Clark brings an espresso maker to the office. Dwight and Clark pretend to be a father-and-son to land a sale. Darryl goes on an interview at Jim's company, where Pam drops by unexpectedly.
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“Suit Warehouse” ranks #139 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.4 — Elite. The episode packs 73 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 7.2 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
Clark · Dwight: Clark confesses to Dwight: all the cat turd details were actually true — he used to collect them. 'Why?' 'Each one is very different, like a snowflake.'
Clark: Clark adds: 'Bees that just find something wrong with every hotel room.'
Clark Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's counter-attack: Clark 'got caught saving treats from the kitty litter box... glistening brown morsels tumbling from every pouch in his trousers... following the cat around on his knees with his hands cupped beneath its tail, going, Please, kitty, may I have some more?'
Dwight Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Darryl: Darryl on Jim: 'I love the guy, but he's basically gumby with hair.'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Oscar · Clark: Oscar corrects Clark's pronunciation of 'espresso': 'Actually, it's pronounced espresso.' Clark: 'Wait. That's what you said.' Oscar: 'I apologize. I just assumed you would mispronounce it.'
Standout Moments
Clark: Clark adds: 'Bees that just find something wrong with every hotel room.'
Clark Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's counter-attack: Clark 'got caught saving treats from the kitty litter box... glistening brown morsels tumbling from every pouch in his trousers... following the cat around on his knees with his hands cupped beneath its tail, going, Please, kitty, may I have some more?'
Dwight Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Clark · Dwight: Clark confesses to Dwight: all the cat turd details were actually true — he used to collect them. 'Why?' 'Each one is very different, like a snowflake.'
All Jokes — 73 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight: Jim and Dwight Shrupert — Dwight describes their fake family con at multiple businesses, culminating in 'Jim was the closeted foot fetishist pretending to belong.'
Dwight Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Dwight: 'I hope you've been paying your wig storage bills, Jimbo, 'cause it's time for another episode of handsome and stinky, paper brothers for hire.'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: Jim suggests Phyllis as a substitute for the fake-family scheme; Dwight: 'Phyllis my sister? More like my dead great-great-grandmother who died of stupidity.'
Dwight · Phyllis: Phyllis: 'I have ears, Dwight.' Dwight: 'Oh, do you really have ears, Phyllis? Like all human beings? We all have ears.'
Dwight · Jim: Dwight tells Jim he can drive from Philadelphia in 30 minutes 'if you drive 240 miles per hour.' Jim asks how long at 300 mph. Dwight actually calculates it.
Dwight · Jim: Dwight ends the call: 'Okay, bye-bye. Love you.'
Dwight Jim Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Darryl: Darryl's realization: 'Kinda like ditching school, except instead of getting suspended, you get... what do you get?' then spirals into 'Oh, my God! Why didn't I think of this?'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational Erin · Darryl: Erin panics about receiving a box of pens: 'What does that mean, exactly? What are we talking here? Details... I haven't been trained for this.'
Clark · Office staff: Clark returns from his trip with Jan; when asked how the sex was, he deflects with 'A gentleman doesn't discuss such matters' then immediately elaborates.
Clark: Clark describes sex with Jan: 'like making love with a wild animal. But not like a cougar like you might think. It was... like a swarm of bees.'
Clark Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Clark: Clark: 'Nothing wrong with being a gentleman. Like my mom used to say, talk classy, act nasty.'
Clark Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dwight · Meredith: Dwight notices Meredith's wig and asks what's wrong with it. She asks 'Is it on backwards?' He inspects it and confirms: 'Nope. You got it. You fixed it.'
Clark: Clark presents the espresso machine Jan sent as a gift: 'We came to be quite fond of espresso on the Amalfi Coast, so... bon appetit.'
Clark Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Oscar · Clark: Oscar corrects Clark's pronunciation of 'espresso': 'Actually, it's pronounced espresso.' Clark: 'Wait. That's what you said.' Oscar: 'I apologize. I just assumed you would mispronounce it.'
Dwight: Dwight to Clark after landing the White Pages account: 'We are all so proud of you for the small part that you played in landing the White Pages. Prouder of me, but...'
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight · Clark: Clark agrees to play Dwight's fake son to get a sale: 'If it'll lead to me being a salesman, I'll pretend to be your friend.' Dwight: 'Then, looks like we have a deal... son.'
Erin: Erin bursts into the kitchen: 'Super-busy. Pens coming in later. Just grabbing a java before all hell breaks loose.'
Erin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Erin: Erin in talking head: 'I don't really have time to think about Pete right now. I just have a lot going on with this whole shipment of pens.'
