The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
04-30-09, 11:41 PM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
The opening with Kevin was absolutely hilarious.
Parts of the episode were funny, but as usual, everything with Michael just irritated me.
I don't know why the writers can't decide what they want to do with Michael. Some episodes he's just a bumbling idiot. In others he's a dysfunctional, downright crazy loser with no social skills whatsoever. In others he's a good natured guy that wants to please everybody and actually shows SOME common sense and deep down can be a decent guy and in others, like this episode, he's just an absolute dickhead.
For years, he's thought of the people in his office as his only real family and/or friends and he totally tried to screw them. Yeah, he did sort of repent at the end, but still...throughout the whole episode he was just a jerk to everybody except Ryan and Pam.
I think others have said it, but Michael being a jerk just doesn't do it for me. But, if the writers would just pick a personality for Michael and run with it, rather than going back and forth between fool, jerk, good guy, social misfit, etc I could probably just learn to like whatever personality they end up choosing.
Parts of the episode were funny, but as usual, everything with Michael just irritated me.
I don't know why the writers can't decide what they want to do with Michael. Some episodes he's just a bumbling idiot. In others he's a dysfunctional, downright crazy loser with no social skills whatsoever. In others he's a good natured guy that wants to please everybody and actually shows SOME common sense and deep down can be a decent guy and in others, like this episode, he's just an absolute dickhead.
For years, he's thought of the people in his office as his only real family and/or friends and he totally tried to screw them. Yeah, he did sort of repent at the end, but still...throughout the whole episode he was just a jerk to everybody except Ryan and Pam.
I think others have said it, but Michael being a jerk just doesn't do it for me. But, if the writers would just pick a personality for Michael and run with it, rather than going back and forth between fool, jerk, good guy, social misfit, etc I could probably just learn to like whatever personality they end up choosing.
05-01-09, 12:26 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
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05-01-09, 01:18 AM
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05-01-09, 07:14 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I'm wondering why Toby thought only his outfit was "appropriate" when all but two or three people had offensive (to other co-workers) outfits.
05-01-09, 07:36 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I thought this episode was pretty good, even though I was prepared for disappointment after last week's great conclusion.
Took a little bit too long to get rolling, but the "Kevin's chili" opener earned a few LOLs.
Business really picked up after Phyllis' comment about Michael hurting "the family".
One sidenote: is it just me, or did everyone look a little weird?
Like they were wearing too much makeup or something...
Took a little bit too long to get rolling, but the "Kevin's chili" opener earned a few LOLs.
Business really picked up after Phyllis' comment about Michael hurting "the family".
One sidenote: is it just me, or did everyone look a little weird?
Like they were wearing too much makeup or something...
05-01-09, 08:35 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
Didn't like this episode that much. Was probably expecting better because of last week.
Micheal wasn't a jerk. Pam and Ryan deserved to keep those clients. Plain and simple. They earned that right.
At then end, when Micheal gave back the sale team clients, I was pissed. When Micheal left the company, Pam went with him. They other didn't.
Micheal wasn't a jerk. Pam and Ryan deserved to keep those clients. Plain and simple. They earned that right.
At then end, when Micheal gave back the sale team clients, I was pissed. When Micheal left the company, Pam went with him. They other didn't.
05-01-09, 08:40 AM
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I still don't see how Michael wronged everybody, especially Dwight.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
05-01-09, 09:36 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I had no problem with Michael's behavior here. I'm glad they didn't just gloss over the Michael Scott Paper Company story arc, and everyone's reactions here, while not entirely logical, do tie in to the events of the last few episodes. Michael was being loyal to those who came with him, then had to appease the rest of sales team to keep them at the company. It was an awkward transition back into Dunder Mifflin, as it should have been.
05-01-09, 09:39 AM
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I still don't see how Michael wronged everybody, especially Dwight.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
05-01-09, 09:43 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I don't think the Rolodex is all that unethical because Michael most likely knew the names of the top clients anyway.
05-01-09, 11:10 AM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
Thought this was one of the weaker episodes in awhile. While I appreciated that they focused on the issue of reintegrating Michael, Pam, and Ryan back into the DM group, it didn't quite build to as an interesting a resolution as I would have liked.
Also, the pace of the episode seemed quite frenetic, which always works to the show's disadvantage in my opinion. I think the show is much better when there is a slow building of the plot with a surprisingly gentle resolution of the "conflict." These episodes that move at a more breakneck pace (relatively speaking, for The Office) always seem forced and less Office-like to me.
Also, the pace of the episode seemed quite frenetic, which always works to the show's disadvantage in my opinion. I think the show is much better when there is a slow building of the plot with a surprisingly gentle resolution of the "conflict." These episodes that move at a more breakneck pace (relatively speaking, for The Office) always seem forced and less Office-like to me.
05-01-09, 11:34 AM
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05-01-09, 01:22 PM
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05-01-09, 03:26 PM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
Didn't like this episode that much. Was probably expecting better because of last week.
Micheal wasn't a jerk. Pam and Ryan deserved to keep those clients. Plain and simple. They earned that right.
At then end, when Micheal gave back the sale team clients, I was pissed. When Micheal left the company, Pam went with him. They other didn't.
Micheal wasn't a jerk. Pam and Ryan deserved to keep those clients. Plain and simple. They earned that right.
At then end, when Micheal gave back the sale team clients, I was pissed. When Micheal left the company, Pam went with him. They other didn't.
05-01-09, 03:27 PM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I still don't see how Michael wronged everybody, especially Dwight.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
05-01-09, 03:45 PM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
I still don't see how Michael wronged everybody, especially Dwight.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
The company screwed with him. He went to NY and gave the company a chance to fix it, they didn't. He announced to the entire office his intent to start a new paper company. He personally asked every single one of them to come with him, and none of them did except for Pam. Did they NOT think that his paper company would go after their customers? hell, Dwight was even feeding him information at first.
They were just as disloyal to him as he was to them.
05-01-09, 04:10 PM
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Re: The Office -- "Casual Friday" -- 4/30/09
Great episode. The opening with Kevin rolling around in the chili was an excellent start. And then the scene with Meredith's exposure had me cracking up. Damn good stuff.