golden ticket office golden ticket 19th episode fifth season television series office overall episode series originally aired nbc united_states march episode michael starts inspired promotional gimmick providing customers receive golden tickets tries blame idea dwight promotion appears cost company large money story kevin receives conflicting romantic advice andy jim pam episode written directed received mixed reviews critics commented mean behavior michael_scott episode according nielsen ratings golden ticket watched million overall viewers week aired addition multiple references charlie chocolate factory golden ticket includes knock knock jokes involving plot summary michael steve_carell inspired film chocolate factory decides golden tickets randomly different boxes paper provide dunder mifflin clients percent year michael excited promotional gimmick prompts dress act like day michael distributed tickets day small area warehouse golden tickets biggest client michael specify limit customer company owed percent result scranton branch expected lose significant revenue shut branch making office upset michael angry chief financial officer demands know responsible michael claims dwight rainn_wilson thought idea michael tries convince dwight fall insisting michael needs job dwight allow dwight focus energy farm comes scranton branch says client pleased decided company exclusive provider office supplies grateful david dwight idea moment dwight accepts credit michael shocked upset rest office angry michael near disastrous idea play wallace misunderstanding dwight david sets conference marketing department dwight explain promotion michael dwight revealing idea actually came michael michael dwight frustrated david leaves office appearing indifferent outcome kevin seeks advice office start relationship woman valentine day singles office previous episode blood drive andy ed_helms upset recent broken engagement angela angela_kinsey suggests kevin mean providing ignoring calls jim john_krasinski suggests ask immediately things slow pam jenna_fischer hand suggests ask immediately afraid express visits office kevin said decided simply tell exactly thinking tells nice smile like dinner movie accepts kevin accidentally says nice statement production official office website included cut scenes golden ticket second clip includes michael men bathroom angela oscar kelly meredith discuss unfair michael treating dwight making fall failed golden ticket promotion kelly makes remark hope dwight gets fired hot new guy replace oscar replies seriously second scene michael asks dwight dwight suggests turning power prepares michael applying face follow scene workers discuss michael fired visibly angry upset michael confronts office says imagine office raises hands michael asks thought kind terrible person replace says knows don actually need oscar kevin angela look visibly ashamed michael knew going season halloween episode taken action doesn approve romantic relationships transfer people having separate branches jim pam turn message look thoughtful tells office mind saying hiding bathroom pretending nbc site featured minutes worth clips involving subplot kevin including andy discussing new method mean women dates response recent failed engagement angela deleted scenes kevin telling busy weeks talk giving compliment shirt andy suggestion cultural references golden ticket promotional gimmick episode receives title reference golden tickets novel charlie chocolate factory film adaptations book half episode michael wears purple suit hat similar character responsible promotion episode takes pennsylvania dunder mifflin client receives golden tickets real life division american health insurance company throwing away outfit michael wears gray shirt advertising minor league arena football team michael uses avoid david phone calls attending obama fashion reference president barack_obama lady dwight_schrute makes knock knock jokes involving secret police intelligence agency soviet_union michael makes knock knock joke involving punch line pam butter pronounced like slice bread spiritual teacher south asian country founded religion buddhism office meeting michael asks employees come golden ticket like ideas andy suggests breakfast brand american sitcom understand assignment reception original american broadcast march golden ticket watched million overall viewers received nielsen rating adults aged despite directly competing abc grey anatomy cbs week march episode ranked number adults shares time period lead age group golden ticket number programs adults grey anatomy tuesday wednesday editions time slot episode ranked number men men tied grey anatomy number broadcast networks adults tied csi number adults golden ticket received mixed reviews reviewers commenting mean behavior michael episode new_york magazine article entitled michael finally goes far describes funnier recent episodes found michael willingness sell dwight unsettling usually like plant drugs toby backs second time willing way sell dwight loyal friend little said sweetness subplot involving kevin offset darker aspects episode praised jokes including michael shoe shoe store idea dwight idea horse boat invention knock knock jokes squad praised golden ticket especially final act michael face dwight conference minutes episode absolutely golden said episode returned season levels michael_scott particularly liked way dwight readily accepted credit golden ticket promotion proved success gave golden ticket grade particularly praised steve_carell impression way michael tried distance promotional idea went bad said tonight episode lacked certain gravity delivered goods comedy wise pointed script technically michael pretended come golden ticket idea despite documentary camera crew filming earlier discussions entertainment_weekly writer described episode kind cute tonight kind flat places kind sad said interesting aspects golden ticket relationship michael dwight respective failed holly angela michael dwight coming awkward realization successful relationship lives causing little tension travis ign said golden ticket solid offering felt lacked big moments fit status quo mold feels recent episodes fallen said fun watch michael thought trouble robbed credit good idea liked jim encouraged dwight fall michael office rallied dwight gave dwight credit success alan_sepinwall television writer star-ledger said michael acted selfish episode unpleasant watch week blood drive gave michael human sympathetic golden ticket showed human michael monster sepinwall said think subplot involving kevin receiving romantic advice funny sweet aces weeks hadn story found golden ticket best week strongly criticized episode behavior characters single character night episode acting like complete idiot idiot sense characters dumb goofy amusing way idiot human beings act way frustrating watch golden ticket voted eleventh highest rated episode fifth season according 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