Episode 4 - The Planner

*The Planner* is the fourth episode of *The Office Files*. Both the *Super Secret Agency* and the Office are prepping for their holiday parties, and Agent 22 is coincidentally selected to plan both of them. He struggles with juggling the planning of the two parties, but with the help of Agent 5 and Lincoln, he just might have a chance to pull it off in time for the holidays. The episode was written and directed by Robbie Slodysko, and will star Robbie Slodysko, Seth Bolin, Scott Pirkle, Audrey Beilharz, Chloe Pope, Lyndon Padgett, and Madison Dorris alongside co-stars Aidan Nash, Zara Rahat, Madison Benninger, and Olivia Dunham. The episode was never finished, but two sections of it have thus far released. The first six minutes of the episode released on May 30, 2022, with another sequence from the middle of the episode releasing on July 6 under the name *The Agency's Finest?*.

## Characters

### Main Cast

* "Agent 22" / "Lincoln Spicuous" - Robbie Slodysko
* Lincoln Venience / Overhyped Advertiser - Seth Bolin
* "Agent 5" - Audrey Beilharz
* Mr. Scott Great - Scott Pirkle
* Ava Rage - Chloe Pope
* Norm Al - Lyndon Padgett
* Melanie Miller - Madison Dorris

### Supporting Cast

* "Agent 20" / Kendal Grace *(SERIES DEBUT)* - Zara Rahat
* "Agent 21" / Timothy Sunbury *(SERIES DEBUT)* - Aidan Nash
* "Agent 1" - Madison Benninger
* "Agent 4" / Eliza Lotts *(SERIES DEBUT)* - Olivia Dunham

### Minor Cast

* "Agent 2" *(SERIES DEBUT)* - Josh Blackwood
* Josh Drake *(DEBUT)* - Joshua Till
* Tabi Bell *(DEBUT)* - Lillian Cumbie
* Will Naught - Evan Lee
* Cooper Williams - Caleb Thompson
* "Agent 25" *(SERIES DEBUT)* - Noah Tipton
* Robi Extra *(DEBUT)* - Shane Caruthers
* Andi Bextrous *(DEBUT)* - Kendall Hemphill
* Sarah White *(DEBUT)* - Sarah Mimm
* Stan Dard *(DEBUT)* - Eric Schlager
* "Agent 12" *(DEBUT)* - Not Cast

## Production Analysis

The episode was added to the series order on July 19, with script writing beginning on August 19 and shooting beginning on November 11. This episode was originally the fourth episode, but this and *The Back-Up* switched positions in the series order on September 26, 2021, with that episode being pushed back to a release date of February 12, 2022. The reason this episode was originally kept in 2021 in favor of it because of it being a Christmas Special. However, on December 9, this episode had to be delayed to January 29, 2022 anyways, and in Late December the script went through rewrites to make the episode shorter and more manageable so the full series could still be completed on time. On January 27, this episode was pushed back to be the series' fourth episode when *The Questioning* became a full episode instead of it's previous status as a short. Since that story chronologically takes place before this episode's events, it was prioritized over this to be released first, pushing this episode back initially to February 12 and then every time that one did until eventually ending up on March 19. However, given that the final scenes to be shot were the party scenes themselves, scenes which would need almost every actor on set at once to work, the episode had to be delayed once again to March 26 and later to an unspecified date in April 2022. This, however, was not met, and while the episode was nearly completed, what remained were the biggest sequences in the series in general, the holiday parties. Between the two parties in the ending and the other smaller unshot scenes, nearly every character in the entire series would've made an appearance in this episode.

## Mission Gallery

Ava Rage and Lincoln VenienceAgents 20, 21, and 22"Fruit Punch Bowl!!!"
## Music Listings

* Maddie Canyon Chills - created by Robbie Slodysko & Anthony Mancinelli; composed by Anthony Mancinelli
* Crisp Claw Climb - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
* Mount Wario - Mario Kart 8
* Merry Mountain - Mario Kart Tour

## Trivia

* The fictional store *Games on a Shelf* is mentioned in this episode, which is a reference to a game store from the *Scott the Woz* episode *Game Stores*.
	+ The store is mentioned in relation to where Lincoln has gone to get games from the bargain bin before, which is an additional reference to the *Scott the Woz* episode *It's a Bargain Bin Christmas* (which is notably also a holiday special). This episode is also referenced by Melanie asking if Lincoln was gonna give them bottled water next.
* Mr. Great is shown watching holiday episodes of shows twice during the episode. In the opening, he is watching *iCarly* (2007) like he did in *The Printer* and *The Argument*, specifically now watching Season 2 Episode 7, *iChristmas*. Later, in a flashback to the 2020 holiday party, he is watching the *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode *Christmas Who?*
	+ An odd thing about the iCarly episode selections is that in both *The Printer* and *The Argument* two weeks prior, Lincoln interrupts him watching Season 2 Episode 8, *iKiss*, which is the next episode after *iChristmas*. This means that Mr. Great is either watching them out of order or was just saving the Christmas special until it was closer to Christmas.