Heavy Competition 

Dwight chooses loyalty to Dunder Mifflin over loyalty to Michael, which leads to a bitter battle between Michael and Dwight over Dwight's accounts. Back at Dunder Mifflin, Jim pretends to confide in Andy.

Director:

Ken Whittingham

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), Ryan Koh

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
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
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Vance
Idris Elba	...	Charles Miner

Storyline

Dwight chooses loyalty to Dunder Mifflin over loyalty to Michael, which leads to a bitter battle between Michael and Dwight over Dwight's accounts. Back at Dunder Mifflin, Jim pretends to confide in Andy.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to highlander | nbc | reference to the michael scott paper company | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Dwight is called into Charles's office, Dwight says he's going to stand because "blood clots." Charles says to sit because standing is "weird." Medical research since this episode aired has shown that prolonged sitting has a number of adverse health affects and that "sitting is the new smoking." While it is doubtful sitting during Dwight's short meeting with Charles would've done much harm, Dwight is right to avoid sitting.

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Quotes

Pam Beesly: Things are a little slow here. And there's only so much cold-calling you can do in a day. Turns out there's no limit to the number of cheese puffs you can throw at someone's face.
[Michael throws a cheese puff and Pam catches it in her mouth]
Pam Beesly: We're getting pretty good at it.

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Connections

References Highlander (1986)

User Reviews

Outro clip.

The final 15 seconds of this episode with the cheese ball contest is hilarious. Probably the hardest I've laughed at anything in this entire series.

Taken as whole, this is one of the better episodes of s5.

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Chandler Valley Center Studios - 13927 Saticoy St, Panorama City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1