# "The Office", 4/14 OPEN SPOILERS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482 "2011-04-15T14:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/41 "2011-04-18T15:53:55Z")
> [@roguemama7](#): > > Sidenote: The way the story is written, Michael is leaving his job to go to Colorado until her father passes on. Seems to me that they wrote in an open window for a return…?? Both her parents need taking care off, specially after one of them dies. Remember the phone conversation that basically boiled down to “I take care of him, he takes care of me”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/42 "2011-04-18T16:37:04Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Man, who would have thought that if you put Steve & Will on the same show together, STEVE would be the more annoying one? > > Is Will finally outgrowing his “scream like a little baby” phase? Oh right, Steve had that job owned and thankfully the writers didn’t want to make Will be Michael Scott 2.0. > > This show might just last afterall. > > It just sucks Kelly is leaving too - Kelly + glasses = haaaaaawtness I wasn’t aware that she was leaving. Perhaps she has better writing gigs to tackle and is getting out before the show completely tanks. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/43 "2011-04-18T16:50:18Z")
Even for movie stars, TV has major cache. > [@](#): > > PLAYBOY: Have you noticed a difference between movie and television stardom? > > CLOONEY: When you’re on an immensely successful show, like ER, you’re more famous than movie stars. People think they know you personally. It’s natural: You’ve been in their homes. When people see Mel Gibson, they whisper, “That’s Mel Gibson!” With me, they go, “George!” and then come over and put their arm around me. It’s because they feel as if they know me. They feel as if they own you. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/44 "2011-04-18T16:56:55Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Even for movie stars, TV has major cache. It makes a lot of sense. On a TV show you are the same character year after year, it’s no surprise that people start thinking of you as that person. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/45 "2011-04-18T20:31:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I wasn’t aware that she was leaving. Perhaps she has better writing gigs to tackle and is getting out before the show completely tanks. She denied the rumor on her twitter feed. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/46 "2011-04-18T21:25:11Z")
“I guess this is my life now.” Best line. So bleak and resigned. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/47 "2011-04-19T00:03:27Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Where was Holly? Maybe she went to Colorado early, and Michael’s going after getting DeAngelo up to speed? That or they just didn’t want to pay the actress for this episode. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/48 "2011-04-19T01:07:07Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > And that’s what we call a “meet cute” Could somebody explain this joke to me? Because I’m just not getting it. It simply sounds like a really awkward phrase to me, and I can’t tell what it’s riffing on. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/49 "2011-04-19T01:11:29Z")
“Meet cute” is Hollywood jargon and refers to the kinds of ways that two characters in a romantic comedy come together in their initial meeting. It’s a “meeting” that a fan of such films might describe as being “cute” in nature. As in, “awwww, isn’t that cute?” ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/50 "2011-04-19T01:11:58Z")
A meet cute is a real thing; it’s just a cute way two people meet. The joke isn’t that she used that term; it’s that she tried to force one to happen (unsuccessfully). ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482/51 "2011-04-19T01:41:29Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > “Meet cute” is Hollywood jargon and refers to the kinds of ways that two characters in a romantic comedy come together in their initial meeting. It’s a “meeting” that a fan of such films might describe as being “cute” in nature. As in, “awwww, isn’t that cute?” Thanks for letting me know, although now I feel stupider for knowing. God I hate romantic comedies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-14-open-spoilers/578482.md?page=2)