Jim returns from jury duty, only to have to deal with Dwight's pesky questions about the details of the case. Elsewhere, Angela and her senator beau welcome their baby.
WAR
85.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Jury Duty” ranks #130 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.8 — Elite. The episode packs 86 scored jokes at 3.8 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 7.0 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: What a beautiful child. Prominent forehead, short arms, tiny nose. / You will lead millions — willingly or as slaves.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight: That baby is a Schrute. And unless somebody taught Mose sex, that baby is mine.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: Dwight cross-examining Jim about the hit-and-run: 'You never said he was on a bicycle.'
Dwight Jim Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: The only premature baby in this room is the baby this baby ate.
Kevin Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Angela: Philip was conceived nine months ago. The Senator and I wanted to wait, but we had just seen Thor, and there was way too much wine in my chicken piccata.
Angela Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Dwight · Jim: Dwight cross-examining Jim about the hit-and-run: 'You never said he was on a bicycle.'
Dwight Jim Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: What a beautiful child. Prominent forehead, short arms, tiny nose. / You will lead millions — willingly or as slaves.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight: That baby is a Schrute. And unless somebody taught Mose sex, that baby is mine.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 86 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Darryl: Stress is like the uptight mayor of a town who's saying 'Hey, we're uptight. You can't dance.' And then, you have to be like 'Oh, yeah, Mayor Stress? Well, watch this.' And then, we dance. Oh, how we dance.
Darryl Absurdist Character Comedy Darryl Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Tuna wrap. Okay. Hand roll.
Andy Character Comedy Reaction Beat Dwight: They'd let someone like you serve on a jury? Makes me question the whole judicial system.
Dwight Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dwight · Jim: Did you send him to the slammer? / Not guilty. / Of course you found him not guilty. (Mocking) 'He apologized and I just really want him to like me.'
Jim · Dwight: We're best friends actually. We're going wine tasting next weekend if you want to come. / Not coming. Have plans.
Jim Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Jim: Jim's talking-head confessing he took extra days off — 'And then three other days happened'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin · Oscar: Is it black? Because that would be hilarious. / Why? / You know.
Oscar · Kevin: Would it be more hilarious than Angela having a Chinese baby? / A little bit. Yeah. Right, guys? Back me up.
Unnamed coworker / background character: Maybe a little bit.
Kevin · Oscar: Oh. Did I win the pool? / Uh, no. Right month, wrong year.
Kevin: Yeah, Oscar's the dad. I'm Oscar's dad and Angela's my mom.
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight: It's the perfect blend of love and horror. Things can go so wrong or so right.
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Andy · Jim: Come on, Judge Judy, tell us your case. What were the deets? / It was actually a pretty boring case. / How could it be boring? You were there for five days. Titillate us.
Andy Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Darryl: Yeah, you owe us. I had to stay until 6:00 twice to cover for you. / My wife got to the TV first. I had to sit through damn Rizzoli & damn Isles.
Darryl Observational Character Comedy Phyllis: My car got smashed visiting one of your clients and I had to have it detailed and they took my meter change.
Jim: Jim's confessional: 'The least I could do was give them a good story.' [Cut to Jim acting out the hit-and-run with a double backflip explanation]
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Toby: You know, when I was on J-duties on a strangler case, we used to recreate the various stranglings with empanadas from Ernesto's.
Toby Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Toby · Andy: Oh man, Ernesto's! That was our favorite restaurant too. / You mean food truck. Ernesto's was a food truck. / Toby, shut your hole about the empanadas. Nobody cares about the empanadas.
Andy: I was in Los Angeles last year. Jim tricked me into thinking I'd won a walk-on part on NCIS, but that's not important. While I was being kicked off the lot, I saw food trucks everywhere.
Andy Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Andy · Gabe: Gabe, bring it in. How many of you have seen a premature baby before? It's going to be really tiny so please don't say anything offensive. Got that, bimbo? / Got it, bimbo.
