guilty.

Michael's commercial was amazing - just more proof that The Office has as much "heart" now as before. Although some people don't like it or won't accept (maybe due to their love of the UK version which is top-notch as well), The US Office doesn't rely solely on Jim and Pam.

I agree with the general sentiment - this might have been the best ep of the last two seasons, and certainly of this season. No 'wacky' Michael, no outside-of-the-office folderol, and it stayed focused on the basic characters we know and love without a bunch of contrived plot silliness. Basically all of the stuff that made the second season so darn good. This one actually came closest to reminding me of a Season Two episode probably since Season Two.

Good episodes like this (and much of last week's) make me wonder why the show has jumped the track so badly at times over the last two seasons. Obviously some of the folks writing the show (ie - Lieberstein, Novak) still know what the shows strengths are and can write to that. I hope the remainder of this season keeps going in the "less-is-more" direction, and minimizes the "zany" factor as tonight's episode did.

Oh, and no one even mentioned Dwight's virtual alter-ego. Everytime I saw him flying, I cracked up.

. . .and curiously not "Drew," which, for a time, he wanted to be known as last season.

Good, not great episode tonight.

The face Helms makes after "foot-ball cream" -- hilarious.

And his avatar had "Asst to Regional Mgr" listed

ya dwight making his second life character exactly like him was hilarious.

Gimme a break
Gimme a break
Break me off a piece of that...

applesauce
Chrysler Car
Football creme
lumber tar
Snickers bar
Grey Poupon
Claude Van Damme
Hair For Men
poison gas
Nutrasweet
Fancyfeast

and that's when my DVR cuts out.

"That's it, catfood. Nailed it!" Cut to black.

Or something to that effect. That's all you missed.

Personally, I loved the "Ryan's being a little bitch" line.

"I'm on the line"



Lots of great lines in this one.

Did you or did you not get Sue Grafton?
And then Kevin hands her a piece of tape as a tissue

Another great episode.

Loved Second Life Dwight.

This was a great great episode. The commercial was great, loved Stanley was a convict.

FYI: BJ Novak (Ryan) wrote this episode.

Limitless paper in a paperless world.

When did Kevin make the koolaid face? I must have been out of the room.

This episode flowed much better than the 60 minute episodes, plus it was great to have Scrubs back.

"When I tell people I work for Dunder Mifflin, they think that we sell mufflers or muffins or mittens and frankly these all sound better than paper so I let it slide"

"Phyllis is like our Mrs. Butterworth. Kind of a less urban Aunt Jemima."

I like being back to the 30 minute episodes.

Great episode. Dwight's "Second Life" subplot didn't really go anywhere, but maybe they'll come back to it later.

Great episode. I guess all The Office needed this season was 30 fewer minutes per week. If I laugh out loud at least half a dozen times, it means the writers and actors did their job.

Speaking of which, my favorite part was the "O D" scene. Dwight's reaction was classic. And Michael's commercial was a nice moment. It's rare we get to see all the characters actually happy around each other. Of course it looks like Karen will come along next week and screw that all up.

Don't forget about Dwight's second life within his second life.

I think Jim's alter ego got more screen time than Dwight's.

I expected Pam to show up in Second Life.

It would have been funny if she would have shown up in Toby's world.

What was that logo on the Asain Creative guy's shirt?

I know I've seen it somewhere before.

Haha, yeah, that was awesome...