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Ugh…I’m two Office episodes behind??? Let’s get to it!

(There’s no sense in me posting a “live” blog for an episode that aired a week ago, so I’m going to format this episode review like the ones from Season 4, where I give you my thoughts, and then end it with a list of favorite moments.)

This episode could easily have been a season finale. It was really that great! Sure, it started off a bit slowly, and I was kinda disappointed that the writers only spent a couple minutes on the Halloween theme—is Jim Halpert allergic to Halloween costumes?—but the rest of the episode MUCH MORE than made up for the beginning.  I might argue that this episode is (so far) the best episode of the season!

Now what is Michael to do, with Holly in New Hampshire? I hope that is not the end of Holly’s character; she grew on me very quickly, and her interactions with Michael were, in my opinion, better than those during the Michael-Jan relationship. Watching Michael acting exponentially more and more pathetic as the episode wore on was awesome, especially with Darryl sitting right beside them. I’m glad that Michael decided NOT to stick around Holly’s new place afterwards. Speaking of Jan, now does Michael try to get back with her? Or has that ship sailed?

(Remember how I commented about how the sad, pathetic, almost-humanized Michael Scott makes this show great? We got a classic example of this in this episode.)

By the way, when I first saw the title of this episode, it actually took me a while to realize who was being transferred…

The whole Andy-Dwight standoff throughout the episode had me laughing my ass off.

(Please, writers, more of this!)

What made their standoff even better was the fact that neither one of them made a play at Angela throughout the episode. Didn’t I say that some of the past episodes have been too relationship-heavy? The entire Dwight-Andy subplot was a welcome change to all that. I actually found myself rooting for Andy at the end, and I was rewarded when Andy pointed out that he would be conducting Dwight’s college interview! Extra points to Andy for impersonating Dwight at the end of the episode, beets and all!

(Seriously, I’m still wiping tears off my face over the interview.)

I will admit that I enjoyed watching Jim’s brothers prank Jim, even when it became obvious that Pam was not amused by the prank. Did they cross the line? Sure, especially with the drawing a picture to pay the check line, but who wasn’t rooting for Jim to leap across the table and pound some sense into one of his brothers? However, we finally got to see Jim and Pam drift closer together (rather than splitting further apart, as was the trend of the past few episodes), and we should thank Jim’s brothers for that. Jim’s approval of Pam’s prank idea, followed by the text message from his brother, should have been extra satisfying to all you Jim-Pam fans. I still smell a severe relationship turn by the winter break, though, one that will seriously put a strain on both of them..

Favorite moments:

• Creed’s Joker costume.
• Kelly: “Stanley! I thought you hated Halloween!” Phyllis: “Shhhh…he wears it so that he can sleep at his desk.” Brilliant!
• Did Andy dress as a kitten (WTF?) to impress Angela, or was that Angela’s idea? And “Dave???”
• Pam: “…and I can’t even take off my hat, because then I’m Hitler.”
• Dwight wearing that Cornell sweater. Real smooth, Dwight.
• “Life is a highway! I wanna ride it ALL NIGHT LONG!” LOL at Darryl singing along as well.
• Watching Jim’s brothers come up with the idea to jokingly (or not) trash Pam was awesome…in a really sad, “Poor Pam!” kind of way. It was also really damn funny.

(What can I say? I’m evil!)

• Can we start a “Stop Michael From Butching Songs” petition?
• Michael: “Did Darryl touch you?” LOL!
• Michael: “…and I’ve dated almost four women…no, in like the last ten years.” Extra points for that sneaky “That’s what she said” at the very end of their conversation.
• Michael: “…I’m going to make this way harder than it needs to be.” Of course you are.
• Michael (again): “Here’s my wish. I want you to meet a great guy, and I want you to be happy.” Awwww. “My wish has come true, incidentally, because you’ve met me, and you are happy.” Clever, Mike.
• One of Jim’s brothers: “Maybe Pam should pay the check by drawing a picture on this napkin.” Ok, that was mean, but damn funny at the same time.
• Michael: “…I’ll go back to Jan, and I hate Jan!” Whoa! Where did that come from???
• Andy: “…looks like I will be conducting your University interview!” OH SNAP!!!
• That entire “interview” with Andy and Dwight might have been the funniest scene of the entire season!
• Text message: “Pam cool. Welcome to the family.” And you just knew Jim would have liked Pam’s prank over his brothers’ prank.
• LOL at Michael “singing” the blues. So pathetic…yet kinda sad at the same time.
• LMFAO at Andy dressed as a farmer!!!
• Dwight: “Cornell.”

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