Kevin · Oscar: Philip is so fat. / Kevin! / You warned me not to say anything if it was tiny, Oscar. You didn't prepare me for a big, giant, fat baby.
Kevin Oscar Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Oscar · Kevin: Yes, he's substantial. Hey. / He's more than substantial. He's a monster.
Dwight · Jim: (Laughing) Busted, Halpert! Yes! / Wait. No.
Dwight Jim Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Dwight: You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to beg for mercy. You have the right to request judgment by combat. Dwight's rights.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Jim was lying about jury duty. He was lying the whole time so he could go do yoga or go canoeing. I don't know what this pervert likes. Fire him!
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Andy · Dwight: Andy force-feeding Dwight a chill pill / 'Down the hatch, good. Now, chill.' / Dwight reluctantly swallowing it.
Andy Dwight Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Andy: But let's just say that Jim was lying about jury duty — you would have to fire him, right? / Yeah, sure. Of course. I'd fire him to Timbuktu.
Andy: You ever heard of a Connecticut cover-up? No. / You know why you never heard of it? / Covered it up.
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: They used to call me King Tut because I'm so good at keeping things under wraps. / My nickname was actually King Butt because I had a king-sized butt.
Andy Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Toby · Ernesto: The food truck arrives — 'Hola, Toby!' / Toby gagging.
Jim · Toby: Jim: 'Hey, this guy look familiar?' / 'It's the empanada guy!' / 'Holy [bleep]. Damn it, Toby. No, I wasn't asking you.'
Jim Toby Character Comedy Reaction Beat Callback Jim: He remembers Toby — the most forgettable man in the known world.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jim: He doesn't want any trouble. He sees lots of people. They come from all around to eat his delicious meat pockets.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Andy: Usually I'm a burrito guy but if you won't tell, I won't. Wink, wink.
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: Hey, Murder, She Wrote, how about we drop the whole Murder, She Wrote thing, okay?
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy · Dwight · Jim: Jim was at the courthouse for jury duty every morning. How do I know? Because I drove him there. / Why? / Because my car broke down.
Dwight: Wait — you live by the courthouse. You drove from near the courthouse out to Jim's house and then back to the courthouse? Thirty minutes out, 30 minutes back — easy hour. And I would watch that cute little tooshy scurry up those courthouse stairs every morning.
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: I'm sorry, do you have any American Mexican food?
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist Andy: I'm not Rumpelstiltskin, Jim. I can't keep spinning gold out of your [bleep].
Andy Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Kevin · Angela: I'm going to call him Little Kevin. / No, you will not. / Is he really five pounds? Because I squat with five pounds. (Grunts) This feels like more than that. / He's nine pounds seven ounces.
Kevin · Angela: Nine pounds? Really? I thought you said five. / You know what? I was under so many drugs — a James Taylor concert or something.
Angela: Well, if it's anything like that gorgeous wrapping paper, you hit it out of the park.
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Oscar · Angela: Preemie pajamas. / I think he came early just so he could wear these.
Dwight: Call of Duty. This baby is clearly not premature. They're lying about the date it was conceived. It's very interesting. And her husband's gay. I don't even know which thread to follow.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's confession to the office: 'I kind of, well maybe took the week off.' [beat] / What? / Funny? No? Nobody laughed.
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Dwight: You're screwed! / Oh! It's happening! It's really happening!
Dwight Character Comedy Reaction Beat Dwight: You're screwed. Oh! It's happening. It's really happening.
Dwight Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Andy: And Andy, you said you drove him to the courthouse. / Uh, I did. Every morning. And if I didn't, then I hope I die.
