The Office Season 8: Episode 24: “Free Family Portrait Studio” “Oh, get out, Skeleton Man.” With a name like “Free Family Portrait Studio,” it’s gotta be funny. Right? Oh my god, you guys. We made it. We made it to the end of the 8th season. When you started watching this show, you were barely seven, because only fifteen year old high school students could possibly enjoy this thing/my writing. In which case, Mazel...
The Office Season 8: Episode 23: “Turf War” “Jim couldn’t land me in a thousand years.” “You’re saying there’s a chance?” The setup for Andy’s return and Robert’s demise went into full swing in this week’s episode. But who cares when fucking FRANK SOBOTKA guest stars in the episode?! And if you don’t know who Frank Sobotka is, what the hell are you doing watching The Office? Go to Netflix right now and put...
The Office Season 8: Episode 22: “Fundraiser” “Life isn’t Downton Abbey.” “Life IS Downton Abbey.” The Office hasn’t been funny pretty much all season, but up until recently, it was still watchable. Like, passably watchable. But now, no more. “Fundraiser” was boring, unfunny, and disjointed. It did, however, have one incredibly redeeming quality: dogs. Lots and lots of dogs. Twelve of them! Grades for best in show follow. Oh, and for the other guys, too....
The Office Season 8: Episode 20: “Welcome Party” “I can’t believe you’re not gay.” This week’s Office featured the theme of ruining parties, that recurring literary archetype that has permeated party-centered artistic endeavors for centuries. Andy ruins a bachelorette party, and the entire office ruins a welcome party for Nellie. So everyone is a jerk and would horrify Emily Post! And as if ruining parties wasn’t enough, they also ruin the episode: Andy Andy...
The Office Season 8: Episode 19: “Get the Girl” “Do you call that a King James breakfast pie?” With one episode left in the season, “Get the Girl” set the stage for The Office‘s future players: Nellie, Nellie and Nellie. And just like last week and the week before that, everything that happened in the episode doesn’t fit in with reality, corporate America, or the laws of Physics. Well, not actually the last one,...
The Office Season 8: Episode 18: “Last Day in Florida” “Well, mister ball, it’s been a pleasure. Give my best regards to HELL.” Did you hear that thud? That was season 8 of The Office bottoming out. Or at least I hope it was. There’s always next week. Also, I just dropped a bowling ball. “Last Day in Florida” was the weakest episode of the season, perhaps of the series. Dwight was irrationally maniacal...
The Office Season 8: Episode 17: “Test the Store” “Speaking of pimples, let’s release the bloggers!” It’s test launch day for the inaugural Sabre store. And because this is TV, the slew of characters we know and are sick of love, who have spent the last 8 years behind desks, are also in charge of running the operations of a physical store. Of all of the silly, unrealistic things on this show to nitpick, this is...
The Office The Office: Season 8: “Tallahassee” “Stop looking at my breasts and start looking at my penis.” The crew that was heading to Florida last week… has arrived in Florida this week. And isn’t Florida fun? It’s all conference rooms and British chicks from last season and TODD PACKER?! You can’t have Packer without Michael! I am ever-so-slightly outraged, as I refuse to put any more energy into my feelings for this show...
The Office Season 8: Episode 14: “Special Project” “Did you know frogs can hear with their lungs?” Two in-office episodes in a row! Wait, this must mean–yup, there it is–a set up for a multi-episode off-site arc. The kids are going to Florida under the fearless leadership of Dwight, and my guess is it ain’t gonna be pretty. Tonight was also a Valentine’s Day episode that had close to zero Valentine’s Day references. These...
The Office. Season 8: Episode 13: “Jury Duty” “I’m going to let the little stickler do what he does best. Stickle.” This week’s Office was one of the strongest episodes of the season, mostly because it got back to its roots: silly, mostly in-office happenings with multiple story lines that didn’t revolve around a field trip. Also, no Robert California. Coincidence?? Jim Jim was on jury duty, and it kept him away from the office for a...
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