It’s the right thing to do, NBC.Īnd with that, it’s time to turn off the TV before I accidentally watch a minute more of Whitney. 3: Now that Andy is in the boss’s chair, isn’t it time to move him ahead in the credits? If not ahead of Rainn Wilson, then at least bump him up before B.J. And it’s one of those annoying little plot holes the writers could easily plug up with a quick one-liner. I’m gathering, due to the lack of Internet outrage, that no one really misses him, or noticed, but dammit, I do. 2: Where the heck is Gabe? He was in the first episode of the new season, but has dropped off since. I get that Mike Schur is busy running Parks and Recreation and thus unable to fulfill his Cousin Mose duties, but Nate is an extraneous distraction, and a not-very-funny one at that. Dwight’s right-hand man last season who came out to try for a warehouse position this episode, but mainly just proved how bad his hearing is. 1: Let’s just get rid of the Nate character, a.k.a. did pretty much ruin an entire delivery.īut before I can give this episode a rave, though, a few quibbles: No. Meanwhile, Daryl snapped out of his taco-fuelled funk, and the warehouse was back on track.
It provided a rare chance for Ed Helms to show off Andy’s business-minded side, while still making the character a likable doofus, albeit one who kind-of-maybe-sorta knows what he’s doing. After that predictably fails, he turns into the “bad cop,” basically giving Daryl, who thought the management job was his, a healthy dose of reality. On the latter point, the writers brought out the big emotional guns, delving further into the burgeoning Daryl-Andy relationship and adding one or two more interesting layers to it.Īt first, Andy plays the Michael Scott card, trying to convince Daryl through humour that everything is going to be OK (and using an ill-timed Newhart reference in the process). Without getting into too much detail, this leads to a surprisingly large number of amusing scenes: Dwight accidentally driving the fork lift into a wall, Erin severely shutting down Kevin’s “grease baby” idea (it sounded fun!), and Andy gamely trying to get Daryl out of his funk. This leads to a motley crew of Jim, Dwight, Kevin and Erin (that noted strongwoman) getting drafted into the warehouse crew while Andy and a near-inconsolable Daryl try to re-staff the department.
Truer words have never been spoken, my fictional friend.) And, since the warehouse crew left the office high and dry, there’s also the matter of getting people to actually ship out the paper to clients. The news leaves our good Sabre crew in two factions: Those left fantasizing about winning the lotto themselves, and, well, a sad-sack Daryl, who consoles himself by eating tacos in his basement. Oh, and guess who wasn’t included in the weekly lotto game since he moved up to the upstairs office? That’s right: Daryl is left out in the cold - and what’s worse, they won playing his birthday. Article contentĪfter that, we got to the meat of the episode, and a plot line that has been floating around the pesky Internet for some time: Turns out the warehouse workers (who, from the quick glance we got, still include recurring characters “Sea Monster,” Madge and that Japanese surgeon who wronged the Yakuza some years back) struck it rich playing the lottery, and quit en masse. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.