Comments on: The Office: Lecture Circuit, Pt. 2, 5.17

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:30:59 +0000

This episode was pretty good, in my top 15. I liked it slightly better than the first part because of Dwight-Jim, Michael-Pam stories.

By: reality check

reality check — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:15:13 +0000

iluvlax-

if you rewatch the episode crime aid, michael and holly get caught in their romance by david.

It’s simple. she learned through michael and now she can have fun with this new guy w/o getting caught.

That’s how life goes, lol! You learn from one, move onto the next.

By: mark wallburger

mark wallburger — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:13:56 +0000

Gee, do I sense some score bias due to a lack of a certain actress whose names rhymes with Shmamy Shmyan on the show?

This episode, while not as good as stress relief or the first installment of the two-parter was certainly NOT in the bottom third of episodes. Middle of the pack at worst.

By: IluvLAX

IluvLAX — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:19:41 +0000

if holly had to leave scranton because she was dating michael, why is she allowed to have an open office relationship in nashua?

By: smudgy

smudgy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:31:45 +0000

I really liked this episode, and reading everyone’s insights on it gave me some perspective on it. I loved that Pam was in it a lot, but it wasn’t a JAM plot line. Pam doing the presentation and Angela with her cats… priceless.

My only question is, did Jim seem a little out of character to anyone else? It seemed like he was more annoyed with Dwight than usual, instead of being slightly annoyed and resolving to play a prank to get back at him. Could this be leading to something, or am I just overanalyzing?

By: rydell1986

rydell1986 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:15:20 +0000

I don’t think that Angela was a “different person” in this episode. Yeah, she was friendlier to her co-workers than normal, but she gets like that when she gets excited about her cats. Remember she offered Pam one of her cats when Sprinkles had babies? She was glowing. The woman LOVES her cats.

By: tuna tuna tuna

tuna tuna tuna — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:27:28 +0000

96. Bob Vance:
i feel the same way about angela and the cats as i did about michael driving into the lake and dwight setting the office on fire. take weird over the top people, place them under stress and they will act out in even weirder more over the top ways. we are supposed to relate to jim and pam, not dwight and angela. jim and pam observe the bizarre antics of the other characters along with us. and when was angela ever nice or sweet or normal?

By: Shark

Shark — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:16:31 +0000

I love the parallel between Pam comforting Michael and Jim comforting Dwight last season.

Except while Dwight understood what Jim was doing for him, Michael–quite expectedly–didn’t get it. “Please Pam, I’m going through a thing right now.”

As for Angela and her cats? Hilarious, and unfortunately not that far off from reality; people are weird about their pets. I used to work with a woman who referred to her dog as “the baby.” I though she had a kid until someone told me the real deal.

By: Nard Dog

Nard Dog — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:06:23 +0000

Really liked this episode. At first I questioned why Holly could openly date AJ, but I have explained it away by assuming it’s not her dating people at the office that is a problem, it is David Wallace finding out about it. And there’s not any reason to assume Wallace is keeping close enough tabs on Nashua branch to know about the Holly – AJ situation.

By: officeland

officeland — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:22:52 +0000

I did not care as much for this episode as the first one but man I can not get enough of this show.

By: Mabby

Mabby — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:23:23 +0000

Really thought this 2 parter was great!

Jenna was amazing. It was cool to see her have so much screen time!

Steve Carrel was great too, he really made me feel for Michael.

That look on his face when he was outside crying to Pam was perfect, as was his face when he saw the Ed Grimley wallpaper on Holly’s computer.

I’m hoping for a Holly comeback in the season finale.

By: Moon

Moon — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:35:13 +0000

I’m sorry if this has already been said (there are a lot of comments!), but when Pam says, “It’s not over,” the first thing I thought was that Holly is pregnant. Wouldn’t that be crazy? It would be his, not like with Jan’s baby. He would be so happy! Maybe I’m just dreaming…

By: it is your birthday

it is your birthday — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:18:31 +0000

I watched the episode 3 times, and now I really like it. The whole Angela thing was weird, at first, but it really makes sense now. She’s slowly going crazy after being dumped by two guys, she’s slowly turning into that crazy cat lady that never married, and like post 103 said, she can’t handle a relationship with a human but can with cat. Also, that deleted scene with the “Finer Things” club was great.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:00:50 +0000

How do you come back from Angela licking her cat?

By: Abbey in PA

Abbey in PA — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:57:47 +0000

I really liked this episode, especially of course the party planning and the actual party. I do think Pam was lying to Michael (look at her eyes, she feels sorry for him). And Angela is clearly losing her mind, which is pretty funny/interesting/ pathetic. Kevin and Oscar’s reactions to her behavior were great.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:44:37 +0000

Pretty funny episode I guess. Not as good as last weeks. I still love The Office and wouldn’t miss an episode for the world, but I think the point where the show started getting worse was when other people in the office besides Michael, Dwight, Jim, and Pam had plot lines. I love all the characters, but I really think the those four should be the main characters like it had started out being. Maybe Andy too, because he’s a good main character. That doesn’t mean I don’t want any other people having lines or anything; they always have, and I love it, but not full on plots and what-not. It just gets too confusing with 12 or 13 main characters. In my opinion, of course.

By: phyllis*farm

phyllis*farm — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:19:27 +0000

102, Far Away-

“I have tasted my cat’s food on occasion.”

You do realize everyone can read what you write, yes?

;)

By: nv

nv — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:13 +0000

Jim, Dwight, and Kelly are magic together! I thoroughly enjoyed this two-parter- plus I think it’s nice to have episodes without Jim/Pam interaction because it makes me appreciate it more.

By: Pange

Pange — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:44:25 +0000

I know someone who uses cats to fill an obvious emotional void in her life. It’s disturbing and nonsensical at times. It really puts this week’s Angela plotline into perspective for me. I thought it was great. C’mon, Angela’s always been bizarre.

By: World'sBestBoss

World'sBestBoss — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:36:21 +0000

Now, I understand the reaction to Angela licking her cat. I’m with you. However, I don’t see much difference (gross-wise, not weird-wise) in that or when people kiss their dogs on the mouth. Do you know what dogs eat and sniff? I’m just saying…..