Branch Closing 

When Jan tells Michael that the Scranton Branch will be shutting down, Michael strives to keep his staff's spirits up. Meanwhile, everyone privately begins to envision how their lives will change in the aftermath.

Director:

Tucker Gates

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), Michael Schur

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
David Denman	...	Roy Anderson
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

Storyline

When Jan tells Michael that the Scranton Branch will be shutting down, Michael strives to keep his staff's spirits up. Meanwhile, everyone privately begins to envision how their lives will change in the aftermath.

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Plot Keywords:

staff | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Scott's ringtone for his cell phone is the tune of "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas.

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Goofs

When Michael and Dwight prepare to meet with David Wallace, Michael states that 15 people will be out of work. At the time, only 13 people work in that branch's office, some of whom will be kept on. However it has been shown repeatedly that Michael is very bad with numbers.

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Quotes

Jim Halpert: So, from time to time, I send Dwight faxes from himself from the future.
Dwight Schrute: [reading fax] Dwight, at 8:00 a.m. today, someone poisons the coffee. Do not drink the coffee. More instructions will follow. Cordially, Future Dwight.
Dwight Schrute: [sees Stanley about to drink the coffee and sprints across the office, knocking the cup out of Stanley's hand]
Dwight Schrute: No!
[after knocking the cup to the floor]
Dwight Schrute: You'll thank me later.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Pranks from The Office (U.S. version) (2014)

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Soundtracks

My Humps
Written by Will.i.am (as William Adams) and David Payton
Performed by The Black Eyed Peas

User Reviews

Pretty Funny, but Not Great

This episode had a lot of humorous moments. The opening sequence between Jim, the fax machine, Dwight, and "Future Dwight" was among the best opening sequences yet. Michael's comments about "Bowling for Columbine"---"I thought it was gonna be more like Kingpin"---were hilarious. The Stanley and Ryan/Kelly stuff was also great. My one problem is the plot itself. I feel that the show is selling out with Jim moving back. They had a great thing going in Stamford, now they give that up to bring this stupid love triangle crap to Scranton. I was very disappointed in the writers. I do hope the Ed Helms character follows Jim and the girl to Scranton. The dichotomy between he and Dwight could be gold. I felt that the episode could have been split into 2 parts. I felt that it was rushed. One moment Jan was at one branch, the next moment the other branch. Everything seemed to get resolved much too quickly. The episode as a whole was good, but there were more funny moments than a completely humorous episode.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1485 Lomita Dr, Pasadena, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

31 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1