After the ninth episode of the second season of “The Office,” Michael makes a memorable statement: “please help with my homework. I want them to think I’m a good worker. So I’m going to do something that’s going to make me unpopular with a certain percentage of the population. I’m going to do somebody else’s work. Hey, maybe if people think I’m a hard worker, they’ll put me in charge of things. That would be sweet. Why not? What have you got to lose? You have nothing to lose! Why not go for it? You have nothing to lose! What have you got to lose?