Lest I forget, I did enjoy Jim rolling and crawling out of the office, getting caught by the closing gate, and fleeing to the roof where he came across Creed flying a toy helicopter (Creed!), all in the name of not having to face Robert California. Smooth.
Gabe being mistaken for a Lincoln impersonator was funny … if it had stopped with Gabe having his picture taken with the stovepipe hat on and then leaving. I have no idea why it was dragged out like it was. Were they merely desperate to fill five minutes?
She’s a lovely woman, so no offense to her, but I’m surprised that Toby thinks that a pregnant Helen Mirren would be the hottest thing ever. I mean, that just sounds like “fake salivating over a Soviet-era Russian” for Pam’s sake!
The Robert/Andy relationship is sometimes a painful one to observe, but I would love to see them sit and talk about names all day long. I mean, wouldn’t that just be the perfect five minute scene one week when nothing much else was going on?
Season two when corporate’s demand that Michael fire an employee ruins Halloween … season seven with the costume contest … even costume cold opens. ‘The Office’ hasn’t celebrated Halloween every year, but its always done the holiday better than this!
Biggest wasted moment of the episode? First there was the shot of one of the warehouse job applicants eating Stanley’s lunch … then Stanley staring at him through the conference room’s window. Is it possible that there wasn’t some sort of ugly confrontation following that? I think not!
I — enthusiastically — thought we’d seen the last of Gabe last season when Andy told Jo about Gabe’s psycho reaction to Andy and Erin’s friendship. He may not have uttered a word last night, but the only acceptable answer for his return will be if he is, in fact, the Scranton Strangler.
