Goodbye, Toby 

Michael throws an extravagant going-away party for Toby, and falls in love with the woman who is replacing him. Jim plans to propose to Pam at the party, but gets out-staged. Back at corporate, Ryan is arrested for fraud.

Director:

Paul Feig

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), Jennifer Celotta

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
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
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez

Storyline

The day has come, it is Toby's last day at the office as he leaves to go to Costa Rica. Michael is super excited that Toby is leaving and makes the party extra special. But Toby's replacement Holly Flax, is now the new crush of Michael, which means Michael has to act nice towards Toby, and Michael finds out some interesting news. While Jim uses this night to propose to Pam, someone else proposes. Back at corporate, Ryan gets arrested for Fraud because he was recording sales twice from the website and offices to deceive Dunder Mifflins shareholders.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to star wars | going away party | supermarket | sperm bank | rock | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The members of Darryl's band are actual members of Craig Robinson's band.

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Goofs

In the beginning of the episode Michael sets his watch alarm to go off when Toby leaves. He later gives the watch to Toby as a gift. Toby then continues to change it to Costa Rican time, yet the alarm still goes off at the scheduled time of Toby's departure at the end of the episode.

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Quotes

Michael Scott: I am downloading some N3P...
Jim Halpert: That's not it.
Michael Scott: ...music...
Jim Halpert: Yup.
Michael Scott: ...for a CD mixtape...
Jim Halpert: Close.
Michael Scott: ...for Holly. And I'm looking for perfect songs that work on two levels.
Jim Halpert: What are the two levels?
Michael Scott: The two levels being, "Welcome to Scranton" and "I love you."

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Connections

References Saturday Night Live (1975)

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Soundtracks

Phantom Limb
(uncredited)
Written by James Mercer
Performed by The Shins

User Reviews

Goodbye Toby!!

What's great finale for a great season! Top episode with a fantastic supertramp cover "goodbye Toby"....

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 May 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1