The Office Season 5 thread

[Point Beer Is Best]

"Kevin - I couldn't decide between a dumb joke or a fat joke. Boom...Roasted."

[homer]

OK, I just watched the end for the first time and I found the scene with Cloris Leachman riding up the stairs on her little machine absolutely hysterical. Andy's tears combined with the fact that she was moving about .02 miles an hour was funny enough but the thing that got me was the Air Supply they were playing in the background. I don't know why but that song is just funny on its own to me.

[Point Beer Is Best]

Watching Jack Black at the end of the episode drop his flowers, and then the quad cane he was carrying, got a laugh out of me as well.

[Menotti80]

"youve slept with so many guys you're starting to look like one"

' you crush your wife during sex and your heart sucks' (or something like that)

"i didn't see you behind that grain of RICE"

[Patrick425]

Just got a chance to watch the episode last night. Didn't see the end. I thought I set the DVR to go an extra 30 minutes, but I must have not hit "save settings" or something.

 

Mark me down as thinking the Jack Black/Cloris Leachman stuff was funny.

 

The other part that my wife and I were really laughing at was the whole CPR training scene.

[FVBrewerFan]

For the most part, I still think The Office is comedy gold. One thing that has bothered me though is the character development of Dwight. They have actually done a great job of this with Michael, in my opinion. It started to become unbelievable that such a bafoon would be the "boss" for so long. But they have developed his character into someone who CAN sell, and make good management decisions in his own way.

 

Dwight on the other hand has taken a turn for the worse. The CPR scene was a good example of "over the top" and not realistic- even for Dwight. I also don't like the way he challenges Michael quite often this season. He is much better off being a "suck up" and concentrating on his strange personality.

[pitchleague]

At this morning's staff meeting, I went up to a few people that I knew could handle it, made a comment, and then said, "Boom. Roasted!" I heard many laughs as I did it, so I'm guessing others watch "The Office" and understood what was going on.

 

The best part of this episode was that my wife saw the teaser during the Super Bowl broadcast and decided to watch it since it looked so funny, even though she is only on season 3 of the series (I'm trying to get her caught up.)

[Gobias Industries]

Dwight on the other hand has taken a turn for the worse. The CPR scene was a good example of "over the top" and not realistic- even for Dwight. I also don't like the way he challenges Michael quite often this season. He is much better off being a "suck up" and concentrating on his strange personality.

I thought Dwight harvesting the organs was a lot more realistic than him CAUSING A FIRE IN HIS WORKPLACE. The only thing that didn't make this episode A+ imo is how unrealistic it was, and that is what The Office has done well for years now.

 

Michael driving his car in the lake because of a faulty GPS received a ton of hate, but at least that's been done before. Dwight having a knife in the workplace and destroying a $3500 dummy just days after starting a fire that causes the employees to ransack the office all the while keeping his job was just too out there.

[Invader3K]

They should have gone the Andy route and had Dwight attend corporate mandated therapy or something in order to keep his job. Dwight talking to a therapist would probably be gold.

[jjfanec]

They should have gone the Andy route and had Dwight attend corporate mandated therapy or something in order to keep his job. Dwight talking to a therapist would probably be gold.

I second this idea. That would be amazing.

[T B0NE 10]

I liked when Micheal went into the park and started throwing bread for the birds.

[brewjihad]

I liked when Micheal went into the park and started throwing bread for the birds.

 

I loved two subtle things in this scene-- first, he says that there is "a man on a star", which made me laugh because that's something he would say, not planet but star. Then I almost died laughing when he says how the man looks at him through a "microscope" and feels sorry for him.

[Mike Felder]

It is your birthday.

[pitchleague]

I noticed that they went back to the regular credits tonight. I liked how they changed the opening credits on Sunday's episode. It was a pleasant surprise and welcome change, I thought.

 

I just started watching tonight's episode so I'll post about it later.

 

edit: Pretty solid episode. The balloons were great. Andy was pretty funny. Oscar had one line and it killed. And Michael's mnemonic device to memorize everybody's names was hilarious. "Lazy eye" really got me rolling over.

[And That]

It is your birthday.

I was coming here to post just that. I don't know why, but I think that's one of the funniest things I've ever seen on this show. It was more classically Dwight, not the bizarre Dwight that's mostly been present the past few years.

[giffted1]

Creed pulling out a three dollar bill was the perfect finish to a good episode. That had me laughing for quite a while.

[FVBrewerFan]

This was one of my favorite episodes of all time. Michael was in rare form, and Dwight was back to his "old character." Sprinkle in "Nard Dawg" and Creed...just awesome. Most episodes I laugh a few times, this one I never stopped laughing. Creed mistaking Jim for Andy was classic as well....reminded me of my favorite Creed moment ever when he referred to Jim as "the tall guy."

[homer]

I loved Creed's Squeaky Fromme reference. You youngsters should google that name.

[patrickgpe]

I agree, probably my favorite of the season so far.

 

Micheal's lines to Karen were classic

 

"oh I'm sorry I was just trying to figure out the last time you and Jim had sex"

"do you need to go and pump"

[Mike Felder]

I agree, And That, this episode was classic Dwight. "If you're trying to hurt my feelings, you've succeeded. Fortunately, my feelings regenerate themselves at twice the rate of a normal man's." None of the really weird stuff, just Dwight thinking he's superhuman again. Also, the "Mose doesn't even know how to use the phone" line killed me. I would love to see how Dwight and Mose interact with each other on the beet farm (when it's just them) sometime.

[patrickgpe]

i thought last night's was a little weird. The whole Angela licking cats thing was odd as was the Michael finding closure with Holly. Pam trying to give a presentation like Michael was good though.

[FVBrewerFan]

Wow, went from the best episode of the year (last week) to the worst this week. This will be the first episode in a long time that I don't watch over again. The birthday stuff was amusing and Pam trying to give a Michael-like presentation was sorta funny, but I never really laughed very much.

[And That]

I thought it was decent...

 

"Do you know what's better than a triceratops? EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE OTHER DINOSAURS."

[Godspeed]

I still like the "IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY" banner. The return to classic Dwight is very refreshing.

[Invader3K]

I really liked last night's episode. And I actually thought they did a nice job with Michael, where he seemed to be doing a decent job of his presentation at the other branch, but quickly regressed into self destructive over-sensitive Michael. Pam imitating Michael really amused me as well.