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TV Recap: The Office - Lecture Circuit
By Kelly West: 2009-02-05 21:55:53
Creed’s always been a weirdo but is it me or has he seemed a bit more senile lately? Like when Michael was playing with the phone intercom and he announced that the office was flying at an altitude of two stories and Creed gazed cluelessly out the window and then around the office as though he might really believe he’s supposed to be on a plane. Calling Andy “Jim” wasn’t all that out of character for him though. I recall him introducing himself to Angela and calling Meredith “Marybeth” a few seasons back.
Ah, what Pam will do for some overtime. She agreed to serve as Michael’s driver as he goes on a lecture circuit to talk to the other branches in the northeast about his “secret recipe of success.” Pam reveals that the only reason she’s participating in this little road trip is because she’s getting time and a half pay for the three day journey. Michael treats Pam like a driver not only by allowing her to manage his oversized luggage but also by riding in the backseat of the car while she drives. She doesn’t seem to have any problem with that second thing. Part of their trip includes visiting the Utica branch. Pam gets extra made up, denying to Michael that she’s nervous about seeing Karen. In private, Pam admits that she hates the idea of anyone hating her. Even Al Qaeda. So Pam is actually nervous about seeing Karen. When they arrive in Utica, they see that Karen is very pregnant. Michael makes a series of inappropriate remarks, including asking her if it’s Jim’s baby, saying that she’s huge and then stating that he’s trying to figure out when the last time she and Jim had sex. Pam looks mortified. Karen knows Michael well enough to realize he’s just being his usual jackass-self. Michael’s lecture is useless and after he insults everyone and starts throwing candy bars (“Business School” reference), Karen pulls him aside and asks him to go through the rest of his lecture with her. After he breaks the chainsaw out, Karen decides she’ll just email her staff the rest of the material. They fill the rest of their time making small talk about Karen’s pregnancy. She shows Pam some pictures of her husband (who was the one to impregnate her, as opposed to the sperm machine Michael inquired about) and Pam in turn tells Karen that she’s engaged to Jim. Karen’s happy for them and the two seem to be getting along fine. Of course, Michael has to ruin the moment by announcing what a big moment it is and Pam and Karen go back to looking awkward. As they’re leaving Utica, Pam tells Michael that she’s happy that she got to see Karen because now they have closure. When Michael says that he never got closure with Holly, Pam decides they should go up to New Hampshire so he should get some. Closure, that is. We get a “To Be Continued” there. Poor Kelly. It can’t be easy being the hot popular girl. With Jim and Dwight taking over the party planning committee after Michael disbanded the original committee due to Phyllis blackmailing Angela, it’s not a wonder that Kelly’s birthday slipped through the cracks. Kelly, the Dunder Mifflin Scranton staff member most likely to become emotional over having her birthday forgotten. Good one guys. Jim and Dwight try to make amends by throwing Kelly a belated party. While Jim tries to collect money from everyone, receiving a three dollar bill from Creed, Dwight gets to work on the decorations. Partially filled brown and gray balloons to match the carpet a sign that says “It Is Your Birthday” adorn the conference room. When Jim asks Dwight to find out how old Kelly is, Dwight checks her file and learns that Kelly attended some youth center, which he determines is a juvenile detention center. What was it that put Kelly in that facility? And will her party ever happen? “To Be Continued.” And in the most painful-to-watch arc of the episode, Andy gets shot down by a potential client. Andy develops a fast and furious crush on the client that comes in to sit with Stanley. After stalking her car in an attempt to see what kind of music she likes and then trying to get her to reveal if she has a boyfriend, he looks to Creed for advice. Creed. Of all people, he takes advice from the creepiest guy in the office. He probably would have had better luck asking Kevin. Sure, Kevin might suggest wining and dining the client with a trip to the vending machine for some Herr’s chips and Wegman’s brand soda but it would have been better than Creed’s advice. Creed tells Andy (whom he calls “Jim”) to just kiss her. Wow. Andy walks the woman out to her car, claiming that there are “a lot of weirdos out there”. Little does this woman know that Andy’s one of them. She seems happy to be doing business with Dunder Mifflin up until the point when Andy leans in to kiss her. Rejecting his advances and his invitation to join him on a mall date (not a far stretch from the vending machine idea if you ask me), she gets in her car and leaves. She also apparently decides not to go with DM for her paper needs as Andy announces later that they lost the account. Love hurts. The big reveal of the episode? Mose doesn’t know how to use the phone.
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