The Office Season 5 thread

[adamb100]

Bumping this thread since an hour long episode of the Office will air after the super bowl.

[razzzorsharp]

good stuff so far.

[Fatter than Joey]

Stanley's heart attacked him.

[razzzorsharp]

Good first half, very poor second half.

[DougJones43]

Kind of an uneven episode, but I did find myself laughing pretty hard several times. Creed was amazing, as usual.

 

The Jack Black / Cloris Leachman thing was by far the worst, most unfunny thing the show has ever done.

[Oldcity]

I thought the intro and the first half was outstanding. Overall a really good episode.

 

THAT'S where I know you from! I saw you in the parking lot!

[Dmiles23]

The Jack Black / Cloris Leachman thing was by far the worst, most unfunny thing the show has ever done.

I'll agree with that. That was rather disturbing.

 

My favorite line was Andy at the beginning when Dwight lit those fire crackers: "The fire is shooting at us!!"

[statman0007]

I think that we're all on the same page on this one. The first half was pure gold, and the second half was mediocre. The fire scene and CPR training in particular were outstanding.

[And That]

I thought the Jack Black/Cloris Leachman thing was actually sort of funny, just out of place.

 

I liked the whole thing, though the teaser was one of the funniest things they've ever done and the whole first half was a little better. My favorite line was from the second half:

 

"Stanley, you crush your wife during sex and your heart sucks... boom. Roasted." My fiance and I accidentally woke up our daughter laughing at that.

[thebruce44]

This just further proves my long standing hypothesis that Jack Black is in no way funny. Said hypothesis also extends to Ben Stiller, but thats for another thread.

[RU Rah Rah]

This just further proves my long standing hypothesis that Jack Black is in no way funny. Said hypothesis also extends to Ben Stiller, but thats for another thread.

I didn't think it was a Jack Black thing as much as it was a conceptual problem. I kept waiting for Andy to get nabbed for a pirated film or whatever. But, no, it was just him watching an awkwardly bad movie. (I literally cringed during the bathtub scene. I didn't need to see that.)

 

"What I Hate About You" was pretty good. Not as good as Dwight knowing how to play Supertramp on his keyboard, but still funny.

[Fatter than Joey]

Not as good as Dwight knowing how to play Supertramp on his keyboard, but still funny.

 

You mean Darnell...

 

Oscar falling through the ceiling was great.

 

Dwight harvesting organs was pretty funny as well....

 

I thought the whole JB thing was weird, not unfunny (the "don't hit the reverse button" was good stuff) -- but like Toby said out of place.

[Oldcity]

I've got to make sure that youtube comes down to tape this.

[Godspeed]

You mean Darnell...

 

Actually, you mean Darryl.

 

I thought the Jack Black/Jessica Alba/Cloris Leachman cameos was a nice dig at the "WE GOT ALL THE BEST STARS!" tradition of the post Super Bowl shows. Actually integrating them into the office environment would have been a bit antithetical to the show. Remember, this isn't your parents sitcom.

 

Anyways, great sight gags in the cold open. This episode was a classic.

[Fatter than Joey]

Actually, you mean Darryl.

 

Whoops! My bad...

[Godspeed]

I think the funniest thing for me last night, outside of Oscar popping down through the ceiling, was Kevin looting the vending machine during the faux-fire. That entire scene was just pure gold.

[Invader3K]

I liked it, as per usual. I was actually laughing pretty hard at the Jack Black stuff. I guess they needed to do something to pad this episode out to an hour, and I'd rather see what they did then try to shoehorn them into the Office environment or something, like someone pointed out earlier here.

 

To be honest, I was getting nervous to the end as I thought Michael was going to have a complete and total breakdown after the roast. They really need to start advancing his character a little bit somewhere, whether it's bringing back Holly or whatever. Poor guy doesn't seem to catch any breaks.

 

Also, the preview of the Amy Poehler "spin off" show looks promising.

[bjkrautk]

Felt like the writers went a bit overboard with Dwight; it was a stretch to see him actually start a fire to prove their non-preparedness....it was a farce to see what he did to the CPR torso. I'd like to say that I thought the episode was pretty boss, but it was too hit-or-miss to deserve such such high praise.

 

The only part of the 'mini-movie' sequence that actually got a chuckle out of me was Cloris Leachman hitting the wrong button on the stair-climber.

 

Probably the best Andy Bernard episode they've done in a long time, though. The movie critic bit was just just aloof enough to be within character and believable, without being over-the-top. Likewise, his role in the roast was very in-character, and well done.

 

 

The best line of the show, though, was Michael (paraphrasing) 'we should call YouTube and have them film this.' It's such a perfect line for the character: combining the baseline understanding of a cultural touchstone, while at the same time completely missing the point.

[And That]

After thinking about the episode some more, Oscar screaming in Spanish at Michael was nearly as funny as Michael's Stanley roast.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

I've been saying "Boom. Roasted." at the end of all my sentences today. Just sayin.

[homer]

I thought there were a lot of laugh out loud moments in this one but agree that it tailed off in the second half. The funniest scene for me was when Merideth sat indian style in front of Michael.

[Gobias Industries]

Probably the best Andy Bernard episode they've done in a long time, though. The movie critic bit was just just aloof enough to be within character and believable, without being over-the-top. Likewise, his role in the roast was very in-character, and well done.

 

 

The best line of the show, though, was Michael (paraphrasing) 'we should call YouTube and have them film this.' It's such a perfect line for the character: combining the baseline understanding of a cultural touchstone, while at the same time completely missing the point.

I think Andy has been consistently funny more than anyone since he's been introduced on the show. Just a great character. And yes, Michael's line was probably the best in my eyes.

 

I thought overall the episode had some very funny moments (Dwight and Micheal taking "pulls" off a shooter & Dwight's formal apology sheet), but does it kind of bug anyone else how unrealistic Dwight keeping his job with DM would be? He's losing his job at best, and probably facing some sort of criminal charges at worst.

 

Don't get all the hate for the fake corny movie. They've had much worse scenes this season, and dozens last, that we're a lot less funny than that. You pretty much have to have guest stars when you're following the Super Bowl, and they did a good job of incorporating them into it.

[RU Rah Rah]

Not as good as Dwight knowing how to play Supertramp on his keyboard, but still funny.

 

You mean Darnell...

Got my "D" names mixed up there.

[Fatter than Joey]

as did I.

[BrewCrewForever]

I really enjoyed the entire episode but like most thought the first half was stronger. But all of Michael's "boom, roasted" lines at the end were awesome. The whole opening scene was one of my favorites ever.