Toad

Funny you say that, I could've sworn that Andy called Dwight "Crazy Rainn" at one point...

jonw9

Did anybody catch the Binary for what Dwight called the /sys?

I was going to write it down and check, but I was watching from bed.

maingon

your answer is in this deleted scene. Great scene between Dwight and Jim

http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/#mea=166090

Michael T Hudson

The best line of the night for me was 13 out of the last 12 months.

SlingshotBandit

I think it's when Michael asked Dwight where Jim was, and Dwight responded that he grabbed some pizza and left so that he wouldn't get caught by the cops due to the kidnapping, was when it really sunk in with Michael.

I agree with you a little bit about the sales part, but I also think it's because Michael is cheap. Notice later when Dwight asks if he's going to be compensated in paying for the pizza. Dwight walks away and says "not now".

But you put an interesting spin on it with the sales thing.

Seems like most people do not like the hour long episodes, but quite frankly I love 'em. To me, it's just MORE Office. Even when it starts trailing off a bit, it's still a really good show.

The kidnapping incident wasn't that bad, imo, plus it gave Andy a chance to start courting Angela "booster seat"....haha.

I liked almost everything about this episode, with the exception of the Ryan subplot. I know it's going to be an important part of this season's story line, but he brings a "meh" feel to the show, imo. ('Cept when Kelly is angry at him or trying to get him back.)

On another note, from last week's episode: Karen Filipelli (sp?) tried to go out with him? You think he made that up? Or was that Karen's desperate attempt to latch on to someone else once Jim dumper her?

Mopower

He made it up because HE sent Karen an email and she shot him down.

Big Boy Laroux

ha ha, seriously! i'm often amazed at some of the comments about epsidoes/scenes on this board. I could watch that scene 3 million times and NEVER think it was the people in the office backing him up.

SlingshotBandit

Ahh, ok.

I guess I totally forgot about that, or it just never registered when I watched that episode.

So Ryan is 0-for-2 and, assuming Karen was dating Jim at the time, he's 0-for-2 because of Jim.

DRG

I agree with the first, but kind of disagree with the second. I'm not disagreeing that the romance is a bit boring, but I actually *like* that it's boring. It seems more realistic to me than the usual tv comedy relationships where people are either constantly in fights or they are involved in 'big' storylines like having a baby or planning a wedding.

lotsofdvds

Exactly, and it allowed Michael to have that little run where Pam and Jim are saying goodbye and he's making up what they're saying to each other.

wishbone

something like, "That's right you heard me: they gave me two awards in February in lieu of a pay raise."

BDLOU

You are assuming Michael thought driving into the lake is actually endangering anyone. He basically was driving into the water on a ramp into a shallow lake. It's not like he was driving off a bridge or something. Michael is very calm while "escaping" the car which leads me to believe he did this on purpose. It was only after Dwight mentioned the insurance that he realized what he did.

In regards to this weeks episode, I thought the first half was gold (especially the DVD screen saver). The second half had a few funny moments but it wasn't very strong. I kinda wish we could go back to just the normal antics of an office. Take a break from the corporate angle as well as the outside the office things.

mdc3000

I thought the first ep was good, second was brutal and this was the best so far this year...but I think an hour is just too much, thank god there is only 1 more 60min ep until it goes back to half hour.

Randy Miller III

I completely agree. Their little rooftop scene (a sequel to the "first date" from Season 2) was one of the episode's best moments. I think the writers are handling Jim & Pam's relationship perfectly.

musick

Lanch Party

Draven

Is it wrong that I too immediately thought "just change the "u" to an "a" when I saw the banner?

cungar

It's not wrong but you might want to invest in this:

Nazgul

Here Comes Treble.

cdollaz

Michael's too-tight "hip" shirt was a funny sight gag.

Damfino

I thought the bit between Angela and Phyllis was the funniest part of the show, especially since Phyllis was deliberately yanking her chain.

FWIW, I attended a "Dealing with difficult people" seminar several years ago and some of the advice was to try and knock the wind out of their sails with polite and courteous responses.

lotsofdvds

I loved that he had Oscar in there with the women to help judge the shirt, then Oscar's annoyance once he realized why he was in the room.

andicus

Another nod for that! No problem with the relationship at all. Well, maybe a little envious of Jim, but that's about it.

And, yeah, the screensaver was a great bit. Very well done, on all accounts. Same with Phyllis handling Angela.

Luther Heggs

Anyone else think Angela gets hotter when she gets pissier? No? Just me, then?

re: the "Take a Chance On Me" scene - maybe Snowlarbear was relying on the unforgivably incompetent Closed Captioning for this episode - it identified the a cappella singers as Dwight and Michael! Dwight's line "Cooper's* has calamari" was captioned as "Cooper says calamari" - and so on.

*Cooper's Seafood House Restaurant and Pub - Scranton's Finest!

andicus

I did mention that she was particularly hot this episode. I just didn't give any reason for it...

Jimmy James

Actually, I think you may have won me over with this description. I think it was still bad comedy/storytelling because it was so difficult to tell what angle they were playing, but it does make a certain amount of sense for that to be some sort of ramp into the lake/dock sort of thing. That might be a reason for a road to lead right up to the lake like that.