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I think you meant Pam, not Jan in the review :D

Best line?

Jim: "I called the manufacturer and they referred me to the wholesaler who referred me to the distributor who referred me to the vending company and they told me they sold them in the machines in the building next door."

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From the review:

"I thought Jan was especially good in this episode, especially when making Michael get coffee from the warehouse during his walking down the stairs bit..."

That was Pam, not Jan.

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It was not without a few LOL moments, but this episode was not as strong as numerous Season Two episodes. The show is seriously missing the interaction between Jim and Pam -- and not just the relationship/will-they-or-won't-they stuff. I miss their practical jokes on Dwight, knowing glances when one of them makes a doof of Michael, etc.

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Karen is really attractive, even more so now that we know she speaks French (Jim: "That sounded good though." So true). But my crush on Pam got even bigger after her heartfelt speech at the funeral.

One of the funniest characters has to be Stanley. The way he threw the thing back at Michael was hilarious, and the way he was just staring into space at the funeral made me lose it.

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"My cousin....Mufasa" LOVED it!

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Michael Scott it is possible by right to name the hero of TV!

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when Dwight said he now had the strength of a grown man and a little baby, i LOST IT! lol, i love it.

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I thought this episode was suppose to be the "Initiation". Where Ryan goes out on a sales call with Dwight.

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Very odd episode. The characters didn't seem to be acting like themselves.

Best line was Stanley's typical deadpan, "You have just spit on my face."

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Tucker: How did the characters not act like themselves?


I don't necessarily think it was Michael worrying about his own mortality, but instead him worrying that no one will care about him when he does die (like no one but him seemed to really care about Ed dying - or the bird).

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I agree with the comments about Stanley.

The only time I laughed out loud last night was when Michael was making his speech in the conference room and they cut away to a silent Stanley. His expressions (or lack of) are priceless.

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I thought this episode was the funniest of the season so far and definately the most interesting. The first few episodes were clumsier - trying to feel their way with all the plot changes from last season. I felt with this episode, I finally understood what they're doing with Jim and Pam. I think Pam is blossoming more because of Jim's absense than from the break up with Roy. I don't think she would have taken charge of the bird funeral when Jim was still around.

The grief counseling was really funny, especially Ryan's bit. (More Ryan!!!) By the time Kevin got to the Weekend at Bernie's bit, I was laughing so hard I couldn't hear the TV.

"It would take me like an hour and a half to tell that story." - Ryan

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I never knew decapitation could be so funny!

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Loved this episode. However, with each week I could really care less about Jim's storyline. Keep the show about the Scranton office and bring back him back there.

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I thought this was one of the best episodes every. For me it had many laugh out loud moments, Micheal agian came off a little sympathetic, but still an idiot and I thougth the Jim Karen flirting was cute. You know they won't last, but I'm willing to see where it goes. The conference scene was brilliant.

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My favorite line was when Michael described his emotions as feeling like getting hit in his soul's crotch with a frozen sledgehammer.

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Pam's deadpan "million dollar baby" story was amazing, especially the looks of recognition on some of the staffers' faces. I didn't like B.J. Novak's delivery as Ryan up until this season, he always seemed like that show writer who gets to play a character even though he's not really an actor (like Andrew on Gilmore Girls), but either I'm warming up to him or he's starting to get the hang of it, because I was laughing pretty hard at him last night.

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I'm surprised no one noticed or rather mentioned that all the lonelyness talk was getting to Pam. On several occasions when Michael was emphasizing the lonelyness of being alone and dying alone and all that, it cut to Pam looking sad and realizing that she may end up alone. I think that's why she was more open to Roy. I got the feeling that she may go back to him.

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The only reason Michael reacted to his former boss' death in the extreme manner he did, was because he realized he might get sympathy from his staff. He seemed nonchalant about Ed's death when Jan told him on the phone, but the minute after Kelly gave Michael a big hug and sympathy, that's when Michael started acting like an idiot. Which, with Steve Carell, was hilariously priceless.

I think that before this season is finished, Pam and Ryan might go on a date or three, which will, of course, create all sorts of relationship problems inside Dunder-Mifflin. Just a hunch...

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What was the movie that Ryan was referencing? I know it is on the tip of my tongue.

I liked that Ryan took on the "playing" role with Pam a bit.

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