Brief Review of The Office, Episode 13 (Job Fair)
Quick-hitters:
- Thank you, Time Warner. My internet connection was out as soon as I finished blogging last night, and was still out when I first signed on earlier today.
The connection was eventually fixed (not sure when), but now my ESPN-HD feed is out! Oh well, I’d rather watch the season finale of The Office.
- I got a “final notice” renewal letter on my Car n Driver magazine subscription today. Now I could’ve sworn that the sub was good for at least another few months.
After a few minutes of researching, I saw this notation next to the address of the renewal notice:
Oct. 08
I didn’t realize that last notices come five months before the fact. Who do these people think they are? BofA?
- Before I get to my review of The Office season finale, let me quickly give my thoughts on last week’s episode (Job Fair):
(Note: I’m doing this on-the-fly, so pardon any grammatical/structural/spelling errors!)
Michael in a shirt and jeans? Haha.
Michael: “Pam will be eye candy.”
Jim’s on probation? Shocker. And he has to play golf with a potential client? AND Andy has to go golfing with him? I’d submit my two weeks’ notice now.
(Of course, if he had tried, he wouldn’t be in this position, now would he?)
Did Dwight really admit that Jim is in charge once Michael is gone??? And did he just admit that both he and Andy are third in charge?
Dwight: “I will tell on you.” (shudder…)
I’m amazed that Creed is still in the office! (EDIT: This was before the rest of the Office decided to “ditch this b!tch.”
Michael has a normal ring tone?
Michael: “Who cares? I’m not there. Jim’s not there. Why should anybody else be there?”
Pam: “Are you serious?” Michael: “Yes. And don’t call me Shirley.” Sigh. Yet another epic reference ruined by Michael Scott.
Why the hell is Pam only taking ONE sheet of paper? TWENTY MILES???
Tell me they did not just destroy a golf cart for THAT!
Michael: (paraphrasing) “I would rather be jobless, on a beach, with a huge inheritance, than to take one of these crap jobs.”
Michael: “I wouldn’t say this to her face, but she is a wonderful person and a great artist.” Oscar: “Why wouldn’t you say that to her face?” I spit out my bite of spaghetti on that scene alone. And it took me a bit of time to realize that the Justin kid was the first kid that visited the Dunder-Mifflin booth.
So was Jim’s block-the-car-to-get-a-sale “trying” enough to get him off probation? Hey, at least he shot 102! 
Michael: “Jim could do anything he wants, but he chooses to sell paper…like me.” And Pam is thinking about moving on to a graphics design job in NY or Philly? What a great storyline episode; think about how many possible story arcs there are for the finale. Dwight and Angela seem to be at peace with each other. Jim had to fight tooth-and-nail to score the client and (probably) keep his job. And now Pam might be finished as the receptionist?
Why do I have the feeling that we’ll be left with a brutal cliffhanger at the end of the finale?
I plan on replacing this quick-hitter review with a thorough one, once I get around to watching this episode again.
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