"Cocktails" at The Office
Feb. 25th, 2007 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerful'The Office' this week was so very good. So many little things. I have to say, it is probably the most complex 25 minutes of TV out there right now. All in one episode you have moments of hilarity, of ridiculousness, of happiness, of silliness, of anger, and sadness. And characters with SO many layers, it's just amazing.
Michael/Jan - Michael's joy over finally being able to "come out" about his relationship was adorable. His heart is in the right place, it's just his brain that seems to roll around. And Jan struggling to come to terms with her attraction to Michael and all her other issues. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
janeespenson commented in her blog, these characters have "wrinkles" and that's what makes them so watchable.
"What's that over the 'I'?" "It's a heart"
"Why is this so hard?....That's what she said. Oh god, what am I saying?"
Jim/Karen - damn they are so great together! For awhile, we were having little hiccups, but now we're getting to see a bit more of the silliness that we used to expect from Jim & Pam. Her practical joke let us know that she had the right sense of humor for Jim. But at the same time - did she just do it to make him squirm the way she has actually been squirming since she found out about Jim/Pam? If so, it gets a little creepy.
Pam/Roy - I've been unsure about this from the start. I was never 100% with them. Roy seemed like he was making an effort to do things, but then he'd complain about having to do the "boyfriend things". They are fine as friends, but I don't think Roy respects Pam enough to be romantically involved with her. And the blow-up at the end of the episode really shows that. That moment was scary. And Roy's last line - I'm gonna kill Jim Halpert...well, things are going to get a bit messy when the show returns.
Toby/Pam - aaaaaw, poor Toby. That poor man is probably the plainest looking guy, I don't even think he registers on Pam's radar. But the fact that he sat there all night, trying to win that duck for her. And then she didn't really realize what he had done (Hey, don't you have a daughter?) I think you could actually see his heart breaking.
Dwight/Colonial House - okay, all the moments with Dwight "inspecting" the house was good for a giggle. The physical comedy for the evening. And ending with him on the roof, attacking the chimney? Priceless.
Also, I attempted to watch a little bit of Rainn "Dwight" Wilson's guest hosting on SNL...good to know that show is still un-funny. Yes, them parodying 'Office' right off the bat, now that was giggleworthy, but the next 3 sketches were just painfully bad. I couldn't survive the rest of the show. Ugh. What a waste of TV time.
Michael/Jan - Michael's joy over finally being able to "come out" about his relationship was adorable. His heart is in the right place, it's just his brain that seems to roll around. And Jan struggling to come to terms with her attraction to Michael and all her other issues. As
janeespenson commented in her blog, these characters have "wrinkles" and that's what makes them so watchable. "What's that over the 'I'?" "It's a heart"
"Why is this so hard?....That's what she said. Oh god, what am I saying?"
Jim/Karen - damn they are so great together! For awhile, we were having little hiccups, but now we're getting to see a bit more of the silliness that we used to expect from Jim & Pam. Her practical joke let us know that she had the right sense of humor for Jim. But at the same time - did she just do it to make him squirm the way she has actually been squirming since she found out about Jim/Pam? If so, it gets a little creepy.
Pam/Roy - I've been unsure about this from the start. I was never 100% with them. Roy seemed like he was making an effort to do things, but then he'd complain about having to do the "boyfriend things". They are fine as friends, but I don't think Roy respects Pam enough to be romantically involved with her. And the blow-up at the end of the episode really shows that. That moment was scary. And Roy's last line - I'm gonna kill Jim Halpert...well, things are going to get a bit messy when the show returns.
Toby/Pam - aaaaaw, poor Toby. That poor man is probably the plainest looking guy, I don't even think he registers on Pam's radar. But the fact that he sat there all night, trying to win that duck for her. And then she didn't really realize what he had done (Hey, don't you have a daughter?) I think you could actually see his heart breaking.
Dwight/Colonial House - okay, all the moments with Dwight "inspecting" the house was good for a giggle. The physical comedy for the evening. And ending with him on the roof, attacking the chimney? Priceless.
Also, I attempted to watch a little bit of Rainn "Dwight" Wilson's guest hosting on SNL...good to know that show is still un-funny. Yes, them parodying 'Office' right off the bat, now that was giggleworthy, but the next 3 sketches were just painfully bad. I couldn't survive the rest of the show. Ugh. What a waste of TV time.
