Jan has decided to renovate Michael’s condo, and “it costs what it costs”. Unfortunately for Michael, this is adding to the already phenomenal debts he has. But, apparently, somehow this is all gonna work out as in retirement, he has not just a yacht, but various comedy albums.
Ryan calls regarding a Power Point presentation, he wants everyone in office able to and using Power Point.
Now to Jim and Dwight. Dwight has decided to open up his farm as a bed and breakfast (no king or queen beds, they make their own mattresses) and is using his office phone to book reservations. Wait, it’s more than a BnB…its agro tourism: it consists of tourists coming, showing them around and giving them breakfast (permits pending). Pam has found his ad on TripAdvisor, and wants a room, for
Back to Michael and Jan: they used to have 2 cars, now they traded one in, makes sense, although the new car is a Porsche for Jan.
Then to the parking lot, and alas, Dwight is returning Angela’s possessions, seems the relationship really is done :(. Angela is out one cherub figurine. Dwight feigns happiness over the dissolving of Dwangela, he now gets to sow his wild oats. Fun fact: in the Schrute family when a male has sex with another woman, he gets a bag of oats as a reward.
Kevin has now moved onto another band: Scrantonicity 2 and he invites the whole office to come to a battle of the bands to support him. Unfortunately, Michael is busy. Jim, seeing an excellent opportunity, proceeds to ask Michael whether he would like to double with him and Pam tonight…darn Michael’s busy, and just the luck, that’s the only time JAM are free…oh well.
So where is Michael headed? Onto a bus and then…oh Lord: A SECOND JOB selling diet pills. Michael’s money problems are so bad he needs another job.
Back to JAM, they’re going to the Schrute Farm and are welcomed by Mose running alongside their car…priceless.
Back to Michael’s job 2: optimistic as possible he explains that he loves sales so much he sells diet pills for fun, some people golf, he sells pills.
So Schrute Farms has three rooms with three themes: Night time, Irrigation,
So back to Michael and his boss calls everyone to the conference room (Michael: “These meetings are useless”). Boss provides key to sales:
Make the call, say the lines, make the sale.
Michael is quite popular cracking jokes that his co-workers actually laugh at. WOW
1 in 6, JAM’s odds of being murdered in the night according to Jim. It occurs to Jim that this is his first night away with Pam and he imagined it quite differently, nice hotel, wine (not beet wine), no Dwight, and no manure, well some manure, just less. Cut to Mose starting a manure fight!! FUN!
Oh dear, Michael just accidentally called
Back to Dwight reading Harry Potter to JAM (who are cuddling adorably on their bed, with Mose staring at them of course).
Michael apparently cannot afford food either, opting for a protein bar over food, luckily his buddy Vikrum is generous and shares his lovely meal with him
Ah, night time at Schrute farm and some banging noises awake our cute couple…oh it’s just Mose in the outhouse (Pam: “Oh my God! What century is this?”)
Michael is a hit at job 2, people are just enthralled by his review of Die Hard movies, and by the idea that he wrote a film.
JAM are again awoken by noises, an animal-like moaning. Jim’s turn to investigate. Oh, it’s Dwight, clutching Angela’s cherub figurine…he’s really hurting and Jim’s sympathetic.
Michael has actually been invited out by his co-workers…astounding. Jan picks him up from work, and she needs him to drive: she’s had too much wine. She also believes he was at improv not a second job. Michael is a tad tired at work the next day, working til 1 am will do that.
JAM are rather concerned for Dwight, Jim inquires to how he is and Dwight responds rather Dwight-ishly: “I am better than you have ever been or ever will be.”
Enter Ryan. Power Point time! But job 2 has left Michael unprepared and his PP tutorial is ummm, well, he says: “the best way to start is to press start, then up comes the toolbar, and that’s what she said” and he has not even installed the program yet. Great! Ryan is peeved and Michael needs to reveal his umm, afterwork work activity. Ryan gives him an ultimatum quit there or here.
Kelly and Darryl are moving full steam ahead and Ryan is a little perturbed by the sight of them kissing.
A debate on whether Ryan should have used whoever or whomever, apparently whomever is for when referring to the object (Kelly: “Ryan use me as an object”) after this drama, Michael needs to make a decision which job will it be?
Michael is having a tough time quitting job 2, he has never quit anything ever. He is welcome back anytime, and he needs to disinfect his headset. Michael tried to live the American dream: a job, a girlfriend, another job, and he failed. But the good thing about the American dream? You can go to sleep and try it all again the next night. Oddly inspiring,
So Andy is still dreaming of Angela and wants Pam to set them up, as she isn’t responding to his moves. What moves you ask? Why moon walking by accounting like a bunch of times…weird that didn’t work. So Pam…watcha gonna do? She can’t do that to Dwight…or Angela…or Andy.
