Where was Creed? I’m getting to where one thing I most look forward to is his completely random weirdness.
So here’s my theory - Jan is being such a pain in the ass to Michael because of the whole “Michael’s girlfriend” situation, we all know that. I think that she is trying to make him quit, because she knows that she can’t just fire him because of his ability to make the big sales.
I loved how, once again, Michael appeared to be doing nothing all day, yet came up with a huge sale at the end. He wasn’t just doing a “Bill Cosby impression,” he was making that sale.
Does Jim definitely know that Roy and Pam have split up?
At my next employee review I’m going to lobby for pretzel day.
I didn’t realize there was no Creed last night until you mentioned it. There was plenty of weirdness from Dwight, though (and his cousin Mose, who Ryan apparently already knew about).
And then there’s Stanley’s obsession with “pretzel day”. I wish they’d have pretzel day where I work. I don’t think I’d get every available topping, though.
Yeah, I’d totally skip the coconut and the cotton candy bits.
I loved his sugar rush followed by his crash.
So Funny. “Hey, Hey Hey Jello pudding pops!”
I missed any explanation for where Oscar is, although when Pam mentioned him during the bird funeral last week, it occurred to me that he hasn’t been around. The last I remember of him is from when Michael outed him. Did they ever say he was leaving?
They gave him a three-month paid vacation as compensation so he wouldn’t sue. So supposedly he and his roommate/partner are in Europe.
Loved the conversation between Jim and Pam at the end. It sounds like the writers are going to have them gradually ease into a relationship, perhaps meeting at the Christmas episode for a date?
My favorite lines:
“Now I’m going to put my seed in you” - Dwight to Ryan
“I kept waiting for Sandra Bullock to show up” - Pam to Jim re: 28 Days Later
I thought Dwight was written a little over the top, even for Dwight, but it was a good episode overall.
He should, since Michael mentioned it while on the phone in the hotel room with Jim during the paper convention. Jim looked surprised at that point, so that may be the moment he found out.
I LOVED the intern answering Dwight’s brain teasers before he even finished them. “There’s a hunter…” “The bear is white because he’s at the North Pole”*
Brian
*Actually, it is possible to go south, east, and north and end up at the same spot near the South Pole as well, but no bears there.
I assume Jim knows because of the phone conversation at the end, when Pam was talking about how small her apartment is now. One bedroom, one bathroom, only one kitchen.
I never gave this show much of a chance last season (or whatever the first season was) so I haven’t watched it very often and this week I watched a full episode for the first time.
It was great! Can someone tell me if that is more or less a typical episode? If it is, I’m going to pick up the DVD’s.
Not only that, but it’s the thing he seems to care least about. Making the big sale is merely an afterthought–the party in the hotel room or the free pretzel are what energizes him; the other stuff is ho-hum. Makes you wonder how productive he’d actually be if he applied himself.
I don’t really think Jan’s jealous, though. I do think she’s annoyed that Michael constantly brings up their “2nd base incident” all the time, and she probably gets frustrated at never seeing him doing anything she things he should be doing.
If you want a Creed fix, go look at the deleted scenes on the NBC website. On the ep from a couple of weeks ago, Creed was shown sleeping at the office four nights a week. Very funny.
To be clear, he mentioned her having a date, while Jim was in the room.
Man, what a great show. Another solid episode that had me smiling throughout.
Oh yeah, this was a very good gauge of a typical episode. Now that I thin about it, there really hasn’t been an episode yet that’s felt out of place.
So in short, if you liked this episode, you should love the DVDs
Also, when Jim told Michael that Pam was the reason he left, Michael said something to Jim along the lines of - “Oh, you don’t know… Pam and Roy broke up…” to which Jim said, “Yeah, I heard.”
Line of the night goes to Ryan though.
“What is Michael most afraid of?”
“Lonliness. …Maybe women.”
Actually I’d say this was an atypical episode. The Dwight/Bryan storyline was way over the top- still funny but way over the top. It was played for comedy whereas a lot of the humor of the show is played straight with more realistic reactions to crazy things.
This was a lot more cartoony.
Free pretzels? WTF. People get excited for free food at humdrum office jobs but nobody gets completely out of character like Stanley was.
Still a hialrious episode but I wouldn’t say its typical. Something like the convention episode from a couple of weeks ago is more typical. And was a lot funnier in my opinion.
The Jim and Pam conversation was really cute… although the 28 Days Later joke was old about a week after the movie came out …4 years ago now.
I loved Angela’s conversation with Kelly.
“Dwight is a total freak.”
“YOU’RE a freak!”