# The Office; 9.17 "The Farm" (open spoiler)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 15, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959 "2013-03-15T00:14:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959/21 "2013-03-16T19:26:41Z")

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Why was Dwight’s brother called Jim? I thought it was a set-up for a joke that his brother Jim was going to be exactly like his co-worker Jim, ha ha, but I didn’t see that at all.

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**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959/22 "2013-03-16T20:25:18Z")

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“Jeb”, wasn’t it, not “Jim”?

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**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959/23 "2013-03-17T03:07:03Z")

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I loved it.

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-17-the-farm-open-spoiler/652959/24 "2013-03-17T03:41:22Z")

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Man, that was abysmal. The only thing I found remotely funny was “Did you just ask me if this was a cow?” Tragedy definitely avoided with the spin-off.

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