Jim's plan to consolidate three employee birthdays into a combined birthday party encounters several complications, and his constant adjustments incur the ire of Party Planning Committee chair Angela Martin ( Angela Kinsey). Dwight is forced to come out of hiding to save Michael when he tries to eat wild mushrooms. Michael proves to be completely incapable of living out in the wild by himself, with him spending most of the day filming himself cutting off his pants to use as a bandana, then a tent, and then ducttaping them back into pants. Contrary to Michael's wishes, Dwight stays behind and surreptitiously monitors his condition from a distance. To show that he is capable of surviving in the wilderness, Michael leaves Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) in charge of the office and instructs Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) to abandon him deep in the forest with merely a knife and a roll of duct tape. Novak) invites the regional branch managers and Dunder Mifflin Scranton Human Resources representative Toby Flenderson ( Paul Lieberstein) to a corporate wilderness retreat, but does not invite Michael Scott (Carell), because 'they already knew everything they needed to know about him'. Meanwhile, Jim spends the day as boss, but his plan to incorporate multiple birthdays into one combined event ends up alienating the entire office against him. Dwight drops Michael off in the middle of a local wooded area and contrary to Michael's wishes, stays behind to monitor Michael. In the episode, Ryan excludes Michael from a company nature excursion, prompting Michael to try to prove to himself and his peers that he can survive in the wild. The episode aired during NBC's week of 'green episodes', which lasted from November 4 through November 10, 2007.

Written by Steve Carell, who also acts on the show as Regional Manager of the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin, Michael Scott, and directed by Paul Feig, it originally aired on NBC on November 8, 2007. ' Survivor Man' is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's sixty-fourth episode overall. 11th episode of the 4th season of The Office ' Survivor Man'

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