Erin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Callback Darryl: Darryl's talking head about his interview nerves: 'I had Andy's job in the bag until my interview.' Then: 'Really, you can't be scared of a room full of Jims.'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational Darryl: Darryl on Jim: 'I love the guy, but he's basically gumby with hair.'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Dwight · Clark: Clark and Dwight arrive at Stone & Son and are noted to be a father-and-son team meeting a father-and-son suit store: 'You know, you're right! We hadn't even thought of that, had we, boy?' 'No, we sure hadn't, pop.'
Clark: Clark describing Dwight's hunting: 'He's like a serial killer... of animals. One time he snuck up behind a sleeping deer and just sawed its head right off -- it was sick! It was his birthday. Just turned three, so...'
Clark Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Oscar · Kevin · Angela: Oscar sings '♪ Yolo! ♪' to advocate for trying all 16 espresso flavors, then gets called out: 'You just do not look cool saying it.'
Angela · Office staff: Angela refuses to participate in the group espresso taste test, insisting she doesn't want to put her hand in. 'Can't I just agree without putting my hand in?'
Angela: After the group toasts with espressos: 'Where's my ring? I'm sure it'll turn up.'
Angela Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Sam Sr.: Dwight covers for Clark's absence: 'Clark's getting out of my car. He's a good boy. Does whatever I say.' Client: 'I can't relate to that. My son hates my guts.'
Dwight: Dwight tries to calibrate his fake relationship with Clark: 'Things between me and Clark are good, not great. In fact, I will say that they're not even good. Really, they're bad. Like you and your son.'
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight · Clark: Clark returns and Dwight immediately says 'God, I missed you' with paternal warmth; then 'Were you loitering out there like a Hooligan, smoking a doobie?' Clark: 'I sure was. Just like he taught me.'
Dwight: Dwight scolds Clark: 'You're being disrespectful!' then immediately: 'And I love you... for saying that.'
Dwight Character Comedy Misdirection Dwight · Clark: Dwight and Clark try to find the right description for their fake relationship. After fumbling: '-Ter-- terrible. -Terrible. Yes. Genius. Stupid, stupid genius!'
Val: Darryl's wife arrives at the startup and says: 'If this company's going down, I wanna go down on it.' Then immediately: 'With it. I wanna go down with it.'
Val Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Erin: Erin's full talking-head about whether to unpack the pens, concluding: 'Don't wanna be a busybody, but I don't wanna be a lazybones. Busybody, lazybones. Busybody, lazybones. Aah! My brain is ping-ponging around in my head right now. It's insane.'
Erin Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Erin: In the middle of the espresso taste test confessional, Erin adds: 'Oh, yeah. No. I've never had an espresso before. They're good, though. A-bam!'
Erin Character Comedy Reaction Beat Erin: Erin rapidly reports her espresso findings like a scientist: 'My favorite is Viennese Amaretto. And the worst flavor I've tried so far is Alpine Select!'
Erin Character Comedy Escalation Callback Kevin · Office staff: Kevin chants countdown numbers as Erin drinks each espresso; the group has to restrain him: 'Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Stop it, Kevin! That's enough, Kevin!'
Dwight: Dwight calls out Clark to the suit store clients: 'No wonder women despise you. His last girlfriend was a transvestite. I knew it right away. Adam's apple like the prow of a ship. Thumbs like a lowland gorilla.'
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Clark · Dwight: Clark retaliates against Dwight by accusing him of getting 'drunk and... killed those kids on their way to prom.' Dwight: 'That never happened. He's always been a liar.'
Sam Jr.: Sam Jr.: 'No, I think someone could make it up. Someone with very few friends.' — delivered in response to 'You can't make this stuff up!'
Sam Jr. Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Sam Jr. · Dwight: Client Sam Jr. enters, sees Dwight: 'Got cat turd collector written all over him.' Then does a double take: 'Did you say cat turd collector?'
Jim: 'Mandate' — always think of two men on a date. 'I have gay friends. I have one gay friend. Oscar.'
Jim Character Comedy Observational Sam Sr.: 'Mandate' — always think of two men on a date. I have gay friends. I have one gay friend. Oscar.
Sam Sr. Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Darryl · Jim · Athlead employees: Darryl falters in his interview, and the Athlead employees go around the room explaining their diverse and impressive backgrounds: 'I was a newspaper editor. Science teacher. Volleyball coach. I work at a home shopping network. I'm a lawyer.' Then Jim: 'And as you know, I was a paper salesman.'
Athlead employee · Darryl: One employee advises Darryl: 'Hey, I find it helps if you just picture everybody naked.' The camera cuts to Darryl's reaction: 'Cool.'
Jim: Jim observes the startup at 2:00 PM: 'Ah. So this is what 2:00 PM looks like around here.' Then: 'I usually take a siesta about now.'
Jim Character Comedy Observational Oscar · Erin: Oscar to Erin: 'Stocking pens, huh? You're like the new office administrator.' Erin: 'No. I just took over the pen shipment because Pam had to leave. When I say it out loud, I know that sounds insane, but it's the truth.'
