History Recap / TheOfficeUSS7E19GarageSale

** Meanwhile, Dwight is trying to--knowingly or otherwise--reenact the Japanese fable of [[ChainOfDeals TheStrawMillionaire]].

* WholePlotReference: Jim's prank on Dwight with "Professor Copperfield's Miracle Legumes" is basically taken wholesale from Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk, with someone being conned into trading something valuable for something (apparently) worthless. Incredibly, in an unusual degree of perceptiveness Dwight all along realises that the beans actually ''are'' completely worthless and not magic at all... and yet ''still gets suckered into it''.

The staff organizes a garage sale on the warehouse, in which Dwight tries to get the most valuable item through changing things, starting with a needle.

* AdultFear: Realizing that old age is catching up to your parents and you may not have as much time left with them as you thought. Even worse, when one (or possibly both) of them is showing signs of dementia.

* RealityEnsues: Michael fills the annex with candles to make his proposal, however, the candles' heat and smoke eventually sets off the sprinklers right when he was proposing.

* WholePlotReference: Jim's prank on Dwight with "Professor Copperfield's Miracle Legumes" is basically Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk. Incredibly, in an unusual degree of perceptiveness Dwight all along realises that the beans are probably completely worthless and not magic at all... and yet ''still gets suckered into it''.

* WhamEpisode: Holly and Michael are engaged, and as a side-effect, Holly needs to move back to Colorado, and Michael is leaving to go with her.

Michael needs to take an important decision regarding Holly and his life.

* {{Continuity}}: Michael mentions that the first time he and Holly had sex was on the stairs. That was the night they left the office unlocked and it was robbed.

-->''Phyllis:'' "If you have to ask, then it's already time."

* RealityEnsues: Michael fills the annex with candles to make his proposal, however, the candle's heat and smoke eventually sets off the sprinklers right when he was proposing.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: According to Michael, his and Holly's [[TheirFirstTime first time]] was on the staircase of the building they work in.

* {{Continuity}}: Michael mentions that the first time he and Holly had sex was on the stairs. That was the night they left the office inlocked and it was robbed.

* {{Irony}}: Michael's proposal to Holly was meant to be perfect, unlike Jim's to Pam, which was in the middle of the rain. At the moment he was gonna make the proposal, the sprinkler system starts and the proposal becomes as funny as it is heartwarming.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: According to Michael, his and Holly's first time was in the staircase of the building they work on.

* BaitAndSwitch: Kevin proudly tells Andy and Darryl that when he was a kid, he was on ''Dallas''.

* AdultFear: Realizing that old age is catching up to your parents and you may not have as much time left with them as you thought. Even worse, when one of them begins showing signs of dementia.