The Office -- "Baby Shower" -- 10/16/08
10-17-08, 12:00 AM
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10-17-08, 01:08 AM
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So-so overall, but I HATED the Dwigt/stroller bit.
I did like the Michael/Holly parts.
Pam needs to be back in the office...
I did like the Michael/Holly parts.
Pam needs to be back in the office...
10-17-08, 01:09 AM
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I loved the ending and it saved it for me.
I thought it was terrible and this whole pregnancy thing is almost shark worthy. I hope we are done with it. It is just coming across as way too fake even for the Office.
Not digging the way writers are using pregnancy as a story angle. It ruined Scrubs, too.
I thought it was terrible and this whole pregnancy thing is almost shark worthy. I hope we are done with it. It is just coming across as way too fake even for the Office.
Not digging the way writers are using pregnancy as a story angle. It ruined Scrubs, too.
10-17-08, 02:33 AM
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i thought dwight was bad with the watermelon and stroller
the whole pregnacy thing kinda sucks
but great episode for everyone else. a ton of character and plot development. the part with michael and the random babies was great. and of course the great ending with holly!
and some good laughs.
The dressed up baby scene!
Phyllis: I’m no longer under Angela’s heel, and her little grape head is under mine.
Angela: I hope you two are very happy together. Pervert.
the part where jim wanted to talk to pam but not look at dwight or creed
the stanley stuff as mentioned above! it was a great cut scene during his talking head of phyliss shaking the collection envelope at him!!
the whole pregnacy thing kinda sucks
but great episode for everyone else. a ton of character and plot development. the part with michael and the random babies was great. and of course the great ending with holly!
and some good laughs.
The dressed up baby scene!
Phyllis: I’m no longer under Angela’s heel, and her little grape head is under mine.
Angela: I hope you two are very happy together. Pervert.
the part where jim wanted to talk to pam but not look at dwight or creed
the stanley stuff as mentioned above! it was a great cut scene during his talking head of phyliss shaking the collection envelope at him!!
10-17-08, 02:56 AM
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I really liked this episode. I was hoping for more with Jan & Michael (like who is the father...) but it was good. The ending with Michael & Holly was great and I really liked it, and the JAM tag ending made me want more.
I actually enjoyed Dwight's stroller antics a bit. Not necessarily him destroying, but just the fact that it is something he would literally do haha "Playtime's over!"
Other than that, looked like Andy & Angela were getting along. Creed was funny, as always. Not a huge fan of Phyllis, but she was okay. Overall, the episode wasn't too bad and I enjoyed it.
P.S. in case anyone was wondering, yes Pam's ring was still on her finger.
I actually enjoyed Dwight's stroller antics a bit. Not necessarily him destroying, but just the fact that it is something he would literally do haha "Playtime's over!"
Other than that, looked like Andy & Angela were getting along. Creed was funny, as always. Not a huge fan of Phyllis, but she was okay. Overall, the episode wasn't too bad and I enjoyed it.
P.S. in case anyone was wondering, yes Pam's ring was still on her finger.
10-17-08, 05:38 AM
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I loved the ending and it saved it for me.
I thought it was terrible and this whole pregnancy thing is almost shark worthy. I hope we are done with it. It is just coming across as way too fake even for the Office.
Not digging the way writers are using pregnancy as a story angle. It ruined Scrubs, too.
I thought it was terrible and this whole pregnancy thing is almost shark worthy. I hope we are done with it. It is just coming across as way too fake even for the Office.
Not digging the way writers are using pregnancy as a story angle. It ruined Scrubs, too.
The fact that Amy Ryan is leaving in two episodes means that Michael's new attempt to hang onto basic human dignity is going to be hilariously thwarted pretty soon.
10-17-08, 07:48 AM
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The whole sperm donor/baby daddy arc was just too far beyond reason for me and some of Dwight's antics (throwing the stroller at barb wire) went too far. Weakest episode in a very long time albeit with a few GREAT one-liners (Omaha Beach in particular).
If they reigned it in a little bit the show would be funnier. Definitely pandering to the lowest common denominator.
If they reigned it in a little bit the show would be funnier. Definitely pandering to the lowest common denominator.
10-17-08, 07:54 AM
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Jan's singing was as bad as her dancing to The Hunter last year. Bad in a funny way. How uncomfortable for everyone else in the room.
A lot of good lines. I thought the intro was great but Dwight's stroller testing didn't work. Neither did the scene in the warehouse.
I thought the last scene with Pam/Jim was really good.
A lot of good lines. I thought the intro was great but Dwight's stroller testing didn't work. Neither did the scene in the warehouse.
I thought the last scene with Pam/Jim was really good.
10-17-08, 08:20 AM
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I wonder if this was filmed before Darrell got busted for drugs. He seemed a little odd in the episode and his voice was scratchy sounding.
10-17-08, 08:46 AM
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The Jim/Pam ending was adorable, especially after the whole out of sync day had me worried about them.
Stanley and Creed lines were Golden.
I love how Holly started to mimic Michael at first just to make a connection, but now even away from him she acts like him. When Jan was looking for her baby and Holly was like "Oh hes out on a sales call, no wait hes on a coffee break" haha so awkward Jan looked so pissed, like it was Michael making the joke to her.
10-17-08, 08:56 AM
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It's been like that this whole season, especially during the weight loss episode. He also lost the beard in that one, but it's growing back.
10-17-08, 09:38 AM
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They made it a complete NON-story angle. No crazy birth scenes, just voila, she had the baby and there it is. It was the complete opposite of any pregnancy storyline on any other TV show ever.
10-17-08, 09:39 AM
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dwight pissed me off and is becoming an urkel (too out there to believe).
He should be a nerd, anal retentive, kiss ass. Instead, we get a guy with a beet farm B&B who employes a retarded Amish cousin, performs his own circumcision, and beats the shit out of others' property for no reason. He's gone from the annoying guy int he office to a cartoon character.
Give me Gareth.
He should be a nerd, anal retentive, kiss ass. Instead, we get a guy with a beet farm B&B who employes a retarded Amish cousin, performs his own circumcision, and beats the shit out of others' property for no reason. He's gone from the annoying guy int he office to a cartoon character.
Give me Gareth.
10-17-08, 09:52 AM
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Having characters dating and getting married and having kids isn't "shark jumping." It's just what people do. This whole arc is really, really hilarious because of the life Michael wants for himself, and his really yearning to build a certain very modest sort of happiness for himself, and then the meanness of what Jan did to him.
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You are being way too generous to place what is currently happening in the Office to the natural progression of life on tv shows.
The US version of the Office has always been a bit more fantastical than the grounded British, and I have accepted that, but this whole pregnancy angle is so far beyone reason it isn't enjoyable. If they continue to try and stretch episodes from this angle, that is horribly fake, it will jump the shark for me.
10-17-08, 09:54 AM
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Yeah, it is an angle. There has been a ton of time devoted to it. I am not talking about the actual act of delivery.
10-17-08, 09:59 AM
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i agree, they didnt center around the baby, bam the baby was born, they didnt make a big deal of it like most shows, she arrives with the baby and thats that.
10-17-08, 10:07 AM
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10-17-08, 10:10 AM
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When something appears in multiple episodes and has an entire episode devoted to it (up to this point), it is an angle.
10-17-08, 10:11 AM
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yeah, saying a 'ton of time' is an exaggeration... they pretty much introduced it and wrapped it in 40 minutes... not bad at all. Love when Michael held the baby and felt nothing...and the ending was perfect. Great episode.
10-17-08, 10:16 AM
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Not really. Multiple episode mention, covered two seasons, and had an entire episode devoted to it so far. But to each their own.