The Office: Two Weeks, 5.21
Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | 166 comments
W: Aaron Shure, D: Paul Lieberstein
Summary (NBC): Michael’s relationship with the new vice president (guest star Idris Elba) becomes increasingly tense, as Michael finds an excuse to goof off even more than usual. Meanwhile, Pam faces the challenge of a new copier and Kelly develops a crush.
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Tidbits
Writer Aaron Shure answers fan questions in the Two Weeks Q&A.
Favorite quotes
Pam: He finally has a story we really want to hear. And he knows it.
Jim: Surprisingly, there is a very big difference between Michael trying and Michael not trying.
Michael: Scotch and Splenda. Tastes like Splenda, gets you drunk like scotch.
Michael: I’m gonna give it a ho, hey, ho!
Michael: Your “I need you to” is my command.
Jim: It’s Monster.com. Singular.
Michael: I practically invented decline.
Dwight: It is either an incense dispenser or a ceremonial sarcophagus.
Dwight: My German is pre-industrial and mostly religious.
Michael: Somebody’s been talking in bed. Pillow talk.
Michael: This is a dream. That I have had since lunch.
Kelly: We’re really tight. We’re like the Kardashians.
Charles: I am aware of the effect I have on women.
Kelly: She’s such a special person. She’s turning 50 this year.
Andy: In this climate?
Michael: In all climates.
Michael: Let’s put a pin in it for now.
Meredith: Little Miss Thing wants attention!
Stanley: Can’t you see I’m urinating?
Michael: I had a great time at prom. And no one said yes to that, either.
Pam: I could do a bound book, in plastic, with offset colors. Which feels …
Oscar: And just like that, as mysteriously as he arrived, he was gone.
Andy: It’s just a sad, dark day.
Toby: Michael’s like a movie on a plane. You know, it’s not great, but it’s something to watch.
Michael: Hello. I am your future.
Michael: Let’s just crawl out of here together.
Michael: Jim, Jim, Jim. We’re having a company meeting here.
Charles: I want you to be my productivity czar.
Rating
In a poll conducted March 26-30, Tallyheads rated this episode: 7.74/10
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Michael and Pam thing was very Jerry Macguire I thought.
Pam is the type of person who takes risks. Season 4 walking over burning coal (maybe she should’ve been regional manager, taking a shot at art school (but got home sick) and now with Michael’s newly proposed paper company (gonna be epic if it works LOL). I like that quality in a lady. Pam’s my girl! *High 5 to myself*
LOVED
THIS
EPISODE
PERIOD.
This was great…Oh my gawd, Pam leaving with Michael! I didn’t expect that at all! I’m so excited to see what happens next…
I thought this episode was kind of dull until the end. I love the new twists!
I really like this shake up. For those of you who have seen the UK Office….as funny as David Brent was as RM of Wernham Hogg, some of the absolute best moments of the series came from the “Office Special” after he was let go. Watching Brent “Chase the dream” was some of the best stuff ever put to film. And with the writers that this show has, I have a feeling we can expect similar with Michael.
Just my humble opinion…..
162-Ann
Pam quit pursuing a career in art after she failed out of art school, not for Michael. And she gave up a dead-end, low-paying job to pursue a position as a founding member in a paper company. As unlikely as success is, if she fails she could probably get her old job back (she has loads of experience and she is willing and able to assemble complex machinery). Pam and Michael wanted Jim to come with them. If she and Michael succeed, she will get to work with Jim, as partners, in a much more enriching environment.
Pam running out like she did was dumb, but it added a little excitement. Pam hooking up with Michael would probably ruin the ratings for this show. It sounds like a large proportion of the viewership consists of diehard JAM fans.
#161-
Well, if the writers are planning to issue a JAM drama, then what 45% commented may happen. After all, Pam did choose to assist Michael rather than continue her pursuit in art or another stable career, leaving poor Jim alone to fend off the evil that is Charles Miner (and Dwight, sometimes).
