The Office

Synopsis: David Wallace, feeling bad for having made Holly transfer — and knowing that Michael is easily impressed — decides to send Michael on a business trip to Canada. It’s the perfect way to distract him from his broken heart, since Michael has always been intrigued by all things international: the women, the pancakes, the man of mystery. Andy tags along to translate and Oscar is pretty much forced to join them against his will. Despite Andy’s misguided attempts to hook him up with a “hot slab of Canadian bacon” during the trip, Oscar ends up having a good time […]

Synopsis: The results of the annual customer survey are in and, surprisingly, both Jim and Dwight have performed badly. Dwight suspects sabotage and, for once, his paranoia is justified. It seems Kelly falsified the negative responses to get back at Jim and Dwight for blowing off her America’s Got Talent season finale party. She gets caught but keeps her job because of Michael’s empathy for her situation. He has a really hard time getting people to come to his parties and he’s got the leftover guacamole to prove it. Through all of this, Jim communicates with Pam via the world’s […]

Synopsis: Now that David Wallace knows about her relationship with Michael, Holly has been asked to transfer to the New Hampshire branch. No problem — she and Michael will still see each other all the time, sometimes meeting at the midway point to stay at a bed and breakfast that doesn’t actually exist. Somewhere during the drive to New Hampshire (we think it was the fourth or fifth time “Life Is a Highway” came up on Michael’s mix CD), Holly begins to realize that a long-distance relationship isn’t going to work, and Michael spends the rest of the trip trying […]

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Synopsis: Things are going well with Michael and Holly. They’re going on a third date, which, according to Michael, is the one on which you have sex. But does Holly share that opinion? “Oh, hell yeah,” she says. Dwight (“D-Money”) is upset after receiving the Save the Date card for Angela and Andy’s wedding. He confides in Phyllis, who tells him that he needs to give Angela an ultimatum. So Dwight tells Angela that she must choose between him and Andy by 6:14pm or she can say goodbye to this (pointing at Dwight’s groin […]

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Synopsis: Michael is preparing for the arrival of Jan’s baby by running through various birthing scenarios with Dwight and a watermelon, and planning an office baby shower, which he regrettably requests be golden. Out of respect for Jan’s bloated feelings while she is in the “terminal stages of her pregnancy,” he’s even prepared to act coldly toward Holly, because she’s one of the most attractive people in the office. (He’ll also be treating Ryan the same way, he says … which is weird, because Ryan does not appear in this episode.) Jan throws a […]

Synopsis: Due to Ryan’s indiscretions from last season, corporate has mandated that all employees undergo training in business ethics. As a result, Holly holds her first meeting at Dunder Mifflin, and Michael is determined to make it memorable. Mission accomplished. He encourages his employee to admit to unethical behavior under the (false) promise of immunity, and after a few ice-breakers (Kelly downloads pirated music, Angela reported Oscar to the INS) Meredith reveals that she has been sleeping with the Scranton rep for Hammermill in exchange for paper discounts and Outback Steakhouse gift certificates. Holly is horrified and decides that she […]

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Synopsis: The Scranton branch competes in a company-wide Dunder Mifflin weight-loss challenge, with a prize of three additional vacation days … and loses. Pam leaves for New York to attend design school for the next three months, and is replaced first by Ronnie and then by disgraced former VP Ryan, who is now keeping a list of the people who wrong him so he can get his revenge after he works his way back to the top. On Jim’s recommendation, Michael continues to court new HR rep Holly very slowly, and she counters by […]

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Today is Toby Flenderson’s last day. Obviously Michael has been looking forward to this for a long time — so much so, that he couldn’t sleep last night. The only order of business for the day is the planning of Toby’s going-away party, for which Angela has planned a buttercream cake and a slide show featuring two pictures of Toby. Not quite what Michael had in mind. He wants the kind of party you’d throw “if the devil were to explode and evil were gone forever” — like a beach blowout or toga party. […]

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg The last time The Office visited a high school, Andy recognized one of the students as his girlfriend. With that as a precedent, why wouldn’t they go back? This time, Michael is visiting Valley View High School to recruit some new interns. And he’d better be careful — the way things work at Dunder Mifflin, one of them could be his boss next season. He brings along Oscar to talk about accounting, Darryl to hire some warehouse staff, and Pam — a former Valley View student — as the “eye candy.”

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Michael needs an idea. No, he’s not looking to come up with the next Dunder Mifflin Infinity. There’s wet cement outside and he decides that it represents his chance to leave his mark on the world — he’s just not sure what that mark should be. Kevin suggests Michael’s initials. No good. Some idiot named Mark Greg Sputnik would only steal the credit. Andy suggests a picture, Phyllis has a great idea that she can’t remember and Kelly thinks he should do his handprints like Will Smith outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Jim says […]