The Office (US) — Season 5 thread

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Michael/Jan/Holly triangle? The Kelly/Darryl/Ryan triangle? The Angela/Andy/Dwight triangle? Pam/Jim/unnamed dude at Pratt who also plays on Mad Men triangle?

This is all minor. CREED IS SELLING PEOPLE FAKE TAPEWORMS, PEOPLE!

Don't forget Phyllis' jugs!

I think my favorite part of the premiere was Oscar and Holly in the kitchen, with Oscar feigning offense.

I was just thinking about that scene.. that was great. Also Pam being carried around the office on the laptop, especially the talking head. "Can you give me back to Jim now, please?"

Dwight's nod at the cameracrew who also busted he and Angela = great.

Also, Michael following Jim in and back out of the bathroom. "I thought you had to pee."

"Everything. She's perfection."

Amy Ryan is so goddamn cute.
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awwwwwww
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is that the 'how to look good naked' bed?

beadie!

awww..her name is beatrice

watched this on the computer for those of you wondering

phew

not live

hey what was up with Phyllis's blotchy acne'd purple face in the beginning, did they explain that?

the college dude who flirts with pam kinda looks like n/a

thats what i thought!

lol me too

hahaha... I thought the same thing too.

I loved all the different names of the guys in Andy's a cappella group.

ya, especially how he kept going till there were like 20 of them.

I wonder if Michael's goatee was a little homage to David Brent? I mean, aside from being another example of his Ryan mancrush.

I also thought of n/a!

I wish I had an Office doppelganger.

It was a safe but good start for the new season. Very balanced, almost everyone but Meredith got some screen time and that one scene in the rain at the ending was sweet, short and beautiful. And totally unexpected, which is a plus.

I wonder if Michael's goatee was a little homage to David Brent? I mean, aside from being another example of his Ryan mancrush.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, September 27, 2008 4:35 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i thought of this too

Ryan was more fun as a douchebag cokehead young exec.

come on, seeing him return as the temp again was gold

i thought of n/a as well

Me too, but I didn't say anything to Sunny. "Hey, look! that man on the TV looks one of them guys on the internets!"

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Man, I don't know how much longer I can watch this show. This wasn't nearly as funny as it used to be. Really weak plot too.

I'm still trying to decide if I have a crush on Kelly or not. I think I do.

This wasn't nearly as funny as it used to be. Really weak plot too.

Meh, maybe...but,
I loved all the different names of the guys in Andy's a cappella group.

that was completely redemptive. "Sandwich"! I need to go back and watch the episode again just to experience his reeling off of the names once more...

This wasn't nearly as funny as it used to be.

A ton of this has to do with how well we now know the characters, their mannerisms and their inclinations. Not much in the way of "WTF" moments anymore, but when they come they're more applaudable. It's just a different kind of funny now.

A ton of this has to do with how well we now know the characters, their mannerisms and their inclinations.

You have a point there but just the same I feel like the writers had some awesomely funny one-dimensional characters in this office and now they're trying to make it a drama/narrative, and in the process smoothing out the eccentricities I was drawn to the show for in the first place.

I just remember Michael constantly saying ridiculous things that were unprofessional to the point of absurdity. Or Pam & Jim's pranks on Dwight. Or Dwight acting like a psychopath. There were some good running jokes that aren't around anymore because the plot-lines are taking precedence. Holly hasn't added anything to the show for me. I'm going to rewatch and give it another shot..

Man disregard most of that post. I'm watching it again and it's pretty funny. I hope they kill off Andy's character though.

I hope they kill off Andy's character though.

u so crazy

It's pretty hard for a show to sustain itself over 5 years. Things just tend to get stale. This show is holding up better than most and is still plenty enjoyable. They kind of had to shift to a more narrative approach to avoid becoming overly repetitious.

i finally watched the last 10 minutes i fell asleep in when it aired

OMGS JAMMY GOODNESS PEOPLES!!!!!!

Suck it, N/A!!!

i cant believe noone has complained about the episdoe being an hour long yet and what happened to toby?

What's the point in complaining about hour long episodes anymore? Besides, as far as those go, this one wasn't really all that bad.

im not complaining but the last thread seemed to be complaint after complaint about having to suffer through an entire hour so i was wondering where those peeps were

"I never really processed 9/11"!

^^^^ that was a great

line

Well, those hour long episodes were garbage. xxxpost

I'll give you the "Michael drives into a lake" one, but the rabies fun run??? The "Alfredo's Pizza Cafe/Pizza By Alfredo" bit? Andy singing "Take a Chance on Me" to Angela with Here Comes Treble on the telephone??

Anyway, while the office is not in "best TV show of all time" territory like it was in season 2, it's not like these past couple years have been complete disasters like The Simpsons. It's still hands down the best show on TV right now.

The funniest laugh of the night for me was Michael putting up the pictures of fat people, which included Jabba the Hutt, Elvis, Big Momma, and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.

i cant believe noone has complained about the episdoe being an hour long yet and what happened to toby?

― Bright Future (sunny successor), Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

these were exactly my main complaints!!!

