Initiation 

Dwight takes former temp Ryan to his beet farm to initiate Ryan to his new job at Dunder Mifflin.

Director:

Randall Einhorn

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), B.J. Novak

Stars:

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Melora Hardin	...	Jan Levinson
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Lapin
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard

Storyline

Dwight takes new full-timer Ryan (B.J. Novak, who also wrote the episode) out on his first sales call, but he puts the novice through a series of demanding tests and challenges, not to mention an unnecessary excursion to the Schrute family beet farm. Meanwhile, Michael is ordered by corporate to log his work activity; and Jim tries to adapt to life at the Stamford branch.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Even though this episode aired after the fourth episode, "Grief Counseling", its filming took place before that episode due to the availability of shooting on Dwight's fictional beet farm.

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Quotes

[squeaking chair to annoy Jim into giving up his chair]
[Jim smirking and begins to sing "Lovefool" by the Cardigans]
Karen Filippelli: Stop. This is not fair. It's gonna be in my head all day. Please. This is not a proportionate response.

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Connections

References The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Soundtracks

Rock and Roll Part 2
Written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander
Performed by Gary Glitter

User Reviews

Pretzel day

This must be the first or one of the first episodes to feature 3 plots all happening in the episode. Previously, most of the episodes have functioned in an a plot b plot structure, and this episode definitely felt different. The difference was, there didn't feel like there was a main story or anything, just 3 very entertaining unrelated plots. Well, unrelated with one exception. The final phone call, OH MY GOSH. I don't want to spoil anything, but it was sad a little funny and well built up to. Good episode

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1