A blowing load would have made that story way more interesting.

I can't tell if you are using reverse double negative sarcasm there, but whatevs. Actually the Jim/Dwight stuff was the best part of the episode, but I thought that scene just dragged on far too long. The rest of the episode was a complete disaster though. The cookie story was a mess from start to finish and I won't…

This doesn't make it sound better.

If it's unfair and a double standard, why are you enforcing it?

I could buy Jim giving it the old college try because of some deep seated affection for Dwight and Pam's encouragement, but that scene went on far too long for either realism's or comedy's sake.

It's good to see that folks are understanding about actresses and their weight especially after having a child. I'm sure you are all supermodels.

There isn't much evidence that hiring at the Scranton branch bears much relationship to what a real company would do and Robert California basically told Jim to keep Dwight away. Why would he care if Dwight was hired back? Is the presence of Dwight back in Scranton, where he is the top salesman, such an important…

Yeah, she had a whole week from the last episode to lose it. Slacker.

This was easily the weakest of the Florida episodes which of course means Myles gives it his most favorable review. The Dwight/Jim wrestling bit went on far too long even if it was nicely capped with Dwight's realization that Jim was trying to save him. Still Jim going to that much effort didn't make sense to me and…

Couldn't Andy have just rehired Dwight? The logic of this show escapes me these days.

Season 5 was a roller coaster of quality. The first few episodes, which concentrated on the Michael/Holly story weren't too bad, but it meant they short shrifted the 'Pam at Pratt' story so her return felt sort of cheapened. Things went downhill from there to the Prince Family Paper episode, but slowly improved as…

Your continuing faith that the Scranton Strangler storyline is going to pay off is heartwarming, even if totally misguided.

Yes, she started in Season 5. Which means Andy has been pining for her for three years now, in one of the finest examples of writers ineptitude ever to show up on your TV screen.

Yeah, the two comments she made in Pool Party, which was basically her only dialog before her declaration she was on a Jim hunt, didn't exactly frame the story.

Since those numbers, while low for the show, are the best of the entire NBC Thursday lineup I can easily see them renewing rather than betting on a new show or a spinoff. I still think they'll throw big bucks at the top 4 for a final year to help launch the Dwight show.

All that scene lacked was a neon sign and fireworks going off announcing "Kathy is going to make a play for Jim." It's probably a deleted scene.

I'm guessing because they no longer think about things like character motivation or continuity.

Yeah, hoping for realism and character development seems like wishful thinking at this point. Now, I'm just hoping for some jokes that land and this episode had enough of those. Toby's self-defense course made me laugh.

You are a thief of joy, Hear God Laugh.

Pajoveralls!