Andy returns to the office to find Nellie in the manager's chair. Meanwhile, Kelly struggles to choose between Ryan and a new man.
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“Angry Andy” ranks #26 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 92.2 — Elite. The episode packs 74 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.3 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
Meredith: Meredith's confession: 'If it makes you feel any better, I never had an orgasm until I was 42. And then when I did, it lasted till I was 44. 43 was ju-- I got nothing done.'
Meredith Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Ryan: Ryan's proposal clause: 'I can't promise you that I'll never cheat on you. Nor should I. Modern marriages aren't built that way. Men aren't built that way. There's a very interesting article I can email to you.'
Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kevin · Erin: Kevin defends Erin's sex life: 'Erin doesn't even like sex, remember? You said it feels like getting tackled by a skeleton.'
Kevin Erin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Kevin: Kevin's talking head: Captain Mutato is 'half man, half mermaid. So he can fight crime as a man, and make love as a mermaid. Most of my writing involves the latter.'
Kevin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Ryan · Kelly: Ryan's marriage proposal: 'I wanna marry you, Kelly Kapoor. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But someday. And probably.'
Ryan Kelly Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Kevin · Erin: Kevin defends Erin's sex life: 'Erin doesn't even like sex, remember? You said it feels like getting tackled by a skeleton.'
Kevin Erin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Meredith: Meredith's confession: 'If it makes you feel any better, I never had an orgasm until I was 42. And then when I did, it lasted till I was 44. 43 was ju-- I got nothing done.'
Meredith Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Ryan: Ryan's proposal clause: 'I can't promise you that I'll never cheat on you. Nor should I. Modern marriages aren't built that way. Men aren't built that way. There's a very interesting article I can email to you.'
Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 74 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jim · Phyllis: Jim has been tracking Phyllis's 12 rain clichés and promised hot chocolate if she hits them all by noon
Jim · Phyllis: Jim deadpans 'You don't say?' in response to Phyllis's rain clichés while secretly tracking them
Jim Phyllis Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jim · Phyllis: Jim desperately tries to bait Phyllis into saying the final cliché ('curled up with a good book') by asking if she wants to be 'doing something... cozy in the rain'
Phyllis · Jim: Phyllis unknowingly delivers the final cliché — 'normally the rain would make me want to stay at home, curled up with a good book' — just after noon, but says it because everyone's been so nice to her today
Kevin: Kevin thanks Nellie for the sweater but adds 'I just wish there was pockets'
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Kevin · Andy: Kevin explains that Nellie 'bobblized' his bobblehead, renaming it 'Captain Mutato'
Kevin: Kevin's talking head: Captain Mutato is 'half man, half mermaid. So he can fight crime as a man, and make love as a mermaid. Most of my writing involves the latter.'
Kevin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Andy · Nellie: Andy introduces himself to Nellie as 'the famous Andy Bernard you've been hearing all about' in a mirror of her own greeting
Nellie · Andy: Nellie's flat 'No' to Andy's politely worded request to vacate the office
Robert California · Jim · Pam: Robert talks baby care with Jim and Pam, then adds 'after Jim quiets down, you do the same thing with your baby'
Ryan: Ryan set Kelly up with Ravi 'because Kelly is Indian, and...' then immediately backtracks: 'Race had nothing to do with it. I just knew they'd be good together. Why!'
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim · Pam · Ravi: Jim and Pam perform exaggerated shock at being told not to shake the baby, as if this is news to them
Ryan: Ryan's talking head: 'Kelly and I broke up and she can do whatever she wants. And her new boyfriend seems awesome... if you're into Indian people. I'm not.'
Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Ryan: Ryan's talking head: 'I'd rather she be alone than with somebody. Is that love?'
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Robert California · Nellie · Andy: Robert California, asked to mediate the Andy/Nellie office standoff, tells Nellie to 'get accustomed to' people saying no because 'then it feels good when they finally say yes'
Robert California: Robert's talking head about sexual desire influencing business decisions: 'I never allow sexual desire to influence a business decision. So I find it best to recuse myself temporarily until I've had a chance to make love, and then go back and analyze the situation rationally. Buffett operates the same way.'