Michael proceeds to ask Kevin about gambling and about how it could help him double his money a few times. Kevin doesn’t have an inside scoop. So onto Oscar…can I get a pay check advance?
Ah to the warehouse to my new favourite Office couple: Kelly and Darryl. Kelly is not pleased, Darryl, strangely, would choose his daughter over her. Hmm. Kelly then spazzes then leaves, but not before hand gesturing W (whatever) L (loser) and throat slitting (?).
The whole office is slightly concerned for Michael’s money situation. Michael walks into the break room mid-convo and wants to know what’s up…oh he thinks everyone is wondering whether JAM are having sex…well they weren’t but I am. Michael reveals he has yet to disclose the money problems to Jan, then denies them altogether. Then to prove how non-poor he is, he crumples a dollar bill…rendering it…umm…un-usable?
So Darryl goes to see Kelly. He gets it, she’s only interested in him when Ryan is around: “it’s gotten to the point that (Darryl) gets excited every time he sees that little dude walk through the door”. Kelly wants to know where it’s going. Well Darryl likes her, but she needs to access her uncrazy side…Kelly is confused, Darryl says what he’s thinking…what kinda game is that?
Ah, $$ advice from Creed Bratton…declare bankruptcy Michael! It’s nature’s do-over…Oscar objects…but never mind that. Michael likes it. He’s going to become Lord Rupert Everton, a shipping merchant who raises fancy dogs…that’s the life! So Michael enters the office: “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!!”
Oscar comes to inform Michael that declaring bankruptcy by yelling is not valid and offers to help out….by going over his credit card debt…wow 1200$ on Amazon for Muppet DVDs.
Andy leaves a present for Angela: Garbage the cat. She glances over at Andy, Dwight dies a little more inside and JAM exchange a sympathy look.
Oscar has arranged a PP presentation of Michael’s expenditures. Essentials, non-essentials, and things no-one ever needs: multiple magic sets, professional bass-fishing equipment (that last bar is the biggest one on the graph).
Dwight finds solace in playing his recorder and JAM look on :(.
Oscar suggests telling Jan, Michael suggests asking PP for help.
Oscar: “Michael it’s a presentation tool”
Michael: “You’re a presentation tool!”
Jim is trying to cheer up Dwight. JAM write a good review for Schrute Farm. Dwight is still super depressed though.
Oscar convinces Michael to tell Jan and Jan is pretty concerned. Michael sees a train out the window...yeah there’s the solution! Michael has decided to hop on a train and get out of dodge…but of course once he gets on the train stops.
Oh, Dwight is moaning in a stairwell. Jim decides to tell him about why he left
Jim returns to the office for the best exchange ever:
Pam: Hey! I was thinking about dinner…
JIM PASSIONATELY KISSES PAM
Jim: Uh dinner, let’s see, maybe we should try the new Italian place, where the drycleaner’s used to be…
Pam: Uh ok
Talking head Pam: Jim’s just really passionate about Italian food.
Talking head Jim: Yeah, I’m very passionate about Italian food, in fact, I’m in love with Italian food.
AHHHHH!!!! I LOVE IT!.
Jan arrives in the Porsche and throws her keys at Oscar to run after Michael. Michael doesn’t know what to do. Jan tells him he can deal with it. Michael is unconvinced, he really messed up. Jan tells him that when her life collapsed, her family and friends stopped talking to her, but Michael stayed by her side. No matter how bad she treats him or what she’s going through, he’s there and she vows to stay by his side.
Dwight returns from the stairwell…HE’S BACK! First order of business: DEMARCATION! Gets Jim’s overlapping things off his desk and makes a sales call.
So Jan and Michael are going to stay in
As I said, I liked this episode a lot. I love whenever Michael is redeemed and this episode also allowed us to see why Jan is with him and redeemed her as well. I’m hoping Dwight will be ok but I’m not cool with Angela and Andy…WTF, she accepted Garbage the cat from him and not Dwight…not cool! I love that Jim finally gave us the passion for Pam that we’ve been waiting for all season. He’s seemed kinda distant so far but now he’s there and he loves Pam…awesome. I liked Oscar’s presence this week, he’s pretty funny when they let him be. Next week, back to half hours and hopefully I can keep the summaries shorter than they have been…but I can't help it, there’s too much good stuff to ignore! Later Skaters!
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