The Office running thread

Nice swerve at the start when Erin and Andy are making small talk, then she jumps up to kiss her new boyfriend.

 

Also a nice shout-out to the old Jim-Pam-Roy dynamic.

 

I found the opening incredibly difficult to watch. If I had watched it on DVR, I would have skipped it.

The rest was OK, but nothing spectacular. I'm thinking it's about hit the end.

 

I missed a few episodes during a hectic spring, but when did Erin and Andy go south? Last I saw, they were moving along nicely. Appreciate any update.

 

She found out that Andy was engaged to Angela at one point ... Andy never told her that.

 

Sort of like how we saw Michael use the magic kit that Oscar riled Michael about when going through his expenditures during the bankruptcy episode.

 

"In the foster home, the only safe place was my hair."

That episode probing how weird Erin is was one of the few highlights of last season to me.

 

The absence of posts here makes me think most people thought this episode sucked.

It wasn't great. I did laugh hard at Dwight handing Angela the punch card.

 

What happened to the girl from Jim and Pam's wedding? Pam's cousin?

And no mention yet of last season's "cliffhanger" regarding Holly?

Another subpar show, IMO. I think a problem is there is just way too many people in that office now. What's the point of having Gabe anyway?

 

Agreed, Gutter. They show Gabe and Erin dating in the opener and then the two don't interact at all in the office? Seems weird.

And the cousin does just appear randomly sometimes. I figured when Dwight mentioned her as a "dental hygenist from Carbondale" he meant Illinois, but I just now found out there's a Carbondale, Pa. in Lackawanna County. Go figure.

 

And here's another one, from Plum High in Pittsburgh based on their love of the Penguins.

 

The Pam-Oscar exchange was great. Classic "Office."

"They're going to pay me $40,000 a year. No, $50,000 a year."
"50!?"
"No, not 50. 41. $41,500."

The other laugh-out-loud moment for me was when they cut to Toby asking Michael what flavor something was. Oh, and the Insane Clown Posse poster.

For some reason, those little moments get almost no love on the Interwebs, where people are loving Michael flipping Toby off, for example, and Dwight hole punching a sex ration card for Angela. I guess people just love broad humor.

I thought the Dwight mall subplot was idiotic. Early in the show's run, you kind of knew that people like Dwight and Meredith were a little weird, but it was way, way funnier when it was just hinted at.