The Office recap: “The Chairmodel”
I usually like to do an overall NBC comedy night recap, but when your DVR decides to let one of your dual tuners die, and thus only record Smallville, skipping 30 Rock, then you are in for some trouble. Couple that with a pregnant wife who’s bed times are getting closer and closer to dinnertime, then Scrubs is on too late.
But at least we got to watch The Office last night, which was as hilarious as ever, with a bunch of crazy moments.
Michael is depressed over having broken up with Jan, and is desperate to find a woman so he can have kids before he’s old. But he’s such a pompous, clueless idiot, that Pam’s really nice landlady somehow eludes his tastes.
Yet I think Michael was more distraught over a girl in the office supply catalog that was sitting in a chair he was looking at. He fell in love with her, only to lose her in a matter of hours when Dwight informs him that she’s dead.
He hardly knew her.
Then there is the parking lot situation with a construction company taking up all the spots, thus forcing the employees to walk a half-mile every morning. This is bad for people that sweat, like Kevin, but also an issue if you have penny loafers with loose pennies.
Andy left his phone in the car and had to go all the way back to get it, prompting Phyllis to say “Call us when you get there so we know you’re okay.” Classic.
And to top everything off, we find out suddenly creepy Jim bought an engagement ring for Pam ONE WEEK after they started dating. Is that a bit weird?
But the fakeout at the end was perfect. Jim tells Pam that he’ll be proposing sometime, and when he does, it will kick her ass. So as the episode ends on their walk to the car, he gets down on one knee, looks up at Pam and says, “Hey Pam….will you wait for me one second while I tie my shoe?”
I have to say, he totally fooled me too! And I got fooled again when Michael and Dwight visit the graveyard. I don’t know why, you can call me an idiot (and Jina missed it too) but I didn’t connect the dead chairlady with the graveyard. I was thinking somehow Jan died between episodes which would have been insane!
Anyone else but me think the hopping from gravestone to gravestone by Dwight was hilarious?
Two moments killed me tonight though. The first was when Michael was set up with “Wendy” and called a Wendy’s…I was dying.
And finally, Creed wins the night with the greatest line that makes no sense:
“When Pam gets MIchael’s old chair, I get Pam’s old chair…then I’ll have two chairs. Only one to go.”
Here’s the clip:
What the frak is he going to do with those chairs???
So what was your favorite part of the episode? Favorite quotes?
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