The Office 1-26 "The Carpet" - Page 2

tem · 01-27-2006, 12:33 PM

She was the hot blonde.

I loved "You just asked a girl out on the TELEPHONE !!1!11!"

Seeing Jim's face while she was yammering was priceless. he's the king of the rolling-eyes reaction shots.

markymark_ctown · 01-27-2006, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TAsunder

I knew it was Todd Packer almost instantly. Did we see the chick on the ship? I don't recall who she is, if so.

Yes, the chick Jim called was the girl from corporate on the booze cruise (at least she has the same name) - we had to go back and quickly find her name on the booze cruise episode to comfirm.

jrinck · 01-27-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Meathead

I was thinking the same thing! Who wants the desk right outside the boss' office? Especially when he can see over your shoulder at your monitor & everything you are doing all day.

We have had several "workspace reassignments" in my office & each time I beg them to put me in the cube in the corner where nobody ever goes.

Of course, I also spend too much of my day on message boards, so that may have something to do with the fact that my cube is the one right outside the boss' office

I have a corner cube that faces a window with views to the mountains. It's actually kind of cool, considering that only about four other people in my company have such a view. And I wasn't supposed to have this--NOBODY IS, but through an error in the engineering drawing for the building, there is a wall where there is actually a window--so I lucked out when they setup my corner of the building.

dcehl · 01-27-2006, 01:18 PM

I really hope Jim & Pam don't get together. Every show I've ever loved (with attraction tension) fails to deliver after the two get together - Northern Exposure, Ed, etc.

IndyJones1023 · 01-27-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dcehl

I really hope Jim & Pam don't get together. Every show I've ever loved (with attraction tension) fails to deliver after the two get together - Northern Exposure, Ed, etc.

Exactly. Then they have nothing to write about. Hopefully now that the wedding of Pam and Roy has been set for "June," Roy will say "oh, you mean this year? I thought you meant next year." Which will prolong it for another season.

uncdrew · 01-27-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dcehl

I really hope Jim & Pam don't get together. Every show I've ever loved (with attraction tension) fails to deliver after the two get together - Northern Exposure, Ed, etc.

Fine point.

Well, I hope at least they're hooking up off camera. Oh wait, that ruins it too.

pawchikapawpaw · 01-27-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by uncdrew

Thanks.

When will those two just get together already.

hopefully, never.

not that i'm not rooting for those two, but it's just better when they're trying to figure out each other.

Dignan · 01-27-2006, 02:34 PM

Michael putting everyone on "Time Out" was one of my favorite scenes so far.

newsposter · 01-27-2006, 02:44 PM

am i caller 107?

TAsunder · 01-27-2006, 03:16 PM

I thought about it, and I think that we should still want pam & jim to get together, even though history does not favor the longevity of a show that ends its annoying love plot. I find that the forbidden love plot is getting way overdone in shows. If a show can't succeed without it, maybe it shouldn't exist in the first place.

I think that the office would be just fine, to be honest. There's so much more going on in the show than the love story. Very little of the actual humor of the show would need to change, and they could easily come up with some additional plot ideas.

They could certainly milk a lot of jokes out of contrasting the three couples or potential coupes in the show. And Michael love plots are probably even better, due to the whole rooting against him while feeling sorry for him yet hating him angle.

classicsat · 01-27-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Chibbie

Are you implying that by watching the show for free over-the-air you are not showing as much support for the show as if you buy the episodes from iTunes?

You are showin the same support, as you support the show buy either watching the advertising from the broadcast, or purchasing the iTMS offering.

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IANAL, but how is downloading a show from Bittorrent any different than TiVo'ing it? If devdogaz missed last nights episode, he could come over to my house and watch it, or I could loan him a *gasp* tape of the show. Is that "stealing"?

It is called right of source (at least I call it that).

Your legal source is the TV broadcast (or the iTMS purchase).
To be legal, any copy you posess has to have originated from the broadcast you receive and have recorded.

The same principal got MP3.com or some site sucessfully sued for hosting MP3s they ripped, and providing them to you if you proved you owned the same title. The ruling proved that the MP3s had to be ripped from the particular CD of the user.

vman41 · 01-27-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TAsunder

I thought about it, and I think that we should still want pam & jim to get together, even though history does not favor the longevity of a show that ends its annoying love plot.

How about Pam and Jim get together after she marries Roy? That would certainly be different.

coolpenguin · 01-27-2006, 03:49 PM

This was the first episode I'd ever seen. ( a buddy of mine has been bugging me for a while to watch it.) It was funny, but I think I was expecting more. Will watch again next week.

Michelle5150 · 01-27-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by newsposter

am i caller 107?

I meant to put that as my little comment below my name last night. Thanks for the reminder. Will go do that now.

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Originally Posted by coolpenguin

This was the first episode I'd ever seen. ( a buddy of mine has been bugging me for a while to watch it.) It was funny, but I think I was expecting more. Will watch again next week.

