Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager (12 May 2011)

When Jim rejects Jo's offer, Dwight becomes acting manager at the Scranton branch, but an accident could cause his tenure to be short-lived.

Director:

Troy Miller

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developer), Justin Spitzer,

Stars:

Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Ellie Kemper	...	Kelly Erin Hannon
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez (as Oscar Nunez)
Craig Robinson	...	Darryl Philbin

Storyline

When Jim rejects Jo's offer, Dwight becomes acting manager at the Scranton branch, but an accident could cause his tenure to be short-lived.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Release Date:

12 May 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Halpert shops at Wegmans, an actual grocer - as evidenced by the shoppers club card in his wallet.

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Goofs

The gun Dwight displays and later carries around the office appears to be a Remington Model 1875, but is identified by Dwight as a Beaumont-Adams. The Beaumont-Adams is a very different looking British service revolver.

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Quotes

[Dwight comes in the conference room in a cowboy costume after shooting off a gun in the office]
Dwight Schrute: Yee-haw! Woo-hoo!
[Dwight imitates a six-gun firing in the air]
Dwight Schrute: [in Wild West accent] Howdy, partners. It's me, Gun Safety Dwight. And I'm the rootin'-est...
[Stops, takes off his cowboy hat and speaks normally]
Dwight Schrute: I can't do this. Um, look, obviously a gun went off under my watch and I'm launching a full investigation.
Stanley Hudson: We all saw you do it.

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Connections

Features Solitaire (1981)

User Reviews

One of the Funniest Episodes of All Time

I still have not completely stopped laughing from this episode. I have been an ardent, dedicated Office devotee for seven years - not overly either, but when I watched this episode things happened that made my sides hurt and eyes tear. Dwight takes over as manager, and, yes, we get what we think we will. Dwight makes wholly unnecessary changes. He gets a piranha and buys a gun. His uncle sends him a holster and he wears the gun in the office only to accidentally shoot the gun off. Jo

• Kathy Bates's character is on her way to see how he is doing as

acting manager. Dwight calls a meeting where he tries to open with a gun safety meeting in which Rainn Wilson does a fantastic job only to be out-done later with his "jazz" hands bit. The staff in the office basically blackmail Dwight into a variety of things. Jim clearly comes up with the best as every time he coughs Dwight is to use "jazz" hands. He coughs while Bates is there and that moment stirred such laughter in me with Jim's request, his subsequent cough, and Dwight's bizarre, comedic use of his hands. The moment for me is the highlight but is backed with a further hilarious incident with Kevin and Dwight scratching his back and, the piece de resistance is Creed becoming the acting manager at the end of the episode. If only the show had been this funny all year! I am truly looking forward to the season finale, and, with no unkindness to Steve Carrell at all, am really looking forward to the new life that the show could have with this kind of creativity. Kudos to the writers of this show! I'm waving jazz hands now as I salute them.