Season 6 Episode 2 - The Meeting

The Office - Season 6 Episode 2 "The Meeting"
Directed by Randall Einhorn
Written by Aaron Shure

Cold Opening.

This is by far, one of the best cold openings for the show. It goes back to the awkward moments that happened during the beginning of the series...a lot of 'no he didn't', I love Oscars facial reactions during the questioning...ah man, it was perfect

This was Steve Carell at his finest. He's such a great actor, but for the last couple of seasons and the films that he's starred in, I've felt that they've held him back a little...kinda like the whole Eddie Murphy situation.


Steve Carell used to be like Eddie Murphy in RAW, but lately they've made him like Eddie Murphy in Daddy Day care...

The last 2 seasons of the Office, Michael's character went from 'Jerk of a Boss' to down right stupid but lets throw in a couple of sympathy moments to hook the audience...it was the Homer Simpson effect.



Anyways, I really was on Michael's side for this...I'm glad he didn't sugarcoat anything and spoke honestly about Jim and his potential at being a manager. We all know that Jim isn't manager material, the Jim fans beg to differ. But he commands no authority(except from Dwight), the other employees don't think much of him and when it was announced that he was a co-manager they didn't seem so pleased. Whats interesting is that Jim was offered another position at another company. He mentions this to Wallace as a form of leverage so that he could be promoted to Manager of Scranton. Josh from Stamford did the same thing, and I remember Jim being all pissy and had that talking head where he goes "Michael Scott wouldn't do a thing like that". I've noticed Jim is a pretty big hypocrite, last season there was a scene where Charles went to go shake hands with Wallace and Jim had that talking head where he was making those 'kissing sounds' to imply that Charles is a 'kiss ass'. Whats funny is that Jim has done the same bullshit, in fact he tried kissing Charles' ass...fucken hypocrite. Thats why I dislike the Jim character...I don't get all the love and admiration for him...he's not all that(even though he probably thinks differently). I'll end my rant off there.

Pam was checking off who was coming to the wedding. Now, here's my problem with this storyline...and I blame the writers. I enjoyed this episode with Pam, as she had some great scenes with Kelly, Ryan, Merredith & Angela. But my problem is, in the Cafe Disco episode...Jim & Pam decided they wanted to get married at City Hall, right before they left the office they took a peak at the cafe disco and loved the vibe and 'cheeziness' of it and wanted a wedding. Now Pam wants a wedding, but doesn't want anyone from Dunder Mifflin to attend...does anyone see the problem here? The reason they decided to go with the wedding was because of how much fun the employees were having at Cafe Disco, and that atmosphere changed her opinion...and now she's hoping the cause of that atmosphere to show up to her wedding...give me a break.

Lastly, Toby & Dwight...they need more story lines together. What would be great if they continue this bond, if Michael found about it somehow and was hurt over Dwight's friendship with Toby and tries to 'win' him back to his side. Anyways, the plot involving them and Darrel was classic...so many great scenes.

Dwight - We thought she was you.

Darrel - Why would you think a lady is me?

Dwight - Are you serious? Because you look exactly alike. (Turns to camera) Am I the only one seeing this?

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Darrel - "And I'm gonna tell them(Corporate) that you guys sexually harassed my sister.

Dwight(looking at Darrels sister) - "No judge is going to believe that"

LOL. Classic.

Anyways, this was a great episode...the story plot is placed in business related...no more 'lets throw these guys in a weird place and see what zainy antics they come up with', it sets up a season where I believe there will be a rift between Jim and Michael(I hope Michael has the balls to stand up for himself, I hope the writers don't turn him into a cowering idiot when he's against Jim)

Solid 8.5/10 for me

I hope you guys enjoyed it.