
Andy tries to sound out whether the date is real or fictional by suggesting that they go to Savannah for their date. After the game, Andy and Erin meet at the receptionist desk, where Erin asks him about their upcoming date. Although everyone else goes back to work even more stressed out, Michael refuses to give up and continues playing the game with Dwight. Michael tries to win them back but accidentally skips to the game's conclusion, revealing that Phyllis's character, Beatrix Bourbon, was the murderer. This brings the staff out of the game and back to the reality of losing their jobs. Just as the game seems to get interesting, Oscar returns and informs everyone that accounting has been notified to stop payments to vendors. While in character, he asks Erin out for a weekend date but becomes unsure if he really asked her out or if he just simply asked out her murder mystery character, "Naughty Nelly." He is worried that Erin only agreed because Naughty Nelly is a promiscuous character. Jim, however, believes that the entire exercise is pointless.Īndy decides he needs to make a move on Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper) before the day is out, as he may otherwise never see her again due to the possible impending closure of Dunder Mifflin.

Thanks to Pam Halpert ( Jenna Fischer), Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms), and Phyllis Vance ( Phyllis Smith), the game becomes a hit, and everyone present starts to play along, except for Oscar Martinez ( Oscar Nunez), who tries to get updates on the situation from corporate, and Creed Bratton ( Creed Bratton), who shows up late to work and flees after being told he is a suspect in a murder. It is set in Savannah, Georgia, and everyone has to adopt a Southern accent. In a moment of quick thinking, Michael pulls out a murder mystery party game called Belles, Bourbon, and Bullets and forces the rest of the staff to play along. In an attempt to get the worried staff under control, Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) and Jim call a meeting to provide optimistic viewpoints, despite the steadily worsening news. The members of the office learn that Dunder Mifflin is in financial trouble. Dwight ends up punching, blocking, and kicking his own attacks, and ultimately ends up punching himself in the groin, to the amusement of the members of the office. Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) pranks Dwight by asking him to demonstrate the moves on himself, because Jim reasons Dwight is the most worthy opponent for himself. In the cold open, Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) instructs the members of the office once a year on the various "changes" that various martial arts have experienced. The episode received largely positive reviews from critics, with many highlighting its purposeful ridiculousness. The episode scored a 4.2/10 rating share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, and was watched by 8.046 million viewers.

The episode also was the inception of two major story arcs, the first being the season-long arc of Dunder Mifflin going out of business and its purchase by the printer company Sabre in the episode of the same name, and the second being the budding romance between Andy and Erin.
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"Murder" was the first entry in the series written by Chun, and was his first script for the series.

Meanwhile, Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms) uses the game as a way to ask out Erin ( Ellie Kemper), but fears he may have asked out Erin's character, instead of Erin herself. In the episode, rumors spread that Dunder Mifflin is in serious financial trouble, so Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) tries to distract the office by having everyone play a murder mystery game called Belles, Bourbon, and Bullets. 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 Andy Buckley as David Wallace, although he only appears via the phone.

It originally aired on NBC on November 12, 2009. It was written by Daniel Chun and directed by Greg Daniels. " Murder" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy series The Office and the show's 110th episode overall. 10th episode of the 6th season of The Office " Murder"
