Happy Hour (The Office)
| "Happy Hour" | |
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| The Office episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 21 |
| Directed by | Matt Sohn |
| Written by | B. J. Novak |
| Production code | 621 |
| Original air date | March 25, 2010 |
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"Happy Hour" is the 21st episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show's 121st episode overall. It originally aired March 25, 2010 on NBC.
The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Oscar arranges a happy hour with the warehouse staff so he can flirt with Matt. Pam is excited to see the staff and brings a date for Michael, but Michael turns into an alter ego named "Date Mike" who catches the eye of the bar manager. Meanwhile, Andy and Erin have begun a relationship but are keeping it a secret to avoid drama. Dwight rethinks his pre-natal contract with Angela after he sees Isabel again.
It was written by B. J. Novak and directed by Matt Sohn. "Happy Hour" got positive reviews and according to Nielsen ratings the episode was viewed by 7.28 million viewers coming third in its timeslot and falling 3% from last week and becoming the lowest rated episode of the season.
Wanting to spend more time with the new warehouse worker Matt (Sam Daly), Oscar (Oscar Nunez) asks Darryl (Craig Robinson) to organize a happy hour outing between the office employees and the warehouse workers. Jim (John Krasinski) invites Pam (Jenna Fischer), who is unusually excited to see everyone. They invite a friend of hers, Julie (Laurie Naughton Okin), to meet Michael (Steve Carell). Julie seems to take a liking to Michael as she laughs at everything he says, but when Michael learns they invited Julie specifically for him, he adopts a new persona called "Date Mike" that he says is inspired by the winners and losers of reality TV dating shows and starts acting erratic and unpredictable. He causes a scene to the point where the manager, Donna (Amy Pietz), threatens to throw him out. Michael initially stands down, but then decides to confront Donna about what happened. The two end up hitting it off and she offers him a free lunch at the bar. Julie notices this and leaves.
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