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REVIEW FOR

THE OFFICE
Season Five
Episode Ten
“Moroccan Christmas”
Written by Justin Spitzer
Directed by Paul Feig

I don’t really remember there being a more inconsistent episode of The Office… ever.  The saving graces of this episode are the scenes where Toby begs Daryl to relinquish the rare toy he bought from Dwight, which Toby had promised to his daughter, and the final scene with Andy, in which he acts like his goofy self, oblivious to the fact that everyone has just discovered that Angela was cheating on him.  It was a truly funny and truly, deeply sad moment that all of the best The Office dramatic scenes capture.

But, unfortunately, the rest of the episode utterly blew.

No one is really in character.  Phyllis is a stone cold b***h, Jim’s witty dialogue is replaced with awkward jokes, and even Jenna Fischer can’t save Pam’s scenes from sinking.  It’s not at all in the acting, though… this week, the script was just shamefully weak.  How these jokes got past the pitching stage is beyond me.  How this entire script was agreed upon in the writer’s room and how the normally competent executive producers let this slip though the cracks is astonishing.

Weakest party episode, weakest episode for character interactions, and weakest on pretty much all fronts… only the two aforementioned events save this episode from being a 1/10.  But, as is, the episode still only warrants a pitiful…

3/10

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