History Recap / TheOfficeUSS4E8TheDeposition

-->"They hang off milady's chest. They make milk."

** Michael shows some spine in this episode, and also a more realistic self-assessment of how his employers and girlfriend both truly appreciate him than he otherwise does.

* {{Catchphrase}}: The deposition is momentarily derailed when Michael instinctively says "that's what she said" when asked if he was "under Jan the whole time [he worked as a manager]." Interestingly, ''Michael'' is confused too, making this border on a VerbalTic.

* HiddenDepths: Dwight is very skilled at ping-pong, to the point that he can return a serve from Jim ''without even looking up from his phone.'' In TheStinger, Dwight and Moses are still playing in the warehouse late at night.

** Jan insists to Michael that she entered his diary into evidence to counteract the vacation photo. Michael lampshades in turn that her bringing it all the way to New York makes it evident she was always going to so regardless.

** Jan insists to Michael that she only entered his diary into evidence to counteract the vacation photo. Michael lampshades in turn that her bringing it all the way to New York makes it evident she was always intending to do so.

* {{Catchphrase}}: The deposition is momentarily derailed when Michael instinctively says "that's what she said" when asked if he was "under Jan the whole time [he worked as a manager]."

* HiddenDepths: Dwight is very skilled at ping-pong, to the point that he can return a serve from Jim ''without even looking up from his phone.''

* SeriousBusiness: Ping-pong, and specifically their respective boyfriends' ability to beat the other's, for both Pam and Kelly. However, it's implied to be a lot less serious for Jim and Darryl themselves; while they do get understandably competitive during the game itself, in terms of the tournament they're really just going along with things to mollify their girlfriends, and demonstrate no particular sense that the game itself has any unusual significance to them beyond being a fun way to waste time.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Michael and Jan would have gotten $4 million if the court sided in their favor, but Michael ends up siding with the company over Jan.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Michael tells a lawyer joke to Jan's attorney, "What do you call a buttload of lawyers driving off a cliff?" [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore The attorney replies]] "[[EvilLawyerJoke A good start.]]" and corrects the setup to "a ''busload'' of lawyers." Michael brushes this off.
--> "Yeah, a bunch of rich lawyers took the bus."

* SeriousBusiness: Ping-pong, and specifically their respective boyfriends' ability to beat the other's, for both Pam and Kelly. However, it's implied to be a lot less serious for Jim and Darryl, the two actually playing; while they do get competitive during the game itself, in terms of the tournament they're really just going along with things to mollify their girlfriends, and demonstrate no particular sense that the game itself has any unusual significance to them beyond being a fun way to waste time.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Michael ultimately sides with the company, even upon learning he was never seriously considered for the job, because David Wallace called him a nice guy.

* SeriousBusiness: Ping-pong, for both Pam and Kelly. However, it's implied to be a lot less serious for Jim and Darryl, the two actually playing; while they do get competitive while actually playing, in terms of the tournament they're really just going along with things to mollify their girlfriends.

* SeriousBusiness: Ping-pong, for both Pam and Kelly. However, while they do get competitive it's implied to be a lot less serious for Jim and Darryl, the two actually playing, but they're just going along with things to mollify their girlfriends.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of the episode, Pam challenges Kelly to ping-pong, and they are terrible at it. Rather than watching this, Jim and Darryl decide to go upstairs to play on the table in the conference room.

* {{Catchphrase}}: The deposition is momentarily derailed when Michael instinctively says "that's what she said" when asked he was "under Jan the whole time [he worked as a manager]."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Michael tells a lawyer joke to Jan's attorney, "What do you call a buttload of lawyers driving off a cliff?" The attorney replies "[[EvilLawyerJoke A good start.]]" and corrects the setup to "a ''busload'' of lawyers." Michael brushes this off.

Jan takes Dunder-Mufflin to court over her termination, and Michael is put in the middle. Meanwhile, Jim tries to train himself at ping-pong in order to bear Darryl.

* KickTheDog: When Toby starts trying to bond with Michael, recounting how he was in a similar situation when his parents divorced, Michael responds by knocking his lunch onto the floor.