The Fire

Season 2 Episode 4 Summary

The Office episode 4 season 2. The Fire is such a great episode (like every episode of The Office), remember you can click the camera button next to any quote to generate an image of the quote to share on social media. Michael Scott starts the day by mentoring Ryan the temp. He wants to teach Ryan his special "ten rules of business."

A loud fire alarm soon interrupts their meeting in the office. Michael panics and pushes past his employees to exit the building first. Dwight Schrute tries to lead a safe evacuation but mostly just causes more stress.

The staff gathers in the parking lot to wait for the fire department. Jim Halpert decides to start some games to keep everyone from getting bored. The staff participates in a few fan-favorite games:

• Desert Island: Everyone picks five movies they would keep forever.
• Who Would You Do: The staff talks about which coworkers they find attractive.
• Would You Rather: A classic game of tough choices.

Dwight becomes very jealous of Ryan while they stand outside. Michael is impressed that Ryan attends business school at night. Dwight feels like he is losing his place as Michael’s best friend.

Jim’s girlfriend Katy arrives at the office to meet him for lunch. Pam Beesly watches them together and clearly feels a bit sad. Jim tries to keep the games going to distract himself from the tension.

The firemen eventually find the cause of the smoke in the kitchen. They reveal that a cheese pita started the fire in the toaster oven. Everyone soon learns that Ryan was the one who left the pita inside.

Dwight is thrilled to find out that the "smart" temp made a huge mistake. He dances around the parking lot while singing a parody of a Billy Joel song. He loudly shouts "Ryan started the fire!" as the staff returns to work.