The Office needs more Darryl. How often can we say that?
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I’m doing an all bullet points review:
- Dwight (Rainn Wilson) fixating on “megadesk” is part of what makes The Office great, particularly hearing him scream MEGADESK in the background during an interview scene. The storyline of Jim (John Krasinski) dealing with being a new dad and Dwight’s antics to undermine him were amusing but not the strongest bits.
- The “Sabre Prints All Colors” program. Awesomness.
- The Office needs more Darryl (Craig Robinson). How often can we say that?
- Pac Man Todd Packer (David Koechner) “boot and rallied twice already” at his one man St. Patrick’s Day drinkathon.
- Andy (Ed Helms) finally gets to go on a date with Kelly (Ellie Kemper), and even gets to her house (what base is that, like the on deck circle maybe?) only to be held (far) apart by Kelly’s dorky foster brother. And of course things are perfectly awkward and borderline wrong from the jump. Nice to see the poor man get a peck on the cheek at least.
- Michael Scott (Steve Carell) talking about being depressed at the prospect of being younger, and not married by “the time he would have been 30” is classic Office. Scott’s storyline with Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates) was just kind of eh.
- Always love Office party scenes. This one was short (unless there was a bit more that cut off due to my time shifted viewing) but sweet. And wrong (Meredith [Kate Flannery] grinding on Packer grinding on Michael…).
From Around the Web: The Office, “St. Patrick’s Day”
- A.V. Club: I don’t go so far as to think this season is an outright disaster or anything, I do rather think the show is missing some of the really terrific jokes that have made the series such a success in the past. The characters, fortunately, are still fun to hang out with, and that alleviates any of the series’ problems with not offering up humor as consistently as it once did.
- Television Without Pity: After some brief discussion about Sabre’s minority executive training program (known as, what else, “Print in All Colors), Jo calls on Darryl. “Mellow, soulful, smart for warehouse,” Michael coaches.
Some stats and info about The Office, “St. Patrick’s Day”
TV SHOW – The Office
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 6, Episode 19
AIRED ON – March 11th, 2010
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – NBC
GENRE – Comedy, Office Culture
CREATED BY – Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
CAST – Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenn Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Kate Flannery, Phyllis Smith, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nunez, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms, Paul Lieberstein, Craig Robinson, Ellie Kemper