The Office Season 5, Ep. 21 "The Michael Scott Paper Company"

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Michael hosts a company luncheon -- Idris Elba ("The Wire") Guest Stars.
  • Runtime: 22 minutes
  • Original air date: April 09, 2009
  • Network: NBC
 
 
 
 

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Episode 21, "The Michael Scott Paper Company"
Synopsis: Michael hosts a company luncheon -- Idris Elba ("The Wire") Guest Stars.
Original air date: April 9, 2009
Runtime: 22 minutes
ASIN: B00267IVL0
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,954 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
The Office Season 5
Synopsis: Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") stars in this half-hour sitcom based on the award-winning British comedy of the same name. Told through the lenses of a documentary film crew, "The Office" exposes the humorous and often foolish events at Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company.
Starring: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson
Supporting actors: John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Ed Helms, Oscar Nuñez, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Leslie David Baker, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Creed Bratton, Kate Flannery, Craig Robinson, Andy Buckley, John Hartmann, Rick Overton, Robert R. Shafer, Nate Federman, Lamont Ferrell
Season year: 2009
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Executive producer: Jake Aust
Network: NBC
ASIN: B001EUKHRG
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4.0 out of 5 stars "The Michael Scott Paper Company" featuring Michael Scott, April 10, 2009
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In the second episode of The Office this week, "The Michael Scott Paper Company," Michael's paper company isn't doing too well. Michael, Pam and Ryan are having trouble adjusting to their new roles and their new space. Pam gets so frustrated that she tracks down Charles at D-M and asks for her old job back. When she finds out that it's already been filled, she begs Charles for another -as long as its back at D-M. Charles turns her away with nothing.

Back at D-M, the new receptionist, Kelly, has already caught the eye of two of the company's most eligible bachelors -Andy and Dwight. It doesn't take long for the two to start wooing the pretty Pam-replacement and, interestingly enough, start to become friends. In the meantime Jim's having trouble adjusting to Charles's style of management-primarily because it requires him to do actual hard work. It seems to me like he's closer and closer to leaving D-M for the M S paper co. every minute.

In order to get potential customers interested in the new company, Michael decides to throw a pancake lunch, but things don't quite turn out like he was hoping when only a handful of people show up. Things seem pretty bleak at the Michael Scott Paper Company, until a pancake lunch hopeful calls in and Pam makes her first sale.

While "The Michael Scott Paper Company" had some humor in it, it wasn't quite as funny as "Dream Team," and was more about plot than anything. The viewers were really able to dig into the new situation on The Office and get a good re-introduction to Ryan's character.

Overall entertaining, but I'm still not sure if I like this new division between the Dunder-Mifflin-ites and members of the Michael Scott Paper Company. I'm curious how they're going to keep handling this new format -and if it'll continue for long.
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