| Friday, February 23, 2007 |
| "The Office" Review--Dinner at the CFO's House |
If there's one thing that I can say about "The Office", is that even in a time where corporate America is constantly skewered, this show always finds a different twist on their characters and also on life as they know it. In this episode, the focus is on going to a Dunder-Mifflin dinner at the CFO, and the main premise is that Jan and Michael are making their relationship public. Of course, Dwight is attending as Michael's sidekick; Jim and Karen are joining them as well there to schmooze with other white-tie kissups, and Jim couldn't be more happier. *Cue blank look at camera*
Meanwhile, back at the hall of justice....
The others (sorry, we're not reviewing Lost right now) decide to take off early and go to a happy hour. Here the focus is on Roy and Pam's relationship, where we've seen a "new and improved" Pammy (but don't call her Pammy), who is asking for what she desires instead of sitting idly by. Of course, there's other funny things going on, like Kevin's non-discussion about a date, Toby's incessant playing for a duck that Pam commented she thought was cute, and numerous other one-liners.
The whole "unfolding" of Jan and Michael is just the sort of uneasiness that "The Office" is so great at; Michael is obviously his inappropriate and unpolitically correct self while Jan has a panicked look on her face the entire episode; Karen starts screwing with Jim's mind telling him that she's dated pretty much everyone there with a special story to each; Dwight takes it upon himself to investigate everything in the house, including pulling on the bannister, checking for studs in the wall, climbing on the chimney, and everything else that is pure Dwight.
Flashing back to the bar, the end of the episode takes a rather serious turn when Pam confides to Roy what happened on Casino night last year. This took me as a surprise, especially the reaction Roy took by throwing a beer bottle into a mirror. In fact, the end line of "I'm gonna kill Jim.." made a very funny episode into something that left you going "Wow."
Overall, this was yet another comedically genius episode that surely had everyone squirming in their chairs with the awkward silences, off-the-cuff commentary, and the inappropriateness of Michael and Dwight.
Where will Jan and Michael go now? She's obviously very insecure but yet torn because she knows what a doof Michael is; he is so over-the-top in love with her because of his own insecurities I can see him really smothering the daylights out of her!
The Pam-Roy Jim-Karen, er, square, should really start to heat up again. This ongoing melodrama and main story line gets better and more anticipation is building on it, even more than it was just Pam and Jim. I can't wait to see how this unfolds.
My grade: 3 of 4 stars
GooseyLabels: comedy, humorous, Michael Scott, Michael-Scott, review, Steve Carell, Steve-Carell, television, The Office, The-Office, tv |
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tim did you catch dwight on snl last night?...pretty good (at least it was nice to see an actual comedic actor on there for a change)-glad to hear you enjoy the office as well, i especially enjoy dwight, "i will pray to thor himself" lindsey
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tim did you catch dwight on snl last night?...pretty good (at least it was nice to see an actual comedic actor on there for a change)-glad to hear you enjoy the office as well, i especially enjoy dwight, "i will pray to thor himself" lindsey