# The Office: 5/10/12 "Free Family Portrait Studio" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604 "2012-05-11T12:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/1 "2012-05-11T12:49:37Z")
Quoting Krusty the Clown when I say “what the hell was that?” IMHO a mess of an episode (what the hell was Robert California going on and on about trying to help gymnasts?) Not sure if I’ll be watching anymore. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/2 "2012-05-11T12:57:34Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > IMHO a mess of an episode (what the hell was Robert California going on and on about trying to help gymnasts?) He got David Wallace to make a million-dollar donation to his upcoming ‘charitable efforts’: helping young women overseas. He then strongly hinted – without actually coming out and saying it – that he’ll simply be using the money to buy _ **sex** _ with those women: preferably ones who are built like gymnasts, mostly Eastern Europeans but some Asians too. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/3 "2012-05-11T13:00:49Z")
Yeah it sounds like David paid “Bob” $1M to go away. Was this the season finale? Is whatshername, the English muffin, going to be staying around next season (assuming there is a next season)? I’m still watching this show out of habit but I’m not really invested in it. I don’t think I laughed during this episode. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/4 "2012-05-11T13:55:03Z")
That was awful. So they wrote out Robert in a totally boring way. They seem to be keeping Nellie around which is a mistake in my opinion; terrible actress and a terrible character. Angela and Dwight and the baby as a cliffhanger is boring and who cares. The Senator is really gay, duh. The tear away suit gag was amusing but that’s about it. Just awful. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/5 "2012-05-11T14:01:11Z")
Happy birthday to Gabe! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/6 "2012-05-11T16:08:03Z")
Come on, this episode wasn’t as bad as all that. Gabe got two great laughs: the “Happy birthday” bit and “How the mediocre have fallen.” I _loved_ [del]Robert California[/del] Bob Karazakis’s exit–or not the exit so much as the looks on everyone’s face as he explained his [del]scam[/del] plan. Even Kevin knew what the score was. I also enjoyed the interaction between Dwight and his rival. “Have a burger for me.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/7 "2012-05-11T16:13:12Z")
My favorite was the energy drink for gay asians- Coconut Penis. Robert California: What’s with the coconut? I miss the original formula. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/8 "2012-05-11T16:22:40Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I also enjoyed the interaction between Dwight and his rival. “Have a burger for me.” You mean Darrell, of course. That didn’t do a lot for me either. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/9 "2012-05-11T16:23:28Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > My favorite was the energy drink for gay asians- Coconut Penis. Is that what it was supposed to be? I assumed the “p…s” was “piss.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/10 "2012-05-11T16:25:50Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You mean Darrell, of course. Oops, yes, of course. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/11 "2012-05-11T16:26:43Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Is that what it was supposed to be? I assumed the “p…s” was “piss.” That’s what I thought at first too but then I realized it was penis. Remember it was supposed to be a drink for gay Asians. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/12 "2012-05-11T18:44:24Z")
I also thought it was piss, but penis makes more sense. Robert [drinking]: “Bleah - why’d they have to add coconut?” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/13 "2012-05-11T20:03:07Z")
It wasn’t that great of an episode, but I didn’t think it was horrible. I thought Andy was too nice to Nellie. There’s no way I would have hired her back after what she did. Actually, I’d see if I could send her away with Bob. But I’m guessing she’ll be around next season which is why she was rehired. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/14 "2012-05-11T21:14:45Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I thought Andy was too nice to Nellie. There’s no way I would have hired her back after what she did. Actually, I’d see if I could send her away with Bob. But I’m guessing she’ll be around next season which is why she was rehired. Yeah, but you have to remember that Andy has a pathological need to be liked/be nice, is actually a nice guy, and is a bit of an idiot (his successful jumping on the opportunity to grab a major client to take over D-M notwithstanding). While a Conan-type would have crushed her and enjoyed the lamentations that resulted, that’s not Andy’s style. I don’t think Andy knows how pitiful her life is (was it just Jim who heard the phone messages?) - but I think he sensed it and, in character, helped her. I don’t see him as a grudge holder. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/15 "2012-05-11T21:43:45Z")
It as Pam and Robert who heard the messages. Yeah, I guess it was in character. I thought that maybe his character was growing, but seeing how he wanted to handle the big news of being reinstated, I guess he hasn’t grown that much. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/16 "2012-05-12T03:10:36Z")
The Asian guy literally said out loud that it was coconut penis. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/17 "2012-05-12T06:18:02Z")
My memory is sometimes crap so I have to ask, what Asian guy? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/18 "2012-05-12T16:05:48Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > My memory is sometimes crap so I have to ask, what Asian guy? One of the two warehouse guys who were in Darrel’s office telling him how they wasted all of their lottery winnings. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/19 "2012-05-12T16:12:32Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > One of the two warehouse guys who were in Darrel’s office telling him how they wasted all of their lottery winnings. [Hide](http://theoffice.wikia.com/wiki/Hidetoshi_Hasagawa). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604/20 "2012-05-12T19:24:42Z")
Oh right, I remember now. Thanks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-10-12-free-family-portrait-studio/621604.md?page=2)