The Office (American season 6) | |
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Starring | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 17, 2009 – May 20, 2010 |
Season chronology | |
Next → Season 7 | |
List of The Office (American TV series) episodes |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [20] | Prod. code [20] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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101 | 1 | 'Gossip' | Paul Lieberstein | Paul Lieberstein | September 17, 2009 | 6001 | 8.20[7] |
As the summer interns prepare to depart, the office gossips about them and Michael feels left out. Michael discovers that Stanley is having an affair, and tells everyone. When Michael realizes the damage he's caused, he fabricates numerous other rumors to discredit himself, including that Andy is gay (confusing Andy) and that Pam is pregnant (unbeknownst to him that she is actually pregnant). As Michael tries to clear the air, Jim and Pam admit their rumor is true in an attempt to save Stanley from embarrassment. | |||||||
102 | 2 | 'The Meeting' | Randall Einhorn | Aaron Shure | September 24, 2009 | 6002 | 7.33[21] |
Jim submits a plan for promotions for himself and Michael to David which Michael manages to bungle. Dwight and Toby investigate Darryl'sworker's comp claim. Pam struggles to gather responses for her wedding. Ultimately, Jim and Michael are made co-manager to Dwight's horror. | |||||||
103 | 3 | 'The Promotion' | Jennifer Celotta | Jennifer Celotta | October 1, 2009 | 6003 | 7.28[22] |
Jim and Michael's management styles clash, especially after David's budget will only allow a small or no raise this year. Dwight fails in his attempt to raise allies against Jim. Pam feels awkward asking for cash instead of wedding gifts. | |||||||
104105 | 45 | 'Niagara'‡ | Paul Feig | Greg Daniels & Mindy Kaling | October 8, 2009 | 60046005 | 9.42[23] |
The Office travels to Niagara Falls to celebrate Jim and Pam's wedding. Pam's meemaw is upset when she learns Pam is pregnant. Michael and Dwight try to hook up with guests at the wedding. Dwight succeeds with Pam's Maid of Honor, Isabel, but Michael, who failed to reserve a room, ends up sleeping next to an ice machine. Andy injures his scrotum while dancing the night before the wedding. Jim and Pam delay the wedding when they sneak off to marry on the Maid of the Mist, allowing them to calm their nerves and enjoy their wedding. Michael spends the evening after the wedding with Pam's mother, Helene. | |||||||
106 | 6 | 'Mafia' | David Rogers | Brent Forrester | October 15, 2009 | 6006 | 8.10[24] |
Michael meets with an insurance salesman and is convinced by Dwight and Andy that he is part of the Mafia. The staff constantly call Jim and Pam on their honeymoon, until finally Kevin accidentally cancels Jim's credit card. | |||||||
107 | 7 | 'The Lover' | Lee Eisenberg | Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky | October 22, 2009 | 6007 | 8.52[25] |
Jim and Pam return from their honeymoon and are shocked when Michael reveals he is dating Helene, Pam's mother. Pam is incensed and openly berates Michael. Dwight attempts to bug Jim's office in his plan to sabotage Jim. | |||||||
108 | 8 | 'Koi Pond' | Reggie Hudlin | Warren Lieberstein & Halsted Sullivan | October 29, 2009 | 6009 | 8.20[26] |
While on the way to a business meeting, Michael falls into a koi pond. The staff tease him so he holds an anti-bullying seminar. Pam and Andy go cold-calling to stir up some new business; they reluctantly use clients' mistaking them as a couple to their advantage. | |||||||
109 | 9 | 'Double Date' | Seth Gordon | Charlie Grandy | November 5, 2009 | 6008 | 7.94[27] |
Jim and Pam reluctantly lunch with Michael and Helene for her birthday. However, when Michael learns Helene's age, he dumps her, infuriating Pam even more. She slaps Michael in the parking lot after work. Dwight tries to curry favors from everyone in the office to help him overthrow Jim. | |||||||
110 | 10 | 'Murder' | Greg Daniels | Daniel Chun | November 12, 2009 | 6010 | 7.76[28] |
The Dunder Mifflin staff are troubled by renewed rumors of insolvency. Michael forces the office into a day of diversions, primarily playing a murder mysteryrole-playing game. Andy awkwardly attempts to court Erin. | |||||||
111 | 11 | 'Shareholder Meeting' | Charles McDougall | Justin Spitzer | November 19, 2009 | 6011 | 7.43[29] |
Michael is excited when he's invited by David Wallace to attend the Dunder Mifflin shareholder meeting in New York; he is dismayed by the hostile crowd and causes the board of directors even more trouble. Jim finds he is being undermined by Ryan who refuses to do work, so Jim decides to make an example of him in front of the staff. As Michael, Dwight and Oscar leave New York in a hired limousine, a news ticker shows a steep drop in Dunder Mifflin's stock price. | |||||||
112 | 12 | 'Scott's Tots' | B. J. Novak | Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg | December 3, 2009 | 6013 | 8.10[30] |
Michael must renege on a promise he made to a group of kids ten years ago to pay for their college tuition. However, in spite of his mean treatment, Erin proves a source of support. Meanwhile, Jim falls victim to one of Dwight's schemes to get him fired: creation of an employee of the month program. Although the staff and David are angered when Dwight rigs the winners to be Jim and Pam, Jim survives. Ryan joins forces with Dwight to bring down Jim. | |||||||
