Her arousal at that slap was brilliant.

And because they couldn't use Jim and Pam for those stories, they were left flailing around for others in the office to carry that burden. Just so many terrible storylines….

The online debates about what she was responding to were epic.

Everyone remembers the Jim/Pam scenes (which were great), but Casino Night was also incredibly funny. This is the best episode the show ever did in my book. In my book, this is the best half hour of sitcom that has been done in the last 25 years. The combination of humor, drama and cringe is perfect for me. Michael's…

My favorite is after his fight with Dwight in the dojo in The Fight:

I could handle the NYC douchebaggery, but him returning and continuing to act like that after such a spectacular failure just started to piss me off after awhile. If I was Jim or Pam I would have spent every day mocking him until he left in disgrace.

This, Ryan's silent TH after the "no cookie" conversation between Dwight and Angela and Dwight's discussion of tipping make Michael's Birthday the best collection of TH's the show ever did.

@avclub-9c33ea7188cb0fc5d524f4ad1e8d8fc5:disqus  No, you got it right. I'm really glad they got the extra episode because Drug Testing is a personal favorite, as is Michael's Birthday. The final four episodes of S2 might be the best stretch of a sitcom ever produced (your mileage may vary).

This is when Jenna Fischer became my secret imaginary mistress.

Pam's triumphant smile as she walks away, leaving Jim in hell is fantastic.

Yeah, put me in the camp that thinks those plasma TV outtakes are about the funniest they ever put out.

@avclub-b22b95593e42f8875155a84dc8a8ab75:disqus  I think the idea is that David Wallace is now in charge rather than the corporate structure that Toby used to belong to.

Man, do I love this talking head. Wilson delivers it perfectly.

I always thought Roy connecting with Meredith's son was presented as another black mark against him for Pam, like of course Roy gets along with a future delinquent.

@Channel_8_News:disqus  Yeah, but the idea that a day off makes up for going away to Niagara Falls for an entire weekend to a wedding of people I don't care about just doesn't work. I'd still say no and show up at an empty office on Friday. And then bail at noon.

Michael: Yes, it is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username. And… I have a great one [types]. Little kid lover. That way, people will know exactly where my priorities are at.

Yeah, that is the only reasonable interpretation of the grades. For S2, I find these two episodes to be about the weakest of the bunch, but they're still in A territory for the entire series.

While I might attend a co-workers wedding in my town, there is absolutely no way I'm traveling several hours away, paying for a hotel room and the incidentals for one.

But given all the other terrible writing choices the show made in the final few seasons, it is almost impossible to believe that somehow Robert California was intentionally written brilliantly. His "deep" insights into the other characters had absolutely no resonance later in the season and they had him veer from…

Oh darn. I just got a new thesaurus to use for all those polysyllabic adjectives your organization seems to like to overuse.