The Office (US)

[DaDesiCanadian]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Wonder where they’re going to go with this season.

[Ne0phyte]

How has no one posted in this yet??? I missed the first half; what I saw of the second half was funny but waaaaaay too silly.

[Hoonyo]

west coast =[

[JackTenrac]

One word that sums up this episode:

…Jim.

He was on fire. Opened fire. Released fire. It was everything that he did in the first few seasons kicked up to the max. The optimism, the sarcasm, the fourth wall breaking, the boyish bashfulness. Done deal. It’s like Pam was the Rita’s wand that made him grow. It was what Chun Li was to A2. Jim just did it. He’s such a breakout character. Season 4 looks promising.

Hopefully, Jim will have to defeat his records to qualify.

Major pranks, generally important to the plot, are in boldface. [LIST]
[]Encased Dwight’s stapler in Jell-O. (“Pilot”)
[]Built a pencil fence between his and Dwight’s desk. (“Pilot”)
[]Encased Michael’s ‘World’s Best Boss’ coffee mug in Jell-O. (“Pilot”)
[]Changed Dwight’s assigned “race” from “Asian” to “Dwight” in the Diversity Day exercise. (“Diversity Day”, deleted scene)
[]Locked Dwight inside his own “work space”. (“Health Care”)
[]Assisted Pam in preparing a list of absurd medical conditions. (“Health Care”)
[]Agreed to participate in an “alliance” with Dwight, using it to feed his paranoia in a variety of ways. (“The Alliance”)
[]Convinced Dwight to purchase a purse from a vendor (“Hot Girl”), and then made fun of him for having it (deleted scene).
[]Found Dwight’s wallet in the parking lot, and decided, on Pam’s suggestion, to give the wallet back to Dwight intact and unchanged. Dwight, not believing Jim, immediately canceled all his credit cards. (“Office Olympics”, deleted scene)
[]With Pam, posted Dwight’s rsum online. (“Halloween”)
[]Relocated Dwight’s desk to the men’s restroom. (“The Fight”)
[]Popped Dwight’s fitness orb. (“Performance Review”)
[]Convinced Dwight a Thursday was a Friday, causing him to be late for work the next day. (“Performance Review”)
[]Made Dwight believe that Jim’s party was a surprise party for Michael.(“E-mail Surveillance”)
[]Placed Dwight’s wallet and desk items in the vending machine. (“Booze Cruise”)
[]Gave Dwight dubious “tips” on public speaking. (“Dwight’s Speech”) The prank backfired; the speech was a success.
[]Paid coworkers five dollars to call Dwight “Dwayne” for an entire day. (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Convinced Dwight an abandoned infant was in the women’s restroom, causing him to walk in on Meredith “on the can.” (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Used a macro so that every time Dwight typed his name, it appeared as “diapers”. (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Replaced Dwight’s writing instruments with crayons. (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Incrementally increased the weight of Dwight’s telephone handset, then abruptly decreased the weight, causing Dwight to smack himself in the face with the phone. (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Placed a bloody glove in Dwight’s desk and attempted to convince him that he had committed murder. Dwight, in fact, thought that “Jim was the real killer.” (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Created an absurd identification badge for Dwight. (“Conflict Resolution”)
[]Repositioned Dwight’s desk by moving it an inch at a time over the course of the day. (Mentioned in “Conflict Resolution”)
[]Encircled Dwight’s desk in police tape. (“Conflict Resolution”, deleted scene).
[]With Pam, convinced Dwight that he (Jim) had telekinetic powers. (“Casino Night”)
[]Held Dwight’s bobblehead doll for $5 ransom. (Third Season Primetime Preview)
[]Encased Andy’s calculator in Jell-O. (“Gay Witch Hunt”) This prank backfired when Andy reacted violently.
[]Convinced Dwight (and Michael) that gaydar was a genuine device. (“Gay Witch Hunt”)
[]Gained access to Dwight’s hotel room at a paper convention in Philadelphia just to find a hooker in his room that is actually Angela Martin. (“The Convention”)
[]With Pam, made high-pitched noises hoping Dwight would schedule an appointment with an ear doctor. (Mentioned in “The Coup”)
[]Sent faxes signed “Future Dwight” on Dwight’s own stationery. (“Branch Closing”)
[]Stared at Dwight’s forehead for no reason. (“The Merger”)
[]Gave Andy wildly incorrect “tips” on winning Pam’s affections. (“The Convict”)
[]Ordered fifteen large sausage pizzas to the office under the name ‘Dwight’. (“The Convict” Deleted Scene)
[]With Pam, tricked Dwight into believing he was being recruited by the CIA. (“A Benihana Christmas”)
[]Told Dwight that their waitress couldn’t remember how to butcher a goose. (“A Benihana Christmas”)
[]Told Dwight that the Benihana Waitress was asleep when really Andy was telling her to close her eyes and imagine her dream home. (“A Benihana Christmas”)
[]“Narrated” Dwight’s absurd behavior when Dwight taped a meeting. This prank backfired when Andy took the joke too far. (“Back from Vacation”)
[]Glued Dwight’s office drawers together. (Mentioned in “Back from Vacation”, deleted scene)
[]Changed Dwight’s voicemail to make him sound like a chipmunk. (Mentioned in “Back from Vacation”, deleted scene)
[]Told Dwight there was a 4am meeting. (Mentioned in “Back from Vacation”, deleted scene)
[]Shipped Dwight’s desk by mail to Roswell, New Mexico, where Dwight was vacationing. (Mentioned in “Back from Vacation”, deleted scene)
[]Hid Andy’s cell phone in the ceiling tiles, then, with Pam, called it repeatedly. (“The Return”) This resulted in Andy punching a hole in the office wall.
[]Hired a Benjamin Franklin impersonator instead of a male stripper for Phyllis’s bachelorette party. (“Ben Franklin”)
[]Told Dwight that the Ben Franklin impersonator was the real Franklin. (“Ben Franklin”)
[]Conditioned Dwight to expect an Altoid mint each time he heard a computer chime. (“Phyllis’ Wedding”)
[]Manipulated Dwight into patrolling for wedding crashers. (“Phyllis’ Wedding”)
[]Convinced Dwight that he (Jim) was turning into a vampire. (“Business School”)
[]Hid the key to Michael’s straitjacket. (“Cocktails”)
[]Relayed intentionally incorrect messages from Dwight to Andy. (“Safety Training”)
[]Dressed up as Dwight and parodied him. (“Product Recall”). Dwight returned the favor later in the episode. [/LIST]