Andy · Nellie · Angela: Andy counts down from five to dock Nellie's pay, Nellie calls his bluff ('You can't dock my pay'), Andy escalates to calling for Angela — then finds Angela won't dock Nellie's pay either
Andy · Nellie · Angela: The countdown escalation: Andy and Nellie go through multiple five-count cycles, with Andy docking increasingly absurd amounts, culminating in '$10,000,' while Nellie taunts 'you're just saying numbers'
Andy · Erin: Andy and Erin's mutual reassurance that last night 'was not a big deal' and both were 'just tired' — played as obviously a big deal
Andy: Andy's talking head: clearly devastated, saying 'Yeah. I know it's not... a big deal' about his sexual performance issue with a pained pause
Andy Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Callback Ryan · Pam: Pam says the photo was taken 'right before we got in that huge fight'; Ryan says he doesn't remember the fight, only how pretty Pam looked taking pictures of him
Ryan Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Ryan: Ryan's talking head: 'I'm in love with Kelly Kapoor... all I can think about is spending the rest of my life with her. Again, that could change.'
Ryan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Erin: Erin's talking head about Andy losing the manager job: 'I don't know what the technical term is. Hmm. Penial... softiosis.'
Erin Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Robert California · Erin: Robert California denies ever experiencing anything 'remotely like that,' then immediately starts listing erection-adjacent monuments: 'Washington Monument.' 'Okay.' 'Eiffel Tower.' 'Okay, okay.'
Kelly · Ryan · Pam: Kelly responds to Ryan pointing out he cheated on her with 'Which time?'
Ryan: Ryan's talking head: 'I'm not going to let Kelly throw her life away on Ryan... I mean Ravi.' Then adds he's not trying to get access to the pediatrician.
Ryan Character Comedy Misdirection Dwight · Nellie: Dwight's briefing for Nellie: 'One of Toby's eyes is getting smaller. So there's that.' — delivered with deadpan gravitas as an intelligence report
Dwight · Nellie: Dwight's briefing continues: Gabe bragged about an air show ticket to Meredith, then immediately said his friend might take it — 'so I'll keep you posted on that'
Dwight · Nellie: Dwight reveals to Nellie that Andy couldn't perform sexually: 'Oh, and Andy lost his masculinity, so congratulations on that.' / 'By contrast, I went to sleep with an erection so large it was like I was wearing no blanket at all.'
Nellie · Dwight: Nellie responds to Dwight's erection report: 'Wow, I knew you'd win, but you just demolished him! I'm a little bit jealous, actually. Reduced him to a mere ant.'
Dwight: Dwight: 'I just wanted to take the man's job, not his manhood.'
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy · Nellie: Andy attempts to call a meeting, Nellie says 'you can't call a meeting,' Andy repeats himself louder — then thanks everyone for coming to 'my meeting'
Nellie · Andy: Nellie corrects Andy mid-meeting: 'Andrew, not everyone here is important. And the word is impotence. Which is important in its own way.'
Nellie Andy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: Andy's 'meeting' response: 'Take a man's job, but leave him his balls.' Margaret Thatcher said that... probably. Don't know. Don't read. Didn't see the movie.'
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Nellie: Nellie informs the group: 'Flounders frequently experience impotence, especially when converting from male to female and then back again to male.'
Nellie Absurdist Character Comedy Nellie: Nellie clarifies the impotence meeting is 'not me': 'I've never had any problem in that arena. And I have been with several older men.'
Nellie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim · Dwight: Jim and Dwight simultaneously ask 'How old?' and then Jim calls jinx
Dwight · Andy: Dwight reveals it was Andy who had the impotence problem after promising to keep it secret
Dwight Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Andy: Andy finally admits his impotence publicly: 'Fine, it was me. I couldn't-- I had a problem with Erin last night. Happy?'
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: Andy's complaint: 'It's usually not followed by a giant workplace discussion and an interview.'
Andy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Dwight · Jim: Dwight polls the room for impotence solidarity: 'Tuna. T-dog!' / Jim: 'I have other issues. I'm terrible at math. Overweight.' / Dwight: 'You're in great shape.'
Dwight: Dwight asks 'Chumbo, come on, help me out. Any problems with little Chumbo?' — apparently having a pet name for his own genitalia
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Creed: Creed: 'Haven't heard any complaints. Wouldn't care if I did.'
Creed Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Jim's reluctant impotence confession: 'Yes, that time that it was very late... We'd had sex so many times already, I was exhausted. I could barely see. I was very drunk.'
