The Office: "Product Recall" (Open Spoilers)

I think that was one of the straight up funniest episodes of the season.

Jim imitating Dwight and Dwight’s lame attempt to turn the tables.

Donald Duck buggering Mickey Mouse.

Andy singing in the car.

“That’s not going to stand up in court.”

“Lord, beer me strength.”

Oscar and Kevin messing with Angela.

Michael’s “apology tape.”

Creed at his most devious.

A funny episode from start to finish.

I wonder how hard it was (that’s what she said NO TIME, but that is what she said, NO, NO TIME!) for Rainn Wilson to do such a bad Jim impression. He is freaking brilliant.

Some nice self references - Threat Level Midnight, clarification on why Creed patronizes a soup kitchen and has never owned a refrigerator, and I think a little nod to Dr. Crentist the dentist.

Angela on the phones was a riot - I loved how she conveyed exactly the content Kelly was feeding her, with exactly the opposite meaning.

But by far, the greatest moment was this: “Two chickens doing a goat, with a couple of pigs watching . . .” :eek: :smiley:

“Here’s your security credential; you have level three access to our facility but don’t get excited. That’s out of a possible twenty.”

Agreed. Best episode ever!

The Jim impersonation of Dwight was brilliant – even the little touches like Pam seemed a little confused at first, with Jim coming in and not saying hi to her.

Even before he started talking, I was thinking, “He’s got his hair looking like Dwight’s!”

Loved the first scene in the high school hallway. Andy: “Hey, what’s my girlfriend doing here?”

Andy: “Maybe she’s the guidance counse…”
Jim: “Uh, no.”
Andy: “Or maybe…”
Jim: “No.”

How about Kelly doing the Bridget Jones impression. That is so completely the kind of movie she would love (and make Ryan suffer through).

Oh god… Kelly doing Bridget Jones. Leading into Kevin attempting an Australian accent. Ouch! That was painful. “Hello, mate! Alligators! Dingo babies!”
Great Creed line:
“Every week I’m supposed to take 4 hours and do a quality spot check at the paper mill. And of course the 1 year I blow that off… this happens.”

Angela taking asprin, after hearing she’ll be trained on C.S. by Kelly:
“I don’t have a headache. I’m just preparing.”

Oscar: “I wonder how many phone calls you’re missing while you’re teaching us to answer calls.”
Kelly: “I know, right? Probably a lot!”

“Whoever drew this got it exactly right.”

So Andy seemed a little less like “kinder gentler Drew” from last week. A lot of his mannerisms started looking like old Andy. Including his wanting to take out a two word full page ad in the yearbook. I guess Anger Management Training wears off after a few days?
Michael: “They’re trying to make me an escape goat.”

Another great episode. Any half hour that provides Jim doing Dwight, Dwight doing Jim, and another sure-to-become-catchphrase (beer me) is OK with me.

Lord, beer me strength to make it until next week…

“It gets a laugh, like one quarter of the time.” :wink:

Oh, the apology tape (which he always gets Pam to tape - how many of these things has he done?) - complete with ultimatum, threat, and deadline. Perfect.

“bears. beets. battlestar gallactica.”

“bears do no… what is going on??? what are you doing!!!”
hahahaha! i nearly pissed myself.
and then it just kept getting better.
“the ‘f’ word. you have one day.”

“one day for what?”
some of the best 22 minutes evar.

Good one. I think I would have appreciated it more if I hadn’t been so tired I couldn’t see straight.

“We never did anything criminal. Except smash a few mailboxes with her friends.”

Everyone who likes the show enough to click on a thread about it should go watch this video immediately.

Yes, Jim doing a very good Dwight was funny as shit. But, the denouement with Rainn Wilson playing Dwight poorly playing Jim was brilliant.

Also loved, “it gets a laugh about a quarter of the time”. That’s how most of my office jokes are.

Damn! I set the tape for Office and Earl, and due to my mastery of modern technology I managed to record the visual but no audio. Aargh!

Jim’s such a good guy, doesn’t like to see anyone in a funk, even Andy/Drew.

“A-weem-a-weh, a-weem-a-weh,
a-weem-a-weh, a-weem-a-weh,
…”

I thought that, too. He is so uncomfortable seeing anyone sad—I think of the conference when no one came to Michael’s party and Jim ended up telling him that he was “a great boss” and that he had transferred offices because of Pam.

He can stand seeing people mad (Dwight all the time, Andy with the phone in the ceiling), but sad is out for him.

Dwight doing Jim was amazing.

Threat level midnight will get frequent use in our household I am sure.

"Honey, regardeing the litter box, it is now at ‘Threat level midnight’.

Dwight hamming to the camera as “Jim” was the piece de resistance of this (already excellent) episode. I love how self-referential and internally consistent it is.

“Two chickens doing a goat, with a couple of pigs watching”!

I laughed so damned hard at that I thought I would rupture something internally. The deadpan way he says it, it just slew me. What a great episode.

Also “We call those the ‘Money beets’”