In season 4 of The Office , boss Michael Scott Steve Carell goes on a bit of a rant about Die Hard 4 , but what was meant to be an off-the-cuff joke has become reality now in movies.
Michael wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, often completely oblivious to the feelings of others and with a pathological need for attention. This was tempered by a natural sweetness and desire to make others happy that saved Michael in The Office from his more offensive moments and allowed his coworkers and the audience to view him as not harmful, just an oblivious idiot. Still, there were a few times — albeit very few — when Michael's natural charisma and ability to connect with others shone through.
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Less frequently, but still there, Michael occasionally had moments of smart observation or astute analysis that revealed there was a working brain buried under his chronic immaturity and clueless nature. One of those moments happened in one of The Office season 4's best episodes , when Michael, in his own way, charmed some new coworkers.
In The Office season 4, episode 4, "Money," Michael takes a second job at a call center to make more money and get out of some financial troubles, and — to the surprise of no one — his unconventional personality and approach to the job grates on his manager but endears him to his new coworkers. Part of the issue is that the ever-gregarious Michael too often distracts his coworkers with stories and jokes. One of those conversations is Michael sharing his views of Live Free or Die Hard and why it's so different from the rest of the franchise:.
Die Hard 1 , John McClane, he's just this normal guy, you know? He's just this normal, New York City cop who gets his feet cut, and he gets beat up, but he's just an everyday guy. In Die Hard 4 , he's jumping a motorcycle into a helicopter in the air, you know? He's invincible. It just sort of lost what Die Hard was. It's not Terminator. Of course, the moment is funny - another example of Michael holding forth with coworkers, but an added layer of humor thanks to these coworkers not being tired of him like his subordinates at Dunder Mifflin.
