Whistleblower 

Jo comes to the Scranton branch to find the whistle-blower. However, three different people have confessed to Michael, Michael is protecting them, and the person most people think is the culprit is keeping his mouth shut.

Director:

Paul Lieberstein

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), Warren Lieberstein

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
Ellie Kemper	...	Erin Hannon
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez (as Oscar Nunez)

Storyline

The press finds out that Sabre's printers catch on fire. Jo shows up to the office in hopes of finding out who the whistleblower is. Everyone suspects Andy, who adamantly denies he leaked the information.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to david wallace | husband wife relationship | husband wife kiss | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jo and Michael travel to Castle & Cook Aviation to have a meeting on Jo's jet. Castle & Cook is a real FBO located at the Van Nuys airport; however, this location is roughly 2500 miles away from Scranton and the plane never leaves the ground.

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Goofs

When Micheal is talking about all the news media coverage of his statement regarding Sabre printer malfunctions, he says that he called Froggy 98.7. For the duration of the series, there is a yellow bumper sticker on the file cabinet next to Dwight that says the call number for Froggy is 101.

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Quotes

Michael Scott: Really? A baby otter? Okay, um, count me in as who cares. It's not even that interesting a baby otter. It can't even stand up.
[looks toward computer]
Michael Scott: It's trying to stand up...
[choking up]
Michael Scott: there it goes.

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Connections

Features Solitaire (1981)

User Reviews

Best episode ever.

Whenever I get myself into troubled situation at work, I think of this episode. And I ask myself this question, "What would Michael do?" Or better yet, "What would Dwight do?"

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 2010 (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