3x05 Initiation - The Office Episode Guide

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- Episode 03x05

Episode: 03x05
Title: Initiation
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 304
First Aired: Oct. 19, 2006

Season 3 » Episode #05 - Initiation

Summary: Dwight takes Ryan under his wing and puts him through a strange set of challenges designed to increase his sales skills. One of these tests involves a stop at the Schrute family's beet farm. Meanwhile, Jan instructs Pam to keeps a log of Michael's activities for the day, and Jim begins to fit in at Stamford.

Who appeared in this episode?

Karen Filippelli	played by Rashida Jones
Creed Bratton	played by Creed Bratton
Josh Porter	played by Charles Esten
Pretzel Vendor	played by Thomas F. Evans
Mose	played by Michael Schur
Bob Vance	played by Robert R. Shafer

Episode Quotes

Season 3 / Episode 5: - Initiation

Dwight Schrute: You must now wrestle FEAR to the ground!

Season 3 / Episode 5: - Initiation

Dwight Schrute: Brain teaser: I have two coins totaling fifteen cents and one of them is not a nickel. What are they?
Ryan Howard: A dime and a nickel.
Dwight Schrute: No, I said one of them is not a nickel.
Ryan Howard: But the other one is. I've heard that one.
Dwight Schrute: A man and his son get into a car accident. They are rushed to the Hospital. The doctor says, "There's no way I can work on this boy, because he's my..."
Ryan Howard: Because he's my son. The doctor is the boy's mother.
Dwight Schrute: A man is found hanging from the ceiling...
Ryan Howard: [cuts him off] He stepped on a block of ice, hung himself, and the ice melted.
Dwight Schrute: A hunter...
Ryan Howard: [cuts him off] It's a polar bear, because you're at the North Pole.
Dwight Schrute: Damn it!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

PLOT: Late in the day, Pam answers the phone, "Hi, Jim," then follows up with "No, he's on a sales call," and hangs up. But when Jim calls right as they're closing she says, "Oh my god," as though she hasn't spoken to him for a long time.

TRIVIA

When Ryan catches up to Dwight outside the Schrute Farm's barn, he gives him a salute with an extended flourish. That salute is the "Rimmer Salute" from "Red Dwarf" (1988).