The Office
The Office

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A Benihana Christmas

At Benihana, Michael and Andy have decided to invite Cindy and another attractive waitress back to the office Christmas party. Cut to Michael and his entourage returning to the office with his arm around one waitress and Andy's arm around another, hollering that he wants everyone to meet his new girlfriend. Those are totally two different waitresses.

After the ads, Michael shows off the bike he gave to the toy drive, then gives it to his date instead. She says she wants to give him something in return, by which she means whisper in his ear. "That's what she said," Michael snorts. He's back!

Michael and Andy bring their dates into Angela's party. She asks them where Dwight is. "Is he the hot one or the giant baby?" asks Michael's date. Michael whispers answers that Dwight is the giant baby. He does not add that Jim is also sometimes a giant baby, despite being hot. Michael apologizes for the lameness of Angela's party, and herds everyone across the office as soon as Phyllis tells him about the break room party. Angela yells at "waitress lady" for snagging one of the miniature nutcracker party favors: "I don't walk into your house and steal your Hello Kitty backpack." "Ssssssssssshut it!" Michael hisses at her, and they're gone. And here's Dwight, half-drunk and grinning at Angela, who turns her green-streaked ponytail on him and slams the conference room door in his face.

Break room party. Kevin's singing "You Oughtta Know" while Michael chats up his date. He turns to grab a snack, and when he turns back, he fails to notice that he's now talking to Andy's date, who has no idea what Michael is talking about. Awkward. Kevin gives his song a big, angry finish. Whoa, Kevin's got some shit pent up in there.

Angela's party, which is more like a wake. "Did you have fun at Benihana's?" she asks. Dwight says no. They hold hands over their respective bad days. Then Pam and Karen come in, all excited over Dwight having won the raffle. They're not as excited as Dwight, though. Pam, realizing this is getting a little too mean, pulls Karen aside. After what I assume is Pam's highly discreet explanation to Karen about Dwight and Angela, they joint-TH that they're disbanding. Then they return to the conference room and invite Angela to merge the parties. After learning that the karaoke machine has Christmas songs but no power cord, Angela "finds" the cord in the potted plant outside the door.

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