Oscar Erin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Kevin · Oscar · Erin · Pam: Pam's colleagues shout 'Pam, look out! Erin's gunning for your job!' — twice. Erin: 'No, I'm not. It's not like that at all.' Kevin: 'Pam, look out!'
Athlead colleague · Pam: Jim's Athlead colleague tells Pam: 'We can't wait until you move here.' Pam's response: 'I'm sorry -- you guys are here to sell us paper?'
Dwight: Dwight to the suit store client who runs things now: 'Do you mind? The men are talking.'
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Clark · Sam Sr. · Sam Jr. · Dwight: Sam Sr. explains he's 'just here for human contact.' Clark immediately pivots to Sam Jr.: 'Wait. So you're the boss?' They shake hands and Clark drops the whole Dwight scheme.
Darryl: Darryl after his successful interview: 'I think it'd be like... you know what? I think it'd be like a Kevin Durant jump shot -- perfecto!'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational Darryl: Darryl's reaction shot after his interview — the camera cuts to him looking stunned/happy, then we get the talking head: 'Oh, my God.'
Darryl Reaction Beat Character Comedy Darryl: Darryl explains in talking head: 'They are the ones put a fish tank next to a basketball hoop. It's like if I put a glass of milk on the edge of the table and Cece knocks it over, I don't blame Cece. So I'm like a three-year-old girl in this scenario.'
Darryl Character Comedy Observational Val · Pam: Val dismisses Philadelphia to make Darryl feel better: 'Everyone's acting like it's New York or Paris or London. Who needs it?' Then Pam (on phone): 'Not us.'
Val Pam Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Darryl: Darryl celebrates his job offer: 'Two-one-five or die!' (the Philadelphia area code).
Darryl Character Comedy Absurdist Callback Pam: Pam's talking head about Darryl's news: rapidly escalating discomfort about the heat: 'It feels really hot in here. Is it hot in here? It feels really, really hot in here. It's insane! They need to have the AC on year-round! January too! I don't get the point of this stupid window!'
Pam Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight · Sam Sr.: At the suit store, Dwight roasts the father's old acrylic suit: 'That's why his face always breaks out.' Client: 'Does that suit come with a fire extinguisher?'
Clark: Clark/fake son tells Dwight to buy him a suit: 'I'm gonna need one, right, if I'm ever gonna get a real job and move my lazy ass out of your GD house.'
Clark Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight · Sam Sr.: Dwight dismisses Italian silk: 'You'll look like a mafia don. Next thing you know, you'll be doing life in Rikers Island.' Sam Sr.: 'Well, that's better than looking like the undertaker from boring island.' Dwight: 'That place doesn't exist. It's not a documented island.' Sam Sr.: 'Cartograph much?'
Dwight · Clark: Clark tries on a suit and actually looks good. Dwight's reaction: 'Actually... you look great. They steered you right.' Then he decides to buy one too.
Angela: The office espresso energy leads Angela to declare: 'Everyone, now that we have all this energy, why don't we move the copier into the annex like we've always wanted to?'
Angela Character Comedy Escalation Oscar · Office staff: Moving the copier reveals they've torn up the carpet. Brief panic: 'We're gonna be in so much trouble!' Then Oscar sees the hardwood underneath: 'It's beautiful. Hardwood. I always knew it was down here. I just never dreamed that I would actually see it.'
Darryl: Darryl's talking head after getting the job: 'Kill their fish, and they still hire me. That's how you do that, baby.'
Darryl Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kevin: Kevin: 'Move. I can't pull up the rug if you're standing on it with your rhinoceros feet.' Worker: 'Well, I can't stand here if you pull the carpet out from under me.'
Kevin Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Meredith · Angela: Meredith: 'Oh, my head is killing me. Does anyone have a baby Aspirin?' Angela: 'Oh, enough with the whining already. Why don't you just have some more coffee?' Meredith: 'It's all gone.'
Creed · Erin: Creed reveals: 'I didn't get a chance to try them all because Creed poured my Bogota Sunrise in the plant.' Then: 'I saw the leaves twitch.'
Creed Erin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Angela · Meredith · Creed · Office staff: 'Shut up.' 'You shut up!' 'Everybody shut up and work.' 'We don't work for you.' 'Yeah.' 'Yeah.'
Unknown office worker: 'It's 5:00.'
Dwight · Clark: Dwight and Clark complete the sale, high-five outside: 'You opened the door. And you closed it. The boys are back in town.'
Erin · Pam: Erin's final talking head about the pens: 'You left me in charge of the pens, Pam. That's what happened. The pens happened.' Then the camera slowly reveals the pens, still boxed.
Erin Pam Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Pam: Pam looks at the untouched boxed pens, then looks at the completely rearranged, carpet-torn office. Silent reaction beat — 'Are the pens here?'
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