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Michael is giving Ryan a performance review for his temp agency, which sparks jealousy in Dwight. Ryan informs Michael that he aspires to study business and own his own company one day. Michael attempts to make Ryan his business protege to Ryan's indifference.

The fire alarm goes off and Dwight attempts to overtake Angela's role as fire warden. Michael runs out the door, pushing people out of the way while Phyllis and Stanley ignore Dwight. The back of the office starts to fill with smoke and Dwight dramatically rescues Kelly.

Michael explains to the camera that women and children go first, but there are no children and women are treated equal by law, so being the first one out of the building avoids a lawsuit.

Everyone is stuck in the parking lot while fire department arrive and Michael continues to give his business advice to Ryan. Dwight's jealousy builds as the relationship between Michael and Ryan develops.

Ryan tells the camera that he doesn't want to become a 'something guy' while working at Dunder Mifflin.

Jim initiates a game of desert island, who would you do and would you rather to kill time and boredom whilst standing in the carpark as the fire department arrive. Dwight's attempts to bond with the firemen are snubbed.

Dwight's pragmatic survivalist instinct interrupts Angela and Phyliss's discussion of desert island books before he admits to a weakness for Harry Potter books.

Michael shows off his car to Ryan and asks him if he likes it. Ryan says 'yes'.

Realizing not many of the staff read books, Jim switches the subject to DVDs. Meredith cites Legends of the Fall, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Legally Blonde, Bridges of Madison County and Ghost "just for that one scene" (gyrates hips while pretending hands are on pottery wheel) much to Jim and Pam's abject horror.

Dwight has caught up with Michael and Ryan who are now looking at his car. Commenting on all the books in his car Ryan tells Michael he has just gotten into business school and he is going to go at night. Sensing an opportunity to impress Dwight and Ryan, Michael challenges Ryan to quiz him on business. Michael is unable to answer any of Ryan's questions but defends himself to camera explaining that he saved up money in high school and lost it all in a pyramid scheme, teaching him more about business than any school ever could. Ryan's questions forces a rift between Michael and Dwight when Dwight's misguided attempt to defend Michael's honour causes Michael to defend Ryan and insult Dwight. Michael reflects on his never going to college and slowly realises he could learn a lot about business from Ryan.

Pam's desert island dvds are Fargo, Edward Scissorhands, Dazed and Confused, Breakfast Club and the Princess Bride. Jim admits Dazed in Confused is also in his top 5 but cuts her off at 5 before she can tell him her all time favourite movie. Dwight is extremely upset and walk up to a wall behind the staff and starts kicking it. Jim asks Dwight what his all time favourite movie is. Dwight is too upset to answer and walks away, before calling back "the crow".

Michael has Ryan trapped in the back seat of his car and begins to confide some of his doubts and fears to Ryan who is getting increasingly uncomfortable.

Jim then shifts the game to "who would you do". Kevin immediately declares Pam before they are cut off by an extremely depressed Dwight playing 'Everybody Hurts' by REM really loudly in his car. Jim puts Stanley in charge of the game and he and Pam go over to see what is wrong with Dwight. Dwight reveals he is upset that Michael is spending all his time with the temp. Pam and Jim try to convince Dwight to quit to get even but he thanks them and says he just needs time. Roy then walks over and asks if he can hang out with them because the guys in the warehouse are a bunch of jerks sometimes. (Nb this scene has Jim and Pam being nasty, and Roy and Dwight being sensitive - a reversal of their usual roles)

Michael and Ryan walk back and join the others who are still playing Who Would You Do. Michael asks Roy who upsets Pam by going for Angela the "tightass christian chick". Jim who cannot say Pam in front of her fiance chooses Kevin for the teddy bear thing. Michael then declares he would have sex with Ryan because he's going to own his own business someday. Roy laughs and calls everyone gay. Ryan, now extremely comfortable, answers his cellphone prompting Michael to comment that he left his phone upstair in the still smoked out building. Dwight seizes the moment as an opportunity to redeem himself and runs into the building before anyone can stop him.

The women - minus Angela - have a discussion about who they would do. They all agree on Jim but Pam can't admit it to herself so she says Oscar. Phyllis agrees but Meredith doesn't. Or Toby. Meredith nods smiling but Phyllis shakes her head. Michael loudly talks over them interrupting the conversation for a moment. They look at Michael and ask "anyone else?" "no." Kevin stands nearby looking hopeful. Jim gets a call from Katy while Michael suggests Ryan calls his cellphone to help Dwight find the phone. Michael looks a little perturbed when Ryan asks for his number even though he saw him put it in his phone when they were in the car. He calls it and the phone rings from Michael's suit pocket. When Michael realises there is no phone inside and Dwight is possibly unconscious from smoke inhalation he runs to tell the fire brigade before Dwight emerges, coughing and dirty. He proudly announces to everyone that the fire was started by Ryan leaving his cheese pita in the toaster over on 'oven' instead of toast. Dwight and Michael belittle Ryan while everyone looks on with pity. Dwight celebrates by performing a song he wrote 'Ryan started the fire' a reprise of the Billy Joel standard 'We didn't start the fire'.

Katy arrives for lunch with Jim and tells him she has her desert island dvds so he gather everyone around to hear them. Her first movie is Legally Blonde prompting a laugh from Pam. Jim then cuts the game short and they head to lunch. Pam feels better that Katy is obviously not right for Jim and kisses Roy in front of them to stir up some jealousy.