Jim Pam Character Comedy Escalation Dwight: Dwight suggests prostate stimulation as a solution, then claims he heard it on 'This American Life'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Dwight: Dwight offers to rent Andy his 'rectal electro-ejaculator' — which is 'rated for bovine use only'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin · Toby: Andy asks if Toby can stop the meeting: 'Toby, doesn't HR have some rules against talking about this kind of stuff?' Erin responds: 'HR is a joke. I can't do anything about anything.'
Andy: Andy, on phone with his dad, says: 'Dad, don't think of it as a demotion. Just think of it as a promotion to a lower level.'
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist Nellie: Nellie corrects Erin's date format on phone memos: 'I prefer it day, month, year. Small, bigger, biggest.' Then adds: 'Oh, sexual innuendo. Not intentional. Shut up!'
Nellie Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Callback Erin: Erin's angry outburst: tells Nellie to take the memos herself, outs Andy's sexual performance issue to the whole office ('our sex life is none of your business!'), and declares 'Andy is the manager, not Nellie!'
Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: Andy's meltdown: 'Stop protecting me. I'm a man -- I can protect myself.' Then to his phone: 'Dad, go to hell! I'm taller than you!'
Andy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Office Staff: After Andy runs into the wall, a colleague deadpans: 'He does not like that wall.'
Dwight · Andy: After Andy's rage meltdown, Dwight casually says: 'Maybe we'll get sent to anger management together. That would actually be cool. I'd love for you to meet some of the guys.'
Dwight Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Ryan · Pam: Ryan confronts Pam: 'If you have something bad to say to me, say it to my face.' Pam: 'Fair enough. Um... I don't think you're a very good person. And forgive me, but I feel like I've said this to you before.'
Ryan Pam Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Brian (documentary crew) · Ryan: Brian from the documentary crew chimes in about Ravi: 'just having knowing you short while, Brian, that I prefer Ravi. And again, I've never even met the guy.'
Ryan · Kelly: Ryan claims to have written an 'amazing love poem' for Kelly but says he can't read it because 'my heart couldn't handle it.' When pressed: 'This poem would crush you!'
Ryan: Ryan claims to have written Kelly 'the most amazing love poem' but says he can't read it because 'my heart couldn't handle it.' When pressed, he says 'This poem would crush you!'
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Kelly: Kelly's talking head: 'Ravi makes me incredibly happy. And Ryan puts me through so much drama. So I guess I just have to decide which of those is more important to me.'
Kelly Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Robert California · Andy: Robert California tells Andy: 'I promise you, in time, we'll all laugh about this incident.' Andy: 'I already think it's kinda funny.'
Andy · Robert California: Robert California is told Andy said 'No' to demotion; Robert tells Andy if he says no one more time he's fired. Andy's response: 'No.'
Pam · Robert California: Robert California, having just fired Andy, walks away — and Pam's reaction is 'Boo! Boo to you!'
Ryan · Kelly: Ryan's marriage proposal: 'I wanna marry you, Kelly Kapoor. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But someday. And probably.'
Ryan Kelly Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Pam · Ryan: Pam yells 'Barf! Ugh, you suck!' at Ryan's proposal — then the old woman in the convertible refuses to turn her car around for Ryan
Pam Ryan Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick Ryan: Ryan physically tries to turn a bus or vehicle around to face Kelly, demanding help: 'Can we turn this back around quickly, please? Help me turn this fucking thing around, please. Thank you. She don't wanna turn around.'
Ryan Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Ryan · Kelly: Ryan's closing proposal line: 'Even if the odds are 50/50 that we'll break up within the week, I wanna roll those dice. I love you, Kelly. Ryan. Will you roll those dice with me?'
Ryan Kelly Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Ryan · Kelly: After Kelly rejects Ryan and asks for a hug, Ryan stares blankly and says 'What?' then 'This was really cool.'
Ryan: Ryan's 'What?' reaction to Kelly's hug request — visual beat
Ryan Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Pam: Pam's talking head: 'Well, it's good to see Kelly's maturing.'
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Andy: Andy's talking head after being fired: 'I can't describe it. I just, for the first time in a long time, I actually feel in control. I feel... alive.'
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy · Erin: Andy has hurt his hand punching the wall but insists on carrying his own box: 'I got it. But you hurt your hand. I... got it.' Then he struggles visibly.
Andy Erin Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Ryan · Pam · Kelly: After everything, Ryan reads from his 'poem' — it's barely coherent ('Kapoor and Kadesperate. He watches... He is a drifter out to see...') — and Kelly is clearly moved despite herself
Ryan Pam Kelly Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Office