Darryl demands anew to be fired, then switches gears: he tells Andy to give him the manager job, saying he deserves it and wants that or a pink slip. Darryl blames himself for the failure and demands that Andy fire him, leaving Andy baffled and with no choice but to handle the hiring of new warehouse staff himself.Īndy assembles three applicants: a bodybuilder from Oscar Martinez's ( Oscar Nunez) gym, Dwight's building handyman Nate ( Mark Proksch), and a PhD candidate who can only work two days a week. Andy does not know what he is doing and all of the applicants walk out. They retool Kevin's idea throughout the day, resulting in still more damaged inventory, and Phyllis ultimately loses the client.Ī melancholic Darryl finally assembles a conference room meeting with several potential new hires, but utters several discouraging remarks about the job and exits, leaving Andy alone to take charge of the process. Upon Kevin's suggestion, they create an oil luge to slide the boxes across the floor, resulting in a lot of damaged inventory.
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Jim, Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper), Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson), and Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) take over the process, (however, in a talking-head interview, Kevin states that he will deliberately do a poor job because he did not volunteer and was merely suggested for the job because of his large size), but do not know how to use the heavy-lifting equipment and balk at the notion of carrying all the heavy boxes by hand. With an order due out for one of Phyllis Vance's ( Phyllis Smith) most important clients, Andy asks for volunteers to step in for the day and make sure that the order is shipped out. Everyone else speculates how they would spend a hypothetical lottery score, with Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) and Pam Halpert ( Jenna Fischer) ultimately deciding to fuse their two main ideas into one for a lovely brownstone located in the great outdoors.Īndy Bernard ( Ed Helms) orders Darryl to hire replacements for the warehouse staff, but Darryl is wallowing in his depression and neglects to even look at the applications. Darryl Philbin ( Craig Robinson), who was originally part of the pool but stopped when he was promoted, falls into a depression, unable to find any motivation to work and is further dismayed when his ex-wife's response to him not winning is to ask for the phone number of his pool-winner friend Glenn. The six warehouse workers win $950,000 in a lottery pool, and quit in a celebratory fashion of running through the office, making a mess and mooning the staff. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was viewed by 5.82 million viewers and received a 3.2 rating/8 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, marking a slight drop in the ratings from the previous episode, " The Incentive". "Lotto" received mixed reviews from television critics, with many enjoying Andy and Darryl's interaction.
In the episode, the entire warehouse staff quits after winning the lottery, leaving Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms) and Darryl Philbin ( Craig Robinson) to scramble for replacements while Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski), Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper), Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson), and Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) temporarily get a taste of the warehouse life.
The series- presented as if it were a real documentary-depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
The episode guest stars Mark Proksch as Nate and Hugh Dane as Hank the security guard. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 6, 2011. It was written by Charlie Grandy and directed by cast member John Krasinski.
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" Lotto" is the third episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 155th episode overall. 3rd episode of the eighth season of The Office " Lotto"