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
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Wins Above Replacement
“Jury Duty” ranks #138 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.4 — Great. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 6.5 on craft and 6.4 on impact, with Andy 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 Kevin: The only premature baby in this room is the baby this baby ate
Kevin Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: You have the right to request judgment by combat Dwight's rights
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: I'm not Rumpelstiltskin, Jim, I can't keep spinning gold out of your (BLEEP)
Andy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Toby: we used to recreate the various stranglings with empanadas from Ernesto's
Toby Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Andy: 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.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy Deadpan/Understatement Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Andy Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Andy: Tuna wrap Okay... Hand roll
Andy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Andy: Makes me question the whole judicial system
Andy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Andy: (MOCKING) He apologized And I just really want him to like me. Mmm!
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jim: We're best friends actually. We're going wine tasting next weekend if you want to come
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Jim: And then three other days happened
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: Is it black? Because that would be hilarious
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Oscar: Would it be more hilarious than Angela having a Chinese baby?
Oscar Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Kevin: A little bit. Yeah. Right, guys? Back me up
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Oscar: Right month wrong year
Oscar Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Kevin: Yeah, Oscar's the dad I'm Oscar's dad and Angela's my mom
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy Creed: It's the perfect blend of love and horror
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Stanley: My wife got to the TV first. I had to sit through damn Rizzoli & damn Isles
Stanley Character Comedy Observational Toby: we used to recreate the various stranglings with empanadas from Ernesto's
Toby Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Toby: You mean food truck Ernesto's was a food truck
Toby Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Toby, shut your hole about the empanadas Nobody cares about the empanadas
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Gabe · Oscar: Got that, bimbo? Got it, bimbo
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy 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 Character Comedy Escalation Callback Kevin: He's more than substantial He's a monster
Kevin Escalation Character Comedy Dwight: you never said he was on a bicycle
Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: You have the right to request judgment by combat Dwight's rights
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: I don't need to take a chill pill... Down the hatch
Dwight Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Dwight: (SPEAKING CALMLY) But let's just say that Jim was lying about jury duty
Dwight Character Comedy Reaction Beat Callback Andy: No one's ever lied to me before
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy: They used to call me King Tut because I'm so good at keeping things under wraps
Andy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Andy: My nickname was actually King Butt because I had a king-sized butt
Jim: It's the empanada guy
Jim Callback Character Comedy Callback Dwight: He remembers Toby the most forgettable man in the known world
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy: Usually I'm a burrito guy but if you won't tell, I won't. Wink, wink
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim: Hey, Murder, She Wrote, how about we drop the whole Murder, She Wrote thing, okay?
Jim Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Dwight · Andy: Wait, 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
Andy: And I would watch that cute, little tooshy scurry up those courthouse stairs every morning and that was that
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: I'm not Rumpelstiltskin, Jim, I can't keep spinning gold out of your (BLEEP)
Andy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Kevin: I'm going to call him Little Kevin
Kevin Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kevin: Is he really five pounds? Because I squat with five pounds... Yeah, this feels like more than that
Kevin Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Angela: I thought you said five You know what? I was under so many drugs a James Taylor concert or something
Angela Character Comedy Absurdist Pam · Angela: Preemie pajamas... No, I think he came early just so he could wear these
Oscar: This baby is clearly not premature They're lying about the date it was conceived And her husband's gay I don't even know which thread to follow
Oscar Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jim: What? Funny? No? Nobody laughed
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Dwight: So long, clump mate I'm going to miss you Truth be told, I never thought that this was how it was going to end
Dwight: That's it? This is crap
Dwight Reaction Beat Character Comedy Kevin: The only premature baby in this room is the baby this baby ate
Kevin Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Philip was conceived nine months ago... we had just seen Thor, and there was way too much wine in my chicken piccata
Angela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Why? I know what Angela and the Senator look like I can mash that up in my head right now
Dwight Character Comedy Visual Gag 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 Jim: JIM: Yes, I am bringing my kids in to help me get out of this hole
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jim · Pam: Whoa, whoa, whoa Game face, baby. Game face... No, that's overdoing it I think. Hi, Stanley. Split the difference
Jim Pam Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: so she brought you a little treat... No. But that would have been a really good idea
Jim Pam Misdirection Character Comedy Jim: She says no to everything. You know, she thinks my name is 'No.'
Jim Observational Character Comedy Andy: Why am I shorter than the table that I'm standing next to?
Andy Visual Gag Character Comedy Dwight · Angela: Then I inserted my penis into your... No! Stop it! Dwight ...vagina
Dwight: Nurse! You know that baby in there? Baby Philip? Cancel the circumcision
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Dwight: Kids drive us dads crazy. Sometimes I feel like they're raising us. Am I right?
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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