" Tots Scott " is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of The Office and the 112th episode of the event as a whole. It was written by Gene Stupnitsky & amp; Lee Eisenberg and directed by B. J. Novak, marking his directing debut in the network series. Aired in the United States on NBC on December 3, 2009. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg sent this episode to Emmy 2010.
The series - presented as if it were a real documentary - depicts the daily lives of office employees in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Michael Scott and Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) met "Scott's Tots", a group of local teenagers whose college tuition was promised in one of Michael's great delusions ten years earlier. Meanwhile, in Michael's absence, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) convinces Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) to start a work-of-the-month program with Jim's sabotage intentions.
Video Scott's Tots
Plot
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) realized that he could not keep the promise he made for a group of underprivileged children ten years ago: that he would pay for their tuition as long as they graduated from high school. He reluctantly visited their high school with Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) to break the bad news. Over the years, the students have been pushing to graduate because of his promise, and greet Michael with a standing ovation. When Michael greets them, he congratulates everyone for graduating from high school, before admitting he has no money to pay for college. Everyone's pissed off, though Michael tries to calm them by giving them laptop batteries.
In the car on the way back to the office, Michael continues to lament his promise, but Erin comforts her by pointing out that this group of students has a much higher graduation rate, and that, at least, will help them significantly. Michael then heats up to Erin, telling her that she's doing a good job and asking about her future plans. He then tells him that Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) will initially be hired to work in the warehouse, but Michael sees "something" inside him and makes it as their new accountant; two drives sang with joy.
Meanwhile, at the suggestion of Andy Bernard (Ed Helms), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) initiated an employee month program to improve office morale. Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), however, schemes to get Jim fired. He gives Jim a performance sheet to determine the employee of the month, using complete anonymity to ensure fair and unbiased judgment. Dwight also collects money from each employee as part of a cash prize, though Jim does not endorse this. At the end of the day, Jim announces the employee of the month, and it is revealed that he seems to be taking himself by accident. Everyone starts to blame Jim for using this gimmick as a way to take money from the office. Jim tries to mark a part of Dwight's failure, but because he has taken various precautions to protect himself from direct mistakes, he passively responds. Jim decides to cancel the award and give it to the next best employee, but things only get worse when the person is revealed to be his wife Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). Everyone reaches its peak when a cake is delivered to the office with Jim's face on it.
With the major part of his successful plan, after manipulating his judgment and ordering the cake, Dwight embarked on the second part of his plan by calling CFO David Wallace (Andy Buckley) several times, each time pretending to be a different employee complaining about Jim's failed program. An angry David summoned Jim back and chewed him for the accident. Almost sure that this would get Jim fired, Dwight listened to a phone conversation from a pen recorder he left at Jim's office in "The Lover." But instead of firing Jim, David apologizes to him for losing his temper and praising Jim, adding that David and his wife are "alive" to go with Jim and Pam. Enraged that his plan did not work, Dwight returned to the drawing board. At the end of the episode, Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) confronts Dwight with Dwight's "Darkness Plan" documents he finds, but expresses his desire to also get Jim fired. Both form an alliance.
Maps Scott's Tots
Reception
"Scott's Tots" first aired on NBC on December 3, 2009. In the original American broadcast, the episode was seen by some 8.055 million viewers and received 4.2 rating/10 percent in demographics of 18-49. This means that it is seen by 4.1 percent of all people aged 18-49, and 11 percent of all people ages 18 to 49 watch television on broadcast. In addition, this episode was ranked first within half an hour and was the highest NBC series that night.
And Phillips from IGN gave episode 9.4 out of 10 ratings, which showed the episode "extraordinary". It is also the highest value awarded for every episode of the sixth season by the site. Phillips called this episode "an instant classic and another phenomenal installment this season, which achieved some rough patches but appears to have recovered perfectly", mainly showing scenes between Michael and angry students. Phillips feels that the main scene between Michael and the children is very important and that "it may just rank above Long List Office ' and a rich history of moments that do not fun but funny.
Joel Keller of The Huffington Post wrote that "when the children of the third grade praised Michael and told him how valuable his gift was to them, all I could think was, 'this is so wrong.' "The pain in Michael's face is very clear, I have the same expression." He is, however, more critical of the episode subplot, noting that he "got tired of Dwight's evil plans". He feels that Jim should understand Dwight's plan, rather than fall for it. Keller finally concluded that the episode was "a solid job this week, not the best of the season, but not bad either."
Nathan Rabin from The A.V. Club calls the episode "kick-ass" and gives it "A-". Rabin praised the fact that Michael's bad-for-the-reason idea made him feel good. Furthermore, he notes that both Michael and the children are engaged in "mutually beneficial self-deception"; Former thought he can save those in need, and the latter has something to look forward to. Rabin also enjoys a subplot involving Jim and Dwight, noting that "it gives an opportunity to [actor Rainn Wilson] to do a very accurate imitation, unworthy of Stanley and Toby."
Some critics, on the other hand, feel that the main plot is too cruel. Gage Henry from Paste feels that the episode is weak because "one of [the storyline is] somewhat fragile and the other ends too horrible to watch." He notes that the formula "Jim tries to do a normal day in office while Michael is out making himself somewhere" is "to be bland". In the end, however, he can not decide whether the episode "is so funny, or if it's funny like a kid who realizes that Santa is not there." Henry is rated episode 6 of 10. Steve Marsi on TVFanatic does not enjoy it and is succinct in his review: "Last night" Scott's Tots "is not one of the best The Office. [...] it's actually a bit sad.A promising tuition of children, then pull it out? "
References
External links
- "Scott's Tots" on NBC.com
- "Scott's Tots" in IMDb
- "Scott's Tots" on TV.com
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