be grandfathered in?
Jim Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Creed: I will never be happier than I am right now. I will also never be less happy. I will be at my current maximum happiness for the rest of my life.
Creed Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: Don't make me pre-fire you. You wouldn't dare. Watch this. You're pre-fired. And when I'm promoted, you'll be full-fired.
All Jokes — 70 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown: All in favor of the knapsack filled with canned goods, chainsaw, gasoline and emergency radio in case he wakes up post-apocalypse.
Unknown: Nope. Baskets have it.
Unknown Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Jim: So as it turns out, unless you're a young child, or a prison inmate, you don't need anyone supervising you.
Jim Observational Irony/Sarcasm Jim: Must be because the stakes are so high.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Jo · Dwight: Dwight Schrute. Yes, I would. DWIGHT: Thank you. Jordan, gather my things from my desk.
Jim Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Jim Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: You'd slow me down.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: No, a week. Just feels like three months.
Jim Setup/Punchline Observational Jim: Let's see. We all have to punch into a time clock, which is very old, very strong, and has the slot about the size of a finger.
Jim Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: We were all given new business cards, big enough to set us apart from the competition. Which is how I learned that our titles are all now junior employee.
Jim Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Jim: Mine's at 10:30 and I find that the first hour of the day goes by a lot quicker than the second seven hours.
Jim Observational Deadpan/Understatement Everyone: ALL: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Dwight: Your copier code is a distinct 21-digit number that is unique to you and you only, okay? Don't share it.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Jim: Question. If we've already fomented insurrection, may we be grandfathered in?
Jim Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Jim · Dwight: Define 'foment.' You define 'foment.'
Dwight · Jim: Ah-ha! Oh, my God! What is wrong with you? Got you!
Unknown: It's none of your business, actually. It's very medical and personal.
Unknown Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: You stop me when I reach the diseased area.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy · Erin: In fairness, Darryl did tell me that joke, so... Oh! Darryl's funny.
Andy Erin Meta/Self-Referential Awkward Silence Gabe · Andy: Andy, do you like being alone with me right now? No, this is horrifying.
Gabe Andy Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Gabe: No, I don't like being alone with me, either. Okay?
Gabe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Gabe: No, just give me a second. I don't want anyone to know I've been crying.
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Kevin: Like the French Revolution or The Black Panthers or communism.
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy Kevin: God, I hate when everybody calls us a rebellion.
Kevin Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Kevin: Unfortunately, it's a bad day, what with Operation Overthrow and everything.
Kevin Irony/Sarcasm Escalation Callback Kevin: You're gonna love it. It's Beyonce falling with a fart mixed in.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Creed: I will never be happier than I am right now. I will also never be less happy. I will be at my current maximum happiness for the rest of my life.
Creed Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Unknown Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Multiple: You mean the frozen mice for the piranha? No, the blueberry slurpy pouch. Hmm. He means the ice pack.
Gabe: I don't believe in horoscopes. I don't believe in Christmas. I sure as hell don't believe in God.
Gabe Character Comedy Escalation Gabe: Or it could be. It's possible that that is exactly what God is.
Gabe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Erin · Unknown: Do we not have voicemail? Dwight doesn't trust robots to give us our messages.
Erin: but it was a challenge being touched by him.
Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim: Wow, you've really embraced the whole Bond villain aesthetic.
Jim Observational Character Comedy Dwight: The desk is a replica of Uday Hussein's desk. I saw a picture in Newsweek.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Jim: I promised other people that I'd be on my worst behavior. And I gave them my word, so...
Jim Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dwight · Jim: Don't make me pre-fire you. You wouldn't dare. Watch this. You're pre-fired. And when I'm promoted, you'll be full-fired.
Dwight: And if you haven't fallen in love with me by then.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Jim: But I always say, 'It's better to be pre-pre-pre-prepared.'
Jim Callback Escalation Callback Dwight: As your pale skin and severe bone structure imply, you'll age swiftly and poorly.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: What a day. What a day.
Dwight: I don't know. I guess he's saying that he's proud of me.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Why do you need to keep wearing those booby shirts all the time?
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight · Unknown: Why would I put a banana in my holster? In case you weren't hungry now, but you got hungry later.
Unknown: There is a hardwood floor underneath this carpeting. Why would they do that?
Oscar: No, that's not true. Actually, we heard a loud noise, later a hole was seen. No one saw the bullet leave the gun.
Oscar Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Unknown: Everybody, Oscar found a reason to look on WebMD.
Unknown Character Comedy Observational Gabe: No! We really shouldn't be without a receptionist. Now more than ever.
Gabe Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: Yee-haw! Woo-hoo! Howdy, partners. It's me, Gun Safety Dwight.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Dwight · Unknown: What hand was I holding the gun in? What did Andy's tie look like? Navy blue, little red anchors. I have no way of knowing if that's true.
Dwight: Managing you for this last week has been the greatest honor of my life. And if you ruin this, I will burn this office to the ground.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Dwight: I love you guys, but don't cross me, but you're the best.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Callback Darryl: I don't feel good about it, but he just kept calling himself a gunshot victim, and it got to me.
Darryl Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: ? Why did my temporary boss go on a shooting spree? ?
Andy Character Comedy Escalation Multiple: Put everything back in the vending machine, except the fruit.
Jim · Dwight: And when I cough, can you do jazz hands? What's jazz hands? Fine.
Jo: Just like a man, wants to jump right into it while I still got my socks on.
Jo Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Gabe: Hey, Andy, did you tell Erin about our conversation earlier when you said you would never want to date her again?
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Andy: You were in hysterics and my maternal instincts kicked in.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: That is between me and my diary.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kevin · Dwight: KEVIN: I don't feel anything. DWIGHT: It's wet. Push harder, Dwight. I can't. I can't push harder.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Jo: You've got to admit it, it's nice to have a little power, eh? How's it feel?
Jo Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jo: Beaumont Adams is a girl's gun. That just makes it plain stupid.
Jo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Callback Jo: Stop asking yourself easy questions so you can look like a genius.
Jo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Jim: But I will say, in your one week, every single one of the orders went out on time and I think that is shagadelic, baby.
Jim Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Unknown · Creed: Could you turn the volume down on the beeping? Shut up, Oscar.
Unknown: I hit three, I hit three instead. God!
Unknown Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 19:30-20:30 as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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