Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Office - "Employee Transfer"


Tonight's episode of "The Office" was a weird one. In one part, it was extremely human and emotional and in the other part, it was jokes that didn't quite land.

The best part of the entire episode was the Michael and Holly story. Holly was transfered from Scranton as a result of their relationship and Michael, with the aide of Darrell, was taking her to her new home. Unfortunately, she realized that it was too far and that there'd be no plausible way for them continue their relationship. In one of the saddest and more emotional moments the show has ever had, Michael decided that splitting up with Holly was the best decision for both of them. Their tearful goodbye pulled hard on the heartstrings and was the best example of why this show is so fantastic.

As for the rest of the cast, Jim and Pam were having lunch or dinner or some sort of meal with Jim's brothers and Pam thought it would be funny to pull a prank of Jim. Unfortunately, her idea wasn't funny enough for the other Halperts, and they instead pulled a lame prank where they insulted art majors (Ed.: I'm an art major...I ignore the whole money thing) and Jim got mad and then it just sort of ended.

In the office, Andy and Dwight were going at it Jim and Dwight style, with a combination of a prank done on both "30 Rock" and this show earlier. It sort of missed the mark as neither did anything that was hysterical. Again, the rest of the cast was sort of pushed aside to make room for Holly and Michael. Now that that has closure, I hope they all come back. I would love to see more Pam (LOVED the Charlie Chaplin bit). Let's hope they bounce back next week.

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EDITOR'S NOTE:
I reviewed tonight's "30 Rock" the other day, as it was online before it's air date. Scroll down or find "30 Rock" in the tags section to the right to read the review.

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