Like Jim Halpert from the Stamford branch,The Officehas returned from its strike-induced five-month hiatus.
Can you believe the last new episode aired back in mid-November?
Jan showed Michaels personal diary to corporate, for Petes sake!
You expect to get screwed by your company, but you never expect to get screwed by your girlfriend.
You have a brutal trophy-throwing vasectomy fight in front of everyone.
And theyre both winning.
Did you see the title of the album?The Hunter.
They so obviously did the nasty.
Arrestedfans know exactly what Im talking about).
Why Jan makes Michael hide them in the garage is beyond me.
That said, I actually kinda like her decorating style.
Shewasa career woman with a big job and a major income.
She had a personal crisis.
She lost her way.
Then she lost her job.
Now she lives in Scranton with Michael.
Sure, shes a totally selfish, horribly cruel, controlling egomaniac.
(Remember how she told Michael that her psychiatrist said she dated him as a form of self-destruction?
Shes still taping their lovemaking against his will, which we know from the video camera in their bedroom.
Shes making him sleep scrunched up on a bench.
Shes forced him to have three vasectomies.
And she hurled one of his beloved Dundies into his brand new (miniature) plasma TV.
But Jans misplaced, often uncalled for anger and unabashed cruelty isnt too different from Michaels own.
She calls Pams drawings doodles and is constantly accusing her of trying to steal Michael.
Plus, honestly, how different is Jans candle making (Serenity by Jan?)
I take it back they, not Jim and Pam, are the perfect couple.
NEXT: Can Angela ever forgive Dwight for his act of felinicide?
I love them loving each other.
No one is going to tell me thattheywerent funny and entertaining.
Pairings like that exist in real life, right?Right?
Anyway, Id rather see Pam and Jim up thepranksthan up the tension.
Which brings us to Angela and Dwight, the duo with problems.Realproblems.
But their pain is palpable and their separation is sad, while the reasons behind it are actually valid.
He killed her cat!
Which in my mind no matter how good his intentions, no matter how badly he feels is unforgivable.
Its gonna take some pretty great writing to finagle a legit-feeling reconciliation in their case.
How are they hiding her bump?
Clever blocking, of course.And CGI!
My suggestion is that we find a way to persuade Ricky to make my wish come true!
So, what do you think TV Watchers?
DidThe Officereturn in style?
Is Michael just as crazy as Jan?
Should Jim and Pam go mental?
Can Angela forgive Dwight?
Come back next week to read my personal story about how I almost got to eat dinner with B.J.
Novak when fate (and three peptic ulcers) intervened!
