deposition office deposition twelfth episode fourth season american comedy television series office fifth episode overall written consulting producer directed episode originally aired united_states november nbc deposition original episode air went hiatus writers guild america strike jan michael travel new_york_city deposition jan lawsuit company michael originally intends witness company ends defending company kelly talks pam beats jim game prompting jim spend entire day practicing conference room plot girlfriend employer dunder mifflin termination michael_scott steve_carell finds forced jan witness employer ryan_howard wants sure michael won dunder mifflin jan girlfriend comes representative michael protests deposition goes jan claims terminated discrimination breast counter evidence romantic relationship michael disclosed corporate jan michael personal diary brought deposition knowledge permission michael jan learns gave scathing performance review begun dating michael learns contender interviewing jan position corporate office insisting repeatedly nice guy ultimately position michael defends company later states expect company expect girlfriend jan michael drive home clearly angry events day scranton pennsylvania branch dunder mifflin jim_halpert john_krasinski repeatedly loses warehouse prompting girlfriend jim girlfriend jenna_fischer boyfriend superior skills unable tolerate trash talk pam builds makeshift table conference room jim practice office employees day jim practices eventually discovering dwight_schrute rainn_wilson prowess game jim rematch jim loses fed kelly continued pam challenges game incompetent players jim quickly bore watching decide play conference room episode concludes dwight playing high intensity game cousin apparent stalemate production deposition episode office written lewis works consulting producer episode second directed directed season episode vacation deposition original episode office air effects writers guild america strike went strike eastern standard time november filming office immediately halted date steve_carell member refused cross picket lines members writers guild america east writers guild america west voted end day strike february writers allowed return work day allowed runners return work february preparation conclusion strike runner returned february writers returned work february office finally returned original episodes april episode dinner party executive producer runner stated main purposes deposition add tension building michael tension finally end build splitting michael jan episode dinner party scene michael pushes toby lunch table scripted crew scene actor suggested steve_carell push food table game dwight computer generated imagery rainn_wilson actions game stages editing post production ball added effect cultural references dwight names jan personal heroes professional table tennis players reception deposition received nielsen rating share episode watched million viewers achieved key adults demographic meaning percent people watched episode percent people watching television time watched episode praised writing episode acting jenna_fischer porter praised final scene episode jan michael drive home day porter stated don know laugh turn away shame final scene eat driving home like watching friends fight fascinating incredibly uncomfortable time entertainment_weekly stated deposition slow corporate intrigue flavored michael_scott talk like porter praised acting jenna_fischer saying stole low key opening scenes ign stated happens best episode season best episodes series writers planned way emphasize importance remind miss gone went praise acting steve_carell michael toby buddytv senior writer stated episode series saying deposition episode office basically character michael_scott trial
The Deposition (The Office)