[Wellman]

Great episodes, they actually had me going at first until the end. Also hooray for Toby in the second episode, he finally wins something.

So now that it is obvious Dwight and Angela are through, I get the feeling she either ends up with Micheal or the other guy from the Daily Show whose name I forgot.

[BshidoHEAT]

I felt it was just decent the first half, but the 2nd half was good

Nice way to start the new season.

[Hoonyo]

wow totally felt the opposite. first half was great but wasn’t feeling the second half. darryl feeding the squirrel was great though.

best quote: i’m not superstitious, but i’m … i’m a littlestitious.

[Tito_Mel]

YES YES YES YES YES I absolutely loved the season premier!

They weren’t as funny as I thought they were going to be but at the beginning i was really ticked off that they kicked off karen from the show, i would have liked to see that tension in the office. Then they tell me that all that build up and kicking karen from the show was for nothing when they said that pam and jim werent together.

But then they were. im so happy for my girl! pam looks at jim they way i look at pam. golly, i feel really good. im about to do homework since im in such a good mood. Gah! what a great evening, isnt it guys?

[FOBio]

i’d say angela gets back with dwight… or goes with roy maybe? i don’t know though - the only person for her is dwight. it’d be CRAZY if she started dating andy. i could see an episode where andy moves in on angela and dwight fights him or something.

[Cowboyday]

Well, some inner part of me is so glad that jim and pam are together. But at the same time the show lost a lot of its tension from that. The rest of the characters are too crazy to really take seriously with their problems and it feels so contrived. I know it’s supposed to be absurd, etc. but before it at least felt grounded in reality. This episode was just like “WHAT WILL STEVE CARELL DO NEXT! SO ZANY”.

Parts that stood out for me though were: Jan passed the fuck out in the beginning, the religions discussion “Satan, the master of lies”, Ryan of course, “Cats do no produce meat or wool or milk” etc.

I enjoyed it a lot, I think I just hyped it up too much for myself and didn’t live up to it.

[PaRt2]

Didn’t know there was a thread.

Missed the Season premier but THANK GOD for DVR! :tup:

:subscribes:

Some of you might remember Pamin my old Av.

[ChairHome]

So, I was reading Penny-Arcade and saw this:

I saw over at PvP that to help promote the new season of the Office, NBC has set up something called Dunder Mifflin Infinity. Kara and I are big fans of the show and I’m a big fan of crushing PvP. So when I saw that Scott and Kris had applied to run a branch of Dunder Mifflin I knew I had to do the same. I’ve applied to be the manager of the Spokane Wa, branch since that shit hole happens to be where I grew up. Now I just need fifteen employees to sign up for the same branch using this code: s4g8c5lwvs and the job is mine. I’m assuming there’s some Office fans out there to help me with this. I’m not exactly sure what we’ll be doing but the site promises that branches will be rewarded with prizes for completing certain tasks. All I know is that we’ve got to beat those sons of bitches at the Central Pencader, Deleware branch!

I couldn’t get details from the link, but it sounds kinda cool.

[Shadow_Ace_50]

RABBIES!!!

Steve carell ftw…

[_WB]

Ryan–"Did you do this on purpose?"
Michael–“No, I was being negligent.”

That and the whole he did it on company property with company property so its double jeopardy was just pure gold.

Solidarity!

[zakky]

Darrel feeding the squirrel was the highlight I thought. It seems like the show is going to take a turn towards the absurd now that the conflict between Pam and Jim seems like it’s through. It looks like they might try to shift it ti Angela and Dwight but I don’t think it’ll have the same effect. It’s hard to say whether that will be good or not. One thing they need more of is Ryan. He is my favorite character and I was expecting him to have a bit more face time but I’m sure it’s building to something good.

[JackTenrac]

• a bit weak, this ep. Trying to give Ryan so much power so soon. And Ryan did get owned by Jim. Poor kid.

[Pained_Auron]

OMG toby is a hater

[blindspot]

• a bit weak, this ep. Trying to give Ryan so much power so soon. And Ryan did get owned by Jim. Poor kid.

I agree. Didnt know what to feel about the second ep. The lake thing was too ridiculous even for Michael. The gift baskets were mid-tier IMO

[DaDesiCanadian]

Toby is HILARIOUS.

Toby: Let’s wait… and see what happens.
Jim: …what?

Dwight and Angela’s conversation had me dying.

Angela: So I heard a joke today!
Dwight: Haha, that’s funny!
Angela: Yes.

[JackTenrac]

• …that was too random, the car thing. Scott’s little problem, too. Jann, and Kelly were too funny. They’re so depressed.

• best quote “I don’t want Garbage. I want sprinkles!”