Dwight then goes to apologize to Ryan before ribbing him again and labeling him 'Fire Guy'. Ryan's simple mistake has restored the status quo in Michael and Ryan's relationship and he reverts back to the mentor, offering him business advice again.

• The episode was filmed in 100-degree weather. According to cast member B.J. Novak, they "couldn't look hot."
• The fire fighters in the episode were real fire fighters.
• When playing "Who would you do?" while outside, Oscar says he would do Pam even though it is later revealed he is a homosexual, although he may have said it to hide his homesexuality.
• In the evaluation scene, Ryan mistakes Michael's Yoda impersonation for Fozzy Bear. In reality, both characters were voiced by master puppeteer Frank Oz.

Jim: What, how did you get this number? Stalker!

Pam: Katy and Jim met in the office, and now I guess they’re like going out or dating or something. And, uh, I don’t know, you know, they’re just, she calls him, and they, you know, I’m sorry, I feel like I’m talking really loud. Am I talking really loud?

Michael: Wanna be a manager?
Ryan: Uh, no actually, uh, what I want is to own my own company.
Michael: That is ridiculous.

Michael: I’m like Mr. Miyagi and Yoda rolled into one.

Michael: Do you know who that is?
Ryan: Fozzi Bear?
Michael: Mmm, no. That was Yoda.

Michael: There are ten rules of business you need to learn. Number one, you need to play to win, but … you also have to win to play.

Dwight: Michael and I have a very special connection. He’s like Batman, I’m like Robin. He’s like the Lone Ranger, and I’m like Tonto. And it’s not like there was the Lone Ranger, and Tonto, and Bonto.

Angela: Arms at your side! Arms at your side!

Dwight: This is not a test! Can you leave?
Phyllis: Oh, you say that every time.
Dwight: DO YOU WANNA DIE!?

Dwight: Remove your stockings, okay? They’ll melt right into your flesh. Stay below the smoke line. Let’s go! Clear out, stat! Stat means now!

Michael: Women are equal, in the workplace, by law. So I let them out first, I have a lawsuit on my hands.

Michael: Adapt, react, readapt, apt. Alright? That’s rule number two.

Ryan: I don’t want to be, like, a guy here, you know? Like, Stanley is the crossword puzzle guy, and Angela has cats. I don’t wanna have a thing here, you know, I don’t wanna be the something guy.

Phyllis: Um, the Da Vinci Code.
Angela: The Da Vinci Code. I would take the Da Vinci Code. So I could burn the Da Vinci Code.
Dwight: Okay, great, that’s gonna keep you warm for like, seven seconds. Question: is there firewood on the island?
Jim: I guess?
Dwight: Then I would bring an ax, no books.
Jim: No, it has to be a book, Dwight.
Dwight: Fine. Physician’s Desk Reference.
Jim: Nice. Smart.
Dwight: Hollowed out. Inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and … in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Question: did my shoes come off in the plane crash?

Michael: Rule number four, in business, image is everything. Andre Agassi.

Meredith: Legends of the Fall, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Legally Blonde, Bridges of Madison County …

Pam: Well I kind of like Legally …
Jim: Wait, wait, wait, Pam, no. Do you understand the, the game is Desert Island Movies, not Guilty Pleasure Movies. Desert Island Movies are the movies you’re going to watch for the rest of your life! Forever! Unforgivable.
Pam: I take it back.
Jim: Unforgivable.
Pam: I take it back!
Jim: Good.

Michael: When I was Ryan’s age, I worked in a fast food restaurant, to save up money for school. And then … I lost it in a pyramid scheme, but I learned more about business, right then and there, than business school would ever teach me, or Ryan would ever teach me.

Michael: I did not go to business school. You know who else didn’t go to business school? LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant. They went right from high school to the NBA, so … so it’s not the same thing, at all.

Jim: Pam, get us back into it. Five movies, go ahead.
Pam: Okay, um, Fargo, um, Edward Scissorhands, Dazed and Confused …
Jim: Ooh, definitely in my top 5.
Pam: Yes, in my top 3, so suck it.

Pam: You know, I bet Ryan thinks to himself, I wish I were a volunteer sheriff on the weekend.
Dwight: He doesn’t even know that I do that.
Pam: You should tell him.
Dwight: Oh yeah Pam, right. That’s going to help things, just talk it out. I hope the war goes on forever and Ryan gets drafted.

Dwight: Oh Jim, I’m not going to quit. Then Ryan wins.

Jim: Um, Kevin, hands down. Yeah. He’s really got that teddy bear thing going on, and afterwards, we could just watch bowling.

Michael: Well, I would definitely have sex with Ryan. ‘Cause he is going to own his own business.

Roy: You’re all gay!

Michael: I didn’t say it to him. I said it about him.

Dwight: Apparently, in business school, they don’t teach you how to operate a toaster oven. Because some smart, sexy, temp left his cheese pita on oven instead of timing it for the toaster thing!

Ryan: I can’t believe I started … the fire.

Katy: First, Legally Blonde.
Pam laughs. Cut to Pam talking to the camera.
Pam: I forgot what a super-nice girl Katy is. It’s just … good for Jim. They are so cute together. And um, what an adorable car.

Dwight: Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe. RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!