Dwight: Allow me to give you a hand. Here we are. So long, clump mate. I'm going to miss you. Truth be told, I never thought this was how it was going to end. I was going to defeat you somehow, but you've defeated yourself.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Gabe, it's Dwight again. Highest priority, triple urgent. Call me immediately. That means ASAP. I'm going to find Gabe, tell him what Jim did, and let the little stickler do what he does best — stickle.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Oscar · Angela: Honestly, I can return this for a larger size. / It's fine. Pajamas aren't supposed to be baggy, right? It's not the barrio.
Kevin: The only premature baby in this room is the baby this baby ate.
Kevin Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Kevin · Angela: Little Kevin. / Really? / Angela. / Fine. God.
Angela: Philip was conceived nine months ago. The Senator and I wanted to wait, but we had just seen Thor, and there was way too much wine in my chicken piccata.
Angela Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Oscar · Angela: Chicken marsala. / Right.
Dwight: Why? I know what Angela and the Senator look like. I can mash that up in my head right now.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight · unnamed coworker / Gabe: Angela got pregnant before the wedding. / What? / She got pregnant before the wedding. / How long before? / A month. / [beat] You didn't hear it from me. / Yes, I did.
Dwight: Well, Angela will make you cut your fingernails. It's not worth it.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Angela · Kevin: He's hungry. / Oh, that's my cue to leave. / No, you don't have to. I'm going to wear this cover. / Still.
Jim: Yes, I am bringing my kids in to help me get out of this hole.
Jim Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Pam · Jim: Wow, I really thought I'd be more excited to be here. / Whoa, whoa, whoa. Game face, baby. Game face. / Oh, right. Okay.
Pam Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Pam · Jim: Hi, Stanley. / No, that's overdoing it. I think. / Hi, Stanley. Split the difference.
Pam Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Meredith: He's licking on my finger just like my cat does.
Meredith Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam: Yes. Cece wanted to thank everybody for letting her daddy stay home with her all last week and play.
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort Andy · Phyllis: Uncle Andy. / Oh. / Aunt Phyllis. / Wow.
Cece · Jim: Cece, did you do these? / No. / She says no to everything. You know, she thinks my name is 'No.'
Cece Jim Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Jim · Cece: Cece, do you want some broccoli? / Yes. / No. / It's crazy.
Jim Cece Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Jim · Cece: Cece, do you want some broccoli? / Yes. / No.
Jim Cece Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Cece / Andy: Why am I shorter than the table that I'm standing next to?
Andy: There is crosshatching in some of these. That's kind of advanced for a 2-year-old.
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist Kelly · Cece: Did you color this pretty picture? / No. / So then this means nothing to you?
Kelly Cece Character Comedy Reaction Beat Callback Andy · Jim: Hey, Cece — why don't you draw another picture for us exactly like this one, or at least in the exact same style? / You know what? I don't think you need to do things on command. That's very weird. Just take that. Thank you.
Andy Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Angela, this child is definitely mine. He looks just like me.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Callback Angela · Dwight: Every baby looks just like you. / Your face kind of looks like a baby.
Dwight: You said that Robert was not fulfilling you. And I said that I could fulfill you. And you said 'I'd like to see you try.' And then I kissed you with the force of a thousand waterfalls.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight · Angela: And then I inserted my penis into your... / No! Stop it! Dwight. / ...vagina and— / And even if it did, it's just a coincidence.
Dwight: Nurse! You know that baby in there — Baby Philip? Cancel the circumcision.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight: Nurse! You know that baby in there, baby Philip? Cancel the circumcision.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Nurse · Dwight: Who are you? / [Dwight's stunned pause] / We're going to circumcise him. / (Wailing)
Phyllis: Last week, Jim at home — that was no vacation.
Phyllis Deadpan/Understatement Observational Callback Dwight: Dwight smoking in the hospital, told he can't smoke inside, casually complying. 'The office looks different now. Smaller. Maybe I just feel bigger.'
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: Jim? Oh, right. No, forget it. He was doing it for his kids. I get it. Kids drive us dads crazy. Sometimes I feel like they're raising us. Am I right?
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