Original air date: October 23rd
Written by: Charlie Grandy
Directed by: Jennifer Celotta
Summary from NBC: DUNDER MIFFLIN FIGHTS CRIME – OSCAR NOMINEE AMY RYAN (“GONE BABY GONE”) GUEST STARS – Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) helps Pam (Jenna Fischer) get a part time job at corporate so she can afford to go to art school. Michael and Holly (guest star Amy Ryan) get an early start at the office on their date night. After the office gets robbed, Michael decides to hold an auction to raise money for all the items lost. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton and Craig Robinson also star.
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-Ed and Oscar talk about things that were once stolen from them.
-Andy and Angela’s Save the Date.
-Quotes
-Deleted Scenes
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-Nielsen Ratings
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-Photos
A special thank you to Bobby Ray Shafer (Bob Vance) for making a surprise visit in our chat after the show last night! It was great chatting with you and I know that everyone else was happy to chat with you too. See Dunderheads, that’s why you should stop by our chat after the show, you just never know who’ll stop by! 
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‘Crime Aid’ Poll
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I think this is one of the best episodes in a while. I’m glad michael finally found someone that is not ashamed to be with him, “it squeaks when you bang it, that’s what she said” has to be one of the best twss I have heard in a long time. I really thougt roy was going to hit jim. I’m glad he turned around and not go to ny because I just dont see jim being a jerk like roy was. I give a five dundies!
I also agree, this episode was for me probably the best one this season. Even though I loved the premier, this one had everything! Dwight’s so great when he’s nice, I like to see that side of hime every once in a while.
I LOVED this episode!! OMG “it squeaks when you bang it” I almost died that was so funny! I think this was my favorite episode since- I’m not sure when. I love that the attention has shifted from Jim/Pam to Michael/Holly and Dwight/Angela. Holly is such a tremendous dork, I love her with Michael, she is really perfect for him.
I expected Jim to get a DUI though.
Like the others above me, I think this is the best epi. so far this season! It really is like what “The Office” needs to always be. I give it 5 Dundies.
My fav. quote from this epi. was “You’re making a knife with a knife?”- Phyllis. I also think it’s great how we’re getting to know Phyllis more & that maybe her & Dwight are actually becoming friends? (Maybe kind of anyway.)
I also loved they brought back Roy for a bit! It was good to see him. I’m thinking they might have him on again.
And is this really the end of Dwangela??!
@Susan: I liked that they brought Roy back too and he didn’t do damage to JAM. That quote was amazing! Could Phyllis and Dwight be BFF’s?!? I LOVE IT!
in my opinion, this episode goes down as probably the WORST episode of the show in the HISTORY of “The Office”!! for starters, the cold open was way too short and lacked any sort of humor or poingnancy. secondly, holly’s character is being written far too closely to that of michael’s for their relationship to be believable. equally, there were several times throughout this episode when holly was throwing herself at michael without even a slight modicom of modesty. also, i had hoped that after the office was broken into, it might motivate dwight to launch his own LENGTHY investigation into who the culprits were. in the process of his investigation, he could find out that neither michael or holly locked the building. there was just nothing about this episode that i liked at all.
I stopped by chat after the show and no one was there! Well, one person was, but they were away. Maybe I didn’t wait long enough. Bummer.
I really liked this episode too. I need to watch it again. I was cracking up at the PAMELAAA (like Ricola). I was like, “How do they keep coming up with this stuff?” My husband was like, “I don’t get it.”
I laughed a second time when he brought me home Ricola cough drops last night.
@joel: Ya know, when I heard the title of the show I instantly thought of Dwight investigating the crime and I was a bit shocked that he didn’t do that. But then again, maybe he was going to but this whole wedding stuff side tracked him?
@Melanie: Yeah Melanie, I posted a bulletin saying that I wouldn’t make it in before the show so mabe others took it as no one was going to be chatting or something? But we had a good amount of crowd in there after the episode (east coast time). I wish you could’ve came in there later!!! It was so much fun!! I’ll chat with you next Thursday!
[...] Episode 4: Crime Aid Original Air Date—23 October 2008 Michael and Holly have sex for the first time, and Michael holds a fund-raiser for the office after it is burglarized. Dwight confides in Phyllis after Andy and Angela set a wedding date, and Jim runs into Pam’s ex-fiancé Roy. [...]