#160-45%: YUCK!
toby’s explanation of michael and the airplane movie was soooo on point. someone said earlier in another episode analyisis that Pam was the only woman to understand Michael.
I feel like we could potientally see Pam & Michael become an item.
Someone may have mentioned this, but I immediately thought of Jerry Maguire…Tom Cruise’s “Who’s coming with me? Who’s coming with me?” followed by receptionist Renee Zellweger running out with Tom Cruise.
Great episode, best of the year, and maybe the best since season 3.
#157-PAMJIM
I agree with you 100%. You nailed it.
Michael’s speech was wonderful. Jenna’s performance was great. But Pam leaving with Michael was absurd. Pam leaving kind of made sense. But the way she left was ridiculous. It was a cheap way to add excitement to the episode. She knows how to contact Michael to accept his offer. She should have discussed it with Jim. Instead she just declared it, did not even look at Jim, and ran out. She just put their entire financial burden on Jim’s shoulders, and at a time when she could only assume it would remain that way for a long time. I understand some people bringing up Jim buying the house, which was dumb of him, but he did that with Pam and their life together as his motivation. Pam’s motivation completely neglected Jim and their life together.
It felt like an emotional rollercoaster (reinforced, of course, by the current situation in the economy– I kept hoping for Michael to understand the foolishness of his decision). Kudos to the writer for yet again bringing in an unexpected (two actually, considering the second person’s decision at the ending).
It was also hilarious! the copier thing was great, Dwight’s line about WWII (and Pam’s deadpan reaction to it) were fantastic. I also liked JIm’s matter of fact, sensible “still no” at the end. So, great episode.
Can we have the Michael Scott Paper Company merged into Dunder Mifflin “ASAP as possible”, though?
My first reaction to Charles’ assigning Kevin to phone duty was, Kevin’s getting fired.
-Since the first Halloween ep, DM Scranton has had three accountants doing the work that could be done by two.
-The fact that Kevin messed up some spreadsheets and asked for overtime (within earshot of the new VP, who happens to have started in accounting) didn’t help.
And Pam’s decision to quit may have been influenced not only by Charles but also the fact from “Blood Drive” that there are new telephone systems that can do 95% of her job. With Charles in charge, she’d be fired sooner or later.
And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Charles gave, in Ryan’s words, “the crossword puzzle guy” the job of “productivity czar.” Either Charles wants Stanley to be more productive, or this is a prelude to Stanley being let go.
I think no one else followed Michael because it isn’t at all realistic. But, when he asked if people were “happy” with their jobs, I could totally see Pam kind of snapping and going with Michael.
Give it a few episodes of Charles’ bad management and I bet others will leave and go to Michael’s company as well.
- Jim won’t make it anywhere with Charles as his boss.
- Oscar said he dreamed he could one day quit
- Dwight will be loyal to Michael, he always is
- Stanley and Kevin both just got assigned jobs neither will be able to handle.
* Most importantly, it allows for a quick, easy, plausible way to completely shake up character roles and setting. Could be sitcom gold!
In my opinion, this was the best episode of the season. Michael sitting pitifully on the ground really pulls at the heartstrings. Reminiscent of The U.K. Office.
#149 Haha Pam making a scene would’ve been classic. She could’ve just stood up and told everyone off. But that’d be way out of character. Still, it is nice to see her have a backbone.
#70: That’s hilarious that Michael would make himself RM of his own company, not CEO. Also, I think you need to add Todd Packer to your list & it’ll be GOLD.
i have not felt this kind of anxious anticipation since season two, what a great episode. i am in the group of people who would rather the characters grow and change naturally over 5 years versus having the show stay exactly the same cause i like it the way it is. i also love that jim has this side to his character where he is sort of passive and awkward in confrontation – that has consistently been his weakness and i’m glad he has one instead of being the perfect male.
I loved Pam’s walking out moment, but I was so disappointed that she didn’t “make a scene and slap someone”. Oh well, this works too.