Probably the most common explanation is “critical turning point” - that moment where everything changes and there’s no turning back (also: “point of no return” and “tipping point” for more buzzwords). For Michael Scott, that second phone call forced him to realize that not only has he been lying to himself about every relationship he’s ever had (as well as every “great” idea he’s had “he had no arms, no legs and no eyes - this is how he would lead a nation”), but that his feelings for Holly are incredibly real and he’s going to do something about it. The writers have been building up to this, since they need to neatly wrap up his story arc by the end of the season - and it looks like they’re going to do it extremely well.
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Really? I’m very much tired of Michael’s antics by now, and Andy was too far over the top to be funny. After last week’s very good episode, I was disappointed by this one.
Loved the opening with Dwight and the day laborers, though.
One of the best moments I thought was the safe sex seminar with Andy sitting on the floor cross legged like he was an RA in a dorm’s lounge. The pencile dick like was great, too.
We never did get a moment where Michael realized that maybe’s he’s OK with his herpes. Maybe next week they’ll have a quick moment where he says “I’m OK, looks like it healed” or something.
Of all the ways to misspell pencil, that was probably the most appropriate…and funny.
I don’t think he ever had it.
I loved it when Jan called her daughter “Assy”
That quote you quoted was said by Jas09, not me.
haha, remember “Astird”? I don’t think it got much funnier than that.
Communicating with her daughter only through song somehow seems like the kind of idea Melora Hardin would have in real life.
Whoops, my mistake.
I don’t think so, either. Typically for Michael, instead of consulting a doctor like everybody told him he should do, he went off half-cocked and proceeded to embarrass himself and everyone around him, all for possibly no reason. It was probably an ingrown mustache hair all along, as someone suggested.
And then having Michael break up the song by suddenly blurting out “I have herpes” in the middle of it was classic comedic timing.