The complaint card tower story was Office at its finest. A character desperately attempting to have
some fun at the dead end job he’s stuck at, some of the side characters getting
involved in the action and allowing them to each have a good one-liner or two,
and a little hint of romance. Erin smiling at Pete after he calms everyone down
from yelling at Kevin was enough for me to immediately care more about their
relationship than I have cumulatively for Erin/Andy over the four seasons they’ve
been trying to develop it.
And speaking of Andy, it’s no surprise that these have been
two of the best episodes of the season with the absence of Ed Helms who I
presume was off filming Hangover Part 8:
Drunker and Stupiderer. I still can’t explain why and how the character deteriorated
so quickly but I actually think The Office
would be best served if Andy’s boat sank or went missing in the Bermuda
Triangle or something along those lines because the stories are simply much
stronger when they don’t have to devote a main story the “star” of the show.
I certainly could have done without the Oscar/Angela/Senator
love triangle storyline as always, but at least it’s finally over and for once
it had a few funny bits throughout it. Also, I think that Oscar Nunez was doing
some fine comedic acting during the duration of the last couple episodes; it’s
just too bad that it couldn’t have been served elsewhere. Lost in the shuffle
of this one was the fun little lunch Jim took Phyllis and Stanley to in order
to try and sway them into covering for him while he’s off establishing his new
sports marketing company. It was pretty amusing and had a sweet ending to it,
can we ask for anything more at this point?
Other notable moments:
- Weird title sequence showing Jim and Pam kissing for the first time. Was that the first time this has happened or was I not paying attention before?
- Chris Gethard showing the receipts for all of his important purchases.
- Phyllis pulling off the glued down decorative bottle of wine was hilarious.
- Dwight making the first ever Office meta joke? It certainly caught me off guard when he said a documentary crew had been following him around for 9 years.
- “Ladies and gentlemen, we just lost a client! Yay!”
What did everyone else
think? Comments are always welcome.
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