It wasn’t as bad as last week’s episode, but that’s not saying much. I did like the sweet moment Kelly, – I mean, ‘Erin’ had with Michael. But other than that scene, it wasn’t a memorable episode, or a funny one. I might have liked it more if I were a Glee viewer. It was funny to here Kelly nit-pick about it as if she wasn’t a big fan, only to be the most distraught if someone or something interrupted her watching the episode.
Glee fans;
Was that a REAL episode they were describing on the show?
I don’t watch Glee so I don’t know about the plot of it but the clip was real. I talked with someone who worked on this episode and they said the NBC suits were livid that they had to license a clip from a Fox show on their network. But The Office being what it is the writers have the clout to get what they want.
That’s two totally shit episodes in a row. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I had seen an episode of Glee. The only good part was Dwight being the Baby Whisperer and that was spoiled in the commercials for the episode during the week.
Sort of like the people who come in here every week to complain about how terrible the show is and how much they hate it? Yet they keep watching and nitpicking every. single. episode.
See I just assumed it was a very deliberate meta joke about people’s complaints about the office. The part I remember was that the glee character vacillates between incompetence and excellence without an explanation as to how. That’s exactly what Michael does and exactly what people complain about. I know nothing about Glee though so it was kind of a blank canvas for me to read into.
The funniest part is that I’d be most of the people who only post in weekly episode threads to bitch about how this week is even worse than last week probably don’t even realize they are Kelly.
I hate to admit it, but that kind of reminded me of this board. Often times in discussions about The Office/Seinfeld/Six Feet Under/Sopranos we’ll get a bunch of people posting about how horrible all the characters are, how they are all so selfish, how there’s not a single redeeming quality in any one of them or how the show is full of holes blah blah blah. Yet they still watch it every week and pay close enough attention to be able to actively participate in the conversation. I didn’t have a problem with Kelly since that just seems to be her personality, but it bugs me when people make it sound like it’s a chore to watch whatever show they’re talking about. My response is usually something along the lines of “If you hate the show so much, why do you watch it every week?”
CITATION: Halpert, James: For violation of 1(a) (switching the channel during commercial break), 1(b) (causing the missing of a portion of the Program), 11(a) (mentioning sports/athletics during a Cultural/Artistic Viewing Party, as opposed to a Sports Viewing Party)
CITATION: Halpert, James, and Halpert, Pamela: For violation of 2(a) (bringing a person of an age not able to appreciate television programming)
Dear Og, Gabe is a Class A dweeb – “Man cave,” Japanese-themed to boot. Apartment is way too carefully decorated for someone with functioning testicles.
Michael was totally right about the “pigs in a blanket” made with pizza dough
I just wish that they would start maturing Michael’s character a little. It wasn’t made quite clear if Michael resolved his issues with Gabe possibly having more authority over him, after learning about Erin’s admiration towards him. When he felt threatened by Darryl, he acted childish until he just ‘got over it’, and said; “friends fight”, (even though he started the fight). I, however, want to see scenario’s where Michael starts to figure out how to take the high-road in a situation he would normally be petty or immature about. There have been times where this has happened in the series, but they are few and far between. And this being his last year, I would enjoy some character development.
There’s still time in the season to do this, but the writers MAY also decide to dedicate a good amount of time introducing Michael’s replacement… which I hope isn’t a carbon-copy of Michael. I don’t know if someone different will bring in new viewers, (which would be hard for this type of ‘serial’ show), or perhaps turn away existing viewers. But I, like you, will be interested in watching The Office without the presence of Michael Scott. The most common complaint about the show is that Michael’s character especially often goes too far, and acts a little cartoonish.
When Jim changed the channel and then went back, my first thought was that, in real life, that wouldn’t work because they’d been pausing and so were probably several minutes behind the live telecast. I was pleasantly surprised to see them acknowledge the new reality of how TV watching works with a DVR. I think this is the first time I’ve seen an accurate depiction of this sort of thing (“Go to the recorded version.” “It’s not recording.” “What?!”). Anyone else have an example that predates this?
[Missed Edit.] Oh, and also maybe the first time I’ve seen a character integrating their smartphone into their TV watching like Kelly was (getting instant answers to trivia, or finding out plot details via the web that were revealed 90 seconds ago). They can put this episode in a time capsule as a truly representative slice of life in America over the past few years.
