To be more specific, Michael says it to Karen when they meet.

And yeah, this episode was just super. Both Stanley and Toby being disappointed by news of the branch staying open was such a great contrast to Michael's joy and really helps to show why they can't stand each other.

I'm really hoping the producers cut has something from Creed about the branch closing. I can imagine so many phenomenal lines in my head and the Office writers are obviously a ton more imaginative than me.

The Producers Cut keeps saying 'not available in your area' for me.:/

Rob

When Jan told Michael he would have been one of the "severance package people" and he broke down, you wanted to laugh but felt so damn bad for him.

Yeah, this was a great episode. Aside from Jim's line about Michael being a loyal guy, Michael's speech about his employees not growing on farms highlighted how much Michael really cares about the people around him, even if he is a social cripple.

Aren't you one of those filthy Canadians? (Just kidding, I am Canadian too) Canada gets totally boned for anything involving downloads for TV shows.

I initially misread this as "So many pharmaceutical lines", particularly appropriate as it was Creed we are talking about here :) Seriously, I wish I had taped this one, this is by far the best episode ever. Favorite moment is near the end when Dwight and Michael get the news and are cheering "We did it! We Did it!", then stop and wonder "How did we do it?"

Actually, on further reflection, the last scene with Dwight and Michael ("We did it! We did it! ... how did
we do it?") strangely reminded me of the last scene in Finding Nemo ("We did it! Yay! ...... Ummmmm, now what?")

The opening scene with the fax from future Dwight and the coffee had me rolling in tears.

Jim and Andy need to make a bet over who can nail Pam and Karen the quickest.

I got an AIM message this morning from a friend who made a screen name similar to mine substituting a "1" for an "l"

Question for anyone, what exactly is Meredith's position in the office? I never thought it was defined persay, kind of like how it's clearly defined that Kevin, Oscar, and Angela are the accountants while Jim, Dwight, Phyllis, and Stanley are in sales. Pam is the receptionist, Toby is in HR, and Ryan, up until recently, is the temp who does a little of everything, while Creed, Kelly, and Meredith never really have defined roles in the workplace. However, I was rewatching season 1 today, and during The Alliance when Michael is planning on throwing a birthday party for Meredith he mentions her as being in accounting. Is that her actual role, or was that a minor screw-up, because in the season 2 Halloween episode Oscar clearly states that there is one department that has three people (Oscar, Kevin, and Angela) doing the work of one, and it's accounting?

Creed is Quality Control, isn't he?

Andy & Karen are Sales. Jim is/was Stamford Assistant Regional Manager and sales.
Ryan, Dwight, Phyllis and Stanley are sales.
Kevin, Angela & Oscar are accounting.
Creed is quality assurance.
Merideth & Kelly are customer relations.

So then they did screw up in season 1, I never noticed that the first time through, and I'm one of those anal retentive fuckers that tries to notice everything when it comes to this show.

Probably a retcon ... I wasn't sure if the Creed as Quality Assurance was in canon as it was from a deleted scene from the booze cruise, where he talks about being guitar player for the Grassroots (which Creed Bratton actually was) and is now QA for a paper company. "Drugs played a part ... my average work call is 90 seconds, and that is as long as I can maintain my attention span."

Besides the incredible "Future Dwight" opening, my faveorite moment was something really small.

When Michael and Dwight are riding to NY, and Dwight mentions how he's been mailing Christmas cards to the head honcho every year.

Michael:

"But you've never even MET him."

Dwight :

"And when I do, we'll have something to talk about."

Then smiles smugly right into the camera, in such an undeniably "Dwight" manner. Shit had me laughing for minutes, because it was just so consistant with his charactor.

So is there a place for us Canadians to view the special online footage? YouTube/Google Video/anything else?

Rob

I missed the episode last night and was kicking myself over it, but finding the producer's cut was like manna from heaven.

If Jim picks Pam over Karen I'm going to have to bust a cap. Rashida Jones is pure unbridled hotness. I'd marry it.

Fellow Canadians - how can we view the extras on the NBC website?

Rob

I've never had troubles with any extras before from the website. Shit just pops up and plays in a window when I click on it. The producer's cut, though, doesn't seem to be playing nice with me either.

Do you have Macromedia Flash Player installed?

Listen, you HAVE to see this producers cut because it's amazing. Creed steals the cut and there's another story involving a pact that is great too... With the added scenes, this may just be the greatest moment of sitcoms since "IN LONDON!"

Was the whole thing with Creed selling off all of his office equipment in the producer's cut only? If so, man, what a shame for the TV viewers.

I've played stuff off the site before and the advertisement plays fine but when it's time for the clip to play it says it's unavailable in my area...

Rob

I've played stuff off the site before and the advertisement plays fine but when it's time for the clip to play it says it's unavailable in my area...

