The Office began it’s fifth season last night. Overall I thought it was a pretty average episode. There were a couple funny moments but there really weren’t any laugh out loud moments. It’s nice to see Pam and Jim finally get engaged since I thought thier whole relationship so far has been drawn out way too long. So what did you think of the episode? Feel free to leave your thoughts at the end of the recap. Here is a recap for all of you who missed last night’s episode.
This week’s episode we get to see what the gang at Scranton have been doing over the summer. The office is actually holding a weight loss challenge and whichever branch loses the most weight gets a couple more vacation days. Since the story was broken up by weeks I have decided to break up my recap into weeks as well.
Week One: The office has their last meal. They eat a bunch in order to pack on the pounds so they have a better chance of winning. Meanwhile Andy tries to start planning the wedding with Angela but she isn’t real receptive.
Week Two: Pamela leaves the office in order to head to design school in New York. Meanwhile Michael tries to get Holly (the new HR director) interested in but he isn’t very successful. Andy continues to plan the wedding while Angela sneaks around with Dwight.
Week Three: The office hires a new secretary named Ronny to replace Pam. Kelly starts to develop an eating disorder. Jan drops by the office and at this point she is pretty far along in her pregnancy. Holly finally finds out that Kevin is not mentally challenged. Jim and Pam talk using webcams. Michael gets upset when he finds out that the group actually gained weight during the week.
Week Four: Michael is angry again when they only lose one pound. Michael is sick of them since he thinks they have no willpower. Michael actually has the staff eat vegetables insted of cake for one of the staff’s birthday parties. Jim wpends some time with Pam in New York. Holly starts going out with a guy.
Week Five: Everyone starts starving themselves in order to lose more weight. Ryan returns to Scranton after being fired from Corporate. Ryan tries to apologize to everyone for how he acted but none of them are willing to accept his apology. Holly is enjoying her new boyfriend which isn’t making Michael happy. In order to lose weight Dwight tricks Phyllis into walking several miles back to the office.
Week Six: Michael decides to inspire his employees by wearing a fat suit and becoming one of his “characters” named Michael Klump. A lot of the staff is actually offended by it since it makes fun of fat people. Michael and the office tell Kelly to get over her eating disorder. Pam is starting to enjoy school.
Week Seven: Holly ends up breaking up with her boyfriend. Angela’s and Andy’s wedding hits a snag when Andy wants his old band to perform at their wedding. The office ends up losing the weight loss challenge to another office. Finally and most importantly Jim proposes to Pamela and she says yes.
Week Eight: We find out that Toby has spent the last 8 weeks in the hospital after injuring his neck in Costa Rica.
