branch wars branch wars tenth episode fourth season american comedy television series office episode overall written directed episode originally aired united_states november nbc episode marks return season regular plays jim girlfriend karen regional manager dunder mifflin karen tries stanley dunder stanley informs branch leaving revenge michael dwight trick jim traveling company branch group attempts play prank karen office pam oscar toby try hold club meeting disastrous results plot jones attempts lure away scranton offering pay raise regional manager michael_scott steve_carell believing karen assistant regional manager jim_halpert john_krasinski dumping decides michael salesman dwight_schrute rainn_wilson trick jim joining trip prank branch failed attempt steal branch industrial group discovered karen office privately jim elaborate ruse attempts issue unsuccessful letting slip pam happily dating group returns scranton farewell stanley decides stay scranton revealing threat bluff raise jenna_fischer form finer things club discussing literature music arts meetings regularly disrupted employees particularly andy_bernard ed_helms desperate efforts join prove unsuccessful pam invites jim join club regrets discussion jim merely speaks irish reveals hasn actually read book production branch wars second office episode directed creator television series previously directed season episode business school episode seventh office episode written acts customer service representative branch wars marked return regular member dunder branch later dunder season previous appearance fourth season premiere appeared scene salesman appearing screen heard telephone conference shares real life boyfriend reception branch wars received nielsen ratings meaning percent households tuned given moment seven percent use time tuned program episode watched million viewers achieved ages demographic writing episode nominated outstanding writing comedy series image awards senior writer buddytv gave episode favorable review stated tonight office possibly funniest season entertainment weekly stated branch wars penned didn measure brilliance week episode local served plenty laughs travis ign stated episode feels like comes halves works doesn referring trip finer things club respectively later pointed despite somewhat ride episode fair number big laughs particularly enjoyed jim character episode actions reactions situation involved
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