It's still hands down the best show on TV right now.

It's not even the best show on NBC on Thursdays.

loved this

erin has EYES LIKE BUTTONS

"putting out the fire...with gasoline!"

Wonder how Michael discovered that Bowie classic?

OMG, is that where I know that chick from?

[Preparing to have things thrown at me.] This episode was pretty lame. Jim and Pam need to be severely beaten. This week's Parks and Recreation was actually funnier.

I thought it was a great night for that 90 minute black all around.

???

black=block

She's single! http://www.myspace.com/53967144

This episode was pretty lame. Jim and Pam need to be severely beaten.

― lindseykai, Friday, May 8, 2009 10:26 PM

^^^ amen to that. "i want a real wedding" "me too!" fuck offfffffff

lol @ people bitchin weekly about this season and then praising the worst one yet

lol @ you for not liking one of the best eps.

lol @ me

She's single! http://www.myspace.com/53967144

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 8, 2009 9:44 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark

"MUSIC: No."

maybe the french version is better

le bureau

i give props for the cutesy jim & pam stuff having been toned waaay down from what it used to be. during this episode i was thinking that i don't mind it being stuck in there as a side thing, as long as it's not the driving plot.

This would have been a great episode if they'd bothered to have Pam and Jim to something interesting.

"Back injuries are common, not as common as knee injuries, but more common than wrist injuries..."
"I don't need a History lesson!"
"what do you think 'History' is?"

Stanley sitting in the chair laughing at Phyllis = classic

SUCH A CUTE ENDING

A PHENOMENAL END TO A PHENOMENAL SEASON... is what I'd be saying if this episode weren't so incredibly godawful. I didn't laugh once :(

Aw. I thought it was cute.

The only good part was the ending, which was full of JAM YUMMINESS.

But the volleyball game? Michael and Holly's sketch? David Wallace admitting at the company picnic that Buffalo is closing? That would never happen in real life.

Oh wait. I did get a chuckle out of Dwight's friend Rolf.

JAM YUMMINESS

ugh

I prefer "Jan yumminess."

Or "Karen yumminess."

Or "Katy-the-purse-girl-from-season-one yumminess."

Rolf was hilarious. So was that bit with Toby talking to the other HR guy who's exactly like him.

"i usually don't enjoy the theater, but THIS is DELIGHTFUL"

Jim actually making a joke about Pam's boobs was more surprising and heartwarming to me than the pregnancy. Did like the episode, though.

tomorrow the SQUEEEEEEEES of fat secretaries will be heard the world over

But the volleyball game? Michael and Holly's sketch? David Wallace admitting at the company picnic that Buffalo is closing? That would never happen in real life.

Sort of true but sort of irrelevant.

the jim/pam relationship has been kind of nauseating and cutesy for too long. jim making a joke about pam's rack was a slight step in the right direction. the episode still had some laughs though, i thought it was ok.

michael/holly is hands down the best "relationship" on the show

Rolf and Stanley were funny. I don't mind them doing melodrama, as long as that's what I expect from the show. I mean, I didn't "laugh" for most of the episode, but I thought it was pleasant enough to watch.

Was that the finale?

tomorrow the SQUEEEEEEEES of fat secretaries will be heard the world over

― macaulay culkin's bukkake shocker (bug), Friday, May 15, 2009 6:24 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

??...dickish.

"how many people have to get hurt before we learn a valuable lesson? one? two? three?"

not an episode full of laughs but it was decent. the intro with the time gag didn't segue into the company picnic very well, i thought for a moment that they sent him home early so they could all go to the picnic together or something.

i somehow missed about five episodes this season (everything with michael leaving with ryan and pam, etc) and only caught up with these last three, but they were pretty good.

Hulu has the last 14 eps up for a while, it might be worth going back and watching them.

mindykalingI would love it if Frank Sobotka and Bodie could be on this season of The Office.about 1 hour ago from mobile web

mindykaling: One joke I wrote (and loved, but no else did) was that Tony and Ridley Scott are Michael Scott's cousins but he doesn't get along with them

mindykaling: It makes the fact that Threat Level Midnight will never get made all the more tragic. "Tony and Ridley would just ruin it."

I love this, the rest of the writers/producers are jerks for not using this.

new season tonight! who is feeling witty enough to start thread? I am hungover.

This thread wasn't started until after the first episode was over, so I'll give it a few hours.

good call, we'll need a good line to cite. Now that I have internet on my phone expect me to post during episodes when I think shit is funny. Also expect it to get old quickly..

Season Six? Really? That's hard to believe.

Well, the first season was more like a half season.

i kind of stopped watching/catching up with 'the office' because everyone says it went rubbish... but it didn't, really? season five isn't up there with season three, okay, but it's still hecka funny. unlike some other mocku-style workplace-oriented nbc so-called sitcoms i could name.

which other mocku-style workplace-oriented nbc so-called sitcoms are there? P&R, but I know you're not talking about that show because it's amazing.

yeah office and parks & rec traded places last year, now p&r is hilarious and office is dire as fuck. fucking "scott's tots."

haha scott's tots was amazingly uncomfortable