The Office, 9/17/09 "Gossip" (spoilers)

Was Angela there? Did I miss something?

Was she where, in the episode?

Yeah she’s the one who spilled the beans to Pam about the baby rumor by saying “You know, a child born out of wedlock is still a bastard.” Classic :slight_smile:

Ah. My attention was less than undivided.

Also dating an elderly man of wealth.

I thought she said, “A child *conceived *out of wedlock is still a bastard.” The implication being, even if Jim and Pam get married before the baby is born, the kid is still a bastard. One of the bitchier comments she’s ever, and that’s saying something. I was kind of hoping Pam would punch her for it.

Sure they do. And that’s what he has. It’s PT Cruisers that they don’t make anymore.

And my theory is that they caught Meredith spraying either Lysol or a can of air freshener into her pits.

Totally agreed, except for Stanley acting completely out of character (as well as this twist undermining his likability.) Still, great episode.

The Office (UK) was on Cartoon Network last night at midnight. I think it’s on every Friday.

Right, Angela was informing Pam that her child would be illegitimate regardless of whether Pam and Jim got married.

Aside from being downright mean, as far as I know this is not and never has been true in any legal sense. As long as the parents are married before the child is born, the child is legitimate. This was true under English common law even in the Middle Ages, when illegitimacy was a much bigger deal than it is now. Under modern law, if the biological parents marry after the birth of the child then the child can usually be made legally legitimate. I just looked up the Pennsylvania Code online and found that Pam and Jim would be able to have their child’s birth certificate changed to indicate his/her legitimacy if they got married after the kid was born.

But the Office isn’t a cartoon, what sort of malfeasance is this?

Next thing you know, MTV won’t be playing actual music anymore.

He was probably relieved it wasn’t his head getting smashed in.

I loved the look on Jim’s face after Michael blurted “This is a picture of the inside of Pam’s vagina!”

Thank god for season 6. My intense crush on Erin, the new receptionist, can now continue without interruption.

I agree. It was a relatively good plan, at least for Michael- destroying his own credibility in order to discredit the Stanley rumor.

Me too! So much so I swore he was related to Damon, but alas he is that kid from Desperate Housewives.

The girl intern is the cellist for The Dahls, Elvy Yost.

Economy size deodorant?

Technically, it’s not Cartoon Network at that time of day; it’s Adult Swim.

I gave it a try again this year - and Michael is so painful that I cannot watch it. I’ve taken off my record list.

I thought that Meredith was putting glass cleaner on her underarms; it had that light blue look and the same kind of bottle as generic glass cleaner that’s used in offices.

Also, I just read on imdb that the female intern was in a season 4 deleted scene in which she was applying for the internship. I don’t have the DVD, but if someone feels like verifying that, I think that would be pretty cool that they set that up like that.

It actually was quite a brilliant idea. The only problem was to make so many weird rumors so quickly that everyone got suspicious and asked who they originated with.

He would have pulled if off if he hadn’t said that one of the rumors was true.