The Office

Michael begins this week’s episode by calling Oscar into his office and asking his advice — as a gay man —about going in for a colonoscopy. After that, it’s easy to see why someone wouldn’t want to invite him to a meeting, so it’s no surprise that Jim has done his best to keep him out of a closed-door session with David Wallace. Upset that he has been excluded, Michael begins to worry that David is taking to Jim about replacing him as branch manager — which he is. But what Michael doesn’t realize is that it’s all part of […]

Welcome to the Dunder Mifflin Company Picnic! It’s an annual event where all the branches get together, which means that Charles Minor is back to terrorize Jim and that Michael will be reunited with Holly. Michael views the event as an opportunity to win Holly back, despite the fact that she’s there with her fiancé. He’s got a list of bullet points guaranteed to work — after all, they’re soup snakes. Or soul mates. Whatever. First he and Holly have to come up with a comedy sketch to deliver in front of everyone — including the Buffalo branch, which is […]

Michael still has the lease for the Michael Scott Paper Company office, which he has been using as a venue for dancing and drinking coffee. (Like Nuts and Gum, together at last!) Since no one will go out to lunch with him, he invites the entire office to his Cafe Disco and entices them will the knowledge that he, and occasionally Erin, will be there. That doesn’t work, so he starts pumping “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory through the air conditioner vents. Phyllis takes the bait, and within seconds of dancing with Michael she […]

At least once a year, Kevin likes to bring in his “famous” chili. The secret is to undercook the onions. Another more important secret is to not dump the entire pot on the office floor. Poor Kevin — this is actually the thing that he does best. It’s not the only disaster that occurs at Dunder Mifflin Scranton this week, though. It’s casual Friday, so there are plenty of fashion disasters: Meredith’s dress turns her into a walking peep show (and unfortunately, to her, casual Friday means no panties); Kelly wears an outfit that, no matter what the hot new […]

Michael Scott is quickly finding out that owning your own paper company can be tough. You have to make your own early morning deliveries. You have to drive Korean people to church. And, it turns out, you actually have to know something about business. While the Michael Scott Paper Company’s low prices have threatened Dunder Mifflin’s business, they’ve nearly destroyed the Michael Scott Paper Company. The MSPC is on pace to be out of business within a month if things don’t change. Fortunately, David Wallace and Charles Miner are operating under the assumption that Michael has figured out a way […]