As he returns to the apartment, he realizes that without the show everyone would just go home.
Michael further expresses contempt for Gabe, refusing to wash his hands when asked and calling him "the longest baby in this room." After Gabe tells him he is making things harder than need be, Michael replies "That's what she said," and leaves the apartment to unplugs the cable connection for Gabe's apartment out of spite.
As Pam and Dwight follow him into the bedroom to comfort him, Michael further expresses his contempt for Gabe, and that "better men than Gabe have tried to be my boss." To Pam's horror, he also reveals that he has a loaded gun in his desk at work "somewhere", as he asks her to shoot him if he "ever starts acting like that weenie Gabe." Erin then enters the room and asks if Michael would help Gabe to prepare snacks in the kitchen.
When the show begins, Michael continues to come into conflict with Gabe over the volume of the television set, and decides to watch the show in the bedroom instead, thinking that the other employees would join him. Michael and Kevin discuss whether they will be attending Gabe's party, but Michael then becomes frustrated after Kevin says "You gotta go to the Boss's party, right?" as he realizes some of the office members view Gabe as the boss instead of him.Īrriving at Gabe's apartment that night, Michael is shown by Erin around Gabe's apartment, and expresses his contempt for Gabe attempting to help him make a pizza. Erin then relates in a talking head how she isn't sure if Gabe and Michael get along, but believes that if given the opportunity they could be best friends. Michael then laughs and admit he isn't busy and would love to attend the viewing party, being a fan of the show himself. Michael then fantasizes being able to tell his grandchildren about this, as he goes outside and collects the gravel which the chase occurred on in a jar, in the hopes of giving the jar of gravel to his children in the future to sell.Įrin tries to invite Michael to a viewing party of Glee, while Michael walks around the bullpen pretending to be busy. As the rest of the office follow behind him, he excitedly claims to have seen the whole thing while the rest of the office were unable to see a thing. Jim then muses in a talking head how some events are so historic, that people have to stop everything to watch it, even though they are "things that if you didn't see them live, you wouldn't care that you didn't see them at all." As time passes, the standoff turns into a chase that is about to be heading down their street, so Michael races to the windows, just in time to get a glimpse of the chase. Gabe tells them that such standoffs could take a long time and they should get back to work, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Erin runs out of the breakroom and tells Gabe that the police have caught the Scranton Strangler, and the entire branch is watching the standoff live on Toby's computer in the annex. Gabe enters the Scranton branch to find the bullpen deserted.