Rob

OK, I thought you meant none of the links were working. I guess the producer's cut just isn't available in Canada. I've noticed all the US networks that put episodes up on their website have them blocked in Canada. I haven't seen the producer's cut on any torrent sites (not even sure if the video could be ripped from the NBC site anyways) so it looks like us Canucks could be SOL until the DVD comes out next summer.

Dunno. I live in Canada (Ontario) and can watch the director cut with no problem, at least from work. So, it's good for me, unless it's just because of some weird proxy server or whatever at my job.

Had a busy weekend and just got to the DVR of last week's episode tonight and holy balls it was tremendous. The opening bit with "Future Dwight" is seriously one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the show. I fell in love with this show during season two but it's really hitting its stride now in 3. They are knocking it out of the park every single week.

Don't forget, we're SUPERSIZED tonight!

here's the preview

The Scranton branch and the Stamford branch of Dunder-Mifflin are merged, bringing old friends Jim and Pam back together after months apart. Michael and Dwight and the other employees deal with the changes. Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star. Ed Helms ("The Daily Show"), Rashida Jones ("Wanted"), Ursula Burton ("The West Wing"), Mike Bruner ("C.S.I") and Wayne Wilderson ("The Class") guest star



I'm somewhat torn on the whole situation, as bringing in new people isn't always the best thing... however seeing a whole new group of people react to the Assistant to the Regional Manager is bound to be gold

Is Karen the only other person transferring to Scranton other then Jim? If so then it won't be that much of a shakeup that can't be overcome.

Apparently it's Jim, Andy, Karen, Fat Guy Who Likes Chips and a Black Guy.

Does the show plan on making the new batch of people regulars, or are they only for a few episodes? I'm confused.

EDIT: I forgot about the whole "no posting during episodes" rule. Sorry.

ok on my clock it the show is officially over... just in case though i refrain from posting outright spoilers and will say just one thing:

The dwight/andy war will be awesome. Both characters are so over the top and in every scene they shared i swear it felt like almost a send-up of "Oz"; so much so that i was mentally playing the weird "Oz sounding woodwind pipe sound" after every face off.

This episode was not just supersized, it was KING SIZED!

I once again don't know where to start on the greatness of this episode. I wish they held off on that last scene with Pam and Jim for another couple episodes, just to milk it.

Dwight versus Andy is so great I don't know who I want to win. I bet they'll eventually team up to try and bring down Jim.

Catch all the little confused and hurt looks from Pam? Cringe-y.

What an awesome episode, great way to follow up from last week. The Staples plugs were brilliant, I'm find myself wanting to buy that shredder Kevin loves.

At least 30 Rock had the decency to admit they were doing blatant product placement. :)

SOOOO much Scranton tonight. I'm homesickkkkk.

Incredible from top to bottom. I literally cannot wait to see how Jim/Karen/Pam and Dwight vs. Andy plays out. Office is consistently blowing everything else on TV away lately.

Creed stole the show AGAIN. And I'm really going to enjoy the Dwight/Andy conflict.

Also loved Ryan's line after he got to keep the desk:

"Jim's a really nice guy, and that's why I have the desk." Awesome.

The Anthracite Heritage Museum bit was classic.

Yeah, this tonight was just... wow. Lazy Scranton might be my favorite thing ever on the show.

Yeah, but you totally don't get it because you're not from Scranton.

Yes, this show was awesome, but if you watch it again, you only should be watching for one man...

CREED~!

If my dad were still alive or if I had a new dad, I'd want him to be Creed.

Yes, and while I've been really into the Jim and Karen dynamic in Stamford, and while at this moment I think Rashida Jones is pure hotness, I felt so bad for Pam and the Jim/Karen thing just doesn't feel right. Totally manipulated by the writers, damnit. It's a brilliant way of putting the shoe on the other foot for Pam, although not exactly.
We're gonna have the awesomeness of Dwight v. Andy and the awkwardness of the Jim/Karen/Pam triangle, and all the little things like Kevin and Meredith and CREED~! and I fucking love this show.

-jlowe

People who post on a message board that makes fun of people on another message board are the types of people that I'm glad I'm not.

Lots of great stuff, but Michael telling Nash "I'll show you where the slaves sit" might have been the line of the show. I also really really want to see the full Scranton Witch Project.

I think the best part of it was how he blatantly was just standing in front of a picture of it, and not actually there.

I'm glad they kept the show in Scranton. I didn't want to hear people bitch all the time in town about how they "took the show away". They actually had a city council member (or something equal to that) on the news, talking about how Rainn Wilson was coming to town, and he would be chased OUT of town if the show left Scranton. And then the mayor talked about providing funding or something. I wish I was making that up.

See, I feel the exact opposite way. I still love Pam, but she had her chance with Jim. He laid his feelings out for her and she turned him down, and only after he was gone realized how she truly felt for him. He's (seemingly) moved on now.

I think it has been some tremendous writing to make the audience like Karen, who could very easily be seen as the "evil other woman". But, she fucking rules.

I *heart* Creed.

HOLY FUCK THAT WAS AWESOME.

Emmy, come to Papa...