I love for Jim toolbag to become the David Brent of the cast and just get slapped down for 5 straight weeks.
please torture JIM
crush Jim
ruin Jim
bring in Jin
to replace Jim
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I love for Jim toolbag to become the David Brent of the cast and just get slapped down for 5 straight weeks.
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beatles20147 |
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This is a plot development that absolutely needed to happen (best since "Casino Night" but don't take that as condoning the Jam relationship),
and for the first time in years I truly care about the direction the show is going to go in. The show really needed a major shakeup, and like Anti said,
they'd better not do some lame quick fix for this. Unfortunately I wouldn't put it past them to have all the employees (minus Stanley) beg Michael not
to quit because they love him and would miss him, and Michael to do some over-the-top crying as he asks Pam for a hug that quickly becomes uncomfortable.
Charles could very well bring the show into a creative renaissance because that was easily one of the best episodes in a long, long time. |
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Cassidy666 |
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I thought the episode was very very awkward, which is probably the intent. So much so that it was not comfortable to laugh at what was going on. Here is a guy
that just radiates seriousness and he just reflected how insane these people in the office must be to anyone outside of it. Poor Jim. He just kept digging
himself into a deeper and deeper hole. But it's about time he faced something he couldn't just charm his way out of.
That final scene with Michael quitting, I wondered what was going through his mind when he finally decided to do it? He realized that David just didn't want to deal with him directly and had enough? Did he realize what David really thought of him and quit to prove a point, that he was better than David saw him? It was such a strange abrupt reaction to David finally giving in. And a boss in David's shoes, how long would he put up with someone like Michael even if his branch was the best performer? He seemed like the kind of guy endlessly frustrated by Michael's antics but unwilling to be the bad guy and put Michael in his place. And then Michael just took the problem out of his hands by quitting. |
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Stringer Charles must stay. Please let Stringer Charles
stay.
And I agree that the show needed a shake up. I was getting tired of Michael's infantile behaviour with absolutely no repercussions. He gets so petty and jealous when he is dealt with like an adult. I feel sorry for him at times but come on! Enough is enough. Poor Jim Nothing he did or said worked for him. He just kept digging himself in deeper and deeper and deeper. |
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TV MA LSV |
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Sepinwall posted this today. I just had to share it.
"Stringer introduces Robert's Rules of Order to the hoppers" |
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reggierules |
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Ooh, it's Kenny from Oz.
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bxwl9 |
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I think that they've been making a big point in emphasizing that Michael's branch is the branch that is doing the best (the surplus, the 2-part lecture
tour episode, and the giant sale made after the golden ticket promotion idea). Nobody knows why the branch is doing so well given that it's leader is
awkward and often infantile. Also, I think it wasn't a coincidence that they emphasized that Charles "didn't come from paper" and that he
worked for a steel company previously. It will be interesting to see if and how a new working structure is set up and how this influences productivity, sales
in general, and office relationships/dynamic. Do they lose clients because Michael is gone? Did he have knowledge about certain accounts or other specifics
that nobody else in the office knows? We saw the giant load of clients that Dwight had when he left, and also the little things like watering the plants and
arranging the toys on Michael's desk. Are there things that Michael did that went unnoticed, but now will become glaringly apparent? Also, are there any
birthdays coming up? Somebody will be very disappointed when they don't get a party.
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CoconutPhone |
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Good questions.
Speaking of Charles' steel background.Michael's comment about how what would happen if you put paper in a furnace killed me. |
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BackBayBerries |
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I'm glad Jim got bitchslapped. He has been turning into a douchebag all season and he treats the office like it's a joke. He is fully involved in the
ridiculous antics of the office, like the constant pranks on Dwight and Andy, then tries to be serious and act like he's above it all. Just because he has
a modicum of self awareness that Michael and Dwight don't have doesn't make him any better then them. Makes him even worse, imo. And the whole thing
with the tux was just stupid. I'm glad it bit him in the ass.
It was great to see Michael put in his place finally. That has been a long time coming, and was so satisfying to watch. |
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arcticjim68 |
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BackBayBerries wrote:You do realize that this show is a comedy, not a drama right? Because without Jim pulling all those pranks on Dwight and Andy where would the funny come from? Some of the most hilarious moments on the show have been Jim pulling pranks on Dwight, like when he moved his whole desk and work area into the men's room, or when he took everything from the top of his desk and put them into the vending machine then gave him a bag of nickles to buy them back. Your comments make it sound like you're watching this as more of a dramatic series. |
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Antithesys |
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I've never understood why corporate seems to think Michael can be credited with the branch's performance. Given what we know about how the office
operates, Michael has little influence over the actual sales made by Jim, Dwight and the others. If they watched this astonishingly-long documentary,
they'd see that and Michael would become quite expendable. Ryan knew that but apparently he didn't share it with anyone else.
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CoconutPhone |
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Go back to S2 and watch "The Client". Michael has more than once shown his business savvy.
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The two way petting zoo was my favorite part of the episode. I thought it was very classic Office.
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BackBayBerries |
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arcticjim68 wrote:Of course I realize that it's a comedy. I usually like his pranks, my fav being the Andy cell phone prank that precipitated Andy's going to anger management classes. My complaint isn't with the fact that he pulls pranks, my complaint is that he acts like he's so much better than everyone else. He gets down in the muck with the rest of the office idiots, but then feigns shock at the antics of his office mates. As I said before, the tux thing was ridiculous. His wearing a tux was supposed to be in response to Dwights' memo about professionalism in the office. A tux isn't professional attire. There is literally nothing professional about a tux. It is attire that is worn to black tie social events. That's why it was a stupid prank. |
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CoconutPhone |
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*turns on 'Sense-o-Humour Detector* Beep.... beep... beep... Nope nothing to see here. PS Sad news everyone: Mindy Kaling revealed in an interview that the writers have put the kibosh on... "that's what she said" jokes. |
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BackBayBerries |
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There's nothing wrong with my sense of humor, some jokes just aren't funny. Sorry to all you Jim lovers, some of his pranks are hilarious, and some
suck. This one sucked, b/c it didn't make sense. The point of the prank is that he was trying to be hyper-professional to get Dwight's goat, but a
tux just doesn't cut it. He may as well have worn work out attire....that has as much to do with a professional environment as a tux does.
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CoconutPhone |
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Wow over-analyse it why don't you?
Professional work attire taken to the extreme would be Black Tie since that's the most 'formal' wear you can wear. It's a joke of pure exaggeration not something to be nitpicked. |
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BackBayBerries |
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Just b/c I don't like something doesn't mean I'm nitpicking for fucksake. I'm not overanalysing, I'm just explaining why I think the joke
sucked, in response to your mocking my opinion.
About the tux stuff, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Black tie is not professional business attire taken to the nth degree. Ever hear of a CEO address a BOD wearing a tux? Ever see the president wear one to give the State of the Union address? Nope. A three piece suit would be formal business attire. A tux is formal social attire. The joke just didn't work for those of us that know the difference between the two. But knock yourself out thinking that Jim is soooo clever. |
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CoconutPhone |
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To quote Liz Lemon
"I want you to pay close attention to the following over the top eye roll. [Rolls Eyes] Oh brother!" |
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BackBayBerries |
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That's exactly the reaction I had to Jim's retarded tux joke. I'm glad you finally get it.
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