I've been watching the show from the start, but I felt the same way at first. It needed to grow on me. Get used to the characters, etc.. Now it's arguably my favorite show on TV. It's absolutely hilarious.

chewbaccad · 01-27-2006, 04:29 PM

I'd disagree about the "necessary forbidden fruit" storyline. I've been involved in enough office romances to know there's comedy gold in them-thar-hills

I think this show could survive the Pam-Jim hookup, but I'm sure they'll milk the awkwardness for at least another season

jrinck · 01-27-2006, 05:16 PM

It sure seems like Jim is more in love with Pam than she is with him.

I know some guys can't accept this, but a woman really CAN be just friends with a guy. Really, really good friends, even.

If this were real life, I'd say that Pam is intrigued with the idea of Jim being infatuated with her, and maybe a little flattered, but she doesn't have any romantic feelings towards him.

jschuur · 01-27-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jrinck

It sure seems like Jim is more in love with Pam than she is with him.

I know some guys can't accept this, but a woman really CAN be just friends with a guy. Really, really good friends, even.

If this were real life, I'd say that Pam is intrigued with the idea of Jim being infatuated with her, and maybe a little flattered, but she doesn't have any romantic feelings towards him.

Based on the last episode (if we can assume chronological order here), she must assume that he had a crush on her not years ago when he first started, but recently. And yet she _still_ left 7 messages on his voicemail.

Even if a woman just wants to be friends with a guy, you'd think she backs off a little, at least for a while, when it becomes clear that the guy doesn't feel the same way, or risk encouraging him even further.

IndyJones1023 · 01-27-2006, 05:46 PM

Yeah, too many voice mails for "just friends."

SnakeEyes · 01-27-2006, 05:57 PM

Office spouses.

realityboy · 01-27-2006, 06:07 PM

More importantly, can anyone beat Pam's Sodoku score?

SnakeEyes · 01-27-2006, 06:42 PM

Sudoku. Moderate. 18 minutes. Suck on that, Halpert!

knuckles · 01-27-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by newsposter

am i caller 107?

The guys on the real Rock107 were talking about that this morning. I think they were actually getting some box set to give away in honor of the show. The only problem is they usually only go to caller 7.

Magnolia88 · 01-27-2006, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jrinck

If this were real life, I'd say that Pam is intrigued with the idea of Jim being infatuated with her, and maybe a little flattered, but she doesn't have any romantic feelings towards him.

I don't know . . . I think that is what Pam thinks, but she certainly seemed mighty jealous when Jim had the cute girlfriend. I think Pam likes Jim more than she wants to admit to herself, because then she'd have to deal with it and the consequences of admitting it to herself would be too much for her to contemplate.

newsposter · 01-27-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Michelle5150

I meant to put that as my little comment below my name last night. Thanks for the reminder. Will go do that now.

'after' you make that sales call i hope!

Droobiemus · 01-27-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyJones1023

I love how Michael went from:

Stanley: "That's not a hate crime."
Michael: "Well, I hated it."

to:

Michael: "Oh! That is hilarious!"

Of course... it was Packer! How else would he react?

I loved when Packer called Michael.

"I left a package for you."
"Package?"
"In your office?"
"Did anyone see a package in my office?!"
[Everyone looks at Michael like he's an idiot]

pawchikapawpaw · 01-27-2006, 09:10 PM

i like it when packer said something like hey, michael, you gay homo you.

and then they flash oscar (+2 for continuity)

and then michael said "how did you get this number?" all panicky.

EchoBravo · 01-27-2006, 09:38 PM

Surprised no-one's yet mentioned the funniest line on the show. Michael was talking about how someone's head was held underwater in the toilet for a full minute and they didn't have a good sense of humor about it, adding "No wonder he didn't get the job." I almost passed out laughing at that. Was it just me?

And whoever said "office spouse," very adept. It's so easy to get into trouble that way. I think everyone's had one at one time or another. You're closer to your coworkers for 8 hours a day than you are to most anyone in your home life. Easy to develop crushes, even if logically you know it's misguided.

DevdogAZ · 01-27-2006, 09:47 PM

Regarding the timeline, I thought I read somewhere that this one was shown out of order and should have come before the ep where Michael reveals Jim's secret. It would definitely have made more sense that way.

Great episode. Loved that Michael tried to be Todd Packer to Dwigt's Michael and it just didn't work out. Did everyone notice the look Angela gave Dwigt during the "raid" and how he only picked up a pencil and dropped it back on her desk?

jradford · 01-27-2006, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Magnolia88

I don't know . . . I think that is what Pam thinks, but she certainly seemed mighty jealous when Jim had the cute girlfriend. I think Pam likes Jim more than she wants to admit to herself, because then she'd have to deal with it and the consequences of admitting it to herself would be too much for her to contemplate.

I think that, and the quote it's responding to, nail the relationship.

on a separate note, I found this funny:
"Ah aaam Paaam..... The spicoli guy."

uncdrew · 01-27-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by EchoBravo

Surprised no-one's yet mentioned the funniest line on the show. Michael was talking about how someone's head was held underwater in the toilet for a full minute and they didn't have a good sense of humor about it, adding "No wonder he didn't get the job." I almost passed out laughing at that. Was it just me?

Yes, that was brilliant.

I wish a cutie at work would say "Suck on that, Halpert" to me, even though it's not my last name.