113 | 13 | 'Secret Santa' | Randall Einhorn | Mindy Kaling | December 10, 2009 | 6014 | 8.51[31] |
Michael is outraged when Jim allows Phyllis to be Santa at the office Christmas party, and retaliates by dressing first as Santa, then Jesus. David reveals to Michael that there is a buyer for Dunder Mifflin. He will most likely be fired; the Scranton staff will stay on, much to their relief. Meanwhile, Oscar has a crush on Matt, the new gay warehouse worker, and Andy and Erin continue to flirt, which starts out badly when Andy gives her 'the Twelve Days of Christmas' and the birds from the first few attack her, but picks back up with the twelve drummers drumming. | |||||||
114 | 14 | 'The Banker' | Jeffrey Blitz | Jason Kessler | January 21, 2010 | 6012 | 7.29[32] |
When an investment banker comes to Scranton in order to sign off on the branch before the sale of Dunder Mifflin, Michael, Dwight, Andy and Pam pull out all the stops in hopes of impressing him with their high profile contacts. Toby reminisces about all the great times they have had in the office. Clip show. | |||||||
115 | 15 | 'Sabre' | John Krasinski | Jennifer Celotta | February 4, 2010 | 6015 | 7.36[33] |
Michael has difficulties accepting the 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. | |||||||
116 | 16 | 'The Manager and the Salesman' | Marc Webb | Mindy Kaling | February 11, 2010 | 6016 | 7.40[34] |
The office is eager to welcome Sabre CEO Jo Bennett to Scranton, and are dazzled by her Southern ways. When Jo finds out there are two branch managers, she says either Michael or Jim must go back to being a salesman. Meanwhile, Andy's Valentine's Day plan for Erin backfires. | |||||||
117118 | 1718 | 'The Delivery'‡ | Seth GordonHarold Ramis | Daniel ChunCharlie Grandy | March 4, 2010 | 60186019 | 9.00[35] |
Pam's contractions begin but she is determined to wait it out as long as possible so they can have more time at the hospital, unnerving Jim. Meanwhile the rest of the office tries to distract Pam from the pain with food and entertainment. Michael anxiously waits for Pam and Jim's baby, Cecilia, to be born. Back at the office, Erin makes Andy jealous when she has lunch with Kevin causing Andy to finally ask Erin out. Dwight and Angela draft a contract to have a baby together, but Dwight has mixed feelings after seeing Isabel at Jim and Pam's house when he renovates the couples kitchen. | |||||||
119 | 19 | 'St. Patrick's Day' | Randall Einhorn | Jonathan Hughes | March 11, 2010 | 6017 | 7.51[36] |
Michael thinks he has impressed Jo, only to discover that someone else in the office has caught her eye. Dwight makes trouble for Jim on his first day back from paternity leave. Andy and Erin go on their first date, with interesting results. | |||||||
120 | 20 | 'New Leads' | Brent Forrester | Brent Forrester | March 18, 2010 | 6020 | 7.63[37] |
Sabre's policy of 'sales is king' goes to the sales staff's heads, making the rest of the office resent their bad attitude. In order to regain control, Michael hides their expensive new leads, which leads Jim on a 'treasure hunt' all through the business park. Michael's plan backfires when Kevin accidentally throws some of the leads in the trash and Michael and Dwight must go to the Scranton dump to retrieve them. Andy and Erin kiss for the first time at Scranton dump while searching the leads together. | |||||||
121 | 21 | 'Happy Hour' | Matt Sohn | B. J. Novak | March 25, 2010 | 6021 | 7.17[38] |
Oscar arranges a happy hour with the warehouse staff so he can flirt with Matt. Pam is excited to see the staff and brings a date for Michael, but he ends up connecting with the bar manager, Donna (Amy Pietz), instead. Meanwhile, Andy and Erin announce their relationship. Dwight rethinks his pre-natal contract with Angela to pursue Isabel. | |||||||
122 | 22 | 'Secretary's Day' | Steve Carell | Mindy Kaling | April 22, 2010 | 6022 | 6.30[39] |
Andy tries to make Erin's Secretary's Day a memorable one. While having lunch with Erin, Michael informs her of Andy and Angela's past engagement, which Andy had been hiding from Erin. Oscar circulates a video he made which compares Kevin's voice to Cookie Monster's and Kevin turns to Gabe for help when the entire office gets in on the joke. | |||||||
123 | 23 | 'Body Language' | Mindy Kaling | Justin Spitzer | April 29, 2010 | 6023 | 7.01[40] |
Pam and Jim work on their first sales pitch together to Donna, the manager of a local restaurant, but Michael keeps misreading the signals she's putting out. Dwight encourages Kelly to try out for the minority training program. | |||||||
124 | 24 | 'The Cover-Up' | Rainn Wilson | Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg | May 6, 2010 | 6024 | 6.84[41] |
Michael suspects Donna is cheating on him and puts PI Dwight Schrute on the case. Meanwhile, Andy is frustrated when no one takes his customer's complaint seriously. | |||||||
125 | 25 | 'The Chump' | Randall Einhorn | Aaron Shure | May 13, 2010 | 6025 | 6.60[42] |
Michael is surprisingly cheerful after learning some bad news about Donna. The new parents, Pam and Jim, have trouble staying awake in the office. Meanwhile, Angela takes matters into her own hands when Dwight refuses to honor their pre-natal contract. | |||||||
126 | 26 | 'Whistleblower' | Paul Lieberstein | Warren Lieberstein & Halsted Sullivan | May 20, 2010 | 6026 | 6.60[43] |
The press learns that Sabre printers catch on fire and Jo, suspecting that someone within the company leaked the information, sets out to discover who the whistle-blower is. |