“The Office” — Safety Training
I wasn’t loving this episode. Actually, I felt that both of my Thursday night favorites were a bit flat this week, but there were still jokes to be had.
All of the “safety training” stuff after the warehouse scene came off as a little labored, though I’m loving Darryl’s increased presence in the show (or at least in these last two episodes) as he’s the only character who calls Michael out on his complete obliviousness (he also was responsible for talking Michael off the ledge, a moment that was both triumphant and strikingly depressing).
The fun of the episode was the betting storyline. No moment was funnier than Creed taking a frickin’ huge bite out of that potato. It wasn’t so much what he was doing as how he did it — that man commits.
Speaking of Creed I also loved the blatant silliness of him pointing out the giant Hippity-Hop castle behind the trees (after, maybe, peeing on it), and then having the camera pan up to reveal two huge inflatable spires.
Andy’s (Drew’s?) return to the office created a kind of funny Dwightism (unshunned!), though he had little impact on the episode as a whole.
