re: Another The Office thread.. Underrated Episodes

I really didn't want to start a new thread since there's already a handful of Office threads lately but wanted to mention this.

Comedy Central has been airing the full series lately, 5 or 6 eps a night all the way through then starting at the beginning again. I understand that you can't just have the.exact.same characters for 9 straight seasons but for some reason it really bothers me the way they turned dwight into a huge ladies man. Early in the series it's implied he's a virgin (in season ~2 he talks about that ball chair thing improving sex life and jim says you aren't having any and dwight kinda agrees). We know the scene where he asks toby abt the female anatomy. He lives on a farm and I mean it's dwight. Yet fast forward in the series and he's banging angela on company property (which is something the "real" dwight would absolutely not go along with IMO), he hooks up with the honestly pretty hot bridesmaid at jim's wedding which causes her to desperately cling to him and yearn for more dwight action, and he gets with the hot farm girl in the later seaosons as well.

I mean sure it's all plausible, it just seems like such a complete deviation from the character from the beginning of the show. Probably just nitpicking for no reason but I never found that to be very realistic.

The Lover is an all-timer.

The scene where Michael tells Jim that he's sleeping with Pam's mom

Jim: Who's the lucky lady?
Michael: Pam's mom
Jim: You're joking. You're not sleeping with Pam's mom.
Michael: Oh yeah, big time.
Jim: What kind of car does she drive?
Michael: She drives a green Camry
Jim: oh shite...

Only topped by Pam realizing Michael is sleeping with her mom:

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Then Pam slapping Michael in the parking lot

Such an amazing episode.

Thanks for CC we're finally getting around to watching the later seasons. I feel bad for saying it but I don't miss Michael Scott.
At the same time, the dinner party is my favorite episode. When he yells "THAT IS A $200 PLASMA SCREEN TV", I lose it everytime.
The episode when Dwight stages the fire and Stanley having a heart attack is a close second. The CPR class in that episode is classic. Between Kevin saying "Call it" after 20 seconds of CPR and Dwight saying they need to harvest the organs and cutting the face off the dummy. Classic.

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Toby’s exit interview with Michael. Michael is so excited about it and then Holly and Pam come into the conference room.

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He showed up early to the office that day and was doing calisthenics around the office '



Also....

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he hooks up with the honestly pretty hot bridesmaid at jim's wedding which causes her to desperately cling to him and yearn for more dwight action

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I happened across a little nugget of information about Angela....apparently she does a nude scene in a recent role (Half Magic)...pics are online. Also, it appears that she was, at one point, married to Toby's real-life brother (they look just alike too)

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I actually think that was the out of character part. He's a confident man the entire series. At that point he was sleeping with Angela and works on a farm with animals. Him not knowing about the female anatomy really didn't make sense.

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I grew up on a farm. I have seen animals having sex in every position imaginable. Goat on chicken. Chicken on goat. Couple of chickens doing a goat, couple of pigs watching

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also dwight breaking michael away from the chick he was talking to in the bar for twins

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The episode that Dwight diabolically sets up Pam in a blind numbers prize scheme in which only her and Jim win is an under the radar great

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What season is this?

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for some reason it really bothers me the way they turned dwight into a huge ladies man

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It kinda used to bother me, but then I thought about it.

Angela is the only woman at Dunder Mifflin who is even slightly attracted to Dwight, which totally makes sense. Most of Dwight's other encounters with women happen outside of the office - like the basketball girl at the club in NYC that he makes out with, or Pam's bridesmaid. Girls that really don't know him all that well.

Also, I think that part of the humor there is that Dwight was able to easily hook up with women without even trying; meanwhile, Michael was so bad at it he was on the phone with his mom or sleeping in the laundry room by the end of the night.