Sabre (The Office)
| "Sabre" | |
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| The Office episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | John Krasinski |
| Written by | Jennifer Celotta |
| Production code | 615 |
| Original air date | February 4, 2010 |
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"Sabre" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show's 115th episode overall. It was written by Jennifer Celotta and directed by John Krasinski, which marks his television directorial debut. It originally aired in the United States on NBC on February 4, 2010.
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, Michael has difficulties accepting their new policies of Sabre and its CEO Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates). Michael goes to David Wallace for advice, but he finds David in a sad unemployed depression. Jim and Pam fail in their interview for a local daycare center. Both Erin and Andy wait for the other to make the next move. Beginning with this episode, Ed Helms is added to the opening credits.
Sabre has taken over the branches of Dunder Mifflin and Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods), the coordinating director for emerging regions from Sabre, is going around greeting the branches. When Gabe arrives, Michael (Steve Carell) has everyone greet him with a standing ovation and Andy (Ed Helms) and Erin (Ellie Kemper) sing a Scranton-themed version of "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus and mispronounce "Sabre" (as sah-bray), per Michael's assumption that that was the correct pronunciation.
In a conference room meeting, Gabe shows a video of Florida-based printer sales company Sabre starring Christian Slater and then shares some of the company's new policies, including the use of reusable drink containers, fewer vacation weeks, and site blocking of time-wasting sites like YouTube and Twitter, which is done in the background by IT assistant Nick (Nelson Franklin). Michael is resistant to the changes and requests a meeting with Gabe's superiors. Michael engages in a video chat with Sabre CEO Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates) and expresses concerns about the new policies. Bennett replies that those policies came under a mismanaged company and that Michael would have "until the end of the day" to decide what he wants, and when he resists she says bluntly "I would take until the end of the day if I were you". Frustrated, Michael leaves the office to visit former Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace (Andy Buckley) for advice.
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